WO2021211093A1 - Zones de stockage de dispositifs périphériques pour dispositifs électroniques - Google Patents

Zones de stockage de dispositifs périphériques pour dispositifs électroniques Download PDF

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WO2021211093A1
WO2021211093A1 PCT/US2020/028055 US2020028055W WO2021211093A1 WO 2021211093 A1 WO2021211093 A1 WO 2021211093A1 US 2020028055 W US2020028055 W US 2020028055W WO 2021211093 A1 WO2021211093 A1 WO 2021211093A1
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stylus
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Wen-hua NI
Cheng-Han Tsai
Tai-Hsiang Chen
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
    • G06F3/0354—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
    • G06F3/03545—Pens or stylus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
    • G06F3/038—Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

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  • Peripheral devices may be utilized to facilitate or enhance the functionality of an electronic device.
  • One example peripheral device includes a stylus.
  • Styluses are pen-shaped devices that may be used to provide inputs to an electronic device (e.g., via a touch sensitive display or surface of or coupled to the electronic device).
  • a user may grasp the stylus (e.g., like a pen or other writing instrument) and maneuver the stylus to draw or write words, images, etc., on the touch sensitive display or surface such that they may be displayed in an electronic format by the electronic device (e.g., on a display).
  • FIG. 1 is a top view of a system including an electronic device comprising a peripheral device storage area according to some examples;
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are side, schematic cross-sectional views of the peripheral device storage area shown in FIG. 1 according to some examples;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along section A-A in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along section B-B in FIG. 3; and [0007] FIGS. 6 and 7 are schematic diagrams showing a coupling between a switch and a magnet of the electronic device of FIG. 1 according to some examples.
  • Peripheral devices are devices that may be used to facilitate or enhance the functionality of an electronic device. Because such peripheral devices may be used infrequently and may be relatively small (that is, compared to the size of the electronic device that the peripheral device may be utilized with), these devices may be separated from the electronic device and ultimately lost. Accordingly, examples disclosed herein include storage areas on an electronic device that are to receive and hold a peripheral device (e.g., such as a stylus) therein when not in use. [0009] In some instances, it may be difficult to grasp and remove a peripheral device from a storage area during operations.
  • the example storage areas disclosed herein may retain the peripheral device within the storage area via a magnetically attractive force, and then when desired may repel the peripheral device out of the storage area via a magnetic repelling force.
  • the examples disclosed herein may allow a peripheral device to be securely stored within storage area when not in use, and to be easily retrieved from the storage area when desired.
  • Electronic device 10 generally includes a housing 12 that is to hold and support the various components and features of electronic device 10.
  • the term “electronic device,” refers to a device that is to carry out machine readable instructions, and may include internal components, such as, processors, power sources, memory devices, etc.
  • an electronic device may include, among other things, a personal computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a personal data assistant, etc.
  • electronic device 10 is a laptop computer such that housing 12 includes a first housing member 14 rotatably coupled to a second housing member 16 at a hinge 13.
  • the first housing member 14 includes a plurality of user input devices, which in this example comprise a keyboard 15, and a trackpad 17.
  • the second housing member 16 includes an electronic display device 18 (or more simply “display 18”) that is to project images for viewing by a user (not shown) of the electronic device 10.
  • display refers to an electronic display (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, a plasma display, etc.) that is to display images generated by an associated electronic device.
  • display 18 may be a flexible display; however, display 18 may be another type of display different from a flexible display in other examples.
  • the term “flexible display” refers to an electronic display that may be deformed (e.g., rolled, folded, etc.) within a given parameter or specification (e.g., a minimum radius of curvature) without losing electrical function or connectivity.
  • display 18 and/or trackpad 17 may be touch-sensitive surfaces, such that display 18 and/or trackpad 17 may detect inputs on electronic device 10 from physical contact with a user’s finger or another device (e.g., such as stylus, which is described in more detail below) during operations.
  • Display 18 and trackpad 17 may utilize any suitable touch sensitive technology, such as, for instance, capacitive touch sensitivity, resistive touch sensitivity, surface acoustic wave touch sensitivity, etc.
  • system 5 includes a peripheral device 50 that may be stored within a storage area 100 defined on housing 12 (particularly first housing member 14 in this example) of electronic device 10.
