EP1471550B1 - Eingabevorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP1471550B1
EP1471550B1 EP20040009032 EP04009032A EP1471550B1 EP 1471550 B1 EP1471550 B1 EP 1471550B1 EP 20040009032 EP20040009032 EP 20040009032 EP 04009032 A EP04009032 A EP 04009032A EP 1471550 B1 EP1471550 B1 EP 1471550B1
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Mikio Onodera
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/008—Actuators other then push button
    • H01H2221/018—Tumbler
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/032—Actuators adjustable
    • H01H2221/034—Coded keys
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/056—Modular conception
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/066—Actuators replaceable

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  • the present invention relates to an input device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • An input device of this type known from EP-A-1 109 183.
  • an input device having a plurality of switches has been used.
  • the input device there are various switches arranged on an instrument panel of a car.
  • This switch is, for example, used for ON/OFF control of an air conditioner or temperature setting in the car.
  • this switch may be used in the control of optional equipment of the car.
  • This switch indicates a specific function, but is not necessarily limited to the same arrangement for different models or grades of car. In other words, the arrangement of each switch is desired to be changed such that a user may easily operate it, for any kind of function such as headlight optical axis control, fog lamp lighting control, opening and closing of a trunk and other various optional equipment.
  • the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem and to provide an input device which is capable of accommodating various arrangements of a plurality of switches and in which the pushbutton and the rocker switch can be employed interchangeably.
  • the input device according to the present invention has the features of claim 1.
  • the driving portion is provided with a protrusion at the bottom surface of the knob, and the protrusion is positioned to be substantially matched to the pin pattern allocated to the knob.
  • the plurality of knobs arranged in correspondence with each set of the detecting switches can be attached or detached and can be exchanged with each other.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram conceptually illustrating an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the input device related to the present invention is mounted on a substrate 1 and is provided with rocker knobs 5 or pushbutton knobs 6 each corresponding to a plurality of detecting switches 2 surrounded by a casing 4.
  • rocker knobs 5a, 5b and two pushbutton knobs 6a, 6b are provided.
  • Each detecting switch 2 is provided with a plurality of driving pins 3, and the rocker knob 5 or the pushbutton knob 6 manipulates a certain driving pin 3 by a driving portion 7 arranged in the bottom surface thereof.
  • the input device in which four detecting switches 2 are arranged and the rocker knob 5 or the pushbutton knob 6 respectively provided thereon can be exchanged with each other will be explained.
  • four driving pins 3 are provided in one detecting switch 2.
  • the maximum number of functions that can exist in the input device is determined by the number of the driving pins 3 provided in one detecting switch 2.
  • the pin pattern (1, 1, 0, 0) is allocated to the pushbutton knob 6a, and two driving pins in the left side among four driving pins 3 can be simultaneously manipulated by the pushbutton. Also, the pin pattern (1, 0, 1, 0) is allocated to the pushbutton 6b, i.e., the leftmost driving pin 3 and the second driving pin 3 from the right side among four driving pins 3 are simultaneously manipulated by the pressing action.
  • a total of 6 unique patterns that is, two pin patterns each allocated to the rocker knobs 5a, 5b and one pin pattern each allocated to the pushbutton knobs 6a, 6b are associated with different type of knobs.
  • different detecting signals are output from the detecting switch 2 depending on which pin patterns are simultaneously manipulated, if it is identified, the function allocated to each rocker knob 5 or the pushbutton knob 6 is identified and performed without depending on the arrangement of knobs in the instrument panel.
  • the area in which the driving pins 3 are arranged is divided into two areas and the rocker knob 5 manipulates the pin pattern selected from the driving pins 3 arranged in one side.
  • the detecting switch 2 is divided into a first area and a second area at the left half portion and the right half portion thereof, the pin pattern manipulating one of two driving pins 3 arranged in the first area is allocated in the case of depressing the rocker knob 5 to the left side, and the pin pattern manipulating one of two driving pins 3 arranged in the second area is allocated in case of manipulating the rocker knob 5 to the right side.
  • the pin pattern applied to the pushbutton knob 6 is selected from four driving pins 3 arranged in the first area and the second area. Accordingly, these pin patterns are all different patterns.
  • Fig. 2 concretely illustrates the input device according to this embodiment, and shows the state before the rocker knobs 5 or the pushbutton knobs 6 are mounted.
  • a plurality of the detecting switches 2 are arranged in a housing unit 9, and pressing portions 25 corresponding to four driving pins 3 are provided in the respective detecting switches 2.
  • the pressing portions 25 are denoted by the symbols A through D, respectively, and will be described later.
