CN212570799U - Keyboard with light-emitting touch function - Google Patents

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CN212570799U
CN212570799U CN202020988102.XU CN202020988102U CN212570799U CN 212570799 U CN212570799 U CN 212570799U CN 202020988102 U CN202020988102 U CN 202020988102U CN 212570799 U CN212570799 U CN 212570799U
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Abstract

The utility model discloses a keyboard with luminous touch-control function contains button, backlight unit, film circuit board, capacitanc touch-control piece and bottom plate. The film circuit board is provided with a switch and is selectively arranged on the backlight module or arranged under the backlight module. The capacitive touch control sheet is arranged on the thin film circuit board and the light guide plate. The bottom plate is arranged below the backlight module and the thin film circuit board and is provided with a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece, and the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece penetrate through the thin film circuit board, the light guide plate and the capacitive touch control sheet to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism, so that the keycap can move downwards towards the bottom plate to perform pressing triggering of the switch. The utility model provides a capacitanc touch control piece and button subassembly, light-directing structure integration stack framework's optimization not only can reach the touch-control and the slimming of taking into account the luminous efficiency of button and button simultaneously, also can solve capacitanc touch control piece and the problem that the equipment process of key cap takes time and takes a lot of work effectively to reduce the processing procedure cost of keyboard.

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Keyboard with light-emitting touch function
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a keyboard especially relates to a keyboard with luminous touch function.
Background
With the development of touch sensing technology, a design of integrating a capacitive touch pad into a keyboard is available, so that the keyboard has a key operation function and a touch sensing function, thereby improving the convenience of the keyboard in operation and use. In the prior art, the conventional configuration is to break the corresponding key cap assembly hole of the capacitive touch control sheet and attach the capacitive touch control sheet to the lower surface of the key cap directly, however, this design usually results in the problem of time and labor consuming in the assembly process. In addition, if the keyboard adopting the touch configuration further integrates the light-emitting key function, the problem of over-thickness of the whole structure of the keyboard is generated, which is not favorable for the thin design of the keyboard.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the present invention is to provide a keyboard with a light-emitting touch function, so as to solve the above-mentioned problems.
According to an aspect of the utility model provides a keyboard with luminous touch-control function, it contains:
a plurality of keys, each key comprising a keycap and a support mechanism, the support mechanism being movably coupled to the keycap;
the backlight module is provided with a light source and a light guide plate, and light emitted by the light source enters the light guide plate and is emitted from the light guide plate to each keycap;
the film circuit board is provided with a switch corresponding to the position of each keycap and is selectively arranged on the backlight module or under the backlight module;
the capacitive touch control sheet is arranged on the thin film circuit board and the light guide plate; and
and the bottom plate is arranged below the backlight module and the thin film circuit board and is provided with a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece corresponding to each keycap, and the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece penetrate through the thin film circuit board, the light guide plate and the capacitive touch control sheet to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism, so that the keycap can move downwards towards the bottom plate to press and trigger the switch.
According to the utility model discloses an on the other hand, the utility model provides another kind of keyboard with luminous touch-control function, it contains:
a plurality of keys, each key comprising a keycap and a support mechanism, the support mechanism being movably coupled to the keycap;
the backlight module is provided with a light source and a light guide plate, the light guide plate is provided with a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece corresponding to the position of each keycap, and the light emitted by the light source enters the light guide plate and is emitted out of each keycap from the light guide plate;
the thin film circuit board is arranged below the light guide plate and is provided with a switch corresponding to the position of each keycap; and
and the capacitive touch control sheet is arranged on the light guide plate and allows the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece to penetrate out to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism, so that the keycap can move downwards towards the thin film circuit board to press and trigger the switch.
According to the utility model discloses an on the other hand, the utility model provides another kind of keyboard with luminous touch-control function, it contains:
a plurality of keys, each key comprising a keycap and a support mechanism, the support mechanism being movably coupled to the keycap;
the thin film circuit board is provided with a switch corresponding to the position of each keycap;
the backlight module is arranged on the film circuit board and is provided with a light source and a light guide plate, the light guide plate is provided with a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece corresponding to each keycap, the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are movably connected to the supporting mechanism, so that the keycap can move downwards towards the film circuit board to press and trigger the switch, and the light source emits light rays into the light guide plate and emits the light rays from the light guide plate to each keycap; and
and the capacitive touch layer is formed below the light guide plate.
