CN215987243U - Electronic equipment control device - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides an electronic equipment control device, which comprises a shell, a pressure-sensitive identification component and an operating rod, wherein the shell is provided with an accommodating space; the pressure-sensitive identification component is accommodated in the accommodating space and comprises a pressure-sensitive surface; the operating rod is movably arranged in the accommodating space and is provided with an operating end face and a sensing end face which are respectively positioned at two ends of the operating rod, and the sensing end face is selectively contacted with or separated from the pressure sensing face. The electronic equipment control device provided by the embodiment of the application can sense the contact track and the contact pressure generated by the operating rod on the pressure sensing surface through the pressure sensing identification component, so that a user can complete input operation through the movable operating rod without moving the shell, and the electronic equipment control device is not limited by the use environment.

Description

Electronic equipment control device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to an electronic equipment control device.

Background

The mouse is a common electronic device control device, most of the existing mice used by users are optical mice, and the movement of the mouse relative to a surface is detected through optical sensors such as light emitting diodes and photodiodes. However, the conventional optical mouse cannot be normally used on smooth surfaces such as glass and metal or surfaces with special colors, and abnormal phenomena such as stagnation, shaking, drifting, no response, even cursor loss and the like of the mouse cursor can occur; secondly, the optical mouse needs to be moved, so the optical mouse is easily influenced by the size of an operation space and is limited in use.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the present application is to provide an electronic device control apparatus to solve the above problems. The present application achieves the above object by the following technical solutions.

The embodiment of the application provides an electronic equipment control device, which comprises a shell, a pressure-sensitive identification component and an operating rod, wherein the shell is provided with an accommodating space; the pressure-sensitive identification component is accommodated in the accommodating space and comprises a pressure-sensitive surface; the operating rod is movably arranged in the accommodating space and is provided with an operating end face and a sensing end face which are respectively positioned at two ends of the operating rod, and the sensing end face is selectively contacted with or separated from the pressure sensing face.

Compared with the prior art, the electronic equipment control device provided by the embodiment of the application comprises the pressure-sensitive identification component and the operating rod, the operating rod is movably arranged in the accommodating space, and the pressure-sensitive identification component can sense the contact track and the contact pressure of the operating rod generated on the pressure-sensitive surface, so that a user can complete input operation through the movable operating rod without moving the shell, and the operating rod can be normally controlled in the shell placed in other environments such as a non-plane environment and a smooth surface environment, so that the electronic equipment control device is not limited by the use environment, and the universality is greatly enhanced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device operating device according to an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic device manipulation apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in a direction A-A when the joystick is in a first position;

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic device manipulation apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 in a direction A-A when the joystick is in a second position;

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic device manipulating apparatus shown in FIG. 1, taken along the line A-A when the operation lever is rotated about the set axis;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device manipulation apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application when an operation rod rotates around a set axis;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of a pressure-sensitive identification component in an electronic device manipulation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an electronic device manipulation apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is another schematic structural diagram of an electronic device operating device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative and are only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, an electronic device control apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a housing 10, a pressure-sensitive identification component 20, and an operation rod 30, wherein the housing 10 has an accommodating space 11; the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 is accommodated in the accommodating space 11, and the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 comprises a pressure-sensitive surface 21; the operating rod 30 is movably disposed in the accommodating space 11, the operating rod 30 has an operating end surface 31 and a sensing end surface 32 respectively disposed at two ends of the operating rod 30, and the sensing end surface 32 selectively contacts with or separates from the pressure sensing surface 21.

The electronic device control apparatus 100 may be an input device such as a mouse, a tablet or a joystick, and the electronic device control apparatus 100 is exemplified as a mouse in the embodiment of the present application.

In actual use, the electronic device control apparatus 100 can be connected to a computer. When the user intends to move the mouse pointer on the screen, a finger may be placed on the operation lever 30, and as an embodiment, the operation lever 30 may be slightly depressed or the operation lever 30 may be shaken to bring the sensing end surface 32 into contact with the pressure-sensitive surface 21, so that the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 identifies the user's operation. Then the operating rod 30 (see fig. 4) can be shaken or the operating rod 30 can be continuously pressed, the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 can sense the contact track and the contact pressure generated by the operating rod 30 on the pressure-sensitive surface 21, the computer can control the mouse pointer on the screen to correspondingly move according to the collected contact track, and the screen element of the position passed by the mouse pointer can be operated according to the collected contact pressure. After the operation is completed, the user's finger leaves the operation lever 30, the operation lever 30 can be restored to the initial position, and the sensing end surface 32 is separated from the pressure sensing surface 21, so that one input operation can be completed.

