CN113467744A - Input device and sound effect sending method using same - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to an input device, which comprises a key module and a loudspeaker. The key module comprises keys. The key comprises a lifting piece and a detector. The lifting member is lifted in the operating direction. The detector is used for: when the lifting piece is detected to be positioned at the first height position, a first position signal is sent out; when the lifting piece is detected to be located at a second height position different from the first height position, a second position signal different from the first position signal is sent out. The loudspeaker is used for sending out corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal. The loudspeaker of the input device of the invention can send out the corresponding variable sound effect according to the variable height position of the key.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to an input device and a sound effect generating method using the same, and more particularly, to an input device and a sound effect generating method using the same.
Background
The conventional input device includes at least one key. A specific function may be triggered by pressing a key. The pressed key feedbacks the pressing hand feeling of the user, and the user can judge whether to trigger the specific function really according to the pressing hand feeling. However, each user feels different pressing hand feelings fed back by the keys, and the pressing hand feelings fed back by the keys after being pressed for a long time are also changed or weakened, which causes the user to feel a deviation from the feeling of perceiving whether the specific function is executed.
Therefore, it is an endeavor of those skilled in the art to provide a new input device to improve the above-mentioned problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention provides an input device and a sound effect emitting method using the same, which can improve the conventional problems.
In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input device including:
the button module, it includes:
a key, comprising:
a lifting member which is lifted along the operation direction;
a detector for:
when the lifting piece is detected to be positioned at a first height position, a first position signal is sent out; and
when the lifting piece is detected to be located at a second height position different from the first height position, sending a second position signal different from the first position signal; and
the loudspeaker is used for sending out corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
As an optional technical solution, the method further comprises:
a controller to: controlling the speaker to emit a corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
As an optional technical solution, the input device is electrically connected to a host, the host has a controller, and the controller is configured to: controlling the speaker to emit a corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
As an optional technical solution, the detector comprises a signal emitting element and a signal receiving element, the signal emitting element is used for continuously emitting an emitting signal towards the bottom surface of the lifting element, and the signal receiving element is used for receiving the emitting signal reflected from the bottom surface;
wherein, this input device still includes the controller, and this controller is used for: the signal transmitting piece is controlled to continuously transmit the transmitting signal towards the bottom surface of the lifting piece.
As an optional technical solution, when the first height position is the free state position of the lifting member, the speaker does not emit any sound effect.
As an optional technical solution, the second height position is closer to the circuit board than the first height position, and the speaker is configured to:
sending out a first sound effect according to the first position signal; and
according to the second position signal, a second sound effect different from the first sound effect is generated.
As an optional technical solution, the system further comprises a controller, wherein the controller is used for:
when the lifting piece is positioned at the second height position, the corresponding function is executed and the loudspeaker is controlled to emit the corresponding sound effect.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a sound effect emitting method, including:
providing an input device as claimed in claim 1;
when the lifting piece is positioned at the first height position, the detector sends out a first position signal;
when the lifting piece is located at the second height position different from the first height position, the detector sends out the second position signal different from the first position signal; and
the loudspeaker sends out corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
As an optional technical solution, the input device further comprises a controller; the step of the speaker emitting the corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal further includes:
the controller controls the loudspeaker to emit corresponding sound effects according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
As an optional technical solution, the input device is electrically connected to a host, the host has a controller, and the step of the speaker emitting a corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal further includes:
the controller controls the loudspeaker to emit corresponding sound effects according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
As an optional technical solution, the detector comprises a signal transmitting element and a signal receiving element; the sound effect emitting method further comprises the following steps:
the signal transmitting piece continuously transmits the transmitting signal towards the bottom surface of the lifting piece; and
the signal receiving part receives the transmitting signal reflected from the bottom surface.
As an optional technical solution, the method further comprises:
when the first height position is the free state position of the lifting piece, the loudspeaker does not give out any sound effect.
As an optional technical solution, the second height position is closer to the circuit board than the first height position; the sound effect emitting method further comprises the following steps:
according to the first position signal, the loudspeaker emits a first sound effect; and
according to the second position signal, the loudspeaker emits a second sound effect different from the first sound effect.
As an optional technical solution, the method further comprises:
when the lifting piece is positioned at the second height position, the corresponding function is executed and the loudspeaker is controlled to emit the corresponding sound effect.
In summary, the input device according to an embodiment of the invention at least includes a key module and a speaker, wherein the key module includes at least one key, and the speaker can emit a corresponding variable sound effect according to a variable height position of the key.
The invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific examples, but the invention is not limited thereto.
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FIG. 1A is a top view of an input device according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of a key of the input device of FIG. 1B taken along direction 1B-1B';
FIG. 1C is a schematic diagram of the input device of FIG. 1B with the elevator member lowered;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a key according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 1A to fig. 1C, fig. 1A is a top view of an input device 100 according to an embodiment of the invention, fig. 1B is a cross-sectional view of a key 110A of the input device 100 of fig. 1A along a direction 1B-1B', and fig. 1C is a schematic diagram of a descending member 111 of the key 110A of the input device 100 of fig. 1B descending.
