TWI645203B - Electronic device and detecting module thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A detection module of an electronic device includes a detection contact, a power supply contact disposed separately from the detection contact, and a plug. The plug can be adjusted between the power supply position and the detection position, and includes two terminals and two detection points respectively electrically connected to the two terminals. When the plug is in the power supply position, at least one of the two detection points abuts the power supply contact, and the two terminals can be used to be inserted into the external socket to obtain power from the external socket. When the plug is in the detecting position, at least one of the two terminals abuts the detecting contact, and the two detecting points can be electrically connected to each other by contacting an external medium, so that the detecting contact is obtained. Detect signals. Further, the present invention further provides an electronic device.

Description

Electronic device and its detection module

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly to an electronic device with a detection function and a detection module thereof.

Most of the existing electronic devices are provided with a plug, so that the electronic device can be inserted into an external socket through the terminal of the plug to obtain power, and in order to enable the plug to be plugged into the external socket from different angles, the terminals of the existing electronic device are also They are all designed as movable structures. However, the plug construction of existing electronic devices is largely limited to the aforementioned mechanisms and functions.

Accordingly, the inventors believe that the above-mentioned defects can be improved, and that the invention has been studied with great interest and with the use of scientific principles, and finally proposes a present invention which is rational in design and effective in improving the above-mentioned defects.

The embodiments of the present invention provide an electronic device and a detection module thereof, which can effectively improve the defects that may occur in the plug structure of the existing electronic device.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an electronic device, comprising: a housing, comprising: a communication module, disposed in the housing and capable of wireless signal transmission with an external device; a detection contact and a power supply connection a sensing unit disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the detecting contact and the communication module; a plug movably disposed at the housing The housing is adjustable between a power supply position and a detection position relative to the housing, the plug includes two terminals and two detection points electrically connected to the two terminals respectively ;its At least one of the two detection points abuts the power supply contact when the plug is in the power supply position, and the two terminals can be used to be inserted into an external socket. Obtaining power from the external socket; when the plug is in the detecting position, at least one of the two terminals abuts the detecting contact, and a part of each of the terminals Exposed to the outside of the casing, the two detecting points can be electrically connected to each other by contacting an external medium, and the communication module can obtain the electrical property through the detecting contact. a detection signal in an on state, and transmitting the detection signal to the external device; and a battery disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the sensing unit, and when the plug is located in the When the location is detected, the battery can supply the power required by the sensing unit and the communication module to operate.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a detection module of an electronic device, comprising: a detection contact and a power supply contact, which are arranged separately from each other; a plug can be adjusted between a power supply position and a detection position, The plug includes two terminals and two detection points respectively electrically connected to the two terminals; wherein, when the plug is located in the power supply position, at least two of the two detection points Abutting the power supply contact, and the two terminals can be inserted into an external socket to obtain power from the external socket; when the plug is located at the detecting position, two At least one of the terminals abuts the detecting contact, and the two detecting points can form an electrical conduction state by contacting an external medium, so that the detecting contact obtains a Detect signals.

In summary, the electronic device and the detection module disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention can match the power supply contact and the detection contact through the movable terminal and the detection point to increase the detection function and pass the The sensing unit and the communication module can transmit the measured result of the detecting function to the external device, so that the user can effectively monitor the environment around the electronic device.

For a better understanding of the features and technical aspects of the present invention, reference should be made to the detailed description The invention is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

100‧‧‧Electronic devices

1‧‧‧shell

11‧‧‧Terminal slot

12‧‧‧ battery slot

2‧‧‧Communication module

3‧‧‧Detection contacts

4‧‧‧Power contacts

5‧‧‧Electrical connectors

51‧‧‧ terminals

52‧‧‧Detection points

6‧‧‧Battery

7‧‧‧Insulated shaft

8‧‧‧AC/DC conversion unit

9‧‧‧Sensor unit

91‧‧‧First sensor

92‧‧‧Second sensor

P‧‧‧ plug

M‧‧‧Detection Module

D ₅₁ , D ₅₂ ‧‧‧ distance

200‧‧‧External equipment

1 is a schematic view of an electronic device with a plug in a power supply position according to the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device with a plug in a detecting position according to the present invention.

