Summary of the invention
Technical matters to be solved by this invention is, changes existing cell phone keyboard input mode, thereby can reduce the volume of existing mobile phone.
Technical scheme of the present invention is, a kind of mobile phone character entry apparatus is provided, it comprises character selected cell, character processing unit, the display unit that connects successively, described character selected cell comprises roller devices, pulse generation unit and the pulse processing unit that connects successively, described pulse generation unit is converted into signal pulse with the mechanical motion of roller devices, and sends to the character processing unit through pulse processing unit processes formation character input signal.
In the above-mentioned mobile phone character entry apparatus, described pulse generation unit is raster pattern or switching regulator generating means.
In the above-mentioned mobile phone character entry apparatus, described roller devices comprises roller and microswitch, and described microswitch triggers by roller, and perhaps described microswitch is independent of roller.
In the above-mentioned mobile phone character entry apparatus, described pulse processing unit comprises counter.
The present invention also provides a kind of mobile phone characters input method, may further comprise the steps: a pulse generation unit is provided, (a) by a pulse generation unit, the mechanical motion of roller devices is converted to two-way turn signal pulse at least; (b) by a microswitch, generate one road confirmation signal pulse; (c), be that signal selected in character with described turn signal pulse of two-way at least and one road confirmation signal pulses switch, and select signal to be sent to the character processing unit described character by a pulse processing unit; (d) character processing unit and display unit are handled and are shown selected character.
In the above-mentioned mobile phone characters input method, describedly signal pulse is converted to character selects signals step also to comprise: pulse processing unit is judged the rotation direction of roller according to the phase differential of two-way turn signal pulse at least; If the roller order is rotated, then pulse processing unit will be imported key assignments and add 1; If the roller backward rotation, then pulse processing unit will be imported key assignments and subtract 1; If pulse processing unit detects the confirmation signal pulse for just, then pulse processing unit will be imported key assignments and send to the character processing unit.
In the above-mentioned mobile phone characters input method, at letter and symbol input pattern, corresponding a plurality of letters of same input key assignments or symbol are at same key assignments place, pulse processing unit repeatedly sends same input key assignments to the character processing unit according to the number of times of detected confirmation signal pulse.
In the above-mentioned mobile phone characters input method, at letter and symbol input pattern, corresponding letter of each input key assignments or symbol.
Mobile Phone Character Input Method And Device of the present invention, can select accordingly " key ", be pressed by rotation roller by simulating character keys by bottom roller or switch, thereby realize the input of telephone number, English alphabet and word, Chinese words, and need not revise the software function of existing character input.Use the present invention, can realize the miniaturization demand of mobile phone.
Embodiment
As shown in Figure 2, the present invention is by the roller input character.Roller 22 is used for the selection of character input, and it is installed in the phone housing 21, and exposes phone housing 21.Roller 22 can be installed on the mobile phone sidepiece, and its turning axle is with positive vertical, and only a lateral edges exposes shell 21, rotates for contact.Roller 22 also can be installed on the surface of mobile phone, and its turning axle is with positive vertical, and front and a side are exposed phone housing 21 simultaneously.Roller 22 also can be installed on the mobile phone surface, and its turning axle is with positive vertical, and the front of only exposing roller.Roller 22 also can be installed on the mobile phone front, and its turning axle is with positive parallel, and only a sidepiece exposes the mobile phone front.Certainly, also can adopt spin to replace roller, realize that the character of input is selected.
Be provided with grating 25 in the inboard of roller 22, grating 25 cooperates with photoelectricity transmission and reception apparatus 23, can realize obtaining of signal pulse, and the principle that this signal pulse obtains will be described in detail at Fig. 3.Grating 25 can be arranged in the roller 22, also can be arranged on the parallel plane that has same turning axle with roller.Grating 25 also can be driven by roller by gear or other gearings and rotate.