  • peripheral device 50 is a stylus, and thus, may be more simply referred to herein as “stylus 50.”
  • the storage area 100 may be utilized so as to receive and hold a number of different types of peripheral devices (e.g., mouse, headset, earphones, laser pointer, etc.).
  • storage area 100 is disposed along first housing member 14, adjacent to keyboard 15.
  • a magnetically attractive force may be generated within first housing member 14 so as to attract and pull the stylus 50 into the storage area 100
  • a magnetically repelling force may be generated within first housing member 14 so as to repel the stylus 50 from the storage area 100.
  • a switch 110 is disposed along first housing member 14 that is to selectively actuate the magnetically attractive force and the magnetically repelling force during operations. Further details of the storage area 100 and the magnetic attraction and repulsion of stylus 50 are discussed in more detail below.
  • the storage area 100 comprises a receptacle or recess 101 defined along an outer surface 14a of first housing member 14 that is to receive the stylus 50 therein.
  • the receptacle 101 is sized such that a majority (or alternatively an entirety) of the stylus 50 is received within the receptacle 101 when stylus 50 is disposed or stored within storage area 100.
  • stylus 50 may not be able to protrude out of receptacle 101 when disposed therein (or may minimally protrude out of receptacle 101 in other examples).
  • stylus 50 is an elongate member that includes a central or longitudinal axis 55.
  • the term “elongate” refers to objects or members that have a length that is greater than their width.
  • a magnet 52 is disposed within stylus 50.
  • Magnet 52 may be a permanent magnet or an electromagnet.
  • magnet 52 is a permanent magnet.
  • the stylus 50 is received within the receptacle 101 in a direction that is radially oriented (i.e. , in a radial direction) relative to the axis 55 of stylus 50.
  • a magnet 120 is disposed within a cavity 102 of first housing member 14 that is proximate receptacle 101 of storage area 100.
  • cavity 102 may be disposed directly under the receptacle 101.
  • Magnet 120 comprises a so-called permanent magnet that includes a first magnetic pole 120A, and a second magnetic pole 120B.
  • One of the poles 120A, 120B may be a North magnetic pole of magnet 120, while the other of the poles 120A, 120B may be a South magnetic pole of magnet 120.
  • a rod 122 extends through a throughbore 126 of magnet 120 along a central or longitudinal axis 125.
  • Rod 122 may be fixed or secured to magnet 120 such that as rod 122 is rotated about axis 125, magnet 120 is also rotated about axis 125.
  • axis 125 defines an axis of rotation for both rod 122 and magnet 120 during operations.
  • the axis 125 may coincide with a central or longitudinal axis of the rod 122 and/or the magnet 120 itself.
  • Rod 122 may be secured to magnet 120 in any suitable manner that would allow rod 122 and magnet 120 to rotate together about axis 125 during operations.
  • rod 122 is secured within throughbore 126 of magnet 120 via an adhesive (e.g., glue).
  • rod 122 may be threadably engaged within throughbore 126 of magnet 120.
  • rod 122 may have a keyed engagement with the throughbore 126 (e.g., the rod 122 and throughbore 126 may include complimentary faceted surfaces that prevent relative rotation between the rod 122 and magnet 120 during operations).
  • rod 122 may be rotatably supported within cavity 102 via a plurality of bearing members 124.
  • bearing members 124 may comprise pins, tabs, or other structures suitable to maintain the alignment of rod 122 along axis 125 while also facilitating the rotation of rod 122 (and thus also magnet 120) about axis 125 during operations.
  • bearing members 124 may comprise a polymer; however, other materials are contemplated in other examples.
  • bearing members 124 may be integrally formed within the cavity 102 of first housing member 14. A lubricant may be disposed between the bearing members 124 and rod 122 in some examples, so as to reduce friction.
  • the magnet 120 may be rotated about axis 125, between a first orientation shown in FIG. 2, and a second orientation shown in FIG. 3.
  • first orientation FIG. 2
  • second orientation FIG. 3
  • the first magnetic pole 120A of magnet 120 may be more proximate (or closer to) the receptacle 101 and storage area 100 than the second magnetic pole 120B.
  • second orientation FIG. 3
  • the second magnetic pole 120B of magnet 120 may be more proximate (or closer to) the receptacle 101 than the second magnetic pole 120B and storage area 100.
