CN2133017Y - Single-key cursor controller - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a force sensing cursor control key, composed of a key cap, a base seat and a force sensing sensor which is sensitive to the force obtained in the flat surface parallel to a keyboard of the key cap. The sensor is composed of a swinging disk and 4-8 touch switches or 4 conductive rubbers or composed of a strain beam and 2-8 strain pieces or composed of one moving iron core and 4 fixed iron core coils. The sensor can be arranged on a computer or other electronic equipment keyboard with a common key together. Because the moving direction and the speed of the cursor or other actuators can be controlled by a finger to the direction and the size of the acting force of the key cap, moving control with a high speed and extensive range can be realized and accurate positioning can be realized. The utility model is suitable for a pocket computer or an instrument.
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The utility model belongs to computer peripheral, is mainly used in moving and location or be used for plotting apparatus and the control of numerically-controlled machine penholder, knife rest of control computer display system cursor.
Existing computer keyboard adopts four to eight cursor control keys to control moving of cursor.They control respectively cursor to+X ,-X ,+Y ,-the moving of Y and 45 °, 135 °, 225 °, 270 ° eight directions.And the speed that cursor moves is controlled with speed control key of another hand operation again, because when operation, finger must jump to another button from a button continually, so have to trick and usefulness are not only tired easily, have also limited operation and has imitated rule.
Special-purpose cursor control has Genius mouse, control lever, digitizer, light pen etc., but its common shortcoming is that volume is bigger, is not easy to be made of one with computer keyboard, more is not easy to use on portable computer.
The objective of the invention is to propose a kind of new cursor control device, it can make the form of button, is installed on the keyboard with common key-press, and can only operates with a finger.
The purpose of this utility model reaches like this:
In the base of button and shell two groups of orthogonal force-sensing sensors are housed, a keycap is contained in a mechanical-force-transmission member upper end, and by Force transmission parts, the thrust of suffered finger is delivered on every group of force-sensing sensor.Force transmission parts should guarantee keycap suffered be parallel to the keyboard plane+Y ,-Y(is forward and backward) component of direction, only be delivered on first group of sensor, suffered+X ,-the X(right side, a left side) component of direction, only be delivered on second group of sensor.Force transmission parts can adopt swing disc type and two kinds of forms of elasticity beam type according to the difference of force-sensing sensor.
Every group of sensor be by a bridge diagram, just can obtain big or small and ± Y or ± stressed being directly proportional of directions X, symbol with the stressed consistent DC voltage of direction.This DC voltage just can be used for controlling moving direction and the speed of cursor in vertical and horizontal direction through the A/D conversion.
Suppose and adopt 8 a-d converter, and make when keycap stressed during less than ± 1g cursor static, then when keycap is stressed when being 1-2g, cursor moves with minimum speed, be assumed to be 4 raster unit/seconds, can realize accurate location like this, indicate maximum translational speed 256-510 raster unit/second when keycap is stressed for the 64-127g time so.When keycap was subjected to skew force, two groups of force-sensing sensors all were subjected to the effect of power, and two groups of bridge diagrams and amplifier all have output, its as a result cursor on X and Y direction, move with friction speed, be oblique moving, change direction and the size of finger to keycap power, graceful curve can draw.
For the drift of eliminating sensor and amplifying circuit influence to cursor position, can be shaped on a microswitch or contact witch electrode at the keycap top, this switch connects with a circuit, when finger leaves button, this circuit triggers, and notice computing machine one side locks cursor the automatic drift of eliminating sensor and amplifying circuit of one side.
Because can be with four to eight cursor direction operating keys on button replacement active computer keyboard and speed control key, dwindled keyboard area, this is particularly conducive to portable computer, and operate cursor simultaneously for operating personnel and bring convenience with other function key, can effectively improve operating efficiency, reduce the degree of fatigue that works long hours.
The utility model is described in further detail below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.
Fig. 1 is first example structure figure of singly-bound cursor control.
Fig. 2 is the B-B face cut-open view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the keycap shape that the top is shaped on sphere shape pit.