As shown in the figure, also be provided with microswitch 24, can trigger microswitch 24 by inwardly pressing pressing roller 22 in the inboard of roller 22.Fulcrum 26 and spring 27 are used to make the roller after pushing to reset.Certainly, microswitch 24 also can be arranged on separately on the hand set machine shell, by directly pushing this microswitch 24 input signals.
As shown in Figure 3, for adopting the schematic diagram that obtains signal pulse of raster pattern.Side at grating 25 is provided with luminotron 31, and opposite side then is provided with first photoelectric tube 32 and second photoelectric tube 33, and wherein first photoelectric tube 32 is connected with output line A, and second photoelectric tube 33 then is connected with output line 33.When rotating under the drive of grating 25 at roller, the illumination that has luminotron 31 to send is mapped on first photoelectric tube 32 and second photoelectric tube 33.First photoelectric tube 32, second photoelectric tube 33 can be converted into electric current with the light signal of its reception.Because the effect of grating 25, the light intermittence that luminotron 31 sends shine photoelectric tube, promptly when the light transmission part of grating 25 is between luminotron and photoelectric tube, light can shine photoelectric tube, and when the lightproof part of grating 25 was between luminotron and photoelectric tube, light can not shine photoelectric tube.Because the rotation of grating 25, first photoelectric tube 32 and second photoelectric tube, 33 intermittences ground receive the light signal that luminotron 31 sends, thereby generate signal pulse, and the signal pulse of generation is sent to signal wire A and signal wire B respectively.This principle is similar with the grating that the detection mouse moves, and does not repeat them here.
As shown in Figure 4, signal pulse also can obtain by the switching regulator device.Itself and raster pattern device difference are, adopt power supply 45 to replace luminotron 31, adopt metal code disk (conductive gate) 41 to replace grating 25, adopt first, second contact 42,43 to replace first, second photoelectric tube 32,33 respectively.Metal code disk 41 is made of at interval conductive material and insulating material.Along with the rotation of metal code disk 41, first, second 42,43 intermittences ground, contact is communicated with power supply 45, thereby signal pulse is sent out by signal wire A and signal wire B.
As shown in Figure 5, send the synoptic diagram of earth signal pulse by output line A, output line B and microswitch 24 for photoelectricity transmission and reception apparatus 23.The signal that photoelectricity transmission and reception apparatus 23 and microswitch 24 generate is connected respectively to the GPIO mouth of base band MCU by behind the mixed logic change-over circuit.
Below the signal pulse that obtains with the raster pattern device be example, description character input principle.As shown in the figure, the rising edge of signal pulse is that the illumination of luminotron is mapped on the photoelectric tube, and negative edge represents that then photoelectric tube does not receive the light of luminotron.When roller 22 drove grating 25 forward rotation, because the position of first photoelectric tube 32 and second photoelectric tube 33 relation, the phase place of the signal pulse that output line A obtains was ahead of the signal pulse that output line B obtains; And during the phase place of the signal pulse that the signal pulse phase lag of obtaining as output line A is obtained in output line B, show that roller 22 is backward rotation.
And the rising edge of the pulse of microswitch 24 represents that this switch is pressed, and negative edge represents that then switch is decontroled.
As shown in Figure 6, form synoptic diagram for the functional module of mobile phone character entry apparatus of the present invention.Mobile phone 60 comprises display unit 61, character processing unit 62, pulse processing unit 63, pulse generation unit 64, roller devices 65 etc.
Display unit 61 comprises liquid crystal display, display circuit and corresponding software for display, and it can show the information of character, operation interface, information and other receptions of input.Roller devices 65 comprises roller 22 and microswitch 24 etc., and it can select input character or other function select signals.And pulse generation unit 64 comprises pulse generating circuit, can convert the rotation of roller 22 and the triggering of microswitch 24 to two road turn signal pulses and one road confirmation signal pulse respectively.63 of pulse processing unit are further handled three road signal pulses that pulse generation unit 64 produces, and as filtering, tuning, logical transition etc., and can judge that roller 22 is rotated in the forward or reverse rotation according to the phase relation of output line A and output line B.Pulse processing unit 63 also comprises counter, can be according to signal pulse, and the rotation situation of record roller 22.Character processing unit 62 carries out character according to the output of pulse processing unit 63 to be handled, and the interior character processing unit of this character processing unit 62 and existing mobile phone is identical, does not repeat them here.