3 is a perspective view (1) of a first embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention.

4 is a perspective view (2) of the first embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view (2) of the first embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of a second embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram (1) of a third embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram (2) of a third embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram (1) of a fourth embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram (2) of a fourth embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of Embodiment 5 of an electronic device according to the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 12 for an embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that the related embodiments of the present invention are only used to specifically describe the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the scope of the invention is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the present invention discloses an electronic device 100 including a housing 1 and a communication module 2 disposed in the housing 1 and disposed in the housing 1 separately from each other. a sensing contact 3 and a power supply contact 4, a sensing unit 9 disposed in the housing 1, a plug P, and a housing 1 and electrically connected to the sensing unit 9 One battery 6.

The communication module 2 can be used for wireless signal transmission with an external device (such as a smart phone, a cloud host, or a tablet computer). The Detective The sensing contact 3 and the power supply contact 4 may be metal pads or other conductive structures, and the detecting contacts 3 are electrically connected to the communication module 2 through the sensing unit 9.

Furthermore, the plug P is movably disposed in the housing 1 and is connectable relative to the housing 1 between a power supply position (as shown in FIG. 1) and a detection position (shown in FIG. 2). Adjustment. The plug P includes two electrical connectors 5 , and each of the electrical connectors 5 includes a terminal 51 and a detection point 52 electrically connected to the terminal 51 . That is, the plug P includes two terminals 51 and two detection points 52 electrically connected to the two terminals 51, respectively, and the types of the two terminals 51 can be adjusted according to the designer's needs. For example, the terminal 51 can be an AC terminal or a DC terminal of each country (eg, two of the terminals in the USB connector or two of the gold finger structures). When the plug P is located at the detecting position, the battery 6 can supply the power required for the sensing unit 9 and the communication module 2 to operate.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1 , when the plug P is located in the power supply position, at least one of the two detection points 52 abuts the power supply contact 4, and the two terminals The 51 can be used to plug in an external outlet (such as a wall outlet, an extension cord socket, a USB socket, or a transfer socket, etc.) to obtain power from the external outlet.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the plug P is located at the detecting position, at least one of the two terminals 51 abuts the detecting contact 3, and a partial bareness of each detecting point 52 is exposed. Outside the housing 1, the two detecting points 52 can be electrically connected to each other by contacting an external medium (such as a liquid). The communication module 2 can obtain a detection signal (not shown) corresponding to the electrical conduction state through the detecting contact 3 and the sensing unit U, and transmit the detection signal to External device 200.

It should be noted that the detection contact 3, the power supply contact 4, and the plug P can be combined to define a detection module M. The detection module M is described as an example of the housing 1 , the sensing unit 9 , and the battery 6 . However, the actual application is not limited thereto. That is, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, The detection module M can also be applied separately to other configurations. Furthermore, the detection module M can be used to detect water leakage, humidity, temperature, or over-current, but not limited thereto.

Furthermore, it is difficult for the present invention to introduce each of the above embodiments of the electronic device 100 one by one. Therefore, only some of the embodiments including the above-described common technical features are as follows (for example, the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and the second embodiment shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. The electronic device 100 of the present invention is described in the third embodiment and the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

[Example 1]

Please refer to FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, which discloses Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The housing 1 is formed with two terminal slots 11 for receiving two terminals 51, and a battery slot 12 for detachably mounting in the battery slot 12. The number of the terminal slots 11 of the housing 1 can also be adjusted according to the needs of the designer. For example, the housing 1 is only formed with one terminal slot 11. The two electrical connectors 5 are pivotally connected to the housing 1 , and each of the electrical connectors 5 has an integrally formed structure, and the terminals 51 and the detecting points 52 of each of the electrical connectors 5 are substantially in this embodiment. The 90 degree arrangement is provided, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, each of the electrical connectors 5 may not be integrally formed. The two terminals 51 are pivotally connected to the housing 1 and the two detection points 52 are fixed to The housing 1 is electrically connected to the two terminals 51 by wires, and the detection points 52 electrically connected to the terminals 51 are preferably arranged at substantially 90 degrees.

