TWI541684B - Simple input device - Google Patents

Description

Simple input device

The invention is an input device, especially a simple input device.

The existing input device is used by the user to input an input message to the electronic device, such as typing or inputting an instruction. For example, the input device of a typical desktop computer or a notebook computer is usually a computer keyboard, and the existing computer keyboard has a certain number of buttons for the user to input, and each button has a separate symbol or The text is for the user to type and type.

Generally speaking, the computer keyboard has at least a letter button representing 26 English letters and a number button representing 0~9, so that the user can input letters. However, when an input device is provided on some limited-capacity devices, it is not possible to set such a large number of buttons as a computer keyboard. Therefore, only a simple input device with a small number of buttons can be set.

Referring to FIG. 4, one of the input devices of the conventional simple input device is a nine-key type input device 20, which combines a plurality of letters in the same button 21, and when a specific letter needs to be input, it needs to be The specific button 21 is pressed several times until the currently displayed input letter is adjusted to a specific letter that needs to be input. For example, when the letter Z needs to be input, the WXYZ button 211 needs to be continuously pressed, and the currently displayed input letters are sequentially changed by W, X, Y, and Z. Therefore, when the button is pressed four times in succession, the letter is input. Will be Z.

However, it is still necessary to set 9 to 12 buttons for using such an input device. When such a large number of buttons cannot be set on the device, alphabetic or numeric input cannot be performed.

In addition, the existing simple input device is factory-set, that is, the type of letter symbol that can be input by the manufacturer, usually an English alphabet symbol, and the user of a non-English-speaking country can only use English letters when using it. Input, and can not adjust the type of alphabetic symbols entered as needed, which is inconvenient for users who do not speak English. Therefore, the existing simple input device still needs further improvement.

In view of the shortcomings of the existing simple input device when the number of buttons is too small, the alphabetic symbols or numbers cannot be input. The main object of the present invention is to provide a simple input device for a user to input with a simple input of less than 9 buttons. The device inputs alphanumeric characters or numbers, and can be used by the user to set the input device and the types of letters that can be input.

In order to achieve the above object, the simple input device comprises: a storage module; a connection module for receiving an alphabetic symbol setting data; a micro processing module electrically connecting the connection module and the a storage module, and receiving the alphabetic symbol setting data through the port module, and storing the alphabetic symbol setting data in the storage module; a display module electrically connected to the micro processing module and having a virtual keyboard display area and an input data display area; wherein the virtual keyboard display area displays a plurality of letter symbols, a plurality of input cursor movement symbols, and a selection cursor, wherein the selection cursor is used to select the letter symbols and the input cursors Any one of the moving symbols; wherein the input data display area has an input cursor; and an input module is electrically connected to the micro processing module, and is configured to generate a movement instruction or a confirmation instruction, and output the movement The instruction or the confirmation command is sent to the micro processing module; wherein the micro processing module reads the alphabetic symbol setting data stored in the storage module, and converts the data into The letter symbol is displayed in the virtual keyboard display area of the display module; wherein when the micro processing module receives the movement instruction, the selected cursor position in the virtual keyboard display area of the display module is moved according to the movement instruction; When receiving the confirmation command, the micro processing module reads the symbol selected by the selected cursor, and when the symbol selected by the selected cursor is one of the letter symbols, after displaying the alphabet symbol selected by the selected cursor at the input cursor position, The input cursor position is moved; and when the symbol selected by the selected cursor is one of the input cursor movement symbols, the input cursor position is correspondingly moved according to the selected input cursor movement symbol.

Since the input module only needs to generate the movement instruction or the confirmation instruction, only two or more mobile buttons and one confirmation button are needed to achieve the purpose of generating the movement instruction or the confirmation instruction, and two or more The mobile button plus a confirmation button can be replaced by a pushable rotary button. Therefore, even if the number of physical buttons is less than 9, the present invention can be used normally, and the virtual keyboard area on the display module has a complex letter symbol, a plurality of input cursor movement symbols, and a selection cursor for the user to transmit through. The input module operates the selected cursor to select any one of the alphabet symbols or the input cursor movement symbols in the virtual keyboard area, and confirms that the user selects the symbol through the confirmation command, and displays the alphabet symbol at the position of the input cursor or Move the input cursor position, input the letter symbol and select the input cursor position to improve the user's own setting and input efficiency.

