CN102405455B - Touch panel input device - Google Patents

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CN102405455B
CN102405455B CN200980141859.1A CN200980141859A CN102405455B CN 102405455 B CN102405455 B CN 102405455B CN 200980141859 A CN200980141859 A CN 200980141859A CN 102405455 B CN102405455 B CN 102405455B
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W.A.格拉列夫斯基
K.L.马萨罗
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Abstract

Provide input equipment, notebook, keying input equipment and method.Touch pad framework is made up of touch pad pressing area.The touch pad be made up of mobile input field and button area is attached to described touch pad framework.Described touch pad is configured to the appearance of the input of the position detected on described touch pad.Switch is positioned at below the button area of described touch pad.Additionally provide haptic response assembly, for producing haptic response in response to applying pressure from described input to described button area.

Description

Touch panel input device
Background technology
Need touch pad (touchpad) input equipment of the improvement of the Consumer's Experience that improvement is provided.
Summary of the invention
According to an embodiment, provide a kind of input equipment, it comprises the touch pad framework be made up of touch pad pressing area.Touch pad is attached to described touch pad framework and is made up of mobile input field and button area.Described touch pad is configured to the appearance of the input of the position detected on described touch pad.Switch is positioned at below the button area of described touch pad.Additionally provide haptic response assembly, for producing haptic response in response to applying pressure from described input to described button area.
Embodiment disclosed in another, provides a kind of computing machine notebook, it keyboard comprising keying input framework and be attached to described keying input framework.The touch pad framework being attached to described keying input framework is made up of touch pad pressing area.Provide the touch pad being attached to described touch pad framework, and described touch pad is made up of mobile input field and button area.Described touch pad is configured to the appearance of the input of the position detected on described touch pad.Switch is positioned at below the button area of described touch pad.Additionally provide haptic response assembly, for producing haptic response in response to applying pressure from described input to described button area.
According to further embodiment, provide the keying input equipment with keying input framework.Keyboard is attached to described keying input framework.The touch pad framework be made up of touch pad pressing area is attached to described keying input framework.Provide the touch pad being attached to described touch pad framework, and described touch pad is made up of mobile input field and button area.Described touch pad is configured to the appearance of the input of the position detected on described touch pad.Switch is positioned at below the button area of described touch pad.Additionally provide haptic response assembly, for producing haptic response in response to applying pressure from described input to described button area.
According to another disclosed embodiment, provide the method being detected input by touch pad.The method comprises the following steps: the appearance detecting input; Detect the pressure of input; And the haptic response produced this pressure.
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Fig. 1 is the exploded view of the input equipment according to an embodiment.
Fig. 2 A is the view from top to bottom of the input equipment according to an embodiment.
Fig. 2 B is according to an embodiment, the sectional view illustrating the input equipment of the element of pivot support (pivotsupport).
Fig. 3 is the view from top to bottom of the electronics input checkout equipment according to the input equipment of an embodiment.
Fig. 4 is the isometric view of the input equipment according to an embodiment.
Fig. 5 is the figure being connected to the input equipment of input receiving equipment according to an embodiment.
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram that the method inputted according to the detection of an embodiment is described in detail in detail.
Fig. 7 is the notebook comprising input equipment according to an embodiment.
Fig. 8 is the keying input equipment comprising input equipment according to an embodiment.
Embodiment
Below with reference to accompanying drawing, each embodiment of the present disclosure is described.Should be appreciated that, below describe intention and describe example embodiment of the present invention and do not limit the present invention.
It should be noted that word as used herein " assembly " intention comprises and use the implementation of a line or multirow software code and/or hardware implementation mode and/or the facility for receiving manually input.
With reference now to Fig. 1.Fig. 1 is the exploded view of the input equipment 105 according to an embodiment.Input equipment 105 has touch pad framework 113, and it is configured with touch pad pressing (depression) district 114.Input equipment 105 also has touch pad 104 that be attached to touch pad framework 113, that have mobile input field 101, button area (102 and 103 combination) and haptic response assembly (109,111,104).Switch 111 is positioned under touch pad 104.Touch pad 104 detects the appearance of the input of the position at touch pad 104.
