TWI423071B - Computer keyboard - Google Patents

Description

keyboard

The invention relates to an input device, in particular to a computer keyboard.

With the development and rapid spread of network technology, computers have become an indispensable tool in people's daily life and work. The computer is the best choice for home and fixed office because of its superior performance, scalability and economy. The development of technologies such as multimedia playback, Internet access and wireless connectivity has enabled computers to be given more and more functions. People use the Internet to access information, watch movies, and enjoy music.

The computer mainly includes a host computer, a keyboard and a monitor. The user can run a text editing software such as a word on the host computer, and input a text message such as an English word or a Chinese character by using a keyboard, and display the input text message by using a display.

However, when the English word to be entered is relatively unfamiliar, the user may not be able to remember the spelling of the English word or the spelling of the English word correctly. In this way, the user needs to start a special translation software (such as Kingsoft, etc.) to open a new window to view the Chinese meaning of the above English words or to confirm whether the spelling is correct, then return to the text input box, enter the confirmed words or copy Paste the confirmed word. However, this method is also inconvenient for the user's operation.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a computer keyboard that can assist the user in text editing work.

A computer keyboard includes an operation unit, a processing unit, an output unit, a storage unit storing a dictionary library, a query unit, and a display unit. The computer keyboard includes an edit mode and a translation mode, and the operation unit includes an edit key, a function key, and a send key. The function key is used to switch between the edit mode and the translation mode in response to the user operation. The edit key is used to generate an edit command in response to the user operation, and the processing unit is configured to transmit the edit message to the computer through the output unit when the computer keyboard is in the edit mode. The query unit is configured to receive an edit message transmitted by the processing unit to form a query condition when the computer keyboard is in the translation mode, and query a query result matching the query condition in the storage unit, and display the query result by the display unit. The sending key generates a sending command in response to the user operation, and the processing unit outputs one of the query condition and the query result to the computer through the output unit according to the sending instruction.

The above computer keyboard, by setting a dictionary library, when the user inputs a word, can query the translation of the above words, and can also send the above words to the computer. In this way, the user can easily perform text editing work.

100‧‧‧ computer keyboard

10‧‧‧ storage unit

12‧‧‧Operating unit

120‧‧‧Edit key

122‧‧‧ function keys

124‧‧‧Send key

14‧‧‧Processing unit

15‧‧‧Output unit

16‧‧‧Query unit

18‧‧‧Display unit

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer keyboard according to a preferred embodiment.

2 is a functional block diagram of a first preferred embodiment of the computer keyboard of FIG. 1.

3 is a functional block diagram of a second preferred embodiment of the computer keyboard of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together, the computer keyboard 100 includes a storage unit 10, an operation unit 12, a processing unit 14, an output unit 15, an inquiry unit 16, and a display unit 18. The computer keyboard 100 has an edit mode and a translation mode, and is switchable between an edit mode and a translation mode.

The storage unit 10 stores a dictionary library having translation functions in various languages such as Chinese-English translation, English-to-Chinese translation, and Japanese translation into Chinese. The above translation functions include mutual translation and meaning interpretation between various languages. This embodiment is described by taking an English-Chinese dictionary library as an example, that is, the English-Chinese dictionary library in which the English-Chinese function is stored in the storage unit 10.

The operation unit 12 includes an edit key 120, a function key 122, and a send key 124. The edit key 120 is used to generate an edit command in response to a user operation, and is processed by the processing unit 14 to form an edit message. The above edit message can be letters, English words, symbol messages, delete commands, and the like. The function key 122 is for selecting an edit mode and a translation mode of the computer keyboard 100 in response to a user operation switch. In the present embodiment, the function key 122 is used to control the output of the processing unit 14, that is, the processing unit 14 transmits an edit message to one of the output unit 15 and the inquiry unit 16 in accordance with the user's operation on the function key 122.

The processing unit 14 is configured to output an edit message to the text editing software such as Word of the computer by the output unit 15 when the computer keyboard 100 is in the edit mode.

The processing unit 14 is further configured to transmit an edit message to the query unit 16 to form a query condition when the computer keyboard 100 is in the translation mode. The query unit 16 is configured to query the query result matched by the query condition in the dictionary library stored by the storage unit 10, and display the query condition and the query result thereof by the display unit 18. In the present embodiment, the display unit 18 is an LCD display screen.

The sending key 124 generates a first sending instruction and a second sending instruction respectively in response to different operations of the user, and the processing unit 14 extracts the query condition from the query unit 16 according to the first sending instruction, and outputs the query condition to the Word of the computer by the output unit 15. Wait for text editing software.

The processing unit 14 also extracts the query result from the query unit 16 according to the second sending instruction. The query result is output to the computer and other text editing software by the output unit 15 to the computer. The send key 124 can generate the first send command and the second send command respectively in response to the user's long press operation and short press operation. The send button 124 can also be two buttons, and pressing the two buttons can respectively generate a first send command and a second send command.