In actual use, the user can select the input position by moving the symbols through the input cursors, that is, when the user inputs the wrong symbol, and the wrong symbol is not the previous one, the input cursor can be directly moved to the error symbol. The location, re-enter the new letter symbol to achieve the purpose of quick modification.

In addition, the present invention has the port module for receiving an alphanumeric setting data to update the alphabetic symbol setting data stored in the storage module. Allows the user to set the type of letter symbol by himself, without being limited by the factory-set fixed letter symbol type, and provides a simple input device that can be used more flexibly.

The technical means adopted by the present invention for achieving the intended purpose are further explained below in conjunction with the drawings and preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the present invention is a simple input device 10 . The simple input device 10 includes a storage module 11 , a connection module 12 , a micro processing module 13 , and a display module . Group 14 and an input module 15. In the preferred embodiment, the display module 14 is an electronic paper (ePaper), a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD), a touch screen display or a dot matrix liquid crystal display (Dot- Matrix LCD). The port module 12 is a universal serial bus (USB) port.

The port module 12 is connected to an electronic device (not shown) through a connecting line to receive an alphanumeric setting data generated by the electronic device. The micro-processing module 13 is electrically connected to the storage module 11 and the port module 12, and receives the alphabetic symbol setting data through the port module 12, and stores the alphabetic symbol setting data in the storage. In module 11.

The display module 14 is electrically connected to the micro processing module 13 and has a virtual keyboard display area 141 and an input data display area 142. The virtual keyboard display area 141 displays a plurality of letter symbols 1411, a plurality of input cursor movement symbols 1412, and a selection cursor 1413 for selecting any of the alphabet symbols 1411 and the input cursor movement symbols 1412. . The input data display area 142 has an input cursor 1421. The input module 15 is electrically connected to the micro processing module 13 and generates a movement instruction or a confirmation command, and outputs the movement instruction or the confirmation instruction to the micro processing module 13.

The micro-processing module 13 reads the alphabetic symbol data stored in the storage module 11 and converts the alphabetic symbols into the virtual keyboard display area 141 of the display module 14. And when the micro-processing module 13 receives the movement instruction, the position of the selection cursor 1413 in the virtual keyboard display area 141 of the display module 14 is moved according to the movement instruction. When the micro-processing module 13 receives the confirmation command, the symbol selected by the selection cursor 1413 is read, and when the symbol selected by the selection cursor 1413 is one of the letter symbols 1411, the position is displayed at the position of the input cursor 1421. After the letter symbol 1411 selected by the cursor 1413 is selected, the position of the input cursor 1421 is moved. When the micro-processing module 13 receives the confirmation command, the symbol selected by the selection cursor 1413 is read, and when the symbol selected by the selection cursor 1413 is one of the input cursor movement symbols 1412, the movement is selected according to the selected input cursor. Symbol 1412 corresponds to shifting the position of the input cursor 1421.

Since the input module 15 is only used to generate the movement command or the confirmation command, the input module 15 only needs to use two or more mobile buttons and one confirmation button to generate the movement instruction or the confirmation command. purpose. Therefore, even if nine physical buttons cannot be set on the device, the present invention can be used to input alphabet symbols through only two or more mobile buttons and one confirmation button.

In actual use, the user can move the position of the input cursor 1421 through the input cursor movement symbol 1412, and re-enter the alphabetic symbol. That is, when the user inputs the wrong symbol, and the error symbol is not the previous one, the user can directly move the input cursor 1421 to the position of the error symbol through the input cursor movement symbol 1412 to re-enter the alphabet symbol. , to achieve the purpose of rapid modification.

In the preferred embodiment, the input module 15 is composed of two or four direction buttons and a confirmation button. In addition, the input module 15 can also be replaced by a pushable rotary button. The depressible rotary button generates a different movement command by clockwise rotation and counterclockwise rotation, and generates a confirmation command by pressing.

