CN1317781A - Key cap for multifunctional touch-controlled display - Google Patents
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An electronic device is constituted of a touch sensitive display and a cover fitted to an electronic device which can use permanent installed style, articulated style or un-permanent installed style, said cover includes at least one key cap integrated to the it, when the key cap is depressed, the key cap activates one area on the touch sensitive display. When the cover is connected with said device, said cover can make one of the areas of the touch sensitive display be visible.
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The present invention relates to the electronic console field, particularly relate to the keycap that is used to activate the multifunctional touch-controlled display function.
At present, multifunctional touch-controlled display has been the usual parts in the modern electronic equipment, and they can be widely used in the plurality of devices, computing machine for example, photoprinter, personal digital assistant (PDA) and game machine.But for the certain user, multifunctional touch-controlled display is unsatisfactory.The execution of having programmed of this display determines that the viewing area of function is sometimes too little, and it is inconvenient that the user who makes the bigger user of hand, suffers from arthritis or weak-eyed user or have other physical function obstacles feels in use.Because the baneful influence of environment will reduce the visual or stable of this display apparatus as noise, vibration, dirt or moisture.
Some equipment that has touch-sensitive display comprises a kind of stylus or other mechanisms that activates demonstration, is difficult yet the people with physical function obstacle use stylus.In many cases, keyboard controller can solve some problems, and this equipment comprises a touch-sensitive display, and the control of different structure mode is provided for the user.In some equipment, can provide convenience for the user selects to use touch-sensitive display or keycap.
This opertaing device of present people's needs has the configuration with people close friend, thereby can be used by people widely.This equipment must have economic manufacturing cost, and can select configuration by the user, and a minimized movable part will help to improve the reliability and the manufacturability of equipment, and belt switch can not allow to use under the condition of poor stability.In addition, also require this touch-sensitive display to allow the user selectively on display, to use keycap to replace the operation of finger tip or stylus.
An electronic equipment is made of a touch-sensitive display, the lid that appends on this equipment can adopt permanently-installed, hinged or impermanent installing type, in described lid, has a keycap that constitutes as follows at least, promptly when pushing, keycap contacts the zone that will show.Described lid and keycap can mold pressing be made independent parts, material therefor such as plastics, rubber or other materials.Lid and keycap can adopt and be similar to the used manufacture method of barrier film keyboard and make in addition, but the switch below the barrier film replaces with the keycap of mold pressing, flexible barrier film is connected to described lid with described keycap, keycap can be surrounded fully, makes lid and keycap not be subjected to the influence of dirt and moisture.If the equipment after the mounting cover can be isolated dirt and moisture, the equipment of then making can use in moist, unholiness or other unsafe environmental baselines.
Embodiment below in conjunction with the explanation principle of the invention shown in the drawings is described in detail the present invention, by these explanations, will make other schemes of the present invention and advantage easy to understand more.
Fig. 1 comprises the view of equipment that a touch-sensitive display and have the movable lid of flexible keycap.
Fig. 2 is the sectional drawing of equipment shown in Figure 1.
One embodiment of the present of invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawing 1, and equipment 100 comprises a touch-sensitive display 102, and this touch-sensitive display has a lid 104 hinged or mobilizable installation, and described lid 104 has the flexible keycap 106 that a mold pressing is made.This equipment can be a computing machine, personal digital assistant (PDA), and controller or any other comprise the equipment of touch-sensitive display.Keycap 106 is one and lid 104 integrally formed parts, can be plastics, and rubber or other suitable materials are made.Lid 104 can be installed on the equipment 100, and mounting means is hinged or impermanency connects.As operculum 104 is to connect with impermanency, can at any time adopt the lid of other keycaps that are included in other positions or the mark that is used on the keycap replaces, thereby changes the outward appearance or the function of this equipment.Lid 104 local or all can make with transparent material, purpose is when covering 104 in use, making partly or entirely can being seen by the user of screen 102.In addition, lid 104 can constitute like this, and it does not cover whole screen 102, when covering 104 in use, makes partly or entirely can being seen by the user of screen 102.
