CN214586836U - Linear touch structure and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a linear touch structure and electronic equipment, linear touch structure includes cable and touch-control piece, and the touch-control piece sets up the periphery at the cable, and the cable includes sinle silk and insulating part, and the sinle silk includes connecting portion and the transmission portion of being connected with connecting portion, and connecting portion are relative with the touch-control piece, and insulating part parcel transmission portion, connecting portion expose and are connected with the touch-control piece electricity. Through setting up in the cable periphery and setting up touch control spare to make the insulating part of insulating part parcel sinle silk, connecting portion expose and with the line type touch structure that touch control spare is electric is connected, realized being applied to touch control technique in the line type structure in order to reach human-computer interaction's purpose, have simple structure, integrated level height and the characteristics of easily miniaturizing.

Description

Linear touch structure and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a touch-control technical field especially relates to a line type touch-control structure and electronic equipment.

Background

Along with the progress of times, scientific and technological products are more and more humanized and beautiful. In the past, communication between people and mechanical equipment is mostly realized by buttons, the introduction of a touch technology replaces the function of an entity key, and the product structure and the man-machine interaction mode are simplified.

The current touch technology is mainly applied to touch panel products, such as display panels of various electronic devices, such as mobile phones, computers, electronic watches, and the like, and electronic products with cable structures, such as wired earphones, line-type wearable devices, and the like, are still controlled in a key form, so that the electronic products have complex structures, low integration level and are difficult to miniaturize.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a line type touch structure and electronic equipment has simple structure, integrated level height, easily miniaturized characteristics.

For realizing the purpose of the utility model, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a line type touch structure, line type touch structure includes cable and touch-control spare, touch-control spare sets up the periphery of cable, the cable includes sinle silk and insulating part, the sinle silk include connecting portion and with the transmission portion that connecting portion are connected, connecting portion with touch-control spare is relative, the insulating part parcel transmission portion, connecting portion expose and with the touch-control spare electricity is connected.

In one embodiment, the cable is many, it is a plurality of to touch the controlling part, many the cable is arranged in beams, every the cable is equipped with one connecting portion, and is a plurality of touch the controlling part and be in set up in proper order interval on the extending direction of cable, it is a plurality of connecting portion and a plurality of touch the controlling part and be connected in a plurality of hookup location one-to-one electricity.

In one embodiment, the line-type touch structure includes a first conductive medium electrically connected to the connecting portion and the touch member at the connecting position.

In one embodiment, the line-type touch structure further includes a second conductive medium, and at the connection position, the second conductive medium surrounds the plurality of cables, and the second conductive medium connects the first conductive medium and the touch control member.

In one embodiment, the line-type touch structure further includes a third conductive medium electrically connected to the connecting portion and the touch member at the connecting position, wherein at least a portion of the cable is surrounded by the third conductive medium, and the cable provided with the connecting portion is located at an outer periphery of the third conductive medium.

In one embodiment, the line-type touch structure further includes a fourth conductive medium, the fourth conductive medium surrounds the periphery of the plurality of cables, and at the connection position, the fourth conductive medium connects the connection portion and the touch control member, and/or the fourth conductive medium connects the third conductive medium and the touch control member.

In one embodiment, the line-type touch structure further includes a shield member surrounding an outer circumference of the plurality of cables where the connection portion is not provided, in the connection position.

In one embodiment, the line-type touch structure further includes a controller, and the plurality of touch members are electrically connected to the controller.

In one embodiment, a plurality of the touch control members are electrically connected with the controller through the cable, or a plurality of the touch control members are electrically connected with the controller through a lead wire.

In a second aspect, the present invention further provides an electronic device, which includes the line-type touch structure according to any of the embodiments of the first aspect.

