TWI511615B - Touch dimmer with gesture dimming and dimming setting method - Google Patents

Description

Touch dimming gesture dimming and dimming setting method

The invention relates to a dimmer, in particular to a judgment of a sliding direction of a gesture for performing light adjustment and setting.

With the continuous advancement of technology, the production technology of semiconductors has been improved, making many control methods easier and simpler in structure, allowing users to easily operate the load.

The control switch of the early luminaire adopts a push-type design. When the push-type control switch is used, it can be mounted on the lamp holder or mounted on the wall. The user can control the luminaire by pressing the control switch. Or dark adjustment. Since the push type control switch is often used due to mechanical failure or material deterioration, the control switch cannot be used, and the device (lamp) used together can no longer be used.

In order to solve the problem of the lack of a push-type control switch, a touch switch has been designed. The touch switch has a housing, and the housing has an accommodating space, and the accommodating space is provided with a glass piece (or a circuit board). A metal sensing film layer is disposed on the glass sheet, and the metal sensing film layer is electrically connected to a control circuit board. After the glass sheet is placed in the accommodating space, a plaque is sealed on the accommodating space. The surface of the board has an operational pattern layer. The user manipulates the touch according to the button pattern displayed by the operation pattern layer. This touch switch is not only simple in structure, but also easier to operate.

Although the above touch switch allows the user to easily control the load, the touch When the touch switch is operated, it has been set to slide on the fixed three buttons, and the sliding direction is performed from top to bottom to execute the device. When the switch is from bottom to top, the device is turned off. In many button groups, the user is often forgotten that the fixed three buttons are used to perform the opening or closing, which causes troubles in use.

Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to solve the traditional deficiency and avoid the existence of the missing. The present invention slides on any three adjacent keys in a plurality of touch button groups, after confirming the direction, to perform the incremental mode or The decrement mode makes the operation easier and easier.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides a method for setting a dimming and dimming of a touch dimmer, which is performed by sliding a plurality of keys on a touch pattern layer of a dimmer to determine a gesture to adjust a load output power, including : using any three adjacent buttons as a reference; sensing the first button position and storing the first button position; sensing the second button, determining the direction memory with the first button; sensing the third button, Determine the direction; judge the direction from left to right, or right to left, or bottom to top or top to bottom, to execute the load output power increment mode, determine the sliding direction is opposite to the incremental mode to perform the load output power The decrement mode; wherein, when the third button is not touched, the load output power is incremented or decremented to stop execution.

Among them, the button has a certain address.

Wherein, when the load output power is adjusted, the output power is incremented or decremented by each time unit counted by a timer.

Wherein, after the load is turned off and then turned back on, the output power of the load directly returns to the state at the time of shutdown.

Among them, when the load is turned on, it is determined that any one of the buttons is not addressed, the memory is cleared and the direction is clear.

Wherein, when the load is turned on, any one of the sensing buttons is determined to be addressed, the output power is converted, and the address power value is output to adjust the incremental output power or decrement the output power.

The dimmer includes: a casing having a top surface, the top surface having a touch pattern layer, the touch pattern layer being composed of a plurality of buttons; and an inductive film layer disposed inside the casing And a signal on the inner wall surface opposite to the touch pattern layer for sensing the touch sliding of the touch pattern layer; a circuit board is mounted inside the outer casing, and the circuit board is electrically connected to the sensing film layer; After receiving the signal processing induced by the sensing thin film layer, the circuit board outputs a control signal to control the output power of the load.

The circuit board has a conductive structure, and the conductive structure is electrically connected to the sensing film layer.

Wherein, the conductive structure is a flexible cable or a flexible printed circuit board.

Wherein, the outer casing has a casing and a bottom cover, and the plurality of buttons on the top surface of the casing are Arrange vertically or horizontally.

Among them, the outer casing is made of a non-metallic material.

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1‧‧‧Shell

11‧‧‧Shell

12‧‧‧ bottom cover

13‧‧‧Touch pattern layer

131‧‧‧ button

2‧‧‧Induction film layer

3‧‧‧Circuit board

31‧‧‧Electrical structure

4‧‧‧ arrow

5‧‧‧ arrow

The first figure is a perspective view of the appearance of the dimmer of the present invention.

