CN115685592A

CN115685592A - Switching method of wearing device

Info

Publication number: CN115685592A
Application number: CN202110829421.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈建兴; 陈永一; 刘育廷
Original assignee: Innolux Display Corp
Current assignee: Innolux Corp
Priority date: 2021-07-22
Filing date: 2021-07-22
Publication date: 2023-02-03
Also published as: TWI812093B; TW202305566A

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a switching method of a wearing device, comprising the steps of: providing a wearing device, wherein the wearing device comprises a panel, a touch structure and a sensing control circuit electrically connected between the touch structure and the panel; the sensing control circuit provides voltage to the touch structure; when the object contacts the touch structure to enable the touch structure to generate voltage change, the sensing control circuit judges whether the voltage change reaches a touch standard; and when the voltage change reaches the touch standard, the sensing control circuit regulates and controls the picture of the panel.

Description

Switching method of wearing device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a control method, and more particularly, to a switching method of a wearing device.

Background

At present, a wearing device capable of manually controlling transmittance, such as sunglasses, is provided with a key for a user to manually operate, but because the user may have difficulty in confirming the position of the key when wearing the device, the key is not easy to accurately operate, and the area of the key is usually designed to be small, and the touch sensitivity is poor. Therefore, it is necessary to design a switching method of the wearing apparatus to improve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides a switching method of a wearing device, wherein the wearing device includes a panel, a touch structure and a sensing control circuit electrically connected between the touch structure and the panel. The method comprises the following steps: providing a fitting device; the sensing control circuit provides voltage to the touch structure; when the object contacts the touch structure to enable the touch structure to generate voltage change, the sensing control circuit judges whether the voltage change reaches a touch standard; and when the sensing control circuit judges that the voltage change reaches the touch standard, the sensing control circuit regulates and controls the picture of the panel.

Drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic view of a wearing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a touch structure of a wearing apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a wearable device, a panel and a sensing control circuit according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Figure 4 isbase:Sub>A partial cross-sectional view of the panel and along section linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A' of the wearing apparatus of figure 3 in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 5 isbase:Sub>A partial cross-sectional view ofbase:Sub>A panel andbase:Sub>A section linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A' of the wearing apparatus of figure 3 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a method for switching a wearing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a sensing control circuit of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a signal timing diagram of a sensing control circuit of a wearable device according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Figure 9 is a schematic view of a faceplate of a wearable device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 10 is a schematic view of a wearing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[ notation ] to show

1. Wearing device

2. Panel board

3. Picture frame

4. Spectacle frame

5. Side glass

6. Touch control structure

7. Sensing control circuit

61. Conductor

62. Nonconductor

S containing space

71. Power supply element

72. Circuit board

11. Transparent cover

12. Fixing glue

13. First control chip

14. Second control chip

15-17 routing

18. Substrate

21. Polarizing layer

22. First substrate

23. A first electrode layer

24. Light modulation layer

25. A second electrode layer

26. Second substrate

27. Second polarizing layer

28. Pixel array layer

29. Color filter layer

291. Red light filter layer

292. Blue light filter layer

293. Green light filter layer

S01 to S06

13a touch control pin

Pins

13b and 14a

14b first driving pin

14c second driving pin

During T0-T4

31. First region

32. Second region

92. Fixing part

91. Joint part

9. Cap shell

P1 first contact

P2 second contact

P3 third contact

P4 fourth contact

BM photoresist

GND ground potential

OSC oscillator

Vcc supply potential

Voltage value of V0-V3

Vin input signal

Detailed Description

The following embodiments are provided to clearly demonstrate the above and other technical matters, features and/or effects of the present disclosure when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The foregoing objects can be attained by the means of the embodiments described herein. Further, since the disclosure of the present disclosure should be readily understood and implemented by those skilled in the art, all equivalent substitutions or modifications which do not depart from the concept of the present disclosure are intended to be included in the claims.

It should be noted that in this disclosure, unless otherwise specified, "a" or "an" element is not limited to a single such element, but may refer to one or more such elements.

Moreover, ordinal numbers such as "first" or "second" in the specification and claims are used merely to describe a claimed element, and do not represent or imply any order of ordinal numbers for the claimed element, nor order between a claimed element and another claimed element or steps of a manufacturing method. The use of ordinals is merely to distinguish one request element having a particular name from another request element having the same name.

Furthermore, the terms "adjacent" and "adjacent" in the description and in the claims, for example, are used to describe adjacent to each other and do not necessarily indicate contact with each other.

In addition, when an element or layer is described as being on or connected to another element or layer, it is to be understood that the element or layer is directly on or connected to the other element or layer or that other elements or layers (not directly) may be present therebetween. In contrast, when an element or layer is referred to as being "directly on" or "directly connected to" another element or layer, it is understood that there are no intervening elements or layers present between the two. When referring to "on" or "over," including the case of direct contact, or the case where one or more other elements may be spaced apart from the two, there may be no direct contact between the two.

In the present disclosure, the length and the width can be measured by an optical microscope (optical microscope), and the thickness can be measured by a cross-sectional image in an electron microscope, but not limited thereto. In addition, there may be some error in any two values or directions for comparison. If a value is equal to another value, it implies that there may be an error of about 10% between the value and the other value; if one direction is perpendicular to the other direction, the angle between the one direction and the other direction may be between 80 degrees and 100 degrees; if one direction is parallel to the other direction, the angle between the direction and the other direction may be between 0 and 10 degrees.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. It will be understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and the present disclosure and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Furthermore, the description in this disclosure of "when", "before", or "after", etc. means "when, before, or after", etc., and is not limited to the simultaneous occurrence, which is described in advance herein. In the present disclosure, the terms "disposed on" and the like refer to a corresponding position relationship between two elements, and do not limit whether or not there is contact between the two elements, unless otherwise specified, and are described in advance herein. Furthermore, when multiple functions are recited in the disclosure, if the word "or" is used between the functions, it means that the functions may exist independently, but it does not exclude that multiple functions may exist simultaneously.

