TWI435237B - Handheld electronic device - Google Patents

Description

Handheld electronic device

The present invention relates to a handheld electronic device, and more particularly to a handheld electronic device having a standard keyboard (QWERTY).

Handheld electronic devices are electronic devices that allow users to hold and operate by hand, such as mobile phones, multimedia players, personal digital assistants, palmtop computers, handheld game consoles, and handheld satellite navigators. This type of electronic device typically has a smaller size and a lighter weight for the user to carry around.

Some types of handheld electronic devices (such as mobile phones) are also equipped with a standard keyboard (QWERTY) to increase the rate of data entry. In order to facilitate dialing, the twelve keys of the standard keyboard are formed into a dial pad, that is, a dialing button group, and the printing of the dialing characters is added to the dialing button group.

However, in the case of a standard keyboard with a dial button group, the buttons of the dial button group and the buttons of the non-dial button group on the side are only different in printed form, but they are not significantly different in appearance, which is not conducive to The user performs blind typing, thereby increasing the probability of a button being touched.

The present invention provides a hand-held electronic device having a dial button set that allows a user to operate without visual inspection.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a handheld electronic device including a body and a standard keyboard (QWERTY) button arrangement. The body has a casing. The standard keyboard keys are arranged on the chassis. The standard keyboard button arrangement has a plurality of buttons, wherein some of the adjacent buttons form a dial button group, and among the buttons of the dial button group, at least two adjacent buttons are connected to each other.

Based on the above, in the present invention, at least two adjacent buttons in the dial button group are connected to each other, and when the user touches the button, the user can easily distinguish the difference between the dial button group and the non-dial button group, thereby allowing The user can perform a blind hit and reduce the chance of a button being touched.

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description.

1 is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 2 is a partial enlarged view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 simultaneously, in the embodiment, the handheld electronic device 100 includes a body 110 and a standard keyboard button arrangement 120. The body 110 has a casing 112 and a display area 114 and a button area 116 on the casing 112. The body 110 further has a display 118. The display 118 is disposed on the display area 114, and the button area 116 is adjacent to the display area 114. In the display area 114. The standard keyboard key arrangement 120 is disposed within the button area 116. Here, the standard keyboard button arrangement 120 is adapted to be pressed by the thumb of the user's left or right hand when the user holds the body 110 with one hand or both hands, to facilitate the user to operate the handheld electronic device 100.

The standard keyboard button arrangement 120 includes a plurality of buttons 122, 124, and these buttons 122 form a dial button group P1. Here, the keys of the standard keyboard button arrangement 120 are marked with different numbers to clearly distinguish the difference between the dial button group P1 and the non-dial button group. In the present embodiment, the buttons used as the dial button group P1 are the buttons "W", "E", "R", "S", "D", "F", "Z" as shown in FIG. Twelve buttons 122, such as "X", "C" and "Tab", "SYM", ",", etc., by having these buttons 122 have both "0" to "9" and "*", "#" The function is such that the user wants to dial the phone function when the handheld electronic device 100 is used. However, the present embodiment does not limit the buttons 122 for forming the dial button group P1, and the designer can appropriately change according to the standard keyboard button arrangement 120 and usage habits.

It should be noted that the dial button group P1 in this embodiment connects the buttons 122 arranged in the horizontal direction A1 to each other, and stores a gap G between the buttons 122 and the buttons 124 of the peripheral non-dial button group. In this way, when the user touches the standard keyboard button arrangement 120, the difference between the button 122 of the dial button group P1 and the button 124 of the non-dial button group can be clearly distinguished, so that the user can know the dial by touch. The position of the button group P1 on the standard keyboard button arrangement 120 is used to achieve the blind hit effect.

However, this embodiment does not limit the form for distinguishing between a dial button group and a non-dial button group. 3 is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, different from the above embodiment, the dial button group P2 of the present embodiment connects the buttons 222 arranged in the vertical direction A2 to each other, and similarly the buttons 222 of the dial button group P2 and the buttons of the non-dial button group. There is a gap G between 124s, so that there is a significant difference between the two to achieve the purpose of user identification. In addition, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to still another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, in this embodiment, each button 322 of the dial button group P3 is connected to each other in the horizontal direction A1 and the vertical direction A2, and the button 322 of the dial button group P3 and the button 124 of the non-dial button group are also There is a gap G therebetween, and this embodiment achieves the same effects as the above embodiment.

