TWM478861U - Portable electronic device with auxiliary input module - Google Patents

Description

Auxiliary input module and portable electronic device with auxiliary input module

The present invention relates to an input module, and more particularly to an auxiliary input module and a portable electronic device having an auxiliary input module.

The input interface of the existing mobile phone is mostly a button group or a capacitive touch panel. When it is inconvenient to answer the phone, for example, wearing gloves in a cold area, if the button group is easy to cause a problem of accidental touch, if it is capacitive The touchpad is prone to the problem of touch failure, and therefore, a solution to the aforementioned deficiency is needed.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an auxiliary input module that can be easily operated even with gloves and a portable electronic device having an auxiliary input module.

Therefore, an embodiment of the novel auxiliary input module is configured to operate in a contact surface and is applied to a function module of a portable electronic device that can be controlled to perform a predetermined function, the auxiliary input module including a track sensing a recording unit and a processor; when the track sensor is spaced apart from the contact surface, generating a reference information for the referenceless information, when the track sensor contacts generate a contact with the contact surface Reference sensing data Sensing data having coordinate information, and when the track sensor is displaced on the contact surface, generating a plurality of sensing materials each having a difference in coordinate information; the recording unit is configured to record the generated by the track sensor And sensing data; the processor is electrically connected to the trajectory sensor and the recording unit, for detecting the sensing data recorded by the recording unit to detect that the reference sensing data is changed to be different therefrom When the sensing data is converted into a control command representing a pressing action, the function module is driven to perform the predetermined function.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary input module that can generate control commands representative of a movement trajectory.

Therefore, the recording unit of the auxiliary input module prestores a calculation data of a predetermined trajectory, and the calculation data records a plurality of conditions and control instructions corresponding to the conditions, and the sensing is performed after the processor receives the pressing action. The data is used to perform the similarity calculation of the trajectory with the statistic data. If the operation result is the same or similar, the control instruction corresponding to the condition is generated.

Preferably, the auxiliary input module is mounted in a main housing, and the main housing is mounted with a main controller, a functional module controlled by the main controller, and an electrical connection. The first connection interface of the device; the auxiliary input module further has a housing matched with the periphery of the main housing and a second connection interface electrically connected to the first connection interface, and the control command of the processor passes The second connection interface and the first connection interface are transmitted to the main controller to control the function module.

Preferably, the track sensor is a mechanical track sensor or an optical track sensor.

Another embodiment of the auxiliary input module of the present invention has a trajectory sensor that produces a difference from the sensing data for the reference when it is relatively close to the contact surface and does not directly contact the contact surface. Sensing data for coordinate information. The trajectory sensor is an optical trajectory sensor and enhances the intensity of the emitted light or increases the sensitivity of the sensation so that the trajectory sensor is relatively close to the contact surface and does not directly contact the contact surface to generate a sense of coordinate information. Measuring data.

The portable electronic device of the present invention cooperates with a contact surface and comprises a main controller, a functional module and an auxiliary input module.

The function module is electrically connected to the main controller and is controlled by the main controller to perform a predetermined function.

The auxiliary input module has a track sensor, a recording unit and a processor; when the track sensor is spaced apart from the contact surface, a sensed information of the referenceless information is generated, and when the track is sensed The device contacts the sensing surface at the contact surface to generate a coordinate information having coordinate information different from the reference sensing data, and when the track sensor is displaced at the contact surface, generates a plurality of sensings each having a coordinate information difference The recording unit is configured to record the sensing data generated by the track sensor; the processor is electrically connected to the track sensor and the recording unit for comparing the sensing recorded by the recording unit The data is converted into a control command representing the pressing action when the sensing data used for reference is changed to the sensing data having the difference, and the main controller controls the function module to execute the reservation according to the control instruction. Features.

Preferably, the portable electronic device further includes an electrical connection. a memory module of the main controller, and the memory module prestores a calculation data of a predetermined trajectory, wherein the calculation data records a plurality of conditions and control instructions corresponding to the conditions, and the processor passes the first connection interface and the first The second connection interface forwards the sensing data after the pressing action to the main controller, so that the main controller receives the sensing data after the pressing action, and the sensing data is matched with the sensing data. The calculation data performs the similarity calculation of the trajectory, and if the operation result is the same or similar, the control instruction corresponding to the condition is generated.

Preferably, the portable electronic device further includes a main casing, a main controller installed in the main casing, a functional module controlled by the main controller, and a first one installed in the main casing. The auxiliary input module further has a housing that cooperates with the periphery of the main housing and a second connection interface electrically connected to the first connection interface, and the control command of the processor passes the second connection The interface and the first connection interface are transmitted to the main controller to control the function module.

