CN101488046A - Electronic device and keyboard module thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device includes a keyboard module. The keyboard module is provided with a plurality of first input keys, a plurality of second input keys, a first vibration component and a second vibration component. When any one of the plurality of first input keys is pressed or touched, the first vibration component generates vibration along with the first input keys, and when any one of the plurality of second input keys is pressed or touched, the second vibration component generates vibration along with the second input keys, so that the tactile feedback is generated to the user.

Description

Electronic installation and Keysheet module thereof

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of touch keyboard, relate more particularly to a kind of touch keyboard with haptic feedback mechanism.

Background technology

The traditional mechanical formula keyboard that is equipped with on the conventional computer equipment behind the button of pressing on the lower keyboard, can obtain a haptic feedback, and therefore the user can rely on this haptic feedback to judge whether this button is pressed.Yet the touch keyboard that many employing touch control manners remove input character/symbol or control has appearred in keyboard that be equipped with on the at present new-type portable electric device, and this touch keyboard generally there is no the configuration haptic feedback mechanism.After the user presses button on the lower device, can't obtain a haptic feedback, therefore can't directly rely on haptic feedback judge whether this button is pressed, only can be by judging as modes such as the sound or light signals whether this button is pressed.In any case most user still more likes the direct haptic feedback rather than the sound or light signal, and human reaction for sound or light stimulation, be much slower than direct reaction to haptic stimulus.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of Keysheet module, during the enter key of user on touching or push this Keysheet module, can experience the vibrating tactile feedback with vibrating tactile feedback.

For achieving the above object, the present invention is divided at least two enter key groups with a plurality of enter keies on the Keysheet module, under each enter key group vibration component is set respectively.When enter key was touched, the vibration component of the enter key group below under this enter key can produce the enter key of vibration transfer to the top, allows the user experience the vibrating tactile feedback thus.

Keysheet module with vibrating tactile feedback according to the present invention is because of being provided with vibration component, when making the enter key of user on pressing Keysheet module, can experience the vibrating tactile feedback, judges thus whether this enter key is touched or push.In addition, the present invention adopts vibration component of a plurality of enter key configurations to produce the vibrating tactile feedback, therefore can reduce production costs and increase the inner available space of Keysheet module when the vibrating tactile feedback is provided.The present invention also can be designed to when different enter keies is touched according to the actual needs, and vibration component can produce different oscillation intensitys, allows the user thus when pressing different enter keies, can experience roughly the same vibrating tactile feedback.

In order to make above and other objects of the present invention, feature and advantage more obvious, hereinafter specially exemplify out embodiments of the invention, and cooperate appended diagram, be described in detail below.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is for having the electronic installation of the Keysheet module of haptic feedback according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the diagrammatic cross-section of the Keysheet module 2-2 along the line among Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is for having the diagrammatic cross-section of the Keysheet module of haptic feedback according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Main description of reference numerals

100 electronic installations, 105 display units

110 Keysheet modules, 112 enter key groups

113 key groups, 114 enter key groups

120 enter keies, 121 touch surface

122 salient points, 130 switches

132 thin slices, 133 electrodes

134 thin slices, 135 openings

136 thin slices, 137 electrodes

140 testing circuits, 150,151 vibration components

160 driving circuits, 210 Keysheet modules

Embodiment

Fig. 1 is for having the electronic installation of the Keysheet module of haptic feedback according to an embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 is the diagrammatic cross-section of the Keysheet module 2-2 along the line among Fig. 1.With reference to figure 1 and Fig. 2,electronic installation 100 hasdisplay unit 105 andKeysheet module 110, and thisKeysheet module 110 is presented at character on thedisplay unit 105 in order to input.In one embodiment of the invention,Keysheet module 110 compriseskey groups 113, touch-control sensing assembly 115 and two vibration components 150,151.Key groups 113 has a plurality ofenter keies 120, is available for users to import the character that is presented on thedisplay unit 105, as: numeral, English alphabet or other literal etc.In this embodiment, a plurality ofenter key 120 is one-body molded at grade to form continuous touch surface 121.Key groups 113 subscripts are shown with 26 English alphabets that the character position on the secundum legem qwerty keyboard is arranged, these 26 English alphabets lay respectively on eachenter key 120, also can indicate other simultaneously as numeral, special symbol and punctuation mark etc.