In addition, the terms "connected" or "coupled" in the description and the claims may refer to not only a direct connection but also an indirect connection or an electrical connection with another element. In addition, electrical connection includes direct connection, indirect connection or the communication of radio signals between two elements.

Moreover, in the specification and claims, the term "about", "approximately", "substantially" and "substantially" generally refers to within 10%, or within 5%, or within 3%, or within 2%, or within 1%, or within 0.5% of a given value or range. The given numbers are approximate numbers, i.e., the meaning of "about", "substantially", "approximately" can be implied without specification to "about", "approximately", "substantially". Moreover, the terms "range from a first value to a second value," and "range between a first value and a second value," mean that the range includes the first value, the second value, and other values therebetween.

It is to be understood that the following illustrative embodiments may be substituted, rearranged, mixed, etc. for features of several different embodiments without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. Features of the various embodiments may be combined and matched as desired, without departing from the spirit or ambit of the invention.

In addition, in the present disclosure, terms such as "system", "device", "module", "unit", and the like refer to an electronic component or a digital circuit, an analog circuit, or other more generalized circuits composed of a plurality of electronic components, and they do not necessarily have a hierarchical or hierarchical relationship, unless otherwise specified.

In addition, the wearing device disclosed in the present disclosure may be an electronic device, wherein the electronic device may include a display device, a sensing device, a touch electronic device (touch display), a curved electronic device (curved display), or a non-rectangular electronic device (free shape display), such as a watch, a pair of glasses, a safety helmet, and the like, but not limited thereto. The electronic device may include, for example, a liquid crystal (liquid crystal), a Light Emitting Diode (LED), a fluorescent light (fluorescence), a phosphorescent light (phosphor), other suitable materials, or a combination thereof, but is not limited thereto. The light emitting diode may include an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), a sub-millimeter light emitting diode (mini LED), a micro LED (micro LED) or a quantum dot LED (QLED, QDLED, for example), other suitable materials, or a combination thereof, but is not limited thereto. For convenience of explanation, the following description will be given with reference to the wearing apparatus as an embodiment of the head-wearing apparatus, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a wearing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, where the wearing apparatus 1 is exemplified by eyeglasses (e.g., sunglasses or smart glasses). Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a wearing apparatus, a panel and a sensing control circuit according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Figure 4 isbase:Sub>A partial cross-sectional view of the panel andbase:Sub>A cross-sectional linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A' of the fitting apparatus of figure 3 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Figure 5 isbase:Sub>A partial cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present disclosure taken along section linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A' andbase:Sub>A panel of the fitting apparatus of figure 3.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 3, fig. 4 and fig. 5, the wearing apparatus 1 may include at least a panel 2, a touch structure 6 and a sensing control circuit 7 electrically connected between the panel 2 and the touch structure 6. As shown in fig. 1, when the wearing device 1 is, for example, glasses (e.g., sunglasses or smart glasses), the wearing device 1 may include a frame 3, at least one frame 4 and/or at least one side glass 5, and at least one of the frame 3, the frame 4 and the side glass 5 includes a touch structure 6. For example, the wearing device 1 may include two panels 2 (e.g., spectacle lenses), the two panels 2 may be disposed in two openings (not labeled) of the frame 3, and the frame 4 may be connected to two sides of the frame 3, for example, but not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the side glass 5 can be selectively disposed on the frame 4, for example, but not limited thereto. When the user wears the device 1, the visual line direction of the user may be substantially the Y direction, the arrangement direction of the two panels 2 may be substantially the X direction, and the Z direction is orthogonal to the X direction and the Y direction, respectively. In some embodiments, the panel 2 may comprise, for example, a curved panel, and is not limited thereto. In addition, the panel can display a gray scale image or an image, for example, but not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 1, 3, 4 and 5, in some embodiments, the panel 2 may, for example, receive a driving signal and change or switch the display according to the voltage of the driving signal. In some embodiments, the panel 2 may include a first electrode layer 23, a second electrode layer 25 and a dimming layer 24, and the dimming layer 24 may be disposed between the first electrode layer 23 and the second electrode layer 25, for example, but not limited thereto. When different driving signals are applied to the first electrode layer 23 and the second electrode layer 25, the panel 2 can display different frames, such as gray-scale frames or image frames with different gray-scale brightness, but not limited thereto, the detailed structure of the panel 2 and the connection relationship between the panel 2 and the sensing control circuit 7 will be described later. In some embodiments, the panel 2 may include, for example, a liquid crystal panel, an inorganic light emitting diode panel, an organic light emitting diode panel, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the touch structure 6 can be contacted by an object, and the sensing control circuit 7 can be used for sensing whether touch occurs. The object may comprise a finger or other portion of the user, a stylus, or other suitable object. For example, when the object does not contact the touch structure 6 of the wearable device 1, the sensing control circuit 7 may, for example, precharge the touch structure 6. For example, the sensing control circuit 7 can provide a voltage to the touch structure 6, so that the touch structure 6 has charges thereon, and the touch structure 6 can have a potential thereon. When an object contacts the touch structure 6 to generate a voltage change in the touch structure 6, the sensing control circuit 7 can determine whether the voltage change meets a touch criterion. In detail, when an object contacts the touch structure 6, a capacitance may be generated between the object and the touch structure 6 and a coupling effect may occur, so that a part of charges on the touch structure 6 moves toward the object to generate a voltage change on the touch structure 6, and the sensing control circuit 7 may sense the voltage change on the touch structure 6, so as to provide a higher voltage (compared to when the object does not contact the touch structure 6) to the touch structure 6 to fill up the part of charges moving to the object, so that a potential may be maintained on the touch structure 6. In other words, when the sensing control circuit 7 senses the voltage variation on the touch structure 6, the sensing control circuit 7 may, for example, charge the touch structure 6 and determine whether the touch standard is met according to the charging condition. For example, the sensing control circuit 7 may obtain a voltage variation amplitude according to a voltage variation amount provided to the touch structure 6, compare the voltage variation amplitude with a touch standard, and when the sensing control circuit 7 determines that the touch standard is reached, the sensing control circuit 7 may, for example, adjust and control a frame (e.g., a grayscale frame or an image frame) of the panel 2. In some embodiments, the touch criteria can be preset in the sensing control circuit 7, but is not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 1, 3, 4 and 5, in some embodiments, at least one of the frame 3, the frame 4 and the side glass 5 may include a touch structure 6. In some embodiments, the frame 3 and the frame 4 can collectively include a touch-sensitive structure 6. In other words, the frame 3 and the frame 4 may be integrally formed, for example, but not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, when the wearing apparatus 1 includes at least two touch-sensing structures 6 located at different positions, the touch-sensing structures 6 may correspond to the same functional operation or different functional operations, for example. In some embodiments, when the touch structures 6 correspond to the same functional operation, one of the touch structures 6 can be used as a touch structure for increasing the brightness of the screen of the panel 2, and the other touch structure 6 can be used as a touch structure for decreasing the brightness of the screen of the panel 2, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, one touch structure 6 may be used as a touch structure for controlling the screen of the panel 2, and the other touch structure 6 may be used as a touch structure for controlling other electronic functions, for example, the other touch structure 6 may be used for controlling the volume of a speaker of another electronic device, starting a timing function, or other suitable functional operations, but is not limited thereto. When different touch structures 6 correspond to different functional operations, the touch standards or driving signals provided by the different touch structures 6 may be different, for example. For example, a voltage is provided to one touch structure 6 through the sensing control circuit 7, another voltage is provided to the other touch structure 6 through the sensing control circuit 7, when the object contacts the other touch structure 6 to enable the other touch structure 6 to generate a voltage change, the sensing control circuit 7 can determine whether the voltage change generated by the other touch structure 6 reaches another touch standard, and when the sensing control circuit 7 determines that the voltage generated by the other touch structure 6 reaches the other touch standard, the sensing control circuit 7 can regulate and control the wearable device to perform a functional operation.