The effect of the novel is that when the user wants to perform the predetermined function, the track sensor of the auxiliary input module only needs to touch the contact surface, whereby the processor of the auxiliary input module records the record recorded by the recording unit. The sensing data is used to detect when the reference material is changed to the sensing data having the difference from the reference material, that is, it is converted into a control command representing the pressing action, and the user can easily operate without removing the glove.

100, 100'‧‧‧ portable electronic devices

10‧‧‧Master controller

11‧‧‧Main input module

12‧‧‧ function module

13‧‧‧First connection interface

111‧‧‧Main housing

2‧‧‧Memory Module

3‧‧‧Auxiliary input module

30‧‧‧ Processor

31‧‧‧Track sensor

32‧‧‧recording unit

33‧‧‧Second connection interface

301, 302, 401~405‧‧‧ image sensing data

310‧‧‧ openings

311‧‧‧ Shell

5‧‧‧Contact surface

501‧‧‧ calculus data

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings, in which: 1 is a circuit block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the portable electronic device having the auxiliary input module; FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the contact between the portable electronic device of the present invention and a contact surface. Reference material; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the new type of auxiliary input mode according to the change of the reference data generated by the track sensor from touching the contact surface; FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the auxiliary input mode of the present invention; The set of trajectory sensors generates sensing data associated with the moving trajectory when the contact surface moves; FIG. 5 is a circuit block diagram illustrating another preferred embodiment of the portable electronic device having the auxiliary input module of the present invention.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1 , in the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, the portable electronic device 100 is a handheld electronic device, including a main controller 10 , a main input module 11 , a functional module 12 , and an auxiliary input . The module 3, wherein the auxiliary input module 3 has a processor 30 and a track sensor 31. It should be noted that in other embodiments, the portable electronic device 100 may also be a wearable electronic device or a game electronic device, and is not limited by the handheld electronic device. In addition, the trajectory sensor 31 may be plural, and is disposed at different positions of the portable electronic device 100, and is also within the scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in the embodiment, the portable electronic device 100 is a smart mobile phone. The main input module 11 is a touch panel and is electrically connected to the main controller 10, and can be generated by a user. Touch command The main controller 10 is notified. The function module 12 is a call module. When the main controller 10 receives the telephone signal, and if the main controller 10 receives the touch command from the main input module 11 for the connected call, the function module can be Group 12 is connected to the phone.

The portable electronic device 100 further includes a main casing 111 and a casing 311 fixed in the main casing 111. A trajectory sensor 31 is mounted in the casing 311, and the casing 311 has an opening 310 and an opening 310 and a main casing. The corners of the outer circumference of the body 111 cooperate to allow the auxiliary input module 3 to contact each other with a contact surface 5, and the track sensor 31 can be moved relative to the contact surface 5. In this embodiment, the track sensor 31 is an optical mouse track sensor capable of generating image sensing data. As is known to those skilled in the art, the optical mouse track sensor has a light emitting element and an image sense. a detector, the illuminating element illuminates the contact surface 5 to generate reflected light, and the image sensor senses the image sensing data of the reflected light; when the optical mouse trajectory sensor moves on the contact surface 5, the processor 30 can The plurality of image sensing data captured by the image sensor are converted to generate an electronic signal with coordinate movement information.

However, in other embodiments, the trajectory sensor 31 can also be a mechanical mouse trajectory sensor. As is known to those skilled in the art, the mechanical mouse trajectory sensor includes a roller ball in contact with the contact surface 5. a first roller in the X direction that can be rotated by the ball to move forward and backward, and a second roller in the Y direction that can be rotated by the ball to move left and right; when the optical mouse track sensor is in When the contact surface 5 moves, the processor 30 can convert the sensing data of the X-direction moving distance of the first roller and the Y-direction moving distance of the second roller into an electronic signal with coordinate movement information, which belongs to the present invention. of category.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the left half of FIG. 3 shows the image sensing data 301 which generates a referenceless coordinate information when the track sensor 31 is spaced apart from the contact surface 5, and the right half of FIG. 3 indicates the track feeling. When the detector 31 contacts the contact surface 5, another image sensing material 302 having coordinate information different from the reference image sensing material 301 is generated. The "no-coordinate information" referred to herein is because the optical trajectory sensor 31 cannot receive the image formed by the reflected light of the contact surface 5 and presents a speckle-free picture; otherwise, the "coordinate information" is due to the optical trajectory. The sensor receives a picture having the image formed by the reflected light of the contact surface 5 and presents a speckle having reflected light. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, as long as the intensity of the emitted light of the optical track sensor 31 is increased or the sensitivity is improved, as long as it is relatively close to the contact surface 5 (rather than having to directly contact the contact surface 5), It is also possible to receive a picture having the image formed by the reflected light of the contact surface 5 to present a speckle, which is also within the scope of the present invention.