Fig. 2 is the sectional view of equipment 100 as shown in Figure 1.Among the figure, do not show hinged or other attachment devices, the lid 104 shown in the figure is in off-position.A user's finger 208 is depressed keycap 106, and it is at point 202 places contact touch-sensitive display 102.Another keycap 200 appends to by a flexible partition 204 and covers on 104, and the end 206 of keycap can be in contact with one another with touch-sensitive display 102 in its normal position.Flexible partition 204 can form a barrier fully around keycap 200, and its effect is can stop dirt and moisture as the diaphragm type keyboard.In this case, can design make cover 104 partly or entirely be that non-transparent material is made, thereby when covering 104 in use, make partly or entirely can being seen of screen 102 by the user.So can allow equipment 100 to use in unclean, moist, moistening or other environment, and in this rugged surroundings, will shorten the serviceable life of standard switch or keyboard.The design of this equipment 100 makes the part of each key contacts touch-sensitive display 102, and each part of touch-sensitive display 102 is programmed control and realizes different functions.In certain embodiments, use to realize that equipment 100 can reconfigure between different functional periods, and covering 104 and can change into new configuration and be complementary.The additional installation of the impermanency of lid 104 can be passed through clip, suspension hook and fake fixture, groove, magnet, non magnetic tackifier or other equivalent methods of attachment and realize.
The possible purposes of another of over cap is can limited subscriber to activate the specific region of touch-sensitive display 102.If cover lock is fixed in place, the user then can only visit those functions that activate this equipment by described lid, and the lid of this locking can remove or changes by keeper or user, so that can visit all functions of this equipment.
Equipment with touch-sensitive display often need be carried out the function of high level by one on excitation display device zone, utilize a keycap lid, these functions can utilize hardware button to realize, these buttons can be easy to see and be convenient to user's observation visit.
The said equipment can be computing machine, controller, personal digital assistant (PDA), game machine or other electronic equipments.The control configuration that the functional requirement of this kind equipment is different in this case, can be installed to the lid impermanency on this equipment, therefore can be simply by changing the configuration that lid changes described keycap.In addition, can also change the color or the label of keycap simply, similarly, this can realize by changing lid.
The front explains by the description of this invention and illustrates the present invention that above-mentioned explanation is not to limit the invention in the aforesaid concrete scheme, under aforesaid instruction, can realize other improvement and remodeling.Embodiment chosen and illustrative purposes are in order to explain principle of the present invention and concrete application thereof better, therefore to help to utilize the present invention to make various embodiment and various remodeling according to concrete application requirements better the general personnel of this technical field.The appended claim of this paper has comprised other embodiments of the invention except that prior art has limited.
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1. an electronic equipment (100) comprising:
Touch-sensitive display (102); With
Be installed to the lid (104) on the described equipment, comprise at least one and the integrally formed keycap of described lid (104) (106); When described keycap (106) when being depressed, wherein each keycap (106) activates certain zone on the described touch-sensitive display (102).
2. according to the electronic equipment (100) of claim 1, wherein:
When described lid (104) was connected on the described equipment (100), described lid (104) can be seen a zone of described touch-sensitive display (102).
3. according to the electronic equipment (100) of claim 2, wherein:
Described lid (104) right and wrong permanently are installed on the described equipment (100).
4. according to the electronic equipment (100) of claim 2, wherein:
Described lid (104) is to be hingedly installed on the described equipment (100).
5. according to the electronic equipment (100) of claim 2, wherein:
Keycap (106) is integrally formed with described lid (104), therefore make described keycap by a flexible partition (204) fully around.
6. according to the electronic equipment (100) of claim 2, wherein:
Described zone is programmable.
7. according to the electronic equipment (100) of claim 2, wherein:
Described lid (104) forms a barrier after installation, be used to prevent that dust and aqueous vapor from falling described display (102); With
Wherein said lid (104) comprises a transparent region, and by this zone, the part of described display (102) can be seen.
8. according to the electronic equipment (100) of claim 2, wherein:
Described lid (104) is installed on the described equipment (100), and described equipment (100) can either be used by described keycap (106), also can activate described display (102) by finger tip or pen.
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