CN101739168A - Touch apparatus and working method thereof - Google Patents
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The invention provides a touch apparatus and a working method thereof. The touch apparatus comprises a touch screen, at least one elastic chamber, a filling driving device and a control module, wherein the touch screen comprises at least one touch point; the at least one elastic chamber is arranged above the touch screen and has a first height in the initial state; the filling driving device is connected with the first elastic chamber in the at least one elastic chamber, and the first elastic chamber corresponds to the first touch point in the at least one touch point of the touch screen; and the control module is respectively connected with the touch screen and the filling driving device and is used for controlling the filling driving device to acquire a filler when the touch screen detects that the first touch point is touched, and conveying the filler to the first elastic chamber to enable the first elastic chamber to have a second height higher than the first height. The invention enables the touch apparatus to provide the touch feeling for users.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to electronics input and output technical field, particularly a kind of touch apparatus and method of work thereof can provide touch feeling to the user.
Background technology
Along with constantly advancing of technology, present electronic equipment more and more uses and touches control, as ATM (automatic teller machine) ATM (Automated Teller Machine), mobile phone, personal digital assistant PDA (PersonalDigital Assistant) and enquiry machine etc.
Existing method of toch control is generally realized by touch-screen, yet existing touch-screen all can't be realized the feedback in user's sense of touch, has limited its application greatly.
In order to solve the aforesaid drawbacks, industry provides multiple solution, is described below.
Solution one adds pump below touch-screen, utilize pump vibrations monoblock screen that tactile feedback is provided;
Solution two adds lamination layer structure in the middle of touch-screen, utilize this lamination layer structure that the space of compressive strain is provided down.
Yet all there is following shortcoming in above-mentioned dual mode: what the user felt when using touch-screen is a flat board, can't give the real touch feeling of user.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of touch apparatus and method of work thereof, makes the user can obtain real touch feeling when using touch-screen.
To achieve these goals, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of touch apparatus, comprising:
The touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point,
At least one elastic cavity is fixedly installed on the top of described touch-screen, and described at least one elastic cavity has first height under original state;
Fill drive unit, be connected with first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity, first touch point in described at least one touch point of described first elastic cavity and described touch-screen is corresponding;
Control module, be connected with described filling drive unit with described touch-screen respectively, be used for when described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered, control described filling drive unit and obtain filling material, and described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity, described first elastic cavity is had be higher than second height of described first height.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus, wherein, described filling material is gaseous state filling material or liquid filling material.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus, wherein, when described filling material was liquid filling material, described touch apparatus also comprised: the storage chamber that is used to store described liquid filling material.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus, wherein, described filling drive unit specifically comprises:
First hollow pipeline, an end is connected with described first elastic cavity;
Micropump is connected with the other end of described first hollow pipeline, under the control of described control module, obtains described filling material from described storage chamber, and is transported to described first elastic cavity by the described filling material that described first hollow pipeline will obtain.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus, wherein, described filling drive unit specifically comprises:
Valvular first hollow pipeline is set, and an end is connected with described first elastic cavity;
Micropump, be connected with the other end of described first hollow pipeline, under the control of described control module, described valve opening, described micropump obtains described filling material from described storage chamber, and is transported to described first elastic cavity by the described filling material that described first hollow pipeline will obtain.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus wherein, also comprises:
Have the display device of viewing area, be used for display image;
Described touch-screen is arranged at top, described viewing area;
Described at least one elastic cavity is the elasticity transparent chamber.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus, wherein, the space between the described elastic cavity uses packing material to fill.
To achieve these goals, the embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of touch apparatus, comprising:
The touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point is used for the user and realizes touch operation;
At least one elastic cavity that constitutes by resilient material, be fixedly set in described touch-screen top, described at least one elastic cavity has one first height in the original state that is not subjected to the external force effect, and first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity is corresponding with first touch point in described at least one touch point;
Wherein, at described first elastic cavity under external force, when being reduced to second height that is different from described first height, described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered; When described first elastic cavity was in second height, described resilient material produced and makes described first elastic cavity return to the elastic force of described original state.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus wherein, also comprises:
The storage chamber is used to store the filling material that is gaseous state or liquid state;
With the hollow pipeline of the corresponding one by one setting of described elastic cavity, an end of each described hollow pipeline and corresponding described elastic cavity connect, and the other end extends in the described filling material in the described storage chamber;
Described elastic cavity is in described second when height, and described resilient material produces elastic force, draws described filling material from described storage chamber, makes described elastic cavity return to described first height.
To achieve these goals, the embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of touch apparatus, comprising:
The touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point is used for the user and realizes touch operation;
By at least one elastic cavity that resilient material constitutes, be fixedly set in described touch-screen top, described at least one elastic cavity has one first height in the original state that is not subjected to the external force effect;
Fill drive unit, be connected with first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity, described first elastic cavity is corresponding with first touch point in described at least one touch point, be used to obtain filling material, and described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity, described first elastic cavity is had be higher than second height of described first height;
Wherein, under the external force effect of the outside surface that puts on described first elastic cavity that is in described second height, described filling material in described first elastic cavity is discharged, when described first elastic cavity being had be lower than the 3rd height of described second height, described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus, wherein, described filling material is gaseous state filling material or liquid filling material.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus, wherein, when described filling material was liquid filling material, described touch apparatus also comprised: the storage chamber that is used to store described liquid filling material; Described filling drive unit is connected with described storage chamber.