In addition, the present invention has the port module 12 for receiving alphanumeric setting data transmitted by the electronic device. The user can edit the alphabetic symbol setting data by operating the electronic device, and then connect to the port module 12 of the present invention through the connecting wire to re-stor the received alphabetic symbol setting data to the storage module of the present invention. Group 11. In this way, the user can modify the types of the alphabetic symbols 1411 displayed in the virtual keyboard display area 141, and provide a simple input device capable of displaying alphabetic symbols in multiple languages. For example, the letter format 1411 of the simple input device 10 can be an English letter, but the user can re-edit the letter symbol 1411 to the Japanese syllabary through the electronic device, and connect the connection through a connection line. After the module 12 is re-stored into the storage module 11 of the present invention. The present invention is capable of displaying the syllabary of the Japanese language for the user to select the cursor 1411 to input through the input module 15 to select the cursor 1411.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3A to FIG. 3D. Further, at least one virtual keyboard switching symbol 1414 is further displayed in the virtual keyboard display area 141. When the micro-processing module 13 receives the confirmation command, the symbol selected by the selection cursor 1413 is read, and when the symbol selected by the selection cursor 1413 is the virtual keyboard switching symbol 1414, the virtual keyboard display area 141 is switched. The 1411 type of the plural letter symbol shown in the figure. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the plural letter symbol 1411 displayed in the virtual keyboard display area 141 is an alphabetic letter in English, and when the user moves the selection cursor 1413 through the input module 15 to the virtual keyboard switching symbol. When 1414 is generated and the confirmation command is generated to the microprocessor 13, the type of the plural letter 1411 displayed in the virtual keyboard display area 141 is switched. As shown in FIGS. 3C to 3D, the type of the plural letter 1411 displayed in the virtual keyboard display area 141 can be switched to an English lowercase alphabetic symbol, an Arabic numeric alphabetic symbol or punctuation, and a special alphabetic symbol.

In this way, the user can switch the type of the alphabetic symbols that can be selected to input more types of alphabetic symbols, even if the virtual keyboard display area 141 of the display module 14 has a small distribution space and cannot display excessive alphabetic symbols. The character symbol type displayed in the virtual keyboard display area 141 can be switched through the virtual keyboard switching symbol 1414, and the user can select more alphabetic symbol selections, so that the user can input more diverse alphabet symbols.

Referring to FIG. 1 , in addition, at least one quick input symbol 1415 is also displayed in the virtual keyboard display area 141. When the micro-processing module 13 receives the confirmation command, the symbol selected by the selection cursor 1413 is read, and when the symbol selected by the selection cursor 1413 is the fast input symbol 1415, a position is displayed at the input cursor 1421. After the first set of letter symbols 1411, the input cursor 1421 position is moved. The first set of letter symbols 1411 is a preset letter symbol combination. For example, when the user selects and confirms the quick input symbol 1415, a fixed English word, such as battery, is directly displayed at the position of the input cursor 1421.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the simple input device 10 further includes a wireless connection module 16 . The wireless connection module 16 is electrically connected to the micro processing module 13 and is configured to receive an input data and output the input data to the micro processing module 13. The microprocessor module 13 is connected to another input device (not shown) through the wireless connection module 16 and receives the input data through the wireless connection module 16 and is based on the input data at the input cursor 1421. After the letter symbol corresponding to the input data is displayed, the position of the input cursor 1421 is moved. In this way, the user can input input information to the simple input device 10 through the input device, thereby providing a more convenient input environment for the user. For example, the input device is a Bluetooth keyboard, and the user directly connects the Bluetooth keyboard to the simple input device 10 through the wireless connection module 16, and then directly inputs data using the Bluetooth keyboard. In the preferred embodiment, the wireless connection module 16 is a Bluetooth module.

