CN218383935U

CN218383935U - Touch device and vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN218383935U
Application number: CN202222791256.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李高山; 林静; 胡彬; 孙丽
Original assignee: Qiantang Science and Technology Innovation Center
Current assignee: Qiantang Science and Technology Innovation Center
Priority date: 2022-10-21
Filing date: 2022-10-21
Publication date: 2023-01-24
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-21

Abstract

The application relates to a touch device and a vehicle, wherein the touch device comprises a flexible touch module and a driving module; the flexible touch module is electrically connected with the driving module, the flexible touch module comprises a light-transmitting surface layer, a light-emitting layer and a pressure induction layer which are sequentially arranged, and the light-emitting layer is electrically connected with the pressure induction layer. At least one touch device is arranged in the interior area of the vehicle. The application discloses touch device has promoted the space utilization through laminating integration in proper order on printing opacity superficial layer, luminescent layer and forced induction layer, can be applied to all kinds of scenes in a flexible way, and is soft comfortable during the touch-control, promotes user's mutual experience and feels.

Description

Touch device and vehicle

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of touch control, in particular to a touch control device and a vehicle.

Background

The automobile interior system is an important component of an automobile body, integrates a human-computer interaction interface, provides the most visual feeling for a whole automobile in use for consumers, and is mainly made of wood, leather, glass fibers, carbon fibers, glass, metal and the like in the field of the current automobile interior, but the current interiors have single surface effect and a plurality of heavy buttons occupying spaces which are not easy to control. In the aspect of intelligent interaction, the scheme of a display screen is mostly adopted, or the hard light-transmitting surface is matched with a hard circuit board and a capacitive or inductive touch sensing diaphragm to realize light response to touch operation of a user, so that intelligent interaction with the user is realized; according to the existing scheme, the human-computer interaction is poor in interactive experience feeling by pressing the hard surface through touch.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

To above-mentioned technical problem, this application provides a touch device and vehicle, through the laminating integration in proper order on printing opacity superficial layer, luminescent layer and forced induction layer, has promoted the space usage rate, can be applied to all kinds of scenes in a flexible way, and is soft comfortable during the touch-control, promotes user's mutual experience and feels.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present application provides a touch device, including a flexible touch module and a driving module; the flexible touch module is electrically connected with the driving module and comprises a light-transmitting surface layer, a light-emitting layer and a pressure induction layer which are sequentially arranged, and the light-emitting layer is electrically connected with the pressure induction layer.

Optionally, the pressure sensing layer comprises a thin film pressure sensor.

Optionally, the light emitting layer includes a flexible circuit board and light emitting components distributed on the flexible circuit board.

Optionally, the control circuits of the light emitting assemblies are independent of each other.

Optionally, the flexible touch module further includes a light uniformizing layer, and the light uniformizing layer is located between the light-transmitting surface layer and the light-emitting layer.

Optionally, the light uniformizing layer comprises a silica gel layer and/or a light uniformizing thin film layer.

Optionally, a hollow area with a preset pattern is arranged on the light-transmitting surface layer, and the light-emitting layer emits light to display the preset pattern through the hollow area.

Optionally, a button area is arranged on the light-transmitting surface layer, and the button area is matched with the light control area of the pressure sensing layer.

Optionally, the driving module is provided with at least one of a switch, a signal lamp and a USB interface.

The application further provides a vehicle, and at least one touch device is arranged in the interior area of the vehicle.

According to the touch device and the vehicle, the touch device comprises a flexible touch module and a driving module; the flexible touch module is electrically connected with the driving module, the flexible touch module comprises a light-transmitting surface layer, a light-emitting layer and a pressure induction layer which are sequentially arranged, and the light-emitting layer is electrically connected with the pressure induction layer. At least one touch device is arranged in the interior area of the vehicle. The touch device provided by the application is integrated through the sequential lamination of the light-transmitting surface layer, the light-emitting layer and the pressure sensing layer, the space utilization rate is improved, the touch device can be flexibly applied to various scenes, and is soft and comfortable during touch control, and the interaction experience of a user is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch device according to a first embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible touch module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a second schematic structural diagram of a flexible touch module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application is provided for illustrative purposes, and other advantages and capabilities of the present application will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the present disclosure.

In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that describe several embodiments of the application. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that mechanical, structural, electrical, and operational changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. The following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.

Although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements in some instances, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another.

Also, as used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes" and/or "including," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, components, items, species, and/or groups, but do not preclude the presence, or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, species, and/or groups thereof. The terms "or" and/or "as used herein are to be construed as inclusive or meaning any one or any combination. Thus, "A, B or C" or "A, B and/or C" means "any of the following: a; b; c; a and B; a and C; b and C; A. b and C ". An exception to this definition will occur only when a combination of elements, functions, steps or operations are inherently mutually exclusive in some way.