According to the utility model discloses an on the other hand, the utility model provides another kind of keyboard with luminous touch-control function, it contains:
a plurality of keys, each key comprising a keycap and a support mechanism, the support mechanism being movably coupled to the keycap;
the backlight module is provided with a light source and a light guide plate, and light emitted by the light source enters the light guide plate and is emitted from the light guide plate to each keycap;
the bottom plate is arranged on the backlight module and is provided with a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece corresponding to the position of each keycap;
the film circuit board is provided with a switch corresponding to the position of each keycap and is arranged on the bottom plate; and
the film circuit board and the capacitive touch control sheet allow the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece to penetrate through to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism, so that the keycap can move downwards towards the bottom plate to press and trigger the switch.
As an optional technical solution, the capacitive touch panel includes a transparent substrate and a touch electrode layer, the touch electrode layer is formed on a bottom surface of the transparent substrate and has a light exit area corresponding to a position of each key cap, and a scattering structure is formed on the transparent substrate corresponding to the light exit area, so that light emitted from the light guide plate passes through the light exit area and is scattered at the scattering structure to be emitted to the corresponding key cap.
As an optional technical solution, the scattering structure is formed in the light emergent region or on the top surface of the light-transmissive substrate.
As an optional technical solution, the scattering structure is a curved scattering structure formed by protruding from the top surface.
As an optional technical solution, the capacitive touch panel includes a transparent substrate and a transparent touch electrode layer, the transparent touch electrode layer is formed on a bottom surface of the transparent substrate, and light emitted from the light guide plate is emitted to each keycap through the transparent touch electrode layer and the transparent substrate.
As an optional technical scheme, a scattering structure is formed on the light-transmitting substrate corresponding to the position where the light rays irradiate to each keycap.
As an optional technical solution, the first connecting member and the second connecting member are connected to the light guide plate in a way of insert injection or thermoplastic molding.
As an optional technical solution, the first connector has a fixed end, a groove is formed at a position of the light guide plate corresponding to the fixed end, and the fixed end is accommodated in the groove to fix the first connector to the light guide plate.
As an optional technical solution, the light source is disposed on one side of the light guide plate or accommodated in the light guide plate.
As an alternative solution, the supporting mechanism is selected from a scissor-foot supporting structure or a butterfly supporting structure.
To sum up, the utility model discloses an adopt the direct configuration of locating the capacitive touch pad stack on thin film circuit board, backlight unit and the bottom plate in order to replace prior art with capacitive touch pad set up in the design of key cap lower surface, consequently the utility model provides a capacitive touch pad and key subassembly, light-directing structure integration stack framework's optimization not only can reach the touch-control and the slimming of taking into account the luminous efficiency of button and button simultaneously, also can solve the problem that the assembly process of the capacitive touch pad of mentioning among the prior art and key cap takes time and takes a lot of work effectively to reduce the processing procedure cost of keyboard.
The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the capacitive touch pad of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of a circuit configuration portion of the touch electrode layer in FIG. 2;
fig. 4 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a capacitive touch pad according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a capacitive touch pad according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a capacitive touch pad according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a keyboard according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a keyboard according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a keyboard according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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Referring to fig. 1, which is a partial cross-sectional view of a keyboard 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the keyboard 10 has a light-emitting touch function and is preferably a keyboard generally applied to a computer device, but not limited thereto, for example, the keyboard 10 may also be applied to a portable electronic device (such as a notebook computer or a foldable keyboard) generally having an opening and closing mechanism composed of an upper cover and a lower housing. As shown in fig. 1, the keyboard 10 includes a plurality of keys 12 (only one of which is shown in fig. 1, but not limited thereto), a backlight module 14, a thin film circuit board 16, a capacitive touch pad 18, and a bottom plate 20. The keys 12 are disposed on the bottom plate 20 for being pressed by a user to perform a key function desired by the user.