Fig. 4 is the keycap shape that the top is shaped on the arc section transverse concave groove.
Fig. 5 is second example structure figure of singly-bound cursor control.
Fig. 6 is the sectional view of integral conductive rubber component voltage sensitive sensor.
Fig. 7 is the vertical view of Fig. 6 voltage sensitive sensor.
Fig. 8 is the 3rd example structure figure of singly-bound cursor control.
Fig. 9 is the sectional view of the conductive rubber voltage sensitive sensor among Fig. 8.
Figure 10 is the 4th example structure figure of singly-bound cursor control.
Figure 11 is the A-A cross-sectional view of Figure 10.
Figure 12 is the structural drawing of the 5th embodiment of singly-bound cursor control.
Figure 13 is the B-B cross-sectional view of Figure 12.
Figure 14 is the longitudinal diagram of the 6th embodiment of singly-bound cursor control.
Figure 15 is the C-C cut-open view of Figure 14.
Figure 16 is the outer used external circuit reason figure of the 6th embodiment.
Keycap in Fig. 1 (1) is fixed on the little axle in Force transmission parts wobble-plate (2) top.The wobble-plate bottom is shaped on spherical concave surface, it is enclosed within on one the little bulb (4) at base (3) center, can swing thereon, but can not break away from, be shaped on breach or projection on the week of wobble-plate garden, and identical with projection or breach (5) on housing or the bottom, to keep the position of keycap, do not make rotation.
Two groups (two every group, positioned opposite) to (6) one groups of levels of pressure-sensitive sensor, another group vertically is distributed in the garden of housing (7) inner face on week.Also can put a flexible member (8) between wobble-plate (2) and housing (7), so that keycap is not when stressing, wobble-plate can automatically reset.Flexible member (8) can be made with rubber or other resilient material.
At ordinary times, under the effect of four voltage sensitive sensors or flexible member (8) reset force, wobble-plate (2) will keep level automatically.Promote in the plane that keycap is being parallel to keyboard with finger, by the direction that promotes, deflection will take place in wobble-plate.One or two effect that will be under pressure of correspondence in four voltage sensitive sensors, and output becomes to determine that with stressed size the electric parameter of relation changes.The electric parameter of each sensor changes sends into computing machine after bridge diagram, the conversion of A/D translation circuit, just can control speed and direction that cursor moves.
Touch switch also belongs to presser sensor formula sensor.With the voltage sensitive sensor (6) among touch switch replacement Fig. 1, can constitute the simplest singly-bound cursor control, it does not need bridge diagram and A/D translation circuit, can directly replace four or eight cursor control keys on the existing computer keyboard, keyboard area is reduced, and primary circuit needn't be changed.
Replace eight cursor control keys on the existing computer keyboard, can be with eight touch switches, 45 ° of ground, interval were arranged on housing (7) inside surface garden week.
Utilization has the conductive rubber of certain resistivity can make a kind of simple voltage sensitive sensor.
Second embodiment shown in Figure 5 adopts the embodiment of conductive rubber as the cursor control of sensor.Four conductive rubbers (9) divide two groups and are arranged in mutual vertically on housing (7) inner face garden week, and each conductive rubber bottom is bigger, and has conductive electrode (10) to draw, and the top dwindles gradually, tapered or triangle.The conductive plane of wobble-plate (11) contacts with the conductive rubber top, and makes it to be subjected to certain compression.When keycap (1) stressed, when making the wobble-plate run-off the straight, the contact area of certain conductive rubber and wobble-plate will increase, cause resistance decreasing between wobble-plate conducting surface extension line (12) and this conductive rubber extension line, and conductive rubber in opposite and wobble-plate contact area will reduce, and make resistance increasing between extension line (12) and this conductive rubber extension line.
Four conductive rubber extension lines, wobble-plate conducting surface extension line, and keycap soft-touch control extension line draws from base (3), and receive bridge diagram.
Four conductive rubbers can be isolated with electro-insulating rubber, make a whole ring-type.So that simplified manufacturing process.
