CN1794745A - Information processing unit - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. The present invention is provided, adjacent to a operation panel, with a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward, where the V-shaped groove contains a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to be equipped with the information process unit of fingerprint sensor and operation keys, for example comprise the mobile phone of PHS (personal portable telephone system).
Background technology
Recently, mobile phone obtains promoting with significant paces, and developed into the portable information processing unit that is equipped with multi-functional, this multi-functional not only comprises the simple telephone function, but also comprises e-mail function and be used to store for example enhancing memory function of the various personal information of telephone number.
Developing the unauthorized that caused big problem comprises stored information in the illegal use of mobile phone and the mobile phone by these of mobile phone reveals.
One of conventional art that is used to address these problems comprises only permission use mobile phone in the chartered personal identification number of input.
Because the personal identification number is pretty troublesome in input, developed the mobile phone that is equipped with fingerprint sensor and only when detecting chartered fingerprint, just allows to use recently, and this mobile phone is actual put goods on the market (for example referring to patent documentation 1 and 2).Fingerprint sensor is preventing to have quite high level aspect illegal use and the operation ease.
[patent documentation 1]
Japanese Patent Laid Open Publication No.2002-216116
[patent documentation 2]
Japanese Patent Laid Open Publication No.2002-279412
Though wish fingerprint sensor to be installed at mobile phone from the fail safe viewpoint, but consider that user's operability has been reduced under the situation near the limit needing mobile phone to reduce size and weight and mobile phone in size, the problem of existence is what position of what fingerprint sensor being installed and being installed in mobile phone.
Operation keys that mobile phone is essential and screen are arranged to face the user simultaneously under normal the use, make the user to operate this operation keys by watching screen.Though can expect fingerprint sensor is installed in the space that provides on the rear surface relative with the front surface that comprises operation keys and screen, but fingerprint sensor is as a kind of operation keys by user's operation, and fingerprint sensor is installed in can the infringement operability on the rear surface.
Patent documentation 1 and 2 propose to use a kind of fingerprint sweep sensor, and this fingerprint sweep sensor reads fingerprint when the user moves to the line sensor that the microsensor arranged by one dimension constitutes with correct angle with finger.
Fingerprint sweep sensor does not need very big installing space, and can be installed on the front surface of mobile phone and can not increase mobile phone in size, shown in patent documentation 1 and 2.Patent documentation 1 shows fingerprint sweep sensor and is installed as the figure adjacent with operation keys, is installed as the figure adjacent with screen and patent documentation 2 shows fingerprint sweep sensor.
Yet,, do not take fingerprint sweep sensor any measure if being installed as adjacent with operation keys, there is the danger of when along the fingerprint sensor moveable finger, pushing the operation keys adjacent mistakenly with fingerprint sensor.Equally, adjacent with screen if fingerprint sensor is installed as, part that then screen and fingerprint sensor are adjacent may be because by Fingertip touch and dirty.Yet, fingerprint sensor is installed on the part away from operation keys and screen on mobile phone surface and prevents the problems referred to above, will run counter to the requirement that reduces the mobile phone size.
In addition, do not need the fingerprint sweep sensor of very big installing space can be installed in the side of mobile phone.But in this case, the situation that is installed in the back side with fingerprint sensor is the same, still has the problem of operability.The problems referred to above are not that mobile phone is distinctive, but it is total to be equipped with the information process unit of fingerprint sensor and operation keys.
Consider above-mentioned situation, the purpose of this invention is to provide and a kind ofly be equipped with fingerprint sensor and make size reduce information process unit with the operability hight coordinate.
Summary of the invention
In order to achieve the above object, the invention provides a kind of information process unit, it comprises the housing that is equipped with operating area, wherein:
Described housing is comprising groove with described operating area adjacent, and described groove comprises towards leaving that described operating area direction stretches and downward-sloping first inclined-plane and stretch and acclivitous second inclined-plane towards further leaving described operating area direction;
Described groove comprises fingerprint sensor, and described fingerprint sensor detects the fingerprint on the finger that moves along described first inclined-plane and described second inclined-plane; And
Described first inclined-plane and described second inclined-plane have the inclination angle that differs from one another.
In information process unit according to the present invention, described fingerprint sensor is fingerprint sweep sensor preferably.
