CN102281049B - The calibration system of touch-key and calibration steps - Google Patents
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Present invention is disclosed the calibration system of a kind of touch-key and calibration steps thereof, for testing reliability and the sensitivity of button, described button is arranged on household electrical appliance and is connected with the control module of household electrical appliance, and push button signalling can be fed back to described control module, this calibration system includes the triggering device for touching described button, for recording the recording equipment of the push button signalling after described button is touched, the display device of reliability and/or sensitivity for showing described button, described calibration steps utilizes this calibration system to realize the detection of the reliability to button and/or sensitivity.
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[technical field]
The present invention relates to the calibration system of a kind of touch-key and calibration steps, refer in particular to calibration system and the calibration steps of the touch-key of a kind of lower panels being arranged on household electrical appliance.
[background technology]
Touch-key has been widely used in household appliance technical field.As a part for the control system of household electrical appliance, touch-key is typically connected in the control module of household electrical appliance, and user can pass through to touch these buttons, sends corresponding control instruction to the control module of household electrical appliance.Thus it is guaranteed that button has high reliability and enough sensitivity, accuracy and comfortableness that household electrical appliance control operation are most important.
The factor of the reliability and sensitivity that affect button mainly has two.One, in the manufacture process of household electrical appliance, touch-key is often arranged on the lower panels of household electrical appliance, panel correspond to corresponding button and indicate the touch area that prompting user touches, but, if the not tight or button that button and the lower surface of panel are fitted when assembling is not accurately located on the correspondence position of touch area of panel, then it cannot be guaranteed that button has high reliability and enough sensitivity.They are two years old, even if manufacture assemble time the reliability of button and sensitivity be guaranteed, when the actually used household electrical appliance of consumer, due to the impact of practical service environment, for instance the impact of different temperature/humidity, may result in the reliability of button and sensitivity changes, on the other hand, owing to button is arranged on the lower panels of household electrical appliance, if dismounting panel detects waste time and energy, long maintenance activity can affect the normal use of consumer, brings client to complain.Therefore, how to solve a this kind of difficult problem, become the technical problem that those skilled in the art has to take into account that.
[summary of the invention]
Correspondingly, an object of the present invention is in that the calibration system of touch-key easy to carry, simple to operate.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of utilizes this calibration system fast to detect the reliability of touch-key and/or the calibration steps of sensitivity intuitively.
The calibration system of the touch-key of one embodiment of the present invention, for testing reliability and the sensitivity of button, described button is arranged on household electrical appliance and is connected with the control module of household electrical appliance, and push button signalling can be fed back to described control module, this calibration system includes the triggering device for touching described button, for recording the recording equipment of the push button signalling after described button is touched, and for showing the reliability of described button and/or the display device of sensitivity.
As a further improvement on the present invention, first display device of push button signalling state when described display device includes for showing that described triggering device and described button first time contacts, for show described triggering device after first time contacts described button from when described button disengages, second display device of the push button signalling state of described button, 3rd display device of push button signalling state during for showing that described triggering device and described button second time contacts, 4th display device of keystroke sensitivity when described display device also includes showing described triggering device and described key contact.
As a further improvement on the present invention, first, second, third described display device is mounted in three dual-colored LED lamps in a testing cassete, described dual-colored LED lamp is shown in green when push button signalling state is correct, when push button signalling status error shown in red, the 4th described display device is mounted in several in a testing cassete to should the monochromatic LED lamp of described number of keys, when certain keystroke sensitivity is beyond setting value, the LED corresponding to this button is lighted.
As a further improvement on the present invention, described triggering device is several touch heads of the touch function of the finger of simulation people, and the quantity of described touch head is corresponding to the quantity of described button.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the device of the control module independent of household electrical appliance that described recording equipment is mounted in during a test is closed.
As a further improvement on the present invention, it is arranged in household electrical appliance together with described recording equipment is module integrated with the control of household electrical appliance.
The calibration steps of the touch-key of one embodiment of the present invention, wherein said button is arranged on household electrical appliance and is connected with the control module of household electrical appliance, and push button signalling can be fed back to described control module, it is characterised in that this calibration steps comprises the following steps
-a set of calibration system is provided, this system has and touches triggering device, the recording equipment of push button signalling and showing the reliability of described button and/or the display device of sensitivity of described button；
-described triggering device touches all buttons simultaneously and produces corresponding push button signalling to described control module；
-described recording equipment is by push button signalling corresponding to described control module record；
The instruction that-described display device sends according to described recording equipment, the display information that display is corresponding, different display information correspond to the reliability of button and/or the different conditions of sensitivity.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the described step triggering the device described button of touch includes
-first time contacts described button so that button enters calibration mode, and push button signalling state is shown on the first display device of described display device；
-after first time contacts described button, disengage from described button, and not being shown in button on the second display device of described display device by signal condition；
-second time contacts described button, and the signal condition of pressing of button is shown on the 3rd display device of described display device；
-second time contacts described button, and is shown on the 4th display device of described display device by the sensitivity state of button.