Above-mentioned touch apparatus, wherein, described filling drive unit specifically comprises:
First hollow pipeline, an end is connected with described first elastic cavity;
Micropump, the other end with described storage chamber and described first hollow pipeline is connected respectively.
To achieve these goals, the embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of method of work of touch apparatus, described touch apparatus comprises a touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point, is fixedly set at least one elastic cavity of described touch-screen top, and described method comprises:
First touch point that detects in described at least one touch point is triggered;
Obtain filling material, described filling material is transported to first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity of corresponding setting with described first touch point;
Under the effect of described filling material, described first elastic cavity highly is elevated to second height that is different from described first height from initial first.
Above-mentioned method, wherein, the described filling material that obtains, first elastic cavity that described filling material is transported to corresponding setting with described first touch point specifically comprises:
The control micropump starts, and obtains filling material from storage is the storage chamber of gaseous state or liquid filling material;
Described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity by the hollow pipeline that is connected with described first elastic cavity.
Above-mentioned method, wherein, the described filling material that obtains, first elastic cavity that described filling material is transported to corresponding setting with described first touch point specifically comprises: control micropump starting, from being the storage chamber of gaseous state or liquid filling material, storage obtains filling material;
Valve opening on control and the hollow pipeline that described first elastic cavity is connected;
Described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity by the hollow pipeline that described and described first elastic cavity is connected.
The embodiment of the invention has following beneficial effect:
In the touch apparatus and method of work thereof of the embodiment of the invention, by the elasticity transparent chamber of alterable heightization is set above described touch-screen, and this elasticity transparent chamber is connected with the storage chamber that stores filling material, after the user touches touch-screen, by variety of way such as active and passive, the height of elasticity transparent chamber is changed, touch feedback, make the user can obtain real touch feeling to the user.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the touch apparatus of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is provided with the synoptic diagram of situation for a kind of correspondence of touch point and elastic cavity;
Fig. 3 is provided with the synoptic diagram of situation for the another kind of correspondence of touch point and elastic cavity;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of the touch apparatus of second embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of the touch apparatus of third embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of the touch apparatus of fourth embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 7 is respectively Fig. 1,4,5,6 to Figure 10 and is using air as filling material, the counter structure synoptic diagram when not storing the chamber.
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The touch apparatus that touch feeling can be provided of the embodiment of the invention by the elasticity transparent chamber is set, and enters the liquid state of elasticity transparent chamber or the filling material of gaseous state by control, controls the height change of elasticity transparent chamber, so that real touch feeling to be provided to the user.
In a kind of touch apparatus in the embodiment of the invention, after the user touched success, it was that height is uprised by low that elastic cavity is given user's impression, and the elastic cavity of height change is relevant with the position that the user touches, and this touch apparatus comprises:
The touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point,
At least one elastic cavity is fixedly installed on the top of described touch-screen, and described at least one elastic cavity has first height under original state;
Fill drive unit, be connected with first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity, first touch point in described at least one touch point of described first elastic cavity and described touch-screen is corresponding;
Control module, be connected with described filling drive unit with described touch-screen respectively, be used for when described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered, control described filling drive unit and obtain filling material, and described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity, described first elastic cavity is had be higher than second height of described first height.Touch point, touch point, touch point, touch point
In the another kind of touch apparatus in the embodiment of the invention, when the user touched, the elastic cavity height reduced, and provides one to push stroke to the user, and the elastic cavity of height change is relevant with the position that the user touches, and this touch apparatus comprises:
The touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point is used for the user and realizes touch operation;
At least one elastic cavity that constitutes by resilient material, be fixedly set in described touch-screen top, described at least one elastic cavity has one first height in the original state that is not subjected to the external force effect, and first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity is corresponding with first touch point in described at least one touch point;
Wherein, at described first elastic cavity under external force, when being reduced to second height that is different from described first height, described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered; When described first elastic cavity was in second height, described resilient material produced and makes described first elastic cavity return to the elastic force of described original state.
In the another kind of touch apparatus in the embodiment of the invention, when the user touched, the elastic cavity height reduced, and provides one to push stroke to the user, and the elastic cavity of height change is relevant with the position that the user touches, and this touch apparatus comprises:
The touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point is used for the user and realizes touch operation;
At least one elastic cavity that constitutes by resilient material, be fixedly set in described touch-screen top, described at least one elastic cavity has one first height in the original state that is not subjected to the external force effect, and first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity is corresponding with first touch point in described at least one touch point;
Wherein, at described first elastic cavity under external force, when being reduced to second height that is different from described first height, described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered; When described first elastic cavity was in second height, described resilient material produced and makes described first elastic cavity return to the elastic force of described original state.
In specific embodiments of the invention, this filling drive unit realizes in the mode of micropump in conjunction with hollow tube, but should be appreciated that, can also adopt other modes to realize.
Below above-mentioned various touch apparatus are further elaborated.
In the following embodiments, all describe, but not in conjunction with display device the time, this elastic cavity also can be opaque with the elasticity transparent chamber.
