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CN101776938B
CN101776938B CN2009100026299A CN200910002629A CN101776938B CN 101776938 B CN101776938 B CN 101776938B CN 2009100026299 A CN2009100026299 A CN 2009100026299A CN 200910002629 A CN200910002629 A CN 200910002629A CN 101776938 B CN101776938 B CN 101776938B
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颜文豪
戴佳琳
蒋文瀚
林宛珊
吕爱玲
黄福康
谢志文
张珈伟
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The invention relates to an electronic device which comprises a display, a host and a covering piece, wherein the host is rotatablely connected with the display and has a keyboard area and a hand-hold area; the covering piece is connected with the host covers a first covering portion and a second covering portion; when the first covering portion selectivity covers one of the keyboard area and the hand-hold area. When the first covering portion covers the keyboard area, the the electronic device is operated in a first operating mode. When the second covering portion covers the hand-hold area, the electronic device is operated in a second operating mode. The electronic device can provide effective protection to a keyboard when the keyboard is not needed by a user and can also provide a comfortable and soft operating platform when the keyboard is used by the user. In addition, the operating modes of the electronic device can change with the operating states of the covering piece for conversion among different operating modes in order to provide the user with practical and fashionable operating functions.

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Electronic installation
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of electronic installation, and be particularly related to a kind of electronic installation with multiple modes of operation.
Background technology
Along with the progress of science and technology, many electronic installations, for example computer becomes article indispensable in modern's daily life gradually.Computer is being brought into play effect greatly to people at aspects such as daily business meeting, rally discussion, education and recreation, leisure; Its not only help people deal with the work in the data of various complicacies; Realize video strange land meeting, also can when people's rest and entertainment, various recreation, video/audio function be provided.
Usually, a computer all is equipped with keyboard.But people always do not use keyboard when using computer.For example, when people when utilizing computer to carry out the strange land meeting or only using its video/audio function, people after opening corresponding function, just need not re-use keyboard usually.In this case, if people overturn beverage, food etc. on keyboard, or false touch is to keyboard, will be one and let the very dejected thing of people.In addition, the keyboard long term exposure and causes the situation of its dust stratification in air, also troublesome.On the other hand, when people used keyboard for a long time, its palm placed rigid host computer for a long time, cause easily ache etc. uncomfortable.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of electronic installation, to improve the defective of prior art.
The present invention provides a kind of electronic installation, and it comprises display, main frame and covering members.Main frame connects display rotatably, and main frame has keyboard area and hand is put the zone.Covering members connects main frame and comprises first shielding part and second shielding part, and first shielding part optionally hides keyboard area and hand and puts regional one of them.When first shielding part hid keyboard area, electronic installation operated in first operator scheme, and when first shielding part covering hand was put the zone, electronic installation operated in second operator scheme.
Beneficial effect of the present invention does, electronic installation provided by the present invention can solve present electronic installation (for example: the complicacy in use notebook computer), and simplify its vision and disturb, simplify user's operation to reach.In addition, when the user did not use keyboard, the user can hide keyboard easily through covering members; To play the protection keyboard and to avoid effect such as false touch; Utilize the properties of materials of covering members, when the user uses keyboard, offer the comfortable and soft placement platform of user.
For letting the above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be more obviously understandable, hereinafter is special lifts preferred embodiment, and conjunction with figs., elaborates as follows.
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Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of an electronic installation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 provides the synoptic diagram of a common touch controllable function for touch control unit shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 5 provides the synoptic diagram of a multimedia control function for touch control unit shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 6 is the functional block diagram of the operator scheme of an electronic installation of the present invention's one preferred embodiment.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of an electronic installation of the present invention's one preferred embodiment.As shown in Figure 1, electronic installation 1 comprises display 100, main frame 200 and covering members 30.
Above-mentioned main frame 200 connects display 100 rotatably.Main frame 200 has keyboard area 2001 and puts zone 2002 with hand, and keyboard area 2001 is provided with keyboard 10, and hand is put zone 2002 and had Touch Zone 20, and it can be provided with a touch control unit 201.