By designing the wearable device 1 to have the touch structure 6, the user can control the screen of the panel 2 or perform other control functions by touching the touch structure 6. In the wearing apparatus 1 of the present disclosure, for example, at least one of the frame 3, the frame 4 and the side glass 5 may be designed to include the touch structure 6, so that the touch structure 6 may have a larger contact area, and the touch sensitivity may be improved. In addition, the touch structure 6 can have a larger contact area, which is more convenient than a common wearing device (requiring precise contact with the key and controlling the panel picture through the key).

In other embodiments (not shown), the wearing device 1 may include a pair of glasses and a hanging smart lens, the hanging smart lens may be mounted on the glasses, the hanging smart lens may include two lenses and a frame fixed between the two lenses, the frame may have the touch structure, and the user may control the images of the two lenses of the hanging smart lens or perform other control functions by touching the touch structure, but not limited thereto.

The structural features of the touch structure 6 are described next. Fig. 2 (a) to fig. 2 (e) are schematic diagrams of a touch structure 6 of a wearing apparatus 1 according to different embodiments of the disclosure, and please refer to fig. 1 at the same time, wherein fig. 2 (a) to fig. 2 (e) respectively describe different implementation modes of the structure of the touch structure 6.

The touch structure 6 may include, but is not limited to, a conductor 61 and/or a non-conductor 62.

Please refer to fig. 2 (a). In some embodiments, the touch structure 6 may only have the conductor 61, and the touch structure 6 may be at least a portion of the frame 3 or the frame 4, but is not limited thereto.

Please refer to fig. 2 (b). In some embodiments, the touch structure 6 may include a conductor 61 and a non-conductor 62, and the conductor 61 may be connected to the non-conductor 62, for example, but not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the thickness of conductor 61 is similar to the thickness of non-conductor 621, for example, but not limited thereto.

Please refer to fig. 2 (c). In some embodiments, the touch structure 6 may include a conductor 61 and a non-conductor 62, the non-conductor 62 may cover the conductor 61, and the non-conductor 62 may be used to protect the conductor 61, for example, to reduce damage to the conductor 61 or water and oxygen intrusion to affect the conductive characteristics thereof. In the touch structure 6 of fig. 2 (c), the thickness of the non-conductor 62 can be very thin, for example, when an object contacts the non-conductor 62, part of the charge of the conductor 61 can move to the object through the non-conductor 62, so that the sensing sensitivity is not affected, but is not limited thereto.

Please refer to fig. 2 (d). In some embodiments, the touch structure 6 may include a conductor 61 and a non-conductor 62, and the non-conductor 62 may be disposed on at least one side surface of the conductor 61, but is not limited thereto. In one embodiment, the thickness of the conductor 61 may be greater than the thickness of the nonconductor 62. As mentioned above, the non-conductor 62 may have a thinner thickness T2, and when the object contacts the non-conductor 62, part of the charge of the conductor 61 can move to the object through the non-conductor 62, so that the sensing sensitivity is not affected, but is not limited thereto.

Please refer to fig. 2 (e). In some embodiments, the touch structure 6 may include a conductor 61 and a non-conductor 62, and the conductor 61 may be disposed on at least one surface of the non-conductor 62. In one embodiment, the thickness of the conductor 61 may be less than the thickness of the nonconductor 62.