  • the rocker knob 5 selectively manipulates any one of group A and B of the pressing portions 25 or group C and D of the pressing portions 25. That is, in Fig.
  • the detecting switch 2 is divided into the respective areas at the left half portion and the right half portion, and the rocker 5 selectively manipulates the pressing portion 25 arranged on the respective areas.
  • the left half portion of the detecting switch 2 is a first area 8a and the right half portion thereof is a second area.
  • two detecting switches are equipped with rocker knobs 5, the remaining switches are equipped with pushbutton knobs 6, and these constitutes switches SW-A, SW-B, SW-C, and SW-D, respectively.
  • Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a portion of the input device to which a rocker knob is attached, according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • this input device has substrate contacts la provided on the substrate, a lever portion 24 composed of a thin-plate-shaped elastic body, and pressing portions 25 comprising contacts 25a situated in locations corresponding to the substrate contacts 1a of the lever portion 24.
  • a rocker portion 20 which is locked left and right about a rotary axis 21 and a slider 23 pressed down by the rocker portion 20 are provided.
  • a plurality of protrusions 22 which are the driving portion 7 are provided at a certain location of the bottom surface of the rocker portion 20, and the slider 23 is pressed by the protrusions 22.
  • the protrusions 22 are provided at the locations corresponding to the pin pattern allocated to the rocker knob 5. Since the pressing portion 25 is pressed by the manipulation of the rocker portion 20 through the slider 23, the contact 25a contacts the substrate contacts 1a corresponding to the pin pattern allocated to the rocker knob 5, and the switch is turned on.
  • a casing 36 for supporting the rocker knob 5 through the rotary axis 21 while allowing it to rotate laterally and for supporting the slider 23 is provided.
  • the side portions of the case 36 are provided with ribs 35.
  • the ribs 35 guide the pushbutton knob 6, if a pushbutton knob 6 is attached, and does not guide the rocker knob 5 if a rocker knob 5 is attached. But, when the rocker knob 5 is attached, it may be attached using the slide guide of the rib 35.
  • a cover 34 is provided on the casing 36 and the rib 35. The cover 34 is attached to be openable or closable with respect to the casing 36 and the rib 35, and is freely opened or closed when a user wants to exchange the rocker knob 5. As mentioned above, attaching or detaching or changing the arrangement of the rocker knobs 5 is performed in a state of installing the rocker knob 5 and the slider 23 into the casing 36.
  • Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a portion of the input device in which a pushbutton knob 6 is attached, according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the structure of the pushbutton knob 6 is similar to that of the prior art.
  • the sectional shape of the pushbutton knob 6 is substantially rectangular, the top surface thereof protrudes as the pushbutton portion 30, and the side thereof is provided with a claw portion 31 for limiting the vertical movement.
  • the bottom surface thereof is provided with a protrusion portion 32 which is the driving portion 7 for pressing the pressing portion 25 at a certain location and a concave portion 33 is provided in a location corresponding to the other pressing portion 25.
  • the contact 25a contacts the substrate contact la corresponding thereto, and the switch is turned on.
  • the pushbutton knob 6 is provided with the rib 35 and, in the top portion thereof, the cover 34 which can be opened and closed is provided. Accordingly, by opening the cover 34, pushbutton knobs 6 may be attached, detached, or rearranged.
  • an engagement portion for engaging the slide guide attached in the rib 35 is provided to the claw portion 31 of the pushbutton knob 6, and performs as a guide during the operation of the pushbutton.
  • Fig. 7 is a systematic diagram of an input device according to the present invention. As shown in this Figure, depending on the pressing operation of the rocker knob 5 or the pushbutton knob 6, each switch outputs an inherent signal. Since SW-A and SW-B comprise the rocker knob 5, two kinds of signals are selectively output. Also, since SW-C and SW-D comprise the pushbutton knob 6, one kind of signal is output. The output signal is detected by a detecting means 10, and the control function according to the signal is determined by a function determining means 11 based on the detected signal and the control function stored in a storing means 13 and is output from a signal output means 12.
  • the storing means 13 is composed of a storage medium such as a memory or a hard disk, and stores a table associating the pattern of the detected signal with the control function. Also, the detecting means 10 and the control determining means 11 may be composed of a CPU.
  • each knob can be attached or detached and the arrangement thereof can be changed. That is, though the rocker knob 5 and the pushbutton knob 6 are mixed in the input device, the arrangement thereof can be freely changed.
  • the maximum number of the detecting switches 2 which can be provided in the housing unit 9 is determined depending on the number of the driving pins 3 provided in the respective detecting switches 2. Hereinafter, this will be explained.
