WO2013082761A1

WO2013082761A1 - Portable touch control accessory

Info

Publication number: WO2013082761A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/083554
Authority: WO
Inventors: 庄新宏
Original assignee: Chuang Hsin-Hung
Priority date: 2011-12-06
Filing date: 2011-12-06
Publication date: 2013-06-13

Abstract

A portable touch control accessory, comprising a connecting piece, a touch control element, a connecting structure and a conductive piece; the connecting piece is a nonconductive tubular element with an opening at one end; the opening of the connecting piece is suitable to be sleeved on a columnar portable article; the touch control element is conductive and can be installed at the other end of the connecting piece in virtue of the connecting structure; the conductive piece is of conductivity and flexibility, and is electrically connected to the touch control element; and at least a part of the conductive piece is exposed. The portable touch control accessory is suitable to be attached to another portable article; when the attached portable accessory is held by a user, the touch control element contacts human body via the conductive piece to form a grounded loop, so that the attached portable accessory can be used to operate a capacitive touch control panel.

Description

Portable touch accessories

Technical field

The invention relates to a capacitive touch device, in particular to a portable device suitable for being installed in a cylindrical container, so that the attached portable device can be used for the portable touch accessory for operating the capacitive touch panel.

Background technique

The rapid development of the electronics industry has made 3C products more and more fast, especially the touch-based operation interface has become the design trend and mainstream of 3C products in the future. The touch operation interface is basically a graphical operating system of the touch panel and the software part of the hardware part (operation) The integration of the touch panel can be divided into a resistive touch panel, a capacitive touch panel, an optical touch panel, an electromagnetic touch panel, and an ultrasonic touch panel according to the principle of the sensing. Early touch panels used in personal digital assistants and mobile phones were mainly resistive touch panels. Although the cost of resistive touch panels is low, it is difficult to implement multi-touch functions.

Apple's mobile phones and tablets are the first to adopt capacitive touch panels and support multi-touch functions. Compared with traditional resistive touch panels with single-touch function, multi-touch is supported. The function of the capacitive touch panel enables the graphical operation interface to provide a richer operation mode and fun, so it has won widespread recognition and love from consumers, and has led more 3C information products to adopt capacitive touch. panel.

Although the capacitive touch panel can directly perform touch operation with a finger, it is still more convenient to use the stylus when performing handwriting input, and even some users still prefer to operate the capacitive touch panel in a pen-like manner, The capacitive touch panel and the resistive touch panel are different in sensing manner, so the stylus conventionally used for the resistive touch panel cannot be directly used for the capacitive touch panel.

technical problem

At present, many capacitive styluses for capacitive touch panels have been developed. These capacitive styluses may have different shapes and configurations, but they are all independent and fully functional capacitive touch devices. These capacitive styluses cannot be integrated with other portable products of the user, and many capacitive touch pens have to be added to many of the user's personal belongings. In order to reduce the burden, the user has to look for trouble. Lightweight and portable capacitive stylus.

Technical solution

In view of the fact that some users still prefer to operate the capacitive touch panel in a pen-like manner, and the conventional capacitive stylus cannot be integrated with other portable products of the user, the present invention proposes a portable body. Touch accessories, this portable touch accessory is suitable for retrofits in cylindrical styles, allowing the installed portable items to be used to operate capacitive touch panels.

An embodiment of the portable touch accessory of the present invention is constructed, comprising:

a connector, the connector is a tubular member that is non-conductive and has an opening at one end, and the opening of the connector is adapted to be sleeved in the cylindrical body;

a touch element, the touch element is electrically conductive and can be mounted on the other end of the connector by means of a connection structure;

A conductive member, the conductive member is electrically conductive and flexible, and the conductive member is electrically connected to the touch component, and at least a portion of the conductive member is exposed to contact with the human body to form a ground loop.

The portable touch accessory is suitable as a retrofit accessory for other portable products. When the user holds the attached portable device, the touch component can contact the human body through the conductive member to form a ground loop, so that the installed portable device can be installed. Can be used to operate capacitive touch panels.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting member is an elastically stretchable member, and the connecting member is optionally made of any one of a non-conductive material of rubber, silicone and plastic.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the touch component is a flexible component that can be electrically conductive, and the touch component can select any conductive material such as conductive rubber, conductive plastic, conductive cloth and conductive foam. One or a combination thereof.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the conductive member is a flexible member that can be electrically conductive, and the conductive member 30 can optionally comprise copper, aluminum, conductive yarn, conductive wire and conductive cloth or other metal and conductive conductive material. Any of the manufacturing.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the conductive member may be disposed on the outer side, the inner side of the connecting member or wrapped in the connecting member, but at least a part of the conductive member is exposed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting structure may be any one of a screw structure or a fitting structure, so that the touch component can be installed at one end of the connecting component by means of the connecting structure, and can be replaced by a different one. Touch element.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the touch element and the conductive member have a decorative shape and can also be used as a portable accessory for the user.

