TW200904128A - Keypad with multiple surfaces and electronic device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A keypad with multiple surfaces and an electronic device using the same are provided. The keypad has at least one switch and at least one key. The key has a key base portion and a key upper portion. The key base portion is opposite to the switch. The key upper portion is disposed on the key base portion, and has two inclined planes that show a first character and a second character. When the electronic device is in first input mode and the key is pressed, the switch is actuated to input the first character to the electronic device. When the electronic device is in second input mode and the key is pressed, the switch is actuated to input the second character to the electronic device.

Description

200904128

3PA IX. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a keyboard structure and an electronic device using the same, and in particular to a keyboard structure and application for more readable characters of a button character The electronic device of the keyboard structure. [Prior Art] The keyboard structure of electronic devices such as notebook computers, communication mobile phones, PDAs, and smart phones is roughly the same. There are usually several input characters on a single button, such as English letters and phonetic transcriptions. Symbol and the root of the Cangjie input method. Since these input characters are all located on the surface of a single button, when the user operates the keyboard, the position of the input characters on the keyboard can only be distinguished by the position, color or size of the input characters on the button. Very easy to cause confusion. And in general, the user can only operate the keyboard from a single perspective and direction. In addition, many hand-held electronic devices, such as the aforementioned PDA, -5 <"" smart phones, etc., are designed with a multi-directional input keyboard to provide the user with the function of operating a telephone keypad or a standard computer keyboard. However, similarly, since a plurality of input character units are disposed on the same button, although the user operates the keyboard in different directions, it is still difficult to avoid an operation error caused by the inability to clearly recognize the characters on the keys. As a result, the user is wasted a lot of time. 6 200904128

-»*=»_mpjyu -· * · - ^3P A [Summary of the Invention] The present invention relates to a keyboard structure having a multi-faceted viewing angle and an electronic device using the keyboard structure. Each slope is provided with a different character or symbol. These bevels are inclined to one of the base surfaces of the keyboard structure to provide a better reading angle for the user. The present invention proposes a keyboard structure having a multi-faceted viewing angle, which is applied to an electronic device. The keyboard structure includes at least one switching element and at least one button. Each button includes a button base and a button upper portion, wherein the button base is disposed corresponding to the switch element, and the upper portion of the button is located on the button base. The upper part of the button includes two inclined faces respectively indicating a first character and a second character. When the electronic device is in the first input mode and the button is pressed, the switching element is activated to input the first character. Further, when the electronic device is in the second input mode and the button is pressed, the switching element is activated to input the second character. The invention further provides an electronic device comprising a display unit and a keyboard structure. The keyboard structure includes at least one switching element and at least one button. The button includes a button base and a button upper portion, wherein the button base corresponds to the aforementioned switching element arrangement. The upper part of the button has two slopes respectively indicating a first word and a second character. When the electronic device is in the pull-in mode and the button is pressed, the switching element is activated to input the first character. In addition, although the electronic device is in the second round of the human mode and the button is pressed, it is activated to input the second character. Cattle

In order to make the above-mentioned contents of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific examples, together with the drawings, are described in detail as follows: Read 200904128

3PA - A 1 - M * Mt - , . . . . X ik [Embodiment] This embodiment is described by taking a keyboard structure with a multi-face view and an electronic device using the keyboard structure as an example. The keyboard structure comprises at least one button base and a button upper portion, wherein the button base is disposed on one of the base surfaces of the keyboard structure, and the upper portion of the button is located on the button base. The upper portion of the button has a first bevel and a second bevel, wherein the first bevel and the second bevel are substantially non-parallel to one of the bottom surfaces of the button base, such that the character or symbol readability of the upper portion of each button is increased. When the keyboard structure is set on the electronic device, the button base on the keyboard structure corresponds to one of the switch elements in the keyboard structure. The following figure illustrates the keyboard structure of this embodiment. Referring to Figure 1, there is shown a schematic diagram of a keyboard structure in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the keyboard structure 10 includes a plurality of buttons that are located on the base 10A of the keyboard structure 10. Each button includes a button base and an upper portion of the button, wherein a bottom surface (not shown) of the button base is coupled to the base surface 10A, and an upper portion of the button is located on the base of the button. The upper part of the button of each button has a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface. < Taking the keys 11, 13 as an example, the button 11 has a first inclined surface 11A and a second inclined surface 11B, and the key 13 has a first inclined surface 13A and a second inclined surface 13B. Wherein, the first slopes of all the keys are arranged in parallel with each other, that is, the inclination angles of the first slopes of all the keys with respect to the base surface 10A of the keyboard structure 10 are identical. Of course, preferably, the second bevels of all the keys are also arranged in parallel with each other. The range of the inclination angle between the first inclined surface, the second inclined surface and the base surface 10A is not limited, and is ergonomic. The button base of each button is, for example, a rectangular structure such that the first slope and the second slope are respectively 8 200904128

