KR100689497B1 - Data sub-input device for wrist radiotelephone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a data auxiliary input device of a wrist worn terminal, the disclosed data auxiliary input device comprising: a terminal body; And a two bands connected to the terminal body to be worn on the wrist, the wrist wearing terminal comprising: an interface jack body including an interface connector; Each position sensing device connected to the interface jack main body and worn on the end of each finger and sensing a position using a relative position difference of finger movement; Electrical connection means having elasticity to electrically connect the respective position sensing devices to the interface jack body and to correspond to the length of each finger; And at least one input port provided at a predetermined position on the terminal body side end in order for the interface jack main body to be connected to the terminal main body.

Wrist wear, terminal, finger, position sensor.

Description

DATA SUB-INPUT DEVICE FOR WRIST RADIOTELEPHONE}             

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a wrist worn terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a perspective view showing a data auxiliary input device selectively mounted on a wrist worn terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a data auxiliary input device is mounted on a finger to a wrist worn terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

The present invention relates to a wrist worn terminal, and more particularly to a data auxiliary input device that can be selectively used.

In general, the portable terminal may be divided into a bar type, a flip type, a folder type, and a wrist worn type. For the convenience of portability, the flip-type or folder-type terminal has been popularized for miniaturization and light weight. In the future, the most compact and lightweight wrist worn terminal will become commonplace.

Conventionally, a keypad having a plurality of keys is mainly used for inputting data by a user in a flip type or folder type terminal. In addition, it was a structure that can input data using a touch screen or a voice recognition device instead of a keypad.

However, in the case of such a flip type or folder type terminal, there is a structural problem of the key input device due to the obstacle of miniaturization and slimming. Conventional terminals have difficulties in miniaturization and thinning due to lack of mounting space, and have been limited in appearance design.

In addition, in the case of the wrist wearing terminal as an example, it is impossible to mount a plurality of keys due to the structure of the body which is reduced in size and weight, and it is a structure that can input data by voice other than a key having a basic function. The key input device of a general wrist wearable terminal was a 4-way key method (four keys are mounted on the terminal body).

Therefore, the present invention has a technical problem in expanding the scope of a data input device of a micro terminal such as a wrist worn terminal.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, the object of the present invention is a data input device for a wrist worn terminal, data auxiliary input that can extend the function of the data input means In providing a device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a data auxiliary input device of a wrist worn terminal for easy data input.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a data auxiliary input device of a wrist worn terminal capable of inputting data by wearing it in a user's hand.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a data auxiliary input device having an auxiliary display device and expanding a data output function.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a data auxiliary input device of a wrist worn terminal in which a plurality of keys are provided in the data auxiliary input device to maximize the data input function.

The present invention to achieve the above object the terminal body; And two bands connected to the terminal body to be worn on the wrist.

An interface jack body including an interface connector;

Each position sensing device connected to the interface jack main body and worn on the end of each finger and sensing a position using a relative position difference of finger movement;

Electrical connection means having elasticity to electrically connect the respective position sensing devices to the interface jack body and to correspond to the length of each finger; And

In order to be connected to the terminal main body, the interface jack main body is composed of at least one input port provided at a predetermined position on the terminal main body side, and selectively used.

The present invention provides a wrist worn terminal,

A main body (a) comprising a main input device and a main display device;

A band (b) connected to the terminal body to be worn on a wrist; And

It consists of data auxiliary input means (c) detachable from the terminal body to expand the data input function,

The data auxiliary input means (c)

An interface jack body including a plurality of keys and an auxiliary display device;

At least one or more position sensing devices worn on the end of the finger to sense a position using a relative position difference of finger movement;

Electrical connection means for electrically connecting the position sensing device to the interface jack body and having elasticity in a longitudinal direction; And

It is composed of an input port provided at a predetermined position on the terminal body side end.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention; In describing the present invention, specific descriptions of related well-known functions or configurations are omitted in order not to obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

The data input device of the present invention preferably eliminates the inconvenience caused by the limitation of the number of keys generated due to the miniaturization limit of the wrist worn terminal, and is preferably applied to the wrist worn terminal. In addition, the data input device of the present invention is to eliminate the inconvenience of the data input means of the conventional wrist worn terminal to wear the hand to easily input data. Furthermore, it should be noted that the data auxiliary input device according to the present invention can be equally applied to not only a wrist worn terminal but also a flip type or a folder type terminal.

