TWI504225B - Auxiliary operation suite for a portable electronic device with touch panel - Google Patents

Description

Auxiliary operation kit for portable electronic devices with touch screens

The present invention relates to an auxiliary operation kit for an electronic device, and more particularly to an auxiliary operation kit for a portable electronic device having a touch screen.

As technology evolves, portable electronic devices such as smart phones, mobile phones with touch screens, and personal digital assistants (PDAs) equipped with touch screens provide more convenient access to the Internet and more. Fast data processing speed and other features, so almost everyone holds. At present, smart phones with touch screens are almost one person. Since most smart phones are equipped with camera functions, many people often use the camera functions of smart phones to record interesting things in daily life, even In the event of a meal, when you need to take a photo, you can replace the camera with the camera function of the smart phone, avoiding the weight of one camera.

However, mobile phones with touch screens, smart phones such as iPhone series phones, Android phones, etc., or portable electronic devices with touch screens such as iPads, Android tablets, etc., have built-in camera functions. Using the touch screen input command on it to perform a camera action, clicking on the touch screen with a finger or a stylus is definitely not as easy to use as a camera. In addition, on the portable electronic device with a touch screen, the virtual button displayed on the touch screen has no physical shape, and the user can easily press the position where the virtual button is not in the operation, so the input cannot be surely input. The instructions cause inconvenience in its operation. Even in some operating situations, pressing the screen with your finger will not only obscure part of the content, but the user must use it. Both hands can simultaneously grasp and operate, and the holding space provided by the mobile phone is insufficient, which makes it difficult for the user to hold the mobile phone stably when using the camera function of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone is likely to fall.

Therefore, it is a technical field in the art to provide an auxiliary operation kit that can be applied to a portable electronic device having a touch screen to improve the inconvenience of using the touch screen to manipulate the camera function of the portable electronic device. The problem to be solved.

An object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary operation kit, which can be applied to a portable electronic device with a touch screen, and the control function of the touch screen is extended outside the screen by the kit, so that the manipulation action is not limited. In the area of the virtual button provided by the touch screen, and with the structural design of the kit, the inconvenience of manipulating the portable electronic device with the touch screen can be solved.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the technical features disclosed herein.

An auxiliary operation kit according to an embodiment of the present invention is applicable to a portable electronic device having a touch screen, wherein the touch screen system is used for one or a part or all of the above or other purposes. It is a capacitive touch screen. The auxiliary operation kit includes a housing, a button, a switching element, and an instruction input element.

The housing has an accommodation space in which the portable electronic device can be inserted into the accommodation space to be received therein. The button is disposed on the housing. The switching element is disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the button. Wherein, the button comprises an elastic component, and the elastic component is disposed on the button to provide a pressing action to the switching component, and the switching component can be triggered.

The command input component is disposed on the housing, electrically connected to the switch component, and disposed on an area relative to one of the virtual buttons displayed on the touch screen. When a user presses a button, the switching element is triggered, so that the command input component transmits a signal to the touch screen through the area of the virtual button, thereby controlling the portable electronic device. The button and the command input component are a conductive material.

In one embodiment, the housing has a gripping structure for the user to securely hold the portable electronic device by the gripping structure.

In one embodiment, the command input member has a rotating shaft, a first end and a second end. The rotating shaft is disposed on the housing, and the first end is disposed on the rotating shaft, so that the second end is rotatably disposed on the virtual button. On the area.

An auxiliary operation kit according to another embodiment of the present invention is applicable to a portable electronic device having a touch screen, including a casing, for achieving one or a part or all of the above or other purposes. , a button, a pin and an instruction input component. The housing has a receiving space in which the receiving space can accommodate the portable electronic device. The button is disposed on the housing. The pin is electrically connected to the button, and is disposed on one side of the accommodating space, and corresponds to one of the portable electronic devices, and can be inserted into the face. The command input component is built in the housing and electrically connected to the button and the pin. When the user presses the button, the command input component is triggered, and the command input component inputs a signal to the touch screen via the pin and the interface to control the portable electronic device.

In one embodiment, the housing has a gripping structure for the user to securely hold the portable electronic device by the gripping structure.

In an embodiment, the interfacing face comprises a high definition multimedia interface or a Universal sequence bus.

