CN102032901A - Tilt sensor - Google Patents
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The invention provides a tilt sensor, comprising a body, a plurality of pairs of metal joint cushions and a moving part, wherein the body is suitable for tilting in a plurality of directions of tilt and is provided with a moving area; the moving area is provided with a plurality of corners; the metal joint cushions are respectively arranged at partial corners at least; the moving part is arranged in the moving area; and when the body tilts towards different directions of tilt, the moving part can move to one of the corners along different directions of tilt and is contacted with the metal joint cushion entity at the corner, so that the pair of metal joint cushions is electrically connected with each other by the moving part.
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Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of sensor, and particularly relevant for a kind of slant sensor.
Background technology
In general, slant sensor on the market mostly is the two-phase induction, that is to say that it only can respond to two vergence directions, and its volume is comparatively huge usually.For consumer electronics now, as mobile phone, stress compact characteristics, just traditional slant sensor difficulty be applied thereon.
In addition, if desire is used four slant sensors of responding to mutually, wherein four phases for example are meant direction up and down, need the collocation of two groups of two-phase inductors usually.Yet, thus, just can't reach effectively reduce cost, reduced volume and the reduction fabrication steps purpose.
Therefore, it is minimum, with low cost and applicable to the frivolous and slant sensor on the consumption electronic product cheaply how to design a kind of size, and real is a present important problem.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of slant sensor, but a plurality of vergence directions of its sensing, and have that size is thin, cost low and processing procedure is easy to advantage.
The present invention proposes a kind of slant sensor, and it comprises a body, many to a metallic pad and a moving member.Body is suitable for tilting at a plurality of vergence directions, and has a turnover zone, and wherein turnover zone has a plurality of corners.Many metallic pad is laid respectively to the corner of small part.Moving member is positioned at turnover zone, wherein when body tilts toward different vergence directions, moving member can move to along different vergence directions these corners one of them and be positioned at the corner on the metallic pad entity is contacted so that metallic pad is electrically connected by moving member.
In an embodiment of the present invention, turnover zone is a square turnover zone, and square turnover zone has four corners.
In an embodiment of the present invention, many each corners that metallic pad is disposed at square turnover zone respectively.
In an embodiment of the present invention, many to metallic pad be disposed at respectively four corners wherein three.
In an embodiment of the present invention, moving member is a metal balls.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the size of metal balls in fact smaller or equal to 0,5mm greater than 0,1mm.
In an embodiment of the present invention, body has a substrate and a housing.Housing is disposed on the substrate, and housing has a sunk structure, define turnover zone, and each is positioned on the substrate to metallic pad.
In an embodiment of the present invention, substrate is a printed circuit board (PCB).
In an embodiment of the present invention, slant sensor is to move to different corners by moving member, make metallic pad can be electrically conducted on the corner, to know the inclination detector by inference is along which kind of direction to tilt, and has the sensing function that tilts more easily, in addition, structurally also have and make flow process more easily.Moreover moving member is to adopt smaller or equal to the ball size of 0.5mm greater than 0.1mm, so can effectively dwindle the thickness of slant sensor.
For the above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be become apparent, a plurality of embodiment cited below particularly, and cooperate appended graphicly, be described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is used for the synoptic diagram of the different vergence directions of sensing for one embodiment of the invention slant sensor;
Fig. 2 is the diagrammatic cross-section along AA ' line among Fig. 1.
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1,2,3,4-state; The 100-slant sensor;
112a, 112b, 112c, 112d-corner; The 110-body;
122,124,126,128-is to metallic pad; The 112-turnover zone;
P1, P2, P3, P4-vergence direction; The 114-substrate;
The 116-housing; The 116a-sunk structure;
The 130-moving member.
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Fig. 1 is used for the synoptic diagram of the different vergence directions of sensing for one embodiment of the invention slant sensor, and Fig. 2 is the diagrammatic cross-section along AA ' line among Fig. 1.Please also refer to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the slant sensor 100 of present embodiment comprises a body 110, many to a metallic pad 122,124,126,128 and a moving member 130.Body 110 is suitable for tilting at a plurality of vergence direction P1, P2, P3, P4, and many metallic pad 122,124,126,128 and moving member 130 is positioned at body 110.
Body 110 has a turnover zone 112, and wherein turnover zone 112 has a plurality of corner 112a, 112b, 112c, 112d.Present embodiment is to be a square turnover zone as implementing example so that notion of the present invention to be described with turnover zone 112, and therefore, it has four corner 112a, 112b, 112c, 112d.In other possible embodiment, extend notion of the present invention and application according to the user, turnover zone 112 also can be other polygons, as regular pentagon, regular hexagon or positive n limit shape, wherein n is greater than the integer more than four, and so turnover zone 112 also has corresponding corner number.
