CN114467073A

CN114467073A - Mobile terminal and key triggering method

Info

Publication number: CN114467073A
Application number: CN202080055069.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 毛维华; 查鹏; 吕仁; 吴博
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-01
Filing date: 2020-07-21
Publication date: 2022-05-10
Also published as: WO2021017941A1; CN110737362A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a mobile terminal which comprises a shell, a touch layer and a pressure detector. The shell comprises an outer surface and an inner surface which are arranged oppositely, the outer surface comprises a pressing position, the touch layer is arranged on the inner surface and used for detecting touch operation on the pressing position and transmitting a first signal, the pressure detector is used for detecting pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation and transmitting a second signal, and the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers a key response function. The mobile terminal omits an entity key, and the appearance delicacy of the mobile terminal is improved. The embodiment of the application also provides a key triggering method.

Description

Mobile terminal and key triggering method

The present application claims priority of chinese patent applications filed in 2019 on 08/01/h, with application number 201910708816.2 and with application name "mobile terminal and key triggering method", and chinese patent applications filed in 2019 on 26/10/h, with application number 201911026761.3 and with application name "mobile terminal and key triggering method", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of terminals, in particular to a mobile terminal and a key triggering method.

Background

With the continuous development of electronic technology, electronic devices such as smart phones and tablet computers have become indispensable personal belongings. At present, a plurality of entity keys are arranged on the side edge of a shell of the electronic equipment, so that the appearance design trend of the existing electronic equipment, which is concise and smooth, is not facilitated, and the appearance delicacy of the electronic equipment is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a mobile terminal, which is used for saving a physical key and improving the appearance delicacy.

The embodiment of the application also provides a key triggering method.

The mobile terminal comprises a shell, a touch layer and a pressure detector, wherein the shell comprises an outer surface and an inner surface which are arranged oppositely, the outer surface comprises a pressing position, the touch layer is arranged on the inner surface and used for detecting touch operation on the pressing position and transmitting a first signal, the pressure detector is used for detecting that the touch operation is applied to the pressing position and transmitting a second signal, and the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers the key response function.

In the embodiment of the application, the mobile terminal is provided with the pressing position on the shell to replace an entity key in the prior art, so that the structure of the mobile terminal is improved without punching on the shell, the appearance elegance of the mobile terminal is improved, the problems of high key cost and short key service life in the prior art due to the fact that the entity key is arranged are solved, and the use experience of a user is improved. Moreover, among the mobile terminal of this application embodiment, utilize the touch-control layer detects press touch operation and conveying in the position first signal, and utilize the pressure detector detects touch operation applys in press pressure and conveying in the position the second signal, only when touch operation accords with the trigger condition of button response function, mobile terminal can respond to first signal with the second signal triggers button response function has ensured mobile terminal is to press the detection precision of touch operation in the position, has reduced the false trigger probability, has promoted user experience.

The mobile terminal is a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a multimedia player, an electronic book reader, a notebook computer, a vehicle-mounted device or a wearable device.

The touch layer at least partially covers a part of the inner surface corresponding to the pressing position, namely the pressing position is located in a response interval of the touch layer, so that the touch layer can accurately detect the touch operation on the pressing position, and the recognition accuracy of the mobile terminal on the touch operation on the pressing position is improved.

The touch layer is used for detecting whether the touch operation on the pressing position is a human hand touch operation or other human touch operations.

When the touch layer detects that the touch operation on the pressing position is a human hand touch operation and the pressure detector detects that the touch operation applies pressure on the pressing position, the touch operation meets a trigger condition of a key response function, namely the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, namely a key response function corresponding to the pressing position is triggered, namely a virtual key is triggered;

when the touch layer detects that the touch operation on the pressing position is not a hand touch operation and/or the pressure detector does not detect the pressure applied by the touch operation on the pressing position, the touch operation does not conform to the trigger condition of the key response function, namely the mobile terminal does not respond to the first signal and the second signal and does not trigger the key response function.

In some embodiments, the mobile terminal includes a storage unit, a preset time difference is stored in the storage unit, and when the time difference between the transmission of the first signal by the touch layer and the transmission of the second signal by the pressure detector is smaller than or equal to the preset time difference, the mobile terminal triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal.

When the touch layer detects that the touch operation on the pressing position is the hand touch operation, the pressure detector detects the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation, and the time difference is within the range of the preset time difference, the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, namely the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, so that the problem that the key response function is triggered by mistake when the detection results of the touch operation on the pressing position by the touch layer and the pressure detector respectively meet the triggering condition of the key response function in the two previous and next touch operations is solved, and the detection precision of the mobile terminal on the touch operation on the pressing position is improved.

In one embodiment, the storage unit further stores a plurality of preset pressure intervals and key response functions corresponding to the preset pressure intervals, and when the pressure detector detects that the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation is also determined to be within one of the preset pressure intervals according to the second signal, the mobile terminal triggers the key response function corresponding to the preset pressure interval in response to the first signal and the second signal.

When the user uses the mobile terminal, different key response functions can be triggered by applying different pressure touch operations to the pressing positions according to different requirements, and a plurality of shortcut functions can be realized by only setting one pressing position, so that the appearance elegance of the mobile terminal is improved, and the cost of the mobile terminal is saved.

In another embodiment, a preset pressure value is further stored in the storage unit, and when the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation detected by the pressure detector is equal to or greater than the preset pressure value and the time difference is less than or equal to the preset time difference, the mobile terminal triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal.

When the touch layer detects that the touch operation on the pressing position is the hand touch operation, the pressure detector detects that the touch operation is exerted the pressure on the pressing position is greater than the preset pressure value, and the time difference is within the range of the preset time difference, then the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, namely the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, namely the key response function is triggered only when the touch operation with certain pressing force is carried out on the pressing position, the problem of mistakenly triggering the key response function is avoided, and the detection precision of the mobile terminal on the touch operation on the pressing position is improved.

In a third embodiment, the touch layer is further configured to obtain position information of a pressed position to which the touch operation is applied and transmit a third signal to the processor, the pressure detector is configured to detect a pressure applied to the pressed positions by the touch operation, the storage unit further stores a key response function corresponding to the position information of the pressed positions, and the mobile terminal triggers the key response function corresponding to the position information of the pressed position in response to the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal.

When the user uses the mobile terminal, different press positions can be touched according to different requirements to trigger different key response functions, the user can simply, quickly and accurately perform quick function operation on the mobile terminal, and the use experience of the user is improved. Moreover, in the embodiment of the application, the mobile terminal adopts a pressure detector to simultaneously detect the pressure applied to each pressing position by the touch operation, and utilizes the touch layer to acquire each position information of the pressing position to determine the key response function triggered by the touch operation, so that the detection precision of the mobile terminal to each touch operation on the pressing position is ensured, the false triggering probability is reduced, the user experience is improved, and the pressure applied to each pressing position by the touch operation is not required to be detected by a plurality of pressure detectors, thereby not only saving the cost of the pressure detector, but also simplifying the internal structure of the mobile terminal.

In a fourth embodiment, the outer surface further includes a pressure position, the mobile terminal further includes a touch identifier, the touch identifier is disposed on the inner surface and configured to detect a touch operation on the pressure position and transmit a fourth signal, the pressure detector is further configured to detect a pressure applied to the pressure position by the touch operation and transmit a fifth signal, and the mobile terminal triggers the key triggering function in response to the fourth signal and the fifth signal.

The touch identifier includes, but is not limited to, a touch capacitive sensor or a touch temperature sensor, and is configured to detect whether the touch operation at the pressure position is a human-hand touch operation.

When the touch identifier detects that the touch operation on the pressure position is a human hand touch operation and the pressure detector detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressure position, the touch operation on the pressure position meets a trigger condition of a key trigger function, namely the mobile terminal responds to the fourth signal and the fifth signal to trigger the key trigger function, namely the key trigger function corresponding to the pressure position is triggered, namely a virtual key is triggered;

when the touch identifier detects that the touch operation on the pressure position is not a hand touch operation and/or the pressure detector does not detect the pressure applied by the touch operation on the pressure position, the touch operation on the pressure position is not in accordance with the trigger condition of the key trigger function, namely, the mobile terminal does not respond to the fourth signal and the fifth signal and does not trigger the key trigger function.

This application embodiment mobile terminal adopts pressure detector detects simultaneously touch operation is applyed the pressure position with press the pressure on the position, only need add and be used for detecting touch operation on the pressure position the touch control recognizer can increase mobile terminal's shortcut key quantity, convenience of customers's operation is used, promotes user's use and experiences.

The touch identifier at least partially covers a position corresponding to the pressure position in the inner surface, namely the pressure position is located in a response interval of the touch identifier, so that the touch identifier can accurately identify touch operation on the pressure position, and the identification accuracy of the mobile terminal on touch on the pressure position is improved.

In a fifth embodiment, the pressure positions are multiple, the number of the touch identifiers is multiple, each touch identifier corresponds to one pressure position, the touch identifier is further configured to acquire position information of a pressure position applied with the touch operation and transmit a sixth signal, the storage unit further stores a key trigger function corresponding to the position information of the multiple pressure positions, and the mobile terminal triggers the key trigger function corresponding to the position information of the pressure position in response to the fourth signal, the fifth signal, and the sixth signal.

When the user uses the mobile terminal, different key trigger functions can be triggered by performing touch operation on different pressure positions according to different requirements, the user can simply, quickly and accurately perform quick function operation on the mobile terminal, and the use experience of the user is improved. Moreover, in the embodiment of the application, the mobile terminal adopts a pressure detector to simultaneously detect the pressure applied to each pressure position by the touch operation, and utilizes each touch identifier to acquire each position information of the pressure position to determine each key trigger function triggered by the touch operation carried out on the pressure position, so that the detection precision of the mobile terminal on each touch operation on the pressure position is ensured, the false triggering probability is reduced, the user experience is improved, and the touch operation applied to each pressure position by the touch operation is not required to be detected by a plurality of pressure detectors, thereby not only saving the cost of the pressure detector, but also simplifying the internal structure of the mobile terminal.

In some embodiments, the mobile terminal further comprises a vibrator configured to bring the housing to vibrate together to output vibration feedback when the key response function is triggered, so that a user can know and perceive whether the touch operation of the user on the pressing position or the pressure position has been successfully detected by the mobile terminal, and the user is prevented from repeatedly touching the pressing position or the pressure position for multiple times without knowing whether the touch operation is successful, thereby improving the user experience.

In one embodiment, a containing cavity is formed in the housing, and the vibrator is contained in the containing cavity and located on one side of the containing cavity close to the pressing position.

The vibrator is an X-axis linear motor, the vibrator and the pressing position are located on the same side of a vertical plane of the mobile terminal in the Y-axis direction of the mobile terminal, when a user touches the pressing position with a finger and triggers the key response function, the vibrator drives the shell to vibrate, the finger of the user can obtain larger touch feedback, the touch of the pressing position is improved, and the use feeling of the user is improved.

The touch layer, the pressure detector and the processor are contained in the containing cavity.

In some embodiments, the mobile terminal includes a display screen, the display screen includes a touch display panel, and the touch display panel is the touch layer.

The embodiment of the application provides the mobile terminal, which is used for detecting the existing touch display panel of the mobile terminal according to the touch operation on the pressing position, and other electronic components used for identifying the touch operation are not required to be additionally arranged, so that the device cost is saved, and the structure of the mobile terminal is simplified.

The display screen may be a widely-used touch screen, for example, the display screen may be an in-cell touch screen in which a touch layer is embedded in a liquid crystal pixel, an on-cell touch screen in which the touch layer is disposed on the liquid crystal pixel, or a full-lamination touch screen in which the touch layer is fully laminated on a cover plate.

In one embodiment, the touch display panel includes a sub display area corresponding to the pressing position, the sub display area is used for displaying a pressing graph, and the pressing graph is used for identifying the pressing position, so that a user can conveniently and quickly find the pressing position to perform a touch operation when using the mobile terminal, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In some embodiments, the pressing position is disposed at an edge of the housing to prevent the pressing position from affecting the appearance of the mobile terminal.

In one embodiment, the roughness of the pressing position is different from the roughness of other positions of the outer surface, so that a user can conveniently find the position of the pressing position to perform touch operation when using the mobile terminal, and effective blind touch is realized.

In some embodiments, the pressure detector is disposed on the inner surface.

The pressure detector can be arranged at a position of the inner surface corresponding to the pressing position or at a position not corresponding to the pressing position, and when a user touches the pressing position, pressure applied to the pressing position is directly transmitted to the pressure detector through the shell, so that the pressure detector can accurately detect the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation.

In one embodiment, the casing includes a supporting frame, the supporting frame is located the side of the pressure detector that deviates from the internal surface, and is used for supporting the pressure detector, makes the pressure detector can better receive the pressure that passes through the casing transmission, realizes to the touch operation is exerted on press the position or the accurate detection of pressure on the pressure position, improves the mobile terminal to press the position or the detection precision of touch operation on the pressure position.

In another embodiment, the inner surface includes a first sub inner surface and a second sub inner surface protruding from the first sub inner surface, and the pressure detector is disposed on the second sub inner surface, so as to facilitate installation of the pressure detector and prevent the pressure detector from damaging the housing.

In a third embodiment, the surface of the pressure detector facing the second sub inner surface is provided with an elastic member, and the surface of the elastic member facing away from the pressure detector is in contact with the second sub inner surface.

The elastic piece is a silica gel sleeve or a rubber sleeve sleeved on the pressure detector, so that when the pressure detector is installed, a gap between the pressure detector and the inner surface of the second sub-body is filled, meanwhile, when the touch operation is not performed on the pressing position, it is ensured that the pressure detector has pre-pressure with a pressure value equal to or larger than 0, when the touch operation is performed on the pressing position, the pressure detector can sensitively detect the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation, and the detection precision of the touch operation on the pressing position by the mobile terminal is improved.

In a fourth embodiment, a barrier is disposed on the second sub-inner surface, and the pressure detector is located on a surface of the barrier away from the second sub-inner surface.

The blocking piece is made of materials with low heat conduction coefficients such as rubber, so that when a user touches the pressing position with fingers, the heat transmitted to the pressure detector by the fingers is blocked, and the detection accuracy of the pressure detector is prevented from being influenced by the heat.