The electronic device control device 100 provided by the embodiment of the application comprises the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 and the operating rod 30, the operating rod 30 is movably arranged in the accommodating space 11, the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 can sense the contact track and the contact pressure of the operating rod 30 generated on the pressure-sensitive surface 21, therefore, a user can complete input through the movable operating rod 30 without moving the shell 10, and the operating rod 30 can normally operate in other environments such as a non-plane environment and a smooth surface environment when the shell 10 is placed, so that the electronic device control device 100 is not limited by the use environment, and the universality is greatly enhanced.

In one embodiment, the operating rod 30 has a length direction X, and the operating end surface 31 and the sensing end surface 32 are located at both ends of the operating rod 30 in the length direction X. The sensing end surface 32 of the operating rod 30 is located in the accommodating space 11, and the sensing end surface 32 of the operating rod 30 extends out of the housing 10, so that the operation of a user is facilitated. The operating end face 31 exposed outside the housing 10 may mean that the operating end face 31 is exposed outside the housing 10 when not in use, and is pressed into the housing 10 when in use; it can also mean that the operation end face 31 is always exposed outside the housing 10, i.e. the operation end face 31 of the operation rod 30 is exposed outside the housing 10 no matter in the use state or the non-use state.

As an embodiment, the operation lever 30 may be selectively moved in the longitudinal direction X according to the force applied to the operation end surface 31 by the user. The operation lever 30 is provided with a preset position in the length direction X, and when the operation lever 30 moves in the length direction X, the moving track of the sensing end surface 32 of the operation lever 30 includes the preset position. That is, the sensing end surface 32 of the operating lever 30 can be moved to a preset position in the length direction X, so that the sensing end surface 32 is brought into contact with or separated from the pressure-sensitive surface 21. For example, the preset position may include a first position to which the sensing end surface 32 is separated from the pressure-sensitive surface 21 and a second position to which the sensing end surface 32 is in contact with the pressure-sensitive surface 21. Therefore, the user can complete the related input operation by moving the operating rod 30, and the operating rod 30 can meet the requirement of any rod-shaped structure without complex structural design. In this embodiment, the operating rod 30 may be a straight rod-shaped structure. In the present embodiment, the stroke of the operating rod 30 moving from the first position to the second position may be greater than a certain distance, for example, greater than 10mm, so that the accidental touch may be prevented to some extent.

As another embodiment, the operation lever 30 may be selectively rotated along a set axis according to the force applied to the operation end surface 31 by the user. When the operating rod 30 rotates around the set axis, the moving track of the sensing end surface 32 may include a third position, and the sensing end surface 32 can contact the pressure sensing surface 21 when moving to the third position. For example, the pressure-sensitive surface 21 may be a curved surface, the movement locus of the sensing end surface 32 may be an arc, and the curvature of the movement locus of the sensing end surface is smaller than that of the pressure-sensitive surface 21, so that the operation lever 30 does not contact the pressure-sensitive surface 21 when not swung, but contacts the pressure-sensitive surface 21 when swung.

As another embodiment, the operation rod 30 may be moved along the length direction X according to the force applied by the user to the operation end surface 31, the sensing end surface 32 is located at the second position when the sensing end surface 32 is moved to contact with the pressure sensing surface 21, and then the operation rod 30 may be rotated around the set axis under the control of the user. When the operating lever 30 rotates around the set axis, the moving track of the sensing end surface 32 may include a third position, the sensing end surface 32 can contact the pressure-sensitive surface 21 when moving to the third position, and the contact pressure between the sensing end surface 32 and the pressure-sensitive surface 21 when the sensing end surface 32 is at the third position is greater than the contact pressure between the sensing end surface 32 and the pressure-sensitive surface 21 when the sensing end surface 32 is at the second position.