Beneficial effect

It can be understood from the above description of the present invention that the portable touch accessory of the present invention can be attached to a cylindrical personal belongings (such as a ballpoint pen) by using a connecting member, and the touch component can be used when the user holds the attached portable device. The electrical circuit can be formed by the contact of the conductive member with the human body, so that the installed portable device can be used to operate the capacitive touch panel; on the other hand, the touch element and the conductive member having the decorative shape can also be used. The invention of the portable touch accessories is used as a portable accessory, which adds more added value.

In addition, the conductive member can be manufactured in various shapes such as an animal or plant or cartoon pattern or a geometric figure or an ornament.

Other effects and embodiments of the present invention will be described below in conjunction with the drawings.

DRAWINGS

1 is a structural view of an embodiment of the present invention showing the construction of a portable touch accessory.

2 is a cross-sectional structural view of the connector and the touch element, showing an embodiment configuration of the connection structure.

3 is a cross-sectional structural view of the connector and the touch element, showing another embodiment configuration of the connection structure.

4 is a schematic view of the use of the present invention, showing the case where the connector of the portable touch accessory is sleeved on the ballpoint pen.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional structural view of a touch element showing another embodiment of the touch element.

Fig. 6 is a structural view showing another embodiment of the present invention, showing a configuration in which a portable touch accessory has a ring-shaped conductive member.

Figure 7 is a configuration diagram of another embodiment of the present invention in which the touch elements have a decorative shape.

Fig. 8 is a structural view showing another embodiment of the present invention, showing a configuration in which a portable touch accessory has a sheet-like conductive member.

Figure 9 is a structural view of another embodiment of the present invention showing a cross-sectional configuration in which a conductive member is wrapped in a connector.

[Main component symbol description]

10 connectors 22 threads

11 openings 23 grooves

12 thread 30 conductive parts

13 ribs 31 contact section

20 touch elements 32 conductive ends

21 conductive cloth 40 ball pen

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

1 is a configuration of a first embodiment of a portable touch accessory of the present invention, comprising:

A connecting member 10 is a tubular member which is non-conductive and has an opening 11 at one end. The cross-sectional shape of the opening 11 can be circular, polygonal or other irregular shape, and the opening 11 is suitable for socketing. In the cylindrical portable article, one of the examples shown in FIG. 4 is sleeved at one end of the ballpoint pen 40 by the opening 11 of the connecting member 10;

a touch element 20, the touch element 20 is electrically conductive and can be mounted on the other end of the connector 10 (which can be opposite the other end of the opening 11) by a connection structure;

A conductive member 30, the conductive member 30 is electrically conductive and flexible, and the conductive member 30 is electrically connected to the touch member 20. The conductive member 30 has at least one exposed contact portion 31, and the contact portion 31 can be in contact with the human body to form an electrical property. Loop.

The connecting member 10 is an elastically stretchable member, and the opening 11 of the connecting member 10 can be stably sleeved on the cylindrical carrying body, and is also suitable for being sleeved on the cylindrical portion of the portable article, for example, the opening 11 is sleeved. The cylindrical part of the ballpoint pen, eyebrow pencil or other personal belongings, and not easy to loose, the connector 10 can be selected to be made of any one of rubber, silicone and plastic.

The touch component 20 is a flexible component that can be electrically conductive. When in use, the user can directly touch the capacitive touch panel with the touch component 20, so that a material with appropriate softness should be selected to avoid damage. For the capacitive touch panel, the touch element 20 can be selected from any one or a combination of conductive materials such as conductive rubber, conductive plastic, conductive cloth and conductive foam; if conductive rubber, conductive plastic and conductive foam are selected Such a conductive material can also directly shape the shape of the touch element 20 into a decorative appearance, such as a cartoon shape or other decorative shape (as shown in FIG. 7), so that the present invention is also suitable as a user. Portable accessories.

FIG. 5 illustrates another embodiment of the touch element 20. The touch element 20 is selected to be formed into a predetermined shape by any suitable soft material such as rubber, silicone, plastic, and foam. The outer portion of the component 20 is coated with a conductive cloth 21.

The connecting structure can be either a threaded structure as shown in FIG. 2 or a fitting structure as shown in FIG. 3, so that the touch element 20 can be mounted on one end of the connecting member 10 by means of the connecting structure, and can be freely Replace the different touch elements 20. The embodiment of FIG. 2 is provided with a thread 22 at one end of the touch element 20, and a matching thread 12 is also provided at one end of the connector 10, and the user can install the touch element 20 by means of the thread 22 and the thread 12. At one end of the connector 10, the touch element 20 is removed from the connector 10 and replaced with other differently shaped touch elements 20.

The embodiment of the fitting structure shown in FIG. 3 has a protruding rib 13 protruding toward the center of the connecting member 10 at one end of the connecting member 10, and a recessed groove at the outer edge of one end of the touch member 20. 23, since the touch element 20 is a flexible element that can be electrically conductive, the user can easily insert the groove 23 of the touch element 20 into the protruding rib 13 of the connecting member 10, thereby mounting the touch element 20 on the connection. At one end of the device 10, the touch element 20 is removed from the connector 10 and replaced with other differently shaped touch elements 20.