In information process unit according to the present invention, because fingerprint sensor is comprised in the groove, first inclined-plane of described groove prevents when along the fingerprint sensor moveable finger pressing operation key by mistake.In addition, this information process unit allows the user will point as guiding by the both sides of using the inclined-plane and is placed into fingerprint sensor reliably, comes along first inclined-plane and the second inclined-plane moveable finger.This allows the reliable Detection for fingerprint.
Preferably, first inclined-plane and second inclined-plane have the inclination angle that differs from one another, and this is to go out to send definite from the viewpoint that prevents misoperation and reliable Detection fingerprint.In this case, the inclination angle on described first inclined-plane is preferably greater than described second inclined-plane.
If being installed in according to the fingerprint sensor in the information process unit of the present invention is the fingerprint scanning sensor, described fingerprint sweep sensor preferably has the surface that is projected into described groove inner surface top.In addition, the mode of the crestal line that described fingerprint sweep sensor preferably intersects with the elongated surfaces on the elongated surfaces of hiding described first inclined-plane and described second inclined-plane is positioned in the described groove.
By make fingerprint sweep sensor be projected into groove inner surface the top and be positioned at the bottom that it has down the groove of crestal line, can with fingerprint sweep sensor moveable finger in intimate contact, and detect fingerprint thus reliably.
As mentioned above, by fingerprint sensor being installed as adjacent with described operating area and being installed on the surface identical with described operating area, the present invention can make size reduce and the operability hight coordinate.
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Fig. 1 is the exterior perspective view according to the mobile phone of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the plane graph that fingerprint sweep sensor peripheral part of mobile phone shown in Figure 1 100 is shown;
Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of being got along A-A line among Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the partial enlarged view that double dot dash line A surrounds part among Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 is the diagrammatic sketch that the structure of fingerprint sweep sensor is shown;
Fig. 6 is the cutaway view according to the groove of the mobile phone of second embodiment of the invention; With
Fig. 7 is the cutaway view according to the groove of the mobile phone of third embodiment of the invention.
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Below embodiments of the invention will be described.
Fig. 1 is the exterior perspective view of conduct according to the mobile phone of an embodiment of information process unit of the present invention.
Mobile phone 100 is folding telephones, and it has top shell 110 and the drain pan 120 that is connected rotationally by hinge 130, and wherein top shell 110 comprises display screen 111, receiver 112, antenna 113 etc.; And drain pan 120 is equipped with guidance panel 121, microphone 122 etc.The drain pan 120 of mobile phone 100 comprises adjacent with guidance panel 121 and near the V-type groove 123 under it.Fingerprint sweep sensor 124 is installed in the bottom of V-type groove 123.In addition, the both sides of the V-type groove 123 in drain pan 120 are a pair of cushion pads 125, it is made of the soft material that is projected into drain pan 120 surfaces slightly (for example rubber), and as cushioning to prevent that top shell 110 directly contacts drain pans 120 when top shell 110 folds on the drain pan 120.According to this embodiment, cushion pad 125 is also as the witness marker during the fingerprint detection.The back will illustrate its details.
Fig. 2 is the plane graph that fingerprint sweep sensor peripheral part of mobile phone shown in Figure 1 100 is shown, and Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of being got along A-A line among Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is the partial enlarged view that double dot dash line A surrounds part among Fig. 3.
Fig. 2 shows three key 121a, 121b and the 121c at the bottom place that is positioned at a plurality of keys on the guidance panel 121.V-type groove 123 is near under the key 121b in the middle of among three key 121a, 121b of drain pan 120 bottoms and the 121c.
V-type groove 123 comprise towards leave that key 121b direction stretches to lower inclined plane 123a with towards further leaving the upwards inclined-plane 123b that key 121b direction stretches.V-type groove 123 also comprises fingerprint sweep sensor 124.
In order to make fingerprint sweep sensor 124 detect fingerprint, the user should place finger in such a way, be about to that the most nearest joint of close finger tip is positioned on the straight line that connects two cushion pads 125, and with the direction of arrow shown in the dotted arrow among Fig. 2 in the V-type groove 123 to lower inclined plane 123a and inclined-plane 123b moveable finger upwards.As a result, fingerprint sweep sensor 124 detects the fingerprint on the finger that is moved.