Can find by above-mentioned description, owing to be provided with one deck elasticity transparent chamber on touch-screen, therefore, the sensitivity of existing touch-screen may be affected, can also operate as normal for the touch-screen that guarantees to have increased elastic cavity, can take following measure:
1, increases the induction sensitivity of touch-screen; Or
2, the conductor that increases induction is set in the elasticity transparent chamber.
Certainly, also can guarantee the operate as normal of touch-screen in other way, not be described in detail at this.
＜specific embodiment one 〉
In the touch apparatus that touch feeling can be provided of the specific embodiment of the invention one, after the user touches success, utilize pump to extract filling material and be transported to the elasticity transparent chamber, improve the height of elasticity transparent chamber, provide real touch feeling to the user from the storage chamber.
In specific embodiments of the invention one, this touch apparatus that touch feeling can be provided comprises as shown in Figure 1:
Be provided with the touch-screen (not shown) of at least one touch point, be used to detect user's touch operation, obtain a testing result, when described testing result shows that described user's touch operation is successful, comprise in the described touch point first touch point that described user touches in the described testing result;
Certainly, it can be bigger touch-screen that this touch detects, and also can be the little touch-screen that a button only can be set;
Be arranged at the touch-screen top, the elasticity transparent chamber corresponding with described touch point, the cavity of described elasticity transparent chamber has first height at conventional state; Usually, all deformation unit form a flat surfaces at conventional state;
The storage chamber is used to store the filling material that is gaseous state or liquid state;
Be provided with the hollow pipeline (described first hollow pipeline and the corresponding one by one setting of first micropump) of first micropump, with the corresponding one by one setting of described elasticity transparent chamber, one end of each described hollow pipeline and corresponding described elasticity transparent chamber connection, the other end is connected with described storage chamber;
Described first micropump is used for after startup, by described hollow pipeline described filling material is transported to described elasticity transparent chamber, makes described elasticity transparent chamber highly be increased to second height highly different with described first from described first;
First control module is used for controlling the startup of the 3rd micropump when described testing result shows the success of described user's touch operation, and described the 3rd micropump be the micropump on the hollow pipeline of the elasticity transparent chamber connection corresponding with described first touch point.
Wherein, being provided with of this elasticity transparent chamber can be following mode.
＜elasticity transparent chamber mode one 〉
With the corresponding one by one setting in touch point, as shown in Figure 2, among Fig. 2, be in the representative transparent elastic chamber that has oblique line of top, and the below is the touch point.
Illustrate as follows.
Suppose the a-quadrant that the user pushes touch-screen with certain strength, at this moment, touch-screen can detect user's touch operation, obtains a testing result, and this testing result shows the success of user's touch operation, and the touch point is touch point A1, A2 and A3.
At this moment, after first control module receives testing result, judge touch point wherein, find that the touch point is touch point A1, A2 and A3, and touch point A1, A2 are connected with B3 with elasticity transparent chamber B1, B2 respectively with A3, at this moment, first control module can be controlled with elasticity transparent chamber B1, B2 and start with micropump C1, C2 and C3 on the hollow pipeline that B3 is connected;
After micropump C1, C2 and C3 start, extract gas or liquid in the storage chamber respectively, and be transported to respectively and elasticity transparent chamber B1, B2 and B3 by described hollow pipeline.
Because elasticity transparent chamber B1, B2 and B3 have elasticity, after being poured gas or liquid, can protrude in original surface, give feedback of user.
After a period of time, liquid or gas can be pushed back the storage chamber under the pressure of flexible cavity, reply even curface.
＜elasticity transparent chamber mode two 〉
An elasticity transparent chamber as shown in Figure 3, among Fig. 3, be in the representative transparent elastic chamber that has oblique line of top, and the below is touch point (a transparent elastic chamber only is shown among Fig. 3) corresponding to a plurality of touch points.Illustrate as follows.
Suppose that touch-screen can import 26 English alphabets, the corresponding zone of each English alphabet is that example is described as follows with alphabetical H.
Input area at alphabetical H is provided with a plurality of touch points, touches any one touch point and all can cause identical result, shows that the user thinks input alphabet H.
This moment, the input area at alphabetical H was provided with an elasticity transparent chamber, the surface of this elasticity transparent chamber is the H shape, this moment, the user pushed touch-screen input H zone with certain strength, at this moment, touch-screen can detect user's touch operation, obtain a testing result, this testing result shows the success of user's touch operation, and the touch point is the touch point in H zone.
At this moment, after first control module receives testing result, judge touch point wherein, find that the touch point is that the touch point is the touch point in H zone, and all touch points in H zone are all corresponding with an elasticity transparent chamber, thus can start with hollow pipeline that this elasticity transparent chamber is connected on micropump;
After miniature horse starts, extract gas or liquid in the storage chamber, and lay respectively at the elasticity transparent chamber that is shaped as H in H zone by described hollow pipeline.
Because the elasticity transparent chamber has elasticity, after being poured gas or liquid, can protrude in original surface, simultaneously, form the shape of H, give feedback of user.
After a period of time, liquid or gas can be pushed back the storage chamber under the pressure of flexible cavity, reply even curface.
Certainly, in concrete applied environment, increasing touch control is to show with image to combine that therefore, the device of the embodiment of the invention also comprises:
Have the display device of viewing area, be used for display image;
Described touch-screen is arranged at top, described viewing area.