Further, the storage module 11 of the simple input device 10 further stores a plurality of data, and each of the data has a file name. The micro-processing module 13 has a data retrieval function. When the micro-processing module 13 executes the data retrieval function, the multi-stroke from the storage module 11 is based on the one-letter symbol displayed in the input data display area 142. The first letter of the name of the collected material in the data is the same as the letter symbol displayed in the input data display area 142, and the name of the data of the searched material is displayed. In this way, the user can directly search for the data according to the name of the data, and does not need to use the direction button to search back and forth, effectively saving time for searching for information.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. A person skilled in the art can make some modifications or modifications to equivalent embodiments by using the above-disclosed technical contents without departing from the technical scope of the present invention, but the present invention does not deviate from the technical solution of the present invention. Technical Substantials Any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments are still within the scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Simplified input device
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12‧‧‧Connecting module
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142‧‧‧Input data display area
1421‧‧‧ input cursor
15‧‧‧Input module
16‧‧‧Wireless connection module

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of a preferred embodiment of the invention. Figure 2 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 3A-3D are schematic diagrams showing a display screen of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a conventional simple input device.

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1411‧‧‧ letter symbol

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Claims (9)

A simple input device includes: a storage module; a connection module for receiving an alphabetic symbol setting data; a micro processing module electrically connecting the connection module and the storage module And receiving the alphabetic symbol setting data through the connection module, and storing the alphabetic symbol setting data in the storage module; a display module electrically connected to the micro processing module and having a virtual keyboard a display area and an input data display area; wherein the virtual keyboard display area displays a plurality of letter symbols, a plurality of input cursor movement symbols, and a selection cursor, wherein the selection cursor is used to select the letter symbols and the input cursor movement symbols Any one of the input data display areas; and an input module electrically connected to the micro processing module, and configured to generate a movement instruction or a confirmation instruction, and output the movement instruction or the Confirming an instruction to the micro processing module; wherein the micro processing module reads the alphabetic symbol setting data stored in the storage module, and converts the alphabetic symbols into the alphabetic symbols Displaying the virtual keyboard display area of the display module; wherein when the micro processing module receives the movement instruction, moving the selected cursor position in the virtual keyboard display area of the display module according to the movement instruction; wherein the micro processing When receiving the confirmation instruction, the module reads the symbol selected by the selected cursor, and when the symbol selected by the selected cursor is one of the letter symbols, after displaying the letter symbol selected by the selected cursor at the input cursor position, moving the The cursor position is input; and when the symbol selected by the selection cursor is one of the input cursor movement symbols, the input cursor position is correspondingly moved according to the selected input cursor movement symbol. The simple input device of claim 1, wherein: the virtual keyboard display area of the display module further displays at least one virtual keyboard switching symbol; when the micro processing module receives the confirmation command, reading the The symbol selected by the cursor is selected, and when the symbol selected by the selected cursor is the virtual keyboard switching symbol, the plural letter symbol type displayed in the virtual keyboard display area is switched. The simple input device of claim 1, wherein: the virtual keyboard display area of the display module further displays at least one fast input symbol; when the micro processing module receives the confirmation command, reading the selection The symbol selected by the cursor, and when the symbol selected by the selected cursor is the fast input symbol, after the first set of alphabet symbols is displayed at the input cursor position, the input cursor position is moved. The simple input device of claim 2, wherein: the virtual keyboard display area of the display module further displays at least one fast input symbol; when the micro processing module receives the confirmation command, the selection is read. The symbol selected by the cursor, and when the symbol selected by the selected cursor is the fast input symbol, after the first set of alphabet symbols is displayed at the input cursor position, the input cursor position is moved. The simple input device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a wireless connection module, wherein: the wireless connection module is electrically connected to the micro processing module and receives an input data And outputting the input data to the micro processing module; after receiving the input data through the wireless connection module, the micro processing module displays an alphabet symbol corresponding to the input data according to the input data, and moves the Enter the cursor position. The simple input device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the display module is an electronic paper (ePaper), a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD), and a touch display (Touch screen). Display) or a dot matrix LCD (Dot-Matrix LCD). The simple input device of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the port module is a universal serial bus (USB) port. The simple input device of claim 5, wherein the wireless connection module is a Bluetooth module. The simple input device of claim 1, wherein: the storage module further stores a plurality of data, and each of the data has a data name; the micro processing module has a data retrieval function, when When the data processing function is executed by the micro processing module, the first letter of the data name and the input data display area are collected from the plurality of data of the storage module according to the one-letter symbol displayed in the input data display area. The letter with the same letter symbol is displayed, and the name of the data of the searched data is displayed.