1 is a perspective view showing a wrist worn terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the wrist worn terminal includes a main body 100, a main display unit 101, a main key input device 102, and a microphone device provided in the main body 10. 103 (microphone unit) and speaker devices 104 (speakers). In addition, two bands (106) for wearing on the wrist are connected to both ends of the main body 10, respectively. The main display apparatus 101 is positioned at the upper end 100a of the main body 10, and a protrusion 101a is provided along the circumference of the main display apparatus 101. The speaker device 104 is positioned at one end of the protrusion 101a. In addition, a main key input device 102 and a microphone device 103 including a plurality of keys are located at the inclined end 100b of the main body 10. In this case, an input port 105 (input port) for mounting a data auxiliary input device is provided at the side end 100c of the main body 10. When the data auxiliary input device is inserted in the direction of arrow ① shown in the figure, the main body 100 and the data auxiliary input device are connected to perform a data auxiliary input function.

2 is a perspective view showing a data auxiliary input device according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the data auxiliary input device 20 applied to a wrist worn terminal according to the present invention is a device for inputting data using a relative position difference of finger movement. Specifically, when describing the data auxiliary input device 20 according to the present invention, the data auxiliary input device 20 includes an interface jack body 210 including an interface connector 211 and the interface jack. A position sensing device connected to the main body 210 and worn at the end of a finger; electrical connection means 222a to 222e for electrically connecting each position detecting sensor to the interface jack main body 210; and the interface jack. The main body 210 is configured as an input port provided at a predetermined position at the side end to be connected to the wrist worn terminal main body. If necessary, the mounting position of the input port may be changed, and two or more data auxiliary input devices may be installed.

The interface jack main body 210 has a top end 210a, a front end 210b, and a side end 210c, and the auxiliary display device 212 is disposed on the top 210a. (sub display unit) is located, the interface connector 211 is located on the front end 210b, at least one key 213 is located on the side end (210c).

The position detecting apparatus according to the present invention includes a position detecting sensor (221a to 221e) and the position detecting sensor located at the end of each finger, and has an elastic in the longitudinal direction, the finger thimble easy to wear the user (220a to 220e) (finger thimble). The position detecting sensors 221a to 221e are positioned at the end of each finger to detect a position using a relative position difference of finger movement. The finger thimble 220a to 220e is preferably a rubber, soft plastic or leather material to be easily worn in close contact with the end of the finger.

The electrical connection means 222a to 222e are composed of strips having elasticity. The strip has elasticity in the direction of arrow ②. That is, the strip is intended to correspond to the length of each finger of the user when the data auxiliary input device is worn on the wrist. The length of the finger is different according to the user, and the thickness of the finger is also varied. In consideration of this point, the data auxiliary input device 20 of the present invention responds by providing elasticity to the finger thimble and the strip.

As shown in the drawing, the data auxiliary input device will be described with reference to five corresponding to the number of fingers. The finger thimble is a first finger thimble 220a worn on a thumb f1, a second finger thimble 220b worn on an index finger f2, and a middle finger. It consists of a third finger thimble 220c to be worn on, a fourth finger thimble 220d to be worn on a ring finger, and a fifth finger thimble 220e to be worn on a little finger f5. do. Here, each of the fingers f1 to f5 is shown in FIG. The first to fifth finger thimbles 220a to 220e include first to fifth position detection sensors 221a to 221e. The first to fifth position detection sensors 221a to 221e are electrically connected to the interface jack body 210 by the first to fifth strips 222a to 222e. Each of the strips 222a to 222e has elasticity that can move in the direction of an arrow ②.

3 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a finger is worn while a data auxiliary input device 20 is mounted on a wrist worn terminal body 10 according to the present invention. An operation of the data assist input device will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

The position sensor is initialized by the reset key provided in the wrist worn terminal, and is recognized by the relative position movement of each finger. That is, each of the position detection sensors recognizes the signal of the input key with the finger having the largest relative movement.