In one embodiment, the sensing end surface 32 can rotate around the set axis D of the operating rod 30 (see fig. 4 and 5) after moving to the second position along the length direction of the operating rod 30 and contacting the pressure sensing surface 21 (see fig. 3). Therefore, a user can move the operating rod 30 along the length direction X of the operating rod 30, so that the sensing end surface 32 of the operating rod 30 moves to the second position, at this time, the sensing end surface 32 contacts with the pressure sensing surface 21, and since the sensing end surface 32 can rotate around the set axis D of the operating rod 30 when the sensing end surface 32 is at the second position, the operating rod 30 can slide in different directions on the pressure sensing surface 21, so as to control the mouse pointer on the screen to move in corresponding directions. For example, the user can rock the operation rod 30 clockwise, counterclockwise, left, right, downward or upward, and then control the mouse pointer on the screen to move clockwise, counterclockwise, left, right, downward or upward correspondingly, and the operation is intuitive and clear.

In this embodiment, the preset positions may further include a third position where the operating lever 30 is in contact with the pressure-sensitive surface 21, and a contact pressure of the operating lever 30 with the pressure-sensitive surface 21 at the third position is greater than a contact pressure of the operating lever 30 with the pressure-sensitive surface 21 at the second position. Therefore, a user can perform 'light pressure' and 'heavy pressure' operations on the pressure sensing surface 21 through the operating rod 30, and the electronic device control device 100 can output different control instructions according to different contact pressures, so that functions and interaction modes of the electronic device control device 100 are enriched.

In some embodiments, the preset positions may further include a fourth position and other positions, and the contact pressure of the operating rod 30 with the pressure-sensitive surface 21 in the fourth position may be different from the contact pressure of the operating rod 30 with the pressure-sensitive surface 21 in the second position and the third position, so that the functions and the interaction modes of the electronic device manipulating apparatus 100 may be further enriched.

In some embodiments, the operation rod 30 may have a spherical portion at one end exposed outside the housing 10, and the spherical portion has an operation end surface 31, and the spherical portion may increase the contact area between the user's finger and the operation rod 30, thereby improving the contact comfort.

In some embodiments, the operation rod 30 may be a telescopic rod, and the telescopic rod may be provided with a telescopic button at the operation end surface 31 or other positions of the housing 10, and the telescopic rod may be controlled to extend or contract by the telescopic button, and the sensing end surface 32 may also be contacted with or separated from the pressure sensing surface 21. Meanwhile, in an unused state, the operating rod 30 can be integrally retracted into the accommodating space 11, and when the portable electronic device is used, the telescopic rod can be controlled to extend by the telescopic button, so that the operating end face 31 can be exposed out of the housing 10 for a user to control.

Referring to fig. 2 and 5, in the present embodiment, the pressure-sensitive surface 21 may be an arc surface, and the set axis D coincides with an arc center of the arc surface, so that the operation rod 30 can uniformly slide to any position of the pressure-sensitive surface 21 around the set axis D, and a user can obtain a consistent operation experience when swinging the operation rod 30 in different directions. Alternatively, the curved surface may be a portion of a sphere, such as a hemisphere or portion of a hemisphere.

In some embodiments, the pressure-sensitive surface 21 may be an ellipsoid surface, an arc surface, or other regular or irregular curved surface, as long as the operation rod 30 can slide on the pressure-sensitive surface 21.

In this embodiment, the sensing end surface 32 may be a curved surface, so that the sensing end surface 32 can move smoothly on the pressure-sensitive surface 21, and the contact friction between the sensing end surface 32 and the pressure-sensitive surface 21 is reduced.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 may include a pressure-sensitive touch pad 22 and a pressure-sensitive identification controller 23, the pressure-sensitive touch pad 22 is provided with a pressure-sensitive surface 21, and the pressure-sensitive identification controller 23 is electrically connected to the pressure-sensitive touch pad 22.

The pressure-sensitive touch pad 22 is used for sensing a contact track and a contact pressure generated by the operation rod 30 on the pressure-sensitive surface 21, that is, both sliding and pressing operations performed by the operation rod 30 on the pressure-sensitive touch pad 22 can be identified, so that a rich interaction form can be provided for a user.

The pressure recognition controller 23 may be an MCU (Micro Control Unit) or an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) chip, or the like.

The pressure recognition controller 23 may include a pressure sampling circuit 231, an information processing circuit 232, and an information transmission circuit 233, wherein the pressure sampling circuit 231 is electrically connected to the pressure-sensitive touch pad 22, the information processing circuit 232 is electrically connected to the pressure sampling circuit 231, and the information transmission circuit 233 is electrically connected to the information processing circuit 232 and is used for connecting a computer. The information transmission circuit 233 may establish a communication connection with the computer in a wired or wireless manner.