Wherein, the plug P of the embodiment further comprises an insulating shaft 7, the two electrical connectors 5 are fixed to the insulating shaft 7, and each of the electrical connectors 5 (or terminals 51) is pivoted by the insulating shaft 7 Connected to the housing 1, and the terminal 51 of each electrical connector 5 and the detection point 52 protrude from the insulating shaft 7.

Therefore, when the plug P is in the power supply position (as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3), The two detection points 52 are respectively located in the two terminal slots 11 of the housing 1, and the two terminals 51 are respectively exposed outside the two terminal slots 11 of the housing 1 so that the two terminals 51 can be used for insertion. It is located in an external socket. When the plug P is in the detecting position (as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4), the two terminals 51 are respectively received in the two terminal slots 11 of the housing 1, and the two detecting points 52 are respectively exposed. The two detecting points 52 can be electrically connected to the two detecting points 52 (or the two electrical connecting members 5) by contacting the external medium.

It should be noted that the plug P of the embodiment is exemplified by synchronous pivoting of the two terminals 51 along the same direction, but the plug P of the present invention can be adjusted according to the designer's needs, and is not in FIG. 3 and Figure 4 shows the limits. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, the two terminals 51 of the plug P can be pivoted in different directions respectively (eg, the two terminals 51 are respectively pivoted in directions away from each other) Or synchronously moving up and down in a straight line direction, and the position of the detecting contact 3 of the electronic device 100 is adjusted correspondingly to the position of the power supply contact 4.

[Embodiment 2]

Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , the second embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. The present embodiment is similar to the first embodiment, and the differences between the two embodiments are not described in detail. The distance D _{52 of} the two detection points 52 is smaller than the distance D _{51 of the} two terminals ₅₁ , thereby improving (or adjusting) the detection sensitivity of the electronic device 100.

In addition, the designer can also adjust the distance D _{52 of} the two detection points 52 according to actual needs, without being limited to FIG. 7 . For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, the distance D _{52 of} the two detection points ₅₂ may also be greater than the distance D _{51 of} the two terminals ₅₁ .

[Embodiment 3]

Please refer to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 , which disclose the third embodiment of the present invention. The example is the same as the first embodiment, and the two are not described in detail. The difference between the embodiment and the first embodiment is mainly that the electronic device 100 further includes an AC/DC disposed in the housing 1. Conversion unit 8.

The AC/DC conversion unit 8 is electrically connected to the power supply contact 4, the battery 6, and the sensing unit 9. Therefore, when the plug P is in the power supply position, the two terminals 51 can charge the battery 6 by the AC power obtained from the external socket through the power supply contact 4 and the AC/DC conversion unit 8 or The power required for the operation of the sensing unit 9 is directly provided.

[Embodiment 4]

Referring to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 , the fourth embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. The present embodiment is similar to the first embodiment, and the differences between the two embodiments are not described in detail. The sensing unit U of the electronic device 100 further includes a first sensor 91 and a second sensor 92 disposed in the housing 1 .

The first sensor 91 is electrically connected to the detecting contact 3 and the communication module 2 . The second sensor 92 is electrically connected to the power supply contact 4, and when the two plugs P are in the power supply position, the two terminals 51 can drive the second sensing by the power obtained from the external socket. The device 92 is configured to detect the environment around the electronic device 100 through the second sensor 92.

Further, the first sensor 91 detects the leakage of the external environment of the electronic device 100 through the detection point 52, or detects the voltage or current of the object other than the electronic device 100 (function similar to a three-meter). The second sensor 92 can be used alone to sense the air quality outside the electronic device 100 (such as PM2.5) or to detect whether someone is present (such as infrared sensing). However, the first sensor 91 and the second sensor 92 are not limited in their kind or type in the present invention.

It should be noted that the second sensor 92 of the embodiment can directly transmit the detection signal to the external device 200 or transmit the detection signal to the outside through the communication module 2. The device 200 is not limited herein.