Referring to FIG. 3, the difference between the computer keyboard 200 and the computer keyboard 100 is that the function keys 122 are used to control the reception of the output unit 15 and the query unit 16, thereby achieving switching between the edit mode and the translation mode. That is, in response to the user's operation on the function key 122, one of the output unit 15 and the inquiry unit 16 receives the edit message transmitted by the processing unit 14.

The output unit 15 is configured to receive the edit message transmitted by the processing unit 14 when the computer keyboard 100 is in the edit mode, and output the edit message to a text editing software such as Word of the computer.

The query unit 16 is configured to receive the edit message transmitted by the processing unit 14 to form a query condition when the computer keyboard 100 is in the translation mode, and query the query result matched by the query condition in the dictionary library stored in the storage unit 10, and display by Unit 18 displays the query conditions and their query results.

The sending key 124 generates a first sending instruction and a second sending instruction respectively in response to different operations of the user, and the processing unit 14 extracts the query condition from the query unit 16 according to the first sending instruction, and outputs the query condition to the Word of the computer by the output unit 15. Wait for text editing software.

The processing unit 14 further extracts the query result from the query unit 16 according to the second sending instruction, and outputs the query result to the text editing software such as Word of the computer through the output unit 15.

When a user performs a text editing job in a text editing software such as Word, sometimes a query is required. Translation of an English word. At this time, the user can first start the translation mode of the computer keyboard 100 by operating the function key 122, and then input the English words by the edit key 120 of the computer keyboard 100. If the user inputs the query condition "apple" by the edit key 120, the query unit 16 queries the translation "apple" of "apple" and displays it in the display unit 18 of the keyboard 100. After the user presses the send button 124 (such as the "Enter" button), the word "apple" will be transmitted to the current text editing area in the computer, and the confirmation result will be inserted into the text box to be input, eliminating the need for the user to re-create again. Input or copy and paste operations provide great convenience for users. The user can also input the query condition "Apple" by the edit key 120, and the query unit 16 queries the "apple" of the "Apple". After the user short presses the send key 124, the result of the "apple" query is transmitted to the current computer. Text editing area.

In summary, the present invention complies with the requirements of the invention patent and submits a patent application according to law. The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art will be able to include equivalent modifications or variations in the spirit of the present invention.

100‧‧‧ computer keyboard

10‧‧‧ storage unit

12‧‧‧Operating unit

120‧‧‧Edit key

122‧‧‧ function keys

124‧‧‧Send key

14‧‧‧Processing unit

15‧‧‧Output unit

16‧‧‧Query unit

18‧‧‧Display unit

Claims (6)

A computer keyboard includes an operation unit, a processing unit and an output unit. The operation unit is configured to generate an editing instruction in response to a user operation, generate an editing message after being processed by the processing unit, and transmit the editing message to the computer through the output unit, and the improvement is improved. The computer keyboard further includes a storage unit, a query unit and a display unit storing a dictionary library; the computer keyboard includes an edit mode and a translation mode, and the operation unit includes an edit key, a function key and a send key; the function key is used for responding The user operation switches to select an editing mode and a translation mode, the editing key is used to generate the editing instruction in response to a user operation, and the processing unit is configured to transmit the editing message to the computer through the output unit when the computer keyboard is in the editing mode; the query unit When the computer keyboard is in the translation mode, receiving an edit message transmitted by the processing unit to form a query condition, and querying a query result matching the query condition in the storage unit, and displaying the query result by the display unit; the sending key responding to the user Operation generates a send command, the processing unit Sending, by the output unit, one of the query condition and the query result to the computer by the output unit, the sending instruction includes a first sending instruction and a second sending instruction, and the processing unit uses the output unit according to the first sending instruction The output is output to the computer, and the processing unit outputs the query result to the computer through the output unit according to the second sending instruction. The computer keyboard of claim 1, wherein the sending key generates the first sending instruction and the second sending instruction respectively in response to a long press operation and a short press operation of the user. The computer keyboard of claim 1, wherein the sending key is two keys, and pressing the two keys respectively generates the first sending instruction and the second sending instruction. The computer keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the function key is used to switch between an edit mode and a translation mode by controlling an output of the processing unit, and the control processing unit outputs the edit message to the output in the edit mode. Unit, control processing unit will be edited in translation mode The message is output to the query unit. The computer keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the function key is used to switch between an edit mode and a translation mode by controlling reception of the output unit and the query unit, and the control output unit receives the edit message in the edit mode. In the translation mode, the control query unit receives the edit message. The computer keyboard of claim 1, wherein the edit message is a letter, a word or a symbol message.