CN101174185A - Use method of mobile terminal direction key and its corresponding roller type press key - Google Patents

Use method of mobile terminal direction key and its corresponding roller type press key Download PDF

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CN101174185A
CN101174185A CNA2006101177413A CN200610117741A CN101174185A CN 101174185 A CN101174185 A CN 101174185A CN A2006101177413 A CNA2006101177413 A CN A2006101177413A CN 200610117741 A CN200610117741 A CN 200610117741A CN 101174185 A CN101174185 A CN 101174185A
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The invention provides an operational method for the direction key on a mobile terminal as well as relevant roller key; wherein, the key comprises a casing, a main board, a rolling ball and a senor. The sensor comprises four rollers and a plurality of luminous elements and light receiving elements corresponding to each roller respectively; the central axial lines of the four rollers are intersected with each other on the same plane, and a plurality of open parts are evenly arranged on each roller at intervals; the light receiving elements are all connected with a first control circuit, and the light receiving element will generate a pulse signal each time during the period when the light receiving element receives the light transmitted from each luminous element before disappearance. The invention also provides a mobile terminal, which uses the roller key as the direction key. By use of the operational method of the direction key on the mobile terminal, a user can control the cursor on the mobile terminal to slide freely in any directions, such as leftward, rightward, downward and upward. The single click or double click operations can be completed at the same time. The invention has the advantage of enormously facilitating the operations for the users.

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A kind of using method of directionkeys of portable terminal and corresponding rolling wheel formula button
Technical field
The present invention relates to the external unit of devices such as computing machine, portable terminal, specifically, relate to the using method of a kind of button and this button.
Background technology
At present, because portable terminal is mainly used in hand-held the use, so, generally speaking, these portable terminals can not connect external mouse or other external units, so, the directionkeys of portable terminal is made up of four buttons often, be respectively applied for upwards, downwards, left, operation to the right, for example most of mobile phone be not always the case (for example Sony Ericsson company produce W810C type product), perhaps directionkeys adopts two buttons to form, and is respectively applied for upwards (left) and (to the right) operation downwards.Such portable terminal can also be suitable under common operation, for example write text, the menu etc. of leafing through, but some clumsiness in some cases then seems, for example a lot of portable terminals all is equipped with Windows CE system now, selects an icon or other objects then very inconvenient, very not free by the conventional direction key in these systems.Because the same Windows system that uses, but the user can be free to slide on screen by mouse on common personal computer, and can select corresponding object easily, and can't realize this point on portable terminal, so this can make the user incompatible in the extreme.
At application number is to have proposed a kind of ball-type button that adopts trace ball in " 99241162.9 ", the Chinese patent application of denomination of invention for " key dialing formula mobile phone ", and select target number and function on the display screen by this button, cover physical construction and corresponding circuit setting correspondingly are provided.But the goal of the invention of this application is specific to the display screen of the graphical interfaces with little digital disk, and its range of application is narrow.Therefore, the present invention as with reference to propose a kind of can be so that the just button of moving cursor on portable terminal of user side.
Summary of the invention
For this reason, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of roller type press key, its make the user can be free, moving cursor easily, it can be applied on the portable terminal, also can be applied on common personal computer or other computing equipments.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of roller type press key, comprising:
One housing, it comprises a panel, this panel is provided with a spin groove,
One mainboard is located in the above-mentioned housing, which is provided with first control circuit,
One spin places in the described spin groove and also can roll at 360 degree angles in above-mentioned spin groove,
One sensing device is located in the described housing,
It is characterized in that,
Described sensing device comprises four rolling, and with the corresponding light-emitting component of each roller, light receiving element,
The central axis of described four rolling intersects and at grade, can drive described roller when the top of each roller contacts with the bottom of described spin and spin is rolled along himself central axis rotation,
On described each roller evenly the compartment of terrain be provided with several opening portions, the light that the described light-emitting component of answering with this pair of rollers is launched can pass these opening portions just and be received by the described light receiving element of answering with this pair of rollers,
Described light receiving element all is connected in the above-mentioned first control circuit, and produces a pulse signal receiving the light that described light-emitting component launches at every turn to the process that can not receive described light.