Above-mentioned pulse processing unit 63, character processing unit 62 and display unit 61 all comprise hardware circuit and Control Software, wherein hardware circuit can be single process chip and peripheral circuit, also can adopt multicore sheet and peripheral circuit, and these implementations are all prior art, also do not give unnecessary details at this.
Below introduce the flow process of character input, further to introduce the present invention, in following introduction, microswitch 24 is triggered by roller 22 controls.
3 * 4 keyboards for existing mobile phone are shown K1~K9, K at this with each key table
*, K0, K#, respectively corresponding numeral 1~9, *, 0, # on it is to be different from the different input of each key definition.The corresponding key of each symbolic representation is pressed (if the following key that illustrates that certain is not specific is represented with " KX ").
When needs are imported certain character, on existing cell phone keyboard, press corresponding KX key, keyboard 10 is just delivered to character processing unit 13 to the code of this key and is handled.Character processing unit 13 can be a software of further handling this bonded state herein, also may be software modules such as input in Chinese, English input.And on device of the present invention, in the time of need pressing KX, choose KX by the rotation of roller 22 after, press bottom roller 22 again and trigger microswitches 24, then the KX bonded state is sent to and character processing unit 62.And described character processing unit 13 has identical functions, identical interface with character processing unit 62.Therefore the present invention only need change the selection mode of character, and need not to change the processing mode of character.For KX key special operational on the existing keyboard, as double-click, long press etc., on new equipment as long as can realize by the same way as operation.Below will introduce the selection flow process of character.
Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram that the signal pulse of mobile phone characters input method of the present invention is handled.At first, pulse processing unit 63 is waited for the signal input (step S71) of pulse generation unit 64.When the signal pulse that receives from signal wire A or B, pulse processing unit 63 is at first carried out rough handling to signal pulse, as filtering etc.Judge whether input pulse rising (step S72) then into signal wire A.If the signal pulse of signal wire A rises, then the KX key signals (hereinafter to be referred as KX) with the input character correspondence adds 1 (step S74), and the pulse of waiting signal line B rises (step S76), then the pulse of waiting signal line A and signal wire B all descend (step S78).
If signal wire A does not have the rising pulse, then further judge whether the input pulse rising (step S73) of signal wire B.If do not have, then return step S71, continue the waiting signal input.If there is the pulse of signal wire B to rise, then pulse processing unit 63 subtracts 1 (step S75) with KX, and the pulse of waiting signal line A rising (step S77), forwards step S78 then to, and waiting signal line A, B descend.
Certainly, the judgement of the pulse of signal wire A and signal wire B also can be adopted the pulse of judging signal wire B earlier, judges the pulse of signal wire B again, perhaps adopts interrupt mode to judge.Above-mentioned polling mode and interrupt mode all belong to prior art, do not give unnecessary details at this.
Then, pulse processing unit 63 is further judged microswitch 24 whether be triggered (step S79).If microswitch 24 is triggered, promptly roller 22 is pressed, and then pulse processing unit 63 sends to character processing unit 62 with the KX value, character processing unit 62 is accepted corresponding input, and be shown in display unit 61 (step S80), and return step S71 then, wait for the input of next character.If microswitch 24 is not triggered, then return step S71.
In step S78, can be by the human-computer interaction interface of display unit 61, character display is selected to confirm for the user, promptly when KX increases, moves after the current character order; When KX reduced, current character moved forward in proper order.At current character location triggered microswitch 24, promptly send the KX value to character processing unit 62, the value of input current character.