First embodiment

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch device according to a first embodiment of the present application. Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible touch module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 3 is a second schematic structural diagram of a flexible touch module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the touch device of the present embodiment includes a flexible touch module 10 and a driving module 20; the flexible touch module 10 is electrically connected with the driving module 20, the flexible touch module 10 includes a light-transmitting surface layer 11, a light-emitting layer 13 and a pressure-sensitive layer 14, which are sequentially disposed, and the light-emitting layer 13 is electrically connected with the pressure-sensitive layer 14.

The touch device disclosed by the application can be used for automotive interiors such as automobile armrests and the like, comprises the flexible touch module 10 which is flexible and bendable, and can realize the functions of surface lighting, light color adjustment, sliding light accompanying, gradual touch change and the like. The touch device of this embodiment can reduce the button or the switch quantity in the auttombilism cabin, and the rate of utilization of expansion space adopts the flexibility operation, promotes user experience.

In an embodiment, the flexible touch module 10 further includes a light uniformizing layer 12, the light uniformizing layer 12 is located between the light-transmitting surface layer 11 and the light-emitting layer 13, and the light uniformizing layer 12 includes a silica gel layer and/or a light uniformizing thin film layer.

As shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, the flexible touch module 10 of the present embodiment is flexible and bendable, and includes a light-transmitting surface layer 11, a light-homogenizing layer 12, a light-emitting layer 13, and a pressure-sensitive layer 14, which are sequentially stacked. The pressure sensing layer 14 is controlled by the pressure to emit light through the light emitting layer 13, and light can pass through the surface layer 11, so that the flexible touch module 10 has a light emitting effect.

In this embodiment, the transparent surface layer 11, the light uniformizing layer 12, the light emitting layer 13, and the pressure sensing layer 14 are made of flexible bendable deformable materials, and the surface layer soft material is soft and comfortable when compared with a hard surface material for touch interaction. In addition, the light-transmitting surface layer 11, the light-homogenizing layer 12, the light-emitting layer 13 and the pressure sensing layer 14 are sequentially attached together, so that the whole thickness is small, more scenes can be designed and used, the design and the use are more flexible, and the space utilization rate can be increased. Through pressing or sliding in printing opacity superficial layer 11 when pressing, transmit power to forced induction layer 14, forced induction layer 14 senses trigger position information, and the lamp of corresponding position can be lighted according to the sliding position through circuit and algorithm control luminescent layer 13, promotes user's mutual experience and feels.

In an embodiment, the pressure sensing layer 41 includes a film pressure sensor (not shown), the light emitting layer 13 is an FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit (Board), a Flexible Circuit Board), and can be bent and deformed, the light uniformizing layer 12 is a deformable material such as a silica gel or a light uniformizing film, the light transmitting surface layer 11 is a leather decorative surface or other deformable decorative surfaces, the layers are sequentially attached together, each layer is a bendable deformable material, the bending effect shown in fig. 3 can be realized by combining the layers together, the use scenes of the Flexible touch module 10 are greatly enriched, and the overall thickness of the Flexible touch module 10 can be greatly reduced compared with a hard material and an led hard Board, and the possibility of design is enriched.

In one embodiment, the light emitting layer 13 includes a flexible circuit board (not shown) and light emitting components (not shown) distributed on the flexible circuit board.

In one embodiment, the control circuits of the light emitting elements are independent from each other, and the pressure sensing layer 14 controls the light emitting layer 13 to light the light emitting element at the corresponding position according to the sensed pressure position information.

It is worth mentioning that, the electricity is connected between luminescent layer 13 and the forced induction layer 14, slides at printing opacity superficial layer 11 through pressing or pressing the while, with power transmission to forced induction layer 14, forced induction layer 14 senses trigger position information, and the lamp of relevant position can be lighted according to the sliding position through circuit and algorithm control luminescent layer 13, can realize the light that slides and accompany the effect, embodies science and technology and feels, increases user experience.

In one embodiment, a hollow area (not shown) with a predetermined pattern is disposed on the light-transmissive surface layer 11, and the light-emitting layer 13 emits light to display the predetermined pattern through the hollow area.