Below to the description of giving an example of the mechanism of the device of first embodiment.
Suppose on the viewing area of current LCD, to have shown a figure or literal button at 60 pixels * 60 pixels, as the graphic button of a browser IE or the literal button of display text, the deformation unit that constitutes of 3600 the transparent elastic cavitys (can certainly be a transparent elastic cavity) on these 3600 liquid crystal displays and the viewing area that is arranged at this 60 pixel * 60 pixels is corresponding simultaneously.
When user's finger is clicked touch-screen realization touch control, micropump is under the control of control module, extract described gas or liquid, and the described transparent elastic cavity that the gas that extracts or liquid are transported to the touch point correspondence, this cavity is expanded, protrude in the surface that former transparent elastic cavity constitutes, so the user not only can visually see this button, simultaneously owing to the transparent elastic cavity on the zone corresponding with this button expands gradually, be higher than other regional transparent elastic cavity, therefore, the user can also feel this button from sense of touch, can give the real touch feeling of user.
In above-mentioned description, variation has taken place in the height of the corresponding deformation of the button unit that shows with display device, therefore the user can feel, but in order further to improve user's impression, can control the working time of micropump or the opening time of valve respectively by control module, the gas of the different amounts of corresponding transmission or liquid are to the transparent elastic cavity, and the shape that forms after the height correspondence of 3600 transparent elastic cavitys changes is consistent with described button.
Suppose that the literal button is capitalization " H ", change the height of deformation unit to the inflation of the pairing deformation of liquid crystal display unit or the topping up that constitute letter " H " this moment, forms capitalization " H ", at this moment, the user can obtain more vivid touch feeling.
The touch apparatus that touch feeling can be provided of the embodiment of the invention can be widely used in various vending machines, electronic equipment, as ATM (automatic teller machine), mobile phone, personal digital assistant, enquiry machine etc.
Being example below with the vending machine is elaborated to the use of the electronic equipment that touch feeling can be provided of the embodiment of the invention.
Using the embodiment of the invention can provide the vending machine (input equipment) of the touch apparatus of touch feeling can show the extensive stock that can sell on display screen, as coffee, laughable, the literal icon or the graphic icons of commodity such as mineral water, and at the shown coffee of display screen, laughable, after the touch screen zone of the literal icon of commodity such as mineral water or the top correspondence of graphic icons is touched by the user, corresponding flexible cavity is under the filling of gas or liquid, can give prominence to original surface, at this moment, the user can find that this zone exceeds other zone, therefore can obtain touch feeling.And by the gas of the corresponding flexible cavity of control or the loading of liquid, this flexible cavity combination can produce specific physical form, and as the figure of coffee cup, mineral water bottle, this moment, the user can obtain real more touch feeling.＜specific embodiment two 〉
In specific embodiments of the invention one, need corresponding each elasticity transparent chamber that micropump is set, in specific embodiments of the invention two, a micropump only is set.
In specific embodiments of the invention two, this can provide the touch apparatus of touch feeling, as shown in Figure 4, comprising:
Be provided with the touch-screen (not shown) of at least one touch point, be used to detect user's touch operation, obtain a testing result, when described testing result shows that described user's touch operation is successful, comprise in the described touch point first touch point that described user touches in the described testing result;
Certainly, it can be bigger touch-screen that this touch detects, and also can be the little touch-screen that a button only can be set;
Be arranged at the touch-screen top, the elasticity transparent chamber corresponding with described touch point, the cavity of described elasticity transparent chamber has first height at conventional state; Usually, flexible transparent chamber forms a flat surfaces at conventional state;
The storage chamber is used to be gaseous state or liquid filling material;
Second micropump;
Valvular hollow pipeline is set, with the corresponding one by one setting of described elasticity transparent chamber, an end of each described hollow pipeline and corresponding described elasticity transparent chamber connection, the other end is connected with described storage chamber by described second micropump;
Described second micropump is used for after startup, and described filling material is transported to each described hollow pipeline;
Second control module, be used for when described testing result shows that described user's touch operation is successful, control the unlatching of first valve, and close all valves outside described first valve, described first valve is the valve on the hollow pipeline that connects of the elasticity transparent chamber corresponding with described first touch point;
Behind described first valve opening, the described elasticity transparent chamber that described hollow pipeline connected at the described first valve place is filled thing and fills, and highly is increased to second height highly different with described first from described first.
Wherein, being provided with of this elasticity transparent chamber can be following mode.
＜elasticity transparent chamber set-up mode one 〉
With the corresponding one by one setting in touch point, illustrate as follows.
Suppose the a-quadrant that the user pushes touch-screen with certain strength, at this moment, touch-screen can detect user's touch operation, obtains a testing result, and this testing result shows the success of user's touch operation, and the touch point is touch point A1, A2 and A3.
At this moment, after first control module receives testing result, judge touch point wherein, find that the touch point is touch point A1, A2 and A3, and touch point A1, A2 are connected with B3 with elasticity transparent chamber B1, B2 respectively with A3, at this moment, first control module can control pump starts, and valve C1, C2 and C3 unlatching on control simultaneously and elasticity transparent chamber B1, B2 and the hollow pipeline that B3 is connected;
After micropump starts, extract gas or liquid in the storage chamber respectively, carry to all hollow pipelines, but owing to only have valve C1, C2 and C3 to open, all only elasticity transparent chamber B1, B2 and B3 be poured gas or liquid, protrude in original surface, give feedback of user.
