Abstract: A control system applicable to a touch device is provided. The touch device includes a touch sensor. The control system comprises a sensing circuit, configured to sense the touch sensor and generate a plurality of sensing values; a processor, configured to generate a sensing image according to the plurality of sensing values; and a convolutional neural network, configured to process the sensing image to generate feature information and generate identification information according to the feature information for determining a status of the touch sensor.

Abstract: A method for determining a force of a touch object on a touch device and for determining its related touch event is provided. The touch object touched on the touch device is clustered into different object groups. Thus, multiple touch objects are simply grouped into two object groups to easily calculate the pressing force that is provided for determining follow-up touch event.

Abstract: A touch device and an operation method thereof is provided. By determining whether the operating event of the touch device or its touchpad satisfies an exclusion condition, the command triggered when the touchpad is pressed is determined to be ignored or not. Therefore, the corresponding command triggered by pressing the touchpad downward is automatically excluded when it does not want to be triggered. Therefore, the user can naturally disable the function of the corresponding command, which is executed when the pressing module is triggered, during use without using other controls, thereby improving the convenience of use.

Abstract: A liquid detecting method and controller for a capacitive touch pad are disclosed. The method includes performing a first mutual capacitance measurement of sensing points of the capacitive touch pad to obtain multiple first sensing values, and then performing a second mutual capacitance measurement of the sensing points to obtain multiple second sensing values, wherein the first and the second mutual capacitance measurements using different frequency of driving signals or different sensing periods for sensing the multiple sensing points. According to the multiple first sensing values and the second sensing values, whether there is liquid on the capacitive touch pad can be determined.

Abstract: A control system applicable to a touch device is provided. The touch device includes a touch sensor. The control system comprises a sensing circuit, configured to sense the touch sensor and generate a plurality of sensing values; a processor, configured to generate a sensing image according to the plurality of sensing values; and a convolutional neural network, configured to process the sensing image to generate feature information and generate identification information according to the feature information for determining a status of the touch sensor.

Abstract: A method of changing the identified type of a touching object is provided. The touching object is on a touch pad. The method includes the following steps: (A) when the type of the touching object is determined as a palm, determining the type of the touching object again; (B) when the type of the touching object is determined as a finger in step (A), informing the operating system that the touching object has left the touch pad when the touching object does not leave the touch pad; and (C) after step (B) is done, informing the operating system that the type of the touching object is a finger.

Abstract: A method of changing the identified type of a touching object is provided. The touching object is on a touch pad. The method includes the following steps: (A) when the type of the touching object is determined as a palm, determining the type of the touching object again; (B) when the type of the touching object is determined as a finger in step (A), informing the operating system that the touching object has left the touch pad when the touching object does not leave the touch pad; and (C) after step (B) is done, informing the operating system that the type of the touching object is a finger.

Abstract: A liquid detecting method and controller for a capacitive touch pad are disclosed. The method includes performing a first mutual capacitance measurement of sensing points of the capacitive touch pad to obtain multiple first sensing values, and then performing a second mutual capacitance measurement of the sensing points to obtain multiple second sensing values, wherein the first and the second mutual capacitance measurements using different frequency of driving signals or different sensing periods for sensing the multiple sensing points. According to the multiple first sensing values and the second sensing values, whether there is liquid on the capacitive touch pad can be determined.

Abstract: A method of detecting liquid on a capacitive touchpad and controller thereof are provided. The capacitive touchpad has multiple first sensing electrodes and multiple second sensing electrodes to form multiple sensing points located at crossings of the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The method has steps of: (a) obtaining first sensing information by performing a self-capacitance measurement to the first sensing electrodes, wherein the first sensing information comprises a first sensing value of each first sensing electrode; (b) obtaining a second sensing value of each sensing point by performing a mutual-capacitance measurement to the multiple sensing points; (c) obtaining second sensing information by respectively accumulating the second sensing values of the sensing points corresponding to each first sensing electrode; and (d) determining whether liquid is present on the capacitive touchpad.

Abstract: A method for determining a force of a touch object on a touch device and for determining its related touch event is provided. The touch object touched on the touch device is clustered into different object groups. Thus, multiple touch objects are simply grouped into two object groups to easily calculate the pressing force that is provided for determining follow-up touch event.

Abstract: A method of identifying a palm area for a touch panel has steps of: receiving sensing frame information having multiple touching sensing points from the touch panel; selecting one of the touching sensing points; outwardly extending a distance from an outline of the selected touching sensing point to define a searching range; checking whether other touching sensing points are within the searching range; marking the touching sensing points in the searching range and expanding the searching range based on the currently marked touching sensing points; sequentially selecting and checking each touching sensing point if it is within the present searching range; and finally merging all the outlines of the marked touching sensing points to form a final outline as a palm area. Other unmarked touching sensing points are defined as touching reference points.