In the present embodiment, body 110 has a substrate 114 and a housing 116, as shown in Figure 2.Housing 116 is disposed on the substrate 114, and housing 116 has a sunk structure 116a to define above-mentioned turnover zone 112.Specifically, housing 116 can be to use ejection formation or impact briquetting technology to make, and substrate 114 for example is a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein after housing 116 completes, again with sealing or relevant coating technique, with applying housing 116 and substrate 114, and can finish the making of body 110.
Many metallic pad 122,124,126,128 is laid respectively on corner 112a, 112b to small part, 112c, the 112d, as shown in Figure 1, wherein when turnover zone 112 is other polygonal designs of employing, also can adjust, with the demand of symbol practical application the quantity of metallic pad thereupon.Specifically, present embodiment be with four pairs of metallic pad and turnover zone 112 for square turnover zone as implementing example, but be not limited thereto.In one embodiment, also can be to adopt three to the quantity of metallic pad, and configuration mode for example be on the corner 112a, the 112b that lay respectively at turnover zone 112, the 112d, wherein Xiang Guan application note will in after detailed description.In the present embodiment, metallic pad 122,124,126,128 is disposed on the above-mentioned substrate 114, and lays respectively on four corner 112a, 112b, 112c, the 112d of turnover zone 112, as Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 2.
Moving member 130 is positioned at turnover zone 112, wherein when body 110 tilts toward different vergence directions, vergence direction P1 for example, moving member 130 meetings this moment along inclined direction P1 move to corner 112a, and be positioned at corner 112a on metallic pad 122 entities are contacted so that can electrically connect by moving member 130 to metallic pad 122.In like manner, when body 110 tilts toward vergence direction P2, this moment 130 of moving members along inclined direction P2 move to corner 112b, and be positioned at this corner 112b on metallic pad 124 entities are contacted so that can electrically connect by moving member 130 to metallic pad 124.Therefore, when body 110 tilted toward vergence direction P3, P4 respectively, its form that moves can be known by inference by above-mentioned explanation and Fig. 1.In the present embodiment, above-mentioned moving member 130 can be a metal balls, wherein the size of this metal balls in fact smaller or equal to 0.5mm greater than 0.1mm.
In addition, for sensing and the operation mechanism that describes slant sensor of the present invention in detail, therefore describe with the Fig. 1 and the following literal of arranging in pairs or groups.
At first, Fig. 1 can be shown in slant sensor 100 when being placed in a surface level, its moving member that causes 130 on different vergence direction P1, P2, P3, P4 moves to the synoptic diagram of diverse location.For instance, when body 110 is toward vergence direction P1 when downward-sloping, the moving member 130 that then is positioned at turnover zone 112 just can be subjected to gravity effect and move over toward the direction of corner 112a, and the synoptic diagram of formation state 1 as shown in Figure 1.At this moment and since moving member 130 move to be positioned on the 112a of corner to metallic pad 122, and is connected, and metallic pad 122 understood electrically connects by moving member 130 with its entity, wherein moving member 130 has electric conductivity.Thus, just can by to metallic pad 122 for the state that electrically conducts to judge that slant sensor 100 is that along inclined direction P1 tilts.
Similarly, if when body 110 is downward-sloping toward vergence direction P2, the moving member 130 that is positioned at turnover zone 112 can be moved over toward the direction of corner 112b because of being subjected to gravity effect, and forms the synoptic diagram of state 2 as shown in Figure 1.At this moment, because moving member 130 moves to and is positioned at metallic pad 124 is connected with its entity on the 112b of corner, and make metallic pad 124 electric connections (as electrically conducting), and then can be by to metallic pad 124 state for electrically conducting, and decidable slant sensor 100 is that along inclined direction P2 tilts.
In like manner, as the past respectively vergence direction P3 of body 110, when P4 is downward-sloping, the moving member 130 that is positioned at turnover zone 112 can be moved over toward the direction of corner 112c, 112d respectively, and forms the synoptic diagram of state 3,4 as shown in Figure 1 respectively.Specifically, in state 3 and state 4, moving member 130 can move to respectively be positioned on the 112c of corner to metallic pad 126 be positioned on the 112d of corner to metallic pad 128, and respectively with metallic pad 126,128 entities are connected, and make metallic pad 126,128 electrically connected (as electrically conducting) by this moving member 130.So, can by whether being the state that electrically conducts to metallic pad 126 or 128, and decidable slant sensor 100 along inclined direction whether P3 or P4 tilt.