For example, the thumb f1 moves up or down in the direction of the arrow ③ or arrow ④ so that the relative movement of the thumb f1 is the largest, and the first position sensor which is worn on the thumb f1 detects a position and generates a signal. If so, the terminal body detects this. That is, the signal generation of the first position detection sensor achieves the same effect as a key press, so that data input is possible.

At this time, if the first position sensor is set in advance to perform a call key function when the first position sensor generates a signal, if the first position sensor generates a signal, the call It will perform the function. In addition, if the second position detection sensor is set in advance to perform an end key function when the signal is generated, the second position detection sensor performs a termination function when generating a signal. In addition, when the third, fourth and fifth position detection sensors generate signals, when the third, fourth and fifth position sensors are preset to perform their respective functions, Allows you to perform a function. Here, each function means that a function such as a number key or a scroll key can be performed.

In addition, the data auxiliary input device 20 according to the present invention includes an auxiliary display device 212 to be provided with an extended data output function. At this time, the pressing operation of the key 102 provided in the wrist worn terminal may be output to the primary display apparatus 101, and an input by sensing the position detection sensor may be output to the secondary display apparatus 212. In addition, both data input by pressing a key of the terminal main body 10 or data input by detecting a position detection sensor may be output to the main display apparatus 101. However, this is only optional depending on the mode setting.

In addition, a plurality of keys 213 are provided on the interface jack main body 210 of the data auxiliary input device to perform a variety of other input functions in addition to the function of the key 102 provided on the main body 10. You can extend the input function of.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the data auxiliary input device according to the present invention can be equally applied to all terminals, especially portable terminals. However, in consideration of wearability, it is preferable to be applied to a wrist worn terminal.

Furthermore, the position sensing device of the data auxiliary input device according to the present invention does not need to be limited to five in consideration of the number of fingers. It should be noted that two to four may be applied as necessary.

In addition, in the data auxiliary input device according to the present invention, the position sensor is worn on the finger, it is not necessary to be limited to the finger thimble worn on the end of the finger, it is possible to change the shape of the glove of the gloves, especially the leather material .

As described above, the present invention provides a data auxiliary input device to a wrist worn terminal to make up a data input function, and enables data input by a simple movement of a finger. In addition, an auxiliary display device is provided for the data auxiliary input device to expand the data output function. In addition, a plurality of keys are added to the data auxiliary input device to maximize the data input function.

Claims (10)

Terminal body; And two bands connected to the terminal body to be worn on the wrist. An interface jack body including an interface connector; Each position sensing device connected to the interface jack main body and worn on the end of each finger and sensing a position using a relative position difference of finger movement; Electrical connection means having elasticity to electrically connect the respective position sensing devices to the interface jack body and to correspond to the length of each finger; And And an input port provided at a predetermined position on a terminal side of the terminal main body so that the interface jack main body is connected to the terminal main body. The data auxiliary input device of claim 1, wherein the interface jack body further comprises an auxiliary display device and a key. According to claim 1, wherein the position sensing device Position sensor; And The data auxiliary input device of the wrist wearable terminal including the position sensor, comprising a finger thimble having elasticity and easy to wear the user's finger. The data auxiliary input device of claim 3, wherein the finger thimble is made of rubber or soft plastic. 4. The data auxiliary input device of a wrist worn terminal according to claim 3, wherein the finger thimble is made of leather. The data auxiliary input device of claim 1, wherein the electrical connection means comprises a strip having elasticity in a longitudinal direction. In the wrist worn terminal, A main body (a) comprising a main input device and a main display device; A band (b) connected to the terminal body to be worn on a wrist; And It consists of data auxiliary input means (c) detachable from the terminal body to expand the data input function, The data auxiliary input means (c) An interface jack body including a plurality of keys and an auxiliary display device; At least one or more position sensing devices worn on the end of the finger to sense a position using a relative position difference of finger movement; Electrical connection means for electrically connecting the position sensing device to the interface jack body and having elasticity in a longitudinal direction; And Wrist wearing type terminal consisting of an input port provided at a predetermined position on the terminal body side end. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the position sensing device Position sensor; And And a finger thimble including the position detecting sensor and having an elasticity to facilitate finger wearing of a user. The wrist worn terminal of claim 8, wherein the finger thimble is made of rubber or soft plastic. The wrist worn terminal of claim 8, wherein the finger thimble is made of leather.

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