As a further improvement on the present invention, also comprise the steps
-a set of storage device being connected with calibration system is provided, and reliability and/or the sensitivity of described button are stored in described storage device.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows: calibration system is easy to carry, simple to operate, and calibration steps fast detects reliability and/or the sensitivity of touch-key intuitively.Can on the production line of household electrical appliance, the practical situation according to different household electrical appliance, different household electrical appliance can be tested in the simple position touching head that adjusts, and test process carries out automatically so that the impact of anthropic factor is reduced to minimum；Touch-key after sensitivity calibration has same accurate feel, improves the experience of user.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the calibration system of the touch-key of one embodiment of the present invention；
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the workflow of the calibration steps of the touch-key of one embodiment of the present invention.
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With reference to Fig. 1, one embodiment of the present invention discloses the calibration system 2 of a kind of touch-key, and this calibration system 2 is for calibrating reliability and/or the sensitivity of the touch-key 11 of household electrical appliance 1.Wherein these household electrical appliance 1 have several touch-keys 11, it is such as 5 in FIG, these touch-keys can be common capacitance type touch key, the user of household electrical appliance 1 is by touching different touch-keys 11, different push button signallings is sent to the control module 10 of the household electrical appliance being connected with these touch-keys 11, control module 10 based on these push button signallings, send different control instructions to the work system of household electrical appliance and module, thus realizing the control to household electrical appliance.
In the present embodiment, calibration system 2 is one to be existed independent of household electrical appliance 1, it is possible to the testing cassete that the control module 10 of household electrical appliance 1 is connected, this testing cassete includes display device 21, recording equipment 22, and triggers device 23.In the present embodiment, trigger several touches 231 that device 23 is the function of the finger simulating user, the quantity of these touches 231 is corresponding with the quantity of touch-key 11, when touch 231 contacts with touch-key 11, if the reliability of touch-key 11 and sensitivity are all normal, touch-key 11 senses the capacitance variations owing to contact produces, and produces the touch signal of correspondence.In the present embodiment, testing cassete is connected with the control module 10 of household electrical appliance 1, after the touch signal of touch-key 11 feedback is transferred to control module 10, is sent in recording equipment 22 again through controlling module 10.It should be noted that, in other embodiments of the present invention, recording equipment 22 can also be integrally disposed in the control module 10 of household electrical appliance 1, testing cassete like this avoids the need for arranging independent recording equipment 22, but is directly sent, by control module 10, the display device 21 displaying signal to calibration system 2.Display device 21 is connected with recording equipment 22, and the reliability of display touch-key 11 sent by recording equipment shows with the information of sensitivity state, it includes first display device the 211, second display device the 212, the 3rd display device the 213, the 4th display device 214.In the present embodiment, the first display device equal dual-colored LED lamp (light emitting diode) of the 211, second display device the 212, the 3rd display device 213, red light or green light can be sent respectively under different signals controls；4th display device 214 is the monochromatic LED lamp that several are corresponding with the quantity of touch-key, only can send the light of a kind of color.
With reference to Fig. 2, the calibration steps corresponding to one embodiment of the present invention of the calibration system 1 of Fig. 1 comprises the steps.
Step S1: calibration system 1 is opened in energising.Calibration system 1 gets final product work under conventional civil power, if so consumer suspects that in the use procedure of household electrical appliance touch-key 11 has reliability and/or sensitivity problem and guarantees to keep in good repair, maintainer can carry this calibration system 1 easily and visit detection, household electrical appliance are returned factory thus eliminating or is transported to special maintenace point maintenance, both cost had been saved, convenient and swift again.
Step S2: a 231 corresponding touch-key 11 of alignment will be touched, and all press.
Step S3: touch-key 11 enters calibration mode, all of touch-key 11 all feeds back the push button signalling control module 10 to household electrical appliance, and feeds back to recording equipment 22 further.
Step S3a: if the reliability having at least one touch-key 11 is mistake, namely this at least one touch-key 11 does not feed back intended push button signalling to controlling module 10, now recording equipment 22 sends " mistake " signal to first dual-colored LED lamp 211 of display device 21, dual-colored LED lamp 211 sends red light, namely shown in red.
Step S12: due in step S3a it has been determined that have the reliability of at least one touch-key 11 when button 11 is pressed problematic, now without being further continued for judging the sensitivity of button 11, but directly terminate calibration flow process.If this step occurs in the assembling process of household electrical appliance, the maker of household electrical appliance needs to check whether the installation of touch-key 11 puts in place immediately；If this step occurs in the maintenance process of household electrical appliance, maintenance person needs to check whether touch-key 11 damages, aging or other fault immediately.