The example of the input detected by touch pad 104 can be the finger of people.Alternately, the input of detection can be pencil or pen.The detection of input can be completed by various different modes.In certain embodiments, touch pad 104 is configured to detecting optical input.In other embodiments, touch pad 104 is configured to detect magnetic input.In other embodiments other, touch pad 104 is configured to Detection capacitance or conductance.Touch pad 104 be configured to by mobile input field 101 or button area (102 and 103 combination) arbitrary in detect the movement of the input on touch pad 104 in the appearance of the input at discrete location place along with time detecting.Input equipment 105 is also configured such that the appearance of input is detected in the button input field (102 and 103 combination) of touch pad 104, and when described input applies pressure to the button area (102 and 103 combination) of touch pad 104, switch 111 detects itself pressing.The button intention of the test set of the input in the pressing of switch 111 and button area (102 and 103) indicating touch panel 104 is altogether pressed.Haptic response assembly (109,111,104) applies pressure in response to button area (102 and 103 combination) and produces haptic response.
In certain embodiments, button area (102 and 103 combine) is made up of left button district 103 and right button district 102.Correspondingly, the pressure that the input detected in the region in the left button district 103 relative with the region in right button district 102 is carried out applies to indicate the expectation button be separated to input.Input pressure be applied in that detection where determines to be intended in the button of pressing represented by left button district 103 and right button district 102 which.As an example, user can be pointed to be placed in left button district 103, and applies pressure by the switch 111 be pressed in below touch pad 104.At this, touch pad 104 detects with the pressing of switch 111 appearance that the finger in left button district 103 inputs in combination, and this indicating user intention provides the left button corresponding with left button district 103 to input.The right button corresponding with right button district 102 can be activated similarly.
Touch pad framework 113 is configured with touch pad pressing area 114.After applying pressure to the button area (102 and 103 combination) of touch pad 104, touch pad 104 is out of shape towards the touch pad pressing area 114 of touch pad framework 113 and enters wherein.Touch pad pressing area 114 provides such space: touch pad 104 parts can be out of shape and enter in this space.Touch pad framework 113 can be made up of the material of any amount.In certain embodiments, touch pad framework 113 is made of plastics.In other embodiments, touch pad framework 113 is made up of the metal of such as aluminium.
In the illustrative embodiment of Fig. 1, the touch pad 104 of input equipment 105 is made up of Decorative shell 106, pivot support 107 and touch circuitry plate 108.
There is provided Decorative shell 106 to shield touch circuitry plate 108 and pivot support 107 to user.In addition, Decorative shell 106 with the addition of aesthetic features to input equipment 105.Thus Decorative shell 106 can provide by the different colours of any amount.In addition, in certain embodiments, may preferably, the region that instruction is corresponding with mobile input field 101 and button area (102 and 103 combine) visually on Decorative shell 106.In one embodiment, for the district corresponding with mobile input field 101, Decorative shell 106 is coated with a color, and for the district corresponding with button area (102 and 103 combine), Decorative shell 106 is coated with another color.In other embodiments other, for the district corresponding with mobile input field 101, Decorative shell 106 is coated with a color, for the district corresponding with right button district 102, Decorative shell 106 is coated with another color, and for the district corresponding with left button district 103, Decorative shell 106 is coated with another color.The region corresponding with mobile input field 101 and button area (102 and 103 combine) can also be indicated by optical illumination.Thus in certain embodiments, Decorative shell 106 region corresponding with turnover zone 101 is configured to illuminate a color, and Decorative shell 106 region corresponding with button area (102 and 103 combine) is configured to illuminate another color.In other embodiments, Decorative shell 106 region corresponding with turnover zone 101 is configured to illuminate a color, Decorative shell 106 region corresponding with right button district 102 is configured to illuminate another color, and Decorative shell 106 region corresponding with left button district 103 is configured to illuminate another color.Illuminating of Decorative shell 106 can be provided with any suitable light source of such as LED.In certain embodiments, LED is traditional semiconductor diode LED.In other embodiments, the quantum dot LED that is made up of semiconductor nanocrystal (nanocrystal) of LED.In other other embodiments, LED is organic LED.
