TWI634457B - Keyboard with button switch trigger height adjustment function - Google Patents

Abstract

A keyboard with a button switch trigger height adjustment function, which is provided with an analog signal switch circuit corresponding to a button provided on a keyboard, and the button is pressed by the user to the deepest position by the unpressed original position. The falling difference is N-stroke, so that each stroke is defined as one of the button trigger trigger positions, and the deepest position is defined as the N-th switch trigger position, wherein the analog signal switching circuit of each button is controlled by the keyboard circuit of the keyboard And then connected to an external computer host, according to the N switch triggering positions of the button, sequentially generating N voltage gear positions (change values), so that the keyboard circuit or the computer host can detect the N The voltage positions and corresponding conversions generate N height gear positions for the user to select; thereby, the user can further select and set each button through the keyboard circuit or the computer host according to the operation habit of personally pressing the depth of each button. The switch triggers the gear position, and the user can adjust the triggering height of the forward pressing of each button or the reverse rebound according to the user's personal needs. Put height, reach accord individuals feel the effect of the use of height.

Description

Keyboard with button switch trigger height adjustment function

The invention relates to a keyboard, in particular to a keyboard with a button switch trigger height adjustment function, which is a drop differential device generated by the unpressed original position of the button on the keyboard to be pressed to the deepest position by the user. The trigger position is triggered for a plurality of switches, so that the user can adjust the trigger height of the forward depression of each button or the release height of the reverse rebound according to the operation habit and feel of the individual pressing the depth of each button.

The keyboard is a commonly used peripheral device when using a computer. The user has to press a button on the keyboard to perform various functions such as data input, such as the keyboard 1 (top view) as shown in FIG. For example, but not limited to the present invention, the keyboard 1 is provided with a plurality of buttons 2 for the user to operate, such as pressing down to trigger a button 2 switch or reverse to release the button 2 switch, thereby completing The input of the data defined by each button 2 works.

The e-sports (computer game competition) industry is booming, so keyboard users (ie, e-sports contestants) have relatively higher functional requirements for e-sports keyboards, such as users who are very demanding in e-sports competitions. Pay attention to the operation speed of each button 2 on the keyboard 1 when pressed, and the operation speed of each button 2 depends on the trigger height of the forward depression of each button or the release height of the reverse rebound, that is, the individual presses each button The degree of depth is often different depending on the individual's movement speed, operating habits or feel, but the degree of depth of each button will directly affect each button. Whether the switch is triggered or not, for example, the fast action presses a button but the pressing is too shallow (the stroke is too small) and the triggering height of the button is not reached, so that the button cannot be triggered, causing an operational error and affecting the e-sports performance. However, in general, the keys of the mechanical keyboard only have a fixed forward-pressing switch trigger (power-on) height and a reverse rebound release (power-off) height, and the user cannot make any adjustments according to individual needs. , can not meet the user's needs, especially the e-sports player to press the trigger height or reverse release height.

This case is to solve the shortcomings of the conventional mechanical keyboard that can not adjust the trigger height or rebound release height of each button according to the individual needs of the user, and proposes a solution to improve the use efficiency of the keyboard.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a keyboard with a button switch trigger height adjustment function, which is provided with an analog signal switch circuit corresponding to a button provided on a keyboard, and the button is replaced by an unpressed original position. The drop difference generated by the user pressing to the deepest position is N-segment stroke, so that each stroke is defined as one switch trigger position of the button, and the deepest position is defined as the N-th switch trigger position, wherein the analog signal switch circuit of each button Connected to the keyboard circuit of the keyboard and then connected to an external computer host for sequentially generating N voltage gear positions (variation values) according to the N switch trigger gear positions of the button, so that the keyboard circuit or the keyboard circuit The host computer can detect the N voltage positions and further convert and generate N height positions for the user to select, so that the user can press the keyboard circuit or the computer host according to the operation habit of pressing the depth of each button. To further select and set the switch trigger position of each button, the user can adjust the forward direction of each button according to the user's personal needs. The trigger release height or the height of the reverse rebound, in line with the personal touch to reach the height of the use of effects.