Touch-control sensing assembly 115 is arranged on the below ofkey groups 113, in order to the contact on eachenter key 120 of sensing.After touch-control sensing assembly 115 sensed contact onarbitrary enter key 120, sensed character or the symbol that is indicated to theenter key 120 of contact promptly can be transfused to and be presented on the display unit 105.In this embodiment, touch-control sensing assembly 115 can be realized by capacitance type sensor.

In this embodiment, in order to allow the user obtain haptic feedback during enterkey 120 in contact, therefore be provided with two vibration components 150,151 belowkey groups 113, this vibration component can be a piezoelectric element for example.When the user touchedarbitrary enter key 120, touch-control sensing assembly 115 can produce signals, thereby madecorresponding vibration component 150 or 151 produce the vibration that is passed tokey groups 113, to allow the user feel the vibrating tactile feedback.Hereinafter will elaborate to this.

In this embodiment, theenter key 120 ofkey groups 113 is divided at least twoenter key groups 112 and 114 (substantially by the dotted line among the figure as boundary), each enter key group includes a plurality ofenter keies 120, and enterkey group 112 and 114 below then respectively are provided with avibration component 150 and 151.When the arbitrary enter key in the enterkey group 112 120 as: English alphabet " Q ", " W ", " E ", " R ", " T ", " A ", " S ", " D ", " F ", " G ", " Z ", " X ", " C ", " V ", when " B " touched, touch-control sensing assembly 115 can produce signal, thereby makesvibration component 150 produce vibration.Similarly, when the arbitrary enter key in theenter key group 114 120 as: English alphabet " Y ", " U ", " I ", " O ", " P ", " H ", " J ", " K ", " L ", " N ", when " M " touched, touch-control sensing assembly 115 can produce signal, causes vibration component 151 to produce vibration.In brief, if when theenter keies 120 in enterkey group 112 or 114 are touched, only the vibration component below this quilt enter key group of touching can produce vibration, and another vibration component then can not produce vibration.

In addition, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, whendifferent enter keies 120 is touched,vibration component 150 or 151 can produce different oscillation intensitys, make when whenvibration component 150 or 151enter keies 120 quilts far away are touched, itscorresponding vibration component 150 or 151 can produce bigger vibration, and whenvibration component 150 or 151nearer enter keies 120 are touched,vibration component 150 or 151 can produce less vibration, allow the user thus when pressingdifferent enter keies 120, can experience roughly the same vibrating tactile feedback.In other words, can be directly proportional with the distance of this vibration component itself according to the oscillation intensity that vibration component of the present invention produced with respect to its pairing each enter key.For example, because letter " G " is farther fromvibration component 150 compared to letter " S ", therefore when letter " G " was touched, the oscillation intensity thatvibration component 150 is produced can be bigger than the oscillation intensity that is produced when letter " S " is touched.Again for example, because letter " Y " is farther from vibration component 151 compared to letter " L ", therefore when letter " Y " was touched, the oscillation intensity that vibration component 151 is produced can be bigger than the oscillation intensity that is produced when letter " L " is touched.

In other embodiments of the invention, whether each enterkey 120 ofkey groups 113 also can go this enterkey 120 of sensed/detected to be touched by other sensing or detection components beyond the touch-control sensing assembly 115, thereby input is presented at the character on the display unit 105.Fig. 3 is for having the diagrammatic cross-section of the Keysheet module of haptic feedback according to another embodiment of the present invention.Among Fig. 3 with Fig. 2 in identical label represent identical assembly, do not given unnecessary details at this.InKeysheet module 210, the below ofkey groups 113 is provided with a plurality ofswitches 130, and thisswitch 130 is in order to detect pushing on eachenter key 120 respectively.Eachswitch 130 is separately positioned on the below of eachenter key 120, and switch 130 for example can be thin film switch and be electrically connected with testing circuit 140.Thin film switch 130 is made up of three layers of thin slice 132,134,136, and respectively is provided with electrode 133,137 on upper and lower layer thin slice 132,136, and theopening 135 that this electrode 133,137 sees through on theintermediate sheet 134 is corresponding mutually.When the user pushesarbitrary enter key 120, thereby thesalient point 122 of its below can make it to contact actuatingswitch 130 withelectrode 137 by compressing electrodes 133.When switch 130 conductings, be pressed and produce the signal that is sent to drivingcircuit 160 thereby therefore testingcircuit 140 detects switch.Afterwards,driving circuit 160 is according to thevibration component 150 or 151 of this signal enabling correspondence, produces the vibration that is delivered tokey groups 113 thus, to allow the user feel the vibrating tactile feedback.