In some embodiments, the housing includes a front cover plate and a rear cover plate, the front cover plate covers the touch layer, the rear cover plate is connected to the front cover plate, and the second sub-inner surface is located on the rear cover plate.

The display screen of the mobile terminal comprises the front cover plate and the touch layer, the pressure detector is arranged on the rear cover plate, so that the rear cover plate is convenient to assemble, and the pressure detector can be effectively prevented from being damaged by the display screen.

In one embodiment, the outer surface includes a first sub outer surface and a second sub outer surface protruding from the first sub outer surface, and the pressing position is located on the second sub outer surface, so that a user can conveniently and quickly find the pressing position to perform a touch operation when using the mobile terminal, and effective blind touch is realized.

In one embodiment, the front cover plate includes a planar main cover plate and an arc-shaped edge cover plate, the direction perpendicular to the main cover plate is a first direction, the rear cover plate includes a side frame connected to the edge cover plate, the side frame is inclined in the first direction, the pressing position is located on the edge cover plate, or the pressing position is partially located on the edge cover plate, and the other portion is located on the side frame, the plane where the pressing position is located is parallel to the first direction, so that the influence of the pressing position on the appearance of the mobile terminal is reduced, the appearance elegance of the mobile terminal is improved, and the foreign body sensation caused by the pressing position to the palm can be reduced when the user grabs the mobile terminal for use, thereby improving the use comfort of the user.

In another embodiment, the pressing position may also be a recess, a micro-groove, a rough surface, a polished surface, or the like, which is disposed on the outer surface, so that a user can conveniently find the pressing position to perform a touch operation, thereby achieving effective blind touch.

In some embodiments, the pressure detector is disposed on a surface of the touch layer facing away from the housing, so as to reserve a sufficient position on the inner surface to dispose the touch layer, reduce a black edge size of the mobile terminal, improve a screen occupation ratio of the mobile terminal, and further improve an aesthetic measure of the mobile terminal.

When a user touches the pressing position or the pressure position, the pressure applied to the pressing position or the pressure position is transmitted to the pressure detector through the shell and the touch layer, so that the pressure detector detects the pressure applied to the pressing position or the pressure position by the touch operation.

The key triggering method in the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps:

the touch layer detects touch operation on a pressing position and transmits a first signal;

the pressure detector detects the pressure applied by the touch operation on the pressing position and transmits a second signal;

and the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers a key response function.

When the touch layer detects that the touch operation on the pressing position is touched by a human hand and the pressure detector detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressing position, the touch operation on the pressing position meets the triggering condition of a key response function, namely the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers the key response function, namely the key function corresponding to the pressing position is triggered, namely a virtual key is triggered;

when the touch layer detects that the touch operation on the pressing position is not a hand touch operation and/or the pressure detector does not detect that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressing position, the touch operation on the pressing position does not conform to the triggering condition of the key response function, namely the mobile terminal does not respond to the first signal and the second signal and does not trigger the key response function.

According to the key triggering method, the touch layer is used for detecting touch operation on the pressing position and transmitting a first signal, the pressure detector is used for detecting and applying pressure on the pressing position and transmitting a second signal, when and only the touch operation on the pressing position meets the triggering condition of the key response function, the mobile terminal can respond to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, the detection precision of the touch operation on the pressing position is effectively guaranteed, the false triggering probability is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

In some embodiments, the process of the "the mobile terminal triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal" includes: and when the time difference between the transmission of the first signal by the pressure detector and the transmission of the second signal by the pressure detector is less than or equal to the preset time difference stored in the storage unit in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function.

When the touch layer detects that the touch operation on the pressing position is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector detects the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation, and if the time difference is smaller than or equal to the range of the preset time difference, the touch operation on the pressing position meets the triggering condition of the key response function, namely the mobile terminal triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal; if the time difference is greater than the preset time difference, the touch operation at the pressing position does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function, namely the mobile terminal does not respond to the first signal and the second signal and does not trigger the key response function.

In the key triggering method provided by the embodiment of the application, the processor is utilized to judge whether the time difference for receiving the first signal and the second signal is within the preset time difference range, and when and only the time difference is smaller than or equal to within the preset time difference range, the mobile terminal triggers the key response function, so that the problem that the touch layer and the pressure detector trigger the key response function when the detection result of the touch operation on the pressing position respectively accords with the trigger condition of the key response function in the two touch operations in front and back is solved, and the detection precision of the mobile terminal on the touch operation on the pressing position is improved.

In one embodiment, in the process of "the mobile terminal triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal", the method further includes: when the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation detected by the pressure detector is within a preset pressure interval stored in the storage unit, the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers a key response function corresponding to the preset pressure interval.

In the key triggering method provided by the embodiment of the application, a plurality of preset pressure intervals and key response functions corresponding to the preset pressure intervals are stored in the storage unit, and according to the difference of the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation, the mobile terminal triggers one key response function, namely, triggering of a plurality of key response functions can be realized by one pressing position.

In another embodiment, the process that the mobile terminal responds to the processor to determine whether the touch operation at the pressed position meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the determination result further includes: when the pressure detector detects that the processing unit further compares the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation with a preset pressure value stored in the storage unit according to the second signal, and the time difference is smaller than or equal to the preset time difference, the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function.

When the touch layer detects that the touch operation on the pressing position is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector detects that the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation is greater than or equal to the preset pressure value, and the time difference is less than or equal to the preset time difference, the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal, namely the touch operation meets the triggering condition of a key response function, and triggers the key response function; when the pressure detector detects that the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation is smaller than the preset pressure value and/or the time difference is larger than the preset time difference, the mobile terminal does not respond to the first signal and the second signal, namely the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function, and the key response function is not triggered.

In the key triggering method provided by the embodiment of the application, the processor further needs to determine whether the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation is greater than the preset pressure value, if and only if the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation is equal to or greater than the preset pressure value and the time difference is equal to or less than the preset time difference, the mobile terminal may respond to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, and when the user uses the mobile terminal, the user must apply a certain pressing force to the pressing position to trigger the key response function, so that the problem that the user accidentally touches the pressing position to trigger the key response function is avoided, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In a third embodiment, the process of detecting a touch operation at a pressed position and transmitting a first signal by the touch layer further includes: the touch layer acquires position information of the pressing position and transmits a third signal;

the process of the mobile terminal responding to the first signal and the second signal and triggering the key response function includes: and the mobile terminal responds to the first signal, the second signal and the third signal to trigger a key response function which is stored in the storage unit and corresponds to the position information of the pressed position.

In the key triggering method provided by the embodiment of the application, the storage unit stores key response functions corresponding to a plurality of pressing positions, and the mobile terminal triggers different pressing response functions according to different pressing positions applied by the touch operation, that is, the plurality of pressing positions realize triggering of the plurality of key response functions.

In a fourth embodiment, the process of detecting a touch operation at a pressed position and transmitting a first signal by the touch layer further includes: the touch recognizer detects touch operation on the pressure position and transmits a fourth signal;

the process of detecting the pressure exerted on the pressed position by the touch operation and transmitting the second signal by the pressure detector further comprises the following steps: the pressure detector detects the pressure exerted by the touch operation on the pressure position and transmits a fifth signal;

in the process that the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, the method further comprises the following steps: and the mobile terminal responds to the fourth signal and the fifth signal to trigger a key triggering function.

When the touch identifier detects that the touch operation on the pressure position is touched by a human hand and the pressure detector detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressure position, the touch operation meets the trigger condition of a key trigger function, namely the mobile terminal responds to the fourth signal and the fifth signal to trigger the key trigger function, namely the key function corresponding to the pressure position is triggered, namely a virtual key is triggered;

when the touch identifier detects that the touch operation on the pressure position is not a hand touch operation, and/or the pressure detector does not detect that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressure position, the touch operation does not conform to the trigger condition of the key trigger function, namely, the mobile terminal does not respond to the fourth signal and the fifth signal and does not trigger the key trigger function.

In the key triggering method provided by the embodiment of the application, the pressure detector is utilized to simultaneously detect the touch operation applied to the pressure position and the pressure on the pressing position, the touch recognizer is additionally arranged to detect the touch operation applied to the pressure position, and when and only the touch operation on the pressure position meets the triggering condition of the key triggering function, the key triggering function is triggered, the mobile terminal is effectively ensured to detect the precision of the touch operation on the pressure position, the false triggering probability is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

In some embodiments, in the process of "the mobile terminal triggers a key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal", the method further includes: the vibrator drives the housing to vibrate together to output a vibration feedback.

When the mobile terminal of the processor triggers the key response function, the processor drives the vibrator to drive the shell to vibrate together to output vibration feedback; and when the processor mobile terminal does not trigger the key response function, the processor does not drive the vibrator to vibrate the shell together and output vibration feedback.

In the key triggering method provided by the embodiment of the application, after the key response function is triggered, the vibrator drives the shell to vibrate together to output vibration feedback, so that a user can know whether the touch operation of the user is successfully detected by the mobile terminal, and the user is prevented from repeatedly touching the pressed position for multiple times without knowing whether the touch operation is successful.

In the embodiment of the application, set up on mobile terminal's the casing and press the position and replace entity button among the prior art, need not punch on the casing and set up the protrusion and expose the outside entity button of casing has simplified electron device's structure has improved electron device's the exquisite degree of outward appearance has still solved the problem that the button that sets up entity button existence is with high costs and life is short partially, has improved user's use impression. Moreover, in the embodiment of the application, the mobile terminal adopts the touch layer to check and identify the touch operation on the pressing position, and utilizes the pressure detector to detect the touch operation applied to the pressure on the pressing position, and only when the touch operation is in accordance with the triggering condition of the key response function, the key response function is triggered, so that the detection precision of the touch operation on the pressing position by the mobile terminal is ensured, the false triggering probability is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1 along the A-A direction;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-sectional view along A-A of another embodiment of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1 along the A-A direction;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-sectional view along A-A of a fourth embodiment of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-sectional view of a fifth embodiment of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1 along the A-A direction;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-sectional view of a sixth embodiment of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1 along the A-A direction;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-sectional view of a seventh embodiment of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1 along the A-A direction;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-sectional structure of an eighth embodiment of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1 along the A-A direction;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a processor in the mobile terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a trigger button response function of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a second mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a top view of one embodiment of the mobile terminal of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a schematic top view of another embodiment of the mobile terminal of FIG. 12;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a third mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a key triggering method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and fig. 2 is a schematic partial sectional structure along a direction a-a of an embodiment of the mobile terminal 200 shown in fig. 1.

The mobile terminal 100 provided by the embodiment of the present application includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a multimedia player, an e-book reader, a notebook computer, a vehicle-mounted device, or a wearable device. The embodiment shown in fig. 1 is described by taking a mobile terminal 100 as an example of a mobile phone. Here, the X-axis direction refers to a short side direction along the mobile terminal 100, the Y-axis direction refers to a long side direction along the mobile terminal 100, and the Z-axis direction refers to a thickness direction along the mobile terminal 100.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a case 10, a touch layer 20, a pressure detector 30, a processor 40, and a vibrator 50. An accommodating cavity 110 is formed in the housing 10, and the touch layer 20, the pressure detector 30, the processor 40 and the vibrator 50 are accommodated in the accommodating cavity 110.

The housing 10 includes oppositely disposed outer and

inner surfaces

101 and 102. The outer surface 101 is a surface of the housing 10 away from the accommodating cavity 110, i.e. an external surface of the housing 10, and the inner surface 102 is a cavity surface of the accommodating cavity 110. In this embodiment, the outer surface 101 includes a pressing location 103. The touch feeling of the pressing position 103 is different from the touch feeling of other positions of the outer surface 101, namely the roughness of the pressing position 103 is different from the roughness of other positions of the outer surface 101, so that a user can conveniently and quickly find the position of the pressing position 103 to perform touch operation, and effective blind touch is realized. The pressing position 103 is a non-solid key provided on the housing 1, so as to reduce the influence of the pressing position 103 on the appearance of the mobile terminal 100 and improve the appearance delicacy of the mobile terminal 100.

It is understood that, for convenience of illustration and understanding, the pressing position 103 may be identified graphically, or a corresponding graphic identification code may be set near the pressing position 103 to identify the key function corresponding to the pressing position 103, so as to facilitate the user to know the position and function of the pressing position 103.

In this embodiment, the outer surface 101 includes a first sub outer surface 1011 and a second sub outer surface 1012 protruding from the first sub outer surface 1011, and the pressing position 103 is located on the second sub outer surface 1012. It can also be understood that a protrusion facing outward is formed on the housing 10, and the pressing position 103 is disposed on a surface of the protrusion, so that a user can conveniently and quickly find a position of the pressing position 103 to perform a touch operation when using the mobile terminal 100, thereby achieving an effective blind touch. Specifically, the second sub outer surface 1011 is located in the side standing region of the outer surface 101, that is, the pressing position 103 is located at the edge of the housing 10, so that not only can the influence of the pressing position 103 on the appearance of the mobile terminal 100 be reduced, and the appearance elegance of the mobile terminal 100 be improved, but also when the user grips and uses the mobile terminal 100, the user can directly perform one-hand touch operation on the pressing position 103 with the gripping hand, and the use feeling of the user is improved. The pressing position 103 is located at a position where the second sub outer surface 1011 faces away from the first sub outer surface 1011, so that a user can apply pressure to the housing 10 when performing a touch operation on the pressing position 103.

It is understood that in other embodiments, the pressing position may be a recess, a micro-groove, a rough surface or a polished surface, which is disposed on the outer surface, and the user may also find the pressing position to perform a touch operation, so as to achieve effective blind touch. Of course, the above-mentioned methods of protrusion, indentation, micro-line, rough surface or polished surface are only examples of partial arrangement schemes of the pressing position, and the structural design of the pressing position should include, but not be limited to, the above design schemes.

