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Method for controlling electronic apparatus and electronic apparatus using the method

Title: Method for controlling electronic apparatus and electronic apparatus using the method

Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Claims

The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090160808, Method for controlling electronic apparatus and electronic apparatus using the method.

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, comprising: when a first touch input and a second touch input on a touch sensitive module are detected, comparing a first parameter of the first touch input and a second parameter of the second input touch according to a first sensing signal generated from the first touch input and a second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to determine which one of the first and second sensing signals is employed for controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter of the first touch input is a first starting time point of the first touch input; the second parameter of the second touch input is a second starting time point of the second touch input; and the step of comparing the first and second parameters according to the first and second sensing signals comprises: checking a time sequence of the first starting time point and the second starting time point according to the first and second sensing signals.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the steps of checking the time sequence of the first and second starting time points according to the first and second sensing signals to determine which one of the first and second sensing signals is employed for controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus comprise: when the second starting time point is determined later than the first starting time point, ignoring the first sensing signal and referring to the second sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus; and when the first starting time point is later than the second starting time point, ignoring the second sensing signal and referring to the first sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of ignoring the first sensing signal and referring to the second sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus comprises: within a predetermined period of time after the second touch input is detected, ignoring the first sensing signal and referring to the second sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising: within the predetermined period of time after the second touch input is detected, referring to the second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to control the operation of the electronic apparatus only when a second displacement value of the second touch input is determined exceeding a predetermined displacement value.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising: beyond the predetermined period of time after the second touch input is detected, referring to either the first sensing signal generated from the first touch input or the second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to control the operation of the electronic apparatus.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of referring to either the first sensing signal or the second sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus comprises: when a first displacement value of the first touch input is determined exceeding a predetermined displacement value earlier than a second displacement value of the second touch input, referring to the first sensing signal generated from the first touch input to control the operation of the electronic apparatus; and when the second displacement value of the second touch input is determined exceeding the predetermined displacement value earlier than the first displacement value of the first touch input, referring to the second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to control the operation of the electronic apparatus.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter of the first touch input is a first displacement value of the first touch input; the second parameter of the second touch input is a second displacement value of the second touch input; and the step of comparing the first and second parameters according to the first and second sensing signals comprises: checking which one of the first displacement value and the second displacement value exceeds a predetermined displacement value first according to the first and second sensing signals.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the steps of checking which one of the first and second displacement values exceeds the predetermined displacement value first according to the first and second sensing signals to determine which one of the first and second sensing signals is employed for controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus comprise: when the first displacement value is determined exceeding the predetermined displacement value earlier than the second displacement value, ignoring the second sensing signal and referring to the first sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus; and when the second displacement value is determined exceeding the predetermined displacement value earlier than the first displacement value, ignoring the first sensing signal and referring to the second sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus.

10. A recording medium comprising instructions for performing the method of claim 1.

11. An electronic apparatus, comprising: a touch sensitive module; a controller, coupled to the touch sensitive module, for detecting a touch input on the touch sensitive module to generate a sensing signal corresponding to the touch input; and a processing unit, coupled to the controller; wherein when the controller detects a first touch input and a second touch input on the touch sensitive module, the processing unit compares a first parameter of the first touch input and a second parameter of the second touch input according to a first sensing signal generated from the first touch input and a second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to determine which one of the first and second sensing signals is employed for controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first parameter is a first starting time point of the first touch input, the second parameter is a second starting time point of the second touch input, and the processing unit checks a time sequence of the first starting time point and the second starting time point according to the first and second sensing signals to determine which one of the first and second sensing signals is employed for controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 12, wherein: when the processing unit determines that the second starting time point is later than the first starting time point according to the first and second sensing signals, the processing unit ignores the first sensing signal and refers to the second sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus; and when the processing unit determines that the first starting time point is later than the second starting time point according to the first and second sensing signals, the processing unit ignores the second sensing signal and refers to the first sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 13, wherein when the processing unit determines that the second starting time point is later than the first starting time point according to the first and second sensing signals, the processing unit ignores the first sensing signal generated from the first touch input and refers to the second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to control the operation of the electronic apparatus within a predetermined period of time after the controller detects the second touch input.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 14, wherein within the predetermined period of time after the controller detects the second touch input, the processing unit refers to the second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to control the operation of the electronic apparatus only when the processing unit determines that a second displacement value of the second touch input exceeds a predetermined displacement value.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 14, wherein beyond the predetermined period of time the controller detects the second touch input, the processing unit refers to either the first sensing signal generated from the first touch input or the second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to control the operation of the electronic apparatus.

17. The electronic apparatus of claim 16, wherein beyond the predetermined period of time the controller detects the second touch input: when the processing unit determines that a first displacement value of the first touch input exceeds a predetermined displacement value earlier than a second displacement value of the second touch input according to the first and second sensing signals, the processing unit refers to the first sensing signal generated from the first touch input to control the operation of the electronic apparatus; and when the processing unit determines that the second displacement value of the second touch input exceeds the predetermined displacement value earlier than the first displacement value of the first touch input according to the first and second sensing signals, the processing unit refers to the second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to control the operation of the electronic apparatus.

18. The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first parameter is a first displacement value of the first touch input, the second parameter is a second displacement value of the second touch input, and the processing unit checks which one of the first displacement value and the second displacement value exceeds a predetermined displacement value first according to the first and second sensing signals to determine which one of the first and second sensing signals is employed for controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus.

19. The electronic apparatus of claim 18, wherein: when the processing unit determines that the first displacement value of the first touch input exceeds the predetermined displacement value earlier than the second displacement value of the second touch input according to the first and second sensing signals, the processing unit ignores the second sensing signal and refers to the first sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus; and when the processing unit determines that the second displacement value of the second touch input exceeds the predetermined displacement value earlier than the first displacement value of the first touch input according to the first and second sensing signals, the processing unit ignores the first sensing signal and refers to the second sensing signal to control the operation of the electronic apparatus.

20. The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the touch sensitive module comprises a touch pad, a touch panel, or a touch screen.

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