The second figure is a schematic cross-sectional side view of the dimmer of the present invention.

The third figure is a schematic diagram of a touch button of the touch pattern layer of the present invention.

The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of the touch operation flow of the present invention.

The fifth figure is a schematic diagram of the second touch operation flow of the present invention.

The sixth figure is a schematic diagram of the touch operation flow of the present invention.

The technical content and detailed description of the present invention are as follows:

Please refer to the first and second figures, which are schematic diagrams showing the appearance of the dimmer of the present invention in a three-dimensional and side cross-sectional view. As shown in the figure, the touch dimmer of the present invention comprises: a casing 1, an inductive film layer 2 and a circuit board 3.

The outer casing 1 is made of a non-metallic material, and the outer casing 1 has a casing 11 and a bottom cover 12. The top surface of the casing 11 has a touch pattern layer 13 composed of a plurality of buttons 131 arranged in a longitudinal or lateral direction.

The sensing thin film layer 2 is formed by one of three processes of physical vapor deposition (PVD): evaporation deposition, ion plating (Ion Plating), and sputtering (sputtering deposition). Material is sputtered inside the housing 11 and with the touch pattern layer The reverse inner wall surface is formed to form the inductive film layer 2 for sensing a state in which the user touches and slides on the touch pattern layer 13.

The circuit board 3 has a control circuit (not shown) mounted on the inside of the housing 11. The circuit board 3 is electrically connected to the sensing film layer 2 by the conductive structure 31. After receiving the signal processing induced by the sensing thin film layer 2, the circuit board 3 outputs a control signal (such as a PWM pulse width modulation signal) to control the startup, shutdown or various functions of the load. In the figure, the conductive structure 31 is a flexible printed circuit or a flexible printed circuit (FPC).

Please refer to the third, fourth, fifth and sixth figures, which are diagrams of the touch buttons and the touch operation flow of the touch pattern layer of the present invention. As shown in the figure: the number of touch buttons 131 in the touch pattern layer 13 is 10, and the unit of the brightness of each button 131 is 10% and a certain address (for example, the address of the first button is 0000, and the second button is addressed. Illustrated by 0001 and the like, but not limited to the number of buttons of the present invention.

When the user's finger slides on the plurality of touch buttons 131 of the touch pattern layer 13, any three adjacent buttons 131 (such as the dotted line in the third figure) are used as a reference. First, when starting to slide, if it is determined in step 100 whether it is the first button 131, if it is determined that the touch is the first button 131, the process proceeds to step 102 to record the position of the first button 131. When it is judged in step 100 that it is not the first button 131, the process proceeds to step 104.

In step 104, it is determined whether it is the second button 131. If it is determined that the second button 131 is touched, the process proceeds to step 106 and the first button 131 determines the direction memory. If the second button 131 is touched, the process proceeds to step 108.

Step 108, if it is judged whether it is the third button 131, if it is judged to touch the third When the button 131 is pressed, the process proceeds to step 110 to confirm the direction (such as the direction of the arrow 4 in the third figure). If the direction is from left to right (or from right to left, or from top to bottom, or from bottom to top), the process proceeds to step 112. Increment mode, in order to adjust the load (not shown), the output power is gradually increased (if the brightness of the luminaire is brightened), and when the load output power is adjusted, a timer (such as step 300 in the sixth figure) starts counting every time. One time unit is incremented (as in step 302), for example, 1% brightness is increased by about 1 second, and 2% brightness is increased by 2% in the second second; when the user adjusts to the required brightness, the finger leaves the third button touched. At 131, the load output power adjustment is stopped.

For example, the user presses the second button (addressed as 0010) 131b on the touch pattern layer 13 of the third figure to touch the gesture direction of the third button (addressed as 0011) 131c to the fourth button (address 0100) 131d. When you can confirm the execution of the incremental mode, you can adjust the output power increase.