Through setting up in the cable periphery and setting up touch control spare to make the insulating part of insulating part parcel sinle silk, connecting portion expose and with the line type touch structure that touch control spare is electric is connected, realized being applied to touch control technique in the line type structure in order to reach human-computer interaction's purpose, have simple structure, integrated level height and the characteristics of easily miniaturizing.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall structure of a line-type touch structure according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall structure of a line-type touch structure according to another embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of FIG. 2 taken along direction A-A;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the alternate embodiment of FIG. 2 taken along the line A-A;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the alternate embodiment of FIG. 2 taken along the line A-A;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the alternate embodiment of FIG. 2 taken along the line A-A;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the alternate embodiment of FIG. 2 taken along the line A-A;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the alternate embodiment of FIG. 2 taken along the line A-A;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the alternate embodiment of FIG. 2 taken along the line A-A;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the alternate embodiment of FIG. 2 taken along the line A-A;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of an overall structure of a line-type touch structure according to an embodiment.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, the utility model provides a line type touch structure, this line type touch structure includes cable 10 and touch piece 20, and touch piece 20 sets up in the periphery of cable 10, and cable 10 includes sinle silk 11 and insulating part 12, and sinle silk 11 includes connecting portion 111 and the transmission portion 112 of being connected with connecting portion 111, and connecting portion 111 sets up with touch piece 20 relatively, and insulating part 12 parcel transmission portion 112, and connecting portion 111 exposes and is connected with touch piece 20 electricity.

The touch sensor in the touch technology mainly comprises a capacitive touch sensor, a resistive touch sensor, an infrared touch sensor, a surface acoustic wave touch sensor and the like, wherein the capacitive touch sensor is provided with an electrode and a conductor layer, when a finger touches an induction surface due to the existence of an electric field of a human body, the finger and the conductor layer form a coupling capacitor, a circuit sent by the electrode flows to a contact, the current intensity is in direct proportion to the distance from the finger to the induction surface, and the position of a touch point can be calculated according to the current intensity. The capacitive touch sensor is a touch sensing structure which is most widely applied in the technical field of touch control due to the characteristics of sensitive sensing and convenient use. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the touch control member 20 is preferably a capacitive touch sensor, the touch control member 20 is a hollow three-dimensional structure, and the cable 10 is disposed in the hollow structure of the touch control member 20, so that the touch control member 20 is disposed around the outer periphery of the cable 10. In addition, the line-type touch structure further includes a touch layer 30, and the touch layer 30 covers the outer surface of the touch control member 20 and is used for contacting with a human body. The connecting portion 111 is disposed corresponding to the touch member 20 and electrically connected to the touch member 20, and when a finger contacts the touch layer 30, the touch member 20 converts a touch action into a change of current, that is, induces a touch signal. The insulating member 12 wraps the transmission portion 112 to insulate the transmission portion 112 from the touch member 20, thereby preventing the transmission portion 112 from interfering with the touch signal of the connection portion 111. The connection part 111 is connected with the transmission part 112 to transmit the received touch signal to a next node through the transmission part 112. When a finger touches a certain point on the touch layer 30, the touch control member 20 senses the touch and generates a touch signal, and the wire core 11 receives the touch signal through the connection portion 111 and transmits the touch signal through the transmission portion 112.

Through set up touch control 20 in cable 10 periphery to make insulating part 12 parcel sinle silk 11's insulating part, connecting portion 111 exposes in order to reach the line type touch structure of being connected with touch control 20 electricity, realized being applied to touch control technique in the line type structure in order to reach human-computer interaction's purpose, have simple structure, integrated level height and the characteristics of easily miniaturization.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the cable 10 includes a plurality of cables, and the touch member 20 includes a plurality of cables. In this embodiment, the plurality of cables 10 have the same structure, each cable 10 is provided with a connecting portion 111, and the plurality of connecting portions 111 are electrically connected to the plurality of touch control members 20 at a plurality of connecting positions in a one-to-one correspondence manner. In addition, the portion of each cable 10 connected to the connecting portion 111 is wrapped by the insulating member 12 to form the transmission portion 112, so that insulation is achieved between the plurality of cables 10 in the non-connecting position. At the connection position, the connection portion 111 corresponding to the touch member 20 is insulated from the other cables 10. The plurality of cables 10 are arranged in a bundle to make the line type touch structure compact and orderly. The cable 10 in this embodiment has a function of transmitting a touch signal, and can transmit other types of signals, such as a sound signal, an image signal, and the like. The plurality of touch control members 20 are sequentially arranged at intervals in the extending direction of the cable 10, the number and the interval distance of the touch control members 20 are set according to the length of the touch sensing area of the cable 10, and when the touch sensing area of the cable 10 is long, the number of the touch control members 20 can be correspondingly increased, so that the sensitivity of touch sensing is improved, and the touch control function can be realized at any position in the touch sensing area. The connecting part 111 is directly arranged on the cable 10, and the touch piece 20 is arranged corresponding to the connecting part 111 to realize a touch function, so that the structure is simple, and the miniaturization is easy. The number of the touch pieces 20 is adjustable, so that the practical range of the linear touch structure is wider.

