KR20100003572A - Multiple input processing device - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a plurality of input processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a plurality of input processing apparatus capable of detecting a user's touch and press at the same time.
In recent years, touch pads have been applied to electronic devices due to the convenience of design and operation instead of buttons for user input. However, the button or touch pad being used can receive only one input for one button or finger contact area.
Thus, in order to input various symbols or numbers, a button or a contact area corresponding to each number of the symbols or numbers had to be provided. On the other hand, in order to solve this problem, there is a method of changing the input symbol or number by pressing or touching a button or contact area several times, by installing a separate switch key, and pressing or touching at the same time with the switch key It is used.
However, these input methods have been complicated and inconvenient because two or more presses or contacts must be made to perform a desired input.
In addition, when a user wants to enter a password that requires security, such as an ATM device or a digital door lock, if someone sees an operation of using a button or a touch pad to input a number, the password may be exposed. .
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to realize an input device capable of performing various inputs in one contact operation.
In addition, the present invention is to provide an input device that can improve the security by preventing the password is exposed even if the number input operation is exposed in the password input.
A plurality of input processing apparatuses according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the first contact amount of the user contact portion with a plurality of contact region is formed, and the user's contact pressure to at least one contact region of the plurality of contact region is a first threshold amount; And a touch sensing unit for outputting a first output value when reaching a second output value and outputting a second output value when reaching a second threshold amount, and a signal processor configured to perform predefined signal processing using the first output value and the second output value. .
Here, the first threshold amount indicates the contact of the user finger to the user contact portion, and the second threshold amount indicates the press by the user finger on the user contact portion.
The touch sensing unit may include first sensing means for outputting the first output value when sensing the touch, and second sensing means for outputting the second output value when sensing the press.
In addition, the first sensing means is a capacitive sensor for sensing the capacitance changes by the contact of the user finger, the second sensing means is a mechanical switch that is operated by the pressing of the user finger. .
On the other hand, the mechanical switch is characterized in that the dome switch having at least two contacts and the connection between the contact is interrupted by the pressing.
In addition, the capacitance sensing terminal of the capacitive sensor and the contact point of the mechanical switch are simultaneously arranged in each of the plurality of contact regions in the PCB layer.
The user contact part may include a protective layer contacted by a user finger and a silicon layer having an elastic dome for forming a dome switch at a position corresponding to each of the plurality of contact areas.
In addition, the plurality of input processing apparatuses according to the present invention include a user contact portion having a plurality of contact regions and a capacitance or a contact time changed by a user's contact with at least one contact region among the plurality of contact regions. And a capacitive sensor that outputs a first output value when the first threshold amount is reached and outputs a second output value when the second threshold amount is reached.
The present invention further provides sound generating means for generating a first sound when the signal processor outputs the first output value, and generating a second sound when the signal processor outputs the second output value. The apparatus may further include vibration generating means for generating a first vibration when the signal processor outputs the first output value and generating a second vibration when the signal processor outputs the second output value. You may.
The present invention also provides a method for processing a plurality of inputs by a user finger, and outputs a first output value when the user's contact pressure for at least one of the plurality of contact regions reaches a first threshold amount. Outputting a second output value when a threshold amount of two is reached; It provides a plurality of input processing method comprising the step of performing a predefined signal processing using the first output value and the second output value.
Here, the first threshold amount represents a touch of the user's finger, and the second threshold amount represents a press by the user's finger.
According to the present invention as described above, in the electronic device capable of user input in the form of a touch pad, a plurality of inputs are possible even with a single touch operation on one contact area, thereby simplifying user input.
In addition, even when security is required, such as input of a password, secure input is possible.
The present invention as described above will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, a plurality of input processing apparatuses according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention include a
The
The
The
At this time, the sensing means 210 of the
This operation makes it possible to accept a plurality of inputs for one contact area.
Meanwhile, the sensing means of the plurality of input processing apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention includes first sensing means for sensing a first threshold value and second sensing means for sensing a second threshold value. The first sensing means uses a capacitive sensing sensor for sensing the contact pressure corresponding to the first threshold region, and the second sensing means senses the contact pressure corresponding to the second threshold region. Use a mechanical switch for
In such a configuration, when the user touches the
Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the structure of the multiple input processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated in detail. Referring to FIG. 2, the plurality of input processing apparatuses show a
First, the
These capacitive sensing sensors and mechanical switches are simultaneously placed in the same contact area. To this end, at a position corresponding to each of the
Each of the
Referring to FIG. 2, two
Next, the
On the other hand, at least the
The
3 is a side cross-sectional view of a form in which the protective layer, the silicon layer, and the PCB layer shown in FIG. 2 are combined. Referring to FIG. 3, a structure in which the
Here, the
In this structure, when the user only touches the finger to the
That is, when the user's finger makes contact only, the touch signal is output only by the
As a result, the multi-input processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention performs the first signal processing corresponding to the contact when the user makes only a finger touch with respect to the
Next, another embodiment of the shape of the
On the other hand, the plurality of input processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, provided with only a capacitance detection sensor for detecting a change in capacitance caused by the contact of the user's finger, different from the contact and pressing pressure according to the present invention Enable signal processing. That is, the amount of change in capacitance when the finger touches the
That is, referring to FIG. 5, the relationship between the pressure at which the user's finger contacts the contact area and the magnitude of the measured capacitance may be confirmed. In other words, the capacitance between the finger and the
That is, when the user touches and releases the contact area with his or her finger, if the minimum value of the measured capacitance is greater than the first threshold, the touch signal is output. If the user is smaller than the second threshold, the push signal is output. You can output it. Of course, the threshold which is a reference may be one or plural.
This configuration eliminates the need for disposing a separate mechanical switch, thereby facilitating the design and reducing the manufacturing cost.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, when the user performs an input by touching or pressing, the multiple input processing apparatus includes an input display means 400 for indicating completion of each input. It may further include.
By such an input display means 400, when the user makes an input by merely touching the
According to such a structure, a user can distinguish and confirm the input which he / she performed correctly, and it becomes possible to perform input operation more conveniently.
Next, a method of using a plurality of input processing apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. Here, an example of what is applied to the password input device of the digital door lock is described.
The multiple input processing apparatus according to the present invention applied to the digital door lock is capable of modifying the standard of the password by the fact that a plurality of inputs are possible in one contact area. That is, a general password consists of simple symbols such as "1, 2, 3, 4" consisting only of numbers or symbols displayed on the touch pad or keypad. However, according to the present invention, at least two input methods of touch and pressing may be applied to each symbol, and at least one of the symbols constituting the password may be applied. That is, the password can be configured as "1 by touch input", "2 by press input", "3 by touch input", and "4 by press input".
In addition, the user can perform user authentication by precisely manipulating touch and press on each symbol when inputting the password of the digital door lock.
According to the password configured as described above, even when numbers or symbols constituting the password are exposed to the surroundings, whether the input operation is touched or pressed is not easily exposed, so the password is input using the touch pad. The security of the device can be improved.
1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a plurality of input processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a plurality of input processing apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the combination of the protective layer, silicon layer and the PCB layer shown in Figure 2 shown in FIG.
4 is a view showing another embodiment of a contact and an electrode pattern of a touch sensing unit.
5 is a graph showing the relationship between contact pressure and capacitance.
6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a plurality of input devices according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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