As shown in Figure 3, V-type groove 123 have different inclination alpha and β to lower inclined plane 123a with inclined-plane 123b upwards, they satisfy α＞β.Inclination alpha and β determine as follows, can prevent that promptly the key 121b among Fig. 2 from being pushed mistakenly during fingerprint detection, and can move and contact with fingerprint sweep sensor 124 along with finger tip, and detect fingerprint reliably.
As shown in Figure 4, fingerprint sweep sensor 124 is positioned at the bottom of V-type groove 123, and the below, bottom of V-type groove 123 has the elongated surfaces of the first inclined-plane 123a and the crossing crestal line 123c of elongated surfaces of the second inclined-plane 123b.In addition, the outstanding height b of the end face 124a of fingerprint sweep sensor.
By fingerprint sweep sensor 124 is placed on this position, can stablize the finger pressure that when the first inclined-plane 123a and the second inclined-plane 123b move, is applied to fingerprint sweep sensor 124 when finger.This allows to detect more reliably fingerprint.But fingerprint sweep sensor 124 needn't be placed on this position, and can be placed on other positions that can detect fingerprint in the V-type groove 123 reliably.
Fig. 5 is the diagrammatic sketch that the structure of fingerprint sweep sensor 124 is shown.
By the way, mainly provide the explanation to the placement location and the surrounding structure (comprising the V-type groove) of fingerprint sweep sensor in the mobile phone, they are representatives of the foregoing description, and the explanation of other functions of mobile phone has been omitted.But said herein mobile phone and communication plan are irrelevant, can be PHS (personal portable telephone system) for example.
In addition, need not many speeches, said herein information process unit can be not only to be equipped with function of cellular phone also to be equipped with for example multi-functional unit of e-mail function, camera function etc.
In addition, though described jack knife phone herein, the present invention not only can be applied to jack knife phone, can also be applied to the phone of various other types.In addition, the present invention can be applied to for example other information process units of PDA (personal digital assistant).
Below, other embodiment of the present invention will be described.Following examples that will illustrate and be to place the shape of the groove of fingerprint sweep sensor referring to figs. 1 through only having any different between the embodiment of 5 explanations.Therefore, will other embodiment be described by only with reference to corresponding to Fig. 3 of the shape of the groove that the foregoing description is shown and replace the figure of Fig. 3.Be used for replacing the identical with label among Fig. 3 of Fig. 3, and below different features will only be described with the label shown in figure below.
Fig. 6 is the cutaway view according to the groove of the mobile phone of second embodiment of the invention.
In the above-described embodiments, as shown in Figure 3, as all being the plane to first inclined-plane of lower inclined plane 123a with as second inclined-plane of inclined-plane 123b upwards.But in a second embodiment, each in the lower inclined plane 123a and the inclined-plane 123b that makes progress all integrally raises up, and these inclined-planes have the inclination angle that differs from one another.
Fig. 7 is the cutaway view according to the groove of the mobile phone of third embodiment of the invention.In the 3rd embodiment, each in the lower inclined plane 123a and the inclined-plane 123b that makes progress is all integrally to lower convexity (to being recessed on), and these inclined-planes have the inclination angle that differs from one another.
As shown in these other embodiment, be not limited to the plane to the lower inclined plane 123a and the inclined-plane 123b that makes progress.These inclined-planes can be designed to Any shape, as long as they make progress or protrude downwards, to prevent incorrect key operation and can detect fingerprint really.
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1. information process unit, it is folding unit and the lower house that comprises upper shell and be equipped with operating area, described upper shell and described lower house are hinged for can freely opening and closing, wherein:
Described lower house is comprising groove with described operating area adjacent, and described groove comprises towards leaving that described operating area direction stretches and downward-sloping first inclined-plane and stretch and acclivitous second inclined-plane towards further leaving described operating area direction;
Described groove comprises fingerprint sensor; And
Described first inclined-plane and described second inclined-plane have the inclination angle that differs from one another.
2. information process unit as claimed in claim 1, the inclination angle on wherein said first inclined-plane is greater than described second inclined-plane.
3. information process unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fingerprint sensor are the fingerprint scanning sensors.
4. information process unit as claimed in claim 3, wherein said fingerprint sweep sensor have the surface of the inner surface top that is projected into described groove.
5. the mode of the crestal line that information process unit as claimed in claim 3, wherein said fingerprint sweep sensor intersect with the elongated surfaces on the elongated surfaces of hiding described first inclined-plane and described second inclined-plane is positioned in the described groove.
6. information process unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper shell comprises receiver.
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