Present composition graphs 1 is with reference to figure 2A and 2B.Fig. 2 A is the view from top to bottom of the input equipment 105 according to an embodiment.Fig. 2 B is the sectional view of the input equipment 105 of the element of illustration pivot support 107 according to an embodiment.Pivot support 107 is made up of pivoting point 201 and switch contact 202.Touch pad 104 is attached to touch pad framework 113 at pivoting point 201 place of pivot support 107.Pivot support 107 is provided as making when input applies pressure to the Decorative shell 106 of touch pad 104, and touch pad 104 parts enter in the touch pad pressing area 114 of touch pad framework 113 around pivoting point 201 distortion.After deformation, if input applies the pressure with enough strength, then switch contact 202 contact-making switch 111 of touch pad 104 parts.Those skilled in the art will recognize that, pivoting point 201 can be provided in the position of any amount of each several part relative to formation touch pad 104.
Present composition graphs 1 is with reference to figure 3.Fig. 3 is the view from top to bottom of the electronics input checkout equipment according to the input equipment of an embodiment.The mobile input field 101 of touch pad and button area (102 in Fig. 1 and 103 combination) can input checkout equipment by Single Electron or multiple electronics input checkout equipment detects input.The electricity input checkout equipment forming touch pad 104 can be the circuit board being configured to the electric capacity detecting input.It is embodiments of single circuit board that Fig. 4 illustrates wherein touch circuitry plate 108, and described single circuit board comprises mobile input capacitance district 301(and corresponds to the mobile input field 101 of Fig. 1), left button capacitive region 303(corresponds to the left button district 103 of Fig. 1) and right button capacitive region 302(correspond to the right button district 102 of Fig. 1).In other embodiments, touch circuitry plate is made up of the walking circuit plate only including mobile input capacitance district and the button circuit plate that comprises left button capacitive region and right button capacitive region or single button area.In another embodiment, touch circuitry plate is by only comprising the walking circuit plate in mobile input capacitance district, the left button circuit board only comprising left button capacitive region and the right button circuit board that only comprises right button capacitive region forms.Disclosed mobile input field 101, button area (102 of Fig. 1 and 103 combination) and the customization of touch-sensitive input field complete by specifying the expectation corresponding with the region of electro-detection input equipment to input.Below discuss the customization of these input fields in more detail.In addition, the electricity input checkout equipment forming touch pad 104 can be the circuit board being configured to detect conductance, magnetic and optics input (only enumerating several embodiment).
Go back with reference to figure 1.Input equipment 105 has the switch 111 be positioned under touch pad 104.As mentioned above, the test set of the pressing of switch 111 and the input in button area (102 and 103 combination) indicates the button of intention pressing touch pad 104 altogether.Input equipment 105 is configured with haptic response assembly (109,111,104) further.Haptic response assembly (109,111,104) produces haptic response in response to applying pressure from input to button area.In certain embodiments, switch 111 can be equipped with spring (spring-loaded).In other embodiments, switch can not be equipped with spring.In those embodiments with the switch 111 that spring is housed, switch 111 back applies pressure for this input during input applies pressure.Thus switch 111 is equipped with in those embodiments of spring wherein, switch 111 can be haptic response assembly 111.In such embodiments, when inputting applying pressure and touch pad 104 parts enter in the touch pad pressing area 114 of touch pad framework 113 around the distortion of (Fig. 2 B's) pivoting point 201, switch 111 applies pressure to these parts.Apply pressure in response to from input, switch 111 applies pressure for touch pad 104 and produces haptic response.In this way, the sensation of pressing button is supplied to input by tactile feedback by input equipment.