In one embodiment, each cable 10 has a function of transmitting a touch signal and other signals, and the signals can be transmitted by time-sharing control. Taking the earphone as an example, in the normal use process of the earphone, the linear touch structure does not sense the touch of the finger, and the cable 10 transmits the audio signal. When the linear touch structure is touched or gesture-slid, the touch member 20 senses a touch signal, and the cable 10 suspends the transmission of the audio signal and separately transmits the touch signal. By making each cable 10 have a function of transmitting various signals, the line type touch structure is simpler and easy to miniaturize.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the plurality of cables 10 includes a sensing cable for transmitting a touch signal and a signal cable for transmitting other signals. Taking the application of the line type touch control structure to the earphone as an example, the sensing cable is used for transmitting touch signals, the signal cable is used for transmitting audio signals, and the two cables respectively transmit two control signals, so that the interference generated between different signals can be effectively avoided.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, the connecting portion 111 is in surface contact with the touch member 20. Specifically, the outer peripheral surface of the cable 10 at the position corresponding to the touch member 20 is exposed to expose the wire core 11 to form the connecting portion 111, and the connecting portion 111 is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the touch member 20. Since the wire core 11 has a conductive function, when the touch member 20 senses a touch signal, the touch signal can be transmitted to the cable 10 by directly contacting the connecting portion 111. The cable 10 is exposed to form the connecting part 111, so that the signal transmission function can be realized by utilizing the direct contact between the wire core 11 and the touch part 20, and the characteristics of simple structure and easy miniaturization are achieved.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 4, the line-type touch structure includes a first conductive medium 41, and at the connection position, the first conductive medium 41 is electrically connected to the connection portion 111 and the touch member 20. Among them, the conductive medium 41 is a substance which has a small resistivity and easily conducts current. Preferably, the first conductive medium 41 in this embodiment is a conductive paste. The conductive adhesive is an adhesive with certain conductivity after being cured or dried, and can connect a plurality of conductive materials together to form an electric path between the connected materials. It is understood that in other embodiments, the first conductive medium 41 may be other conductive materials such as a metal foil.