The above and other technical contents, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The directional terms mentioned in the following embodiments, such as upper, lower, left, right, front or rear, etc., are only used to refer to the directions of the accompanying drawings. Therefore, the directional terms are used for illustration only and are not intended to limit the invention.

Please refer to the first figure and the second figure, which are schematic diagrams of an auxiliary operation kit 100 applied to a portable electronic device with a touch screen according to a first embodiment of the present invention. An auxiliary operation kit 100 is applicable to a portable electronic device 10 having a touch screen 20, and is particularly suitable for a mobile phone or a tablet computer having a capacitive touch screen, such as an iPhone series mobile phone that is currently popular in the world. iPad, Android phone or Android tablet.

An auxiliary operation kit 100 includes a housing 110, a button 120, a switching element 130, and an instruction input element 140. The housing 110 has a receiving space V1 and a hook 150. The portable electronic device 10 can be inserted into the receiving space V1 and received therein. The hook 150 corresponds to one of the faces 11 of the portable electronic device 10. The hook 150 can be inserted into the interface 11 so that the portable electronic device 10 can be securely inserted into the auxiliary operation kit 100 without slipping out of the auxiliary operation kit 100. In addition, the housing 110 further has a recess V2 and a holding structure 111 for corresponding to the touch screen 20 on the portable electronic device 10, so that the touch screen 20 is not shielded by the housing 110, thereby affecting the use. The viewer can view or operate the touch screen 20. The holding structure 111 has a circular arc curve for the user to conveniently hold the holding structure 111 to firmly hold the portable electronic device 10.

The button 120 is disposed on the housing 110. The switch component 130 is disposed in the housing 110 and electrically connected to the button 120. The button 120 includes an elastic member 121. The elastic member 121 is disposed in the button 120 to provide a pressing action P to the switching member 130, and the switching member 130 can be triggered.

The command input component 140 is disposed on the housing 110, electrically connected to the switch component 130, and disposed on the area 30 of one of the virtual buttons displayed on the touch screen 20. In particular, the command input member 140 has a rotating shaft 141, a first end 142 and a second end 143. The rotating shaft 141 is disposed on the housing 110, and the first end 142 is disposed on the rotating shaft 141. When the user is inconvenient to hold the portable electronic device 10 and operate the touch screen 20, and the auxiliary operation kit 100 is to be used, the second end 143 can be disposed on the virtual button to the left and right as indicated by the arrow. The area 30 is provided for the user to operate the portable electronic device 10 by the auxiliary operation kit 100; or the second end 143 is rotated away from the touch screen 20 to prevent the user from directly using the touch. Screen 20.

In the present embodiment, the button 120 and the command input member 140 are a conductive material. Therefore, when the user presses the button 120 with a finger, the user's finger touches the button 120. Because the button 120 has electrical conductivity, one of the micro-current signals caused by the finger triggers the switching element 130 via the transmission of the button 120. The switching element 130 The micro-current signal is transmitted to the command input component 140, so that the micro-current signal is transmitted from the first end 142 of the command input component 140 to the second end 143, and then transmitted to the touch screen 20, and the micro-current signal and the touch The electric field on the outer conductive layer of the screen 20 is capacitively coupled, and the touch screen 20 will absorb the micro current signal, thereby controlling the portable electronic device 10. The control function of the touch screen 20 is extended to the above by the auxiliary operation kit 100. In addition to the screen, the control action is not limited to the area 30 of the virtual button provided by the touch screen 20, and the inconvenience of manipulating the portable electronic device with the touch screen can be solved.

Please refer to the third and fourth figures, which are schematic diagrams of an auxiliary operation kit 200 applied to a portable electronic device with a touch screen according to a second embodiment of the present invention. An auxiliary operation kit 200 is applicable to a portable electronic device 10 having a touch screen 20, and is particularly suitable for a mobile phone or a tablet computer having a capacitive touch screen, such as an iPhone series mobile phone that is currently popular in the world. iPad, Android phone or Android tablet.