In an embodiment of the invention, the analog signal switching circuit of the button is a push potentiometer (ie, a push type variable resistance potentiometer) or a photoelectric potentiometer (ie, a photoelectric variable resistance potentiometer); When the button is pressed down from the original position to the deepest position, the keyboard circuit can input the keyboard circuit IO end of the keyboard according to the characteristic curve relationship of the N-stroke formed by the button and the stroke is gradually increased and the voltage is relatively decreased. The voltage also corresponds to form N voltage gear positions (variation values), and then the analog voltage signal conversion function of the keyboard circuit such as a microcontroller (MCU, microcontroller) is used to convert the N voltage gear positions (change values) into Corresponding N number of bits for the keyboard circuit, such as a central processing unit (CPU), to analyze and process the bit position corresponding to the stroke or height of the button, so that the keyboard circuit or the computer The host can detect the N voltage gears (change values) and further convert to generate N height gears for the user to select.

In an embodiment of the invention, when the button is pressed down from the original position to the deepest position, the button causes the voltage input to the IO terminal of the keyboard circuit to also start from the original gear position V0 to form four voltage levels. Bit (variation value), which includes V1, V2, V3, and V4 in sequence, wherein the ACDC terminal of the keyboard circuit (such as the integrated circuit provided on the keyboard circuit board) detects the voltage of the IO terminal from V1 to V4. Four separate voltage gear positions (variation values), that is, respectively corresponding to the corresponding four different gear positions, the CPU of the keyboard circuit can analyze and process the four gear positions to make the keyboard The circuit or the host computer can detect the four voltage gear positions (change values) and correspondingly convert to generate four height gear positions for the user to select.

1‧‧‧ keyboard

2‧‧‧ buttons

3‧‧‧Keyboard circuit

3a‧‧‧Partial keyboard circuit

3b‧‧‧Partial keyboard circuit

3c‧‧‧Partial keyboard circuit

3d‧‧‧Partial keyboard circuit

3e‧‧‧Partial keyboard circuit

31‧‧‧ analog signal switching circuit

31a‧‧‧Photoelectric potentiometer

31b‧‧‧Press potentiometer

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a top plan view of a plurality of buttons in an embodiment of the keyboard of the present invention.

2A is a schematic diagram of an analog signal switch circuit array corresponding to a plurality of buttons in an embodiment of the keyboard circuit of the present invention.

Figure 2B is an enlarged schematic view of a signal switching circuit such as a button in Figure 2A.

2C-2F are respectively partial schematic views of an embodiment of the keyboard circuit of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the circuit of the analog signal switch circuit of the present invention as a photoelectric potentiometer.

Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram showing the analog signal switching circuit of the keyboard button of the present invention as a push type potentiometer.

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram showing the four-stroke (four-segment switch-trigger/height gear) of the analog signal switching circuit with respect to the voltage characteristics (four voltage positions of V1, V2, V3, and V4) in an embodiment of the present invention. .

Fig. 6 is a flow chart showing the trigger height adjustment function of the key switch of the present invention.

In order to make the present invention more clear and detailed, the preferred embodiment and the following drawings are used to describe the structure of the present invention and its technical features as described later.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the present invention is a keyboard 1 having a button switch trigger height adjustment function, and the keyboard 1 has a basic structure of a keyboard which is generally common at present, such as a plurality of buttons 2 are provided on the keyboard 1 for a user. Touching with a finger, such as pressing down to trigger a button 2 switch or reverse to release the button 2 switch, thereby completing the input work of the data defined by each button 2, but the above basic structure is not used to limit the present invention.

The technical feature of the present invention is that an analog signal switch circuit 31 is provided corresponding to the button 2 provided on the keyboard 1, as shown in the second diagrams 2A and 2B, and the analog signals of the buttons 2 are opened. The circuit 31 is correspondingly disposed under each of the buttons 2 in the keyboard 1 and is electrically connected to the keyboard circuit 3 of the keyboard 1 . The keyboard circuit 3 includes but does not limit the circuit board disposed in the keyboard 1 and The IC/integrated circuit provided thereon is the partial circuits 3a to 3e shown in Figs. 2A to 2F.