In some embodiments, the thickness of the non-conductor 62 may be between 3 and 10 millimeters (3 millimeters thickness 10 millimeters) or between 3 and 6 millimeters (3 millimeters thickness 6 millimeters), but is not limited thereto.

It should be noted that the conductor 61 in the touch structure 6 of fig. 2 (a) to 2 (e) may include, for example, a metal material, an alloy, a transparent conductive material, or a combination thereof, but is not limited thereto. The metal material includes, for example, silver (Ag), aluminum (A1), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), molybdenum (Mo), titanium (Ti), stainless steel, other suitable materials, or combinations thereof. The transparent conductive material may include Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), indium Zinc Oxide (IZO), other suitable materials, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the nonconductor 62 may comprise acrylic, plastic, glass, ceramic, or other suitable materials or combinations thereof, but is not limited thereto.

When the conductor 61 in the touch structure 6 is made of a transparent conductive material, the touch structure 6 can be, for example, but not limited to, a side glass, the frame 3, or at least a portion of the frame 4. When the conductor 61 in the touch structure 6 is made of a metal material, the touch structure 6 can be, for example, at least a portion of the frame 3 or the frame 4, but is not limited thereto.

The configuration of the wearing device 1, the panel 2 and the sensing control circuit 7 will be described. As shown in fig. 3, when the wearing device 1 is a pair of glasses, the wearing device 1 may include, but is not limited to, a frame 3, two panels 2 and two frames 4. In an embodiment, the frame 3 or the frame 4 may include a receiving space S for receiving the sensing control circuit 7, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the sensing control circuit 7 may be disposed in the accommodating space S of the lens frame 3, for example, but is not limited thereto. In fact, as long as the sensing control circuit 7 can be electrically connected to the panel 2 and the touch structure 6 respectively, the sensing control circuit 7 can be disposed at other positions on the wearing device 1 according to requirements.

As shown in fig. 4, in some embodiments, the sensing control circuit 7 may include a power supply element 71 and a circuit board 72, and the power supply element 71 may be electrically connected to the circuit board 72, for example, to supply power to the circuit board 72. In some embodiments, the power supply element 71 may include a solar cell (solar cell), and the power supply element 71 may receive incident light and convert the received light energy of the incident light into electric energy to supply power to the circuit board 72, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the power supply element 71 may include a battery, which is not limited to a rechargeable battery or a disposable battery. In some embodiments, the wearing apparatus 1 may optionally be provided with a power switch (not shown), and the power supply element 71 may be electrically connected to the power switch, so that when the power switch is turned on, the power supply element 71 may supply power to the circuit board 72, whereas when the power switch is turned off, the power supply element 71 may stop supplying power to the circuit board 72, but is not limited thereto. Through the design of the power switch, the touch sensing function can be turned on or turned off according to the requirements of a user. In addition, in an embodiment, the circuit board 72 may include a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), a flexible circuit board (FPCB), or other suitable circuit boards, but is not limited thereto.

Next, the details of the sensing control circuit 7 and the panel 2 are described, please refer to fig. 1 to 4. As described above, fig. 4 isbase:Sub>A sectional view taken along the linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A' and the panel of the wearing device 1 of fig. 3, for example. For clarity of description, fig. 4 is an example in which a portion of the frame 4 is omitted and the touch structure 6 is provided on the frame 3, but this does not represent the exclusion of the frame 4 in the present disclosure, and does not represent that the touch structure 6 can be provided only on the frame 3.

As shown in fig. 4, in an embodiment, the sensing control circuit 7 may include a first control chip 13 and a second control chip 14, the circuit board 72, and a plurality of traces 15 to 17, but is not limited thereto. In one embodiment, the power supply element 71 may be, for example, adjacent to a first surface (not labeled) of the circuit board 72 and electrically connected to the circuit board 72, and the first control chip 13 and the second control chip 14 may be, for example, adjacent to a second surface (not labeled) of the circuit board 72 and electrically connected to the circuit board 72, where the second surface is electrically connected to the first surface. In other words, the circuit board 72 may be disposed between the power supply element 71 and the first control chip 13 (or the second control chip 14), for example. In some embodiments, the circuit board 72 may be electrically connected to the ground potential GND through a trace, for example, and to the power supply potential Vcc through another trace, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the power supply element 71 and the circuit board 72 may be fixed to each other, for example, by the fixing glue 12, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the power supply element 71 and the circuit board 72 may be disposed, for example, between the transparent cover 11 and the substrate 18, and the substrate 18 is, for example, closer to the user's eye than the transparent cover 11. The transparent cover 11 can protect the power supply element 71 and the circuit board 72. The internal components of the sensing control circuit 7 are only examples, and the number of the components can be increased or decreased, or the number of the components can be adjusted, or the connection or arrangement of the components can be adjusted according to the requirement.

In some embodiments, the material of the transparent cover 11 may include, but is not limited to, glass, acryl, other suitable materials, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the material of the fixing glue 12 may include various adhesive materials suitable for circuit board bonding, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the material of the substrate 18 may include, but is not limited to, plastic, glass, acrylic, other suitable materials, or a combination thereof.

