Method for controlling electronic apparatus and apparatus and recording medium using the method

This non-provisional application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 61/015,671, filed on Dec. 21, 2007 and included herein by reference.

1. Field of the Invention

The application relates to a control method of an electronic apparatus, and more particularly, to a method of controlling an electronic apparatus to execute a predetermined function, and an apparatus and a recording medium using the method.

2. Description of the Prior Art

In the present time, a common way of controlling an electronic apparatus is using a touch control method. Generally speaking, an electronic apparatus includes a touch sensitive module on which a user can move their fingers to perform different predetermined functions of the electronic apparatus. Therefore, the electronic apparatus must be able to be controlled to execute different predetermined functions according to the user\'s different moving motions on the touch sensitive module.

In light of this, the application provides a control method of an electronic apparatus which detects whether a moving motion on a touch sensitive module of the electronic apparatus starts from a central region of the touch sensitive module to thereby control the electronic apparatus to execute a predetermined function. In this way, the aforementioned problem can be solved.

According to one embodiment of the application, a control method of an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The control method includes: detecting a moving motion on a central sensitive module and a peripheral sensitive module surrounding the central sensitive module to generate a central sensing signal and a peripheral sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion, respectively; and when the moving motion is determined starting from the central sensitive region according to the central sensing signal and the peripheral sensing signal, controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function.

According to another embodiment of the application, an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes: a central sensitive module; a peripheral sensitive module, which surrounds the central sensitive module; a controller, which is coupled to the central sensitive module and the peripheral sensitive module, and is for detecting a moving motion on the central sensitive module and the peripheral sensitive module to generate a central sensing signal and a peripheral sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion, respectively; and a processing unit, which is coupled to the controller, and is for controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus according to the central sensing signal and the peripheral sensing signal. When the processing unit determines that the moving motion starts from the central sensitive module according to the central sensing signal and the peripheral sensing signal, the processing unit controls the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function.

According to yet another embodiment of the application, a recording medium is disclosed. The recording medium includes program codes for executing following steps: detecting a moving motion on the central sensitive module and the peripheral sensitive module to generate a central sensing signal and a peripheral sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion, respectively; and when the moving motion is determined starting from the central sensitive module according to the central sensing signal and the peripheral sensing signal, controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function.

These and other objectives of the application will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.