Abstract: A method of identifying a palm area for a touch panel has steps of: receiving sensing frame information having multiple touching sensing points from the touch panel; selecting one of the touching sensing points; outwardly extending a distance from an outline of the selected touching sensing point to define a searching range; checking whether other touching sensing points are within the searching range; marking the touching sensing points in the searching range and expanding the searching range based on the currently marked touching sensing points; sequentially selecting and checking each touching sensing point if it is within the present searching range; and finally merging all the outlines of the marked touching sensing points to form a final outline as a palm area. Other unmarked touching sensing points are defined as touching reference points.

Abstract: A capacitive touch device and a method identifying touch object on the touch device read sensing information of multiple traces of a touch panel corresponding to a touch object, in which the sensing information includes a sensing cluster corresponding to a portion on the touch panel touched by the touch object, identify a hover cluster of the sensing information corresponding to a portion adjacent to and surrounding the sensing cluster, determine if the hover cluster meets a first characteristic, and determine that the touch object is a specific touch object when the hover cluster meets the first characteristic. Given the foregoing device and method, a palm rejection operation can be more accurately performed and is also applicable to object detection at corners of the touch panel.

Abstract: A method of identifying a palm area for a touch panel has steps of: receiving sensing frame information having multiple touching sensing points from the touch panel; selecting one of the touching sensing points; outwardly extending a distance from an outline of the selected touching sensing point to define a searching range; checking whether other touching sensing points are within the searching range; marking the touching sensing points in the searching range and expanding the searching range based on the currently marked touching sensing points; sequentially selecting and checking each touching sensing point if it is within the present searching range; and finally merging all the outlines of the marked touching sensing points to form a final outline as a palm area. Other unmarked touching sensing points are defined as touching reference points.

Abstract: A touch device and a measuring voltage dynamic adjustment method thereof are provided. The touch device comprises a touch panel, a touch sensing circuit and a processing unit. The touch sensing circuit electrically connected to the touch panel is configured to provide a first measuring voltage to the touch panel and sense capacitance variation of the touch panel to generate a plurality of sensing signals. The processing unit electrically connected to the touch sensing circuit is configured to receive the sensing signals, determine whether a touch is caused by a stylus according to the sensing signals and if yes, enable the touch sensing circuit to provide a second measuring voltage to the touch panel. The second measuring voltage is larger than the first measuring voltage.

Abstract: A touch device and a measuring voltage dynamic adjustment method thereof are provided. The touch device comprises a touch panel, a touch sensing circuit and a processing unit. The touch sensing circuit electrically connected to the touch panel is configured to provide a measuring voltage to the touch panel and sense the touch panel to generate a sensing signal. The processing unit electrically connected to the touch sensing circuit is configured to receive the sensing signal, calculate a first ratio according to the sensing signal and dynamically adjust the measuring voltage according to the first ratio.

Abstract: A method of identifying a palm area for a touch panel has steps of: receiving sensing frame information having multiple touching sensing points from the touch panel; selecting one of the touching sensing points; outwardly extending a distance from an outline of the selected touching sensing point to define a searching range; checking whether other touching sensing points are within the searching range; marking the touching sensing points in the searching range and expanding the searching range based on the currently marked touching sensing points; sequentially selecting and checking each touching sensing point if it is within the present searching range; and finally merging all the outlines of the marked touching sensing points to form a final outline as a palm area. Other unmarked touching sensing points are defined as touching reference points.

Abstract: A touch sensing unit includes an external conductive part and at least one internal conductive part. Each internal conductive part has at least two ends respectively connected to the external conductive part. A sensing pattern constituted by the at least one internal conductive part and the external conductive part includes a plurality of hollow areas.

Abstract: A method of controlling a cursor on a screen by using a touch device includes changing a display coordinate set of the cursor on the screen representative of an object according to a relative coordinate set with respect to movement of the object on the touch device, hiding the cursor from the screen when the object leaves the touch device for a duration in excess of a predetermined time, and when the cursor is not displayed on the screen and an object touches the touch device, computing an initial display coordinate set of the cursor on the screen according to an absolute coordinate set of the object on the touch device and a resolution ratio between the touch device and the screen. With this method, the cursor on the screen can be intuitively operated by using the touch device.

Abstract: A touch device for multi-touch environment generates a sensing signal in response to an object touch thereon, generates an event signal according to the sensing signal and a control signal, generates a cursor signal according to coordinate information of each touch point contained in the sensing signal and the event signal, and transmits the cursor signal and the event signal to the multi-touch environment. The cursor signal is used to control a cursor application to show a cursor at a screen for each touch point and changes appearances of the cursors. The cursors clearly inform a user of locations where his/her fingers correspond on the screen. By conducting touch events in the multi-touch environment through the cursors instead of actual fingers, the user can operate the touch device other than a touch screen in a multi-touch manner as operating a multi-touch screen.