Next, a cross-sectional structure of the panel 2 is described, and the panel 2 of fig. 4 can be used for displaying a gray-scale image. As shown in fig. 4, each panel 2 may, for example, include, but is not limited to, a first polarizing layer 21, a first substrate 22, a first electrode layer 23, a dimming layer 24, a second electrode layer 25, a second substrate 26, and a second polarizing layer 27. In some embodiments, the dimming layer 24 may be disposed, for example, between the first electrode layer 23 and the second electrode layer 25. In some embodiments, the first and second polarizing layers 21 and 27 may be disposed on surfaces of the first and

second substrates

22 and 26, respectively, far from the light modulation layer 24, but are not limited thereto. In other embodiments (not shown), the first and second polarizing layers 21 and 27 may be disposed on the surfaces of the first and

second substrates

22 and 26 adjacent to the dimming layer 24, respectively. In other words, the first polarizing layer 21 may be disposed between the first substrate 22 and the first electrode layer 23, and the second polarizing layer 27 may be disposed between the second substrate 26 and the second electrode layer 25. It should be noted that the structure of the panel 2 is only an example, and can be modulated according to the requirement. In some embodiments, the first substrate 22 and/or the second substrate 26 may include a transparent substrate, which may include glass, quartz, sapphire, polyimide (PI), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), other suitable materials, or combinations thereof, and may be a flexible or rigid substrate, but not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the material of the light adjusting layer 24 may be, for example, a liquid crystal, but is not limited thereto. The material of the light modulation layer 24 includes, for example, but not limited to, a guest host type liquid crystal (GHLC), a dye liquid crystal, a twisted nematic liquid crystal (TN LC), a super twisted nematic liquid crystal (STN LC), a Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC), a cholesteric liquid crystal (chlc), a polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal structure (PSCT netlc), an electrochromic material (electrochromic material), or a polymer mesh liquid crystal (PNLC). In some embodiments, the first electrode layer 23 and/or the second electrode layer 25 may include a transparent conductive electrode or a metal material, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the first electrode layer 23 of the panel 2 can be electrically connected to the second controller chip 14 through the trace 17, and the second electrode layer 25 of the panel 2 can be electrically connected to the second controller chip 14 through the trace 16, but not limited thereto. In an embodiment, the driving signal may include a first driving signal and a second driving signal, the second control chip 14 transmits the second driving signal to the first electrode layer 23 and transmits the first driving signal to the second electrode layer 25, a voltage difference may be provided between the first driving signal and the second driving signal, and the type of the light adjusting layer 24 may be changed by the voltage difference to adjust the gray-scale brightness of the image to obtain different gray-scale images.

Fig. 5 isbase:Sub>A partial sectional view ofbase:Sub>A panel andbase:Sub>A sectional linebase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A' of the wearing apparatus 1 of fig. 3 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, and please refer to fig. 1 to 5. For clarity of description, fig. 5 omits a portion of the frame 4, and illustrates an example in which the touch structure 6 is provided in the frame 3, but this does not represent the exclusion of the frame 4 in the present disclosure, nor does it represent that the touch structure 6 can be provided only in the frame 3. The sensing control circuit 7 in fig. 5 can be applied to the description of fig. 4, and thus, is not described in detail.

The panel 2 of FIG. 5 can be used to display image frames, which can include single-color image frames or color image frames. As shown in fig. 5, each panel 2 may include a first polarizing layer 21, a first substrate 22, a pixel array layer 28, a dimming layer 24, a color filter layer 29, a second substrate 26, and a second polarizing layer 27. The first polarizing layer 21, the first substrate 22, the light adjusting layer 24, the second substrate 26, and the second polarizing layer 27 can be applied to the description of fig. 4, and thus, detailed description thereof is omitted. In an embodiment, the pixel array layer 28 may be disposed between the first substrate 22 and the light modulation layer 24, the color filter layer 29 may be disposed between the second substrate 26 and the light modulation layer 24, and the second electrode layer 25 may be disposed between the color filter layer 29 and the light modulation layer 24, for example, but not limited thereto. In an embodiment, the color filter layer 29 may include a plurality of filter layers (e.g., the red filter layer 291, the blue filter layer 292, and the green filter layer 293) and the photoresist BM, and the plurality of filter layers (e.g., the red filter layer 291, the blue filter layer 292, and the green filter layer 293) may be disposed in openings (not labeled) of the photoresist BM, respectively, for example, but not limited thereto. As shown in fig. 5, each panel 2 may include a plurality of sub-pixels, the range of the sub-pixels may be defined by the opening of the photoresist BM, for example, and the different sub-pixels may correspond to the red light filter layer 291, the blue light filter layer 292, and the green light filter layer 293, for example, but not limited thereto. In one embodiment, the panel 2 may optionally not include the color filter layer 29.

In addition, in one embodiment, the pixel array layer 28 may include a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) and a pixel electrode (not shown). In an embodiment, the second control chip 14 can transmit a driving signal to the pixel array layer 28, for example, but not limited thereto, through the trace 17. In an embodiment, the second control chip 14 can transmit a driving signal to the second electrode layer 25, for example, through the trace 16, but is not limited thereto. Therefore, the frames (e.g., video frames) of the panel 2 can be adjusted (e.g., different video frames are displayed). It should be noted that the above-mentioned structure of the panel 20 is only an example, the mode of the panel 2 can selectively adopt an in-plane switching (IPS) mode or a Fringe Field Switching (FFS) mode, a Twisted Nematic (TN) mode or a Vertical Alignment (VA) mode, and the connection manner of the traces 16 and/or the traces 17 can be adjusted according to the mode of the panel 2.