Step S4: if the reliability of all of touch-key 11 is correctly, namely the push button signalling of all of touch-key 11 feedback all represents that this button has been touched and has produced correct feedback, now recording equipment 22 sends " correctly " signal to first dual-colored LED lamp 211 of display device 21, dual-colored LED lamp 211 sends green light, namely shown in green.
Step S5: all touches 231 are all lifted from corresponding touch-key 11.
Step S6: record all of touch-key 11 not by time state, feedback push button signalling is to the control module 10 of household electrical appliance, and feeds back to recording equipment 22 further.
Step S6a: if the reliability having at least one touch-key 11 is mistake, namely this at least one touch-key 11 does not feed back intended push button signalling to controlling module 10, now recording equipment 22 sends " mistake " signal to second dual-colored LED lamp 212 of display device 21, dual-colored LED lamp 212 sends red light, namely shown in red.Now cause the possible cause that reliability mistake occurs: the push button signalling of at least one touch-key 11 feedback shows that this button remains at the state of being pressed, rather than not by state.
Step S12: due in step S6a it has been determined that have the reliability of at least one touch-key 11 button 11 not by problematic, now without being further continued for judging the sensitivity of button 11, but directly terminate calibration flow process.If this step occurs in the assembling process of household electrical appliance, the maker of household electrical appliance needs to check whether the installation of touch-key 11 puts in place immediately；If this step occurs in the maintenance process of household electrical appliance, maintenance person needs to check whether touch-key 11 damages, aging or other fault immediately.
Step S7: if the reliability of all of touch-key 11 is correctly, namely the push button signalling of all of touch-key 11 feedback all represents that this is pressed by key mapping and produces correct not press feedback, now recording equipment 22 sends " correctly " signal to second dual-colored LED lamp 212 of display device 21, dual-colored LED lamp 212 sends green light, namely shown in green.
Step S8: touch 231 is directed at again corresponding touch-key 11, and all presses.
Step S9: recording the sensitivity state that all of touch-key 11 is waited when pressed, feedback push button signalling is to the control module 10 of household electrical appliance, and feeds back to recording equipment 22 further.
Step S9a: if the sensitivity having at least one touch-key 11 is mistake, namely the range of sensitivity that the sensitivity information that this at least one touch-key 11 feeds back pre-sets beyond system, now recording equipment 22 sends " mistake " signal to the 3rd of display device 21 the dual-colored LED lamp 213, dual-colored LED lamp 213 sends red light, namely shown in red.Meanwhile, in order to accurately obtain be the sensitivity of which or which button beyond predetermined value, the button that now correspondence of display device 21 makes a mistake or several monochromatic LED lamps light.
Step S12: adjust the sensitivity of button.If this step occurs in the assembling process of household electrical appliance, the maker of household electrical appliance needs to check whether the installation of touch-key 11 puts in place immediately；If this step occurs in the maintenance process of household electrical appliance, maintenance person needs to check whether touch-key 11 damages, aging or other fault immediately.
Step S13: if the sensitivity of all of touch-key 11 is correctly, namely the push button signalling of all of touch-key 11 feedback all represents that this is pressed by key mapping and produces correct sensitivity feedback, now recording equipment 22 sends " correctly " signal to the 3rd of display device 21 the dual-colored LED lamp 213, dual-colored LED lamp 213 sends green light, namely shown in green.
Step S13: so far, tests through calibration steps, it has been found that the reliability of all buttons and sensitivity are correctly, and testing process terminates.Referring again to Fig. 1, it is possible to the storage device 3 (such as computer) making calibration system 2 independent with is connected, and is stored in computer by test information, in order to review and statistics in the future.Certainly, even if calibration system 2 is not connected to this storage device 3, also can work alone completely.
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1. a calibration system for touch-key, for testing the reliability of button, described button is arranged on household electrical appliance and is connected with the control module of household electrical appliance, and push button signalling can feed back to described control module, it is characterised in that this calibration system includes
-for touching and disengage the triggering device of all described buttons simultaneously simultaneously；
-for recording the recording equipment of the push button signalling after described button is touched and disengages；
-for showing the display device of the reliability of described button.
2. a calibration system for touch-key, for testing the sensitivity of button, described button is arranged on household electrical appliance and is connected with the control module of household electrical appliance, and push button signalling can feed back to described control module, it is characterised in that this calibration system includes
-for touching the triggering device of all described buttons simultaneously；
-for recording the recording equipment of the push button signalling after described button is touched；
-for showing the display device of the sensitivity of described button.