The key 12 includes a key cap 22 and a supporting mechanism 24, the supporting mechanism 24 is movably connected to the key cap 22, and more particularly, the supporting mechanism 24 can be preferably designed as a scissors-foot support structure (but not limited thereto, other key supporting structure designs can be adopted, such as a butterfly support structure design, etc.). For example, in this embodiment, the key cap 22 has a sliding slot 26 and a locking slot 28, the bottom plate 20 has a first connecting member 30 and a second connecting member 32 corresponding to the key cap 22, the supporting mechanism 24 includes a first supporting member 34 and a second supporting member 36, and the second supporting member 36 is pivoted to the first supporting member 34. The first supporting member 34 has a first sliding portion 38 and a first pivoting portion 40, when the first supporting member 34 is assembled, the first sliding portion 38 is slidably disposed in the sliding groove 26, and the first pivoting portion 40 is rotatably pivoted in the second connecting member 32. The second supporting member 36 has a second sliding portion 42 and a second pivoting portion 44, when the second supporting member 36 is assembled, the second sliding portion 42 is slidably disposed in the first connecting member 30, and the second pivoting portion 44 is rotatably pivoted in the engaging groove 28. Thus, by the above-mentioned structural connection design, the key cap 22 can move up and down relative to the base plate 20 via the supporting mechanism 24.
In addition, the backlight module 14 is disposed on the bottom plate 20, the thin film circuit board 16 has a switch 46 corresponding to the position of each key cap 22 and is disposed on the backlight module 14, the backlight module 14 has a light source 48 (preferably, but not limited to, a light emitting diode) and a light guide plate 50, the light source 48 can be disposed on one side of the light guide plate 50 (but not limited to, it can also be designed to be contained in the light guide plate 50) to emit light into the light guide plate 50 and out from the light guide plate 50 to each key cap 22, so that the keyboard 10 can have a key light emitting function, as can be seen from the foregoing description and fig. 1, the first connecting member 30 and the second connecting member 32 penetrate through the thin film circuit board 16, the light guide plate 50 and the capacitive touch panel 18 to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism 24, so that the key cap 22 can move downwards towards the bottom plate 20 to perform the pressing triggering of the switch 46, thereby executing the key function desired by the user. It should be noted that, in another embodiment, the present invention can also adopt a design in which the thin film circuit board 16 is disposed between the backlight module 14 and the bottom plate 20, and the related description can be analogized with reference to the above description, and the description thereof is not repeated.
Referring to fig. 1, 2, and 3, as shown in fig. 1, 2, and 3, the capacitive touch control sheet 18 is used to provide a touch signal to a computer device applied to the keyboard 10 for a user to perform a related touch operation (e.g., moving a cursor, etc.), the capacitive touch control sheet 18 includes a transparent substrate 52 and a touch electrode layer 54, the touch electrode layer 54 (whose XY-axis sensing electrode configuration is shown in fig. 3, and related descriptions are common in the prior art and are not repeated here) is formed on a bottom surface 56 of the transparent substrate 52 and has a light emitting region 58 corresponding to each key cap 22, a scattering structure 60 (which may be designed by a common optical scattering microstructure such as a dot, a sawtooth, a groove, a stamped microstructure, or a combination thereof) is formed on the transparent substrate 52 corresponding to the light emitting region 58, but not limited thereto), in this embodiment, the scattering structure 60 may be formed in the light-emitting region 58 (i.e. the scattering structure 60 and the touch electrode layer 54 are located on the same layer as shown in fig. 3), so that the light emitted from the light guide plate 50 can pass through the light-emitting region 58 and be scattered at the scattering structure 60 to guide the light to the corresponding keycap 22, thereby generating the key illumination effect.
Because the upper and lower sides of the key caps 22 are not integrated with conductive elements having a larger area, the touch electrode layer 54 must directly sense the capacitance change caused by the lateral movement of the user's fingers on one or more key caps 22 to input touch signals, and therefore the distance between the micro contact area of the fingers and the key caps 22 and the touch electrode layer 54 must be small enough, so that the supporting mechanism 24 implemented by using the scissors stand or the butterfly stand can realize the thinned key 12, and the requirement of maintaining the touch sensitivity of the touch electrode layer 54 can be met. In addition, the XY axis sensing electrodes of the touch electrode layer 54 are disposed in the same layer (and formed on the bottom surface 56 of the transparent substrate 52 at the same time), and the overlapping areas of the conductive wires of the XY axis sensing electrodes are separated by an insulating layer, so that the capacitive touch sheet 18 and the touch electrode layer 54 are added, and the goal of considering both the key light emitting effect and the key 12 thinning is still achieved.