In an implementation of the present invention, the analog signal switching circuit 31 of each button 2 forms an array (3a) as shown in FIG. 2A, and the array (3a) formed by the analog signal switching circuits 31 constitutes the keyboard. The partial circuit 3a of one of the keyboard circuits 3, the partial circuit 3a shown in FIG. 2A, and the partial circuit 3b shown in FIG. 2C, the partial circuit 3c shown in FIG. 2D, and the second E-picture are shown in FIG. The partial circuit 3d shown, the partial circuit 3e shown in FIG. 2F, and the like to constitute the keyboard circuit 3 of the keyboard 1 are not intended to limit the present invention. Since the keyboard circuit 3 can complete the overall circuit design according to the current electronic technology, and is limited by the illustrated text, it is represented here by the partial circuits 3a to 3e shown in FIGS. 2A to 2F, and the keyboard circuit 3 will not be described. Or the detailed circuit design of each partial circuit 3a~3e.

According to the present invention, the drop difference generated by pressing the original position of the button 2 to the deepest position by the user is N-segment stroke, as shown in FIG. 5, the original position (V0) of the button 2 is not pressed. The difference between the user's pressing to the deepest position is four strokes, such as the horizontal axis corresponding to V1, V2, V3, and V4 in Figure 5 (the positive pressing stroke of the button: 1.0mm, 2.0mm, 3.0mm) , 4.0mm) but not limited, so that each stroke (V1, V2, V3, V4) is defined as one of the switch 2 trigger trigger position, the deepest position is defined as the Nth switch trigger position, as shown in Figure 5 The first, second, third, and fourth switch trigger gear positions (V1, V2, V3, and V4) are formed from shallow to deep, respectively; wherein the analog switch circuit 31 of each button 2 is connected to the keyboard circuit 3 of the keyboard 1 Connected and reconnected to an external computer host (not shown) for sequentially generating N voltage gear positions according to N switch trigger gear positions of each button 2 (such as V1, V2, V3, V4) Value), as shown in Fig. 5, the direct axes corresponding to V1, V2, V3, and V4 (voltage: about 2.7V, about 2.2V, about 1.5V, about 0.4V), so that the keyboard circuit 3 (3a~3e) Or the electricity Host (not shown) can detect a voltage of the N range, and Further, the corresponding conversion is to generate N height gear positions, such as the pressure strokes represented by V1, V2, V3, and V4 in FIG. 5: 1.0 mm, 2.0 mm, 3.0 mm, and 4.0 mm, which are selected by the user. Therefore, the user can further select and set each button 2 through the keyboard circuit 3 (3a~3e) or the computer host (not shown) according to the different depths or operating habits of the buttons 2 on the keyboard 1. The switch triggers the gear position (such as V1, V2, V3, V4), and the user can adjust the trigger height of the forward pressing of each button 2 according to the individual needs of the user. Similarly, the user can adjust the release height of the reverse rebound of each button 2 according to the individual needs of the user.

Before using the keyboard 1, the user can adjust the trigger height of the forward pressing of each button 2 or the release height of the reverse rebound according to individual needs, that is, when the buttons 2 on the keyboard 1 have been used according to the use. After the individual needs to adjust the trigger height of the forward depression or the release height of the reverse rebound, if the button can be triggered for the shallow pressure, the trigger height of the button is adjusted and set in the first or the first 2 switch trigger gear position (such as V1 or V2), such as the button that can be triggered for deep pressure, the pressure level of the button is adjusted and set in the 3rd or 4th switch trigger position (such as V3 or V4). In this way, the user's hand feeling of the triggering height or the reverse release height of the e-sports player can be satisfied.

