Patent Application
20190369935
This application claims the priority benefit of China applications serial no. 201810530632.7, filed on May 29, 2018 and serial no. 201910092344.2, filed on Jan. 30, 2019. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent applications are hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The invention relates to, an electronic whiteboard, an electronic whiteboard system and a control method thereof, and particularly relates to an electronic whiteboard, an electronic whiteboard system, and a control method thereof capable of recording a touch track.
With the advancement of electronic technologies, electronic devices have become indispensable in our daily lives. Some tools in our daily lives are gradually replaced by electronic products. For example, traditional whiteboards are replaced by electronic whiteboards. In the contemporary technical field, electronic whiteboards serve to record various operations carried out by the user during a presentation for further reference. However, how to optimize the function of the electronic whiteboards nowadays has become an issue for persons skilled in the art.
The information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the described technology and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known to a person of ordinary skill in the art. Further, the information disclosed in the Background section does not mean that one or more problems to be resolved by one or more embodiments of the invention was acknowledged by a person of ordinary skill in the art.
Some embodiments of the invention provide an electronic whiteboard system and a control method thereof capable of generating a writing track, and converting the writing track into an output file.
Some embodiments of the invention provide an electronic whiteboard, an electronic whiteboard system, and a control method thereof capable of setting color information corresponding to a writing track.
Other objects and advantages of the invention can be further illustrated by the technical features broadly embodied and described as follows.
In order to achieve one or a portion of or all of the objects or other objects, an electronic whiteboard according to an embodiment of the invention is coupled to an electronic apparatus having a display panel. The electronic whiteboard includes a plurality of color selecting regions and a track input region. The color selecting regions respectively correspond to a plurality of track colors. Each of the color selecting regions serves to receive a first touch operation and generates a color setting signal according to the first touch operation. The track input region serves to receive a second touch operation and generates a touch point reporting signal according to the second touch operation. The touch point reporting signal serves to construct at least one writing track. The color setting signal serves to set a color of the at least one writing track. The electronic apparatus receives the color setting signal and the touch point reporting signal, generates at least one output file according to the at least one writing track, and displays file contents of the at least one output file in the set color on the display panel according to the color setting signal.
In order to achieve one or a portion of or all of the objects or other objects, an electronic whiteboard system according to an embodiment of the invention includes at least one electronic whiteboard and an electronic apparatus. The at least one electronic whiteboard includes a plurality of color selecting regions and a track input region. The color selecting regions respectively correspond to a plurality of track colors. Each of the color selecting regions serves to receive a first touch operation and generates a color setting signal according to the first touch operation. The track input region serves to receive a second touch operation and generates a touch point reporting signal according to the second touch operation. The electronic apparatus has a display panel. The electronic apparatus is coupled to the at least one electronic whiteboard, and serves to receive the color setting signal and the touch point reporting signal. The electronic apparatus analyzes the touch point reporting signal based on time information to obtain at least one writing track, sets a color of the at least one writing track according to the color setting signal, generates at least one output file according to the at least one writing track, and displays file contents of the at least one output file in the set color on the display panel according to the color setting signal.
In order to achieve one or a portion of or all of the objects or other objects, a control method of an electronic whiteboard according to an embodiment of the invention includes:
providing at least one electronic whiteboard; providing a plurality of color selecting regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of track colors on the electronic whiteboard, receiving a first touch operation by each of the color selecting regions, and generating a color setting signal according to the first touch operation; providing a track input region on the at least one electronic whiteboard, receiving a second touch operation by the track input region, and generating a touch point reporting signal according to the second touch operation; and providing an electronic apparatus having a display panel, receiving the color setting signal and the touch point reporting signal by the electronic apparatus, analyzing the touch point reporting signal based on time information to obtain at least one writing track, setting a color of the at least one writing track according to the color setting signal, generating at least one output file according to the at least one writing track, and displaying file contents of the at least one output file in the set color on the display panel according to the color setting signal.