To sum up, the utility model discloses a configuration on direct overlapping capacitive touch pad locates film circuit board, backlight unit and bottom plate is in order to replace prior art with capacitive touch pad set up the design under the key cap, consequently the utility model discloses can solve the problem that the capacitive touch pad mentioned among the prior art takes time and takes a lot of work with the assembling process of key cap effectively to reduce the processing procedure cost of keyboard. In addition, through the design that the scattering structure is formed on the capacitance touch control sheet, light emitted by the backlight module can be more uniformly incident to the keycap, so that the key light emitting effect and the light using efficiency of the keyboard are effectively improved.
In practical applications, the design of the capacitive touch pad is not limited to the above embodiments, for example, please refer to fig. 4, which is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a capacitive touch pad 18' according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the components in the embodiment have the same numbers as those in the above embodiments, which indicates that the components have similar functions or structures, and further description is omitted. As shown in fig. 4, the capacitive touch panel 18 ' includes a transparent substrate 52 and a touch electrode layer 54, a scattering structure 60 ' (which may be a common optical scattering microstructure design, such as a dot, a sawtooth, a groove, a stamped microstructure, or a combination thereof, but not limited thereto) is formed on the transparent substrate 52 at a position corresponding to the light-emitting region 58, in this embodiment, the scattering structure 60 ' may be formed on a top surface 62 of the transparent substrate 52 (i.e., the scattering structure 60 ' and the touch electrode layer 54 are located on different layers as shown in fig. 4), so that light emitted from the light guide plate 50 may pass through the light-emitting region 58 and be scattered at the scattering structure 60 ' to guide the light to the corresponding keycap 22, thereby generating a key light-emitting effect.
In another embodiment, please refer to fig. 5, which is a simplified partial cross-sectional view of a capacitive touch pad 18 ″ according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the components described in this embodiment are the same as the components described in the above embodiment, indicating that they have similar functions or structures, and further description is omitted. As shown in fig. 5, the capacitive touch control sheet 18 "includes a transparent substrate 52 and a touch control electrode layer 54, a scattering structure 60 is formed on the transparent substrate 52 at a position corresponding to the light emitting area 58", in this embodiment, the scattering structure 60 "is a curved scattering structure protruding from a top surface 62 of the transparent substrate 52, so that light emitted from the light guide plate 50 can pass through the light emitting area 58 and be scattered at the scattering structure 60" to guide the light to the corresponding key cap 22, thereby generating the key illumination effect.
In another embodiment, please refer to fig. 6, which is a simplified partial cross-sectional view of a capacitive touch pad 18' ″ according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the components described in this embodiment are the same as the components described in the above embodiment, which indicates that they have similar functions or structures, and are not repeated herein. As shown in fig. 6, the capacitive touch panel 18' ″ includes a transparent substrate 52 and a transparent touch electrode layer 64, the transparent touch electrode layer 64 (the transparent touch electrode layer 64 is preferably made of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide), but not limited thereto) is formed on the bottom surface 56 of the transparent substrate 52, and a scattering structure 60 is formed at a position of the transparent substrate 52 corresponding to the position where the light is emitted to each key cap 22, so that the light emitted from the light guide plate 50 can be scattered at the scattering structure 60 to guide the light to the corresponding key cap 22, thereby generating the key light emitting effect.