In this embodiment, the housing 10 includes a front cover plate 11 and a rear cover plate 12, and the front cover plate 11 is disposed on the rear cover plate 12 and connected to the rear cover plate 12. When the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the front cover 11 faces the user, and the rear cover 12 faces away from the user. Specifically, the front cover plate 11 is a transparent hard plate, and the front cover plate 11 includes a planar main cover plate 111 and an arc-shaped edge cover plate 112, that is, the cover plate 11 is a 2.5D plate with a planar design in the middle and an arc-shaped design at the edge. Here, a direction perpendicular to the main cover 111 is defined as a first direction (i.e., a Z-axis direction shown in the figure). The pressing position 103 is located on the edge cover plate 112, the plane where the pressing position 103 is located is parallel to the Z-axis direction, the influence of the pressing position 103 on the appearance of the mobile terminal 100 is reduced, the appearance delicateness of the mobile terminal 100 is improved, and when a user holds the mobile terminal 100, the foreign body sensation of the palm caused by the pressing position 103 can be reduced, and the use comfort of the user is improved. Of course, in other embodiments, the cover plate may also be a 3D plate material with a cambered surface design at the middle and the edge, which is not specifically limited in this application embodiment.

In one embodiment, the back cover 12 includes a side frame 121 and a back cover 122 connected to the edge cover 112. The side frame 121 is disposed around the periphery of the front cover 11 and is inclined with respect to the Z-axis direction. Specifically, the side frame 121 is the middle frame 121, and the middle frame 121 is inclined toward the positive direction of the X axis compared to the Z axis direction, so as to avoid the problem that the width of the mobile terminal 100 is increased due to the outward inclination of the middle frame 121, and improve the appearance delicacy of the mobile terminal 100. The rear cover 122 is disposed on a side of the middle frame 121 away from the front cover plate 11, that is, the rear cover 122 and the front cover plate 11 are respectively mounted on two sides of the middle frame 121. When the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the front cover 11 is placed toward the user, and the rear cover 122 is placed away from the user. The middle frame 121 and the rear cover 122 are detachably connected to facilitate maintenance or replacement of the battery, the memory card, and the circuit board in the mobile terminal 100. In the present embodiment, the middle frame 121 is made of a metal alloy such as a titanium alloy or an aluminum magnesium alloy, the rear cover 122 is made of engineering plastics such as PC (Polycarbonate), ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene copolymers ), or a metal alloy such as a titanium alloy or an aluminum magnesium alloy, and the thickness of the rear cover 122 may be made thin to reduce the thickness of the mobile terminal 100 and improve the aesthetic appearance of the mobile terminal 100. It is understood that, in other embodiments, the pressing position may also be partially disposed on the edge cover plate, and another portion is disposed on the middle frame, which is not specifically limited in this application.

The touch layer 20 is disposed on the inner surface 102 and is configured to detect a touch operation at a pressed position 103 and transmit a first signal. The touch layer 20 at least partially covers a portion of the inner surface 102 corresponding to the pressing position 103, and the pressing position 103 is ensured to be located within a responsive zone of the touch layer 20, so that the touch layer 20 can accurately detect the touch operation on the pressing position 103, and the recognition accuracy of the mobile terminal 100 on the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is improved. Specifically, the touch layer 20 is disposed on the front cover 11 and covered by the front cover 11. The touch layer 20 includes a main touch layer 31 and a sub-touch layer 32, the main touch layer 31 is disposed on the main cover 111, and the sub-touch layer 32 is curved and extends along an edge of the main touch layer 31 and is disposed on the sub-cover 112 for detecting a touch operation at the pressing position 103. The touch layer 20 is used to detect whether the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation. Of course, the touch layer 20 may also be used to detect whether the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is another human touch operation.

In one embodiment, the dimension of the secondary touch layer 32 in the Z-axis direction is greater than half of the dimension of the mobile terminal 100 in the Z-axis direction, that is, the side of the secondary touch layer 32 wraps the side of the mobile terminal 100, and one end of the secondary touch layer 32 away from the primary touch layer 31 extends out of the plane of the perpendicular plane of the mobile terminal 100 in the Z-axis direction, so as to increase the touch area of the mobile terminal 100 and improve the user experience. In other embodiments, a dimension of the secondary touch layer along the Z-axis direction may also be less than or equal to half of a dimension of the mobile terminal along the Z-axis direction, which is not specifically limited in this application.

In this embodiment, the touch layer 20 and the front cover 11 are integrated as a display screen in the mobile terminal 100. The display screen may be a widely-used touch screen, for example, the display screen may be an in-cell touch screen in which a touch layer is embedded in a liquid crystal pixel, an on-cell touch screen in which the touch layer is disposed on the liquid crystal pixel, or a full-lamination touch screen in which the touch layer is fully laminated on a cover plate. Specifically, the touch layer 20 is a touch display panel 20 of a display screen in the mobile terminal 100, and is integrated with a display function, a touch sensing function, a fingerprint image acquisition function, and the like. In the mobile terminal 100 shown in this embodiment, the existing touch display panel 20 is used to detect the touch operation on the pressing position 103, and other electronic components for detecting the touch operation on the pressing position 103 do not need to be additionally arranged, so that the cost of the components is saved, and the internal structure of the mobile terminal 100 is simplified. It is understood that, in other embodiments, the touch layer may not be a touch panel of the mobile terminal, but may be an electronic component additionally provided in the mobile terminal for detecting a touch operation at the pressed position.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the touch display panel includes a sub display area corresponding to the pressing position, the sub display area is used to display a pressing graphic, and the pressing graphic is used to identify the pressing position, so that a user can conveniently and quickly find the pressing position to perform a touch operation when using the mobile terminal, thereby improving the user experience.

The pressure detector 30 is disposed on the inner surface 102 for detecting the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation and transmitting a second signal. Specifically, the pressure detector 30 is provided on the front cover 11, and the pressure detector 30 at least partially covers a portion of the inner surface 102 corresponding to the pressing position 103. When a user performs a touch operation on the pressing position 103, the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is directly transmitted to the pressure detector 30 through the housing 10, so that the transmission path of the pressure is shortened, the loss of the pressure in the transmission process is reduced, and the accurate detection of the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the pressure detector 30 is effectively improved. The pressure detector 30 is a pressure sensor, and the pressure sensor is fixed to the front cover plate 11 by a fixing member (not shown). It can be understood that the fixing member in this embodiment mainly functions to fix the pressure sensor, and the fixing member may be a metal frame, a glass frame, or a plastic frame, and the specific structure may be changed according to actual design requirements.

In other embodiments, the pressure detector may not cover the portion of the inner surface corresponding to the pressed position, and the pressure applied to the pressed position by the touch operation may be transmitted to the pressure detector through the housing, so that the pressure detector may also detect the pressure applied to the pressed position by the touch operation.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the mobile terminal 100 shown in fig. 1 along a direction a-a according to a second embodiment.

The mobile terminal 100 of this embodiment is different from the mobile terminal 100 of the previous embodiment in that the side frame 121 and the rear cover 122 are integrally formed, so as to increase the structural compactness of the mobile terminal 100 and avoid the problem that the rear cover 122 is easily separated when the mobile terminal 100 falls, so that electronic components in the mobile terminal 100 are broken. The material of the side frame 121 and the rear cover 122 includes, but is not limited to, PC, ABS, titanium alloy, aluminum magnesium alloy, glass, or ceramic. Of course, in other embodiments, the middle frame and the rear cover may be a single structure formed by assembling.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the mobile terminal 100 shown in fig. 1 along the direction a-a according to a third embodiment.

The mobile terminal 100 according to the present embodiment is different from the mobile terminal 100 according to the above-described one embodiment in that the pressure detector 30 is provided on the center frame 121. When a user touches the pressing position 103, the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 is transmitted to the pressure detector 30 through the front cover 11 and the middle frame 121, and the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation. In the mobile terminal 100 of the present embodiment, the pressure detector 30 is disposed on the middle frame 121 without occupying the position of the front cover 11, and the touch layer 20 can be disposed at a sufficient position on the front cover 11, so that the response range of the touch layer 20 can be expanded, the black edge size of the mobile terminal 100 can be reduced, and the screen occupation ratio of the mobile terminal 100 can be improved.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of a fourth embodiment of the mobile terminal 100 shown in fig. 1 along a direction a-a.

The mobile terminal 100 of this embodiment is different from the mobile terminal 100 of the third embodiment in that the side frame 121 and the rear cover 122 are integrally formed, so as to increase the structural compactness of the mobile terminal 100 and avoid the problem that the rear cover 122 is easily separated when the mobile terminal 100 falls, so that electronic components in the mobile terminal 100 are broken. The material of the side frame 121 and the rear cover 122 includes, but is not limited to, PC, ABS, titanium alloy, aluminum magnesium alloy, glass, or ceramic.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the mobile terminal 100 shown in fig. 1 along a direction a-a according to a fifth embodiment.

The mobile terminal 100 according to this embodiment is different from the mobile terminal 100 according to the third embodiment in that: the casing 10 further includes a supporting frame 123, the supporting frame 123 is located on a side of the pressure detector 30 away from the inner surface 102, and is used for supporting the pressure detector 30, so that the pressure detector 30 can better receive the pressure transmitted through the casing 10, the accurate detection of the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is realized, and the detection accuracy of the touch operation on the pressing position 103 by the mobile terminal 100 is improved. Specifically, the supporting frame 123 is located in the accommodating cavity 110, the pressure detector 30 is fixed on the supporting frame 123, and the pressure detector 30 transmits the second signal through the circuit board 60. The supporting frame 123 is integrally formed with the middle frame 121. Of course, in other embodiments, the supporting frame may also be assembled with the middle frame to form an integrated structure, so as to simplify the manufacturing process of the housing and improve the structural compactness of the housing.

In this embodiment, the inner surface 102 includes a first sub-inner surface 1021 and a second sub-inner surface 1022 protruding from the first sub-inner surface 1021, and the pressure detector 30 is disposed on the second sub-inner surface 1022, so as to mount the pressure detector 30 and prevent the pressure detector 30 from damaging the display screen of the mobile terminal 100. Specifically, the second sub inner surface 1022 is located on the side frame 121, and the pressure detector 30 is located at a portion of the second sub inner surface 1022 facing away from the first sub inner surface 1021. The second sub inner surface 1022 is provided with a barrier 124, and the pressure detector 30 is located on a surface of the barrier 124 away from the second sub inner surface 1022. The blocking member 124 is made of a material with a low thermal conductivity coefficient, such as rubber, so as to block heat transferred from the finger to the pressure detector 30 when the user touches the pressing position 103 with the finger, and prevent the heat from affecting the detection accuracy of the pressure detector 30. It is understood that the blocking member 123 may also be a structure integrally formed with the middle frame 121, or a structure integrally formed with the middle frame 121 by assembling, so as to further improve the structural compactness of the mobile terminal 100.

The surface of the pressure detector 30 facing the second sub inner surface 1022 is provided with an elastic member 31, and the surface of the elastic member 31 facing away from the pressure detector 30 is in contact with the second sub inner surface 1022. Specifically, the surface of the elastic member 31 facing away from the pressure detector 30 is in contact with the surface of the blocking member 1033 facing away from the second sub inner surface 1022. The elastic member 31 is a silicone sleeve or a rubber sleeve sleeved on the pressure detector 30, so that when the pressure detector 30 is mounted, a gap existing between the pressure detector 30 and the second sub inner surface 1022 due to tolerance fit is filled, and when a user uses the mobile terminal 100 and does not perform a touch operation on the pressing position 103, the pressure detector 30 is ensured to receive a pre-pressure with a pressure value equal to or greater than 0, and when the user performs a touch operation on the pressing position 103, the pressure detector 30 can sensitively detect a pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, so as to improve the detection accuracy of the touch operation on the pressing position 103 by the mobile terminal 100.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of the mobile terminal 100 shown in fig. 1 along a direction a-a according to a sixth embodiment.

The mobile terminal 100 of this embodiment is different from the mobile terminal 100 of the fifth embodiment in that the side frame 121 and the rear cover 122 are integrally formed, so as to increase the structural compactness of the mobile terminal 100 and avoid the problem that the rear cover 122 is easily separated when the mobile terminal 100 falls, so that electronic components in the mobile terminal 100 are broken. The material of the side frame 121 and the rear cover 122 includes, but is not limited to, PC, ABS, titanium alloy, aluminum magnesium alloy, glass, or ceramic.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of a mobile terminal 100 according to a seventh implementation manner of the present application along the direction a-a.

The mobile terminal 100 of the present embodiment is different from the six embodiments in that the pressure detector 30 is disposed on the surface of the touch layer 20 away from the housing 10, so as to reserve a sufficient position on the inner surface 102 for disposing the touch layer 20, and expand the response range of the touch layer 20. When a user performs a touch operation on the pressing position 103, the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 is transmitted to the pressure detector 30 through the casing 10 and the touch layer 20, so that the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation.

In the present embodiment, the pressure detector 30 is a piezoresistive pressure sensor, and when an acting force is applied, the resistivity of the piezoresistive pressure sensor changes, and thus pressure is detected. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the pressure detector may be a flexible pressure sensor, such as a capacitive pressure sensor. The capacitive pressure sensor comprises two electrodes which are arranged oppositely at intervals, one electrode is arranged on the surface of the touch layer, which deviates from the shell, the other electrode is fixed in the accommodating cavity, and when the capacitive pressure sensor is subjected to acting force, the capacitance of the capacitive pressure sensor changes, so that the pressure is detected.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a mobile terminal 100 according to an eighth implementation manner of the present application along a direction a-a.

The mobile terminal 100 of this embodiment is different from the mobile terminal 100 of the seventh embodiment in that the side frame 121 and the rear cover 122 are integrally formed, so as to increase the structural compactness of the mobile terminal 100 and avoid the problem that the rear cover 122 is easily separated when the mobile terminal 100 falls, so that electronic components in the mobile terminal 100 are broken. The material of the side frame 121 and the rear cover 122 includes, but is not limited to, PC, ABS, titanium alloy, aluminum magnesium alloy, glass, or ceramic.

In another embodiment of the present embodiment, the pressure detector may be embedded in the housing, provided that the pressure detector can detect the pressure applied to the pressed position by the touch operation, and the position of the pressure detector is not particularly limited in the present invention.