The input device 100 is, for example, a keyboard, and includes a key module 110, a speaker 120, a controller 130, and a circuit board 140. The key module 110 includes at least one key, for example, the key module 110 includes 50 keys, but may include more or less keys. As shown in fig. 1B, at least one of the buttons 110A of all the buttons of the button module 110 each includes a lifting member 111, a detector 112, an elastic member 113 and a housing 114. The other keys 110B of all the keys of the key module 110 have, for example, a general key structure.
The lifting member 111 can be lifted and lowered along an operation direction D1. The detector 112 is used for: when detecting that the lifting member 111 is located at the first height position H1 (the first height position H1 is shown in fig. 1B), a first position signal S1 is asserted; and when detecting that the lifting piece 111 is located at a second height position H2 (the second height position H2 is shown in fig. 1C) different from the first height position H1, sending a second position signal S2 different from the first position signal S1. The speaker 120 is used for emitting corresponding sound effects according to at least one of the first position signal S1 and the second position signal S2. Thus, the user can know whether the button 110A is at the expected pressing height by recognizing the sound effect. Further, the sound effects are, for example, a single frequency sound, a mixture of a plurality of different frequencies, a voice, music, a contextual sound, and/or a conversation.
The controller 130 is electrically connected to the speaker 120, and can control the speaker 120 to emit corresponding sound effects according to at least one of the first position signal S1 and the second position signal S2. In addition, the controller 130 can also perform a corresponding first function according to the first position signal S1 and/or perform a corresponding second function according to the second position signal S2, wherein the second function is different from the first function. Thus, the user can know whether the controller 130 performs the desired function by recognizing the sound effect.
As shown in fig. 1A, the input device 100 is electrically connected to the host 10, wherein the input device 100 and the host 10 are part of an electronic device, such as various electronic devices with buttons, including a notebook computer, a desktop computer, and a home appliance. When the host 10 is a host of a notebook computer, the input device 100 can be integrated with the host 10 to form a keyboard of the notebook computer. As shown in fig. 1A, the controller 130 of the present embodiment is a component of the input device 100; in another embodiment, the controller 130 may also be configured at the host 10. When the controller 130 is disposed in the host 10, the position signal generated by the detector 112 can be transmitted to the controller 130 of the host through a controller (not shown) of the input device 110. Further, as shown in fig. 1A, a speaker 120 is a component of the input device 100; in another embodiment, speaker 120 may also be configured at host 10. In summary, the controller 130 and/or the speaker 120 may be configured in the input device 100 or the host 10.
Although not shown, the key 110A can provide different pressing feeling at the first height position H1 and the second height position H2. Thus, when the lifting member 111 of the key 110A is located at a specific height position, the key 110A not only generates a corresponding sound effect, but also provides a corresponding pressing hand feeling, so that the user can more clearly/quickly know whether the key 110A is located at a desired pressing height and/or whether the controller 130 executes a desired corresponding function by recognizing the sound effect and the pressing hand feeling.
As shown in fig. 1B and 1C, the second height position H2 is closer to the circuit board 140 than the first height position H1. The controller 130 is configured to: controlling the speaker 120 to emit a first sound effect according to the first position signal S1; according to the second position signal S2, the speaker 120 is controlled to emit a second sound effect different from the first sound effect. Thus, the user can determine whether the button 110A is at the first height position H1 according to the first sound effect or the second height position H2 according to the second sound effect.
In another embodiment, when the first height position H1 is the free state position of the lifter 111, the speaker 120 does not emit any sound effect. Thus, when the button 110A does not produce sound effect, the user can know that the button 110A is in the free position.
In other embodiments, the controller 130 can control different buttons 110A to emit different sound effects. For example, the controller 130 can control the plurality of different buttons 110A to generate different sound effects at the same height position, or generate the same sound effect. Alternatively, the controller 130 can control a plurality of different buttons 110A to generate the same sound effect at different height positions, or generate different sound effects.
As shown in fig. 1B, the lifting member 111 includes a pressing portion 1111 and a sliding portion 1112, wherein the pressing portion 1111 is connected to the sliding portion 1112. The pressing portion 1111 is located outside the housing 114, and the sliding portion 1112 is slidably disposed in the housing 114.
The detector 112 can detect the height position of the lifting member 111. For example, the detector 112 includes a Hall sensor 1121 and a magnet 1122, wherein the magnet 1122 is disposed on the sliding portion 1112 of the lifting member 111, and the Hall sensor 1121 is disposed on the bottom surface 114s of the housing 114. The magnet 1122 can change the magnetic field M1 between the magnet 1122 and the hall sensor 1121 as the lifter 111 is lifted in the operating direction D1. The hall sensor 1121 may sense the variation of the magnetic field M1 between the magnet 1122 and the hall sensor 1121, and output voltage signals (e.g., the first position signal S1 or the second position signal S2) with different magnitudes. The controller 130 can determine the height position of the lifting member 111 according to the received voltage signal, and control the speaker 120 to emit a sound effect corresponding to the height position.
