Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of touch controlled key and uses the terminal equipment of this touch controlled key, and when making dark in residing environment, user can confirm the key position of terminal equipment, thus prevents misoperation.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of touch controlled key, and described touch controlled key comprises: cover plate, touch-control sensor, light-emitting diode and fluorescence carrier;
Described cover plate, touch-control sensor and light-emitting diode stack successively, and described fluorescence carrier is arranged between described touch-control sensor and described light-emitting diode.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of terminal equipment, comprising: touch controlled key,
Described touch controlled key comprises: cover plate, touch-control sensor, light-emitting diode and fluorescence carrier;
Described cover plate, touch-control sensor and light-emitting diode stack from described terminal equipment to interior successively, and described fluorescence carrier is arranged between described touch-control sensor and described light-emitting diode.
The touch controlled key used in the terminal equipment that the embodiment of the present invention provides, comprise cover plate, light-emitting diode, touch-control sensor and fluorescence carrier, wherein, cover plate, touch-control sensor and light-emitting diode stack successively, fluorescence carrier is arranged between described touch-control sensor and described light-emitting diode, make before the non-operation terminal device button of user, if during dark in environment, button on cover plate can be illuminated by the fluorescent material in fluorescence carrier, make user can confirm the particular location of each button, prevent user to the misoperation of terminal equipment, and after user is to the button operation of terminal equipment, key position can be illuminated by light-emitting diode, and be the fluorescence makeup energy in fluorescence carrier, thus extend the useful life of fluorescence carrier.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, be clearly and completely described the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
The embodiment of the present invention provides the touch controlled key that a kind of terminal equipment uses with reference to shown in figure 1, the structure of touch controlled key specifically comprises: cover plate (Coverlens) 10, touch-control sensor (Touchsensor) 11, fluorescence carrier 12 and light-emitting diode 13, wherein:
Cover plate 10 to be exposed at outside terminal equipment and the visible touch controlled key shell of user, and this cover plate 10 mainly provides the virtual key of user operation, and can protect other components and parts etc. in terminal equipment.If this terminal equipment is touch panel device, then cover plate 10 can adopt glass, PETG (Polythyleneterephthalate, PET) or other transparent wear material raw material.Touch-control sensor 11 can respond to the operation of user for touch controlled key on cover plate 10, this touch-control sensor 11 can connect other circuit such as touch-control circuit in terminal equipment, when touch-control sensor 11 senses the operation of user to touch controlled key, then touch-control circuit can determine according to this user operation the button occurrence that user operates terminal equipment, thus determines the operational order etc. of user for terminal equipment.Light-emitting diode 13 can be connected with touch-control sensor 11, or other circuit in terminal equipment connects, and make when user operation button, this light-emitting diode 13 is activated and shine, and such user can see the particular location of operation push-button clearly.
Generally, cover plate 10 in touch controlled key, touch-control sensor 11 and light-emitting diode 13 can stack successively, and in terminal equipment, cover plate 10, touch-control sensor 11 and light-emitting diode 13 can stack from terminal equipment to interior successively, when specific implementation, touch-control sensor 11 can cover the back side of cover plate 10 by the form of film plating layer, the terminal equipment part that can see of user is for outward here, in the part that user can't see is.Fluorescence carrier 12 is arranged between touch-control sensor 11 and light-emitting diode 13.Fluorescence carrier 12 needs to adopt the light-transparent carrier of filling fluorescent material or semi-transparent carrier, make the light sent of light-emitting diode 13 can through fluorescence carrier 12, touch-control sensor 11 reaches cover plate 10, the carrier material of this fluorescence carrier 12 concrete can be silica gel, plastic cement, PET, or TPUE (Thermoplasticpolyurethane, TPU) etc., thickness is taken in order to what save fluorescence carrier 12, this fluorescence carrier 12 can adopt printing opacity or the semi-transparent ink with fluorescence, and this fluorescence carrier 12 can be coated in the inner surface of touch-control sensing 11, namely towards the surface in light-emitting diode 13 direction.The carrier material of fluorescence carrier 12 needs to guarantee to fill enough fluorescent materials.When using silica gel material, the fluorescent material of more than 50% can be filled.
Be appreciated that, above-mentioned fluorescence carrier 12 is the carriers of filling fluorescent material, like this in rather dark environment, when user does not operate button, the light transmission touch-control sensor 11 that this fluorescence carrier 12 sends and cover plate 10, make user can see the particular location of the button of needs operation clearly.And when the button of user to terminal equipment operates, trigger light-emitting diode 13 luminous, because fluorescence carrier 12 adopts the light-transparent carrier or semi-transparent carrier of filling fluorescent material, the light that then light-emitting diode 13 sends can pass through fluorescence carrier 12, touch-control sensor 11 and cover plate 10, makes user can see the particular location of the button of needs operation clearly.