An auxiliary operation kit 200 includes a housing 210, a button 220, a pin 230, and a command input member (not shown). The housing 210 has a receiving space V1, a recess V2 and a holding structure 211. The portable electronic device 10 can be inserted into the receiving space V1 and accommodated therein. The recess V2 corresponds to the touch screen 20 on the portable electronic device 10, so that the touch screen 20 is not shielded by the housing 210, and affects the user viewing or operating the touch screen 20. The grip structure 211 has a circular arc curve for the user to conveniently hold the grip structure 211 to firmly hold the portable electronic device 10.

The button 220 is disposed on the housing 210. The pin 230 is electrically connected to the button 220 and disposed on one side of the accommodating space V1 and corresponding to the face 11 of the portable electronic device 10, and can be inserted into the interface 11 so that the portable electronic device 10 can be stabilized. The cover is inserted into the auxiliary operation kit 200 without slipping out of the auxiliary operation kit 200. The interface 11 includes a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) or a Universal Serial Bus (USB).

As shown in the fifth figure, it is applied to the second embodiment of the present invention. A block diagram of an auxiliary operation kit 200 of a portable electronic device of a touch screen. The command input component 240 is built in the housing 210 and electrically connected to the button 220 and the pin 230. When the user presses the button 220 with a finger, the command input component 240 is triggered, and the command input component 240 inputs a signal to the touch screen 20 via the pin 230 and the interface 11 to control the portable electronic device 10. The control function 200 extends the control function of the touch screen 20 to the outside of the screen, so that the control action is not limited to the area 30 of the virtual button provided by the touch screen 20, and the touch control screen can be solved. The inconvenience of portable electronic devices.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the invention and the description of the invention are All remain within the scope of the invention patent. In addition, any of the objects or advantages or features of the present invention are not required to be achieved by any embodiment or application of the invention. In addition, the abstract sections and headings are only used to assist in the search of patent documents and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

10‧‧‧Portable electronic devices

11‧‧‧ faces

20‧‧‧ touch screen

30‧‧‧Virtual button area

100, 200‧‧‧Auxiliary operation kit

110, 210‧‧‧ shell

111, 211‧‧‧ Holding structure

120, 220‧‧‧ button

121‧‧‧Flexible components

130‧‧‧Switching elements

140, 240‧‧‧ instruction input components

141‧‧‧ shaft

142‧‧‧ first end

143‧‧‧ second end

150‧‧‧ card hook

230‧‧‧ pins

V1‧‧‧ accommodation space

V2‧‧‧ groove

P‧‧‧ Pressing

The first and second figures are structural diagrams of an auxiliary operation kit applied to a portable electronic device having a touch screen according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The third and fourth figures are structural diagrams of an auxiliary operation kit applied to a portable electronic device having a touch screen according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an auxiliary operation kit applied to a portable electronic device having a touch screen according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Portable electronic devices

20‧‧‧ touch screen

30‧‧‧Virtual button area

100‧‧‧Auxiliary operation kit

110‧‧‧shell

111‧‧‧Warm structure

120‧‧‧ button

121‧‧‧Flexible components

130‧‧‧Switching elements

140‧‧‧Command input components

V1‧‧‧ accommodation space

V2‧‧‧ groove

P‧‧‧ Pressing

Claims (5)

An auxiliary operation kit is applicable to a portable electronic device having a touch screen, comprising: a housing having a receiving space, wherein the portable electronic device can be inserted into the receiving space to be received therein; a button is disposed on the housing; a switching component is disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the button; and an instruction input component is disposed on the housing, electrically connected to the switching component, and configured to be opposite On the area of the virtual button displayed on the touch screen, the command input component has a rotating shaft, a first end and a second end, the rotating shaft is disposed on the housing, and the first end is disposed on the The rotating shaft is disposed such that the second end is rotatably disposed on the area of the virtual button, wherein when a user presses the button, the switching element is triggered, and the command input element is caused by the virtual button area And transmitting a signal to the touch screen to control the portable electronic device. The auxiliary operation kit of claim 1, wherein the housing has a holding structure for the user to firmly hold the portable electronic device by the holding structure. The auxiliary operation kit of claim 1, wherein the button comprises an elastic member, the elastic member is disposed on the button to provide a pressing action to the switching element, and the switching element can be triggered. The auxiliary operation kit of claim 1, wherein the button and the command input element are a conductive material. The auxiliary operation kit of claim 1, wherein the touch screen is a capacitive touch screen.