Next, a flow chart of steps of a switching method of the wearing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described, and please refer to fig. 1 to fig. 5. As shown in fig. 6, first, step S01 is executed, and when an object contacts the touch structure 6, a voltage change is generated on the touch structure 6. Then, step S02 is executed, and the first control chip 13 of the sensing control circuit 7 can determine whether the touch standard is met according to the voltage variation on the touch structure 6. When the first control chip 13 of the sensing control circuit 7 determines that the voltage variation on the touch structure 6 reaches the touch standard, step S03 is executed, and the second control chip 14 of the sensing control circuit 7 can adjust the frame of the panel 2 (e.g., adjust the frame into the first frame). When the first control chip 13 of the sensing control circuit 7 determines that the voltage variation on the touch structure 6 does not reach the touch standard, the panel 2, for example, maintains the initial frame, and performs step S01 again. After step S03, step S04 may be executed, and when the object contacts the touch structure 6 again, the touch structure 6 may generate a voltage change. Then, step S05 is executed, and the first control chip 13 of the sensing control circuit 7 can determine whether the touch standard is met according to the voltage variation on the touch structure 6. After the first control chip 13 of the sensing control circuit 7 determines that the voltage variation on the touch structure 6 meets the touch standard, step S06 can be executed, and the second control chip 14 of the sensing control circuit 7 can, for example, control the image of the panel 2 again (e.g., control the image into a second image). In addition, in step S05, when the first control chip 13 of the sensing control circuit 7 determines that the voltage variation on the touch structure 6 does not reach the touch standard, the panel 2 maintains the first frame, for example, and step S04 is executed again. In some embodiments, in steps S02 and S03 (or steps S05 and S06), the first control chip 13 of the sensing control circuit 7 can determine whether the touch sensing standard is met according to the charging status by charging the touch sensing structure 6, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, in step S03 or step S06, the manner in which the second control chip 14 of the sensing control circuit 7 can adjust the frame of the panel 2 includes the following sub-steps: the first control chip 13 can modulate the reference signal, and the first control chip 13 can output the reference signal to the second control chip 14; and when the reference signal is outputted to the second control chip 14, the second control chip 14 can generate different driving signals to the panel 2 according to the reference signal, but is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, other sub-steps may be added to the above sub-steps as desired.

It should be noted that fig. 6 only illustrates the frames for controlling the first frame and the second frame, but the method of the present disclosure can control the frames into more frames (for example, the third frame to the nth frame) in sequence, and so on with reference to fig. 6.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a sensing control circuit 7 of the wearable device 1 according to an embodiment of the disclosure, and please refer to fig. 1 to fig. 6 simultaneously. Fig. 7 illustrates an example of the touch structure 6 controlling the display of one panel 2, and another panel 2 may be controlled by a similar method. As shown in fig. 7, the power supply element 71 is electrically connected to the circuit board 72, for example, and provides power (e.g., an input signal Vin) to the first control chip 13 and/or the second control chip 14. In some embodiments, the first control chip 13 and the second control chip 14 may be electrically connected, for example, through the circuit board 72. The touch pad 13a of the first control chip 13 can be electrically connected to the touch structure 6 through the trace 15, so as to detect the voltage variation of the touch structure 6, but not limited thereto. One of the pins 13b of the first control chip 13 may be electrically connected to one of the pins 14a of the second control chip 14, for example, so as to transmit the reference signal to the second control chip 14, but is not limited thereto. At least one driving pin 14b of the second control chip 14 can be electrically connected to the panel 2, for example, the first driving pin 14b and the second driving pin 14c can transmit the first driving signal and the second driving signal to the panel 2 through the trace 16 and the trace 17, respectively. In some embodiments, an Oscillator (OSC) can be selectively electrically connected between the second control chip 14 and the panel 2, for example, but not limited to, generating an analog signal having a periodicity.

As shown in fig. 4, 5 and 7, in detail, the first control chip 13 can provide a voltage to the touch structure 6 through the trace 15 or other traces, so that the touch structure 6 is distributed with charges, and determine whether the touch standard is met according to the change of the charges on the touch structure 6 as the basis of the voltage change. As described above, when the first control chip 13 senses that the voltage variation on the touch structure 6 reaches the touch standard, the first control chip 13 may output a reference signal to the second control chip 14, for example, the second control chip 14 may adjust the driving signal output to the panel 2 according to the reference signal, and the voltage value of the driving signal may be adjusted according to the voltage value of the reference signal, for example, but is not limited thereto. In an embodiment, the first control chip 13 can modulate different reference signals according to the number of touches, as will be described in fig. 8.

In some embodiments (not shown), when the wearing apparatus 1 includes a plurality of touch structures 6, the first control chip 13 may include a plurality of touch pins, and the plurality of touch pins may be electrically connected to one of the touch structures 6, for example, but not limited thereto, so that the first control chip 13 may sense a voltage change of the touch structure 6 of the plurality of touch structures 6, respectively. In some embodiments, when the wearable device 1 includes a plurality of touch structures 6, the sensing control circuit 7 may optionally include one or more first control chips 13. For example, when the wearing apparatus 1 includes a plurality of touch structures 6 and a plurality of first control chips 13, the plurality of first control chips 13 may be electrically connected to the plurality of touch structures 6, respectively, for sensing voltage changes of different touch structures 6, but the invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments, the first driving pin 14b and the second driving pin 14c of the second control chip 14 may be electrically connected to the second electrode layer 25 and the first electrode layer 23 of the panel 2 through the trace 16 and the trace 17, respectively, and the second control chip 14 may output a driving signal to the second electrode layer 25 and the first electrode layer 23 of the panel 2 through the trace 16 and the trace 17, respectively, for example, so as to modulate a voltage value of the driving signal to regulate and control a picture of the panel 2, but not limited thereto. In some embodiments, when the wearing apparatus 1 includes a plurality of touch structures 6 corresponding to different functional operations, the second control chip 14 may have more driving pins, for example, to output different driving signals to targets performing the functional operations, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, when the wearing apparatus 1 includes a plurality of touch structures 6 corresponding to different functional operations, the sensing control circuit 7 may include a plurality of second control chips 14, and the plurality of second control chips 14 may be respectively responsible for providing driving signals of different functional operations, for example, but not limited thereto.