In order to achieve one or a portion of or all of the objects or other objects, an electronic whiteboard system according to an embodiment of the invention includes at least one electronic whiteboard and an electronic apparatus. The at least one electronic whiteboard detects a touch operation carried out by a touch medium through a touch detection operation, and generates a touch point reporting signal according to the touch operation. The electronic apparatus is coupled to the at least one electronic whiteboard, receives the touch point reporting signal, and analyzes the touch point reporting signal based on time information to obtain at least one writing track. The electronic apparatus generates at least one output file according to the at least one writing track.
In order to achieve one or a portion of or all of the objects or other objects, a control method of an electronic whiteboard according to an embodiment of the invention includes: providing at least one electronic whiteboard to detect a touch operation carried out by a touch medium through a touch detection operation, and generating a touch point reporting signal according to the touch operation; and providing an electronic apparatus to receive the touch point reporting signal, analyzing the touch point reporting signal based on time information to obtain at least one writing track, and generating at least one output file by the electronic apparatus according to the at least one writing track.
Based on the above, the electronic whiteboard according to one or some embodiments of the invention has the track input region and the color selecting regions. The track input region receives the touch operation to generate the writing track, and the color selecting region receives the touch operation to generate the color setting signal. The electronic whiteboard sets one or more color information of the writing track subsequently generated according to the color setting signal, and displays the writing track on the display panel of the electronic apparatus according to the corresponding color information.
Other objectives, features and advantages of the invention will be further understood from the further technological features disclosed by the embodiments of the invention wherein there are shown and described preferred embodiments of this invention, simply by way of illustration of modes best suited to carry out the invention.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. In this regard, directional terminology, such as “top,” “bottom,” “front,” “back,” etc., is used with reference to the orientation of the Figure(s) being described. The components of the invention can be positioned in a number of different orientations. As such, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting. On the other hand, the drawings are only schematic and the sizes of components may be exaggerated for clarity. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of “including,” “comprising,” or “having” and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. Unless limited otherwise, the terms “connected,” “coupled,” and “mounted” and variations thereof herein are used broadly and encompass direct and indirect connections, couplings, and mountings. Similarly, the terms “facing,” “faces” and variations thereof herein are used broadly and encompass direct and indirect facing, and “adjacent to” and variations thereof herein are used broadly and encompass directly and indirectly “adjacent to”. Therefore, the description of “A” component facing “B” component herein may contain the situations that “A” component directly faces “B” component or one or more additional components are between “A” component and “B” component. Also, the description of “A” component “adjacent to” “B” component herein may contain the situations that “A” component is directly “adjacent to” “B” component or one or more additional components are between “A” component and “B” component. Accordingly, the drawings and descriptions will be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.
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The touch point reporting signal TPS and the color setting signal CSS may be transmitted to the electronic apparatus 101. The electronic apparatus 101 may construct one or more writing tracks according to the touch point reporting signal TPS, and the electronic apparatus 101 may set a track color of the writing track according to the color setting signal CSS. Besides, the electronic apparatus 101 may generate one or more output files according to the constructed writing track and display contents of the file on the display panel SC. In addition, the color rendered in one or more writing tracks in the contents of the file may be generated according to the color setting signal CSS.
Specifically, firstly, one of the color selecting regions 121 to 12N receives a first touch operation, generates the color setting signal CSS according to the first touch operation, and transmits the color setting signal CSS to the electronic apparatus 101. Then, the track input region 110 receives a second touch operation, generates the touch point reporting signal TPS according to the second touch operation, and transmits the touch point reporting signal TPS to the electronic apparatus 101. Meanwhile, the electronic apparatus 101 firstly receives the color setting signal CSS and then receives the touch point reporting signal TPS. The electronic apparatus 101 may obtain the set track color according to the color setting signal CSS. The electronic apparatus 101 may generate one or more writing tracks by analyzing the touch point reporting signal TPS. The electronic apparatus 101 may set the color of the one or more writing tracks according to the set track color.
The electronic apparatus 101 may store information relating to the obtained one or more writing tracks and the color corresponding to the one or more writing tracks in an output file. The electronic apparatus 101 may also display the contents of the output file through the display panel SC and display the respective tracks according to the color corresponding to each of the writing tracks.