3. the calibration system of a touch-key, for testing reliability and the sensitivity of button, described button is arranged on household electrical appliance and is connected with the control module of household electrical appliance, and push button signalling can feed back to described control module, it is characterized in that, this calibration system includes
-for touching the triggering device of all described buttons simultaneously；
-for recording the recording equipment of the push button signalling after described button is touched；
-for showing the reliability of described button and the display device of sensitivity；
Described display device includes:
-for showing that described triggering device and described button contact for the first time time button be pressed the first display device of signal condition；
-for show described triggering device after first time contacts described button from when described button disengages, the second display device of the push button signalling state that described button is not pressed；
-it is used for showing the 3rd display device of keystroke sensitivity when described triggering device contacts with described button second time.
4. the calibration system of touch-key as claimed in claim 3, it is characterised in that the 4th display device of the sensitivity of each described button when described display device also includes showing described triggering device and described key contact.
5. the calibration system of touch-key as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, first, second, third described display device is mounted in three dual-colored LED lamps in a testing cassete, described dual-colored LED lamp is shown in green when push button signalling state is correct, shown in red when push button signalling status error.
6. the calibration system of touch-key as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, the 4th described display device be mounted in a testing cassete several to should the monochromatic LED lamp of described number of keys, when certain keystroke sensitivity is beyond setting value, the LED corresponding to this button is lighted.
7. the calibration system of the touch-key as described in one of any of the above claim, it is characterised in that described triggering device is several touch heads of the touch function of the finger of simulation people, and the quantity of described touch head is corresponding to the quantity of described button.
8. the calibration system of the touch-key as described in one of as any in claim 1-6, it is characterised in that the recording equipment of the control module independent of household electrical appliance that described recording equipment is mounted in a testing cassete.
9. the calibration system of the touch-key as described in one of as any in claim 1-6, it is characterised in that be arranged in household electrical appliance together with described recording equipment is module integrated with the control of household electrical appliance.
10. a calibration steps for touch-key, wherein said button is arranged on household electrical appliance and is connected with the control module of household electrical appliance, and push button signalling can feed back to described control module, it is characterised in that this calibration steps comprises the following steps
-a set of calibration system is provided, this calibration system has and touches triggering device, the recording equipment of record push button signalling and showing the display device of reliability of described button of described button；
-described triggering device touches simultaneously and disengages all buttons simultaneously and produce corresponding push button signalling to described control module；
-described recording equipment is by push button signalling corresponding to described control module record；
The instruction that-described display device sends according to described recording equipment, the display information that display is corresponding, different display information correspond to the different conditions of the reliability of button.
11. a calibration steps for touch-key, wherein said button is arranged on household electrical appliance and is connected with the control module of household electrical appliance, and push button signalling can feed back to described control module, it is characterised in that this calibration steps comprises the following steps
-a set of calibration system is provided, this calibration system has and touches triggering device, the recording equipment of record push button signalling and showing the display device of sensitivity of described button of described button；
-described triggering device touches all buttons simultaneously and produces corresponding push button signalling to described control module；
-described recording equipment is by push button signalling corresponding to described control module record；
The instruction that-described display device sends according to described recording equipment, the display information that display is corresponding, different display information correspond to the different conditions of the sensitivity of button.
12. a calibration steps for touch-key, wherein said button is arranged on household electrical appliance and is connected with the control module of household electrical appliance, and push button signalling can feed back to described control module, it is characterised in that this calibration steps comprises the following steps
-a set of calibration system is provided, this calibration system has the triggering device of the described button of touch, records the recording equipment of push button signalling and show the reliability of described button and the display device of sensitivity；
-described triggering device touches all buttons simultaneously and produces corresponding push button signalling to described control module；
-described recording equipment is by push button signalling corresponding to described control module record；
The instruction that-described display device sends according to described recording equipment, the display information that display is corresponding, different display information correspond to the reliability of button and the different conditions of sensitivity；
The described step triggering the device described button of touch includes:
-first time contacts described button so that button enters calibration mode, and the signal condition of pressing of button is shown on the first display device of described display device；
-after first time contacts described button, disengage from described button, and not being shown in button on the second display device of described display device by signal condition；
-second time contacts described button, and is shown on the 3rd display device of described display device by the sensitivity state of button.
13. the calibration steps of touch-key as claimed in claim 12, it is characterised in that also comprise the steps
-second time contacts described button, and is shown on the 4th display device of described display device by the sensitivity state of each described button.
14. the calibration steps of touch-key as claimed in claim 13, it is characterized in that, first, second, third described display device is mounted in three dual-colored LED lamps in a testing cassete, described dual-colored LED lamp is shown in green when push button signalling state is correct, shown in red when push button signalling status error；The 4th described display device be mounted in a testing cassete several to should the monochromatic LED lamp of described number of keys, when certain keystroke sensitivity is beyond setting value, the LED corresponding to this button is lighted.
15. the calibration steps of touch-key as claimed in claim 12, it is characterised in that also comprise the steps
-a set of storage device being connected with calibration system is provided, and reliability and/or the sensitivity of described button are stored in described storage device.
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