KR101382757B1 - A 8-way button appratus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an eight-way button device, and more particularly, to a technology for implementing all of the functions promised by eight buttons of eight-way buttons using only four buttons of four-way buttons.

Such an eight-way button device of the present invention is a printed circuit board provided with a switch in the front, rear, left and right of the upper; Front, rear, left and right buttons positioned at a distance apart from each other in the vertical direction with the switch; And four diagonal buttons provided between the front, rear, left and right buttons, respectively, and pressing one of the buttons in the switch direction simultaneously presses the buttons on both sides adjacent to each other in the corresponding switch direction. do.

Button, 8-way, 4-way, switch

Description

Eight-way button device {A 8-WAY BUTTON APPRATUS}

The present invention relates to an eight-way button device for performing button operations in eight directions (functions).

In recent years, as the application of monitor-separated audio has increased in vehicles, many central knobs have been installed in the audio control system. The center knob has conventionally performed only a dial operation (left and right rotation and push function), but recently, the four-way button (left and left in FIG. 1) along with the dial function is arranged together to enhance operating performance. .

 However, in recent years, as the necessity of manipulating complicated devices such as navigation in the audio control system has emerged, only the horizontal, vertical, and horizontal movement of the map screen on the navigation is possible only by the push buttons of the front, rear, left, right and the center, so that the diagonal movement is not possible. , Left, right, upper-right, upper-left, lower-right, lower-left) (the right figure of FIG. 1) is applied.

Herein, the operation principle of the four-way button is provided with one switch each at the front, the left, the right and the center of the printed circuit board, and five buttons for pressing the five switches at the top of the printed circuit board. (See FIG. 2 of the present invention).

Therefore, since eight switches and nine buttons are required to switch the four-way button to the eight-way button, there is a problem in that it takes a lot of cost to manufacture the switch and the button as compared to the four-way button.

Accordingly, conventionally, by pressing the upper button and the right button at the same time in the four-way button was configured to perform the operation of the up-right button of the eight-way button. However, it is inconvenient to press the two buttons at the same time, and if the two buttons can not be pressed at the same time, there is a problem that the device is malfunctioning by recognizing this as the operation of any one of the two buttons.

The present invention is to provide an eight-way button device that implements all the functions of the eight-way button using only four buttons of the existing four-way button.

Eight-way button device of the present invention is a printed circuit board provided with a switch in the front, rear, left and right of the upper; Front, rear, left and right buttons positioned at a distance apart from each other in the vertical direction with the switch; And four diagonal buttons provided between the front, rear, left and right buttons, respectively, and pressing one of the buttons in the switch direction simultaneously presses the buttons on both sides adjacent to each other in the corresponding switch direction. do.

In the present invention, the front, rear, left, right buttons are positioned with the upper panel and the lower panel coupled to each other in a vertical panel with a distance apart in the vertical direction with the switch corresponding to the lower panel, respectively.

On the other hand, each of the diagonal button of the present invention, one end and the other end is located between the upper panel and the lower panel, respectively, the upper button, the right button, the right button, the lower button, the lower button, the left button and the left button and the upper button, respectively.

On the other hand, the vertical panel of the present invention is a part or the whole is made of an elastic body.

Meanwhile, the present invention further includes a housing coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the printed circuit board and surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the front, rear, left, right and diagonal buttons and the outer circumferential surface of the printed circuit board.

Meanwhile, a switch is further provided at the center of the printed circuit board of the present invention, and a center button for pressing the switch of the center is further provided at the center of the front, rear, left, and right buttons.

On the other hand, the printed circuit board of the present invention is formed with a cylindrical member surrounding the center button, the elastic body at the position spaced apart a predetermined distance in the vertical direction to the lower portion of the front, rear, left, right buttons and diagonal buttons with the switch It is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical member or the inner circumferential surface of the housing.

On the other hand, the front, rear, left, right buttons, diagonal buttons and the top of the center button of the present invention is formed with an identifier indicating the direction or function of the button.

In the eight-way button device of the present invention, when one particular button is pressed, the switches corresponding to the buttons of both neighboring sides are pressed together. Therefore, by pressing the buttons on both sides at the same time to specify the function of the one specific button to omit the switch corresponding to the one specific button to provide the effect of implementing the function of the eight-way button with the four-way button do.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a plan view showing a state in which a switch is provided on a printed circuit board of the eight-way button device according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a plan view showing the state of the first button to the eighth button of the eight-way button device according to the present invention. .