Proceed to step 110 to confirm the direction (such as the arrow 5 direction of the third figure) from right to left (or from left to right, or from bottom to top, or from top to bottom), proceed to step 114 to perform a decrement mode to adjust the load. (not shown) The output power is gradually reduced (if the brightness of the luminaire is dimmed), and when the load output power is adjusted, a timer (as in step 300 of the sixth figure) starts counting every time unit (such as steps). 304), for example, reducing the brightness by 1% in about 1 second, and decreasing the slow decrease in brightness by 2% in the second second; when the user adjusts to the required brightness, the load is stopped when the finger leaves the third button 131 touched. Power adjustment.

For example, when the seventh button (addressed as 0111) 131g on the touch pattern layer 13 of the third figure touches the gesture direction of the sixth button (addressed from 0110) 131f to the fifth button 131e, it can be confirmed. Execute the decrement mode to adjust the output power decrement.

After the load is turned off and then turned back on, the output power of the load will directly return to the state when it is off (for example, the output power is 80% when it is turned off, and the load is directly outputted after 80%), and the output power is increased or decreased. The control speed is controlled by the flow chart of the sixth figure.

Or, when the load is turned on, when the user can directly press any button 131, if it is determined in step 200, it is determined whether the address is set (such as the address of the above-mentioned button 131). If the address is not addressed, the process proceeds to step 202 to clear the clear direction and direction. If the address is addressed, the process proceeds to step 204. Convert the output power (duty), and then proceed to step 206 for addressing and power output to adjust the incremental output power or decrement the output power.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. That is, the equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the patent application of the present invention are covered by the scope of the invention.

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Claims (11)

A gesture dimming and dimming setting method for a touch dimmer is performed by sliding a plurality of keys on a touch pattern layer of a dimmer to determine a gesture to adjust a load output power, including: a), any three phases The adjacent button is the judgment reference; b), the touch touches the first button position, and stores the first button position; c), the touch touches the second button, and the first button determines the direction memory; d), the touch touch third Press the button to determine the direction; e), judge the direction from left to right, or right to left, or bottom to top or top to bottom to perform the load output power increment mode to determine that the sliding direction is opposite to the incremental mode. To execute the load output power decrement mode; wherein, when the e step is executed, when the third button is not touched, the load output power is incremented or decremented. The gesture dimming and dimming setting method according to claim 1, wherein the button has a certain address. The gesture dimming and dimming setting method according to claim 2, wherein, in step e, when the load output power is adjusted, the output power is incremented or decremented by a timer every time unit. The gesture dimming and dimming setting method according to claim 3, further comprising an f step, the f step is re-opened after the load is turned off, and the output power of the load is directly returned to the closed state. status. The gesture dimming and dimming setting method described in claim 4, wherein When the load is turned on, any button that is sensed is not addressed, memory clears and direction. For example, the gesture dimming and dimming setting method described in claim 5, wherein, when the load is turned on, any one of the sensing buttons is determined to be addressed, the output power is converted, and the address power value is output to adjust the incremental output power or decrease. Output Power. The method of setting dimming and dimming according to claim 6, wherein the dimmer comprises: a casing having a top surface, the top surface having a touch pattern layer, the touch pattern The layer is composed of a plurality of buttons; an inductive film layer is disposed on the inner wall surface of the outer casing and opposite to the touch pattern layer for sensing a touch sliding signal of the touch pattern layer; The circuit board is electrically connected to the sensing film layer. The circuit board receives a signal processed by the sensing film layer and outputs a control signal to control the output power of the load. The gesture dimming and dimming setting method of claim 7, wherein the circuit board has a conductive structure, and the conductive structure is electrically connected to the sensing film layer. The gesture dimming and dimming setting method according to claim 8, wherein the conductive structure is a flexible cable or a flexible printed circuit board. The gesture dimming and dimming setting method according to claim 9, wherein the outer casing has a casing and a bottom cover, and the plurality of buttons on the top surface of the casing are arranged in a longitudinal or lateral direction. The gesture dimming and dimming setting method according to claim 10, wherein the outer casing is made of a non-metal material.