The processor 40 is electrically connected with the touch layer 20 and the pressure detector 30, the touch layer 20 transmits the first signal to the processor 40, the pressure detector 30 transmits the second signal to the processor 40, the processor 40 receives the first signal and the second signal, judges whether the touch operation at the pressing position 103 meets the triggering condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the judgment result. Specifically, when the processor 40 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal; when the processor 40 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the first signal and the second signal and does not trigger the key response function.

It should be understood that the key response function is a key function corresponding to the pressed position 103, such as a function of turning on/off a screen or turning on/off a power key, a function of turning up or turning down a volume or turning on/off a camera, and the like corresponding to a power key on an existing mobile phone. Of course, the key response function corresponding to the pressing position 103 may not be fixed, and the processor 40 may also set the key response function corresponding to the pressing position 103 according to a customized function, that is, the user may freely set the key response function according to his/her own preference, so as to increase the diversity of the key response function, and meet the user's requirement for a large number of functions of the mobile terminal 100. For convenience of understanding, in the present embodiment, the pressing position 103 is taken as an example of a power key for detailed description.

Referring to fig. 10 and 11 together, fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of the processor 40 in the mobile terminal 100 shown in fig. 1, and fig. 11 is a schematic flow chart of the mobile terminal 100 for triggering the key response function.

In one embodiment, processor 40 includes a memory unit 41 and a processing unit 42. The storage unit 41 stores a key response function, and the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines whether the touch operation at the pressing position 103 meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the determination result. In this embodiment, the triggering condition of the key response function includes two conditions, that is, whether the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand and whether the touch operation applies pressure to the pressing position 103, and if and only if the processor 40 determines that both conditions are met, the mobile terminal 100 will trigger the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal. In the present embodiment, the processor 40 is a Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the mobile terminal 100. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the storage unit may also be a part of other electronic components in the mobile terminal, or the storage unit is a separate device in the mobile terminal, such as a memory, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation detected by the touch layer 20 at the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, and determines that the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied by the touch operation at the pressing position 103 (i.e., the touch operation applies a pressure to the pressing position 103) according to the second signal, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function, i.e., triggers the key function corresponding to the pressing position 103, i.e., triggers the virtual key, in response to the first signal and the second signal, at this time, the processing unit 42 performs a bright/dark screen operation on the mobile terminal 100.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not a human hand touch operation according to the first signal and/or the processing unit 42 determines that the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure exerted by the touch operation on the pressing position 103 (i.e., the touch operation does not exert pressure on the pressing position 103) according to the second signal, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not comply with the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 does not trigger the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, and the processing unit 42 does not perform a screen-on/off operation on the mobile terminal 100.

That is, when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human-hand touch operation, and the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied by the touch operation at the pressed position 103, alternatively, when the processing unit 42 detects that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human hand operation, and the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure exerted by the touch operation on the pressed position 103, alternatively, when the processing unit 42 detects that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand operation, and the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure exerted by the touch operation on the pressed position 103, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the first signal and the second signal and does not trigger the key response function, that is, the processing unit 42 does not perform the screen on/off operation on the mobile terminal 100.

In the mobile terminal 100 of the embodiment, the touch layer 20 is used to detect the touch operation on the pressing position 103, and the pressure detector 30 is used to detect the pressure applied to the pressing position 103, when only the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is the touch operation of a human hand, and the touch operation applies the pressure on the pressing position 103, the mobile terminal 100 will respond to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, so that the detection accuracy of the mobile terminal 100 on the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is effectively ensured, the false triggering probability is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

In another embodiment, different from the above embodiment, a preset time difference is stored in the storage unit 41, and the processing unit 42 is further configured to calculate a time difference between receiving the first signal and receiving the second signal, compare the time difference with the preset time difference, and trigger the key response function according to a comparison result of the time difference.

In this embodiment, the triggering conditions of the key response function include: whether the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is touched by a human hand, whether the touch operation applies pressure to the pressed position 103, and whether the time difference between the transmission of the first signal by the touch layer 20 and the transmission of the second signal by the pressure detector is smaller than or equal to the preset time difference, if and only if the three conditions are met, the processor 40 will determine that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, the mobile terminal 100 will trigger the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, and in all cases except for the above, namely, as long as one condition is not met (e.g. one condition is not met, two conditions are not met, or none of the three conditions are met), the processor 40 will determine that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 will not respond to the first signal and the second signal, so that the key response function is not triggered. The time difference between the touch layer 20 transmitting the first signal and the pressure detector transmitting the second signal is the time difference between the processing unit 42 receiving the first signal and the second signal.

For convenience of understanding, the preset time difference is defined as Δ t, and the time when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal is defined as t1 and t2, respectively, and the time difference when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal is | t1-t2| (the absolute value of the difference obtained from t1-t 2) is taken as an example, and the triggering process of the key response function of the mobile terminal 100 in this embodiment is specifically described. It is understood that when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal at the time point t1, the second signal is also received at the time Δ t after t1, or when the processing unit 42 receives the second signal at the time point t2, the first signal is also received at the time Δ t after t2, i.e. the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t, otherwise determines | t1-t2| > Δ t.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, determines that the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the pressure detector 30 is greater than or equal to | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t according to the second signal, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, at which time the processing unit 42 performs a bright/dim screen operation on the mobile terminal 100.

When the processing unit 42 determines from the first signal that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, and/or determines from the second signal that the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure exerted by the touch operation on the pressed position 103, and/or determines that | t1-t2| > Δ t, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function, when the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the first signal and the second signal, and does not trigger the key response function, when the processing unit 42 does not perform a bright/dark screen operation on the mobile terminal 100.

That is, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function in the following cases:

(1) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(2) when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(3) when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(4) when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation, and | t1-t2| > Δ t;

(5) when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(6) when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation, and | t1-t2| > Δ t;

(7) when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation, and | t1-t2| > Δ t.

It is understood that, in other embodiments, when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal and determines that the touch operation applies a pressure to the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, the processing unit 42 may also determine that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function when determining | t1-t2| < Δ t, determine that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| ≧ Δ t, or determine that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| ≧ Δ t, determine that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| < Δ t, or, when the processing unit 42 determines that | t1-t2| > Δ t, it is determined that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, and when the processing unit 42 determines that | t1-t2| > Δ t, it is determined that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function, that is, the triggering condition of the key response function can be set according to specific requirements.

The mobile terminal 100 of the present embodiment detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 by using the touch layer 20, and simultaneously detects a pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by using the pressure detector 30, when and only the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the touch operation applies a pressure on the pressed position 103, the touch layer 20 detects the human hand touch on the pressed position 103, and the pressure detector 30 detects that a time difference between pressures applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation is within the preset time difference range, the mobile terminal 100 will trigger the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, and prevent the detection results of the touch operation on the pressed position 103 by the touch layer 20 and the pressure detector 30 from meeting the trigger condition of the key response function in the previous and subsequent two touch operations, the problem of false triggering of the key response function improves the detection accuracy of the mobile terminal 100 for the touch operation on the pressed position 103.

In the third embodiment, different from the above embodiments, a preset pressure value is stored in the storage unit 41, and the processing unit 42 further compares the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation with the preset pressure value according to the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the comparison result of the pressure values.

In this embodiment, the triggering conditions of the key response function include three conditions, that is, whether the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a manual operation, whether the touch operation applies a pressure to the pressing position 103, and whether a pressure value applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is equal to or greater than the preset pressure value. If and only if these three conditions are met, the processor 40 will determine that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 will trigger the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, and in all cases except for this, that is, as long as there is one condition that is not met (e.g., one condition is not met, two conditions are not met, or none of the three conditions is met), the processor 40 will determine that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 will not respond to the first signal and the second signal, so that the key response function will not be triggered.

For convenience of understanding, the trigger procedure of the key response function of the mobile terminal 100 according to the present embodiment will be specifically described by taking F0 as an example of the preset pressure value and F as an example of the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation detected by the pressure detector 30.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation detected by the touch layer 20 at the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, determines that the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is applied by the pressure detector 30 according to the second signal, and determines that F is greater than or equal to F0, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function, and at this time, the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, and at this time, the processing unit 42 performs a screen-on/off operation on the mobile terminal 100.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation detected by the touch layer 20 at the pressed position 103 is not a human touch operation according to the first signal, and/or determines that the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, and/or determines that F < F0, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function, and at this time, the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the first signal and the second signal, and does not trigger the key response function, and at this time, the processing unit 42 does not perform a screen-on/off operation on the mobile terminal 100.

(1) when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, and F < F0;

(2) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, and F is larger than or equal to F0;

(3) when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, and F < F0;

(4) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not the touch operation of a human hand, the pressure detector 30 detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressing position 103, and F is larger than or equal to F0;

(5) the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, and the pressure detector 30 detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, and F < F0;

(6) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, and F is larger than or equal to F0;

(7) the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, and F < F0.

It is understood that, in other embodiments, when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal and determines that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, it may also determine that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines F > F0, determine that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit determines F ≦ F0, or determine that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines F ≦ F0, determine that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit determines F > F0, or determine that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines F < F0, when the processing unit judges that F is larger than or equal to F0, the touch operation is judged not to be in accordance with the triggering condition of the key response function, namely the triggering condition of the key response function can be set according to specific requirements.

The mobile terminal 100 according to the present embodiment detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 using the touch layer 20, and simultaneously detects a pressure applied to the pressed position 103 using the pressure detector 30, when, and only the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, and the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is equal to or greater than the preset pressure value, the mobile terminal 100 will trigger the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, and when the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the key response function can be triggered only when the touch operation with a certain pressing force is performed on the pressing position 103, so that the problem that the user triggers the key response function by mistake is avoided, and the detection precision of the touch operation on the pressing position 103 by the mobile terminal 100 is improved.

In the fourth embodiment, the difference from the second and third embodiments is that the storage unit 41 stores a preset time difference and a preset pressure value, and the processing unit 42 is further configured to trigger the key response function according to a comparison result of the pressure values and a comparison result of the time difference.

In this embodiment, the triggering conditions of the key response function include whether the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a manual operation, whether the touch operation applies a pressure to the pressing position 103, whether a pressure value applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is equal to or greater than the preset pressure value, and whether the time difference is less than or equal to the preset time difference. If and only if these four conditions are met, the processing unit 42 will determine that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function, and in all cases except these cases, that is, if there is one condition that is not met (for example, one condition is not met, two conditions are not met, three conditions are not met, or none of the four conditions are met), the processing unit 42 will determine that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function, so that the key response function will not be triggered.

For convenience of understanding, the preset pressure value is defined as F0, the preset time difference is defined as Δ t, the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is defined as F, and the time when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal is defined as t1 and t2, respectively, and the time difference when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal is | t1-t2| (the absolute value of the difference obtained by t1-t 2) is taken as an example, and the triggering process of the key response function in the mobile terminal 100 shown in the present embodiment is specifically described. It is understood that when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal at the time point t1, the second signal is also received at the time Δ t after t1, or when the processing unit 42 receives the second signal at the time point t2, the first signal is also received at the time Δ t after t2, i.e. the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t, otherwise determines | t1-t2| > Δ t.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, determines that the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation is greater than or equal to F0 according to the second signal, determines that F is greater than or equal to F0 and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 will respond to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, and then the processing unit 42 performs a bright/screen operation on the mobile terminal 100.

When the processing unit 42 determines, according to the first signal, that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, and/or determines, according to the second signal, that the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, and/or determines that the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is smaller than the preset pressure value, and/or determines that the time difference is greater than the preset time difference, that is, as long as one of the above four conditions is not met, the processing unit 42 may determine that the touch operation is not met with the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the first signal and the second signal, so that the key response function is not triggered, and at this time, the processing unit 42 does not perform a bright/screen operation on the mobile terminal 100.

(1) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressing position 103, F is larger than or equal to F0, and | t1-t2| > delta t;

(2) the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, F < F0, and | t1-t2| > Δ t;

(3) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressing position 103, F < F0, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(4) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, F is more than or equal to F0, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(5) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, F is larger than or equal to F0, and | t1-t2| > delta t;

(6) the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, F < F0, and | t1-t2| > Δ t;

(7) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure exerted on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, F < F0, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(8) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not the touch operation of a human hand, the pressure detector 30 applies the pressure on the pressing position 103 until the touch operation, F is larger than or equal to F0, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(9) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not the touch operation of a human hand, the pressure detector 30 detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressing position 103, F is larger than or equal to F0, and | t1-t2| > delta t;

(10) the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, F < F0, and | t1-t2| > Δ t;

(11) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 detects that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressing position 103, F < F0, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(12) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not the touch operation of a human hand, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, F is larger than or equal to F0, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t;

(13) the processing unit 42 judges that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, F is larger than or equal to F0, and | t1-t2| > delta t;

(14) the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure exerted on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation, F < F0, and | t1-t2| > Δ t;

(15) the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation, the pressure detector 30 does not detect the pressure exerted on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation, F < F0, and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t.

The mobile terminal 100 of the present embodiment detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 by using the touch layer 20, and simultaneously detects a pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by using the pressure detector 30, when and only the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, the touch operation applies a pressure on the pressed position 103, the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation is equal to or greater than the preset pressure value, and the touch layer 20 detects that the human hand touch on the pressed position 103 is detected by the touch layer 20 and the pressure detector 30 detects that a time difference between pressures applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation is within the preset time difference range, the mobile terminal 100 will respond to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, and a user needs to perform a touch operation with a certain pressing force on the pressed position 103 when using the mobile terminal 100, the key response function can be triggered only by controlling the time difference within the preset time difference range, so that the problem of mistakenly triggering the key response function is further avoided, and the detection precision of the mobile terminal 100 on the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is improved.

The fifth embodiment is different from the four embodiments in that a plurality of preset pressure sections and key response functions corresponding to the plurality of preset pressure sections are stored in the storage unit 41. The processing unit 42 is further configured to determine a preset pressure interval to which the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation belongs according to the second signal, and determine a key response function corresponding to the pressing position 103 according to a determination result. Wherein, a plurality means two or more.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of key functions are associated with the pressed position 103, and when the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation is different, the key response function triggered by the processor 40 is different, that is, the key function associated with the pressed position 103 is different. When the user uses the mobile terminal 100, different key response functions can be triggered by touch operations of applying different pressures to the pressing position 103 according to different requirements, so that the mobile terminal 100 can realize the functions of a plurality of shortcut keys only by setting one pressing position 103 without setting a plurality of pressing positions 103 on the mobile terminal 100, the appearance elegance of the mobile terminal 100 is improved, and the cost for preparing the shell 10 is also saved.