In the present embodiment, covering members 30 connects main frame 200, and covering members 30 has first shielding part 301 and second shielding part, 302, the first shielding parts 301 are connected in keyboard area 2001 and hand is put between the zone 2002.In addition, first shielding part 301 also optionally hides one of them that keyboard area 2001 and hand are put zone 2002.
When first shielding part 301 hid keyboard areas 2001, electronic installation 1 operated in first operator scheme, put regionally 2002 the time when first shielding part 301 hides hands, and electronic installation 1 operates in second operator scheme.The related description of the operator scheme of relevant electronic installation 1 is held the back and is detailed.
Second shielding part 302 has a perforate 303.Second shielding part 302 that present embodiment provided is removably to paste the hand of paying on the main frame 200 of electronic installation 1 to put zone 2002, so that change or clean.The present invention does not limit this.
Perforate 303 positions of above-mentioned second shielding part 302 are corresponding to Touch Zone 20; The hand that is arranged at main frame 200 when second shielding part 302 is put regional 2002 the time; Perforate 303 can be in order to expose Touch Zone 20 to the open air, make Touch Zone 20 touch control unit 201 panel and on the control icon can be manifested and can not hidden by second shielding part 302.
Above-mentioned first shielding part 301 connects second shielding part 302, and in the present embodiment, first shielding part 301 and second shielding part 302 can be formed in one.In addition, the junction of first shielding part 301 and second shielding part 302 is positioned between keyboard 10 and Touch Zone 20 (or touch control unit 201).In this embodiment, first shielding part 301 refers to the broken line place that first shielding part 301 is connected with second shielding part 302 with the junction of second shielding part 302.Utilize such design, second shielding part 302 is arranged at the hand of main frame 200 and put regional 2002 o'clock, and first shielding part 301 can be reversed, and puts one of them of zone 2002 optionally to hide keyboard area 2001 and hand.
In the present embodiment, the material of covering members 30 can be flexible material, for example cloth material, leather, leatheret or plastics flocking.In other embodiments, covering members 30 also can be processed by two kinds of materials, is for example processed cloth material for example, and 20 one side is processed by the material bigger slightly than this flexible material hardness towards the Touch Zone, for example leather by flexible material towards the one side of keyboard 10.Thus, reach preferably when the user does not use keyboard, protection keyboard and prevent the function of false touch when the user uses keyboard, provides the function of a comfortable and soft platform.The present invention does not limit this yet.
To shown in Figure 3, covering members 30 has first mode of operation and second mode of operation like Fig. 1, and first shielding part 301 of covering members 30 can be towards first direction A or second direction B rotation.When first shielding part 301 when first direction A rotates, covering members 30 is in first mode of operation, hide keyboard area 2001 with protection keyboard 10, and Touch Zone 20 is exposed to the perforate 303 of second shielding part 302, to be exposed in the external environment.
When first shielding part 301 when second direction B rotates, covering members 30 is in second mode of operation, first shielding part 301 hides hands and puts zone 2002, and keyboard 10 is exposed in the external environment.Because the material of covering members 30 is flexible materials such as cloth material, leather, leatheret; When covering members 30 is in second mode of operation; It can provide the user comfortable and soft operating platform, and the user can be through pushing covering members 30 control touch control unit 201 indirectly.
Preferably, the electronic installation in the present embodiment 1 can operate in first operator scheme or second operator scheme.When covering members 30 was in first mode of operation, electronic installation 1 was in first operator scheme.When covering members 30 was in second mode of operation, electronic installation 1 was in second operator scheme.
As shown in Figure 1, electronic installation 1 also includes first sensing element 41, second sensing element 42 and control module 50.First sensing element 41 is arranged at covering members 30, the second sensing elements 42 and is arranged on the main frame 200 or in the main frame 200, second sensing element 42 couples control module 50.Second sensing element 42 is in order to sensing first sensing element 41; When second sensing element 42 senses first sensing element 41; Second sensing element 42 sends a sensing signal to control module 50; Wherein when covering members 30 was in second mode of operation, first sensing element 41 was corresponding with the position of second sensing element 42.
In the present embodiment, first sensing element 41 is first magnetic part, and second sensing element 42 is a magnetic inductor.
