JP3177578U - Touch control device - Google Patents

Abstract

A touch control device capable of forming a three-dimensional detection region is provided.
A frame includes a frame, a plurality of first transmitters, a plurality of first receivers, a plurality of second transmitters, a plurality of second receivers, and a connection unit. The frame 10 has a first side 101, a second side 102, a third side 103, and a fourth side 104. A plurality of first transmitters 1011 are provided on the first side 101 and a plurality of first receivers 1012 are provided on the third side 103, thereby defining a horizontal plane detection region 1013. A plurality of second transmitters 1021 are provided on the second side 102 and a plurality of second receivers 1022 are provided on the fourth side 104, thereby defining the vertical plane detection region 1023. A three-dimensional detection area is defined by the horizontal plane detection area 1013 and the vertical plane detection area 1023.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a touch control device that can form a three-dimensional detection region and that does not require any particular force when performing a touch operation.

  The reliability of electronic products in the information society is increasing every day. Handheld electronic products such as mobile phones, tablet computers, PDAs, and smartphones can be found throughout people's lives. Many of these IT products use a touch panel as an input device instead of using a conventional input device such as a keyboard or a mouse in order to achieve further convenience and miniaturization and to have humanity. It has become. The touch panel can be mounted on a variety of flat panel displays. By the touch panel, the flat panel display can have a function of displaying an image and a function of inputting operation information.

  Please refer to FIG. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a conventional touch control device. A conventional touch control device includes a substrate. The substrate has a plurality of transmitters 100 and a plurality of receivers 110. The transmitter 100 and the receiver 110 are arranged around the substrate, and the transmitter 100 and the receiver 110 are arranged to face each other, thereby forming an infrared touch control matrix structure. In the case of this structure, a large number of transmitters 100 and receivers 110 having infrared LEDs are required. Please refer to FIG. In the infrared touch control apparatus shown in FIG. 2, one receiver 110 receives infrared rays transmitted from a plurality of transmitters 100. The plurality of transmitters 100 sequentially transmit infrared rays to the receiver 110, and the receiver 110 identifies whether the infrared rays have been cut. Please refer to FIG. In the infrared touch control device shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of infrared rays are formed by a plurality of receivers 110 and one transmitter 100. In any of the above-described conventional touch control devices, the contact position of the user is detected by infrared rays. However, any of the above-described conventional touch control devices can form only a horizontal detection region, and cannot form a three-dimensional detection region. Further, the conventional touch control device needs to apply force (use a finger, a stylus, etc.) when performing a touch operation.

  The inventor of the present invention has conducted research and development in order to solve the above problems and disadvantages.

A main object of the present invention is to provide a touch control device capable of forming a three-dimensional detection region.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a touch control device that does not require any particular force when performing a touch operation.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a touch control device of the present invention includes a frame, a plurality of first transmitters, a plurality of first receivers, a plurality of second transmitters, and a plurality of second receptions. Device and connection unit. The frame has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. The first side is opposed to the third side. In addition, both ends of the first side and the third side are connected to the second side and the fourth side, respectively.

  The plurality of first transmitters are provided on the first side. The plurality of first receivers are provided on the third side. The horizontal plane detection area is defined by the plurality of first transmitters facing the plurality of first receivers.

  The plurality of second transmitters are provided on the second side. The plurality of second receivers are provided on the fourth side. A plurality of second transmitters are opposed to a plurality of second receivers to define a vertical plane detection area.

  The connection unit has an end portion electrically connected to the plurality of first transmitters, the plurality of second transmitters, the plurality of first receivers, and the plurality of second receivers.

In the touch control device of the present invention, the horizontal plane detection region is formed by the plurality of first receivers provided on the third side facing the plurality of first transmitters. In addition, a plurality of second receivers provided on the fourth side face the plurality of second transmitters, thereby forming a vertical surface detection region. The plurality of first transmitters and the plurality of second transmitters transmit signals to the plurality of first receivers and the plurality of second receivers by an optical method, so that the above-described horizontal plane detection region and vertical A surface detection region is formed, thereby forming a three-dimensional detection region. Unlike the conventional touch control device, the touch control device of the present invention does not require any particular force when performing a touch operation.

It is a top view which shows the conventional touch control apparatus. It is a top view which shows the conventional touch control apparatus. It is a top view which shows the conventional touch control apparatus. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a touch control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a touch control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments showing the objects, features, and effects of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  Please refer to FIG. 4 and FIG. 4 and 5 are perspective views illustrating a touch control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the touch control device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a frame body 10, a plurality of first transmitters 1011, a plurality of first receivers 1012, and a plurality of second receivers. A transmitter 1021, a plurality of second receivers 1022 and a connection unit 11 are included. The frame 10 has a first side 101, a second side 102, a third side 103, and a fourth side 104. The first side edge 101 faces the third side edge 103. Further, both ends of the first side edge 101 and the third side edge 103 are connected to the second side edge 102 and the fourth side edge 104, respectively.