After a period of time, liquid or gas can be pushed back the storage chamber under the pressure of flexible cavity, reply even curface.
＜elasticity transparent chamber mode two 〉
An elasticity transparent chamber illustrates as follows corresponding to a plurality of touch points.
Suppose that touch-screen can import 26 English alphabets, the corresponding zone of each English alphabet is that example is described as follows with alphabetical H.
Input area at alphabetical H is provided with a plurality of touch points, touches any one touch point and all can cause identical result, shows that the user thinks input alphabet H.
This moment, the input area at alphabetical H was provided with an elasticity transparent chamber, the surface of this elasticity transparent chamber is the H shape, this moment, the user pushed touch-screen input H zone with certain strength, at this moment, touch-screen can detect user's touch operation, obtain a testing result, this testing result shows the success of user's touch operation, and the touch point is the touch point in H zone.
At this moment, after first control module receives testing result, judge touch point wherein, find that the touch point is that the touch point is the touch point in H zone, and all touch points in H zone are all corresponding with an elasticity transparent chamber, thus can start with hollow pipeline that this elasticity transparent chamber is connected on micropump;
After miniature horse starts, extract gas or liquid in the storage chamber, and lay respectively at the elasticity transparent chamber that is shaped as H in H zone by described hollow pipeline.
Because the elasticity transparent chamber has elasticity, after being poured gas or liquid, can protrude in original surface, simultaneously, form the shape of H, give feedback of user.
After a period of time, liquid or gas can be pushed back the storage chamber under the pressure of flexible cavity, reply even curface.
Certainly, in concrete applied environment, increasing touch control is to show with image to combine that therefore, the device of the embodiment of the invention also comprises:
Have the display device of viewing area, be used for display image;
Described touch-screen is arranged at top, described viewing area.
Below to the description of giving an example of the mechanism of the device of the foregoing description two.
Suppose on the viewing area of current LCD, to have shown a figure or literal button at 60 pixels * 60 pixels, as the graphic button of a browser IE or the literal button of display text, the deformation unit that constitutes of 3600 the transparent elastic cavitys (can certainly be a transparent elastic cavity) on these 3600 liquid crystal displays and the viewing area that is arranged at this 60 pixel * 60 pixels is corresponding simultaneously.
When user's finger is clicked touch-screen realization touch control, micropump and valve are under the control of control module, extract described gas or liquid, and with the gas that extracts or the liquid pipeline transportation by valve open to described transparent elastic cavity, this cavity is expanded, protrude in the surface that former transparent elastic cavity constitutes, so the user not only can visually see this button, simultaneously owing to the transparent elastic cavity on the zone corresponding with this button expands gradually, be higher than other regional transparent elastic cavity, therefore, the user can also feel this button from sense of touch, can give the real touch feeling of user.
In above-mentioned description, variation has taken place in the height of the corresponding deformation of the button unit that shows with display device, therefore the user can feel, but in order further to improve user's impression, can control the working time of micropump or the opening time of valve respectively by control module, the gas of the different amounts of corresponding transmission or liquid are to the transparent elastic cavity, and the shape that forms after the height correspondence of 3600 transparent elastic cavitys changes is consistent with described button.
Suppose that the literal button is capitalization " H ", change the height of deformation unit to the inflation of the pairing deformation of liquid crystal display unit or the topping up that constitute letter " H " this moment, forms capitalization " H ", at this moment, the user can obtain more vivid touch feeling.
The touch apparatus that touch feeling can be provided of the embodiment of the invention can be widely used in various vending machines, electronic equipment, as ATM (automatic teller machine), mobile phone, personal digital assistant, enquiry machine etc.
Being example below with the vending machine is elaborated to the use of the electronic equipment that touch feeling can be provided of the embodiment of the invention.
Using the embodiment of the invention can provide the vending machine (input equipment) of the touch apparatus of touch feeling can show the extensive stock that can sell on display screen, as coffee, laughable, the literal icon or the graphic icons of commodity such as mineral water, and at the shown coffee of display screen, laughable, after the touch screen zone of the literal icon of commodity such as mineral water or the top correspondence of graphic icons is touched by the user, corresponding flexible cavity is under the filling of gas or liquid, can give prominence to original surface, at this moment, the user can find that this zone exceeds other zone, therefore can obtain touch feeling.And by the gas of the corresponding flexible cavity of control or the loading of liquid, this flexible cavity combination can produce specific physical form, and as the figure of coffee cup, mineral water bottle, this moment, the user can obtain real more touch feeling.
＜specific embodiment three 〉
In two above-mentioned embodiment, be to touch the back with the user to produce, flexible cavity is the explanation that example is carried out from first change of shape that highly is increased to second height, and in the embodiment of back, reducing this change of shape with the flexible cavity height is that the explanation that example is carried out describes.