4 is a series of operation actions. When the trajectory sensor 31 is spaced apart from the contact surface 5, the image sensing data 401 is generated. When the trajectory sensor 31 is in contact with the contact surface 5 and displaced, the coordinate information is generated. The image sensing data 402 to 404, and the image sensing data 405 is generated when the track sensor 31 is again spaced from the contact surface 5.

With reference to FIG. 1 , the auxiliary input module 3 functions to: the recording unit 32 is configured to record the sensing data generated by the trajectory sensor 31; the processor 30 is electrically connected to the trajectory sensor 31 and the recording unit 32. The pressing or moving trajectory can be interpreted in comparison with the sensing data recorded by the recording unit 32. In detail, when the processor 30 receives the image sensing data 301 for reference and the image sensing data 302 with coordinate information, the operation state is changed from contactless to contact, that is, a control command representing a pressing action is generated. And providing a control command to the main controller 10 to enable the function module to perform a function corresponding to the pressing action.

In addition, the recording unit 3 prestores a calculation data 501 of a predetermined trajectory. The calculation data 501 records a plurality of conditions and control instructions corresponding to the conditions. Therefore, after the processor 30 generates a control command representative of the pressing action, the trajectory is analyzed for the received sensing data, and the trajectory similarity calculation is performed according to the trajectory obtained by the analysis and the condition in the calculation data 501. If the result of the operation is the same or an approximation, the control command corresponding to the condition is generated.

For example, the condition of the built-in calculus data 501 includes: condition one is that the result of the sensing data is a circled trajectory and correspondingly generates a control command for unlocking a mobile phone, and condition 2 is a result of comparing the sensing data. For the left-sliding trajectory and corresponding to the control command for generating a call-on call, the third condition is that the result of the sensing data is a right-sliding trajectory and correspondingly generates a control command for hanging up the call, and condition four is The result of comparing the sensing data is a trajectory of a fork and corresponding to a control command for shutting down. When the processor 30 analyzes the trajectory according to the sensing data, if the comparison result is close to any of the foregoing conditions, the corresponding control command is generated according to each condition.

The second embodiment of the present invention is identical to the first embodiment in that the processor 30 is in the control of generating a control command representative of the pressing action. formula. The second embodiment of the present invention is different from the first embodiment in that the portable electronic device 100 ′ of the second embodiment further includes a first connection interface 13 , and the auxiliary input module 3 further includes a second connection interface. 33. The first connection interface 13 and the second connection interface 33 are of a pluggable design. For example, the first connection interface 13 and the second connection interface 33 are all in accordance with the mini USB interface, and the housing 311 of the auxiliary input module 3 is This embodiment is also instead provided outside the main casing 111 instead of being mounted inside the main casing 111.

In addition, in order to cooperate with the faster computing power of the main controller 10, a memory module 2 of the portable electronic device 100 can be electrically connected to the main controller 10, and the memory module 2 is pre-stored in the recording unit. 32 calculation data 501. The processor 30 transmits the sensing data after the pressing action to the main controller 10 through the first connection interface 13 and the second connection interface 33, so that the main controller 10 receives the The sensing data after the pressing operation is used to perform the similarity calculation of the trajectory with the sensing data 501. If the operation result is the same or similar, the control command corresponding to the condition is generated.

In summary, the function of the present invention is that when the user wants to perform a predetermined function, the trajectory sensor 31 of the auxiliary input module 3 only needs to touch the contact surface 5, whereby the processing of the auxiliary input module 3 is performed. Comparing the sensing data recorded by the recording unit 32 to detect that the reference sensing data is changed to the sensing data having the difference, the controller converts to a control command representing the pressing action, and the user does not need to take off Gloves can also be easily operated, so it is indeed possible to achieve the purpose of this new type.

However, the above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the present patent application and the contents of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present patent.

100‧‧‧Portable electronic device

10‧‧‧Master controller

11‧‧‧Main input module

12‧‧‧ function module

3‧‧‧Auxiliary input module

30‧‧‧ Processor

31‧‧‧Track sensor

32‧‧‧recording unit

501‧‧‧ calculus data

Claims (13)