Above-mentioned rollers formula button, on described mainboard, also be provided with second control circuit, and be provided with a second switch device in the described housing, this switchgear be positioned at described spin under and control described the and control circuit is communicated with at this switchgear when spin is pressed down.
Described second switch device comprises:
One electro-induction piece is located on the described mainboard, makes described second control circuit be communicated with when being under pressure,
The upper end of this electro-induction piece is connected with the lower end of a connecting link, the upper end of this connecting link be located at described spin under,
And when normal condition, the upper end of described connecting link does not contact with described spin, but can contact with this connecting link when spin is pressed down and apply a pressure to this connecting link.
In above-mentioned rollers formula button, the upper end of described connecting link also is provided with a surface of contact, the area of this surface of contact is greater than the upper end area of described connecting link, this surface of contact be located at described spin under, and when normal condition, described surface of contact does not contact with described spin, but can contact with this surface of contact when spin is pressed down and apply a pressure to this surface of contact.
In above-mentioned rollers formula button, the cambered surface that described surface of contact is complementary for the shape with described spin, and the centre of sphere of the center of circle of this cambered surface and described spin is a same point.
In above-mentioned rollers formula button, described panel can be that the plane also can be a cambered surface.
Above-mentioned opening portion is circular; This opening portion also can be a rectangle.
Described roller is a resilient material, can slightly be pushed when described spin presses down and reinstatement after the spin downforce disappears.
According to a further aspect of the invention, provide the using method of directionkeys on a kind of portable terminal, this portable terminal comprises a display device at least, and this directionkeys is a kind of roller type press key, and this roller type press key comprises spin, it is characterized in that:
When the spin of stirring described roller type press key to the right the time, the cursor unit that on display device, moves right; Perhaps
When stirring described spin left the time, cursor is moved to the left a unit on display device; Perhaps
When stirring described spin when making progress, the cursor unit that on display device, moves up; Perhaps
When stirring described spin when downward, cursor moves down a unit on display device;
Said method is characterized in that: when to upper left, lower-left, upper right or lower right when stirring spin, cursor on display device correspondingly to upper left, lower-left, upper right or lower right to mobile unit.
Said method is characterized in that: when described spin is applied light pressure, finish single-click operation one time.
Said method is characterized in that: when described spin is applied light pressure, finish double click operation when double one time.
The above-mentioned a kind of roller type press key that is provided according to an aspect of the present invention is provided described roller type press key.
By the present invention, the user can freely slide by this roller type press key control cursor on the portable terminal that above-mentioned rollers formula button is installed or other equipment, move to first-class for example left, to the right, downwards,, again for example to upper left, lower-left, upper right or lower right when stirring spin, cursor on display device correspondingly to upper left, lower-left, upper right or lower right to moving.Simultaneously, can also realize the operation of clicking or double-clicking by this roller type press key.Thereby made things convenient for user's operation widely.And the present invention also can directly apply to common personal computer, for example can be used as the mouse on the notebook, perhaps substitutes former directionkeys on common keyboard.
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Fig. 1 is the decomposition chart of the roller type press key of the first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 be the first embodiment of the present invention roller face floor map;
Fig. 3 is the sectional view of the button of the first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the button of the second embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 has described the circuit structure diagram according to the second control circuit of second embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the sectional view of the button of the third embodiment of the present invention; And
Fig. 7 is the synoptic diagram of the portable terminal that provides of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
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1, spin
2, housing
21, panel 22, supporter 23, spin groove
3, roller
31, opening portion 32, back shaft 34, light-emitting component
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81, power supply 82, resistance 83, resistance
84, output terminal 85, switch
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By describing preferred embodiment in detail with reference to above-mentioned accompanying drawing, above-mentioned and other advantages of the present invention will become more obvious.