In specific embodiments of the invention three, this can provide the touch apparatus of touch feeling, as shown in Figure 5, comprising:
Comprise the touch-screen (not shown) of at least one touch point, be used for the user and realize touch operation;
Certainly, it can be bigger touch-screen that this touch detects, and also can be the little touch-screen that a button only can be set;
Be arranged at the elasticity transparent chamber of touch-screen top;
The storage chamber is used to store the filling material that is gaseous state or liquid state;
Be in the 3rd micropump of starting state;
With the hollow pipeline of the corresponding one by one setting of described elasticity transparent chamber, an end of each described hollow pipeline and corresponding described elasticity transparent chamber connection, the other end is connected with described the 3rd micropump;
Described the 3rd micropump is transported to each described hollow pipeline with described filling material after startup;
Described elasticity transparent chamber under external force or described micropump highly be reduced to first height from second when closing.
Wherein, under the external force effect of the outside surface that puts on described first elastic cavity that is in described second height, described filling material in described first elastic cavity is discharged, when described first elastic cavity being had be lower than the 3rd height of described second height, described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered.
Make described touch-screen only when elastic cavity is in the 3rd height, detect described first touch point and be triggered, also can realize, illustrate as follows by the sensitivity that touch-screen is set.
Suppose that the elastic cavity original height is A1, under the micropump effect, be in height A 2, at this moment greater than A1, when user's finger (or felt pen) is in the elastic cavity surface, because touch screen induction sensitivity, can not cause touching successfully this moment, only pushes the elastic cavity surface at user's finger (or felt pen), make the A3 that highly is reduced to less than A2, because furthering of distance, this moment, touch-screen can detect touch operation, and corresponding touch point is triggered.
Wherein, the setting of this elasticity transparent chamber no longer describes in detail.
Described touch-screen is arranged at top, described viewing area.
Suppose on the viewing area of current LCD, to have shown a figure or literal button at 60 pixels * 60 pixels, as the graphic button of a browser IE or the literal button of display text, the deformation unit that constitutes of 3600 the transparent elastic cavitys (can certainly be a transparent elastic cavity) on these 3600 liquid crystal displays and the viewing area that is arranged at this 60 pixel * 60 pixels is corresponding simultaneously.
Because micropump is carried liquid or gas to the transparent elastic cavity always, therefore, the transparent elastic cavity all has higher height, when user's finger is clicked touch-screen realization touch control, the effect of being under pressure of transparent elastic cavity, liquid or gas are pushed back storage pool, highly reduce, so the user not only can visually see this button, simultaneously owing to the transparent elastic cavity on the zone corresponding with this button is depressed, simultaneously, pressure is passed to touch-screen, has realized touching control, therefore, the user can also feel this button from sense of touch, can give the real touch feeling of user.
In above-mentioned description, variation has taken place in the height of the corresponding deformation of the button unit that shows with display device, so the user can feel, but in order further to improve user's impression, the shape of transparent elastic cavity can be consistent with described button.
The touch apparatus that touch feeling can be provided of the embodiment of the invention can be widely used in various vending machines, electronic equipment, as ATM (automatic teller machine), mobile phone, personal digital assistant, enquiry machine etc.
Being example below with the vending machine is elaborated to the use of the electronic equipment that touch feeling can be provided of the embodiment of the invention.
Using the embodiment of the invention can provide the vending machine (input equipment) of the touch apparatus of touch feeling can show the extensive stock that can sell on display screen, as coffee, laughable, the literal icon or the graphic icons of commodity such as mineral water, and at the shown coffee of display screen, laughable, the transparent elastic cavity of the literal icon of commodity such as mineral water or the top correspondence of graphic icons is filled by liquid or gas, present coffee cup, the figure of mineral water bottle, after the user pushes, the liquid of transparent elastic cavity or gas backstreaming, highly descend, and simultaneously, pressure is passed to touch-screen, not only given user's touch feeling, also realized touching control, realized pressing down stroke simultaneously.
Simultaneously, after the user left, because the continuous action of micropump, under the filling of gas or liquid, down, this elastic cavity cognition returned to original state.
Will be appreciated that the 3rd pump can be one, carry filling material to all hollow pipelines simultaneously, perhaps each hollow pipeline is provided with one, carries filling material to hollow pipeline separately.
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In specific embodiments of the invention four, this can provide the touch apparatus of touch feeling to need not power and provide, and as shown in Figure 6, comprising:
The touch-screen (not shown) is used for the user and realizes touch operation;
Certainly, it can be bigger touch-screen that this touch detects, and also can be the little touch-screen that a button only can be set;
Be arranged at the elasticity transparent chamber of touch-screen top, the cavity of described elasticity transparent chamber has first height at conventional state;
The storage chamber is used to store gas or liquid;
Hollow pipeline, with the corresponding one by one setting of described elasticity transparent chamber, an end of each described hollow pipeline and corresponding described elasticity transparent chamber connection, the other end is connected with described storage chamber;
Described elasticity transparent chamber highly is reduced to the 3rd height from first under external force, described gas or liquid are pushed back described storage chamber, described touch-screen detects first touch point and is triggered, when described external force disappears, described elasticity transparent chamber is drawn described gas or liquid from described storage chamber, highly returns to described first height from the described the 3rd.
By this setting that triggers height, can prevent false triggering.
Wherein, under the external force effect of the outside surface that puts on described first elastic cavity that is in described first height, described filling material in described first elastic cavity is discharged, and when first elastic cavity being had be lower than the 3rd height of described first height, described touch-screen detects first touch point and is triggered.