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. 5B is a cross-sectional view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 5A taken along line A-A. Referring to FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B simultaneously, in the handheld electronic device 400 of the embodiment, the difference between the button 422 for dialing the dial button group P4 and the button 424 for the non-dial button is to make the dial button group P4 There is a drop between the center of the top surface of each button 422 and the center of the top surface of each button 424 of the non-dial button group. In other words, the casing 412 in this embodiment has a reference surface 412a, and the height H1 of the button 422 of the dial button group P4 relative to the reference plane 412a is greater than the height H2 of the button 424 of the non-dial button group relative to the reference plane 412a. . In this way, when the user touches the standard keyboard button arrangement 420, the height difference between the dial button group and the non-dial button group can be felt, thereby achieving the effect of clearly recognizing the dial button group.

Similarly, FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of a handheld electronic device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, in this embodiment, the height H3 of the button 522 of the dial button group P5 with respect to the reference plane 512a is made smaller than the height H4 of the button 524 of the non-dial button group with respect to the reference plane 512a. This allows the dial button group P5 to achieve the same recognition effect as the embodiment of Figs. 5A and 5B.

In summary, in the present invention, a dialing button group formed by a portion of adjacent keys in a standard keyboard on a handheld electronic device, and at least two adjacent buttons in the dialing button group are connected to each other, Or there is a gap between the dial button group and the non-dial button group. Therefore, when the user touches the button, the user can easily distinguish the difference between the dial button group and the non-dial button group, thereby enabling the user to perform blind typing and reduce the probability of the button being touched.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

100. . . Handheld electronic device

110. . . Body

112, 412. . . cabinet

114. . . Display area

116. . . Button area

118. . . monitor

120. . . Standard keyboard button arrangement

122, 124, 222, 322, 422, 424, 522, 524. . . button

G. . . interval

412a, 512a. . . Datum

A1. . . Landscape

A2. . . Portrait

P1, P2, P3, P4, P5. . . Dial button group

H1, H2, H3, H4. . . height

1 is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

2 is a partial enlarged view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 1.

3 is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5B is a cross-sectional view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 5A taken along line A-A.

6 is a partial cross-sectional view of a handheld electronic device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

100. . . Handheld electronic device

110. . . Body

112. . . cabinet

114. . . Display area

116. . . Button area

118. . . monitor

120. . . Standard keyboard button arrangement

122, 124. . . button

G. . . interval

A1. . . Landscape

P1. . . Dial button group

Claims (9)

A handheld electronic device includes: a body having a casing; and a standard keyboard (QWERTY) button arrangement disposed on the casing, the standard keyboard button arrangement having a plurality of buttons, wherein the portions are adjacent to each other The buttons form a dial button group, and among the buttons of the dial button group, at least two adjacent buttons are at least partially contoured to each other. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the buttons arranged in a lateral direction in the dial button group are connected to each other. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the buttons arranged in a longitudinal direction in the dial button group are connected to each other. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein there is a drop between the center of the top surface of each button of the dial button group and the center of the top surface of each button other than the dial button group (drop) ). The hand-held electronic device of claim 4, wherein the casing has a reference surface, and the heights of the buttons of the dial button group relative to the reference surface are greater than the buttons of the dial button group. The height of the datum. The hand-held electronic device of claim 4, wherein the casing has a reference surface, and the heights of the buttons of the dial button group relative to the reference surface are smaller than the buttons of the dial button group. The height of the datum. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, wherein the button of the dial button group adjacent to each other and the non-dial button group There is a gap between the buttons. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the keys arranged by the standard keyboard button are adapted to receive a left or right thumb of the user when the user holds the body with one hand or both hands. Touched. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the body further has a display, the casing has a display area and a button area adjacent to the display area, the display is disposed in the display area And the standard keyboard button arrangement is arranged in the button area.