TWI529562B - 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. The letter keys of a standard keyboard usually have the same size (ie, area or height), which also increases the chance of a button being touched. The button mis-touch refers to the user's finger pressing two or more buttons at the same time.

The invention provides a handheld electronic device to increase the accuracy of data input.

The invention provides a handheld electronic device comprising a body and a button arrangement. The button arrangement is arranged on the body and includes a plurality of buttons. The buttons are arranged in a QWERTY button arrangement, and the buttons are adapted to be pressed by the user's left or right thumb when the user holds the body with one hand or both hands. The button includes a plurality of letter keys, and the letter keys have two or more types. Same size.

Based on the above, the present invention has two or more different sizes of the letter button design, so that the user can distinguish the letter keys by the difference in the size of the keys, thereby reducing the probability of the keys being touched, thereby increasing the correctness of the data input. rate.

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

1A is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1A , the handheld electronic device 100 of the present embodiment includes a body 110 and a button arrangement 120 . The body 110 has a display area A1 and a button area A2 adjacent to the display area A1, and the button arrangement 120 is located in the button area A2. The button arrangement 120 is a QWERTY button arrangement having a plurality of buttons 122 adapted to be pressed by the user's left or right thumb when the user holds the body 110 with one or both hands.

These buttons 122 include a plurality of letter buttons, and these letter buttons have two or more different sizes, wherein the size includes an area or a height. In the present embodiment, only two types of letter buttons K1 and K2 having different sizes are described, and other unmarked letter buttons can be inferred therefrom.

In the present embodiment, the areas of the letter keys K1, K2 are proportional to the frequency of use of the letter keys K1, K2, respectively. For example, according to the user's usage habits and text layout, it can be concluded that several letters in the word are most common. For example, "A", "E", "R", "T", The letter K1 of letters such as "O" and "N" is used up to 39%. On the other hand, the probability that the letter "X" of the "X" letter is used is only 0.15%.

In the present embodiment, the button arrangement 120 is designed to correspond to the frequency at which the keys 122 are proportional to the frequency at which the letters appear, that is, the area of the letter button K1 of the present embodiment is larger than the area of the letter button K2. Therefore, the alphabetic key K1 having a high frequency has a larger area and is more easily pressed to reduce the probability of the key being mistouched.

The same design can also be applied to the height of the letter keys. 1B is a partial cross-sectional view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 1A. Referring to FIG. 1B, in the present embodiment, the heights of the letter keys K1, K2 with respect to a reference plane S of the body 110 are changed according to the frequency of use thereof. In other words, the height of the letter key K1 having a higher frequency with respect to the reference plane S is greater than the height of the letter key K2 having a lower frequency of use with respect to the reference plane S. This makes the letter C1, which is used more frequently, easier to be touched by the user, which is beneficial to reduce the chance of the button being touched. However, the present invention does not limit the means for distinguishing between the buttons 122, whether it is by using the area or height to separate the buttons 122, or a combination of both, which can be applied to distinguish the effects of the buttons 122. In the present invention.

On the other hand, the buttons 122 further include a plurality of function buttons F1 and F2, similar to the size settings of the letter buttons K1 and K2. The function buttons F1 and F2 can also be appropriately changed according to the frequency of use. I won't go into details here.

2A is a diagram of a handheld electronic device according to still another embodiment of the present invention. schematic diagram. 2B is a partial cross-sectional view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 2A. Referring to FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B at the same time, it is known from the user's usage habit that the button located inside the QWERTY button arrangement is more easily touched by the user with respect to the button at the periphery. Accordingly, in the handheld electronic device 100A of the present embodiment, the buttons 122A are arranged in the inner ring I and the outer ring O, wherein the area of the letter button K3 of the inner ring I is larger than the letter button K4 of the outer ring E. Area, in order to reduce the chance of key touches.

In this embodiment, the height drop difference means can also be used at the same time, that is, the letter button K3 of the inner ring I is given, and the height relative to the reference plane S is greater than the letter button K4 of the outer ring O relative to the reference plane. The height of S. Therefore, by the height difference of the buttons 122A, when the user touches the buttons 122A, the difference between the internal and external positions between the buttons 122A can be clearly felt, so as to reduce the probability of the button being touched.

FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to another embodiment of the present invention. 3B is a partial cross-sectional view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 3A. Referring to FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B simultaneously, the handheld electronic device 100B includes a body 110B and a button arrangement 120B. The body 110B includes a first body 111B and a second body 112B. The first body 111B is movably coupled to the second body 112B to expand or close with the second body 112B. The first body 111B has a display area A1. The second body 112B has a button area A2, the button arrangement 120B is located in the button area A2, and in a state where the second body 112B is unfolded relative to the first body 111B, the button area A2 is adjacent to the display area A1. Compared with the bar-type handheld electronic device 100, 100A of FIG. 1A or FIG. 2A, the embodiment is The handheld electronic device 100B is of a slide-type design.

In this embodiment, the button arrangement 120B includes a plurality of buttons 122B, and the buttons 122B include a plurality of letter buttons K5, K6, and the letter buttons K5, K6 are arranged in a plurality of horizontal rows H and a plurality of longitudinal rows V, and The size of the letter button K5 of the same longitudinal row V is larger than the size of the letter button K6 of the same longitudinal row V adjacent thereto. In the present embodiment, the comparison of the size of the letter keys K5 and K6 includes the comparison of the area and the height, that is, the area of the letter button K5 is larger than the area of the letter button K6, and the height of the letter button K5 is greater than the height of the letter button K6. Similar to the above embodiment, the embodiment does not limit the means used to distinguish the button 122B.