With reference to figure 1, it has described the decomposition chart of the roller type press key of the first embodiment of the present invention.Wherein, in order more to clearly illustrate the present embodiment structure, thus spin 1 is separated with housing 2, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that in actual use spin 1 places in the housing 2, and give work in the following manner.Wherein, spin 1 places in the housing 2, and generally speaking, the diameter of the spin groove 23 that the slightly larger in diameter of spin 1 is offered on the panel 21 of housing 2, thus make spin can be positioned in the spin groove 23 and be unlikely in spin groove 23, to come off.And housing 2 comprises panel 21, offers spin groove 23 on the panel 21, and comprises two supporters 22 in the housing at least.With reference to figure 1, wherein shown two rollers 3, the central axis of these two rollers 3 is orthogonal, and roller 3 comprises back shaft 32, back shaft 32 passes roller 3 and the one end is connected with above-mentioned supporter 22, thereby fixes described roller 3 and make that roller 3 can be around supporter 22 rotations.Simultaneously, be provided with light-emitting component 34 under the above-mentioned back shaft 32 accordingly, the light that light-emitting component is launched parallels with the central axis of roller, and this light just in time can be in an open position of roller 3 passes in this opening portion during in minimum point, and the light that passes this opening portion 31 can correspondingly be received by the light receiving element (not shown).In the present embodiment, this light-emitting component 34 is close to a side of described supporter 22, and above-mentioned light receiving element then is positioned at the opposite side of roller 3 accordingly, so that described light can be received by light receiving element after passing described opening portion 31.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, in the variation example of present embodiment, the position of above-mentioned light-emitting component and light receiving element can suitably change, just in time can be in this opening portion, pass during in minimum point as long as satisfy light that light-emitting component launches, and can correspondingly be received and get final product by light receiving element in an open position of roller.For example, change in the example at one, described light-emitting component can more close roller 3 and be not close to support column 22.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the present embodiment above-mentioned supporter 22 can be two, one as shown in Figure 1, another corner that places housing 2 of another symmetry.And in the variation example of present embodiment, above-mentioned supporter 22 also can be four, then in Dui Cheng four corners that place housing 2, and is connected with back shaft 32 respectively.
With reference to figure 2, its described the first embodiment of the present invention roller face floor map.Wherein, it has done more detailed description to the roller shown in Fig. 13.Roller 3 comprises opening portion 31 and back shaft 32.Opening portion 31 is used to make the light of above-mentioned light-emitting component emission can pass this opening portion and is received by light receiving element that back shaft 32 is used to support this roller 3, and roller 3 can rotate around back shaft 32 under external force.In the present embodiment, described opening portion 31 is circular, and in the variation example of present embodiment, described opening portion 31 also can be other shapes, rectangle for example, and this does not influence flesh and blood of the present invention.Similarly, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that above-mentioned back shaft 32 also can have other implementations, does not give unnecessary details at this.
With reference to figure 2, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in the above-described embodiments that more described roller 3 has 6 equally distributed opening portions 31, and in the variation example of the foregoing description, the quantity of above-mentioned development department 31 can change, for example 8.The quantity that it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that opening portion 31 is many more, and the pulse signal that is produced when then rotating spin 1 is frequent more, if each pulse signal is all handled, then can correspondingly produce the cursor move operation more continually.In other words, the quantity of opening portion 31 is many more, and directionkeys then provided by the invention is flexible more.
With reference to figure 3, it has described the sectional view of the first embodiment of the present invention.Wherein,, only described wherein two rollers 3 of symmetry, but it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that and in fact also exist two rollers 3 in addition that respectively become an angle of 90 degrees with described two rollers 3 in order to show conveniently.Simultaneously, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that above-mentioned mainboard 4 is provided with first control circuit, but do not illustrate in the figure.
With reference to figure 3, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in the present embodiment when spin 1 was rotated according to clockwise direction, then it drove roller 3 rotation counterclockwise, thereby make the opening portion 31 on the roller 3 rotate.Suppose just in time to make the light of light-emitting component 34 emissions in this opening portion 31, pass, then, make this light experience and once stopped, pass the process of next opening portion 31 again by the part beyond the opening portion 31 because this rotates in the preceding opening portion 31 of rotation.
