TW521200B - Method to replace the keyboard structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a method to replace the keyboard structure, wherein a database is installed inside a memory of an electronic device (for example, PDA, computer, ..., etc.), the database has at least one coding comparison table of keyboard type pushbutton, so that users can replace different types of keyboards in the electronic device, and select the pushbutton type corresponding to the keyboard to be replaced from the setup option menu of the keyboard type of the electronic device. The CPU of the electronic device can read the code previously stored in the pushbutton comparison table. Thus, when the user presses each pushbutton on the keyboard replaced, the CPU will look up the corresponding code matched from the comparison table for the first signal triggered in unit time from the corresponding pushbutton contact of each pushbutton, and proceed the related processing so that the user an replace the keyboard configuration of the electronic device arbitrarily based on the personalized requirement.

Description

521200 V. Description of the invention (υ Field of the invention: The present invention is a method that can change the keyboard structure, especially a method that allows the user to arbitrarily change the keyboard configuration on an electronic device according to personal needs. Previous skills: press, general Traditional keyboards are provided with a plurality of keys, each of which corresponds to an input signal. When the user presses these keys, they can enter a font (symbol) or enter a command to move the key on the screen. Cursor, however, the type of keys on the conventional keyboard is fixed after being manufactured, and the type of the keys cannot be changed arbitrarily, so that users feel very inconvenient when using certain software, such as children When using the keyboard for the first time and executing a teaching software, it is easy to have a fear of learning due to too many keys on the keyboard. Therefore, he no longer likes to learn a computer, and the user only needs to use up, down, and left when using a game software When you press the right key and an input key, it is easy to feel the pressure of pressing the keys due to the small area of these keys and the corners of the keyboard. Therefore, if you can develop a key selection type that can be arbitrarily changed, so that the number and position of the keys of the key type can be used with specific software, and the area of the keys can be increased, making it easy for users to touch. Users are happy to see. Outline of the invention: ® In view of this, in order to improve the shortcomings of the conventional keyboard, the inventor has developed a design of the present invention after a long period of research and experiment.

521200 V. Description of the invention (2) Method of changing keyboard architecture. An object of the present invention is to provide a method capable of changing the keyboard structure. A database is set in a memory of an electronic device, and the database stores a key code comparison table of at least one keyboard type.俾 The user can replace different types of keyboards on the electronic device, and from one of the keyboard type setting options of the electronic device, click one of the electronic devices corresponding to the key type of the replacement keyboard. The central processing unit can read the code previously stored in the key comparison table from the memory. In this way, when the user presses each key on the replaced keyboard, the central processing unit can The contact of the button corresponding to the button is the first signal triggered in unit time. From the comparison table, the matching _ corresponding code is found, and related processing is performed accordingly, so that the user can arbitrarily replace it according to personal needs Purpose of keyboard configuration of the electronic device. : In order that the review committee can further understand and understand the purpose, shape, structural device features and functions of the present invention, the following examples are described in detail with the illustrations: Detailed description: The present invention is a kind of "may The method of changing the keyboard structure ", please refer to Figure I and Figure 2. The circuit of the keyboard 1 is provided with a plurality of contact points 1 1 arranged in an array, and these contact points 1 1 pass through a conductor and a reverse circuit respectively. 1 3 connected — connected, the other end of the inverse circuit 13 is connected to the microprocessor of the keyboard 1, and the microprocessor can scan the short circuit or open circuit of the contacts 11 and obtain

Page 6 521200 V. Description of the invention (3) A potential signal is obtained, please refer to the third figure. A button 15 is provided above the contacts 11 and the position of the bottom of the buttons 15 corresponding to the contact 11 1 A striking body 1 5 1 is provided thereon. When the keys 15 are pressed, the striking body 15 1 of the keys 15 will strike the contacts 1 1 and short-circuit the contacts 1 1. Generate a potential, so that the microprocessor can scan the potential signal generated by the short circuit of the contacts 11 and transmit the signal to the center of an electronic device (such as a personal digital assistant, a personal computer, etc.) The processor (CPU) causes the central processing unit to read a key code comparison table from the database of the memory of the electronic device, and then, from the comparison table, find a matching code corresponding to each other. In the present invention, please refer to the fourth figure, the key 15 can be an upward shift key 1 5 1, a downward shift key 1 5 3, a left shift key 1 5 5, a | right shift key 156 , A function key 157 and an input key 158, which can be used in conjunction with the game software, but the up shift key 1 5 1, down shift key 1 5 3, left shift key 1 5 5, right shift key 1 5 6. The position and size of the function key 1 5 7. The input key 1 5 8 is not equal to the position and size of the original key 15, so that the number and position of these contacts 11 and 1 are the same as the original key 1. 5 The contact point 1 1 is different. If the lookup table is fixed, it will cause the CPU to find the wrong code from the lookup table, for example: the position of the original upward shift key 1 51 The contact 1 1 represents the A font in the original lookup table. Using the original lookup table, an A · font will be input instead of the error that the user wants to operate the cursor to move upwards. Therefore, the present invention is different from In addition to the type of key 15, there are also a plurality of pairs in the memory database that should be set differently. Type of the key comparison table of key 15. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the memory of the electronic device is