The elastic element 113 is, for example, a spring, and is located between the bottom surface 1112s of the sliding portion 1112 and the bottom surface 114s of the housing 114. When the lifting member 111 is pressed to descend toward the bottom surface 114s of the housing 114, the elastic member 113 stores elastic potential energy. When the lifting member 111 is released, the elastic element 113 releases the elastic potential energy to drive the lifting member 111 to return to the free state.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a key 110A' according to another embodiment of the invention. The button 110A' includes a lifter 111, a detector 212, and a housing 114. Although not shown, the button 110A' further includes an elastic element located between the bottom surface 1112s of the sliding portion 1112 and the bottom surface 114s of the housing 114. The operation and/or function of the elastic element is similar to the elastic element 113, and will not be described herein.
The detector 212 includes a signal emitting element 2121 and a signal receiving element 2122. The controller 130 is configured to control the signal emitter 2121 to continuously emit the emitting signal L1 toward the bottom 1112S of the lifting element 111, and the signal receiver 2122 is configured to receive the emitting signal L1 reflected from the bottom 1112S of the lifting element 111 and accordingly transmit a corresponding voltage signal (e.g., the first position signal S1 or the second position signal S2) to the controller 130. The controller 130 is further configured to control the speaker 120 to emit corresponding sound effects according to at least one of the first position signal S1 and the second position signal S2.
In summary, the input device according to an embodiment of the invention at least includes a key module and a speaker, wherein the key module includes at least one key, and the speaker can emit a corresponding variable sound effect according to a variable height position of the key.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the claims of the present invention should be covered by the present invention.
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1. An input device, comprising:
the button module, it includes:
a key, comprising:
a lifting member which is lifted along the operation direction;
a detector for:
when the lifting piece is detected to be positioned at a first height position, a first position signal is sent out; and
when the lifting piece is detected to be located at a second height position different from the first height position, sending a second position signal different from the first position signal; and
the loudspeaker is used for sending out corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
2. The input device of claim 1, further comprising:
a controller to: controlling the speaker to emit a corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
3. The input device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input device is electrically connected to a host, the host having a controller for: controlling the speaker to emit a corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
4. The input device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detector comprises a signal emitting element for continuously emitting a transmitting signal toward the bottom surface of the elevating element and a signal receiving element for receiving the transmitting signal reflected from the bottom surface;
wherein, this input device still includes the controller, and this controller is used for: the signal transmitting piece is controlled to continuously transmit the transmitting signal towards the bottom surface of the lifting piece.
5. The input device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the speaker does not produce any sound effect when the first height position is the free-state position of the lifting member.
6. The input device as recited in claim 1, wherein the second height position is closer to the circuit board than the first height position, and the speaker is configured to:
sending out a first sound effect according to the first position signal; and
according to the second position signal, a second sound effect different from the first sound effect is generated.
7. The input device of claim 1, further comprising a controller to:
when the lifting piece is positioned at the second height position, the corresponding function is executed and the loudspeaker is controlled to emit the corresponding sound effect.
8. A sound effect emitting method, comprising:
providing an input device as claimed in claim 1;
when the lifting piece is positioned at the first height position, the detector sends out a first position signal;
when the lifting piece is located at the second height position different from the first height position, the detector sends out the second position signal different from the first position signal; and
the loudspeaker sends out corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
9. The sound effect generation method of claim 8 wherein the input device further comprises a controller; the step of the speaker emitting the corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal further includes:
the controller controls the loudspeaker to emit corresponding sound effects according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
10. The sound effect emitting method of claim 8 wherein the input device is electrically connected to a host, the host has a controller, and the step of the speaker emitting the corresponding sound effect according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal further comprises:
the controller controls the loudspeaker to emit corresponding sound effects according to at least one of the first position signal and the second position signal.
11. The sound effect generation method of claim 8 wherein the detector comprises a signal transmitter and a signal receiver; the sound effect emitting method further comprises the following steps:
the signal transmitting piece continuously transmits the transmitting signal towards the bottom surface of the lifting piece; and
the signal receiving part receives the transmitting signal reflected from the bottom surface.
12. The sound effect generation method of claim 8, further comprising:
when the first height position is the free state position of the lifting piece, the loudspeaker does not give out any sound effect.
13. The sound effect generation method of claim 8 wherein the second height position is closer to the circuit board than the first height position; the sound effect emitting method further comprises the following steps:
according to the first position signal, the loudspeaker emits a first sound effect; and
according to the second position signal, the loudspeaker emits a second sound effect different from the first sound effect.
14. The sound effect generation method of claim 8, further comprising:
when the lifting piece is positioned at the second height position, the corresponding function is executed and the loudspeaker is controlled to emit the corresponding sound effect.
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