Again with reference to figure 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, pass through said structure, when the user operates spin 1 when rolling, the light that can produce 34 emissions of light-emitting component passes opening portion 31 → be blocked → pass once more the process of next opening portion 31, thereby this process can be received by light receiving element.The content according to the present invention, those skilled in the art understand, because in the present embodiment, also be provided with first control circuit on the above-mentioned mainboard 4, described light receiving element is connected in this first control circuit, thereby produces a pulse signal receiving the light that described light-emitting component launches at every turn to the process that can not receive described light.Those skilled in the art understand, can there be multiple mode to realize, a photodiode for example can be set, when the light of above-mentioned light-emitting component 34 emissions passes opening portion 31, this photodiode converts pulse signal is then with its amplification, thus the generation high level, and when the light of above-mentioned light-emitting component 34 emissions does not pass opening portion 31, correspondingly, this photodiode produces low level.
According to this pulse signal and the position that produces the roller 3 of pulse signal, can determine according to the button of first embodiment left, to the right, move up or down.Those skilled in the art further are appreciated that, if this button is mounted in the portable terminal, then when this button left, to the right, when moving up or down, processing by CPU and/or miscellaneous part, can control cursor correspondingly left, to the right, move up or down, thereby display highlighting correspondingly moves on display screen., it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that and implement with the implementation that the control cursor correspondingly moves on display screen about the processing by CPU and/or miscellaneous part, do not give unnecessary details at this.
Similarly, in the variation example of the foregoing description, when spin 1 is not that axis direction according to back shaft 32 moves, but move according to the crossing direction of the axis direction of back shaft 32, for example move to upper left, lower-left, upper right or bottom right, then correspondingly, the moving of spin 1 will drive at least two mutually perpendicular rollers of central axis and to roll together, thereby make and on both direction, produce above-mentioned pulse signal, at this moment, then similarly, by the processing of CPU and/or miscellaneous part, can control cursor and correspondingly move to upper left, lower-left, upper right or bottom right.
With reference to figure 4, it has described the sectional view of the second embodiment of the present invention.Different with above-mentioned first embodiment is to have increased second switch device 5 in the present embodiment.This second switch device 5 is used to realize the clicking operation of this directionkeys.In a second embodiment, described second switch device 5 comprises electro-induction piece 51 and connecting link 52.Wherein, there is very little gap between the bottom of the upper end of connecting link 52 and spin 1, thereby and when spin 1 is depressed by external force, move down for connecting link 52 with pressure drive connecting link 52; The lower end of connecting link 52 is connected with electro-induction piece 51, and can give this electro-induction piece 51 with pressure when connecting link 52 moves down.Described electro-induction piece 51 is located on the mainboard 4, and matches with a second control circuit (not shown) that is arranged at equally on the described mainboard 4.And under the situation that does not have the external force effect, only be that the edge and the mainboard 4 of electro-induction piece 51 fixes, remainder is unsettled.The related circuit of above-mentioned second control circuit below the hanging part of above-mentioned electro-induction piece 51 disconnects, and when the overhanging portion of above-mentioned electro-induction piece 51 is depressed, this overhanging portion contacts with the two ends of above-mentioned disconnecting circuit, thereby make second control circuit be switched on, after above-mentioned pressure disappears, the overhanging portion of then above-mentioned electro-induction piece 51 is unsettled once more, makes above-mentioned second control circuit disconnect once more, thereby produces electric signal one time.Those skilled in the art understand, when above-mentioned spin 1 is depressed by external force, then spin 1 is oppressed the upper end of connecting link 52, thereby cause connecting link 52 compressing electro-induction pieces 51, make the hanging part of electro-induction piece 51 contact with the two ends of the circuit of the breaking part of above-mentioned second control circuit, thereby make second control circuit be switched on, and then produce electric signal one time.Further, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that then by the processing of CPU and/or miscellaneous part, above-said current signal can be treated to single-click operation one time if this button is mounted in the portable terminal.
