JP2603787Y2 - Tablet with switch - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tablet of an input device provided in a device such as an electronic / electric device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an input device, a touch panel 1 for moving a cursor on a display as shown in FIG. 5 is employed, and the structure of the touch panel is a polyester film or the like. An electrode material coated with a transparent conductive film is formed on the substrate sheet, and the electrode material is arranged with its electrode surfaces facing each other, and an insulating dot spacer is protrudingly provided on the electrode surface of one of the electrode materials. The sheet surface of the electrode material is pressed with a finger or the like to electrically short-circuit the transparent conductive film, and the control circuit connected to the electrodes arranged in a matrix or the data obtained by converting the potential gradient into digital data is transmitted to the control circuit. The touched position was detected.

[0003]

However, in the above-described touch panel 1 of the resistive film type, the operator's finger 2
The cursor on the display simply moves by a predetermined amount in a predetermined direction by detecting the position of the place touched by.

Therefore, for example, after the cursor on the display is moved to a desired position, another confirmation input switch 3 is pressed and moved by moving the finger 4 or the finger 2 of the other hand to confirm the input. It was necessary to input commands and the like.

As described above, in the conventional input operation of the touch panel having a mouse function, after the cursor is moved to a desired position, an input confirmation key, a command key, or the like at another place is pressed. The operation has to be performed using both hands or moving one hand, and there is a problem that the input operation is a double action and the operability is poor.

Therefore, a touch panel in an input device of a conventional electronic / electric device such as a home electric appliance has a problem to be solved in input operability.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the present invention and to achieve the above-mentioned objects, two electrode members provided with electrode surfaces by attaching a conductive film to a substrate sheet have a predetermined gap. And a hinge unit provided on the one electrode material side, and a mechanical switch for determining an input by pressing the tablet is provided.

[0008]

According to the tablet with a switch of the present invention, the operator presses the surface of the tablet with a finger or the like to move the cursor to a desired position, and then determines the operation at the cursor position by using the finger or the like. Can be used as a definite input by further pushing in the same position. Therefore, the trouble of moving the finger or the like and the trouble of having to use both hands in order to press the switch for confirming input of another place can be omitted, and the tablet can be moved to a desired cursor position by one continuous pressing operation. The final input can be performed as it is.

[0009]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the tablet with switch 5 according to the present invention. The tablet with switch 5 is an individual input switch.

The detailed structure of the switch-equipped tablet 5 is such that electrode materials 6 and 7 each having an electrode surface provided by attaching a conductive film to a substrate sheet are arranged side by side with the electrode surfaces facing each other with a predetermined gap. The tablet 8 is provided with a mechanical switch 9 which is pressed by the one electrode material 6 and has a predetermined gap on the one electrode material 6 side.

The mechanical switch 9 is mounted on a printed circuit board 10, and a convex portion 9 a of the switch which moves up and down is a hinge unit interposed between the mechanical switch 9 and the electrode material 6 of the tablet 8. 1
The mechanical switch 9 is electrically turned on and off by being pressed by the one protrusion 11a.

The hinge unit 11 is an insulator made of plastic or the like and having a rectangular shape in a plan view, and a hinge portion 1 having a constriction at a connecting portion between an upper plate and its leg 11b.
1c is formed. As shown in FIG. 2, the hinge 11c has an upper surface plate and a leg 11b connected to each other at four points. The hinge unit 11 is used for the hinge unit 1c.
When the pressing force is released after the button 1 is pressed downward, it returns to the original position upward by elastic force. The degree of the constriction is determined by design based on the elasticity of the material. The hinge unit 11
Is not limited to plastic and may be formed of synthetic rubber.

Further, the hinge unit 11 is not pushed down by a pressing force enough to make an electrical connection when the tablet 8 is pressed by a finger or the like, and resists by the elastic force of the hinge portion 11c. It has been made like that. Therefore, the tablet 8 is pressed with a finger or the like by soft touch to make electrical connection, and the cursor moves to a predetermined position. Further, when the finger or the like is pressed strongly as it is, the convex portion 9a of the mechanical switch 9 is connected via the tablet 8 and the hinge unit 11.
Is pushed into the ON state, the electrical connection is made, and the input is confirmed.

By using the tablet with switch 5 of the present invention formed as described above, as shown in FIG. 3, each of the tablets with switch 5 provided in the input device of the device such as electronic and electric equipment can be used. The upper electrode material 7 of the tablet 8 is pressed by the operator's finger or the like.

By the soft touch (pressing force P ₁ ) of the finger, the electrode surfaces of the electrode members 6 and 7 having a predetermined gap are brought into contact with each other to make electrical connection, and the cursor on the display is moved to a predetermined position. Moving.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, when the tablet 8 is pressed down with a stronger force (P ₂ ) than the soft touch, the upper surface plate of the hinge unit 11 remains in contact with the electrode members 6 and 7. Then, the projection 11a provided on the lower surface of the hinge unit 11 presses the projection 9a of the mechanical switch 9, and the mechanical switch 9 is turned on. As a result, the command at the position where the cursor is moved after the input is confirmed is executed.

Next, when the pressed finger or the like is released, the hinge unit 11 is returned upward by the elastic force of the four hinge portions 11c, and the tablet 8 which has been pushed down is also pushed up to its original position. Return to.

In this manner, the movement of the cursor by the tablet 8 and further the definitive input can be performed at one place with the switch-equipped tablet 5. The configuration of the continuous pressing operation at one place, such as the tablet with switch 5 of the present invention, can be applied to a membrane switch.

[0019]

As described above, in the tablet with switch according to the present invention, two electrode materials provided with an electrode surface by attaching a conductive film to a substrate sheet are provided with a predetermined gap. Are arranged side by side, and a mechanical switch which is pressed and acted on by the one electrode material with a predetermined gap is provided on the one electrode material side, so that the tablet is positioned at a desired cursor position. With the tablet to be moved, the definite input can be performed as it is with one continuous pressing operation, eliminating the trouble of moving the finger etc. and pressing both hands to press the definite input switch in other places This provides an excellent effect that the operability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a tablet with a switch according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the tablet with a switch.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view illustrating a use state of the tablet with a switch.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view for explaining a use state of the tablet with a switch.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating use of a tablet according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 tablet with switch, 6,7 electrode material, 8 tablet, 9 mechanical switch, 9a convex part, 10 printed circuit board, 11 hinge unit, 11a projection, 11b leg, 11c hinge part.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A tablet in which two electrode members provided with an electrode surface by attaching a conductive film to a substrate sheet are arranged side by side with a predetermined gap, with the electrode surfaces facing each other. A tablet with a switch, wherein a hinge unit is provided on the electrode material side, and a mechanical switch for determining an input by pressing the tablet is provided. 2. The tablet with a switch according to claim 1, wherein the hinge unit has a resilient force to return to the original position when the pressing force is released.