Put regionally 2002 the time when first shielding part 301 hides hand towards second direction B rotation, control module 50 makes touch control unit 201 by second touch control operation mode switch to the first touch control operation pattern.That is; When first shielding part 301 when second direction B rotates; First sensing element 41 is near second sensing element 42; Second sensing element 42 can utilize changes of magnetic field to sense first sensing element 41, and sends a sensing signal and give control module 50, makes control module 50 to switch electronic installation 1 according to sensing signal and operates in second operator scheme.
In the present embodiment, control module 50 is an embedded controller (EC).In other embodiments, control module 50 also can be a microcontroller.The present invention does not limit this.When control module 50 received sensing signal, the operator scheme of its control electronic installation 1 was second operator scheme by first mode transitions.In the present embodiment, its operator scheme is switched in control module 50 may command Touch Zones 20.
When covering members 30 hid keyboard area 2001 towards first direction A rotation, control module 50 made touch control unit 201 by first touch control operation mode switch to the second touch control operation pattern.
For instance; When first shielding part 301 when first direction A rotates; First sensing element 41 is away from second sensing element 42, and then second sensing element 42 sends another sensing signal and gives control module 50 according to the variation in magnetic field; Or do not send sensing signal and give control module 50, make control module 50 can according to the kind of sensing signal or sensing signal to have or not the operator scheme of controlling electronic installation 1 be first operator scheme by second mode transitions.In the present embodiment, but control module 50 forbidden energy keyboard 10 also push keyboard 10 because of carelessness and maloperation to prevent the user, but the present invention does not limit to this.
Preferably, in the present embodiment, electronic installation 1 also can include one second magnetic part 60, and it can be arranged on the main frame 200 or in the main frame 200, when covering members 30 was in first mode of operation, first sensing element 41 was corresponding with the position of second magnetic part 60.When first sensing element 41 during near second magnetic part 60, utilize the principle that there is a natural attraction between the sexes, it is inhaled with second magnetic part 60 mutually.Thus, first shielding part 301 of covering members 30 can be fixed on the main frame 200.
In other embodiments, first sensing element 41 also can be bar code or wireless radio frequency identification mark (RFID tag), and second sensing element 42 also can be optical sensor with the sensing bar code, or can be the less radio-frequency reader to read wireless radio frequency identification mark.The present invention does not limit this.
In the present embodiment; Touch control unit 201 has the first touch control operation pattern and the second touch control operation pattern; Wherein the first touch control operation pattern is that touch control unit 201 provides a common touch controllable function, and the second touch control operation pattern is that touch control unit 201 provides a multimedia control function.So-called common touch controllable function refers to that touch control unit 201 is as general Trackpad; Normal touch control operation is provided; And the multimedia control function refers to that touch control unit 201 shows a plurality of multimedias control icons, and the user can control icon through those and comes movie or listen to the music etc.
Thus, put regionally 2002 the time when first shielding part 301 hides hands, control module 50 can be controlled touch control unit 201, makes touch control unit 201 by second touch control operation mode switch to the first touch control operation pattern.
Fig. 4 provides the synoptic diagram of common touch controllable function for touch control unit 201 shown in Figure 1.Fig. 5 provides the synoptic diagram of multimedia control function for touch control unit 201 shown in Figure 1.As shown in Figure 4, in the present embodiment, when touch control unit 201 provided common touch controllable function, it did not show any information.As shown in Figure 5, in the present embodiment, when touch control unit 201 provided the multimedia control function, it showed a plurality of multimedia control icons, and for example, volume controls icon 21, plays icon 22, suspends icon 23, fast forward icon 24 and retreat icon 25.
The user can select to promote volume control icon 21 with touch control manner, with the adjustment volume, also can push and play icon 22, suspends icon 23, fast forward icon 24 or retreat icon 25 to reach broadcast, time-out, F.F. or to retreat the purpose of video-audio data.
In addition, in the present embodiment, the housing of touch control unit 201 can be processed by light transmissive material, and also comprises a plurality of light-emitting components 70, is arranged under the main frame of touch control unit 201.When touch control unit 201 provided the multimedia control function, control module 50 (as shown in Figure 1) may command light-emitting component 70 was luminous, and its light appears from light transmissive material, to illuminate touch control unit 201.Like this, even the user uses touch control unit 201 in the dark, also can know the information seeing clearly on it to be shown.