521200 V. Description of the invention (4) In the body, ^ rTL is another database. The database stores at least one key code of the keyboard type, which can be changed by the user on the electronic device. Type key _ΓΠ7- 1, and _ click on the electronic device's--keyboard type setting option-corresponding to the key type of the replacement keyboard 1:, the central processing unit of the electronic device can be white The memory 5 reads the stone horse 5 stored in the key pair in advance, so that when the user presses each key 15 on the replaced keyboard 1, the central processing unit can set each key 15 Corresponding key contact 11 1 The '-th signal that is triggered in unit time. The pair finds the corresponding code in the table, and performs related processing accordingly. In this embodiment, the key 15 needs Hit the 21 V inch contact 1 1 at least one m unit of the keyboard to scan the inch contact 1 1 short circuit · The signal generated and the area of each of the keys 15 may cover multiple contacts 11 When the user presses the button 15, it will make the button 1 5 at the same time. _ Click on the inch contact 11 1 or touch some of the contacts 11 and 11. For Zhao / ,,, and the table, they all correspond to the same code, so no matter how many of these contacts 11 are touched, the central processing unit only needs to read the unit time. 7 These contacts 1 1 are triggered. A signal can find the correct corresponding stone horse from the pair of watches. In this embodiment, when the keyboard keys of the electronic device are replaced, the power of the electronic device must be turned off before the electronic device can be replaced. Tfj / L disk button, more After the replacement, restart the power supply of the electronic device, and directly enter the setting option j of the electronic device, and then set the keypad button type of the electronic device to use the keypad button 0 after the replacement.

521200 V. Description of the invention (5) In this embodiment, please refer to the first figure. When the user replaces the keyboard keys of the electronic device and clicks the setting option of the electronic device, its central processing unit will be based on The following steps are performed: (1 0 1) First, a setting key and a disk type option are displayed through a display of the electronic device for the user to click; (1 0 2) determine the setting keyboard type Is the option selected? If yes, perform the following steps; otherwise, continue to step (1 0 1); (1 0 3) display various types of keyboard types through a display of the electronic device for the user to click; ^ (1 0 4) According to the type of the selected keyboard, read the corresponding key-coded comparison table from the pre-stored database in the memory of the electronic device; (1 0 5) read one transmitted from the keyboard Incoming signal; (1 0 6) According to the first signal in the unit time of the transmitted signal, look up the matching check code from the comparison table; (1 0 7) determine whether the code is an instruction; If yes, proceed to the following steps; otherwise, proceed to step (1 1 0); (1 0 8) execute the instruction according to the content of the instruction; (1 0 9) determine whether the electronic device is turned off; if so, end ; Otherwise, proceed to step (1 0 5); (1 1 0) convert the code into the corresponding font (or: symbol) 5 and display the font (or ··· symbol) through the display of the electronic device _ Come, 嗣, then go to step (1 0 9). In this way, users can meet their own needs and cooperate with specific software.

521200 V. Description of the invention (6) body, replace the keyboard configuration of the electronic device at will. The above description is only the best embodiment of the present invention, but the structural features of the present invention are not limited to this. Any changes or modifications that can be easily considered by those skilled in the art in the field of the present invention can be covered. The scope of patents in this case is as follows.

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Claims (1)

521200 VI. Scope of patent application 1. A method for changing the keyboard structure 9 is set in a memory of an electronic device, a database is set up, and the database stores at least one key code comparison table of keyboard types俾 You can change different types of keyboards on the electronic device, and set the keyboard type from one of the electronic devices. In the options, click one of the center of the electronic device corresponding to the key type of the replacement keyboard. The processing unit can read the code stored in the key comparison table from the memory, so that when the keys are pressed on the replaced keyboard, the central processing early element is 1 corresponding to each key The key contact of the key, the first signal triggered in unit time, looks up the corresponding code from the comparison table and performs related processing accordingly. 2. The method for changing the keyboard structure as described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the keyboard circuit is provided with a plurality of contacts in an array arrangement, and these contacts are respectively passed through a conductor and a reverse circuit. When connected, the other end of the inverse circuit is connected to the microprocessor of the keyboard. The microprocessor can scan the contacts for short circuit or open circuit to obtain a potential signal. 3. The method for changing the keyboard structure as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the central processing unit judges that the code is an instruction, it executes the instruction according to the content of the instruction. 4. The method for changing the keyboard structure as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the central processing unit determines that the code is a font, the code signal is converted into a corresponding font, and the electronic device is used to _ Set the display to display the font. ^ 5. The method for changing the keyboard architecture as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the electronic device can be a personal assistant. Page 12 521200 Page 13