In other embodiments, haptic response assembly is spring clamp (springfinger) or multiple spring clamp.The illustrative embodiment of Fig. 1 has multiple spring clamp 109.When inputting applying pressure and touch pad 104 parts enter in the touch pad pressing area 114 of touch pad framework 113 around the distortion of (Fig. 2 B's) pivoting point 201, spring clamp 109 applies pressure to these parts.Apply pressure in response to from input, spring clamp applies pressure for touch pad 104 and produces haptic response.In this way, the sensation of pressing button is supplied to input by tactile feedback by input equipment.Those skilled in the art recognize that, can provide or not provide the spring clamp 109 of illustrative embodiments in the position of any amount.Those of skill in the art also will appreciate that, the embodiment of disclosed input equipment 105 can be made up of many switches of the position of any amount be positioned at relative to touch pad 104 parts.
In certain embodiments, the spring clamp be combined with switch 111 or multiple spring clamp 109 are haptic response assemblies, and can produce haptic response in response to applying pressure from input.In a further embodiment, touch pad 104 parts can be haptic response assemblies, and the trend that touch pad 104 parts turn back to its original position produces tactile feedback.In other other embodiments, touch pad 104 parts be combined with switch 111 can be haptic response assemblies.In addition, in another embodiment, touch pad 104 parts be combined with spring clamp or multiple spring clamp 109 can be haptic response assemblies.In other other embodiments, the touch pad 104 be combined with spring clamp or multiple spring clamp 109 and switch 111 can be haptic response assemblies.
With reference now to Fig. 5.Fig. 5 is the figure being connected to the input equipment 105 of input receiving equipment 501 according to an embodiment.Input equipment 105 is designed to be connected to input receiving equipment 501 by communication channel 502, makes input equipment 105 be supplied to input receiving equipment 501 by by specifically inputting input communication that message form.In certain embodiments, communication channel 502 can be single work or duplex.Communication channel 502 can be direct wiring electrical connection or communication channel 502 can be wireless.As an example, Fig. 7 illustrates the embodiment of notebook, this notebook comprise be attached to underframe 702 input equipment 105, be attached to the screen 701 of underframe 702 and be attached to the keyboard 703 of underframe 702.In addition, Fig. 8 illustrates another embodiment of keying input equipment, and this keying input equipment comprises the input equipment 105 being attached to keying input framework 801 and the keyboard 802 being attached to keying input framework 801.In other other embodiments, input equipment 105 can be connected to the communication facilities of such as personal digital assistant, cell phone or radio mail equipment.
Exemplarily apply, input equipment 105 can be connected to notebook (the input receiving equipment 501 of Fig. 5).This notebook can be configured with as known in the art based on the operating system of window.As known in the art, user is mutual with the operating system based on window by the mobile device of keying input equipment and such as touch pad or computer mouse.Input equipment 105 can provide mobile device with mutual with the operating system based on window.Input equipment 105 by detect from user input mobile input field 101 or button area (102 and 103 combination) arbitrary in appearance and detect the ability of mobile cursor in the operating system environment that the movement of this input on touch pad 104 be provided in based on window.In addition, input equipment 105 allows user to provide button input by the input detected in combination from user with the pressing of the switch 111 be arranged under touch pad 104 in the appearance of button area (102 and 103 combine).
The other feature of some embodiments of disclosed input equipment 105 is to provide progressive (graduated) button inputted ability.In such embodiments, switch 111 is configured to the threshold value detecting the pressure being applied to button area (102 and 103 combination) by input.The detection of the threshold value of institute's applied pressure realizes by determining switch 111 to be pressed downwardly what degree.In the exemplary embodiment, what input equipment 105 may be used for providing with the multimedia groupware of the communication facilities linked appended by input equipment 105 (the input receiving equipment 501 of Fig. 5) is more accurate mutual.Such as, progressive button input can provide variable F.F. for multimedia groupware or fall back.Alternately, so progressive button input can be used in various different application component, such as medical test suite and video-game.