[Embodiment 5]

Referring to FIG. 12, the fifth embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. The present embodiment is similar to the above-mentioned first embodiment, and the two are not described in detail. The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment mainly lies in: The example plug P employs a USB connector, and the two terminals 51 of the plug P are respectively two of the terminals of the above USB connector. Further, in the housing 1 of the present embodiment, only one terminal groove 11 is formed corresponding to the configuration of the plug P described above.

[Technical Effects of Embodiments of the Invention]

In summary, the electronic device and the detection module disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention can match the power supply contact and the detection contact through the movable terminal and the detection point to increase the detection function and pass the The sensing unit and the communication module can transmit the measured result of the detecting function to the external device, so that the user can effectively monitor the environment around the electronic device.

Furthermore, the distance between the two detection points of the plug can be adjusted according to the actual needs of the designer, so that the electronic device can be designed to have corresponding detection sensitivity according to different requirements.

In addition, the electronic device may further be provided with an AC/DC conversion unit, thereby charging the battery through the AC/DC conversion unit or directly providing power required for the operation of the sensing unit; or sensing the electronic device. The unit may further be provided with a first sensor and a second sensor, so that the electronic device still has a detecting function when the plug is in the power supply position.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The equivalents and modifications made by the scope of the present invention should fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention. .

Claims (8)

An electronic device includes: a housing, comprising: a communication module disposed in the housing and configured to perform wireless signal transmission with an external device; a detection contact and a power supply contact are separated from each other Provided in the housing; a sensing unit disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the detecting contact and the communication module; a plug movably disposed in the housing, and The housing can be adjusted between a power supply position and a detection position, and the plug includes two terminals and two detection points electrically connected to the two terminals respectively; When the plug is in the power supply position, at least one of the two detection points abuts the power supply contact, and the two terminals can be inserted into an external socket to The external socket obtains power; when the plug is located at the detecting position, at least one of the two terminals abuts the detecting contact, and a part of each of the detecting points is exposed The outer casing can be made to contact two by contacting an external medium The detection point forms an electrical conduction state, and the communication module can obtain a detection signal corresponding to the electrical conduction state through the detection contact, and transmit the detection signal to the An external device; and a battery disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the sensing unit, and when the plug is in the detecting position, the battery can supply the sensing unit and the The power required to operate the communication module. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the two terminals are pivotally connected to the housing, and each of the terminals is arranged at substantially 90 degrees to the detection point to which the terminals are electrically connected. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing is formed with at least one terminal slot; when the plug is located at the power supply position, two of the detection points are located At least one of the terminal slots, and the two terminals are exposed to at least one of the terminal slots; when the plug is located at the detecting position, two of the detecting points are exposed to at least one of the terminals Outside the slot, the two terminals are located in at least one of the terminal slots. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the distance between the two detection points is less than the distance between the two terminals. The electronic device of any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an AC/DC conversion unit, and the AC/DC conversion unit is electrically connected to the power supply contact and the battery; When the plug is in the power supply position, the two terminals can charge the battery through the power contact and the AC/DC conversion unit by using the AC power obtained from the external socket or directly The power required for the operation of the sensing unit is provided. The electronic device of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the housing is formed with a battery well, and the battery is detachably mounted in the battery compartment. The electronic device of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sensing unit has a first sensor and a second sensor disposed in the housing, the first sense The detector is electrically connected to the detecting contact and the communication module, and the second sensor is electrically connected to the power supply contact, when the plug is located at the power supply position, two The terminal can drive the second sensor by power drawn from the external socket. A detection module of an electronic device includes: a detection contact and a power supply contact, which are disposed separately from each other; a plug that can be adjusted between a power supply position and a detection position, the plug includes two And a plurality of detection points respectively electrically connected to the two of the terminals; wherein, when the plug is in the power supply position, at least one of the two detection points abuts a power supply contact, and the two terminals can be used to be inserted into an external socket to obtain power from the external socket; and when the plug is in the detecting position, at least two of the terminals are One of the detection contacts is coupled to the detection contact, and the two detection points can form an electrical conduction state by contacting an external medium, so that the detection contact acquires a detection signal.