An auxiliary input module cooperates with a contact surface to be applied to a function module of a portable electronic device that can be controlled to perform a predetermined function, the auxiliary input module comprising: a track sensor, when When the contact surfaces are spaced apart, a sensed information of the referenceless information is generated, and when the contact surface generates a sensed information having coordinate information on the contact surface that is different from the reference sensed data, and when When the contact surface is displaced, a plurality of sensing materials each having a difference in coordinate information are generated; a recording unit is configured to record the sensing data generated by the track sensor; and a processor is electrically connected to the track sensor and The recording unit is configured to detect the sensing data recorded by the recording unit to detect that when the reference material is changed to the sensing material having the difference, the image is converted to a control command representing the pressing action to drive the function. The module performs the predetermined function. The auxiliary input module of claim 1, wherein the recording unit prestores a calculation data, the calculation data records a plurality of conditions and control instructions corresponding to the conditions, when the processor receives the pressing action The sensing data is used to perform the similarity calculation of the trajectory with the statistic data, and if the operation result is the same or similar, the control instruction corresponding to the condition is generated. The auxiliary input module according to claim 2 is matched with a main casing mounted on the portable electronic device, and a main control is installed in the main casing. And a first connection interface electrically connected to the main controller; the auxiliary input module further has a housing matching the circumference of the main housing and a second connection interface electrically connected to the first connection interface And the control instruction of the processor is transmitted to the main controller through the second connection interface and the first connection interface to control the function module. The auxiliary input module of claim 2, wherein the track sensor is a mechanical track sensor or an optical track sensor. An auxiliary input module cooperates with a contact surface to be applied to a function module of a portable electronic device that can be controlled to perform a predetermined function, the auxiliary input module comprising: a track sensor, when When the contact surfaces are spaced apart, a sensed information of the referenceless information is generated, and when it is relatively close to the contact surface and is not directly contacted to the contact surface, a sensed coordinate information is generated which is different from the reference sensed data. Data, and when it is displaced at the contact surface, generates a plurality of sensing materials each having a difference in coordinate information; a recording unit for recording the sensing data generated by the track sensor; and a processor, electrical Connecting the track sensor and the recording unit for converting the sensor data recorded by the recording unit to detect that when the reference sensing data is changed to the sensing data having the difference Pressing the control command of the action, and the master controller controls the function module to perform the predetermined function according to the control command. The auxiliary input module of claim 5, wherein the trajectory sensor is an optical trajectory sensor, and the intensity of the emitted light is enhanced or raised. The high sensitivity is such that the trajectory sensor is relatively close to the contact surface and does not directly contact the contact surface to produce sensed information with coordinate information. A portable electronic device cooperates with a contact surface and comprises: a main controller; a functional module electrically connected to the main controller, controlled by the main controller to perform a predetermined function; and at least one auxiliary input The module has: a trajectory sensor, when it is spaced apart from the contact surface, generates a sensed information of the referenceless coordinate information, and when the contact surface generates a sensed material for the reference The difference is the sensing data of the coordinate information, and when it is displaced at the contact surface, a plurality of sensing materials each having a coordinate information difference are generated, and a recording unit is configured to record the sensing data generated by the track sensor. And a processor electrically connected to the trajectory sensor and the recording unit for detecting the sensed data recorded by the recording unit to detect that the reference sensing data is changed to have a difference therebetween When the data is measured, it is converted into a control command representing a pressing action, and the main controller controls the function module to perform the predetermined function according to the control command. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the recording unit prestores a calculation data, the calculation data records a plurality of conditions and control instructions corresponding to the conditions, when the processor receives the pressing action The sensing data, the sensing data is matched with the calculation data The similarity calculation of the trajectory is performed, and if the operation result is the same or similar, the control instruction corresponding to the condition is generated. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein the function module is a call module that can be controlled by the call to hang up, and the condition of the calculation data includes a predetermined ratio of the sensing data. The trajectory corresponds to a control command for generating an answering call, or the condition of the calculus includes a control command corresponding to generating a hang-up call when the sensing data is another predetermined trajectory. The portable electronic device of claim 7, further comprising a memory module electrically connected to the main controller, wherein the memory module prestores a calculation data, wherein the calculation data records a plurality of conditions and corresponding to the condition The control command, the processor transmits the sensing data after the pressing action to the main controller through the first connection interface and the second connection interface, so that the main controller receives the pressing action The subsequent sensing data is used to perform the similarity calculation of the trajectory with the statistic data, and if the operation result is the same or similar, the control command corresponding to the condition is generated. The portable electronic device of claim 7, further comprising a main housing, a main controller installed in the main housing, a functional module controlled by the main controller, and a main housing mounted on the main housing a first connection interface in the body; the auxiliary input module further has a housing matched with the periphery of the main housing and a second connection interface electrically connected to the first connection interface, and the control command of the processor passes The second connection interface and the first connection interface are transmitted to the main controller to control the function module. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the trajectory sensor has a plurality of trajectory sensors, and each of the trajectory sensors is disposed at different positions of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device according to claim 7 is a handheld electronic device, a wearable electronic device or a game electronic device.