It should be noted that the traces (e.g., the traces 16 and 17) electrically connected between the sensing control circuit 7 and the panel 2 must be electrically insulated from the touch structure 6. For example, the periphery of the traces (traces 16 and traces 17) electrically connected between the sensing control circuit 7 and the panel 2 may be covered with an insulating material, such as an enameled wire, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, when the wearing apparatus 1 includes a plurality of touch structures 6 corresponding to different functional operations, the trace electrically connected between the sensing control circuit 7 and one of the touch structures 6 must be electrically insulated from the other touch structures 6, and the periphery of the trace may be covered with an insulating material, such as an enameled wire, for example, but not limited thereto.

Fig. 8 is a timing chart of driving signals of the second control chip 14 of the sensing control circuit 7 of the wearing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the disclosure, which is an example of a situation where the second control chip 14 outputs a driving signal (or one of the first driving signal or the second driving signal) to the panel 2 for image adjustment and control, and please refer to fig. 1 to 7 at the same time. In the wearing device 1 of the present disclosure, when the object contacts the touch structure 6 for multiple times, the panel 2 can be controlled by the sensing control circuit 9 to sequentially display different images. For example, as shown in fig. 8, during the power-on period (e.g., period T0) of the wearable device 1, the driving signal outputted by the second control chip 14 has an initial voltage value V0, and the panel 2 can display an initial frame at this time. When the object touches the touch structure 6 for the first time (P1 in the figure) and the touch meets the touch standard, the second control chip 14 may modulate the driving signal output to the panel 2, where the driving signal has a voltage value V1 (the voltage value V1 is greater than the voltage value V0, for example), so as to adjust the frame of the panel 2, for example, increase the voltage value of the driving signal to darken the frame (refer to the frame displayed in the period T1). When the object touches the touch structure 6 for the second time (P2 in the figure) and the touch meets the touch standard, the second control chip 14 can modulate the driving signal output to the panel 2 again, where the driving signal has a voltage value V2 (the voltage value V2 is greater than the voltage value V1, for example), so as to adjust the frame of the panel 2 again, for example, increase the voltage value of the driving signal again to make the frame darker (refer to the frame displayed in the period T2). When the object touches the touch structure 6 for the third time (P3 in the figure) and the touch meets the touch standard, the second control chip 14 can modulate the driving signal output to the panel 2 again, where the driving signal has a voltage value V3 (the voltage value V3 is greater than the voltage value V2, for example), so as to regulate the frame of the panel 2 again, for example, increase the voltage value of the driving signal again to make the frame darker (refer to the frame displayed in the period T3). When the object contacts the touch structure 6 for the fourth time and the sub-contact meets the touch standard (as P4 in the figure), the second control chip 14 can modulate the driving signal output to the panel 2 again, where the driving signal has a voltage value V0 to regulate the frame of the panel 2 again, for example, reduce the voltage value of the driving signal to return the frame to the initial frame, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, when the image displayed on the panel 2 is a gray-scale image, in some embodiments, when the object sequentially makes a first contact (such as P1), a second contact (such as P2), and a third contact (such as P3) to the touch structure 6, the panel 2 can be controlled by the sensing control circuit 7 to sequentially display a first image, a second image, and a third image, wherein the gray-scale brightness of the first image may be, for example, lower than that of the second image, and the gray-scale brightness of the second image may be, for example, lower than that of the third image, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, when the object makes a fourth contact (e.g., P4) with the touch structure 6, the panel 2 may be controlled by the sensing control circuit 7 to display a fourth image, the gray-scale brightness of the fourth image may be lower than the gray-scale brightness of the first image, the second image, and the third image, for example, and the fourth image may be equal to the initial image (e.g., the gray-scale brightness when the power is turned on, or the gray-scale brightness automatically adjusted according to the ambient light), but is not limited thereto.

It should be noted that the frame adjusting method corresponding to the object touch frequency in fig. 8 is only an example, and the disclosure is not limited thereto, for example, although the foregoing example is an example of returning the frame to the initial frame by the fourth touch, the touch frequency is not limited to four times actually. It should be noted that fig. 8 is only an example of a timing diagram of the driving signals, and the voltage values of the driving signals modulated when the touch structures are touched at different times are not limited to the method shown in fig. 8, for example, the voltage values of the driving signals modulated when the touch structures are touched at different times may be modulated by a high, a low, a high and a low rule, or by an irregular voltage value. It should be noted that the voltage values on the vertical axis in fig. 8 are only examples, and can be modulated according to the requirements of the actual panel 2.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of a panel 2 of a wearing apparatus 1 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, and please refer to fig. 1 to 8 simultaneously. As shown in fig. 9, the panel 2 may include a first area 31 and a second area 32, for example, and the first area 31 and the second area 32 may be used to display different frames (for example, frames with different gray-scale brightness or different image frames). In some embodiments, the first area 31 and the second area 32 may adopt different control methods, for example, the first area 31 may be controlled by the switching method of the wearable device 1 in the foregoing embodiments, and the second area 32 may be configured to continuously display the same frame (for example, display the same gray-scale brightness or the same image frame), but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the stacking architecture of the first region 31 and the second region 32 may be the same or different. For example, the structures of the first area 31 and the second area 32 can adopt the structure of the foregoing embodiment (for example, fig. 4 or fig. 5), but the driving signal input to the first area 31 can be different from the driving signal input to the second area 32, for example, the driving signal input to the first area 31 is modulated according to the reference signal, and the driving signal input to the second area 32 can maintain a constant value, so that the second area 32 displays a constant image (for example, maintains the same gray-scale brightness), but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the second area 32 can be controlled by the switching method of the wearing device 1 in the foregoing embodiments, and the first area 31 can be configured to continuously display the same frame (for example, a frame displaying the same gray-scale brightness or a frame displaying the same image), but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the position of the second area 32 of the panel 2 may substantially correspond to the position of the eyes of the user when the user wears the wearable device 1, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the second region 32 may be various shapes, such as, but not limited to, rectangular, square, circular, triangular, diamond, trapezoidal, polygonal, and the like. In some embodiments, the panel 2 may include more regions (greater than 2) and each region may be controlled by a different driving signal, but is not limited thereto.