  The plurality of first transmitters 1011 are provided on the first side 101. The plurality of first receivers 1012 are provided on the third side 103. The plurality of first receivers 1012 face the plurality of first transmitters 1011, thereby defining a horizontal plane detection region 1013. The plurality of first transmitters 1011 are provided on the entire first side 101. The plurality of first receivers 1012 are provided on the entire third side 103.

  The plurality of second transmitters 1021 are provided on the second side 102. The plurality of second receivers 1022 are provided on the fourth side 104. The plurality of second receivers 1022 face the plurality of second transmitters 1021, thereby defining the vertical plane detection region 1023. A three-dimensional detection area 1024 is formed by the horizontal plane detection area 1013 and the vertical plane detection area 1023. The plurality of second transmitters 1021 are provided on the entire second side 102. The plurality of second receivers 1022 are provided on the entire fourth side 104.

  The end of the connection unit 11 is electrically connected to the plurality of first transmitters 1011, the plurality of second transmitters 1021, the plurality of first receivers 1012, and the plurality of second receivers 1022. . The connection unit 11 has an insertion connection part 111. The insertion connection unit 111 is a USB plug, an IEEE 1394 plug, an HDMI plug, or a DV plug.

  The plurality of first transmitters 1011 and the plurality of second transmitters 1021 transmit signals to the plurality of first receivers 1012 and the plurality of second receivers 1022 by an optical method. Here, the optical system refers to transmitting infrared signals to the plurality of first receivers 1012 and the plurality of second receivers 1022. Further, a plurality of first receivers 1012 provided on the third side 103 are opposed to a plurality of first transmitters 1011, thereby forming a horizontal plane detection region 1013. In addition, the plurality of second receivers 1022 provided on the fourth side 104 are opposed to the plurality of second transmitters 1021, thereby forming a vertical surface detection region 1023. In addition, a horizontal plane detection region formed by a plurality of first transmitters 1011 and a plurality of second transmitters 1021 transmitting signals to a plurality of first receivers 1012 and a plurality of second receivers 1022. A three-dimensional detection region 1024 is formed by the 1013 and the vertical surface detection region 1023. The three-dimensional detection area 1024 does not require any special force when performing a touch operation unlike the conventional touch control device.

  The above description shows the embodiment of the present invention and does not limit the scope of the present invention. All changes, modifications, etc., which are equivalent effects based on the scope of the utility model registration request of the present invention, are included in the present invention.

1 Touch Control Device 10 Frame 101 First Side 102 Second Side 103 Third Side 104 Fourth Side 1011 First Transmitter 1012 First Receiver 1013 Horizontal Plane Detection Area 1021 Second Transmitter 1022 second receiver 1023 vertical plane detection area 1024 three-dimensional detection area 11 connection unit 111 insertion connection section 100 transmitter 110 receiver

Claims (9)

A touch control device comprising a frame, a plurality of first transmitters, a plurality of first receivers, a plurality of second transmitters, a plurality of second receivers and a connection unit,
The frame has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, and the first side faces the third side, Both ends of the first side and the third side are connected to the second side and the fourth side, respectively.
The plurality of first transmitters are provided on the first side,
The plurality of first receivers are provided on the third side and define a horizontal plane detection area facing the plurality of first transmitters,
The plurality of second transmitters are provided on the second side,
The plurality of second receivers are provided on the fourth side and define a vertical surface detection area facing the plurality of second transmitters,
The connection unit has an end electrically connected to the plurality of first transmitters, the plurality of second transmitters, the plurality of first receivers, and the plurality of second receivers. A touch control device.   The plurality of first transmitters and the plurality of second transmitters transmit signals to the plurality of first receivers and the plurality of second receivers by an optical method. Item 4. The touch control device according to Item 1.   The touch control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the optical system transmits infrared signals to the plurality of first receivers and the plurality of second receivers.   The touch control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal plane detection area and the vertical plane detection area define a three-dimensional detection area.   The touch control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection unit includes an insertion connection unit, and the insertion connection unit is a USB plug, an IEEE 1394 plug, an HDMI plug, or a DV plug.   The touch control device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of first transmitters are provided over the first side.   The touch control device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of second transmitters are provided on the entire second side.   The touch control device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of first receivers are provided on the entire third side.   The touch control device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of second receivers are provided over the entire fourth side.

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