In an embodiment of the invention, the touch point reporting signal TPS reflects information (e.g., coordinate positions) relating to a plurality of touch points generated according to temporal sequence information. The electronic apparatus 101 may construct one or more writing tracks according to the coordinate positions of the touch points and the temporal sequence according to which the touch points occur.
Besides, each of the color selecting regions 121 to 12N may generate the color setting signal CSS according to whether or not a touched phenomenon occurs. When the touched phenomenon occurs in one of the color selecting regions 121 to 12N, the color selecting region that is touched (e.g., the color selecting region 121) generates the color setting signal CSS according to the corresponding track color, and transmits the color setting signal CSS to the electronic apparatus 101. For example, if the track color corresponding to the color selecting region 121 is red, the electronic apparatus 101 may set color type information of a writing track generated subsequently as red. Afterwards, if a new touched phenomenon occurs in the color selecting region 122, for example, the color selecting region 122 generates the color setting signal CSS according to the corresponding track color (e.g., green), and transmits the color setting signal CSS to the electronic apparatus 101. The electronic apparatus 101 may change the color type information of a writing track generated subsequently to green.
Besides, each of the color selecting regions 121 to 12N may also detect the number of times of being touched within a preset time interval, or detect a lasting time of being touched, so as to generate brightness information or chrominance information of the color setting signal CSS. For example, if each of the color selecting regions 121 to 12N detects a state of being touched for multiple times successively, the brightness (or chrominance) rendered in the corresponding writing track may be adjusted according to the number of times which the each of the color selecting regions 121 to 12N is touched. If the touch operation detected by each of the color selecting regions 121 to 12N remains without being interrupted, each of the color selecting regions 121 to 12N may detect the lasting time in which the each of the color selecting regions 121 to 12N is touched, thereby adjusting the brightness (or chrominance) rendered in the corresponding writing track.
In the above embodiment, the brightness of the writing track may be positively or negatively proportional to the number of times of being touched or the lasting time. The chrominance of the writing track may also be positively or negatively proportional to the number of times of being touched or the lasting time.
It should be noted that the electronic whiteboard 100 and the electronic apparatus 101 may communicate with each other via a communication interface. The electronic whiteboard 100 may transmit the color setting signal CSS and the touch point reporting signal TPS to the electronic apparatus 101 via the communication interface. The communication interface may be a wired or wireless communication interface. Any wired or wireless communication interface that people having ordinary skills in the art are familiar with is applicable to the embodiments of the invention, and there is no specific limitation in this regard.
Meanwhile, the electronic apparatus 101 may further analyze the writing track and convert the writing track into text information through a writing-text converting operation, and store text information and the corresponding track color, brightness information, and chrominance information in the output file.
In the embodiment, the electronic apparatus 101 may be an arbitrary portable or static electronic apparatus, such as a smartphone, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, etc.
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In an embodiment of the invention, the output file may include only the writing tracks of text, only the writing tracks of graphs, or the writing tracks of text and graphs. There is no specific limitation in this regard.
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The touch medium may be constructed in correspondence with the touch detecting method of the electronic whiteboard 310. Taking capacitive touch detecting as an example, the touch medium may be a water-based pen having an electrical conductive capability. However, the invention is not limited thereto.
The electronic apparatus 320 is coupled to the electronic whiteboard 310. The electronic apparatus 320 has the display panel SC. The electronic apparatus 320 serves to receive the touch point reporting signal TPS and the color setting signal CSS transmitted by the electronic whiteboard 310. The electronic apparatus 320 may analyze the touch point reporting signal TPS based on time information to obtain one or more writing tracks. For example, the electronic apparatus 320 determines that the coordinates of the touch point occurring at a time point t1 is (x1, y1), the coordinates of the touch point occurring at a time point t2 is (x2, y2), and the coordinates of the touch point occurring at a time point t3 is (x3, y3), wherein the time point t1 is earlier than the time point t2, and the time point t2 is earlier than the time point t3. In this way, by analyzing the position relation among the multiple touch points that successively occur in the touch point reporting signal TPS, the electronic apparatus 120 may obtain the strokes and the order of the user's writing based on the touch point reporting signal TPS transmitted by the electronic whiteboard 310. The electronic apparatus 320 may record the obtained writing tracks by generating an output file 330. In an embodiment, the writing tracks of graphs are recorded with the output file 330 in a graphic format, for example. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In the embodiment, the output file 330 may be displayed on the display panel SC of the electronic apparatus 320. The electronic apparatus 320 may be an arbitrary portable or static electronic apparatus, such as a smartphone, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, etc.