The wearing device 1 of the present disclosure may also have another implementation aspect, such as but not limited to smart glasses. Fig. 10 is a schematic view of a wearing apparatus 1 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, and please refer to fig. 1 to fig. 9 simultaneously.

As shown in fig. 10, the wearing device 1 may be a head-wearing device, such as but not limited to a safety helmet. The wearing device 1 of the present embodiment may be, for example, a safety helmet, the wearing device 1 may include a helmet shell 9, a fixing portion 92, a panel 2 (which may be used as goggles), and a combining portion 91, the panel 2 may be, for example, mounted on one end of the fixing portion 92, and the panel 2 may have, for example, two protrusions 2-P respectively fixed on the helmet shell 9 through the combining portion 91. In some embodiments, the panel 2 may rotate relative to the cap housing 9 through the joint 91, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the wearing apparatus 1 may include the touch structure 6 and the sensing control circuit 7, the sensing control circuit 7 may include the power supply element 71 and the circuit board 72, wherein the bonding portion 91 may include the touch structure 6, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments (not shown in fig. 10), the power supply element 71 may be disposed on the circuit board 72 and electrically connected to the circuit board 72. In some embodiments, the power supply element 71 may be disposed on a different element, for example, separately from the circuit board 72, and the two elements may be electrically connected to each other through a trace (not shown in fig. 10). For example, as shown in fig. 10, when the power supply element 71 is a solar cell, the power supply element 71 may be, for example, included in the fixing portion 92, the circuit board 72 (shown by a dotted line) may be disposed in the cap housing 9, and the power supply element 71 and the circuit board 72 may be, for example, electrically connected through a trace (not shown in fig. 10), but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, when the power supply element 71 is a solar cell, the power supply element 71 can be disposed at any position on the housing 9 where the ambient light can be received, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments (not shown in fig. 10), when the power supply element 71 is a battery, the power supply element 71 may be disposed on the circuit board 72, for example, and both may be disposed in the cap housing 9, for example, but not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the bonding portion 91 may include the touch structure 6, and the touch structure 6 may be electrically connected to the circuit board 72, for example, by traces (not shown in fig. 10). In some embodiments, the circuit board 72 may be disposed adjacent to the touch structure 6, for example, so as to shorten the length of the trace (not shown in fig. 10) connected therebetween, but is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the touch structure 6 may be disposed at other positions on the housing 9, which is not limited in the disclosure.

The structure of the above elements can be adapted to the description of the foregoing embodiments, and therefore, will not be described in detail. The switching method of the wearing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment can be applied to the switching method of the previous embodiment, and the operation process thereof will not be described in detail. It should be noted that the touch structure 6, the sensing control circuit 7 and/or the panel of the wearing device 1 of the present disclosure may be selectively connected in a wireless manner (e.g., wireless communication).

Therefore, the present disclosure provides a switching method of a wearable device, which can provide a larger touch area and increase the touch sensitivity. Or, the user can easily touch the touch structure, so the convenience in use can be improved by the touch control structure.

Features of the embodiments of the disclosure may be combined and matched as desired without departing from the spirit or ambit of the invention. The above embodiments are merely examples for convenience of description, and the scope of the claims of the present disclosure should not be limited to the above embodiments but should be defined by the claims. So far, the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The above-mentioned embodiments are intended to illustrate the objects, aspects and advantages of the present disclosure in further detail, and it should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are only illustrative of the present disclosure and are not intended to limit the present disclosure, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included in the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A method for switching wearing devices, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

providing a wearing device, wherein the wearing device comprises a panel, a touch structure and a sensing control circuit electrically connected between the touch structure and the panel;

the sensing control circuit provides a voltage to the touch structure;

when an object contacts the touch structure to enable the touch structure to generate a voltage change, the sensing control circuit judges whether the voltage change reaches a touch standard or not; and

when the sensing control circuit judges that the voltage change reaches the touch standard, the sensing control circuit regulates and controls the picture of the panel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the frame comprises a grayscale frame or an image frame.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the object contacts the touch structure multiple times, the panel displays different images under the control of the sensing control circuit.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the different frames are different grayscale frames.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein when the object sequentially makes a first contact, a second contact and a third contact with the touch structure, the panel sequentially displays a first frame, a second frame and a third frame under the control of the sensing control circuit, wherein a gray-scale brightness of the first frame is lower than a gray-scale brightness of the second frame, and the gray-scale brightness of the second frame is lower than a gray-scale brightness of the third frame.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein when the object contacts the touch structure and the touch structure generates the voltage variation, the sensing control circuit charges the touch structure and determines whether the touch standard is met according to the charging condition.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the wearing device is a pair of glasses, the wearing device further comprises a frame, a frame or a side glass, wherein at least one of the frame, the frame and the side glass comprises the touch structure.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensing control circuit comprises a first control chip and a second control chip, and when the sensing control circuit determines whether the touch criteria is met according to the voltage variation, the first control chip outputs a reference signal to the second control chip, and the second control chip generates different driving signals to the panel according to the reference signal.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the wearing apparatus further comprises another touch structure, and the method further comprises:

providing another voltage to the another touch structure via the sensing control circuit;

when an object contacts the other touch structure to enable the other touch structure to generate a voltage change, the sensing control circuit judges whether the voltage change generated by the other touch structure reaches another touch standard; and

when the sensing control circuit judges that the other touch standard is reached, the sensing control circuit regulates and controls the wearing device to execute a functional operation.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the panel comprises a first area and a second area, and the first area and the second area display different images.