3PA is located on the opposite side of each button diagonal to form a pyramid structure that approximates the pyramid shape. In addition, the button base can be designed as an outer frame structure, for example, the outer frame nc of the button 11 and the outer frame 13C of the button 13, in addition to being able to clearly separate each button, it is also possible to increase the pressing of the button. stability. A first sub-element and a first character are respectively disposed on the first slope and the second slope of the button. Taking the button 11 as an example, the first slope 11A is provided with a character E ′ and the second slope 11B is provided with a character 1 for providing a user to input characters into an electronic device in different states. The characters on the keys include different input symbols in addition to the above letters and numbers. The characters are for example laser-drawn on the keys or printed on the keys in a printed manner. Since the first bevel and the second bevel on the button protrude from the surface of each button, in order to maintain the smoothness of the surface of the keyboard structure, a protective layer can be disposed on each button. Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of the keyboard structure of FIG. 1 having a security layer. As shown in Fig. 2, the protective layer 15 is disposed above the keyboard structure 1 , and preferably, a protective layer 15 is disposed on a button. These protective layers are formed in several ways. One is to individually inject the transparent material onto the buttons. This method not only fills in the recessed corners of the buttons, but also forms a guarantee on each button. 5 vine film. Alternatively, the protective layers may be integrally formed by injection molding in accordance with the button arrangement on the keyboard structure 10. Thereafter, the integrally formed protective layer is then mounted on the keyboard structure 10. Of course, the role of the protective layer 10 in addition to providing smoothness when the user presses 200904128

3PA —1 ii »····^ -4·/ w — · — — ml X r\, Sense' also prevents dust from accumulating on the buttons. The keyboard structure 10 can be mounted in a variety of electronic devices as an input medium. Referring to Figures 3A to 3B, there are shown schematic views of an electronic device in different states in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 1A includes a first component 11A, a display unit 115, a second component 120, and the aforementioned keyboard structure 10. The second component 12 is disposed on the first component 11A and is slidable along the first direction D1 and the second direction D2 of the first component 110. The first direction D1 and the second direction D2 are, for example, two directions perpendicular to each other. The display unit Π5 is located on the second component 12A for displaying information. The keyboard structure 10 is disposed on the first component 11A and located between the first component 11A and the second component 120. In a state in which the second component 12A and the first component 11 are overlapped with each other, the keyboard structure 10 is hidden between the second component 12A and the first component 11A. Referring again to Fig. 3C, a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic device of Fig. 3A is shown. As shown in FIG. 3C, the first component includes a circuit board 130', and the keyboard structure 1 is preferably located on the circuit board 13(). The keys 15, π, 19 of the keyboard structure 10 are 151, 171, 191. Each of the corresponding switching elements 131, 132, 133 is disposed, and the switching element 131 is connected to the circuit board 130. Therefore, when the electronic device 1 is in any input mode, whenever the user presses the buttons 15, 17, 19, the circuit board 130 is triggered by the corresponding switching elements 131, 132, 133 to generate The signal 'in turn inputs the keys 15, 173, 193 of the keys 15, 173, 193 into the electronic device 1 。. The electronic device 100 can be, for example, in the first input mode and the second input mode 200904128

__ ) The operation of inputting in the 3PA type is described below with reference to Figs. 3A to 3B. The two slopes of the respective keys on the keyboard structure 10 correspond to the direction setting of the movement of the second assembly 120, and when the second assembly 120 is slid from different directions, the display unit 115 is driven to display images of different modes. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the second component 120 is slid along the first direction D1, the first slope of each button (the surface having the characters A to Z) is directly opposite. The visual direction of the user, and each of the first slopes is inclined by an angle to increase the readability of each button. Further, the display unit 115 displays the image in the landscape display mode and performs an input operation in conjunction with the button exposed on the keyboard structure 10. In the input mode of the electronic device 100, when the user presses any button, the characters on the first slope are input into the electronic device 100. Therefore, the first input mode of the electronic device 100 can be an English alphabet input mode. When the second component 120 is slid away from the second direction D2, as shown in Fig. 3B, the display unit 115 displays the image in a portrait display mode at this time. The second bevel of each button (the surface having the characters 0, 1 to 9) V is facing the visual direction of the user, and similarly, the second bevel on each button is also inclined by an angle. In the input mode of the electronic device 100, when the user presses any button, the characters on the second slope are input into the electronic device 100. Therefore, the second input mode of the electronic device 100 can be a digital input mode. When the user reads the characters on the keys, the corner design of the keys of the keyboard structure 10 provides a better viewing angle for the user, thereby avoiding confusion of the keys and making it difficult to operate. 11 200904128