Further other feature in some embodiments of disclosed input equipment 105 is the mobile input field 101 of touch pad 104 and the customization of button area (102 and 103 combination).In such embodiments, user can specify which region of touch pad 104 to correspond to mobile input field 101 and button area (102 and 103 combination).In addition, have in the embodiment in left button district 103 and right button district 102 at those, user can specify which region corresponds to left button district 103 and right button district 102.In other further embodiment, user can come the button area of regulation any amount in the following manner: by specifying which region corresponds to those button area.As an example, user in such embodiments can specify first, second, third and fourth button area.Then user can specify the input message that will be sent to the expectation of (Fig. 5's) input receiving equipment 501 that input equipment 105 is connected to when inputting and being provided to defined button area.
User can be realized in a variety of different ways specify.In one embodiment, user can specify the region of touch pad 104 in user's configuration component of the notebook linked appended by input equipment 105 (the input receiving equipment 501 of Fig. 5).The appointment in region comprises the bounded domain identifying and comprise the district of touch pad 104.Bounded domain represents according to the coordinate in touch pad 104.Such as, being 5 centimetres for size takes advantage of the appointment of the mobile input field 101 of the touch pad 104 of the square of 5 centimetres (wherein x and y-axis to be intersected in the lower right-hand corner of touch pad 104 and equaled 0) and button area (102 and 103 combination) to be: mobile input field 101 is by coordinate (x=0, the district that region 5=>y>=3) defined with (x=5,5=>y>=3) is defined; Button area (102 and 103 combination) is the district that the region defined by coordinate (x=0, y<=3) and (x=5, y<=3) is defined.Do not needed to be made up of four limits by battery limit (BL).
User specifies and can be stored in the hardware of notebook as data.In such embodiments, the detection of the input in the region of touch pad 104 can send to notebook the communication that indicating user input appears in the lower left corner of touch pad 104, such as coordinate (x=1, y=1) by input equipment 105 and realize.Thus notebook can be accessed stored user and be specified to determine that this communication indicative input is arranged in the button area (102 and 103 combination) of touch pad 104.
In an alternate embodiment, represent that the data that user specifies can be stored in the hardware of input equipment 105.In such embodiments, input appears at determination where and can be performed by input equipment 105, and the communication in region that indicative input is positioned at is sent to notebook.Alternately, the data of the position of the input that the user in the region of touch pad 104 can specify and detect by input equipment 105 are transferred to notebook, and notebook can determine the position of input based on these communication.
The other further feature of some embodiments of disclosed input equipment 105 is touch-sensitive input fields of touch pad 104.This touch-sensitive input field can be positioned at mobile input field 101 or button area (102 and 103 combination).This touch-sensitive input field can be configured to open or close input equipment 105 after appearance input being detected.In other embodiments, touch-sensitive input field opens or closes wireless radio (wirelessradio) after can being configured to detect the appearance of input in touch sensitive zone.In certain embodiments, touch-sensitive input field is customizable to link the input that (Fig. 5's) input receiving equipment 501 provides customization appended by input equipment 105.As an example, touch-sensitive input field can be customized to quiet after user applies to input or open the sound device of (Fig. 5's) input receiving equipment 501.
In a further embodiment, touch-sensitive input field is customizable to provide multiple touch-sensitive input area in touch-sensitive input field, and each touch-sensitive input area has its oneself the customizable input that will be provided to (Fig. 5's) input receiving equipment 501.Be similar to the disclosed feature that mobile input field 101 and button area (102 and 103 combination) customize, the customization of touch-sensitive input field can realize in a variety of different ways.In addition, can visually indicate the region corresponding with touch-sensitive input field, as above disclosed in the discussion of Fig. 1.
Continue with reference to figure 1.The illustrative embodiment of Fig. 1 comprises controller IC 110.Controller IC 110 can be configured to coordinate input detection by the signal collected from touch circuitry plate 108 and switch 111.In addition, (Fig. 5's) input receiving equipment 501 that controller IC 110 can be configured to link appended by input equipment 105 sends communication.In addition, in certain embodiments, controller IC equipment 110 can control illuminating of Decorative shell 106, as mentioned above.Controller IC 110 can also store the data of the customization representing input field, as previously mentioned.In such embodiments, controller IC 110 can also will represent that the data of the customization of input field and the signal combination received from touch pad 104 are to determine the input that user expects.In other embodiments, (Fig. 5's) input receiving equipment 501 that controller IC 110 will be sent to input equipment 105 and is connected to representing the data of the customization of input field and the signal combination received from touch pad 104, and the input expected determined by (Fig. 5's) input receiving equipment 501.But in certain embodiments, input equipment 105 can not have the one or more equipment coordinated input and detect or communication is sent to input receiving equipment 501.
