TW201624169A - Electronic device with embeddable keyboard - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing and a keyboard. A receiving space is defined within the housing. The receiving space is used to receive the keyboard. When the keyboard is taken out of the housing, the keyboard can be used as an input device of the electronic device.

Description

Electronic device with embedded keyboard

The present invention relates to an electronic device having an embedded keyboard.

Tablet PCs are popular among users because of their small size and portability. The tablet computer generally inputs through a virtual keyboard displayed on the touch input display screen, but sometimes when a large amount of text needs to be input, a large part of the position on the touch input display screen is occupied by the virtual keyboard, and the text display portion becomes smaller, thereby affecting the whole. The display effect, in addition, the virtual keyboard on the tablet is also not convenient to use an external keyboard.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an electronic device having an embedded keyboard to solve the above problems.

An electronic device with an embedded keyboard includes a housing and a keyboard. The housing has a receiving portion for receiving the keyboard. When the keyboard is removed from the receiving portion, the keyboard can be used as a keyboard. The input device of the electronic device is used.

The electronic device with the embedded keyboard in the invention can accommodate the keyboard inside the casing, and the keyboard can be taken out from the casing when the keyboard is needed, that is, the keyboard and the electronic device are conveniently carried, and the user can conveniently input.

1 is a plan view of an electronic device having an embedded keyboard in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a perspective exploded view of the embedded keyboard shown in FIG. 1.

The electronic device with the embedded keyboard in the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together, in an embodiment, the electronic device 100 includes a housing 10 and a keyboard 20. A receiving space is defined in the housing 10 , and the receiving space defines a receiving portion 11 for receiving the keyboard 20 . When the keyboard 20 is needed, the user can take out the keyboard 20 from the accommodating portion 11, and the keyboard 20 can be used as an input device of the electronic device 100; when the keyboard 20 is not needed, the user can The keyboard 20 is housed in the housing portion 11. In the embodiment, the electronic device 100 may be a tablet computer, a smart phone, or the like.

In the present embodiment, the keyboard 20 is a flexible touch keyboard, such as a CSR flexible touch keyboard. Since the flexible touch keyboard can be implemented by the prior art, it will not be described here. In another embodiment, the keyboard 20 can also be a flexible touch display screen displaying a virtual keyboard. In other embodiments, the keyboard 20 can also be a mechanical keyboard.

Referring to FIG. 2 , in the embodiment, the housing 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped structure, and the receiving portion 11 is a cavity structure that is formed inside the housing 10 and is adapted to the shape of the keyboard 20 . An opening 101 is defined in a side wall of the housing 10. The receiving portion 11 communicates with the opening 101. The keyboard 20 can enter the receiving portion 11 through the opening 101.

In the embodiment, the accommodating portion 11 is further provided with an ejecting mechanism 12 for ejecting the keyboard 20 received in the accommodating portion 11. In the present embodiment, the ejection mechanism 12 includes an electromagnet 121, a magnetic member 122, an elastic member 123, and a pushing member 124. The elastic member 123 is connected between the electromagnet 121 and the magnetic member 122. The first electromagnet 121 is fixed to the side wall of the receiving portion 11 away from the opening 101. The pushing member 124 is connected to the magnetic member 122. When the keyboard 20 is received in the receiving portion 11, the keyboard 20 abuts the pushing member 124 and compresses the elastic member 123 such that the electromagnet 121 and the magnetic member 122 are close to each other and attract each other. When the user needs to take out the keyboard 20, the electromagnet 121 can be powered off by a switch (not shown) or a software (not shown) installed in the electronic device 100, so that the restoring force of the elastic member 123 drives the push. The member 124 pushes the keyboard 20 out of the accommodating portion 11. It can be understood that, in other embodiments, the ejecting mechanism 12 can also be implemented in various other manners in the prior art, and thus is not described herein again.

In the present embodiment, the housing 10 further includes a cover 13 matching the shape of the opening 101. The cover 13 is detachably mounted to the opening 101 for covering the opening 101. After the keyboard 20 is received in the accommodating portion 11, the opening 101 is covered by the cover 13, so that the keyboard 20 accommodated in the accommodating portion 11 can be protected, and the dustproof effect can also be achieved.

In the present embodiment, the first communication unit 21 is disposed in the keyboard 20, and the second communication unit 30 is disposed in the casing 10 of the electronic device. The first communication unit 21 and the second communication unit 30 can communicate with each other. The data input from the keyboard 20 can be transmitted to the electronic device 100 to control the electronic device 100. In this embodiment, the first communication unit 21 and the second communication unit 30 can communicate via Bluetooth. It can be understood that the electronic device 100 can also include many other components for implementing various functions of the electronic device 100. Since it is not directly related to the present invention, it is not shown here.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will be understood Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the embodiments disclosed herein,

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Claims (7)

An electronic device having an embedded keyboard, the electronic device comprising a housing and a keyboard, wherein the housing is internally provided with a receiving portion for receiving the keyboard, and when the keyboard is removed from the receiving portion The keyboard can be used as an input device of an electronic device. An electronic device with an embedded keyboard as claimed in claim 1, wherein the keyboard is a flexible touch keyboard. The electronic device with an embedded keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the accommodating space is further provided with an eject mechanism for ejecting the keyboard from the accommodating portion. The electronic device with an embedded keyboard according to claim 3, wherein the ejecting mechanism comprises an electromagnet, a magnetic member, an elastic member and a pushing member, and the elastic member is connected between the electromagnet and the magnetic member. The first electromagnet is fixed on a sidewall of the receiving portion, and the pushing member is connected to the magnetic member; when the keyboard is received into the receiving portion, the keyboard abuts the pushing member and compresses the elastic member to enable the electromagnetic The iron and the magnetic member are close to each other and attract each other; when the user needs to take out the keyboard, the electromagnet is deenergized, so that the restoring force of the elastic member drives the pusher to push the keyboard out of the receiving portion. The electronic device with an embedded keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the keyboard is provided with a first communication unit, and the second communication unit is disposed inside the housing, the first communication unit and the second The communication units communicate with each other such that the keyboard controls the electronic device. The electronic device with an embedded keyboard according to claim 5, wherein the first communication unit and the second communication unit communicate via Bluetooth. An electronic device with an embedded keyboard according to claim 1, wherein one side of the housing is further provided with an opening, the opening is in communication with the receiving portion, and the housing further comprises a shape of the opening Fit the cover.