Next, for convenience of understanding, the present embodiment will be described in detail by taking an example in which two preset pressure sections and two key response functions corresponding to the two preset pressure sections are stored in the storage unit 41. Specifically, in the two preset pressure intervals, one preset pressure interval is 100gf to 200gf (including 200gf), and the other preset pressure interval is greater than 200 gf. Wherein gf (gram force) is one of the units of force, and 100gf corresponds to the gravity force applied to a 100g object. One of the two key response functions is a screen on/off function corresponding to a preset pressure interval of 100 gf-200 gf, and the other key response function is a power on/off function corresponding to a preset pressure interval greater than 200 gf. When the user uses the mobile terminal 100, when the processor 40 judges that the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is within 100 gf-200 gf according to the second signal, determining that the key response function corresponding to the pressing position 103 at the moment is on/off; when the processor 40 determines that the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is greater than 200gf according to the second signal, it determines that the key response function corresponding to the pressing position 103 is on/off.

In other embodiments, different key response functions may be triggered by setting the length of the long press on the press position 103 or the number of consecutive presses on the press position 103 to be different, for example, setting the long press on the press position 103 to be at least 3 seconds or more may trigger the power on/off operation of the mobile terminal 100.

In the mobile terminal 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application, the pressing position 103 is set on the housing 10 to replace an entity key in the prior art, which not only does not need to punch a hole on the housing 10, simplifies the structure of the mobile terminal 100, improves the appearance elegance of the mobile terminal 100, but also solves the problems of high key cost and short key service life in the prior art when the entity key is set. Moreover, in the mobile terminal 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application, the existing touch layer 20 in the mobile terminal 100 is used to detect the touch operation on the pressing position 103, and only the pressure detector 30 needs to be added to detect the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, and only when the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function, the key response function can be triggered, so that the device cost is saved, the internal structure of the mobile terminal 100 is simplified, the detection precision of the touch operation on the pressing position 103 by the mobile terminal 100 is ensured, the false triggering probability is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

The vibrator 50 is electrically connected to the processor 40, and is used for driving the casing 10 to vibrate together to output vibration feedback when the processor 40 triggers the key response function, so that a user can sense whether the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is successfully detected by the mobile terminal 100, and the user is prevented from repeatedly touching the pressing position 103 for multiple times without knowing whether the touch operation is successful, thereby improving the user experience. Specifically, the vibrator 50 is located on a side of the receiving cavity 110 close to the pressing position 103. Wherein, the vibrator 50 is an X-axis linear motor, that is, the vibrator 50 is driven by the processor 40 to linearly vibrate along the X-axis direction. The vibrator 50 is located on the same side of the midperpendicular O-O of the mobile terminal 100 as the pressing position 103 in the Y-axis direction of the mobile terminal 100. When a user touches the pressing position 103 with a finger and triggers the key response function, the processor 40 drives the vibrator 50 to vibrate, and further drives the shell 10 to vibrate together, so that the finger of the user can obtain a larger tactile feedback, the tactile sensation of the user on the pressing position 103 is improved, and the use feeling of the user is improved. It can be understood that in the system configuration of the mobile terminal 100, the processor 40 may further selectively drive the vibrator 50 to vibrate according to a customized driving strategy, or the user may also turn off/on the vibrator 50 at any time, so that the vibration feedback function of the mobile terminal 100 is more flexible, and the user experience is improved.

It should be understood that, in other embodiments, the mobile terminal may further include an audio player and/or a video player, and when the processor triggers the key response function, the processor may control the audio player and/or the video player according to a preset control policy, so that the audio player and/or the video player outputs audio feedback and/or video feedback. When the mobile terminal detects the touch operation on the pressing position, audio feedback or/and video feedback is output, a confirmation way for confirming whether the touch operation on the pressing position is successful or not by a user can be additionally added, the user can conveniently perform user-defined operation, and the diversified requirements of the user are met.

Referring to fig. 12, fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a second mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The mobile terminal 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application is different from the mobile terminal 100 provided in the above embodiment in that there are a plurality of pressing positions 103, the touch layer 20 is further configured to obtain position information of the pressing position 103 applied with the touch operation and transmit a third signal to the processor 40, and the pressure detector 30 is configured to detect a pressure applied by the touch operation on the plurality of pressing positions 103. The storage unit 41 further stores therein key response functions corresponding to position information of a plurality of pressed positions 103, and the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function corresponding to the position information of the pressed position in response to the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal. Specifically, the processing unit 42 determines a key response function corresponding to the position information of the pressed position according to the third signal. Wherein, a plurality means two or more.

It can be understood that the processor 40 may selectively turn off or turn on the detection function of the touch layer 20 or the pressure detector 30 for each pressing position 103 according to a customized handedness, that is, the detection of the touch operation at each pressing position 103 may be activated or shielded at any time, and when the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the user may selectively turn on or turn off the detection identification of the touch layer 20 and/or the pressure detector 30 for the touch operation at the pressing position 103 according to the preference of the user's hand, so as to improve the convenience and comfort of the user, and improve the user experience.

When the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the user can perform touch operation on different pressing positions 103 according to different requirements to trigger different key response functions, the user can simply, quickly and accurately perform quick function operation on the mobile terminal 100, and the user experience is improved. In addition, the mobile terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the application adopts one pressure detector 30 to simultaneously detect the pressure applied to each pressing position 103 by the touch operation, and utilizes the touch layer 20 to obtain the position information of each pressing position 103 to determine the key response function triggered by the touch operation, so that the detection precision of the mobile terminal 100 on the touch operation on each pressing position 103 is ensured, the false triggering probability is reduced, the user experience is improved, and a plurality of pressure detectors are not required to be adopted to respectively detect the pressure applied to each pressing position 103 by the touch operation, thereby not only saving the cost of the pressure detectors, but also simplifying the internal structure of the mobile terminal 100.

Referring to fig. 13, fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a mobile terminal 100 according to the present application.

In the present embodiment, there are two pressing positions 103, and the storage unit 41 stores two key response functions and the correspondence between the key response functions and the pressing positions. Wherein two pressing positions 103 are respectively identified as 103a and 103b to show the difference. Specifically, the touch layer 20 at least partially covers the

pressing positions

103a and 103b, that is, the

pressing positions

103a and 103b are both located within a responsive zone of the touch layer 20, so as to ensure that the touch layer 20 can detect the touch operation applied to the

pressing positions

103a and 103 b. The pressure detector 30 is located between the pressing position 103a and the pressing position 103b, the

pressing positions

103a and 103b are both located within the detection range of the pressure detector 30, and the pressure detector 30 can simultaneously detect the pressure values applied to the

pressing positions

103a and 103b by the touch operation. For convenience of understanding, the present embodiment will be specifically described by taking an example in which one of the two key response functions is turned up in volume and corresponds to the pressed position 103a, and the other key response function is turned down in volume and corresponds to the pressed position 103 b. When the processor 40 judges that the touch operation is applied to the pressing position 103a according to the third signal when the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the key response function at the moment is determined to be volume up; when the processor 40 determines that the touch operation is applied to the pressed position 103b according to the third signal, the key response function at this time is determined to turn down the volume.

Referring to fig. 14, fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a mobile terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present application.

In the present embodiment, the difference from the above-described embodiments is that the pressure detector 30 is not provided between the

pressing positions

103a and 103b, and the pressure applied to the

pressing positions

103a and 103b by the touch operation is transmitted to the pressure detector 30 through the housing 10, that is, both the

pressing positions

103a and 103b are located within the detectable range of the pressure detector 30, so as to ensure that the pressure detector 30 can detect the pressure applied to the

pressing positions

103a and 103b by the touch operation.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the key response functions corresponding to multiple pressing positions may be the same, that is, applying touch operations at the pressing positions at different positions will trigger the same key response function, so that a user can conveniently and quickly perform a shortcut key operation on the mobile terminal in different placement directions.

Referring to fig. 15, fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a third mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The mobile terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present application is different from the two embodiments described above in that the outer surface 102 further includes a pressure location 104, and the mobile terminal 100 further includes a touch identifier (not shown) electrically connected to the processor 40, the touch identifier being disposed on the inner surface 101 for detecting a touch operation on the pressure location 104 and transmitting a fourth signal. The pressure detector 30 is further configured to detect a pressure applied to the pressure position 104 by the touch operation and transmit a fifth signal, and the processor 40 is further configured to determine whether the touch operation at the pressure position 104 meets a trigger condition of the key response function according to the fourth signal and the fifth signal, and trigger the key response function according to a determination result. Specifically, when the processor 40 determines that the touch operation on the pressure position 104 meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the fourth signal and the fifth signal, the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key trigger function in response to the first signal and the second signal; when the processor 40 determines that the touch operation at the pressure position 104 does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function according to the fourth signal and the fifth signal, the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the first signal and the second signal and does not trigger the key trigger function. In this embodiment, the touch identifier is a touch capacitive sensor. Of course, in other embodiments, the touch identifier may also be a touch temperature sensor or other components that can be used to sense a touch operation of a human hand.

In this embodiment, the pressing position 104 is provided on the cover plate 11 and spaced from the pressing position 103. The touch identifier at least partially covers a position corresponding to the pressure position 104 in the inner surface 101, so as to accurately identify the touch operation on the pressure position 104, and improve the accuracy of identifying the touch operation on the pressure position 104 by the mobile terminal 100. The pressure position 104 and the pressing position 103 have the same function, and the main difference is that the touch operation at the pressure position 104 is detected by the touch identifier, and the touch operation at the pressing position 103 is detected by the touch layer 20. It is understood that, since the touch identifier is used to detect the touch operation on the pressure position 104, the pressure position 104 may be disposed in the responsive zone of the touch layer 20 as the pressing position 103, or may be disposed outside the responsive zone of the touch layer 20 different from the pressing position 103, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited thereto.

In the mobile terminal 100 shown in the embodiment of the application, the pressure detector 30 is adopted to simultaneously detect the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 and the pressure position 104, and the number of shortcut function keys of the mobile terminal 100 can be increased only by adding the touch identifier for detecting the touch operation on the pressure position 104, so that the operation and the use of a user are facilitated, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Referring to fig. 16, fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The fourth mobile terminal 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application is different from the third embodiment in that there are a plurality of pressure positions 104, and there are a plurality of touch identifiers, each of the touch identifiers detects one pressure position 104 correspondingly, and the touch identifier is further configured to obtain position information of the pressure position 104 corresponding to the touch identifier and transmit a sixth signal. The storage unit 41 further stores key response functions corresponding to the position information of the plurality of pressure positions 104, and the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key trigger function corresponding to the position information of the pressure position 104 in response to the fourth signal, the fifth signal and the sixth signal. Specifically, the processing unit 42 is further configured to determine a key triggering function corresponding to the position information of the pressure position 104 according to the sixth signal.

When the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the user can perform touch operation on different pressure positions 104 according to different requirements to trigger different key response functions, and the user can perform shortcut function operation on the mobile terminal 100 simply, quickly and accurately, so that the user experience is improved. In addition, in the embodiment of the application, the mobile terminal 100 employs one pressure detector 30 to simultaneously detect the pressure applied to each pressure position 104 by the touch operation, and uses the touch identifier to obtain the position information of each pressure position 104 to determine the key response function triggered by the touch operation performed on each pressure position 104, so that not only is the detection precision of the mobile terminal 100 on each pressure position 104 by the touch operation ensured, the false triggering probability reduced, and the user experience improved, but also the multiple pressure detectors 30 are not required to be employed to detect the pressure applied to each pressure position 104 by the touch operation, and therefore, the cost of the pressure detector 30 is saved, and the internal structure of the mobile terminal 100 is simplified.

Referring to fig. 17, fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The fifth mobile terminal 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application is different from the four embodiments described above in that the outer surface 101 includes an operation area 101a and a wake-up area 101 b. Specifically, the operation area 101a is one, the operation area 101a is located at the edge of the outer surface 101, and the operation area 101a corresponds to the pressing position 103 shown in the above-described embodiment. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the number of the operation regions may be two or more, and two operation regions may be symmetrically distributed on the left and right sides of the outer surface, so that when a user grips and uses the mobile terminal with a left hand or a right hand, both the left hand and the right hand can perform touch operation on the operation regions.

The wake-up area 101b is spaced apart from the operation area 101 a. Specifically, the wake-up area 101b is one, and the wake-up area 101b is located in an upper half area of the outer surface 101, so that a user can perform a wake-up operation in the wake-up area 101 b. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the wake-up areas may also partially overlap or completely overlap with the operation area, the number of the wake-up areas may also be two or more, and two wake-up areas may be symmetrically distributed on the left and right sides of the upper half area of the outer surface, which is not specifically limited in this application.

The touch layer 20 is further configured to detect a wake-up operation in the wake-up area 101b and transmit a wake-up signal, and the mobile terminal 100 wakes up the operation area 101a in response to the wake-up signal, that is, performs a touch operation on the operation area 101a to trigger a key response function corresponding to the operation area 101 a. Specifically, the processor 40 receives the wake-up signal, determines whether the wake-up operation in the wake-up area 101b meets the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a according to the wake-up signal, and wakes up the operation area 101a according to the determination result. Specifically, the storage unit 41 stores a wake-up parameter, and the processing unit 42 receives the wake-up signal, determines whether the wake-up operation satisfies the wake-up parameter according to the wake-up signal, and wakes up the operation area 101a according to the determination result.