Further, in the present embodiment, the letter keys K5 and K6 of the same horizontal row H may be arranged linearly, and the letter keys K5 or K6 of the same vertical row V may be arranged in a zigzag manner. Therefore, the alphabetic button arrangement design with different sizes and positional deviations can reduce the probability of the user simultaneously touching two or more letter buttons K5 and K6.

Referring to FIG. 1A again, in the embodiment, the buttons 122 can be arranged in four horizontal rows R1 R R4 in the button area A2. In addition, the leftmost button 122 of the horizontal row R1 may be marked with a "Q" letter, and the leftmost button 122 of the horizontal row R2 may be marked with an "A" letter. The distance d1 between the leftmost button 122 and the left side edge 112a of the body 110 may be between 1 mm and 20 mm. The lateral widths w of the rows R1 R R4 may range from 100 mm to 160 mm. The ratio of the longitudinal width w1 of the display area A1 on the body 110 and the longitudinal width w2 of the key area A2 on the body 110 (i.e., the width in the vertical direction of the picture) may be between 1 and 2.

With the above features, the button arrangement 120 of the handheld electronic device 100 can be compactly integrated into the button area A2 of the body 110. A similar configuration can also be applied to the embodiment of Figures 2A and 3A.

In summary, the present invention has two or more different sizes (such as area and/or height) for the letter button design, so that the user can distinguish the letter buttons by the difference in the size of the buttons to reduce the button mistouch. The probability of increasing the accuracy of data entry. In addition, the present invention can set the difference in size of the letter keys in accordance with the frequency of use and the difference in position (e.g., inner and outer rings or adjacent tandem).

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, 100A, 100B‧‧‧ handheld electronic devices

110, 110A, 110B‧‧‧ body

112a‧‧‧left edge

111B‧‧‧First body

112B‧‧‧Second body

120, 120B‧‧‧ button arrangement

122, 122A, 122B‧‧‧ button

K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6‧‧‧ letter buttons

A1‧‧‧ display area

A2‧‧‧ button area

F1, F2‧‧‧ function buttons

H‧‧‧ horizontal row

V‧‧‧ tandem

I‧‧‧ inner circle

O‧‧‧ outer ring

R1, R2, R3, R4‧‧‧ horizontal row

S‧‧‧ datum

D‧‧‧distance

W‧‧‧ lateral width

W1, w2‧‧‧ longitudinal width

1A is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1B is a partial cross-sectional view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 1A.

2A is a schematic diagram of a handheld electronic device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

2B is a partial cross-sectional view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 2A.

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

3B is a partial cross-sectional view of the handheld electronic device of FIG. 3A.

100‧‧‧Handheld electronic devices

110‧‧‧ body

112a‧‧‧left edge

120‧‧‧Key arrangement

122‧‧‧ button

A1‧‧‧ display area

A2‧‧‧ button area

F1, F2‧‧‧ function buttons

K1, K2‧‧‧ letter button

R1, R2, R3, R4‧‧‧ horizontal row

D‧‧‧distance

W‧‧‧ lateral width

W1, w2‧‧‧ longitudinal width

Claims (11)

A handheld electronic device includes: a body; and a button arrangement disposed on the body and including a plurality of buttons, wherein the buttons are arranged in a QWERTY button arrangement, and the buttons are suitable for one or both hands of the user When the hand is held by the body, the user can touch the left or right thumb of the user. The buttons include a plurality of letter buttons, and the letter buttons have two or more different sizes, and the letter buttons are in the body. The cross-sectional shape in the vertical direction is an arc having two or more different heights, and the letter keys are arranged in a plurality of horizontal rows and a plurality of longitudinal rows, and the size of the letter keys of the same longitudinal row is larger than the adjacent ones The size of the letter keys in the longitudinal row, the letter keys of the same horizontal row are arranged linearly, and the letter keys of the same longitudinal row are arranged in a zigzag manner, and the size of the letter keys is the area of the letter keys Or the height of the letter keys, the letter keys are arranged into two inner and outer rings, and the area of the letter keys of the inner ring is larger than the area of the letter keys of the outer ring. The handheld electronic device of claim 1, wherein the size of the letter keys is proportional to the frequency of use of the letter keys. The handheld electronic device of claim 2, wherein the size of the letter button is the area of the letter button. The handheld electronic device of claim 2, wherein the size of the letter button is the height of the letter button. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the body has a display area and a button area adjacent to the display area, and the buttons are arranged in the button area. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the body comprises a first time body and a second time body, the first body is movably connected to the second body, and The second body is unfolded or closed to each other, the first body has a display area, the second body has a button area, the buttons are arranged in the button area, and the second body is opposite to the first body In the state in which the secondary body is deployed, the button area is adjacent to the display area. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the body has a display area and a button area adjacent to the display area, and the buttons are arranged in four horizontal rows in the button area. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the body has a display area and a button area adjacent to the display area, and the buttons are arranged in a plurality of horizontally arranged in the button area. The leftmost button of one of the horizontal rows is marked with a "Q" letter, and the leftmost button of the other of the horizontal rows is marked with an "A" letter. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the body has a display area and a button area adjacent to the display area, the buttons are arranged in the button area, and the leftmost button is The distance between the left side edges of the body is between 1 mm and 20 mm. The hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the body has a display area and a button area adjacent to the display area, the buttons are arranged in a plurality of horizontally arranged in the button area, and the The width of the rows is between 100 mm and 160 mm. For example, the handheld electronic device described in claim 1 is The body has a display area and a button area adjacent to the display area, and the buttons are arranged in a plurality of horizontally arranged in the button area, and the ratio of the display area and the vertical width of the button area on the body Between 1 and 2.