The pressure sampling circuit 231 is used for collecting pressure information output by the pressure-sensitive touch panel 22 and transmitting the pressure information to the information processing circuit 232, and the information processing circuit 232 is used for performing algorithm processing on the received pressure information to obtain movement information of the mouse pointer and then transmitting the movement information to the computer through the information transmission circuit 233, so that the mouse pointer on the screen is controlled to perform movement operation. Therefore, the electronic device control device 100 can directly output the movement information of the mouse pointer, and the movement information can be input into the computer for use without data processing, so that the configuration requirement on the computer is reduced, and the practicability and the universality of the electronic device control device 100 are improved.

The information processing circuit 232 may further be configured to determine a working mode of the pressure sampling circuit 231 according to the pressure information, specifically, when the information processing circuit 232 does not receive the pressure information output by the pressure-sensitive touch pad 22 within a preset time period, the information processing circuit 232 outputs a low power consumption mode to the pressure sampling circuit 231, and the pressure sampling circuit 231 reduces a scanning frequency in the low power consumption mode, so as to reduce power consumption; otherwise, the operation mode is output to the pressure sampling circuit 231, and the pressure sampling circuit 231 maintains the set scanning frequency in the operation mode, thereby ensuring the detection sensitivity of the pressure-sensitive touch panel 22.

The information processing circuit 232 may also be configured to determine that the operation of the operation lever 30 is invalid when the pressure information output by the pressure-sensitive touch pad 22 is smaller than the set pressure threshold, so as to prevent a false touch.

It should be noted that the pressure identification controller 23 is not necessary for the electronic device manipulation apparatus 100. In some embodiments, the pressure information output by the pressure-sensitive touch pad 22 can be directly sent to a computer, and the movement information of the mouse pointer can also be obtained by performing an algorithm processing on the pressure information by the computer.

In some embodiments, the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 may also be used only for sensing the contact pressure generated by the operating rod 30 on the pressure-sensitive surface 21. For example, the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 may include a component body having the pressure-sensitive surface 21 and a pressure sensor provided with the component body, and the pressure sensor may sense the contact pressure of the operation lever 30 on the pressure-sensitive surface 21. This type of pressure-sensitive identification component 20 is simple in structure and can effectively reduce the equipment cost. Of course, in other embodiments, the pressure-sensitive identification component 20 may also be used to sense only the contact track generated by the operating rod 30 on the pressure-sensitive surface 21.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the electronic device control apparatus 100 may further include an elastic connection ring 40, the elastic connection ring 40 is connected to the housing 10 and located in the accommodating space 11, the elastic connection ring 40 is sleeved outside the operation rod 30, and the elastic connection ring 40 is elastically deformed along with the movement of the operation rod 30.

Specifically, when the user presses the operating lever 30 with a finger to move the sensing end surface 32 to the second position, the elastic connecting ring 40 deforms, and when the user swings the operating lever 30 to rotate around the set axis, or continues to press and move to the third position, the deformation amount of the elastic connecting ring 40 increases; when the user's finger is separated from the operation rod 30, the external force applied to the elastic connection ring 40 disappears, and at this time, the elastic connection ring 40 can drive the operation rod 30 to return to the first position by its own elastic restoring force, so as to wait for the next operation. Therefore, the elastic connecting ring 40 can realize the axial movement of the operating rod 30 among the first position, the second position and the third position, and can realize the rotating movement of the operating rod 30 around the set axis D, and the structural design is ingenious and practical.

In some embodiments, the elastic connection ring 40 may be made of rubber or PE (Polyethylene), TPE (thermoplastic elastomer), Polyethylene terephthalate, etc., which can provide the elastic connection ring 40 with elastic deformation capability.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 7, the housing 10 may further have a movable hole 50, and the movable hole 50 penetrates through a wall of the housing 10 to communicate the accommodating space 11 with the outside. The movable hole 50 may be coaxially disposed with the elastic connection ring 40, the operation rod 30 is disposed through the movable hole 50, and the inner diameter of the movable hole 50 is greater than the outer diameter of the operation rod 30, so as to avoid interference to the rotation operation of the operation rod 30. As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 4, a sealing ring 60 hermetically connected to the housing 10 may be further disposed in the movable hole 50, the operating rod 30 is sleeved with the sealing ring 60, and the sealing ring 60 may be an elastic sealing ring, so that the housing 10 is sealed and the movement of the operating rod 30 is not interfered.