In an embodiment, the wake-up parameter is a preset wake-up distance value, and the processing unit 42 is further configured to calculate a distance value of the wake-up operation sliding in the wake-up area 101b according to the wake-up signal, compare the distance value with the preset wake-up distance value, and wake up the operation area 101a according to a comparison result of the distance value. It can be understood that, in other embodiments, the storage unit may also store a preset sliding track, and the processing unit further obtains a sliding track of the wake-up operation in the wake-up area according to the wake-up signal, compares the sliding track with the preset sliding track, and wakes up the operation area according to a comparison result of the sliding track, or may wake up the operation area by setting a length of a long press in the wake-up area or a number of times of continuous presses in the wake-up area, where the wake-up mode of the operation area in this embodiment is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a is whether the distance value of the wake-up operation sliding in the wake-up area 101b is equal to or greater than the preset wake-up distance value. If and only if the distance value is equal to or greater than the preset wake-up distance value, the processor 40 determines that the wake-up operation meets the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a, and the mobile terminal 100 wakes up the operation area 101a in response to the wake-up signal. When the distance value is smaller than the preset wake-up distance value, the processor 40 may determine that the wake-up operation does not conform to the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a, and the mobile terminal 100 may not respond to the wake-up signal and may not wake up the operation area 101 a.

For ease of understanding, the preset wake-up distance value is defined as Δ l₀Taking the distance that the wake-up operation slides in the wake-up area 101b as Δ l, the wake-up process of the operation area 101a in the mobile terminal 100 shown in this embodiment will be specifically described. Wherein, Deltal ₀The value may be 0.5mm, 1mm, or 1.5mm, and the designer may design the value according to specific requirements, which is not limited in this embodiment.

When the processing unit 41 determines that the distance value of the wake-up operation sliding in the wake-up area 101b is Δ l according to the wake-up signal, and determines that Δ l is larger than or equal to Δ l₀When the wake-up operation meets the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a, the mobile terminal 100 wakes up the operation area 101a in response to the wake-up signal, and the mobile terminal 100 can detect the touch operation on the operation area 101 a.

When the processing unit 41 determines the distance value of the wake-up operation sliding in the wake-up area 101b according to the wake-up signal, and determines Δ L < Δ L₀Then, the processing unit 42 determines that the wake-up operation does not meet the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a, and at this time, the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the wake-up signal and does not wake up the operation area 101a, and the mobile terminal 100 cannot detect the touch operation on the operation area 101a, that is, the touch operation on the operation area 101a is invalid.

In this embodiment, the key response function of the operation area 101a is volume adjustment, that is, the operation area 101a is a volume key. Of course, in other embodiments, the key response function of the operation area may also be a power key, a brightness adjustment key, or other functions that can adjust the mobile terminal, which is not specifically limited in this application.

In one embodiment, the storage unit 41 stores a plurality of preset adjustment distances and volume adjustment amplitudes corresponding to the plurality of preset adjustment distances. The processing unit 42 is further configured to determine a sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation in the operation area 101a according to the first signal, and determine a volume adjustment amplitude corresponding to the touch operation according to a determination result. The sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation in the operation region 101a may be a positive number or a negative number. The positive sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation in the operation region 101a means that the touch operation is a sliding operation in the positive direction of the Y axis, that is, a sliding operation from the bottom to the top of the operation region 101 a. The negative sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation in the operation region 101a means that the touch operation is a sliding operation in the negative Y-axis direction, that is, a sliding operation from the top to the bottom of the operation region 101 a. It is to be understood that, in other embodiments, the sliding distance of the touch operation in the operation area may be a positive number, the touch operation may be a sliding operation in a negative Y-axis direction, the sliding distance of the touch operation in the operation area may be a negative number, and the touch operation may be a sliding operation in a positive Y-axis direction, which is not particularly limited in this embodiment.

Next, for easy understanding, N preset adjustment distances Δ L are stored in the storage unit 41_NAnd N preset adjustment distances DeltaL_NCorresponding volume adjustment amplitude DeltaV_NThe description is specifically given for the sake of example. Specifically, Δ V_N＝ΔL _NAnd L. Wherein N is a natural number greater than 0, | Δ L_NL is less than or equal to L, and L is the length dimension of the operation area 101a along the Y-axis direction.

When the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the processing unit 42 determines that the sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation on the operation area 101b is Δ L according to the first signal_NThen, it is determined that the volume adjustment amplitude at this time is Δ V_N. If Δ L_NIf < 0, the volume of the mobile terminal 100 is adjusted downward by | Δ L_NIf Δ L, |/L_NIf > 0, the volume of the mobile terminal 100 is adjusted up by DeltaL_N/L。

In the mobile terminal 100 according to this embodiment, the processor 40 adjusts the volume of the mobile terminal 100 in different ranges according to the difference in the sliding distance of the touch operation in the operation area 101 a. When the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the user can slide different distances in the operation area 101a according to different requirements to quickly adjust the volume of the mobile terminal 100 to the target volume value, so that the use experience of the user is improved.

In the second embodiment, the difference from the above-described embodiments is that two preset adjustment distances and volume adjustments corresponding to the two preset adjustment distances are stored in the storage unit 41The pitch amplitude. Specifically, one of the two preset adjusting distances is Δ L₁，ΔL ₁> 0 and Δ L₁Another of the preset adjustment distances Δ L ═ L₂，ΔL ₂< 0 and | Δ L₂L. One of the two volume adjustment ranges is equal to Δ L₁Corresponding Δ V₁And 0 < Δ V₁Less than or equal to 100%, and the other volume adjusting amplitude is equal to delta L₂Corresponding Δ V₂，ΔV ₂< 0 and | Δ V₂|≤100％。

When the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the processing unit 42 determines that the sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation on the operation area 101a is Δ L according to the first signal₁When the touch operation is performed by sliding from the bottom to the top of the operation area 101a, it is determined that the volume adjustment amplitude at this time is Δ V₁. When the processing unit 42 determines that the sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation on the operation region 101a is Δ L according to the first signal₂When the touch operation is sliding from the top to the bottom of the operation area 101a, it is determined that the volume adjustment amplitude at this time is Δ V₂. That is, in the mobile terminal 100 shown in the present embodiment, if and only if the sliding distance of the touch operation within the operation area 101a is equal to Δ L₁Or Δ L₂When the volume adjustment is performed, that is, when the touch operation is performed in the operation area 101a in a full-scale mode, the processor 40 may perform the volume adjustment on the mobile terminal 100, so as to avoid the problem of performing the volume adjustment on the mobile terminal 100 due to a misoperation, and improve the accuracy of the volume adjustment performed by the user when the mobile terminal 100 is used.

It is understood that, in the present embodiment, when the user performs the same full-scale operation a plurality of times in the operation area 101a, the volume adjustment range determined by the processing unit 42 is the same each time. Of course, in other embodiments, the volume adjustment range determined by the processing unit 42 every time may also be different, for example, the volume adjustment range corresponding to the first full-scale touch operation is the smallest, the volume adjustment range corresponding to the subsequent full-scale operation performed for the first time is larger than the volume adjustment range corresponding to the previous full-scale operation performed for the first time, for example, the volume adjustment range corresponding to the first full-scale operation is 10%, the volume adjustment range corresponding to the second full-scale operation performed for the first time is 30%, and the volume adjustment range corresponding to the third full-scale operation performed for the second time is 60%, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment.

Referring to fig. 18, fig. 18 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a key triggering method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The key triggering method provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to the mobile terminal 100, and the key triggering method includes:

in step S101, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation at the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal.

In step S102, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation and transmits a second signal.

It should be understood that, in other embodiments, step S101 and step S102 shown in this embodiment may be performed simultaneously, or step S102 may be performed first and step S101 is performed later, that is, the pressure detector 30 may detect the pressure applied by the touch operation on the pressing position 103 and transmit the second signal to the processor 40, and the touch layer 20 may detect the touch operation on the pressing position 103 and transmit the first signal to the processor 40, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Step S103, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal. The mobile terminal 100 includes a processor 40 electrically connected to the touch layer 20 and the pressure sensor 30. The processor 40 includes a storage unit 41 and a processing unit 42. The storage unit 41 stores the key response function, i.e. the key function corresponding to the pressed position 103. The processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines whether the touch operation meets a trigger condition of a key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to a determination result.

In this embodiment, the triggering conditions of the key response function include: whether the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation and whether the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103. Specifically, the processing unit 42 determines whether the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, and determines whether the touch operation applies pressure to the pressed position 103 according to the second signal.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, and determines that the touch operation applies pressure on the pressing position 103 according to the second signal, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets a trigger condition of a key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function, that is, triggers a key function corresponding to the pressing position 103, that is, triggers a virtual key, in response to the first signal and the second signal;

when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is not a human hand touch operation according to the first signal and/or determines that the touch operation does not apply pressure on the pressing position 103 according to the second signal, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the first signal and the second signal and does not trigger the key response function.

According to the key triggering method, the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is detected by the touch layer 20, the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 is detected by the pressure detector 30, and the key response function is triggered only when the touch operation on the pressing position 103 meets the triggering condition of the key response function, so that the detection precision of the touch operation on the pressing position 103 by the mobile terminal 100 is effectively ensured, the false triggering probability is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

In this embodiment, in the process of step S103, the key triggering method further includes: the vibrator 50 vibrates the housing 10 together to output vibration feedback. Specifically, after the processor 40 triggers the key response function, the processor 40 drives the vibrator 50 to drive the housing 10 to vibrate together to output vibration feedback; when the processor 40 does not activate the key response function, the processor 40 does not drive the vibrator 50 to vibrate.

In the key triggering method provided in the embodiment of the present application, after the key response function is triggered, the processor 40 drives the vibrator 50 to drive the housing 10 to vibrate together to output vibration feedback, so that the user can know whether the touch operation is successfully detected by the mobile terminal 100, and the user is prevented from repeatedly touching the pressing position 103 for multiple times without knowing whether the touch operation is successful.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a second key triggering method, including:

in step S201, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal.

In step S202, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation and transmits a second signal.

In step S203, the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal. The mobile terminal 100 includes a processor 40 electrically connected to the touch layer 20 and the pressure sensor 30. The processor 40 includes a storage unit 41 and a processing unit 42. The storage unit 41 stores therein a preset time difference and the key response function. The processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines whether the touch operation meets a trigger condition of a key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to a determination result.

In this embodiment, the triggering conditions of the key response function include: whether the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation, whether the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressing position 103, and whether the time difference between the transmission of the first signal by the touch layer 20 and the transmission of the second signal by the pressure detector 30 is less than or equal to the preset time difference. It is understood that the time difference between the touch layer 20 transmitting the first signal and the pressure detector 30 transmitting the second signal is the time difference between the processing unit 42 receiving the first signal and the second signal. Specifically, the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines whether the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, determines whether the touch operation applies pressure on the pressing position 103 according to the second signal, calculates a time difference between the reception of the first signal and the reception of the second signal, compares the time difference with the preset time difference, and triggers the key response function according to a comparison result of the time difference.

Next, for convenience of understanding, the preset time difference is defined as Δ t, and the time when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal is defined as t1 and t2, respectively, and the time difference between the time when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the time when the processing unit 42 receives the second signal is | t1-t2| (the absolute value of the difference obtained from t1-t 2) is taken as an example, and step S203 is specifically described. It is understood that when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal at the time point t1, the second signal is also received at the time Δ t after t1, or when the processing unit 42 receives the second signal at the time point t2, the first signal is also received at the time Δ t after t2, i.e. the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t, otherwise determines | t1-t2| > Δ t.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation and determines that the touch operation applies pressure on the pressed position 103, if the processing unit 42 determines that | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t, that is, the time difference | t1-t2| between the touch layer 20 transmitting the first signal and the pressure detector 30 transmitting the second signal is less than or equal to the preset time difference Δ t stored in the storage unit 41 of the mobile terminal 100, it is determined that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function, that is, triggers the key function corresponding to the pressed position, that is, triggers the virtual key, in response to the first signal and the second signal; if the processing unit 42 determines that | t1-t2| > Δ t, that is, the time difference | t1-t2| between the touch layer 20 transmitting the first signal and the pressure detector 30 transmitting the second signal is greater than the preset time difference Δ t stored in the storage unit 41 of the mobile terminal 100, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the first signal and the second signal and does not trigger the key response function.

That is, when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, determines that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, and determines that the | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t, that is, all three conditions are met, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, and triggers the key response function. When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, and/or determines that the touch operation does not apply pressure on the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, and/or determines that | t1-t2| > Δ t, that is, only one of the three conditions is not met (including three conditions, one condition is not met, two conditions are not met, and none of the three conditions is met), the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation is not met with the triggering condition of the key response function, and does not trigger the key response function.

Of course, in other embodiments, when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal and determines that the touch operation applies a pressure on the pressing position 103 according to the second signal, the processing unit 42 may also determine that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function when determining | t1-t2| < Δ t, determine that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| ≧ Δ t, or determine that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| ≧ Δ t, determine that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| < Δ t, or determine | t1-t2| > Δ t, and judging that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, and when the processing unit 42 judges that | t1-t2| is less than or equal to Δ t, judging that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function.

In the key triggering method provided in the embodiment of the application, the processor 40 further needs to determine whether the time difference between the first signal and the second signal is within the preset time difference range, and when and only the time difference is within the preset time difference range, the mobile terminal 100 will trigger the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, so as to prevent the problem that the detection result of the touch operation on the pressing position 103 by the touch layer 20 and the pressure detector 30 meets the trigger condition of the key response function in the two previous and subsequent touch operations, and the key response function is triggered by mistake, thereby improving the detection accuracy of the touch operation on the pressing position 103 by the mobile terminal 100.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a third key triggering method, including:

in step S301, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal.

In step S302, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation and transmits a second signal.

In step S303, the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal. The mobile terminal 100 includes a processor 40 electrically connected to the touch layer 20 and the pressure sensor 30. The processor 40 includes a storage unit 41 and a processing unit 42. The storage unit 41 stores a preset pressure value and the key response function. The processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines whether the touch operation meets a trigger condition of a key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to a determination result.

In this embodiment, the triggering conditions of the key response function include: whether the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, whether the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, and whether the pressure exerted on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation is equal to or greater than a preset pressure value. The processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines whether the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, determines whether the touch operation applies pressure on the pressing position 103 according to the second signal, compares the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation with the preset pressure value according to the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the comparison result of the pressure values.