Specifically, the outer circumference of the cable 10 is wrapped with the insulator 12 except for the connection position where the insulator 12 is removed to expose the wire core 11. The first conductive medium 41 is wound several turns around the outer circumference of the bare wire core 11 to wrap the wire core 11 to form the connection portion 111, and the connection portion 111 is in contact with the touch control member 20. When the touch member 20 senses a touch signal, the touch signal is transmitted to the cable 10 through the first conductive medium 41 due to the conductive function of the first conductive medium 41. The insulating part 12 is removed at the position of the cable 10 corresponding to the touch part 20 to expose the wire core 11, the first conductive medium 41 is wrapped on the periphery of the exposed wire core 11 to realize signal transmission between the touch part 20 and the cable 10, and meanwhile, the conductive medium is adopted to transmit signals to improve the stability and reliability of signal transmission of the linear touch structure, and the structure is simple and the integration level is high.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 5, the line-type touch structure further includes a second conductive medium 42, in the connection position, the second conductive medium 42 surrounds the plurality of wires 10, and the second conductive medium 42 connects the first conductive medium 41 and the touch member 20. Preferably, the first conductive medium 41 and the second conductive medium 42 are both made of conductive adhesive. In the present embodiment, the number of cables 10 is 4 for example, but in other embodiments, the number of cables 10 may be any number such as 3 or 5, and the present invention is not limited thereto. At the position where the cable 10 corresponds to the touch member 20, the plurality of cables 10 include a sensing cable 101 and a plurality of transmission cables 102, the sensing cable 101 is used for receiving the touch signal of the touch member 20 at the corresponding position, and the transmission cables 102 are used for transmitting a conducting wire signal, where the conducting wire signal may be a touch signal of the touch member 20 at other positions, or may be other types of signals, such as a sound signal, an image signal, and the like. The core 11 of the sensing cable 101 at the connection position is exposed, and the first conductive medium 41 is wound around the exposed position of the core 11 to form the connection portion 111 where the core 11 is covered by the first conductive medium 41. Further, at the position where the plurality of cables 10 correspond to the touch member 20, the second conductive medium 42 is wound around the plurality of cables 10 for several turns, and the first conductive medium 41 is in contact with the second conductive medium 42, and the second conductive medium 42 is also in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the touch member 20. When the touch member 20 senses a touch signal, the second conductive medium 42 receives the touch signal through contact with the touch member 20, and transmits the touch signal to the first conductive medium 41 through contact with the first conductive medium 42, and the first conductive medium 41 transmits the touch signal to the cable 10 through contact with the exposed portion of the wire core 11. By arranging the second conductive medium 42 to be simultaneously contacted with the touch member 20 and the first conductive medium 41, the touch signal is transmitted to the first conductive medium 41 through the second conductive medium 42 and then transmitted to the cable 10 through the first conductive medium 41, so that the transmission of the touch signal is more stable and reliable.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 6, the line-type touch structure further includes a third conductive medium 43, and at the connection position, the third conductive medium 43 is electrically connected to the connection portion 111 and the touch member 20, wherein at least a portion of the cable 10 is surrounded by the third conductive medium 43, and the cable 10 with the connection portion 111 is disposed at the periphery of the third conductive medium 43. Specifically, at the connection position, the cables 10 include a sensing wire 101 and a plurality of transmission cables 102, where the sensing wire 101 is exposed at a position corresponding to the touch member 20, so as to expose the wire core 11 for receiving the touch signal of the touch member 20, and the transmission cables 102 are used for transmitting the wire signal. Preferably, the third conductive medium 43 is made of conductive adhesive, and in the connection position, the third conductive medium 43 wraps the transmission cables 102 for several turns around the transmission cables 102 to wrap the transmission cables 102, and the third conductive medium 43 is simultaneously in contact with the touch structure 20 and the connection portion 111, when the touch member 20 senses a touch signal, the touch member 20 transmits the touch signal to the third conductive medium 43 through a contact surface with the third conductive medium 43, and the third conductive medium 43 transmits the touch signal to the cable 10 through a contact surface with the connection portion 111. By arranging the third conductive medium 43 as a medium for signal transmission, at the connection position, when the connection portion 111 is separated from the touch member 20, the function of signal transmission can still be realized through the third conductive medium 43, and the third conductive medium 43 has a certain fixing effect on the plurality of cables 10, thereby improving the reliability of the linear touch structure.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 7, the line-type touch structure further includes a fourth conductive medium 44. The fourth conductive medium 44 is preferably made of a conductive adhesive material, and after the third conductive medium 43 is wound around the transmission portion 112, the fourth conductive medium 44 is further wound around all the cables 10 at the connection position, so that the fourth conductive medium 44 surrounds the plurality of cables 10, and at the connection position, the fourth conductive medium 44 connects the connection portion 111 and the touch member 20. When the touch member 20 senses a touch signal, the touch signal on the touch member 20 may be transmitted to the fourth conductive medium 44 by the contact of the fourth conductive medium 44 with the touch member 20, and the fourth conductive medium 44 transmits the touch signal to the cable 10 by the contact with the connection portion 111.