Fig. 6 is the functional block diagram of the operator scheme of a computer system of the present invention's one preferred embodiment.Computer system 400 can be applicable to the electronic installation 1 of the foregoing description.
Computer system 400 comprises keyboard 10, control module 50, second sensing element 42 and touch control unit 201.Control module 50 couples keyboard 10, second sensing element 42 and touch control unit 201 respectively.Control module 50 can receive the sensing signal S that second sensing element 42 is sent, and changes between first operator scheme and second operator scheme with the operator scheme of control electronic installation 1.In addition, the switching of control module 50 may command touch control units 201 between the first touch control operation pattern and the second touch control operation pattern.
In sum, electronic installation provided by the present invention not only can provide keyboard effectively to protect when the user need not to use keyboard, and when the user uses keyboard, comfortable and soft operating platform can be provided.In addition, the operator scheme of electronic installation can be along with the variation of the mode of operation of covering members and is changed, between different operation modes, to change, so that the operating function of user's practicality and fashion to be provided.
Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; Right its is not in order to limit the present invention; Any those skilled in the art are not in breaking away from spirit of the present invention and protection domain; When can doing a little change and modification, so protection scope of the present invention is as the criterion when looking the scope that appended claims defines.

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1. an electronic installation is characterized in that, comprising:
Display;
Main frame connects aforementioned display device rotatably, and above-mentioned main frame has keyboard area and hand is put the zone; And
Covering members comprises first shielding part, said first shielding part connect above-mentioned main frame and optionally hide above-mentioned keyboard area and above-mentioned hand put the zone one of them,
Wherein when above-mentioned first shielding part hid above-mentioned keyboard area, above-mentioned electronic installation operated in first operator scheme, and when above-mentioned first shielding part hid above-mentioned hand and puts the zone, above-mentioned electronic installation operated in second operator scheme.
2. electronic installation according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned first shielding part is connected in above-mentioned keyboard area and above-mentioned hand is put between the zone.
3. electronic installation according to claim 1 is characterized in that above-mentioned covering members also comprises second shielding part, and above-mentioned second shielding part is attached at above-mentioned hand and puts the zone.
4. electronic installation according to claim 3 is characterized in that, above-mentioned second shielding part is removably to be attached at above-mentioned hand to put the zone.
5. electronic installation according to claim 3 is characterized in that, above-mentioned hand is put the zone and had the Touch Zone, and above-mentioned second shielding part has perforate, corresponding above-mentioned Touch Zone, the position of above-mentioned perforate.
6. electronic installation according to claim 3 is characterized in that, above-mentioned first shielding part connects above-mentioned second shielding part, and the junction of above-mentioned first shielding part and above-mentioned second shielding part is between an above-mentioned keyboard and a touch control unit.
7. electronic installation according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the material of above-mentioned covering members is cloth material, leather, leatheret or plastics flocking.
8. electronic installation according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned electronic installation also comprises:
First sensing element is arranged at above-mentioned covering members;
Second sensing element is arranged at above-mentioned main frame, and in order to above-mentioned first sensing element of sensing, when above-mentioned second sensing element sensed above-mentioned first sensing element, above-mentioned second sensing element sent sensing signal; And
Control module is arranged in the above-mentioned main frame, and couples above-mentioned second sensing element, and above-mentioned control module switches above-mentioned electronic installation according to above-mentioned sensing signal and operates in above-mentioned first operator scheme or above-mentioned second operator scheme.
9. electronic installation according to claim 8 is characterized in that, when above-mentioned first shielding part hid above-mentioned keyboard area, above-mentioned control module made a touch control unit by first touch control operation mode switch to the second touch control operation pattern.
10. electronic installation according to claim 9 is characterized in that, the above-mentioned first touch control operation pattern is that above-mentioned touch control unit provides common touch controllable function, and the above-mentioned second touch control operation pattern is that above-mentioned touch control unit provides the multimedia control function.
11. electronic installation according to claim 8 is characterized in that, when above-mentioned first shielding part hid above-mentioned hand and puts the zone, above-mentioned control module made a touch control unit by second touch control operation mode switch to the first touch control operation pattern.
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