When the actual fluorescent material selecting fluorescence carrier 12 to fill, this fluorescent material need brightness high and the duration long, and it is few to the wavelength restriction of light when makeup energy, just ultraviolet light and infrared light etc. can makeup energy, and the time of makeup energy is more short better, to reduce fluorescent material to light and the restriction of time, guarantee have time enough and brightness when using.And fluorescent material needs nontoxic, radiationless and environmental protection, also will consider the factors such as the life-span that fluorescent material recycles.Fluorescence carrier 12 not only can carry out makeup energy by such as the daylight etc. of the light ratio in external environment condition, the fluorescence makeup energy that the light that can also be sent by light-emitting diode 13 is filled fluorescence carrier 12, enhances effective fluorescent lifetime and the practicality of fluorescence greatly.
It should be noted that, in order to make in rather dark environment, fluorescence carrier 12 can shine all touch controlled keys fully, the size of above-mentioned fluorescence carrier 12 can be the touch controlled key that can cover terminal equipment cover plate 10 correspondence, or more smaller than the area coverage of touch controlled key, and above-mentioned light-emitting diode 13 can use one or more; In addition, due in terminal equipment except can comprising structure as shown in Figure 1, other structure can also be comprised, such as be used for showing the touch control display etc. of user interface, now, cover plate 10, touch-control sensor 11 can share with the touch control display of terminal equipment, do not repeat at this.
Visible, in the touch controlled key that the terminal equipment that the embodiment of the present invention provides uses, comprise cover plate, light-emitting diode, touch-control sensor and fluorescence carrier, wherein, cover plate, touch-control sensor and light-emitting diode stack successively, fluorescence carrier is arranged between touch-control sensor and light-emitting diode, make before the non-operation terminal device button of user, if during dark in environment, button on cover plate can be illuminated by the fluorescent material in fluorescence carrier, make user can confirm the particular location of each button, prevent user to the misoperation of terminal equipment, and after user is to the button operation of terminal equipment, key position can be illuminated by light-emitting diode, and be the fluorescence makeup energy in fluorescence carrier, thus extend the useful life of fluorescence carrier.
Shown in figure 2, Fig. 3, at the touch controlled key of a specific embodiment except comprising structure as shown in Figure 1, the black-out ink layer 14 with guide lighting channel 140 can also be comprised, this black-out ink layer 14 can be arranged between fluorescence carrier 12 and touch-control sensor 11, the light that fluorescence carrier 12 and light-emitting diode 13 are sent can pass through to touch-control sensor 11 by guide lighting channel 140 and reach cover plate 10, in black-out ink layer 14 with guide lighting channel 140 can be ring-type or round shape etc.Due in black-out ink layer 14 with guide lighting channel 140, fluorescence carrier 12 can be arranged near guide lighting channel 140, and the button of cover plate 10 correspondence need not be covered comprehensively, save material.In actual applications, above-mentioned guide lighting channel 140 preferably can be arranged on position corresponding with touch controlled key on cover plate 10 in black-out ink layer 14, makes the luminous energy appeared from guide lighting channel 140 illuminate touch controlled key on cover plate 10 like this.
Further, above-mentioned guide lighting channel 140 can be the through hole in black-out ink layer 14, also can be the light guide ink layer with fluorescence, so further enhances the brightness shone rather dark time on cover plate 10.
Further, in order to converge and the uniform light making light-emitting diode 13 send distribution, can also light guiding film 15 be set in terminal equipment, and light guiding film 15, structure between light-emitting diode 13 and fluorescence carrier 12 can there is the following two kinds mode:
(1) as shown in Figure 2, by the cover plate 10 of the optical path direction of light-emitting diode 13 towards terminal equipment, and light guiding film 15 is arranged on light-emitting diode 13 namely towards the direction of cover plate 10, the light that such light-emitting diode 13 sends enters from light guiding film 15 one side, through light guiding film 15 and fluorescence carrier 12, through the guide lighting channel 140 in black-out ink layer 14, irradiate through touch-control sensor 11 and reach cover plate 10.
(2) as shown in Figure 3, light guiding film 15 and light-emitting diode 13 are arranged on same layer, and the optical path direction of light-emitting diode 13 is towards the side of light guiding film 15, the light that such light-emitting diode 13 sends enters from light guiding film 15 side, through light guiding film 15 and fluorescence carrier 12, through the guide lighting channel 140 in black-out ink layer 14, irradiate through touch-control sensor 11 and reach cover plate 10.Light guiding film 15 and light-emitting diode 13 are arranged on same layer, can save the thickness space of light-emitting diode 13 and the terminal shared by light guiding film 15.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of terminal equipment using above-mentioned touch controlled key, and such as have the equipment such as the mobile phone of touch-screen, GPS device or palmtop PC, wherein the concrete structure of touch controlled key does not repeat at this.In addition, in terminal equipment except can comprising above-mentioned touch controlled key, other structure can also be comprised, such as be used for showing the touch control display etc. of user interface, now, cover plate 10, touch-control sensor 11 can share with the touch control display of terminal equipment, do not repeat at this.
The touch controlled key above embodiment of the present invention provided and use the terminal equipment of this touch controlled key to be described in detail, apply specific case herein to set forth principle of the present invention and execution mode, the explanation of above embodiment just understands method of the present invention and core concept thereof for helping; Meanwhile, for one of ordinary skill in the art, according to thought of the present invention, all will change in specific embodiments and applications, in sum, this description should not be construed as limitation of the present invention.