Hold as can be known above-mentionedly, present embodiment slant sensor 100 can be conducting state to metallic pad 122,124,126,128 by which is learnt, can instead push away body 110 is toward which kind of vergence direction to tilt.In addition and since the size of above-mentioned metal balls in fact smaller or equal to 0.5mm greater than 0.1mm, the thickness that therefore can effectively reduce this slant sensor 100 reaches to 0.8mm, even littler.
In one embodiment, also can be to adopt three to the quantity of metallic pad, it for example is that so, three pairs of metallic pad just can be distinguished sensing three kinds of vergence direction P1, P2, P4 on the corner 112a, the 112b that are disposed at turnover zone 112 respectively, the 112d.And when three pairs of metallic pad did not all have the state of conducting, can instead push away body 110 was that along inclined direction P3 tilts.Therefore, the number needs of metallic pad is looked user's design and can slightly be adjusted, non-special qualification is to the quantity of metallic pad.
What deserves to be mentioned is, above-mentioned slant sensor 100 is to be placed on the surface level and along different directions to tilt as implementing example, yet this bright slant sensor 100 also can be the sense of rotation that is applied to the sensing vertical type, as the discriminating function up and down of common digital still camera.For instance, in state 3, slant sensor 100 can be considered as is to be placed on one vertical, and because of gravity effect, moving member 130 can move to corner 112c, and with metallic pad 126 entities are contacted, and then make metallic pad 126 electrically connected (as conducting), can judge that this direction is a vertical direction this moment earlier.Then, if this slant sensor 100 is distinguished clockwise rotation 90,180,270 degree along parallel this direction of vertical, then moving member 130 just can move to corner 112d, 112a, 112b in order, and then can make in order to metallic pad 128,122,124 conductings, shown in state 4,2,1.In other words, by which being learnt to metallic pad 128,122,124 conductings, also can know slant sensor 100 by inference is to be in which kind of rotation status.
In addition, when being applied to the anglec of rotation of above-mentioned sensing vertical type, the turnover zone 112 of slant sensor 100 can adopt aforesaid polygon design, so, but with the multiple anglec of rotation of sensing.For instance, when turnover zone 112 is regular hexagon, but then the anglec of rotation of sensing is 60,120,180,270 degree; And when turnover zone 112 is positive nonagon, but then the anglec of rotation of sensing then is 40,80,120,160,200,240,280,320 degree.In other words, the turnover zone 112 of positive n limit shape, then n is big more, but its sensing rotation angle is meticulous more, and this part is decided on user's demand, and is above-mentioned only for illustrating, non-in order to limit the present invention.
In sum, slant sensor of the present invention has following advantage at least.At first, suitably design main body structure, make its inner turnover zone have a plurality of corners, and in to the corner of small part, disposing the pair of metal connection pad respectively.When the moving member that is positioned at turnover zone is subjected to gravity effect, and when moving to the corner, can make metallic pad is electrically conducted on the corner.In other words, move to different corners by moving member, make metallic pad can be electrically conducted on the corner, just can know the inclination detector by inference is along which kind of direction to tilt, and can have the sensing mechanism that tilts comparatively easily.In addition, moving member is to adopt smaller or equal to the ball size of 0.5mm greater than 0.1mm, so can effectively dwindle the thickness of slant sensor.
It should be noted that at last: above embodiment only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, is not intended to limit; Although with reference to previous embodiment the present invention is had been described in detail, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be made amendment to the technical scheme that aforementioned each embodiment put down in writing, and perhaps part technical characterictic wherein is equal to replacement; And these modifications or replacement do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution break away from the spirit and scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.
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1. slant sensor comprises:
One body is suitable for tilting at a plurality of vergence directions, and has a turnover zone, and wherein this turnover zone has a plurality of corners;
Many to metallic pad, lay respectively to the described corner of small part; And,
One moving member, be positioned at this turnover zone, wherein when this body tilts toward different vergence directions, this moving member can move to along different vergence directions described corner one of them and be positioned at this corner on this metallic pad entity is contacted so that this electrically connects by this moving member metallic pad.
2. slant sensor according to claim 1, wherein this turnover zone is a square turnover zone, and this square turnover zone has four corners.
3. slant sensor according to claim 2, wherein said many each corners that metallic pad is disposed at this square turnover zone respectively.
4. slant sensor according to claim 2, wherein said many to metallic pad be disposed at respectively four corners wherein three.
5. slant sensor according to claim 1, wherein this moving member is a metal balls.
6. slant sensor according to claim 5, wherein the size of this metal balls in fact smaller or equal to 0.5mm greater than 0.1mm.
7. slant sensor according to claim 1, wherein this body has a substrate and a housing, and this housing is disposed on this substrate, and this housing has a sunk structure, defines this turnover zone, and described many metallic pad is positioned on this substrate.
8. slant sensor according to claim 7, wherein this substrate is a printed circuit board (PCB).
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