3PA is a multi-face view keyboard structure and an electronic device using the same according to the above embodiments of the present invention. Each button of the keyboard structure has two slopes indicating a first character and a second character, and the slopes are inclined to Keyboard structure. Since different input characters are arranged on different inclined surfaces, the user can better read the viewing angle when the user operates the button function of the electronic device. In view of the above, the present invention has been disclosed in a preferred embodiment, and is not intended to limit the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims. 12 200904128 —1,~-rJ3P_A_ [Simple description of the drawing] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a keyboard structure according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a keyboard structure having a protective layer. |π3Α~3Β(4)(d) Schematic diagram of the electronic device of the present invention in different states. Sub-assembly Figure 3C shows a partial cross-sectional view of the electronic M J 卞裒 of the third drawing. [Main component symbol description] 1〇: keyboard structure 10A: base surface 11 '13' 15, 17, 19: button IIA, 13A: first slope IIB, 13B: second slope IIC, 13C: outer frame 15: protective layer 100: electronic device 110: first component 115: display unit 120: second component 130: circuit board 131, 132, 133: switching element 151, 171, 191: button base 153, 173, 193: button upper portion 13

Claims (1)

200904128 ipA .-a/ u — . » » _ i. xi X. Patent application scope: 1. A keyboard structure with multi-face view, applied to an electronic device, having a first input mode and a second In the input mode, the keyboard structure comprises: at least one switching component; and at least one button, comprising: a button base corresponding to the switching component setting; and a button upper portion located on the button base, the button upper portion has a label first Two slopes of a character and a second character; in the first input mode, when the button is pressed, the switching component is activated to input the first character; in the second input mode When the button is pressed, the switching element is activated to input the second character. 2. The keyboard structure of claim 1, further comprising a base surface, the two slopes being substantially non-parallel to the base surface. 3. The keyboard structure of claim 1, wherein the 'key base is a rectangular structure. 4. The keyboard structure of claim 3, wherein the two slopes are located on two sides of a diagonal of the base of the button. 5. The keyboard structure of claim 1, wherein the button base is an outer frame. 6. The keyboard structure of claim 1, further comprising: at least one cladding layer disposed on the upper portion of the button. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input mode is an English alphabet input mode. 8. The keyboard structure of claim 1, wherein the second input mode is a digital input mode. An electronic device comprising: a first input mode and a second input mode, the electronic device comprising: a display unit for displaying information; and a keyboard structure comprising at least one switching element and at least one button, the button The switch base includes a button base portion corresponding to the switch element, and the upper portion of the button has two slopes respectively indicating a first character and a second character; in the first input mode, when When the button is pressed, the switching element is activated to input the first character; in the second input mode, when the button is pressed, the switching element is activated to input the second character. 10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the 'keyboard structure further comprises a base surface, the two inclined surfaces being substantially non-parallel to the base surface. 11. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the button base is a rectangular structure. 12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the two slopes are located on opposite sides of the base of the button. 13. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the button base is an outer frame. The electronic device of claim 9, further comprising: two first components, the keyboard structure is disposed on the first component, and a second component is movably disposed on the first A component. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the second component is switched to the first input mode when the second component is moved in a first direction along the first component And, when the second component is moved along the first group, the electronic device #1 is switched to the second input mode in the first direction. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the first direction. 2... is located in the second component, when the second component is along (4) two: direction = open 'the display unit is displayed in a vertical display mode with a display system = *: after sliding, the display unit keyboard patent range The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the at least-cladding layer is disposed on an upper portion of the button. 19. If the patent application scope is 第一$, the first input mode is an English alphabet wheeled sub-device, wherein the second input mode is a digital round-in mode as described in claim 9. This sub-device