It should be noted that the design of the capacitive touch pad and the backlight module is not limited to the above embodiments, for example, please refer to fig. 7, which is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a keyboard 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention, and the components in this embodiment have the same numbers as those in the above embodiments, which indicates that they have similar functions or structures, and thus, the details are not repeated herein. As shown in fig. 7, the keyboard 100 includes a plurality of keys 12 (only one is shown in fig. 7, but not limited thereto), a backlight module 102, a thin film circuit board 16 and a capacitive touch pad 18, the backlight module 102 has a light source 48 and a light guide plate 104, the light guide plate 104 has a first connector 106 and a second connector 108 corresponding to each key cap 22, the thin film circuit board 16 is disposed under the light guide plate 104 and has a switch 46 corresponding to each key cap 22, and the capacitive touch pad 18 is disposed on the light guide plate 104. In this embodiment, the first connecting element 106 and the second connecting element 108 may be connected to the light guide plate 104 preferably by insert injection or thermal molding (but not limited thereto, other connection designs such as a structural snap-fit or rivet design, etc.) for example, the first connecting element 106 may have a fixing end 110, a groove 112 is formed at a position of the light guide plate 104 corresponding to the fixing end 110, and the fixing end 110 may be received in the groove 112 (e.g. by a structural snap-fit or rivet method) to fix the first connecting element 106 to the light guide plate 104. In this way, the capacitive touch pad 18 can be used to provide a touch signal to a computer device to which the keyboard 100 is applied, so that a user can perform a related touch operation (e.g. moving a cursor, etc.), and light emitted from the light source 48 can be emitted from the light guide plate 104 to each of the key caps 22, so that the keyboard 100 can have a key light emitting function, and as shown in fig. 7, the first connecting member 30 and the second connecting member 32 pass through the capacitive touch pad 18 to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism 24, so that the key caps 22 can move downward toward the thin film circuit board 16 to perform a pressing trigger of the switch 46, thereby performing a key function desired by the user.
In this embodiment, the utility model discloses to overlap the capacitanc touch pad and locate on backlight unit in order to replace the prior art with capacitanc touch pad set up the design under the key cap to and directly set up first connecting piece and second connecting piece on the light guide plate in order to omit the configuration of bottom plate, consequently the utility model discloses can solve the capacitanc touch pad mentioned in the prior art effectively and the key cap's the assembling process takes time and takes a lot of work and the too thick problem of luminous touch keyboard overall structure, thereby reduce the processing procedure cost of keyboard and be favorable to the slim design of keyboard. For other related designs of the keyboard 100 (e.g., the design of the capacitive touch pad and the scattering structure), they can be analogized by referring to the above embodiments, and are not described herein.
In addition, please refer to fig. 8, which is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a keyboard 150 according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the components described in this embodiment have the same numbers as the components described in the above embodiment, which indicates that the components have similar functions or structures, and further description is omitted. As shown in fig. 8, the keyboard 150 includes a plurality of keys 12 (only one of which is shown in fig. 8, but not limited thereto), a backlight module 102, a thin film circuit board 16, and a capacitive touch layer 152, where the capacitive touch layer 152 (whose XY axis sensing electrode configuration can be similar to that shown in fig. 3, and is not described herein) is formed under the light guide plate 104 for providing a touch signal to a computer device applied to the keyboard 150, so that a user can perform a related touch operation (e.g., moving a cursor, etc.). In this embodiment, the capacitive touch layer is directly formed under the light guide plate of the backlight module, so as to further reduce the overall thickness of the keyboard 150, thereby facilitating the slim design of the keyboard 150. For other related designs of the keyboard 150 (e.g., design of the capacitive touch pad and the scattering structure, design of the connecting member of the light guide plate, etc.), the same can be said for the above embodiments, and further description is omitted here.
Please refer to fig. 9, which is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a keyboard 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the components described in this embodiment have the same numbers as the components described in the above embodiment, which indicates that the components have similar functions or structures, and are not repeated herein. As shown in fig. 9, the keyboard 200 includes a plurality of keys 12 (only one of which is shown in fig. 9, but not limited thereto), a backlight module 202, a thin film circuit board 16, a capacitive touch pad 18, and a bottom plate 20, wherein the backlight module 202 is disposed under the bottom plate 20 and has a light source 48 and a light guide plate 50, so that the light source 48 can emit light into the light guide plate 50 and out from the light guide plate 50 to each key cap 22, so that the keyboard 200 can have a key light emitting function, and as can be seen from the foregoing description and fig. 9, the first connecting element 30 and the second connecting element 32 pass through the thin film circuit board 16 and the capacitive touch pad 18 to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism 24, so that the key cap 22 can move downward toward the bottom plate 20 to perform the pressing triggering of the switch 46, thereby performing the key function desired by the user. For other related designs of the keyboard 200 (e.g., the design of the capacitive touch pad and the scattering structure), they can be analogized by referring to the above embodiments, and are not described herein again.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all the equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims of the present invention should be covered by the present invention.