  • the magnet 52 within the stylus 50 is arranged and designed such that when magnet 120 is in the first orientation of FIG. 2, an attractive magnetic force may be generated between the magnets 120, 52 that pulls the stylus 50 into the receptacle 101 along a direction 104 (that is generally in a radial direction with respect to axis 55 of stylus 50 as previously described). Conversely, when the magnet 120 is in the second orientation of FIG. 3, a repulsive force is generated between the magnets 120, 52 that pushes or repels stylus 50 from the receptacle 101 along a direction 105 that is generally opposite the direction 104 in FIG. 2 (and thus is generally in a radial direction with respect to axis 55 of stylus 50 as previously described).
  • the magnet 52 within stylus 50 may be a permanent magnet and thus includes a pair of opposite magnetic poles (e.g., North and South poles) as similarly described above for magnet 120. Therefore, the orientation of magnet 52 within stylus 50, as well as the orientation of the magnet 52 within receptacle 101 may be set so as to allow for suitable alignment of the poles (not shown) of magnet 52 and the poles 120A, 120B of magnet 120 to result in the attractive and repulsive magnetic forces when the magnet 120 is in the first orientation (FIG. 2) and the second orientation (FIG. 3) as described above.
  • the stylus 50 may be inserted within receptacle 101 such that a pole of magnet 52 that has an opposite polarity to the pole 120A and the same polarity of pole 120B is facing downward or inward to receptacle 101 during operations.
  • any suitable mechanism or method may be employed to ensure that stylus 50 is in a proper orientation to facilitate the attractive and repulsive forces described above.
  • the stylus 50 may be shaped or formed so as to be inserted within the receptacle 101 in a single angular orientation relative to axis 55.
  • the cross-section of stylus 50 may be non-circular (e.g., elliptical, oval, triangular, etc.), and receptacle 101 may be correspondingly shaped so as to allow insertion of the stylus 50 into receptacle 101 in a particular angular orientation with respect to axis 55.
  • the angular orientation of stylus 50 (again, with respect to axis 55) may be such that the magnet 52 within stylus 50 may be appropriately attracted or repelled by the magnet 120 within cavity 102 as described above.
  • switch 110 may utilized to transition the magnet 120 between the first orientation (FIG. 2) and the second orientation (FIG. 3) during operations.
  • switch 110 comprises a roller 112 that is partially disposed within a recess or cavity 116 of first housing member 14. Roller 112 is rotatably coupled to a shaft 114 such that roller 112 may rotate or pivot about an axis 115 during operations.
  • switch 110 is coupled (e.g., mechanically, electrically, communicatively, etc.) to rod 122 and magnet 120 such that when a user rotates the roller 112 about an axis 115, the rod 122 and magnet 120 are correspondingly rotated about axis 125 between the first orientation and second orientation as previously described.
  • the roller 112 of switch 110 is mechanically coupled to rod 122 via a gear assembly 150.
  • the gear assembly 150 includes gear(s) 152, shaft(s) 154, and/or other mechanical linkages (not shown) that convert a rotation of roller 112 about axis 115 into a corresponding rotation of rod 122 and magnet 120 about axis 125 as previously described.
  • rod 122 is coupled to a driver 206 (e.g., a servo motor, etc.) that is to rotate rod 122 and magnet 120 about axis 125 as previously described.
  • the driver 206 may be actuated by a controller 200 that is also communicatively coupled to switch 110.
  • the controller 200 includes a processor 202 and a memory 204.
  • the processor 202 e.g., microprocessor, central processing unit (CPU), or collection of such processor devices, etc.
  • the memory 204 may comprise volatile storage (e.g., random access memory (RAM)), non-volatile storage (e.g., flash storage, read-only memory (ROM), etc.), or combinations of both volatile and non-volatile storage.
  • RAM random access memory
  • non-volatile storage e.g., flash storage, read-only memory (ROM), etc.
  • Data consumed or produced by the machine-readable instructions 205 can also be stored on memory 204.
  • a user may rotate the roller 112 of switch 110 about axis 115.
  • the processor 202 may detect the rotation of roller 112 (e.g., via a sensor) and in turn may actuate driver 206 to correspondingly rotate rod 122 and magnet 120 about axis 125.