Make described touch-screen only when elastic cavity is in the 3rd height, detect described first touch point and be triggered, also can realize, illustrate as follows by the sensitivity that touch-screen is set.
Suppose that the elastic cavity original height is A1, at this moment, when user's finger (or felt pen) is in the elastic cavity surface, because touch screen induction sensitivity, can not cause touching successfully this moment, only pushes the elastic cavity surface at user's finger (or felt pen), make the A2 that highly is reduced to less than A1, because furthering of distance, this moment, touch-screen can detect touch operation, and corresponding touch point is triggered.
Wherein, the setting of this elasticity transparent chamber no longer describes in detail.
Certainly, in concrete applied environment, increasing touch control is to show with image to combine that therefore, the input equipment of the embodiment of the invention also comprises:
Have the display device of viewing area, be used for display image;
Described touch-screen is arranged at top, described viewing area.
Suppose on the viewing area of current LCD, to have shown a figure or literal button at 60 pixels * 60 pixels, as the graphic button of a browser IE or the literal button of display text, the deformation unit that constitutes of 3600 the transparent elastic cavitys (can certainly be a transparent elastic cavity) on these 3600 liquid crystal displays and the viewing area that is arranged at this 60 pixel * 60 pixels is corresponding simultaneously.
When user's finger is clicked touch-screen realization touch control, the effect of being under pressure of transparent elastic cavity pushes back storage pool with liquid or gas, highly reduces, so the user not only can visually see this button, because the transparent elastic cavity on the zone corresponding with this button is depressed, simultaneously, pressure is passed to touch-screen simultaneously, realized touching control, therefore, the user can also feel this button from sense of touch, can give the real touch feeling of user.
In above-mentioned description, variation has taken place in the height of the corresponding deformation of the button unit that shows with display device, so the user can feel, but in order further to improve user's impression, the shape of transparent elastic cavity can be consistent with described button.
Simultaneously, after the user leaves,,, return to original state so can absorb gas or liquid from the storage chamber because the transparent elastic cavity needs to restore to the original state.
The touch apparatus that touch feeling can be provided of the embodiment of the invention can be widely used in various vending machines, electronic equipment, as ATM (automatic teller machine), mobile phone, personal digital assistant, enquiry machine etc.
Certainly, in order to limit the deformation direction in transparent elastic chamber, in the equipment of the embodiment of the invention, the space between all transparent elastic chambeies is filled with immobilization material, two benefits are arranged like this, at first, in original state, whole face is fully smooth, and when filling gas/liquid, the deformation direction is fixed.
In the method for work of the touch apparatus of the embodiment of the invention, described touch apparatus comprises a touch-screen that is provided with the touch point, is fixedly set in described touch-screen top, at least one elastic cavity corresponding with described touch point, and with first hollow pipeline of the corresponding one by one setting of described elastic cavity, described method comprises:
Detect the user by the touch input that described elastic cavity carries out, obtain first touch point;
Control micropump starting is the storage chamber of gaseous state or liquid filling material from storage, and described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity by the hollow pipeline that first elastic cavity corresponding with described first touch point connects;
Described first elastic cavity highly is elevated to second height highly different with first from first under the effect of described filling material.
Simultaneously, the starting of described control micropump is the storage chamber of gaseous state or liquid filling material from storage, and the hollow pipeline that described filling material is connected by first elastic cavity corresponding with described first touch point is transported to described first elastic cavity and is specially:
Control the starting of first micropump, be the storage chamber of gaseous state or liquid filling material from storage, described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity by the hollow pipeline that first elastic cavity corresponding with described first touch point connects, described first micropump is the micropump corresponding with second hollow pipeline, described second hollow pipeline is in described first hollow pipeline, the hollow pipeline that the elastic cavity corresponding with described first touch point connects; Or
Control the starting of second micropump, and control valve opening on second hollow pipeline, be the storage chamber of gaseous state or liquid filling material from storage, described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity by the hollow pipeline that first elastic cavity corresponding with described first touch point connects, described second micropump is second micropump that is connected with the other end of each described first hollow pipeline, and described second hollow pipeline is the hollow pipeline that the elastic cavity corresponding with described first touch point connects.
In the above-described embodiment, this filling material can be gaseous state or liquid state, but when filling material is gaseous state, this storage chamber can not need, for the embodiment of the invention, exist the difference of storing the chamber and not storing the chamber to be only to be the source of filling material, when having the storage chamber, the gaseous state filling material is to carry out the filling material exchange between storage chamber and elastic cavity, that is to say, filling material is from the gas of storage in advance in the storage chamber, and when not storing the chamber, the gaseous state filling material carries out the filling material exchange between atmosphere and elastic cavity, that is to say, filling material is exactly atmosphere (air just), and other the course of work, principle of work without any difference, so the mode of not storing the chamber is not elaborated at this.
And Fig. 7 is respectively the structural representation of Fig. 1,4,5 and 6 correspondence when not storing the chamber to Figure 10.
The above only is a preferred implementation of the present invention; should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the invention; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be considered as protection scope of the present invention.