Fig. 6 is the sectional view of integral conductive rubber component bidimensional voltage sensitive sensor.
Fig. 7 is this sensor vertical view.Make for conductive rubber (13) among the figure, and make for insulating gel (14).
Fig. 8 is the embodiment that combines with the conductive rubber voltage sensitive sensor with elasticity beam type Force transmission parts.(15) are the conductive rubber voltage sensitive sensor among the figure, and (16) are the back back electrode of each conductive rubber, and (17) are extension line, and (18) are swing garden post conducting surface extension line.
In this scheme, conductive rubber voltage sensitive sensor (15) can be made whole ring-type shown in Figure 9.The same with Fig. 7, it has four conduction regions and four insulation layers, isolates mutually.This embodiment has the simple especially advantage of manufacturing process.
The 4th embodiment shown in Figure 10 is the embodiment that force-sensing sensor adopts foil gauge.
Figure 11 is Figure 10 A-A cross-sectional view.Among the figure, (19) are protective cover, and (20) are strain chip force-sensing sensor, (22) be the soft-touch control extension line, (23) be soft-touch control, keycap among the figure (1) is directly installed on elastic beam (21) upper end, and (21) are fixed in the middle of the base (3).+ Y is to foil gauge (24), and-Y is to foil gauge (25), and+X is to foil gauge (26), and-X foil gauge (27) is on four sides of rectangle elastic beam.
When keycap in certain direction, suppose+the Y direction is subjected to power, elastic beam (21) will bend, result+Y will be compressed to foil gauge (24), and-Y will be elongated to foil gauge (25), make (24) resistance decreasing, (25) resistance increases, (24) (25) to change, through bridge diagram, just can obtain that size and+Y direction stressedly are in proportion, symbol and the stressed consistent voltage of direction of keycap.
Among this embodiment, metal or plastics that the available elastic feel quantity of elastic beam (21) is suitable are made, and can make one with base.And foil gauge can be with coating technique directly built in the elastic beam surface.
The 5th embodiment shown in Figure 12 is the another embodiment that force-sensing sensor adopts the strain slice structure.Figure 13 is Figure 12 B-B cross-section view, among the figure (31) be+Y is to foil gauge, (32) be-Y is to foil gauge, (33) be+X is to foil gauge, (34) are-the directions X foil gauge.
In this structure, adopted cruciform strain beam (29), this strain beam is fixed on the base (3).A transmission rod (28) is fixed at its middle part.One or both sides at four arms of cruciform strain beam (29) are shaped on foil gauge (30), when keycap+when directions X was subjected to power, this power caused that by transmission rod (28) cross-bar (29) is right, the left half distortion.By compression, stretched below above the right part, stretched above the left part, below by compression, thereby caused the respective change of foil gauge resistance value.This variation can obtain and stressed two the voltage outputs that are directly proportional of both direction by electric bridge.
The 6th embodiment shown in Figure 14 is the embodiment that adopts the differential transformer type force-sensing sensor, and Figure 15 is Figure 14 C-C cut-open view.
The moving iron core (35) of central authorities has certain elasticity, and keycap (1) is directly installed on central authorities moving iron core (35) upper end, is shaped on four magnetic poles on the stator core (37) in uniform way, has certain interval between the moving iron core (35) of its upper end and central authorities.Primary coil (37) is received on the AC power.± X to stator coil (38), (39) and ± Y is to stator coil (40), (40) differential concatenation respectively, and receives two phase-sensitive rectifier input ends respectively.
When keycap does not stress, between iron core aroused in interest (35) and four stator cores air gap equate that therefore the voltage swing felt of four stator coils equates.And+X to stator coil (38) and-X is after the anti-phase series connection of stator coil (39), its voltage is cancelled out each other, thereby output signal voltage is zero, behind the phase sensitivity amplification demodulator, output dc voltage also is zero.When keycap (1) be subjected to+during the directions X acting force, the moving iron core (35) of central authorities and+X air gap between the magnetic pole of stator coil (38) reduces, and and-X air gap increase between the magnetic pole of stator coil (39), thereby coil (38) induced voltage is greater than coil (39) induced voltage, and their anti-phase series connection back gained voltage is non-vanishing.This voltage obtains a direct current voltage after phase sensitivity is amplified rectification, this voltage will be directly proportional with keycap is stressed.When keycap be subjected to-during the directions X acting force, this voltage will become negative value.