With reference to figure 5, it has described the circuit structure diagram according to the second control circuit of second embodiment of the invention.This control circuit 8 comprises power supply 81, resistance 82, resistance 83, output terminal 84 and switch 85.Wherein, described output terminal 84 is used to export a voltage, just changes according to voltage and determines above-mentioned electric signal; Described resistance 83 ground connection; Whether described switch 85 is used to control this circuit connects, and when switch 85 was pressed, this circuit was connected, high voltage of described output terminal 84 outputs, and when switch 85 was upspring, this circuit was disconnected, low-voltage of then described output terminal 84 outputs.In the present embodiment, above-mentioned switch 85 is exactly an electro-induction piece 51 shown in Figure 4, when the user when spin 1 is exerted pressure, then the electro-induction piece is depressed, thus high voltage of above-mentioned output terminal 84 output, otherwise, then export a low-voltage.And it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that above-mentioned switch 85 also can adopt other modes to realize, and circuit structure shown in Figure 5 also can take other modes to realize.
Similarly, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that when the user by above-mentioned spin 1 is applied pressure continuously twice, then above-mentioned electro-induction piece 51 can make that above-mentioned second control circuit is double and be switched on, thereby can double generation electric signal.Further, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that then by the processing of CPU and/or miscellaneous part, above-mentioned double electric signal can be treated to double click operation one time if this button is mounted in the portable terminal.
Similarly, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the electric signal that also can produce continuous three times or other number of times, and the processing by CPU and/or miscellaneous part, above-said current signal can be treated to different modes of operation.
About above-said current signal being handled to realize clicking or the implementation of double click operation by CPU and/or miscellaneous part, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that and implement, for example, can set the cpu monitor above-said current signal of this portable terminal, if in setting-up time, receive electric signal one time, then carry out the operation of clicking; If in setting-up time, receive electric signal twice, then carry out the operation of double-clicking, do not give unnecessary details at this.
With reference to figure 6, it has described the sectional view of the third embodiment of the present invention again.Different with above-mentioned second embodiment is, above-mentioned second switch device 5 is except that comprising electro-induction piece 51, connecting link 52, also comprise a surface of contact 53, this surface of contact 53 is fixed in the upper end of above-mentioned connecting link 52, and the area of this surface of contact 53 is greater than the upper end area of described connecting link 52, this surface of contact 53 be located at equally described spin 1 under and have very little gap with the bottom of spin 1.Similarly, when above-mentioned spin 1 is depressed by external force, then spin 1 is oppressed above-mentioned surface of contact 53, thereby drive connecting link 52 compressing electro-induction pieces 51, make the hanging part of electro-induction piece 51 contact with the two ends of the circuit of the breaking part of above-mentioned second control circuit, thereby make second control circuit be switched on, and then also produce electric signal one time.
The benefit that it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the setting of above-mentioned surface of contact 53 is to make the user can be connected bar 52 better by spin 1 applied pressure at least and accepts, thereby can more convenient user's operation.Further, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that also can adopt and realize similar purpose with above-mentioned surface of contact 53 similar alternate manners.
With reference to figure 7, it has shown the synoptic diagram of the portable terminal that the fourth embodiment of the present invention provides again.Wherein, portable terminal comprises display device 6, common key-press 7 at least, and simultaneously, this portable terminal also comprises roller type press key provided by the invention.Because above-mentioned rollers formula button has embedded this portable terminal, therefore, exteriorly can only see spin 1 wherein, as shown in Figure 7.It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, the roller type press key that is applied to this portable terminal can be the roller type press key that provides among above-mentioned first embodiment, second embodiment, the 3rd embodiment, and this roller type press key also can be other embodiment that content realized according to the present invention.Therefore, the portable terminal of using above-mentioned rollers formula button can realize at least by this roller type press key control cursor on display device 7 left, to the right, downwards, move up or to upper left, lower-left, upper right or lower right to moving.But also can realize clicking by above-mentioned rollers formula button, operation such as double-click.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description has only disclosed a kind of implementation of using method of the directionkeys of portable terminal provided by the invention.Can also realize with the using method of roller type press key by other modes as the directionkeys on the portable terminal of directionkeys, for example, change in the example at one, above-mentioned rollers formula button is not the middle button that shows embodiment illustrated in fig. 1, but a variation example (physical construction of for example having only 2 rollers) embodiment illustrated in fig. 1.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the usage of above-mentioned directionkeys has been done different settings.For example when this directionkeys of user click, carry out the operation of once confirming, again for example, when double-clicking this directionkeys, carry out the once operation of cancellation.It will be understood by those skilled in the art that determined to click or double-click or the clicking operation of more times number after, these operations can be handled by the processor of this directionkeys place portable terminal, confirm or the operation of cancellation thereby finish, and do not give unnecessary details at this.The content according to the present invention, those skilled in the art can also make more variation to the using method of above-mentioned directionkeys.