In the embodiment, the electronic whiteboard 310 provides a track input region 311 and function selecting regions 3121 to 312N. The electronic whiteboard 310 generates the touch point reporting signal TPS according to the touched state on the writing region 311. When the touch point reporting signal TPS is transmitted to the electronic apparatus 320, the electronic apparatus 320 may generate one or more writing tracks according to the touch point reporting signal TPS at this time. In the embodiment, the electronic apparatus 320 learns the order of strokes edited by the user on the electronic whiteboard 310 by analyzing the touch point reporting signal TPS, and generates the writing tracks having one or more writings, written text, or sketches accordingly. Besides, the electronic apparatus 320 also keeps records according to the time information with the temporal sequence in which the writing tracks occur. In this way, in the embodiment, the electronic apparatus 320 is able to faithfully present/record the writings/writing tracks written by the user on the electronic whiteboard 310 on/in the electronic apparatus 320.
In an embodiment, the electronic apparatus 320 may obtain the user's writing according to the touch point reporting signal TPS, and perform a writing-text conversion operation on the obtained writing, so as to obtain one or more text information. In an embodiment, the method for the electronic apparatus 320 to analyze the touch point reporting signal TPS to generate the text information may follow the writing-text conversion method known by people having ordinary skills in the art, and there is no specific limitation in this regard. Besides, the function selecting regions 3121 to 312N on the electronic whiteboard 310 may include allowing the user to select a text feature. In addition, the electronic whiteboard 310 may generate corresponding text feature information according to the touched state of the function selecting regions 3121 to 312N, and transmit the generated text feature information to the electronic apparatus 320. Specifically, based on the time information, the electronic apparatus 320 may keep records according to the text information and the time at which the text feature information is generated, and find the text information corresponding to the text feature information. For example, the text feature information includes the size, color, font, or style (e.g., italic or regular, boldface font or thin font), etc., of the text. At a time point T1, the electronic apparatus 320 receives the text feature information which sets the thickness of the strokes of the text to be boldfaced. The electronic apparatus 320 thus sets all the text included in the text information generated after the time point T1 to be boldfaced. When receiving the text feature information setting the style of the text to be italic at a subsequent time point T2, the electronic apparatus 320 sets the style of the text included in the text information generated after the time point T2 to be italic. Therefore, when the text written on the electronic whiteboard 310 has first text feature information (e.g., large-sized, red, Times Roman font, boldfaced), the electronic apparatus 320 may synchronously generate text corresponding to the first text feature information, so as to generate the corresponding output file 330. Similarly, when the text written on the electronic whiteboard 310 has second text feature information (e.g., small-sized, blue, BiauKai font, boldfaced), the electronic apparatus 320 may synchronously generate text corresponding to the second text feature information, so as to generate the corresponding output file 330.
Besides, the function selecting regions 3121 to 312N on the electronic whiteboard 310 may also include the color selecting regions respectively corresponding to different track colors. When each of the color selecting regions detects a touched state, the electronic whiteboard 310 may generate the color setting signal CSS and transmit the color setting signal CSS to the electronic apparatus 320. The electronic apparatus 320 may set the color type of the corresponding writing track according to the color setting signal CSS, and may further set the brightness information and the chrominance information of the corresponding writing track according to the color setting signal CSS.
Details regarding the color selecting regions and the color setting signal CSS have been described in detail in the above embodiment and therefore will not be repeated in the following.
Meanwhile, in the embodiment, a file name region 3111 may be set in the track input region 311. The electronic whiteboard 310 may detect a touch operation in the file name region 3111 to generate a file name touch point reporting signal. The electronic apparatus 320 may analyze the file name touch point reporting signal to generate the file name of the output file 330. In the embodiment, the file name region 3111 is located at the upper part of the electronic whiteboard 310, for example. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the file name region 3111 may also be located at the lower part, the left side, the right side, the middle, or other suitable positions of the electronic whiteboard 310 based on the design needs.