  • Table 1 shows the pin pattern which can be allocated to each detecting switch 2 by four driving pins 3. If pushbutton knobs 6 are mounted on all of the detecting switches 2, each pushbutton knob 6 may output one kind of signal, and thus fifteen pin patterns in Table 1 can be applied to the pushbutton knobs 6. In other words, the maximum number of the detecting switches 2 becomes 15.
  • the basic structure of the input device is equivalent to that of the first embodiment.
  • the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a third area 8c is provided and one driving pin 3 is provided in the third area, in addition to the first area 8a and the second area 8b provided in each detecting switch 2 on the substrate 1, as shown in Fig. 8.
  • the driving pin 3 in the third area 8c is given a pin pattern which is not manipulated by the rocker knob 5 but is necessarily manipulated when the pushbutton knob 6 is pressed.
  • Table 2 shows the pin pattern in the case of this embodiment.
  • the pin patterns which can be given to the rocker knob 5 by four driving pins 3 are patterns 1 to 6 in Table 2; two pin patterns are allocated to the respective rocker knob 5, and thus the maximum number thereof is three, similar to the first embodiment.
  • the pin patterns of the pushbutton knob 6 are given so as to necessarily manipulate the driving pin 3 of E in Fig. 8, the patterns in Table 2 are the patterns 7 to 21 and the maximum number thereof is fifteen.
  • the pin pattern for necessarily manipulating the driving pin 3 arranged in the third area 8c is given.
  • the pin pattern can be given so as to necessarily manipulate the driving pin 3 arranged in the third area 8c, and, when manipulating the pushbutton knob 6, the pin pattern which does not manipulate the driving pin 3 arranged in the third area 8c can be given.
  • the pin pattern composed of only the driving pin 3 arranged in the first area 8a and the pin pattern composed of only the driving pin 3 arranged in the second area 8b from the pin patterns 1 to 12 in Table 2 can be applied. In this case, the maximum number of rocker knobs 5 becomes 6 and the maximum number of pushbutton knobs 6 becomes 9.
  • this embodiment is similar to the first embodiment in that a case 42, a rib 40 and a cover are provided in the rocker knob 5. But, this embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a flange 41 is provided on the rib 40 and an engagement portion 43 for engaging the flange 41 is provided in the case 42. The flange 41 is pressed down by the rib 40 when the user attaches or detaches the rocker knob 5, and is restored and engaged by a restoring force of the panel when engaging the flange 41 with the engagement portion 43. Accordingly, the rocker knob 5 can be attached or detached without opening or closing the cover.
  • an engagement portion 46 arranged so as to form an escaping portion 47 in the side of the claw portion 31 of a pushbutton portion 45 is engaged with the flange 41 of the rib 40.
  • the escaping portion 47 escapes from the protrusion portion of the flange 41 when the pushbutton portion 45 is pressed, and the engagement between the flange 41 and the pushbutton portion 45 is maintained when the pushbutton portion is pressed.
  • the pushbutton knob 44 can be attached or detached without opening or closing the cover.
  • the embodiments of the present invention were described, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments and can be variously applied within the scope of the claims.
  • the number of the driving pins 3 is not specially limited if the driving pins 3 are provided in the first area 8a and the second area 8b, respectively.
  • the rocker knob 5 or the pushbutton knob 6 attached on the detecting switch 2 is not limited to the above-mentioned configuration, and, if it is configured to manipulate a certain pin pattern when pressed, various types of knobs can be applied.
  • the function allocated to each knob can be variously set.
  • the pushbutton knob 6 may have the function of a short cut key for matching a specific frequency in the manipulation of the radio or the function of a key for setting a specific temperature for the steering wheel heater or the control of an air conditioner. Accordingly, according to the present invention, it is possible that the switch for the steering wheel heater is provided in winter and replaced with the temperature setting key of the air conditioner in summer.
  • the rocker knob 5 may have the function of increasing or decreasing the temperature set point of the air conditioner, the tuning function for a radio or the function of fast forward and rewind of the cassette in a cassette tape player.
  • the driving portion of the rocker knob manipulates the pin pattern selected from the driving pins arranged on one side among two areas on the substrate and the pin pattern selected from the driving pins arranged on the other side
  • the driving portion of the pushbutton knob manipulates the pin pattern selected from the driving pins arranged in two areas on the substrate, and these pin patterns are all different patterns; thereby the output signal from each detecting switch can be identified although the rocker knob and the pushbutton knob are mixed, and the control function allocated to each knob can be performed.