Fig. 8 selects the process flow diagram of character for the signal pulse that utilizes of mobile phone characters input method of the present invention.Input process below in conjunction with case introduction numeral and letter.
When being input as numeral, need to suppose input digit " 5 ", promptly the key of Xuan Zeing is K5.Pulse processing unit 63 is sent an initial value to character processing unit 62 earlier, for example be K1 (corresponding numeral " 1 "), at this moment, character processing unit 62 is handled this key, and is showing " 1 " (because the input mode of this moment is the numeral input) by display unit 61.As rotation roller 22 (step S82), being assumed to be order rotates, then the moving lattice pulse processing unit 63 of revolution is sent one " removing " to character processing unit 62 and is ordered, is used for to remove numeral " 1 " (this process is finished jointly by character processing unit 62 and display unit 61), send key K2 again, and display digit " 2 ".Repeat this process, to be sent (step S83) up to K5.This moment, the numeral " 5 " of display unit 61 demonstrations was the numeral of required input, trigger microswitch 24 (step S84), K5 is sent to character processing unit 62 (step S85), decontrol microswitch (step S86) then, send microswitch 24 and decontrol signal to character processing unit 62 (step S87), and wait for that roller rotates, to import next numeral (step S81).
At present the input media of mobile phone be by be distributed in 26 letters on 8 keys, each key comprises 3~4 English alphabets, when pressing certain key one time, import first letter, when pressing once more at certain time intervals, second letter, original letter are eliminated on this key of input on the same position; If supress another key or overtime official hour at interval, then should letter by software be defined as input, next button will be imported at the next position.These processing procedures are in fact all finished by character processing unit and display unit, and keyboard and corresponding software only are responsible for the selection of letter, promptly use the push button signalling of transmission in real time of button.In fact, each key also may comprise the situation more than 3 or 4 letters, for example, and the capitalization of 3 letters, the small letter of adding 3 letters and Greek alphabet etc.With letter " B " be input as example, existing mobile phone to be adopted by twice K2 key, imports the key of next non-K2 again or waits for a period of time (for example 5 seconds), then this letter is transfused to
Similarly, when input alphabet the time, the present invention at first shows letter " A " (can certainly be other letters) at the input position of display unit 61, pass through rotation roller, move to letter " B " position, after triggering twice microswitch, letter " B " is transfused to, and pulse processing unit is also sent two K2 key assignments to character processing unit 62.When rotation roller once more, be equivalent to supress another key beyond the K2, then letter " B " is identified input.
In the present invention, except said method, can also be directly in display unit 61 order show letter " ABCabc ... " wait all letters on this K2 key, after pressing bottom roller, from the letter that wherein select to need, directly import, significantly reduced the number of times of button again as capitalization English letter " B ".
Another kind of disposal route is, revolution moves a lattice roller, and A-B-C-D pressed in current letter ... variation successively, when the letter of needs is shown, then confirm the input of this character by bottom roller.12 lattice when being equivalent to input digit have become 26 lattice of input alphabet, and other process is identical during with input digit.
From the process of top input alphabet as seen, in fact the present invention with which kind of language of input has nothing to do, and its care is transfused to the position of key.When input Chinese, no matter be different input methods such as phonetic, stroke, radical, the user always presses a series of buttons based on order, and on new equipment, correspond to the sequence of operations of " rotate---press " roller, as long as the order of the KX of input conformed to existing cell phone keyboard with the time interval.
For example, with spelling input method import Chinese words " in ", on existing cell phone keyboard inputting English letter " ZHONG ", from the phonetically similar word that demonstrates, select this word to get final product then; In the present invention, also as long as the monogram of order input " ZHONG ", equally again by function key select " in " word gets final product.
For other any special input method,, basic irrelevant or relation is very little with pulse processing unit 63 because mainly be character processing unit 62 and the modification of display unit 61.Therefore, the present invention can adapt to the input of existing all numerals, literal, character etc.