In other embodiments, the function selecting regions 3121 to 312N may further include a plurality of electronic apparatus control regions. The electronic whiteboard 310 may detect the touch operation in the electronic apparatus control region to generate a control command, and the electronic apparatus 320 may carry out the corresponding function according to the control command. For example, the electronic apparatus control region may include saving a file and a control function for a displayed frame. When the touch operation occurs in the electronic apparatus control region corresponding to saving the file, the electronic whiteboard 310 transmits the control command corresponding to saving the file, and the electronic apparatus 320 carries out an operation of saving the output file according to the received control command. When the touch operation occurs in the electronic apparatus control region corresponding to the control function for a displayed frame (such as removing or moving, etc.), the electronic apparatus 320 carries out an operation for the displayed frame to remove or move the displayed frame according to the received control command. However, the functions of the function selecting regions 3121 to 312N described above are merely examples. The functions of the function selecting regions 3121 to 312N may be set based on the design needs.
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In the embodiment, the remote electronic apparatuses 431, 432, and 433 are respectively a smartphone, a tablet computer, and a notebook computer. In an embodiment, the remote electronic apparatus 431 (e.g., the smartphone)/the remote electronic apparatus 432 (e.g., the tablet computer) may be installed with an operating system such as Android or iOS, etc. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In an embodiment, the remote electronic apparatus 433 (e.g., the notebook computer) may be installed with an operating system such as Windows, Chrome OS, or Mac OS, etc. However, the invention is not limited thereto. A specialized application (app) may be installed in the remote electronic apparatuses 431 to 433, and the remote electronic apparatuses 431 to 433 are coupled to the electronic apparatus 420 via a wired or wireless communication interface. In an embodiment, the wired communication interface is the Ethernet network interface, and the wireless communication interface is the Wi-Fi interface, for example. However, the invention is not limited thereto.
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In view of the foregoing, one or more electronic whiteboards are provided in the embodiments of the invention, and the touch point reporting signal is generated by detecting the touch operation carried out by the touch medium. In the embodiments of the invention, the electronic apparatus analyzes the touch point reporting signal according to the time information to generate at least one writing track, and thereby generates one or more output files according to the at least one writing track. In the embodiments of the invention, the electronic whiteboard is provided to detect writings written by the user through the touch detection operation and convert the writings into text information. In the embodiments of the invention, the color selecting regions are provided, and the color of the writing track is set by detecting the touch operation in the color selecting region. Besides, in the embodiments of the invention, the electronic whiteboard receives the text feature information corresponding to the text information and input by the user, and the electronic apparatus generates the output file according to the text information and the corresponding text feature information. In this way, the electronic whiteboard system according to the embodiments of the invention offers a more efficient human-machine interface and significantly facilitates the performance of the electronic whiteboard system.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form or to exemplary embodiments disclosed. Accordingly, the foregoing description should be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive. Obviously, many modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners skilled in this art. The embodiments are chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its best mode practical application, thereby to enable persons skilled in the art to understand the invention for various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use or implementation contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents in which all terms are meant in their broadest reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated. Therefore, the term “the invention”, “the present invention” or the like does not necessarily limit the claim scope to a specific embodiment, and the reference to particularly preferred exemplary embodiments of the invention does not imply a limitation on the invention, and no such limitation is to be inferred. The invention is limited only by the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Moreover, these claims may refer to use “first”, “second”, etc. following with noun or element. Such terms should be understood as a nomenclature and should not be construed as giving the limitation on the number of the elements modified by such nomenclature unless specific number has been given. The abstract of the disclosure is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract, which will allow a searcher to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure of any patent issued from this disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. Any advantages and benefits described may not apply to all embodiments of the invention. It should be appreciated that variations may be made in the embodiments described by persons skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the following claims. Moreover, no element and component in the disclosure is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether the element or component is explicitly recited in the following claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201810530632.7 | May 2018 | CN | national |
| 201910092344.2 | Jan 2019 | CN | national |