Although the present invention is illustrated with aforesaid preferred embodiment, but the foregoing description is not to be used for limiting the present invention, any technician that this field is familiar with, enlightenment according to design philosophy of the present invention, concrete summary of the invention and embodiment, should various changes and adjustment, and by these changes with adjust resulting new content and should be contained by content of the present invention.

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1. a roller type press key comprises
One housing (2), it comprises a panel (21), this panel is provided with a spin groove (23),
One mainboard (4) is located in the above-mentioned housing (2), which is provided with first control circuit,
One spin (1) places in the described spin groove (23) and also can roll at 360 degree angles in above-mentioned spin groove (23),
One sensing device is located in the described housing (2),
It is characterized in that,
Described sensing device comprises four rolling (3), and with the corresponding light-emitting component of each roller (3) (34), light receiving element,
The central axis of described four rolling (3) intersects and at grade, can drive described roller (3) when the top of each roller (3) contacts with the bottom of described spin (1) and spin (1) is rolled along himself central axis rotation,
Described each roller (3) is gone up even compartment of terrain and is provided with several opening portions (31), the light that the described light-emitting component (34) corresponding with this roller (3) launched can pass these opening portions (31) just and be received by the described light receiving element of answering with this pair of rollers
Described light receiving element all is connected in the above-mentioned first control circuit, and produces a pulse signal receiving the light that described light-emitting component launches at every turn to the process that can not receive described light.
2. button as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, on described mainboard (4), also be provided with second control circuit, and be provided with a second switch device (5) in the described housing (2), this switchgear (5) be positioned at described spin (1) under and when spin (1) when being pressed down this switchgear control described second control circuit and be communicated with.
3. button as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described second switch device (5) comprising:
One electro-induction piece (51) is located on the described mainboard (4), makes described second control circuit be communicated with when being under pressure,
The upper end of this electro-induction piece (51) is connected with the lower end of a connecting link (52), the upper end of this connecting link (52) be located at described spin (51) under,
And when normal condition, the upper end of described connecting link (52) does not contact with described spin (1), but can contact with this connecting link (52) when being pressed down and apply a pressure to this connecting link (52) when spin (1).
4. as each described button in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, the upper end of described connecting link (52) also is provided with a surface of contact (53), the area of this surface of contact (53) is greater than the upper end area of described connecting link (52), this surface of contact (53) be located at described spin under, and when normal condition, described surface of contact (53) does not contact with described spin (1), but can contact with this surface of contact (53) when being pressed down and apply a pressure to this surface of contact (53) when spin (1).
5. button as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, the cambered surface that described surface of contact (53) is complementary for the shape with described spin (1), and the centre of sphere of the center of circle of this cambered surface and described spin (1) is a same point.
6. as each described button in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that described panel (21) can be that the plane also can be a cambered surface.
7. the using method of directionkeys on the portable terminal, this portable terminal comprises a display device at least, and this directionkeys is a kind of roller type press key, this roller type press key comprises spin, it is characterized in that:
When the spin of stirring this roller type press key to the right the time, the cursor unit that on display device, moves right; Perhaps
When stirring this spin left the time, cursor is moved to the left a unit on display device; Perhaps
When stirring this spin when making progress, the cursor unit that on display device, moves up; Perhaps
When stirring this spin when downward, cursor moves down a unit on display device.
8. method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: when to upper left, lower-left, upper right or lower right when stirring described spin, cursor on display device correspondingly to upper left, lower-left, upper right or lower right to mobile unit.
9. as each described method in claim 7 or 8, it is characterized in that: when described spin is applied light pressure, finish single-click operation one time; And, when described spin is applied light pressure, finish double click operation one time when double.
10. as each described method in the claim 7 to 9, it is characterized in that: described roller type press key is the described roller type press key of claim 1~6.
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