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1. A keyboard with a light-emitting touch function is characterized by comprising:
a plurality of keys, each key comprising a keycap and a support mechanism, the support mechanism being movably coupled to the keycap;
the backlight module is provided with a light source and a light guide plate, and light emitted by the light source enters the light guide plate and is emitted from the light guide plate to each keycap;
the film circuit board is provided with a switch corresponding to the position of each keycap and is selectively arranged on the backlight module or under the backlight module;
the capacitive touch control sheet is arranged on the thin film circuit board and the light guide plate; and
and the bottom plate is arranged below the backlight module and the thin film circuit board and is provided with a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece corresponding to each keycap, and the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece penetrate through the thin film circuit board, the light guide plate and the capacitive touch control sheet to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism, so that the keycap can move downwards towards the bottom plate to press and trigger the switch.
2. A keyboard with a light-emitting touch function is characterized by comprising:
a plurality of keys, each key comprising a keycap and a support mechanism, the support mechanism being movably coupled to the keycap;
the backlight module is provided with a light source and a light guide plate, the light guide plate is provided with a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece corresponding to the position of each keycap, and the light emitted by the light source enters the light guide plate and is emitted out of each keycap from the light guide plate;
the thin film circuit board is arranged below the light guide plate and is provided with a switch corresponding to the position of each keycap; and
and the capacitive touch control sheet is arranged on the light guide plate and allows the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece to penetrate out to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism, so that the keycap can move downwards towards the thin film circuit board to press and trigger the switch.
3. A keyboard with a light-emitting touch function is characterized by comprising:
a plurality of keys, each key comprising a keycap and a support mechanism, the support mechanism being movably coupled to the keycap;
the thin film circuit board is provided with a switch corresponding to the position of each keycap;
the backlight module is arranged on the film circuit board and is provided with a light source and a light guide plate, the light guide plate is provided with a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece corresponding to each keycap, the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are movably connected to the supporting mechanism, so that the keycap can move downwards towards the film circuit board to press and trigger the switch, and the light source emits light rays into the light guide plate and emits the light rays from the light guide plate to each keycap; and
and the capacitive touch layer is formed below the light guide plate.
4. The keyboard as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein the first connector and the second connector are connected to the light guide plate by insert injection or thermal molding.
5. The keyboard as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first connector has a fixing end, a groove is formed at a position of the light guide plate corresponding to the fixing end, and the fixing end is received in the groove to fix the first connector to the light guide plate.
6. A keyboard with a light-emitting touch function is characterized by comprising:
a plurality of keys, each key comprising a keycap and a support mechanism, the support mechanism being movably coupled to the keycap;
the backlight module is provided with a light source and a light guide plate, and light emitted by the light source enters the light guide plate and is emitted from the light guide plate to each keycap;
the bottom plate is arranged on the backlight module and is provided with a first connecting piece and a second connecting piece corresponding to the position of each keycap;
the film circuit board is provided with a switch corresponding to the position of each keycap and is arranged on the bottom plate; and
the film circuit board and the capacitive touch control sheet allow the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece to penetrate through to be movably connected to the supporting mechanism, so that the keycap can move downwards towards the bottom plate to press and trigger the switch.
7. The keyboard of claim 1, 2 or 6, wherein the capacitive touch panel comprises a transparent substrate and a touch electrode layer, the touch electrode layer is formed on a bottom surface of the transparent substrate and has a light exit area corresponding to each key cap, and a scattering structure is formed on the transparent substrate corresponding to the light exit area, such that light emitted from the light guide plate passes through the light exit area and is scattered at the scattering structure to be emitted to the corresponding key cap.
8. The keyboard as claimed in claim 7, wherein the scattering structure is formed in the light emergent region or on the top surface of the transparent substrate.
9. The keyboard as claimed in claim 8, wherein the scattering structure is a curved scattering structure formed protruding from the top surface.
10. The keyboard of claim 1, 2 or 6, wherein the capacitive touch panel comprises a transparent substrate and a transparent touch electrode layer formed on a bottom surface of the transparent substrate, and light emitted from the light guide plate is emitted to each keycap through the transparent touch electrode layer and the transparent substrate.
11. The keyboard as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transparent substrate is formed with scattering structures corresponding to positions where light is emitted to each key cap.
12. The keyboard according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 6, wherein the light source is disposed at one side of the light guide plate or accommodated in the light guide plate.
13. The keyboard as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 6, wherein the supporting mechanism is selected from a scissor-foot supporting structure or a butterfly supporting structure.
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