In addition, the fourth conductive medium 44 is further connected to the third conductive medium 43 and the touch control member 20, when the touch control member 20 senses a touch signal, the touch signal can be further transmitted to the third conductive medium 43 through the fourth conductive medium 44, and the touch signal is transmitted to the cable 10 through the contact between the third conductive medium 43 and the connecting portion 111, so that the signal transmission is more sensitive, and the reliability of the signal transmission is improved.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 8 and 9, the fourth conductive medium 44 surrounds the outer circumference of the plurality of cables 10. As shown in fig. 8, at the connection position, the fourth conductive medium 44 connects the connection part 111 and the touch pad 20. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 9, the fourth conductive medium 44 connects the third conductive medium 43 and the touch member 20. It is understood that the signal transmission method is the same as the above embodiment, and is not described herein again.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 10, the line-type touch structure further includes a shielding element 50, and at the connection position, the shielding element 50 surrounds the outer periphery of the cables 10 without the connection portion 111. Specifically, at the connection position, the plurality of cables 10 includes a sensing cable 101 and a plurality of transmission cables 102, the sensing cable 101 is provided with a connection portion 111 for transmitting the touch signal corresponding to the touch control member 20, and the plurality of transmission cables 102 are used for transmitting the wire signal. The shielding member 50 surrounds the outer circumference of the plurality of transmission cables 102 to separate the connection portion 111 from the plurality of transmission cables 102, so that interference of the wire signals on the transmission cables 102 to the touch signals received by the connection portion 111 can be shielded, and the sensitivity of the line type touch structure is improved.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 11, the line-type touch structure further includes a controller 60, and the plurality of touch control members 20 are electrically connected to the controller 60 to determine the position of the touch point and the gesture sliding information according to the touch signal generated by the touch control members 20. The plurality of touch control members 20 may be electrically connected to the controller 60 through the lead wires 70, or electrically connected to the controller 60 through the cable 10. When the plurality of touch control members 20 are electrically connected with the controller through the lead wires 70, each touch control member 20 is communicated with the controller 60 through one lead wire 70, the touch control member 20 generates a current signal according to the touch or sliding of a finger, the current signal is transmitted to the controller 60 through the lead wires 70 correspondingly connected, and the controller 60 judges the position of a touch point and gesture sliding information according to the strength and change rule of the current signal. When the plurality of touch control members 20 are electrically connected to the controller 60 through the cable 10, the connection portion 111 of the cable 10 is connected to the touch control member 20, and the output end is connected to the controller 60. The current signal generated by the touch control component 20 enters the cable 10 through the connection portion 111 and is transmitted to the controller 60 through the transmission portion 112, and the controller 60 determines the position of the touch point and the gesture sliding information according to the intensity and the variation rule of the current signal.

The present invention further provides an electronic device, please refer to fig. 11, which includes a processor and a line type touch structure according to any of the above embodiments, wherein the processor is electrically connected to the controller 60. Can be a wired earphone, a line type wearing device and the like. The electronic equipment comprises a linear shell and a processor, wherein the linear shell wraps the linear touch structure to form a protective layer, and the electronic equipment has the functions of water resistance, dust resistance and the like. When the controller 60 determines the position of the touch point and the gesture sliding information, it transmits a touch signal to the processor, and the processor controls the electronic device to start different functions according to the received touch signal. For example, when the electronic device is a wired headset, the processor may perform song switching, volume adjustment, and the like according to the difference of the touch signals. Through adding in electronic equipment the utility model provides a line type touch structure need not to use the button and can carry out human-computer interaction for electronic equipment simple structure, integrated level are high, easily miniaturization.

While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a linear touch structure, its characterized in that linear touch structure includes cable and touch-control spare, the touch-control spare sets up the periphery of cable, the cable includes sinle silk and insulating part, the sinle silk include connecting portion and with the transmission portion that connecting portion are connected, connecting portion with the touch-control spare is relative, the insulating part parcel transmission portion, connecting portion expose and with the touch-control spare electricity is connected.

2. The line type touch structure of claim 1, wherein the cable has a plurality of wires, the touch members have a plurality of touch members, the plurality of wires are arranged in a bundle, each wire has one connecting portion, the plurality of touch members are sequentially arranged at intervals in an extending direction of the wire, and the plurality of connecting portions and the plurality of touch members are electrically connected in a one-to-one correspondence at a plurality of connection positions.

3. The line type touch structure of claim 2, wherein the line type touch structure comprises a first conductive medium electrically connected to the connection portion and the touch member at the connection position.

4. The line type touch structure of claim 3, further comprising a second conductive medium surrounding the plurality of wires at the connection position, the second conductive medium connecting the first conductive medium and the touch control member.

5. The line type touch structure of claim 2, further comprising a third conductive medium electrically connected to the connection portion and the touch member at the connection position, wherein at least a portion of the cable is surrounded by the third conductive medium, and the cable provided with the connection portion is at the periphery of the third conductive medium.

6. The line type touch structure of claim 5, further comprising a fourth conductive medium surrounding the periphery of the plurality of wires, wherein the fourth conductive medium connects the connection part and the touch control part at the connection position, and/or wherein the fourth conductive medium connects the third conductive medium and the touch control part.

7. The line type touch structure of claim 2, further comprising a shield member surrounding the outer circumference of the plurality of cables where the connection part is not provided at the connection position.

8. The line type touch structure of claim 2, further comprising a controller, wherein the plurality of touch members are electrically connected to the controller.

9. The linear touch structure of claim 8, wherein the touch elements are electrically connected to the controller via the cable, or wherein the touch elements are electrically connected to the controller via a lead.

10. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises the line type touch structure according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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