Next, for convenience of understanding, step S303 will be specifically described by taking the example where the preset pressure value is defined as F0 and the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation detected by the pressure detector 30 is defined as F.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, and determines that the touch operation applies pressure on the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, if the processing unit 42 determines that F is greater than or equal to F0, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function, that is, triggers the key function corresponding to the pressed position, that is, triggers the virtual key, in response to the first signal and the second signal; if the processing unit 42 determines that F < F0, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 does not respond to the first signal and the second signal and does not trigger the key response function.

That is, when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, determines that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, and determines that F ≧ F0 is met, that is, when all three conditions are met, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers the key response function. When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, and/or determines that the touch operation does not exert pressure on the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, and/or determines that F < F0, that is, only one of the three conditions is not satisfied (including three cases, that one condition is not satisfied, that two conditions are not satisfied, and that none of the three conditions is satisfied), the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation is not satisfied with the trigger condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 does not trigger the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal.

Of course, in other embodiments, when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal and determines that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, it may also determine that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines that F > F0, determine that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit determines that F ≦ F0, or determine that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines that F ≦ F0, determine that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit determines that F > F0, or determine that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function when the processing unit 42 determines that F < F0, and when the processing unit judges that F is larger than or equal to F0, judging that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key response function.

In the key triggering method provided in the embodiment of the application, the processor 40 further needs to determine whether the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is greater than the preset pressure value, and if and only if the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is equal to or greater than the preset pressure value, the key response function may be triggered.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a fourth key triggering method, including:

in step S401, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal.

In step S402, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation and transmits a second signal.

In step S403, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal. The mobile terminal 100 includes a processor 40 electrically connected to the touch layer 20 and the pressure sensor 30. The processor 40 includes a storage unit 41 and a processing unit 42. The storage unit 41 stores a preset pressure value, a preset time difference and the key response function. The processing unit 42 of the processor 40 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines whether the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the determination result.

In this embodiment, the triggering conditions of the key response function include: whether the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation, whether the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103, whether the pressure exerted on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation is equal to or greater than a preset pressure value, and whether a time difference between the detection of the touch of the human hand on the pressed position 103 by the touch layer 20 and the detection of the pressure exerted on the pressed position 103 by the pressure detector 30 is within a preset time difference range. Specifically, the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines whether the touch operation on the pressing position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, determines whether the touch operation applies pressure on the pressing position 103 according to the second signal, compares the pressure applied on the pressing position 103 by the touch operation with the preset pressure value according to the second signal, calculates a time difference between receiving the first signal and the second signal, compares the time difference with the preset time difference, and triggers the key response function according to a comparison result of the pressure value and a comparison result of the time difference.

Next, for convenience of understanding, the preset pressure value is defined as F0, the preset time difference is defined as Δ t, the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is defined as F, and the time when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal is defined as t1 and t2, respectively, then the time difference when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal is | t1-t2| (the absolute value of the difference obtained by t1-t 2) is taken as an example, and the step S403 is specifically described. It is understood that when the processing unit 42 receives the first signal at the time point t1, the second signal is also received at the time Δ t after t1, or when the processing unit 42 receives the second signal at the time point t2, the first signal is also received at the time Δ t after t2, i.e. the processing unit 42 determines | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t, otherwise determines | t1-t2| > Δ t.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the determination that the touch operation on the pressed position 103 applies pressure on the pressed position 103, if the processing unit 42 determines that F is greater than or equal to F0 and | t1-t2| is less than or equal to Δ t, that is, the pressure detector 20 detects that the pressure F applied on the pressed position 103 by the touch operation is equal to or greater than a preset pressure value F0 stored in the storage unit 41 and the time difference | t1-t2| is less than or equal to a preset time difference Δ t, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function, that is, triggers the key function corresponding to the pressed position, that is, a virtual key, in response to the first signal and the second signal; if the processing unit 42 determines that F < F0 and/or | t1-t2| > Δ t, that is, the pressure detector 20 detects that the pressure F applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation is less than the preset pressure value F0 stored in the storage unit 41 and/or the time difference | t1-t2| is greater than the preset time difference Δ t, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not meet the triggering condition of the key response function, and the mobile terminal 100 does not trigger the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal.

That is, when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, determines that the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, determines that F is greater than or equal to F0 and | t1-t2| ≦ Δ t according to the second signal, that is, when the four conditions are met, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function and triggers the key response function.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressed position 103 is not a human hand touch operation according to the first signal, and/or determines that the touch operation does not apply pressure to the pressed position 103 according to the second signal, and/or determines that F < F0 and/or determines that | t1-t2| is greater than Δ t, that is, one of the four conditions is not met (including four cases, that one condition is not met, two conditions are not met, three conditions are not met, and none of the four conditions is met), the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation is not met by the triggering condition of the key response function, and does not trigger the key response function.

In the key triggering method provided in the embodiment of the application, the processor 40 further needs to determine whether the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is greater than the preset pressure value, and determines whether the time difference between the first signal and the second signal is received within the preset time difference, if and only if the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is equal to or greater than the preset pressure value, and the time difference is less than or equal to the preset time difference, the key response function may be triggered, when the user uses the mobile terminal 100, the problem of false triggering caused by the fact that the user undoubtedly touches the pressing position can be effectively avoided, the detection accuracy of the touch operation on the pressing position 103 by the mobile terminal 100 is improved, and the use experience of the user is improved.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a fifth key triggering method, including:

in step S501, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal.

In step S502, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation and transmits a second signal.

In step S503, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal. Specifically, when the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation detected by the pressure detector 30 belongs to a preset pressure interval stored in the storage unit 41, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key response function corresponding to the preset pressure interval in response to the first signal and the second signal. In the embodiment of the present application, the mobile terminal 100 includes a processor 40 electrically connected to the touch layer 20 and the pressure sensor 30. The processor 40 includes a storage unit 41 and a processing unit 42. The storage unit 41 stores therein a plurality of preset pressure sections and key response functions corresponding to the plurality of preset pressure sections. The processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines a preset pressure interval to which the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation belongs according to the second signal, determines a key response function according to the determination result, determines whether the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the determination result.

Next, for convenience of understanding, step S503 will be described in detail by taking, as an example, two preset pressure sections and a key response function corresponding to the two preset pressure sections stored in the storage unit 41. Specifically, one of the two preset pressure intervals is 100gf to 200gf (including 200gf), and the other preset pressure interval is greater than 200 gf. One of the two key response functions is to turn on/off the screen corresponding to a preset pressure interval of 100gf to 200gf, and the other key response function is to turn on/off the screen corresponding to a preset pressure interval of more than 200 gf.

In the present embodiment, step S503 includes step S5031 and step S5032.

Step S5031, the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, and determines that the key response function is on/off when the processing unit 42 determines that the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is within 100gf to 200gf according to the second signal; and when the pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation is judged to be more than 200gf according to the second information, determining that the key response function is on/off.

In step S5032, the processing unit 42 determines whether the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the determination result. In this step, the process of the processing unit 42 determining whether the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function is the same as the method of the foregoing four embodiments, and will not be described in detail herein.

In the key triggering method provided in the embodiment of the present application, a plurality of preset pressure intervals, a plurality of key response functions, and a corresponding relationship between the preset pressure intervals and the key response functions are stored in the storage unit 41, and according to a difference in pressure applied to the pressing position 103 by the touch operation, one key response function is triggered, that is, triggering of a plurality of key response functions can be achieved by setting one pressing position 103.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a sixth key triggering method, including:

in step S601, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal. Specifically, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation at the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal, and at the same time, acquires position information of the pressed position 103 and transmits a third signal.

In step S602, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation and transmits a second signal.

In step S603, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal. Specifically, the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function corresponding to the position information of the pressed position 103 stored in the storage unit 41 in response to the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal. In the present embodiment, the housing 10 includes a plurality of pressing positions 103. The mobile terminal 100 includes a processor 40 electrically connected with the touch layer 20 and the pressure sensor 30. The processor 40 includes a storage unit 41 and a processing unit 42. The storage unit 41 stores therein key response functions corresponding to position information of the plurality of pressed positions 103. The processing unit 42 receives the first signal, the second signal and the third signal, determines a key response function according to the third signal, determines whether the touch operation meets a trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to a determination result.

Next, for convenience of understanding, step S603 will be described in detail by taking an example in which the housing 10 includes two pressed positions 103, and the storage unit 103 stores two key response functions and a correspondence relationship between the key response functions and position information of the pressed positions. Specifically, the two pressing positions 103 are respectively denoted as pressing

positions

103a and 103b to show the distinction. Of the two key response functions, one key response function is to turn up the volume corresponding to the pressed position 103a, and the other key response function is to turn down the volume corresponding to the pressed position 103 b.

In the present embodiment, step S603 includes step S6031 and step S6032.

Step S6031, the processing unit 42 receives the first signal, the second signal and the third signal, and when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation is applied to the pressed position 103a according to the third signal, determines that the key response function is to increase the volume; when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation is applied to the pressed position 103b based on the third signal, it determines that the key response function is to turn down the volume.

In step S6032, the processing unit 42 determines whether the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the determination result. In this step, the process of the processing unit 42 determining whether the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function is the same as the method of the foregoing five embodiments, and will not be described in detail herein.

In the key triggering method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the storage unit 41 stores a corresponding relationship between a plurality of key response functions and position information of pressed positions, and different key response functions are triggered according to different pressed positions 103 applied by the touch operation, that is, the plurality of pressed positions 103 realize triggering of the plurality of key response functions.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a seventh key triggering method, including:

in step S701, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal. Specifically, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation at the pressing position 103 and transmits a first signal, and the touch identifier detects a touch operation at the pressing position 104 and transmits a fourth signal.

In step S702, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied by the touch operation on the pressed position 103 and transmits a second signal to the processor 40. Specifically, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied by the touch operation to the pressed position 103 and transmits a second signal, and at the same time, detects the pressure applied by the touch operation to the pressed position 104 and transmits a fifth signal.

In step S703, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal. Specifically, the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, and meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key trigger function in response to the fourth signal and the fifth signal. The processor 40 includes a storage unit 41 and a processing unit, and the storage unit 41 stores a key response function and a key trigger function. The processing unit 42 receives the first signal, the second signal, the fourth signal, and the fifth signal, determines whether the touch operation at the pressing position 103 meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the determination result, and meanwhile, determines whether the touch operation at the pressure position 104 meets the trigger condition of the key trigger function according to the fourth signal and the fifth signal, and triggers the key trigger function, i.e., triggers the key function corresponding to the pressure position 104, i.e., triggers the virtual key according to the determination result.

In this embodiment, the triggering conditions of the key response function corresponding to the pressure position 104 include: whether the touch operation on the pressure location 104 is a human hand touch operation and whether the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressure location 104. The processing unit 42 determines whether the touch operation at the pressure position 104 is a human hand touch operation according to the fourth signal, and determines whether the touch operation exerts pressure on the pressure position 104 according to the fifth signal.

When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressure position 104 is a human hand touch operation according to the fourth signal and determines that the touch operation applies pressure on the pressing position 103 according to the fifth signal, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets a trigger condition of a key trigger function, and the mobile terminal 100 triggers the key trigger function, namely, triggers a key function corresponding to the pressure position 104, namely, triggers a virtual key, in response to the fourth signal and the fifth signal;

when the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation at the pressure position 104 is not a human hand touch operation according to the fourth signal and/or determines that the touch operation does not apply pressure on the pressing position 103 according to the fifth signal, the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation does not meet the trigger condition of the key trigger function, and the mobile terminal 100 does not trigger the key trigger function in response to the fourth signal and the fifth signal.

It is understood that the detection and recognition process of the touch operation on the pressing position 104 and the pressing position 103 by the mobile terminal 100 is the same except that the touch operation on the pressing position 104 is detected by a touch recognizer.

In the key triggering method provided by the embodiment of the application, the pressure detector 30 is used for simultaneously detecting the pressure applied to the pressure position 104 and the pressure applied to the pressure position 103, the touch identifier is additionally arranged for detecting the touch operation applied to the pressure position 104, and when only the touch operation on the pressure position 104 meets the triggering condition of the key triggering function, the key triggering function is triggered, so that the detection precision of the touch operation on the pressure position 104 by the mobile terminal 100 is effectively ensured, the false triggering probability is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

The embodiment of the present application further provides an eighth key triggering method, including:

in step S801, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal. Specifically, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation at the pressing position 103 and transmits a first signal, and the touch identifier detects a touch operation at the pressing position 104 and transmits a fourth signal, and the touch identifier acquires position information of the pressing position 104 and transmits a sixth signal.

In step S802, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation and transmits a second signal. Specifically, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied by the touch operation to the pressed position 103 and transmits a second signal to the pressed position, and at the same time, detects the pressure applied by the touch operation to the pressed position 104 and transmits a fifth signal.

In step S803, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal. Specifically, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal, and at the same time, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key trigger function corresponding to the position information of the pressure position 104 stored in the storage unit 41 in response to the fourth signal, the fifth signal, and the sixth signal. In the embodiment of the present application, the housing 10 includes a plurality of pressure positions 104, and the mobile terminal 100 includes a plurality of touch identifiers, each touch identifier corresponding to one pressure position 104. The mobile terminal 100 includes a processor 40 electrically connected to the touch layer 20 and the pressure detector 30. The processor 40 includes a storage unit 41 and a processing unit 42, and the storage unit 41 stores therein a key response function and a key activation function corresponding to position information of the plurality of pressure positions 104. The processing unit 42 receives the first signal, the second signal, the fourth signal, the fifth signal, and the sixth signal, determines whether the touch operation at the pressing position 103 meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, triggers the key response function according to the determination result, determines the key trigger function according to the sixth signal, determines whether the touch operation at the pressing position 104 meets the trigger condition of the key trigger function according to the fourth signal and the fifth signal, and triggers the key trigger function according to the determination result.

In the embodiment of the present application, the storage unit 41 stores key trigger functions corresponding to the position information of the multiple pressure positions 104, and different key trigger functions can be triggered according to different pressure positions 104 applied by the touch operation, that is, the multiple pressure positions 104 can respectively trigger the multiple key trigger functions.