Referring to fig. 7, in some embodiments, the elastic connection ring 40 may be connected to the housing 10 and embedded in the movable hole 50, so as to also achieve the axial movement and the rotation of the operation rod 30 around the set axis, and the elastic connection ring 40 may seal the movable hole 50, so that a certain waterproof and dustproof effect may be achieved without an additional sealing ring.

Referring to fig. 8, when the electronic device manipulation apparatus 100 is a mouse, the electronic device manipulation apparatus 100 may further include a first manipulation part 71 and a second manipulation part 72, the first manipulation part 71 and the second manipulation part 72 are disposed in the housing 10 side by side, and the operation rod 30 is located between the first manipulation part 71 and the second manipulation part 72.

In this embodiment, the first operating portion 71 and the second operating portion 72 may be both button structures, and the first operating portion 71 and the second operating portion 72 may receive clicking or tapping operations of a user, such as clicking, double clicking, and the like, so as to further enrich the operating functions and the interaction modes of the electronic device operating apparatus 100. The operating rod 30 is located between the first operating part 71 and the second operating part 72, so that the user can move back and forth among the operating rod 30, the first operating part 71 and the second operating part 72 by small movement of fingers, and the operation is easy and convenient.

In some embodiments, the first operating portion 71 and the second operating portion 72 may also be both pressure-sensitive touch pads, and the first operating portion 71 and the second operating portion 72 may receive a sliding operation and a tapping operation of a user.

In some embodiments, one of the first operation portion 71 and the second operation portion 72 may be a button structure, and the other is a pressure-sensitive touch pad, so as to greatly increase the operation interest of the electronic device control apparatus 100.

It should be noted that the position of the operating lever 30 is not limited to between the first operating portion 71 and the second operating portion 72, the operating lever 30 may be disposed at other positions of the housing 10, for example, at other positions on the same surface as the first operating portion 71 and the second operating portion 72 or on the side surface of the housing 10, and the embodiment is not particularly limited.

In summary, the electronic device control apparatus 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application senses the contact track and the contact pressure generated by the operation rod 30 on the pressure-sensitive surface 21 through the pressure-sensitive identification component 20, so that the user can complete input through moving the operation rod 30 without moving the housing 10, and the electronic device control apparatus 100 can be used in some narrow spaces without being limited by the size of the use space; on the other hand, compared with the optical mouse, the electronic device control device 100 does not need an optical unit, and the operation rod 30 can be normally operated when the housing 10 is placed in other environments such as a non-planar environment and a smooth surface, so that the electronic device control device 100 is not limited by the use environment, and has a wide application range and greatly enhanced universality.

Although the present application has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. An electronic device manipulation apparatus, comprising:

a housing provided with an accommodating space;

the pressure-sensitive identification assembly is accommodated in the accommodating space and comprises a pressure-sensitive surface; and

the operating rod is movably arranged in the accommodating space and provided with an operating end face and a sensing end face which are respectively positioned at two ends of the operating rod, and the sensing end face is selectively contacted with or separated from the pressure sensing face.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating rod has a length direction, and when the operating rod is selectively moved along the length direction, the moving track of the sensing end face includes a preset position.

3. The electronic device manipulation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the preset positions include a first position and a second position, the sensing end surface is separated from the pressure-sensitive surface when moved to the first position, and the sensing end surface is in contact with the pressure-sensitive surface when moved to the second position.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the operating lever is selectively rotated around a set axis, a moving track of the sensing end surface includes a third position, and the sensing end surface contacts the pressure-sensitive surface when moving to the third position.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the pressure-sensitive surface is an arc surface, and the set axis coincides with an arc center of the arc surface.

6. The device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pressure-sensitive identification component comprises a pressure-sensitive touch pad and a pressure-sensitive identification controller, the pressure-sensitive touch pad is provided with the pressure-sensitive surface, and the pressure-sensitive identification controller is electrically connected to the pressure-sensitive touch pad.

7. The device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the sensing end surface is curved.

8. The electronic device manipulation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the operation end surface is exposed to the outside of the housing.

9. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an elastic connection ring, wherein the elastic connection ring is connected to the housing and located in the accommodating space, the elastic connection ring is sleeved outside the operation rod, and the elastic connection ring elastically deforms along with the movement of the operation rod.

10. The electronic device manipulation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a first manipulation part and a second manipulation part, wherein the first manipulation part and the second manipulation part are disposed side by side in the housing, and the operation lever is disposed between the first manipulation part and the second manipulation part.

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