Although the present invention only discloses the configuration of the above two connection structures, those skilled in the art, after understanding the technical features and description of the present invention, may implement the above-mentioned changes or other equivalent configurations. The connection structure, for example, the one end of the touch element 20 is designed to be tubular and then sleeved at one end of the connector 10, but these simple changes are still within the technical scope of the present invention.

The conductive member 30 is a flexible member or a hard material that can be electrically conductive. The conductive member 30 can be selected from any one of copper, aluminum, conductive yarn, conductive yarn and conductive cloth or other metal and conductive materials. The use of a linear conductive yarn or a conductive yarn can be used to wrap the long linear conductive member 30 around the attached portable article or on the user's finger.

Another embodiment is constructed as shown in FIG. 6. When the long linear conductive member 30 is formed into a ring shape, it can be attached to the body or a suitable item like a general mobile phone charm, and has both ornamental value. Portable accessories. Another embodiment is constructed as shown in FIG. 7. The conductive member 30 is composed of a plurality of conductive yarns or conductive wires, and the touch element 20 matched with the doll shape is like a doll with hair and can also be used as a portable accessory. . Further, the embodiment of Fig. 8 shows a connector 30 which is formed into a sheet shape using a conductive cloth.

The conductive member 30 may be disposed on the outer side of the connector 10 (as shown in FIG. 2), on the inner side (as shown in FIG. 3), or wrapped in the connector (as shown in FIG. 9). In any position of the connecting member 10, the conductive member 30 has at least one conductive end 32 which can be in contact with the touch element 20, as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the conductive member 30 can be adhered to the connection. The outer surface of the component 10 is disposed at the junction of the touch component 20 and the connector 10. When the touch component 20 is connected to the connector 10 by a screw structure or a mating structure, the conductive terminal 32 can be disposed. The conductive terminal 32 of the conductive member 30 can be electrically connected to the touch component 20 between the touch component 20 and the connector 10 .

An embodiment of the conductive member 30 disposed on the inner side of the connecting member 10 (as shown in FIG. 3) is a groove defined on the inner side of the connecting member 10 to adhere the conductive member to the groove; When the portable device is used, the touch component 20 can form an electrical circuit through the contact portion 31 of the conductive member 30 to contact the human body, so that the installed portable device can be used to operate the capacitive touch panel.

In addition, the conductive member 30 can be manufactured in various shapes such as an animal or plant or cartoon pattern or a geometric figure or an ornament.

In addition, the touch element 20 and the connecting member 10 can be integrally formed.

In the above embodiments, the length of the contact portion 31 of the conductive member 30 exceeds the end of the opening 11 of the connector member 10, which is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the patent of the present invention. The length of the contact section 31 can also be shorter than or equal to the end of the opening 11 of the connector 10 without exceeding the end of the connector.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above by the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any person skilled in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of patent protection of the invention is subject to the definition of the claims appended hereto.

Claims

A portable touch accessory suitable for being attached to a cylindrical portable article, so that the installed portable device can be used to operate the capacitive touch panel, wherein the portable touch accessory includes:

a connector, the connector being a non-conducting tubular member having an opening at one end, the opening being adapted to be sleeved in a cylindrical body;

a touch component, the touch component is electrically conductive and can be mounted on the other end of the connector by means of a connection structure;

The conductive member is electrically connected to the touch component, and the conductive component has at least one contact segment, and the contact segment can be in contact with the human body to form an electrical circuit.
The portable touch accessory of claim 1 wherein the connector is selected from the group consisting of rubber, silicone and plastic.
The portable touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the touch component is a conductive component, and the touch component is selected from conductive materials such as conductive rubber, conductive plastic, conductive cloth and conductive foam. Any one or combination thereof is manufactured.
The portable touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the connecting member is a telescopic elastic connecting member.
The portable touch accessory according to claim 1, wherein the conductive member is made of any one of copper, aluminum, conductive yarn, conductive yarn, conductive cloth or metal.
The portable touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the conductive member is disposed on an outer side, an inner side of the connecting member or is wrapped in the connecting member.
The portable touch accessory of claim 1 wherein the conductive member is an annular conductive member.
The portable touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the connecting structure is a threaded structure or a fitting structure, and the touch component is mounted on the connecting component by the connecting structure. One end.
The portable touch accessory of claim 8 , wherein the thread structure comprises a thread disposed at one end of the touch component, and a thread matching the thread of the touch component at one end of the connector The thread is mounted on one end of the connecting member or the touch member is detached from the connecting member.
The portable touch accessory according to claim 8, wherein the fitting structure comprises: one end of the connecting member has a protruding rib protruding toward a center of the connecting member, and a groove at an outer edge of one end of the touch element; The groove of the touch component can be embedded in the protruding rib of the connecting component, and the touch component is mounted on one end of the connecting component or the touch component is detached from the connecting component.