In the present invention, the analog signal switching circuit 31 of each button 2 can be regarded as a variable resistance potentiometer, such as a photoelectric potentiometer 31a as shown in FIG. 3, or a push potentiometer 31b as shown in FIG. The variable resistance is used to form different potentials for input by one of the IO terminals of the keyboard circuit 3; wherein the N-segment is formed when the button 2 is pressed down in the forward direction and is displaced from the original position to the deepest position. When the N switches trigger the gear positions (such as V1, V2, V3, V4) as shown in FIG. 5, the analog signal switching circuit 31 can be based on the N-stroke formed by the button 2 and the stroke is gradually increased (increase in resistance). The characteristic curve relationship of the voltage relative decrement (as shown in FIG. 5) causes the voltage input to the IO terminal (such as the ACDC terminal) of the keyboard circuit 3 to also form N voltage gear positions (change values), as shown in FIG. N switches are triggered to trigger gear positions (such as V1, V2, V3, V4), and N voltage gear positions are generated in sequence. The value of the keyboard circuit 3 is the same as the direct axis corresponding to V1, V2, V3, and V4 in Fig. 5 (voltage: about 2.7V, about 2.2V, about 1.5V, about 0.4V). Components and functions (refer to Figure 6), such as the analog-to-digital signal conversion function of a microcontroller (MCU, microcontroller), respectively converting the N voltage gear positions into corresponding N gear positions for the keyboard The circuit 3, such as a central processing unit (CPU), can perform analysis processing according to the N number of bits, as shown in FIG. 6; thereby, the keyboard circuit 3 or the computer can detect the N voltages. The gear position (variation value) is further converted to generate N height gear positions for the user to select, and the switch trigger gear position of each button 2 is further set through the keyboard circuit 3 or the computer host, V1, V2 in FIG. The first, second, third, and fourth switches corresponding to V3 and V4 trigger the gear position or height gear position.

The keyboard 1 of the present invention having a key switch trigger height adjustment function has the following advantages as compared with the prior art in the art:

(1) The analog signal switching circuit 31 of the present invention not only does not affect the original function of the keyboard 1, but the purpose of the analog signal switching circuit 31 is to cooperate with the keyboard provided by the keyboard. The software or firmware of the circuit 3 (such as the keyboard circuits 3a to 3e) is completed, so that the component cost of the keyboard circuit 3 of the keyboard 1 is not increased.

(2) The user can trigger the height adjustment function by the button switch of the present invention, that is, the user can obtain and satisfy the hand feeling requirement of the e-sports player to press the trigger height or the reverse release height, which is beneficial to improving the use efficiency of the keyboard.

(3) The present invention allows the user to press the keyboard circuit or the host computer to further select and set the switch trigger position of each button according to the operation habit of pressing the depth of each button, and the user can follow the user. Individuals need to adjust the trigger height of the forward pressing of each button or the release height of the reverse rebound to achieve the effect of using the height of the individual feel, which is beneficial to make the keyboard (e-sport keyboard) more competitive in the market.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it is only for the purpose of the present invention. It is to be understood that the invention may be modified, modified, and even equivalently modified within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Within the scope of protection.

Claims (1)

A keyboard with a button switch trigger height adjustment function, which is provided with an analog signal switch circuit corresponding to a button provided on a keyboard, and the button is pressed by the user to the deepest position by the unpressed original position. The falling difference is the N-segment stroke, so that each stroke is defined as one of the switch triggering gear positions, and the deepest position is defined as the N-th switch triggering gear position; wherein the analog signal switching circuit of each button is connected with the keyboard circuit of the keyboard And then connected to an external computer host for sequentially generating N voltage gear positions according to the N switch trigger gear positions of the button; wherein the keyboard circuit or the computer host can detect the N voltage gear positions And correspondingly converting to generate N height gear positions for the user to select; wherein the button analog signal switching circuit comprises a photoelectric potentiometer or a push potentiometer; wherein the button system is combined with the corresponding analog signal switching circuit to form a Variable resistance potentiometer, when the button is pressed down from the original position to the deepest position, the analog signal switching circuit can The characteristic curve relationship of the N-stage stroke position formed by the key and the increasing stroke is relatively large, so that the voltage input to the IO end of the keyboard circuit of the keyboard also forms N voltage positions, and then the keyboard circuit is utilized. The analog-to-digital signal conversion function converts the N voltage gear positions into corresponding N gear positions, respectively, for the keyboard circuit to perform analysis processing according to the gear position bit of the button, thereby the keyboard circuit or the computer main The function detects the N voltage positions and further converts to generate N height positions for the user to select, and further sets a switch trigger position of each button through the keyboard circuit or the computer host; wherein the user can The individual presses the operating habits of the depth of each button, and further selects and sets the switch trigger position of each button through the keyboard circuit or the computer host, and the user can adjust the forward pressing of each button according to the user's individual needs. The trigger height or the release height of the reverse rebound achieves the effect of using the individual feel height.