With reference now to Fig. 6.Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram that the method inputted according to the detection of an embodiment is described in detail in detail.In step 601, detect the appearance of the input of the position in the button area of touch pad 104.In step 602, detect on the button area of touch pad to the input pressed down.In step 603, produce haptic response and by haptic response inter-module ground connection or directly described haptic response is supplied to apply input people.
In one embodiment, disclosed input equipment, while maintaining the ability providing haptic response to user, provides the design be combined of aesthetic pleasant.In addition, some embodiments of disclosed input equipment provide maximized district, and this district can be detected by the movement detecting the input in both mobile input field and button area the movement of input.Input equipment disclosed in certain embodiments can also provide progressive button input.The feature of some other embodiments comprises the visual instruction in the customization of the input field of input equipment and the region of formation input field.
Object in order to illustrate and describe gives the above description of various embodiments of the present invention.Be not intended to be limit or limit the invention to disclosed precise forms, and consider that above instruction modifications and variations are possible, or these modifications and variations can be obtained from the practice of the present invention.Select and describe these embodiments to explain principle of the present invention and practical application thereof, to enable those skilled in the art in various embodiments and with the various amendments of specific use being suitable for expecting to utilize the present invention.

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1. an input equipment, comprising:
Touch pad framework, it is made up of touch pad pressing area;
Be attached to the touch pad of described touch pad framework, it is made up of mobile input field and button area, and wherein said touch pad is configured to the existence of the input of the position detected on described touch pad, and wherein said touch pad is positioned at above touch pad framework;
Switch, it is positioned at below the button area of described touch pad; And
Haptic response assembly, for producing haptic response in response to applying pressure from described input to described button area;
Wherein after applying pressure to the button area of touch pad, touch pad is out of shape around identical pivoting point and enters into the touch pad pressing area of touch pad framework.
2. input equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said switch and described haptic response assembly are identical.
3. input equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said haptic response assembly is spring clamp.
4. input equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said touch pad and described haptic response assembly are identical.
5. input equipment as claimed in claim 1, the region wherein forming the described touch pad of mobile input field and button area is customizable.
6. input equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said button area is made up of left button district and right button district.
7. a computing machine notebook, comprising:
Underframe;
Be attached to the screen of described underframe;
Be attached to the keyboard of described underframe;
The touch pad framework be made up of touch pad pressing area;
Be attached to the touch pad of described touch pad framework, it is made up of mobile input field and button area, and wherein said touch pad is configured to the existence of the input of the position detected on described touch pad, and wherein said touch pad is positioned at above touch pad framework;
Switch, it is positioned at below the button area of described touch pad; And
Haptic response assembly, for producing haptic response in response to applying pressure from described input to described button area;
Wherein after applying pressure to the button area of touch pad, touch pad is out of shape around identical pivoting point and enters into the touch pad pressing area of touch pad framework.
8. a keying input equipment, comprising:
Keying input framework;
Be attached to the keyboard of described keying input framework; And
Be attached to the touch pad framework of described keying input framework, it is made up of touch pad pressing area;
Be attached to the touch pad of described touch pad framework, it is made up of mobile input field and button area, and wherein said touch pad is positioned at above touch pad framework,
Wherein said touch pad is configured to the existence of the input of the position detected on described touch pad;
Switch, it is positioned at below the button area of described touch pad; And
Haptic response assembly, for producing haptic response in response to applying pressure from described input to described button area;
Wherein after applying pressure to the button area of touch pad, touch pad is out of shape around identical pivoting point and enters into the touch pad pressing area of touch pad framework.
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