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1. a touch apparatus is characterized in that, comprising:
The touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point;
At least one elastic cavity is fixedly installed on the top of described touch-screen, and described at least one elastic cavity has first height under original state;
Fill drive unit, be connected with first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity, first touch point in described at least one touch point of described first elastic cavity and described touch-screen is corresponding;
Control module, be connected with described filling drive unit with described touch-screen respectively, be used for when described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered, control described filling drive unit and obtain filling material, and described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity, described first elastic cavity is had be higher than second height of described first height.
2. touch apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described filling material is gaseous state filling material or liquid filling material.
3. touch apparatus according to claim 2 is characterized in that, when described filling material was liquid filling material, described touch apparatus also comprised: the storage chamber that is used to store described liquid filling material.
4. touch apparatus according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described filling drive unit specifically comprises:
First hollow pipeline, an end is connected with described first elastic cavity;
Micropump is connected with the other end of described first hollow pipeline, under the control of described control module, obtains described filling material from described storage chamber, and is transported to described first elastic cavity by the described filling material that described first hollow pipeline will obtain.
5. touch apparatus according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described filling drive unit specifically comprises:
Valvular first hollow pipeline is set, and an end is connected with described first elastic cavity;
Micropump, be connected with the other end of described first hollow pipeline, under the control of described control module, described valve opening, described micropump obtains described filling material from described storage chamber, and is transported to described first elastic cavity by the described filling material that described first hollow pipeline will obtain.
6. according to any described touch apparatus in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that, also comprise:
Have the display device of viewing area, be used for display image;
Described touch-screen is arranged at top, described viewing area;
Described at least one elastic cavity is the elasticity transparent chamber.
7. according to any described touch apparatus in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that the space between the described elastic cavity uses packing material to fill.
8. a touch apparatus is characterized in that, comprising:
The touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point is used for the user and realizes touch operation;
At least one elastic cavity that constitutes by resilient material, be fixedly set in described touch-screen top, described at least one elastic cavity has one first height in the original state that is not subjected to the external force effect, and first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity is corresponding with first touch point in described at least one touch point;
Wherein, at described first elastic cavity under external force, when being reduced to second height that is different from described first height, described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered; When described first elastic cavity was in second height, described resilient material produced and makes described first elastic cavity return to the elastic force of described original state.
9. touch apparatus according to claim 8 is characterized in that, also comprises:
The storage chamber is used to store the filling material that is gaseous state or liquid state;
With the hollow pipeline of the corresponding one by one setting of described elastic cavity, an end of each described hollow pipeline and corresponding described elastic cavity connect, and the other end extends in the described filling material in the described storage chamber;
Described elastic cavity is in described second when height, and described resilient material produces elastic force, draws described filling material from described storage chamber, makes described elastic cavity return to described first height.
10. a touch apparatus is characterized in that, comprising:
The touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point is used for the user and realizes touch operation;
By at least one elastic cavity that resilient material constitutes, be fixedly set in described touch-screen top, described at least one elastic cavity has one first height in the original state that is not subjected to the external force effect;
Fill drive unit, be connected with first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity, described first elastic cavity is corresponding with first touch point in described at least one touch point, be used to obtain filling material, and described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity, described first elastic cavity is had be higher than second height of described first height;
Wherein, under the external force effect of the outside surface that puts on described first elastic cavity that is in described second height, described filling material in described first elastic cavity is discharged, when described first elastic cavity being had be lower than the 3rd height of described second height, described touch-screen detects described first touch point and is triggered.
11. touch apparatus according to claim 10 is characterized in that, described filling material is gaseous state filling material or liquid filling material.
12. touch apparatus according to claim 11 is characterized in that, when described filling material was liquid filling material, described touch apparatus also comprised: the storage chamber that is used to store described liquid filling material; Described filling drive unit is connected with described storage chamber.
13. touch apparatus according to claim 12 is characterized in that, described filling drive unit specifically comprises:
First hollow pipeline, an end is connected with described first elastic cavity;
Micropump, the other end with described storage chamber and described first hollow pipeline is connected respectively.
14. the method for work of a touch apparatus is characterized in that, described touch apparatus comprises a touch-screen that comprises at least one touch point, is fixedly set at least one elastic cavity of described touch-screen top, and described method comprises:
First touch point that detects in described at least one touch point is triggered;
Obtain filling material, described filling material is transported to first elastic cavity in described at least one elastic cavity of corresponding setting with described first touch point;
Under the effect of described filling material, described first elastic cavity highly is elevated to second height that is different from described first height from initial first.
15. method according to claim 14 is characterized in that, the described filling material that obtains, and first elastic cavity that described filling material is transported in described at least one elastic cavity of corresponding setting with described first touch point specifically comprises:
The control micropump starts, and obtains filling material from storage is the storage chamber of gaseous state or liquid filling material;
Described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity by the hollow pipeline that is connected with described first elastic cavity.
16. method according to claim 14 is characterized in that, the described filling material that obtains, and first elastic cavity that described filling material is transported in described at least one elastic cavity of corresponding setting with described first touch point specifically comprises:
Control micropump starting is obtained filling material from storage is the storage chamber of gaseous state or liquid filling material;
Valve opening on control and the hollow pipeline that described first elastic cavity is connected;
Described filling material is transported to described first elastic cavity by the hollow pipeline that described and described first elastic cavity is connected.
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