An embodiment of the present application provides a ninth key triggering method, including:

in step S801, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation on the pressed position 103 and transmits a first signal. Specifically, the touch layer 20 detects a touch operation on the operation area 101a and transmits a first signal.

In this embodiment, before step S801, the key triggering method further includes:

in step S8001, the touch layer 20 detects a wake-up operation on the wake-up area 101b and transmits a wake-up signal.

In step S8002, the mobile terminal 100 wakes up the operation area 101a in response to the wake-up signal. The mobile terminal 100 includes a processor 40 electrically connected to the touch layer 20 and the pressure sensor 30. The processor 40 includes a storage unit 41 and a processing unit 42. The storage unit 41 stores a wake-up parameter, and the processing unit 42 receives the wake-up signal, determines whether the wake-up operation satisfies the wake-up parameter according to the wake-up signal, and wakes up the operation area 101a according to the determination result.

In this embodiment, the wake-up parameter is a preset wake-up distance value, and the processing unit 42 is further configured to calculate a distance value of the wake-up operation sliding in the wake-up area 101b according to the wake-up signal, compare the distance value with the preset wake-up distance value, and wake up the operation area 101a according to a comparison result of the distance value. Specifically, the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a is whether the distance value of the wake-up operation sliding in the wake-up area 101b is equal to or greater than the preset wake-up distance value. If and only if the distance value is equal to or greater than the preset wake-up distance value, the processor 40 determines that the wake-up operation meets the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a, and the mobile terminal 100 wakes up the operation area 101a in response to the wake-up signal. When the distance value is smaller than the preset wake-up distance value, the processor 40 may determine that the wake-up operation does not conform to the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a, and the mobile terminal 100 may not respond to the wake-up signal and may not wake up the operation area 101 a.

It is understood that, in other embodiments, the wake-up condition of the operation region 101a may be whether the distance value that the wake-up operation slides in the wake-up region 101b is smaller than the preset wake-up distance value. When the distance value of the wake-up operation sliding in the wake-up area 101b is smaller than the preset wake-up distance value, the processor 40 determines that the touch operation meets the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a, and wakes up the operation area 101 a. When the distance value of the wake-up operation sliding in the wake-up area 101b is equal to or greater than the preset distance value, it is determined that the wake-up operation does not conform to the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a, or the storage unit may also store a preset sliding track, the processing unit further obtains the sliding track of the wake-up operation in the wake-up area according to the wake-up signal, compares the sliding track with the preset sliding track, and wakes up the operation area according to the comparison result of the sliding track, or may wake up the operation area by setting the length of the long press time in the wake-up area or the number of times of continuous presses in the wake-up area, which is not specifically limited in this application.

In the key triggering method according to the embodiment of the application, before the touch operation on the operation area 101a is detected by using the touch layer 20 and the pressure detector 30, the wake-up operation in the wake-up area 101b is detected by using the touch layer 20, and if and only if the wake-up operation in the wake-up area 101b meets the wake-up condition of the operation area 101a, the touch operation on the operation area 101a can be detected by using the touch layer 20 and the pressure detector 30, so that the probability of false triggering when a user uses the mobile terminal 100 is avoided, and the user experience is effectively improved.

In step S802, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the pressed position 103 by the touch operation and transmits a second signal. Specifically, the pressure detector 30 detects the pressure applied to the operation area 101a by the touch operation and transmits a second signal.

In step S803, the mobile terminal 100 triggers a key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal.

Next, for convenience of understanding, the key response function corresponding to the operation area 101a is exemplified as volume adjustment, and this step will be described in detail.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 41 stores therein a plurality of preset adjustment distances and volume adjustment amplitudes corresponding to the plurality of preset adjustment distances. The processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal, determines a sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation in the operation area 101a according to the first signal, determines a volume adjustment amplitude corresponding to the touch operation according to a determination result, determines whether the touch operation meets a trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, and triggers the key response function according to the determination result.

Next, for easy understanding, N preset adjustment distances Δ L are stored in the storage unit 41_NAnd N preset adjustment distances DeltaL_NCorresponding volume adjustment amplitude DeltaV_NThe description is made specifically for the purpose of example. Specifically, Δ V_N＝ΔL _NAnd L. Wherein N is a natural number greater than 0, | Δ L_NL is less than or equal to L, and L is the length dimension of the operation area 101a along the Y-axis direction.

In this embodiment, step S803 includes step S8031 and step S8032.

In step S8031, the processing unit 42 receives the first signal and the second signal. When the processing unit 42 determines that the sliding distance Δ L applied to the operation region 101a by the touch operation is Δ L according to the first signal_NThen, determining that the volume adjustment amplitude corresponding to the touch operation is delta V_N。

In step S8032, the processing unit 42 processes the first signal and the second signalAnd judging whether the touch operation meets the triggering condition of the key response function, and triggering the key response function according to the judgment result. When the processing unit 42 determines that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function according to the first signal and the second signal, if Δ L is smaller than Δ L, the processing unit determines that the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function_NIf < 0, the volume of the mobile terminal 100 is adjusted downward by | Δ L_NIf Δ L, |/L_NIs greater than 0, the volume of the mobile terminal 100 is adjusted up by Δ L_NAnd L. It should be noted that, in this step, the process of the processing unit 42 determining whether the touch operation meets the trigger condition of the key response function is the same as the method of the foregoing embodiment, and will not be described in detail herein.

In this embodiment, the processing unit 42 adjusts the volume of the mobile terminal 100 according to the difference of the sliding distance of the touch operation in the operation area 101a, so that the user can adjust the volume of the mobile terminal 100 to the target volume value quickly according to the different sliding distances in the operation area 101a according to specific requirements when using the mobile terminal 100, thereby improving the user experience.

The second embodiment is different from the above embodiments in that two preset adjustment distances and volume adjustment amplitudes corresponding to the two preset adjustment distances are stored in the storage unit 41. Specifically, one of the two preset adjusting distances is Δ L₁，ΔL ₁> 0 and Δ L₁Another of the preset adjustment distances Δ L ═ L₂，ΔL ₂< 0 and | Δ L₂L. One of the two volume adjustment ranges is equal to Δ L₁Corresponding Δ V₁And 0 < Δ V₁Less than or equal to 100 percent, and the other volume adjusting amplitude is delta V₂，ΔV ₂< 0 and | Δ V₂|≤100％。

In step S8031, when the processing unit 42 determines that the sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation on the operation area 101a is Δ L according to the first signal₁When the touch operation is the slave operation areaThe bottom of the field 101a is slid to the top, and it is determined that the volume adjustment amplitude at this time is Δ V₁. When the processing unit 42 determines that the sliding distance Δ L of the touch operation on the operation region 101a is Δ L according to the first signal₂When the touch operation is sliding from the top to the bottom of the operation area 101a, it is determined that the volume adjustment amplitude at this time is Δ V₂。

In the present embodiment, if and only if the processing unit 42 determines from the first signal that the sliding distance of the touch operation in the operation area 101a is equal to Δ L₁Or Δ L₂In other words, when the touch operation is performed in the full-scale operation area 101a, the processing unit 42 may determine the volume adjustment range corresponding to the touch operation, so as to avoid the problem of volume adjustment of the mobile terminal 100 due to misoperation, and improve the accuracy of volume adjustment performed by the user when the mobile terminal 100 is used.

It is understood that, in the present embodiment, when the user performs the same full-scale operation on the operation region 101a plurality of times, the volume adjustment range determined by the processing unit 42 is the same each time. Of course, in other embodiments, the volume adjustment range determined by the processing unit 42 every time may also be different, for example, the volume adjustment range corresponding to the first full-scale operation is the smallest, the volume adjustment range corresponding to the subsequent full-scale operation is larger than the volume adjustment range corresponding to the previous full-scale operation, for example, the volume adjustment range corresponding to the first full-scale operation is 10%, the volume adjustment range corresponding to the second full-scale operation which is the same as the first full-scale operation is 30%, and the volume adjustment range corresponding to the third full-scale operation which is the same as the second full-scale operation is 60%, which is not specifically limited in this application.

The above description is only a part of examples and embodiments of the present application, and the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A mobile terminal is characterized by comprising a shell, a touch layer and a pressure detector, wherein the shell comprises an outer surface and an inner surface which are arranged oppositely, the outer surface comprises a pressing position, the touch layer is arranged on the inner surface and used for detecting touch operation on the pressing position and transmitting a first signal, the pressure detector is used for detecting pressure applied on the pressing position by the touch operation and transmitting a second signal, and the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers a key response function.
The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a storage unit, a preset time difference is stored in the storage unit, and when the time difference between the transmission of the first signal by the touch layer and the transmission of the second signal by the pressure detector is smaller than or equal to the preset time difference, the mobile terminal triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal.
The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the storage unit further stores a plurality of preset pressure intervals and key response functions corresponding to the preset pressure intervals, and when the pressure applied to the pressed position by the touch operation detected by the pressure detector falls within one of the preset pressure intervals, the mobile terminal triggers the key response function corresponding to the preset pressure interval in response to the first signal and the second signal.
The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein a preset pressure value is further stored in the storage unit, and when the pressure applied to the pressed position by the touch operation detected by the pressure detector is equal to or greater than the preset pressure value, and the time difference is smaller than or equal to the preset time difference, the mobile terminal triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal.
The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the number of the pressed positions is plural, the touch layer is further configured to obtain position information of the pressed position to which the touch operation is applied and transmit a third signal, the pressure detector is configured to detect a pressure applied to the plurality of the pressed positions by the touch operation, the storage unit further stores therein a key response function corresponding to the position information of the plurality of the pressed positions, and the mobile terminal triggers the key response function corresponding to the position information of the pressed position in response to the first signal, the second signal and the third signal.
The mobile terminal according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the outer surface further comprises a pressure location, the mobile terminal further comprises a touch identifier disposed on the inner surface for detecting a touch operation on the pressure location and transmitting a fourth signal, the pressure detector is further for detecting a pressure applied by the touch operation on the pressure location and transmitting a fifth signal, and the mobile terminal triggers a key triggering function in response to the fourth signal and the fifth signal.
The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a vibrator configured to cause the housing to vibrate together to output vibration feedback when the key response function is triggered.
The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein a cavity is defined in the housing, and the vibrator is received in the cavity and located on a side of the cavity close to the pressing position.
The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a display screen, the display screen comprises a touch display panel, and the touch display panel is the touch layer.
The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the touch display panel comprises a sub-display area corresponding to the pressed position, the sub-display area is configured to display a pressed graphic, and the pressed graphic is configured to identify the pressed position.
The mobile terminal according to any of claims 1 to 10, wherein the pressing position is provided at an edge of the housing.
The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the pressed location has a roughness that is different from a roughness of other locations of the outer surface.
The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the pressure detector is disposed on the inner surface.
The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the housing comprises a support frame located on a side of the pressure detector facing away from the inner surface to support the pressure detector.
The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the inner surface comprises a first sub inner surface and a second sub inner surface protruding from the first sub inner surface, and the pressure detector is disposed on the second sub inner surface.
The mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein a surface of the pressure detector facing the second sub inner surface is provided with an elastic member, and a surface of the elastic member facing away from the pressure detector is in contact with the second sub inner surface.
A mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein the second sub inner surface is provided with a barrier thereon, and the pressure detector is located at a surface of the barrier facing away from the second sub inner surface.
The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the housing comprises a front cover plate and a back cover plate, the front cover plate covers the touch layer, the back cover plate is connected to the cover plate, and the second sub-inner surface is located on the back cover plate.
The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the outer surface comprises a first sub-outer surface and a second sub-outer surface protruding from the first sub-outer surface, and the pressing position is located on the second sub-outer surface.
The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the front cover comprises a planar main cover and an arc-shaped edge cover, a direction perpendicular to the main cover is a first direction, the rear cover comprises a side frame connected to the edge cover, the side frame is inclined with respect to the first direction, and the pressing position is located on the edge cover, or the pressing position is partially located on the edge cover and another part is located on the side frame, and a surface of the pressing position is parallel to the first direction.
The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the pressure detector is disposed on a surface of the touch layer facing away from the housing.
A key triggering method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the touch layer detects touch operation on a pressing position and transmits a first signal;

the pressure detector detects the pressure applied by the touch operation on the pressing position and transmits a second signal;

and the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers a key response function.
The method according to claim 22, wherein the process of the mobile terminal triggering the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal comprises: and when the time difference between the transmission of the first signal by the touch layer and the transmission of the second signal by the pressure detector is smaller than or equal to the preset time difference stored in a storage unit in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function.
The method according to claim 23, wherein the process of "the mobile terminal triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal" comprises: when the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation detected by the pressure detector belongs to a preset pressure interval stored in the storage unit, the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers a key response function corresponding to the preset pressure interval.
The method according to claim 23, wherein the process of "the mobile terminal triggers the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal" comprises: when the pressure detector detects that the pressure applied to the pressing position by the touch operation is equal to or greater than a preset pressure value stored in the storage unit and the time difference is less than or equal to the preset time difference, the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers the key response function.
The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the step of detecting the touch operation at the pressed position and transmitting the first signal to the processor by the touch layer comprises: the touch layer acquires position information of the pressing position and transmits a third signal;

the process that the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal and triggers the key response function comprises the following steps: and the mobile terminal responds to the first signal, the second signal and the third signal to trigger a key response function which is stored in the storage unit and corresponds to the position information of the pressed position.
The method as claimed in any one of claims 22 to 26, wherein the step of detecting the touch operation at the pressed position and transmitting the first signal by the touch layer further comprises: the touch recognizer detects touch operation on the pressure position and transmits a fourth signal;

the "pressure detector detects the pressure applied by the touch operation to the pressed position and transmits a second signal", further comprising: the pressure detector detects the pressure exerted by the touch operation on the pressure position and transmits a fifth signal;

in the process that the mobile terminal responds to the first signal and the second signal to trigger the key response function, the method further comprises the following steps: and the mobile terminal responds to the fourth signal and the fifth signal to trigger a key triggering function.
The method according to claim 22, wherein the step of the mobile terminal triggering the key response function in response to the first signal and the second signal further comprises: the vibrator drives the housing to vibrate together to output vibration feedback.