  • the processor 202 may rotate the rod 122 the same magnitude about axis 125 that the roller 112 is rotated about axis 115 (e.g., driver 206 may rotate rod 122 and magnet 120 a degree of rotation about axis 125 for every degree of rotation of the roller 112 about axis 115).
  • the processor 202 may rotate the rod 122 and magnet 120, via driver 206, a different magnitude about axis 125 than the roller 112 is rotated about axis 115.
  • switch 110 may comprise another type of switch 110 that is different from roller 112.
  • switch 110 may comprise a lever that may be pivoted (e.g., about axis 115) between a pair of positions within cavity 116 that correspond with the first and second orientations of magnet 120 as described above.
  • switch 110 may comprise a button, touch sensitive surface, or other suitable switch that, when manipulated (e.g., pushed, touched, etc.) may rotatably toggle the magnet 120 between the first orientation (FIG. 2) and the second orientation (FIG. 3) (e.g., via the controller 200 and driver 206 as previously described above).
  • magnet 120 may be transitioned between the first and second orientations via a user selection or input via other methods or devices (e.g., keyboard 15, trackpad 17, display 18, etc.).
  • a user may wish to retrieve the stylus 50 from the receptacle 101 of storage area 100 (e.g., so as to utilize stylus 50 to make inputs to electronic device 10). Accordingly, the user may manipulate the switch 110 (e.g., by rotating roller 112 about axis 115) so as to cause or drive the magnet 120 to rotate from the first orientation (FIG. 2) to the second orientation (FIG. 3). As a result, the stylus 50 is repelled out of the receptacle 101 along direction 105 via the repulsive magnetic force generated between magnets 120, 52 such that it may be grasped by the user and retrieved for use.
  • the switch 110 e.g., by rotating roller 112 about axis 115
  • the user may wish to once again store the stylus within the receptacle 101. Accordingly, the user may once again manipulate the switch 110 so as to cause or drive the magnet 120 to rotate about axis 125 from the second orientation (FIG. 3) to the first orientation (FIG. 2). As a result, the stylus 50 is attracted into the receptacle 101 along direction 104 via the attractive magnetic force generated between magnets 120, 52, such that stylus 50 is retained within receptacle 101 (and accidental withdrawal or removal of the stylus 50 from receptacle 101 is prevented or restricted).
  • the examples disclosed herein include storage areas (e.g., storage area 100) on an electronic device that are to receive and hold a peripheral device (e.g., stylus 50) therein when not in use.
  • a peripheral device e.g., stylus 50
  • the example storage areas disclosed herein may retain the peripheral device within the storage area via a magnetically attractive force, and then when desired may repel the peripheral device out of the storage area via a magnetic repelling force.
  • the examples disclosed herein may allow a peripheral device to be securely stored within storage area when not in use, and to be easily retrieved from the storage area when desired.
  • magnet 120 may comprise an electromagnet.
  • electronic device 10 may direct electric current (e.g., via a controller, such as, for instance, controller 200) through magnet in a first direction so as to generate the magnetically attractive force.
  • the electronic device 10 may reverse the direction of the electric current provided to the magnet 120 from the first direction to a second direction so as to generate the repulsive magnetic force previously described above.
  • the terms “including” and “comprising” are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted to mean “including, but not limited to... .”
  • the term “couple” or “couples” is intended to be broad enough to encompass both indirect and direct connections. Thus, if a first device couples to a second device, that connection may be through a direct connection or through an indirect connection via other devices, components, and connections.
  • the word “or” is used in an inclusive manner. For example, “A or B” means any of the following: “A” alone, “B” alone, or both “A” and “B.”

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L'invention concerne, par exemple, des dispositifs électroniques qui comprennent un boîtier. Le boîtier comprend une surface extérieure comprenant une zone de stockage pour un dispositif périphérique. De plus, le dispositif électronique comprend un aimant monté de façon pivotante dans le boîtier. L'aimant comprend un premier pôle magnétique et un second pôle magnétique. L'aimant est destiné à pivoter entre : une première orientation dans laquelle le premier pôle magnétique est plus proche de la zone de stockage que le second pôle magnétique ; et une seconde orientation dans laquelle le second pôle magnétique est plus proche de la zone de stockage que le premier pôle magnétique.
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