Here, the pressure sensing layer 14 may sense the force applied to the module and provide corresponding feedback. The light-emitting layer 13 is formed by spreading a mesh led lamp or other light-emitting devices on the surface of the flexible circuit board, and the light is turned on and changed in color according to the different interaction of the touch force sensed by the pressure sensing layer 14. The light homogenizing layer 12 can homogenize the light emitted by the light emitting layer 13, so that the overall displayed light effect is uniform and soft. The light-transmitting surface layer 11 is a leather decorative surface or other decorative surfaces and is matched with a specific application scene, the light-transmitting surface layer 11 can be engraved with a pattern effect to be realized, and the light-emitting layer 13 emits light to lighten a corresponding decorative effect through the engraved pattern. The preset pattern designed in the hollow area of the light-transmitting surface layer 11 is displayed in a blanking mode when the lamp corresponding to the lower portion is not turned on, and the preset pattern is displayed by the light transmitted in the hollow area when the lamp corresponding to the lower portion is turned on.

In one embodiment, the light-transmissive surface layer 11 is provided with button regions matching the light control regions of the pressure-sensitive layer 14, the button regions including at least one of a logo button 151, a left button 152, and a right button 153.

The flexible touch module 10 supports the touch-control on-off state, and after the touch-control on-off state, touch-control interaction can be performed on the light-emitting module and the touch-control module, such as adjusting the light color, gradually showing part of the area light, and sliding the light to accompany. For example, clicking on logo button 151 may illuminate the logo area, clicking on left button 152 may illuminate the left area, and clicking on right button 153 may illuminate the left area. When clicking, the user can slide or change the pressing intensity, and the light intensity of the corresponding area can be changed.

Referring to fig. 1, the driving module 20 is provided with at least one of a switch 21, a signal lamp 22 and a USB interface 23.

The driving module 20 is mainly used for supplying power to the flexible touch module 10, for the field of automotive interior, the driving module 20 can be placed at a certain position in a vehicle, the flexible touch module 10 can be in a light-emitting state through touch control and other related interaction, and the driving module 20 and the flexible touch module 10 can be electrically connected through the wire 30.

The touch device comprises a flexible touch module and a driving module; the flexible touch module is electrically connected with the driving module, the flexible touch module comprises a light-transmitting surface layer, a light-emitting layer and a pressure induction layer which are sequentially arranged, and the light-emitting layer is electrically connected with the pressure induction layer. The application discloses touch device has promoted the space utilization through laminating integration in proper order on printing opacity superficial layer, luminescent layer and forced induction layer, can be applied to all kinds of scenes in a flexible way, and is soft comfortable during the touch-control, promotes user's mutual experience and feels.

Second embodiment

The embodiment of the application relates to a vehicle, wherein at least one touch device according to the first embodiment is arranged in an interior trim area of the vehicle.

In an embodiment, the flexible touch module 10 may be disposed in the armrest area of the vehicle according to the embodiment, and the flexible touch module 10 is a flexible and bendable composite surface, so as to achieve functions of surface light emission, light color adjustment, light sliding, gradual touch change, and the like. So, reducible button or the switch quantity in the vehicle cockpit enlarges the space rate of utilization, adopts the flexible operation, promotes user experience.

For the interior of the automobile, the driving module 20 may be disposed somewhere in the vehicle, the flexible touch module 10 may be turned on to emit light by touch and other related interactions, and the driving module 20 and the flexible touch module 10 may be electrically connected by the wire 30.

For the specific implementation of this embodiment, reference may be made to the first embodiment, which is not described herein again.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and utilities of the present application and are not intended to limit the application. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present disclosure be covered by the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A touch device is characterized by comprising a flexible touch module and a driving module; the flexible touch module is electrically connected with the driving module and comprises a light-transmitting surface layer, a light-emitting layer and a pressure induction layer which are sequentially arranged, and the light-emitting layer is electrically connected with the pressure induction layer.

2. The touch device of claim 1, wherein the pressure sensing layer comprises a thin film pressure sensor.

3. The touch device of claim 1, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a flexible circuit board and light-emitting components distributed on the flexible circuit board.

4. The touch device of claim 3, wherein the control circuits of the light emitting elements are independent of each other.

5. The touch device of claim 1, wherein the flexible touch module further comprises a light evening layer, and the light evening layer is located between the light transmitting surface layer and the light emitting layer.

6. The touch device according to claim 5, wherein the light uniformizing layer comprises a silica gel layer and/or a light uniformizing film layer.

7. The touch device of claim 1, wherein a hollow area with a predetermined pattern is disposed on the light-transmissive surface layer, and the light-emitting layer emits light to display the predetermined pattern through the hollow area.

8. The touch device as recited in claim 1, wherein the light transmissive surface layer has a button area, and the button area is matched with the light control area of the pressure sensitive layer.

9. The touch device of claim 1, wherein the driving module is provided with at least one of a switch, a signal lamp and a USB interface.

10. A vehicle, characterized in that at least one touch device according to any one of claims 1-9 is arranged in an interior area of the vehicle.