In iron core aroused in interest also can not be with primary coil (37), at this moment, external circuit should be done some variations.
Figure 16 shows that the used external circuit schematic diagram of the 6th embodiment.(42) AC power among the figure, (43) primary coil, (44)+X be to coil, and (45)-X is to coil, and (46)+Y is to coil, and (47)-Y is to coil, (48) ± X phase-sensitive rectifier, and (49) ± Y is to phase-sensitive rectifier.
For above each embodiment, be unlikely to slide when about forwards, backwards, promoting keycap in order to point, should be shaped on sphere shape pit at the keycap top, its upper diameter is 10-16mm, the degree of depth is 3-6mm, as Fig. 3; Or the arc section transverse concave groove, its wide 8-16mm suitable for reading, dark 3-6mm is as Fig. 4.In the keycap top plan, should be shaped on concavo-convex particle, to increase friction force to finger.Also can be attached with one deck friction factor big rubber or polymkeric substance at the keycap top.
When the long-time operation cursor, can feel tired with a finger manipulation, so keycap should be made bigger width.Like this, both available three fingers are operated, and also can operate other button when the finger on both sides needs, and this width is generally 25-60mm.
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1, a kind of singly-bound cursor control by keycap, base, and the stressed sensor sensitive of keycap is constituted, it is characterized in that: described sensor by at least 2 groups can be respectively to keycap be parallel to the keyboard plane ± X, ± brief biography sensor that the suffered power of Y direction is independently made a response formed.
2, by the described singly-bound cursor control of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described sensor be made up of four or eight touch switches (6) and the contact disc (2) that can swing around the center.
3, by the described singly-bound cursor control of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described sensor is made of strain beam and foil gauge.
4, by the described singly-bound cursor control of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described sensor is made of four secured core coils and a central movable core of cross distribution, has one or do not have coil in the central iron core.
5, by the described singly-bound cursor control of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described sensor can be made of around the conduction contact of center swing four conductive rubbers of cross distribution and one, the conductive rubber bottom surface has conductive electrode, and lead to connection terminal, the also leaded connection terminal that leads to of contact conductive surface through lead-in wire.
6, by claim 1 and 3 described strain chip singly-bound cursor controls, it is characterized in that: described strain chip force-sensing sensor, constitute by a public square-section strain beam and the foil gauge that is attached to its four sides, before and after the foil gauge on two sides constitute electric bridge to keycap ± stressed sensitivity of Y direction, the strain on two sides, the left and right sides constitutes the electric bridge of keycap in the ± stressed sensitivity of directions X.
7, by claim 1 and 3 described strain chip singly-bound cursor controls, it is characterized in that: described foil gauge is built in the one or both sides of a cruciform strain beam (29), about rood beam part foil gauge and top and the bottom foil gauge constitute respectively right ± directions X and ± bridge diagram of the stressed sensitivity of Y direction.
8, by claim 1 and 5 described singly-bound cursor controls, it is characterized in that: described conductive rubber force-sensing sensor is isolated mutually by four sections conductive rubbers and four sections electro-insulating rubbers and is made a whole garden ring.
9,, it is characterized in that by the described singly-bound cursor control of claim 1: the keycap top be shaped on base on the touch electrode or the microswitch of the electric binding of connection terminal.
10, by the described singly-bound cursor control of claim 1, it is characterized in that: the length of keycap (1) directions X should be 25-60mm.
11, by the described singly-bound cursor control of claim 1, it is characterized in that: keycap (1) top center should be shaped on a dome shape pit or arc section transverse concave groove, the pit mouth diameters is 10-16mm, the degree of depth is 3-6mm, the arc section transverse concave groove, its wide 8-16mm suitable for reading, dark 3-6mm.
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