  • the pushbutton switch and the rocker switch can be employed interchangably.
  • the driving pin is arranged in the third area as well as the first and second areas, and the pin pattern is set such that the driving pin of the third area is necessarily manipulated when manipulating the pushbutton knob or when manipulating the rocker knob, and thus more knobs can be arranged.

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  1. Eingabevorrichtung, umfassend eine Mehrzahl von Mengen von Detektorschaltern (2), die auf einem Substrat (1) gelagert sind, und eine Mehrzahl von Knöpfen (5, 6), die entsprechend jeder Menge von Detektorschaltern angeordnet sind, und die mindestens einen Drucktastenknopf (6) umfassen,
    wobei jede Menge von Detektorschaltern (2) eine Mehrzahl von Treiberstiften (3) besitzt, die in der Lage sind, unabhängig Kontakte an dem Substrat (1) zu schalten, und jeder der Knöpfe einen Treiberteil (7) zum gleichzeitigen Manipulieren eines Stiftmusters aus einem oder mehreren Treiberstiften (3) aufweist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede Menge von Detektorschaltern die mehreren Treiberstifte (3) in zwei Bereichen (8a, 8b) auf dem Substrat (1) enthält, und dass die mehreren Knöpfe außerdem mindestens eine Kipptaste (5) enthalten, wobei der Treiberteil (7) der Kipptaste selektiv das Stiftmuster manipuliert, welches ausgewählt ist aus den Treiberstiften, die in einem der beiden Bereiche (8a, 8b) auf dem Substrat (1) angeordnet sind, oder das Stiftmuster manipuliert, welches ausgewählt ist aus den Treiberstiften (3), die in dem anderen der beiden Bereiche angeordnet sind, und wobei der Treiberteil (7) des Drucktastenknopfs (6) das Stiftmuster manipuliert, welches ausgewählt ist aus den Treiberstiften (3), die in beiden Bereichen auf dem Substrat (1) angeordnet sind, und wobei jedes der zwei selektiv von der Kipptaste (5) manipulierten Stiftmuster und von dem Drucktastenknopf (6) manipulierten Stiftmuster sämtlich verschieden voneinander sind, und von jeder Menge Detektorschalter (2) ein verschiedenes Kennungssignal ausgegeben wird.
  2. Eingabevorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, bei der die mehreren Treiberstifte (3)in einem ersten Bereich (8a) und einem zweiten Bereich (8b) auf dem Substrat (1) und in einem dritten Bereich (8c) auf dem Substrat (1) angeordnet sind, wobei der Treiberteil der Kipptaste (5) selektiv das von den in dem ersten Bereich (8a) angeordneten Treiberstiften (3) ausgewählte Stiftmuster und das von den in dem zweiten Bereich (8b) angeordneten Treiberstiften ausgewählte Stiftmuster manipuliert, und der Treiberteil (7) des Drucktastenknopfs (6) das Stiftmuster manipuliert, welches ausgewählt ist aus den Treiberstiften (3) in dem ersten und dem zweiten Bereich, und den in dem dritten Bereich (8c) angeordneten Treiberstift enthält.
  3. Eingabevorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, bei der die mehreren Treiberstifte (3) in einem ersten Bereich (8a) und einem zweiten Bereich (8b) auf dem Substrat (1) angeordnet sind, und in einem dritten Bereich (8c) auf dem Substrat (1) angeordnet sind,
    wobei der Treiberteil der Kipptaste (5) selektiv das von den in dem ersten Bereich (8a) angeordneten Treiberstiften und den in dem dritten Bereich (8c) angeordneten Treiberstiften (3) ausgewählte Stiftmuster manipuliert, und das von den Treiberstiften (3) in dem zweiten Bereich (8b) und dem Treiberstift (3) in dem dritten Bereich (8c) ausgewählte Stiftmuster manipuliert, und der Treiberteil (7) des Drucktastenknopfs (6) das von den Treiberstiften (3) in dem ersten und dem zweiten Bereich (8a, 8b) ausgewählte Stiftmuster manipuliert.
  4. Eingabevorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, bei dem der Treiberteil mit einem Vorsprung an der Bodenfläche des Knopfs (5, 6) ausgestattet ist, wobei der Vorsprung so positioniert ist, dass er im wesentlichen mit dem dem Knopf (5, 6) zugeordneten Stiftmuster übereinstimmt.
  5. Eingabevorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, bei der die mehreren entsprechend jeder Menge der Detektorschalter (2) angeordneten Knöpfe (5. 6) ansetzbar und abnehmbar ausgebildet sind und sich gegeneinander austauschen lassen.
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