First, the first to ninth buttons in the order of the upper, upper right (diagonal), right, lower right (diagonal), lower, lower left (diagonal), left, upper left (diagonal) button, center button of the eight-way button device of the present invention It refers to (30a-i).

2 and 3, the eight-way button device 100 according to the present invention is a printed circuit board 10, the first, third, five, seven buttons (30a, 30c, 30e, 30g), 2, 4, 6, 8 buttons 30b, 30d, 30f, 30h, ninth button 30i, elastic bodies 30e-2, 30c-2, housings (not shown), and the like.

The printed circuit board 10 is preferably formed in a circular shape, and switches 20a, 20c, 20e, and 20g are provided at the front, rear, left and right, for example, 12 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock, respectively. The switches 20a, 20c, 20e, and 20g correspond to the first, third, fifth, and seventh buttons 30a, 30c, 30e, and 30g, which will be described later, respectively. And pressurized by 30e, 30g to generate a pressurized signal, and transmit the pressurized signal to a controlled device (not shown) connected to the eight-way button device 100.

On the other hand Figure 4 is a perspective view of the AA 'direction of the eight-way button device according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a first, 3, 5, 7 button pressed state in the AA' direction of the eight-way button device according to the present invention 6 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the second, fourth, sixth and eighth buttons 30b, 30d, 30f, and 30h are pressed in the AA 'direction of the eight-way button device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the first, third, fifth, seventh buttons 30a, 30c, 30e, and 30g may include the upper panels 30e-1, 30c-1, and the lower panels 30e-3, 30c-3) are coupled to each other in a vertical panel to form a "I" when viewed from the side. Lower panels 30e-3, 30c-3 of the first, third, fifth, and seventh buttons 30a, 30c, 30e, and 30g are positioned at a distance from each other in the vertical direction with the corresponding switches. Accordingly, when the first, third, fifth, and seventh buttons 30a, 30c, 30e, and 30g are lowered in the switch direction, the switches 20a, 20c, 20e, and 20g are the first, third, fifth, and seventh buttons 30a. Pressed by the lower panels 30e-3 and 30c-3 of 30c, 30e and 30g, respectively.

Here, the vertical panels of the first, third, fifth, and seventh buttons 30a, 30c, 30e, and 30g may be partially or entirely formed of elastic bodies 30e-2, 30c-2 such as rubber, and the upper panel 30e-. 1,30c-1) and the distance between the lower panels 30e-3, 30c-3 may increase or decrease.

The second, fourth, sixth and eighth buttons 30b, 30d, 30f, and 30h are provided between the first, third, fifth and seventh buttons 30a, 30c, 30e and 30g, respectively. Accordingly, the first to eighth buttons are disposed adjacent to each other to form a circle as a whole and are disposed on the printed circuit board 10. Here, the second, fourth, sixth and eighth buttons 30b, 30d, 30f, and 30h may have upper and lower panels 30e-1, 30c-1 and lower panels 30e-3 of both buttons adjacent to one end and the other end, respectively. And 30c-3, and one end and the other end are preferably in contact with the upper portions of the lower panels 30e-3 and 30c-3 of the adjacent buttons.

Accordingly, when any one of the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth buttons 30b, 30d, 30f, and 30h is pressed toward the switches 20a, 20c, 20e, and 20g, the second, fourth, sixth, eighth buttons ( One end and the other end of any one of the buttons 30b, 30d, 30f, and 30h simultaneously move the lower panels 30e-3, 30c-3 of the buttons on both sides adjacent to each other in the direction of the switches 20a, 20c, 20e, 20g. Pressurize and press the switches 20a, 20c, 20e, and 20g.

Herein, when the first and third buttons 30a and 30c are simultaneously pressed, the present invention operates as a function promised by the second button 30b, and when the third and fifth buttons 30c and 30e are pressed simultaneously, When the fifth and seventh buttons 30e and 30g are pressed at the same time, it operates as the sixth button 20f and the seventh and first buttons ( When 30g and 30a are simultaneously pressed, it is set to operate with the function promised by the eighth button 30h.

The printed circuit board 10 is formed with a cylindrical member 40 surrounding the ninth button 30i, and the elastic bodies 30e-2 and 30c-2 are provided with a switch and a lower portion of the first to eighth buttons. It is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical member 40 at a position spaced apart by a predetermined distance in the vertical direction.

A housing (not shown) surrounds the outer circumferential surface of the first to eighth buttons and the outer circumferential surface of the printed circuit board 10 and is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the printed circuit board 10.

Meanwhile, the elastic bodies 30e-2 and 30c-2 are fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical member 40 surrounding the ninth button 30i or the inner circumferential surface of the housing (not shown). Therefore, the elastic body 30e-2, 30c-2 moves up and down while the housing (not shown) or the cylindrical member 40 releases the first, 3, 5, 7 buttons 30a, 30c, 30e, 30g. The second, fourth, sixth and eighth buttons 30b, 30d, 30f, and 30h are also fixed by the flexible fixing of the first, third, fifth, seventh buttons 30a, 30c, 30e, and 30g. 1, 3, 5, 7 buttons (30a, 30c, 30e, 30g) can be fluidly fixed.

Hereinafter, the operation of the eight-way button device 100 of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, when the user presses the fourth button 30d, one end 30d-1 and the other end 30d-2 of the fourth button 30d are adjacent to each other. The lower panels 30e-3 and 30c-3 of the button 30c and the fifth button 30e are simultaneously pressed toward the corresponding switches 20e and 20c, respectively.

Accordingly, the lower panels 30e-3 and 30c-3 of the third button 30c and the fifth button 30e press the switches 20e and 20c, respectively, so that the third button 30c and the fifth button 30e are pressed. ) Simultaneously generates a pressurization signal to the promised fourth button (30d).

At this time, the elastic bodies 30e-2 and 30c-2 of the vertical panels of the third button 30c and the fifth button 30e move in the downward rolling motion, and the user moves the third button 30c and the fifth button ( When the pressure of 30e) is released, the elastic bodies 30e-2 and 30c-2 are moved up by the restoring force of the elastic bodies 30e-2 and 30c-2, and the third and fifth buttons 30c and 30e are lifted. The lower panels 30e-3 and 30c-3 of FIG. 8 move up one end 30d-1 and the other end 30d-2 of the fourth button to return to their original state.

On the other hand, when the user presses the third button 30c, the upper panel (30c-1) and the lower panel 30c-3 of the third button 30c both move downward to the corresponding switch 20c directions. Pressurize at the same time.

Thereafter, when the user releases the pressing of the third button 30c, the upper panel 30c-1 and the lower panel 30c of the third button 30c by the restoring force due to the upward rolling motion of the elastic body 30c-2. -3) return to the original state by the upward movement.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Various modifications and variations may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

1 is a block diagram of a conventional four-button device and eight-button device.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing a state in which a switch is provided on the printed circuit board of the eight-way button device according to the present invention.

3 is a plan view showing a state of the first button to the eighth button of the eight-way button device according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the A-A 'direction of the eight-way button device according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the first, third, fifth, seventh button is pressed in the A-A 'direction of the eight-way button device according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the second, 4, 6, 8 button is pressed in the A-A 'direction of the eight-way button device according to the present invention.

Claims (8)

delete delete As an eight-way button device, Printed circuit boards each provided with switches at front, rear, left and right of the upper portion; Front, rear, left and right buttons positioned at a distance apart from each other in the vertical direction with the switch; And It is provided between the front, rear, left and right buttons, respectively, and includes four diagonal buttons that simultaneously press one button in the switch direction and simultaneously press the buttons on both sides, respectively, in the corresponding switch directions. The front, rear, left and right buttons are positioned with the upper panel and the lower panel coupled to each other in a vertical panel with a spaced distance in the vertical direction with the switch corresponding to the lower panel, respectively. Each of the diagonal buttons has one end and the other end respectively positioned between the upper and lower panels of the front, right and rear buttons, the rear and rear buttons, and the left and front buttons, respectively. Directional button device. The method of claim 3, The vertical panel is an eight-way button device made of part or the whole of the elastic body. The method of claim 3, And a housing coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the printed circuit board and surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the front, rear, left, right and diagonal buttons and the outer circumferential surface of the printed circuit board. The method of claim 4, A switch is further provided at the center of the printed circuit board, The center button of the front, rear, left and right buttons and diagonal buttons, the eight-way button device further provided with a center button for pressing the switch of the center portion. The method of claim 6, The printed circuit board is formed with a cylindrical member surrounding the center button, The elastic body is an eight-way button device is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member or the inner peripheral surface of the housing at a position spaced apart a predetermined distance in the vertical direction to the lower portion of the front, rear, left and right buttons and diagonal buttons. The method of claim 3, An eight-way button device having an identifier indicating a direction or a function of a button is formed on the front, back, left, right buttons, diagonal buttons and a center button.

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