It should be noted that thevibration component 150 among this embodiment can be arranged onthin film switch 130 times according to the actual needs, giveenter key 120 with vibration transfer bythin film switch 130; Perhaps,vibration component 150 can be arranged on other position, thereby need not give enterkey 120 with vibration transfer by thin film switch 130.In addition, in other embodiment of the present invention, enterkey 120 also can be divided into a plurality of enter key groups as required, is not limited to two enter key groups, the below of each enter key group then respectively is provided with a vibration component, thereby reaches the present invention provides haptic feedback on key groups purpose.

Keysheet module of the present invention makes the user when the enter key that pushes button on organizing because of being provided with vibration component, can experience the vibrating tactile feedback that vibration component produces, and judges thus whether this enter key is pressed.In addition, the present invention adopts vibration component of a plurality of enter key configurations to produce the vibrating tactile feedback, therefore can reduce production costs and increase the inner available space of Keysheet module when the vibrating tactile feedback is provided.The present invention also can be designed to when different enter keies is touched according to the actual needs, and vibration component can produce different oscillation intensitys, allows the user thus when pressing different enter keies, can experience roughly the same vibrating tactile feedback.

Though the present invention is illustrated with above preferred embodiment, it is not that those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification to the present invention under the premise without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention in order to qualification the present invention.Therefore protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the following claims.

Claims (10)

Translated fromChinese

1.一种电子装置，包括：1. An electronic device, comprising:显示单元；以及display unit; and键盘模块，用以输入显示在所述显示单元上的字符，该键盘模块包括：A keyboard module, used to input characters displayed on the display unit, the keyboard module includes:按键组，具有多个第一输入键和多个第二输入键；A key group having a plurality of first input keys and a plurality of second input keys;多个开关，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中每个所述开关用以分别检测每个第一输入键和每个第二输入键上的按压并根据该开关所检测到的按压而导通；A plurality of switches are arranged below the key group, wherein each of the switches is used to respectively detect the pressing of each first input key and each second input key and cause a switch according to the pressing detected by the switch Pass;第一振动组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中该第一振动组件用以在所述第一输入键中的任一者被按压且该第一输入键对应的开关导通时产生振动；以及The first vibration component is arranged under the key group, wherein the first vibration component is used to generate vibration when any one of the first input keys is pressed and the switch corresponding to the first input key is turned on ;as well as第二振动组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中该第二振动组件用以在所述第二输入键中的任一者被按压且该第二输入键对应的开关导通时产生振动。The second vibration component is arranged below the key group, wherein the second vibration component is used to generate vibration when any one of the second input keys is pressed and the switch corresponding to the second input key is turned on .2.根据权利要求1所述的电子装置，其中所述第一输入键和所述第二输入键一体成型在同一平面上。2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first input key and the second input key are integrally formed on the same plane.3.根据权利要求1所述的电子装置，其中所述第一振动组件所产生的振动强度与该第一振动组件相对于每个第一输入键的距离成正比。3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the vibration intensity generated by the first vibration component is proportional to the distance of the first vibration component relative to each first input key.4.根据权利要求1所述的电子装置，其中所述第一输入键和所述第二输入键一体成型在同一平面上，所述按键组上标示有二十六个英文字母，且该二十六个英文字母分别位于每个第一输入键和每个第二输入键上，且所述英文字母是依照标准QWERTY键盘上的英文字母位置排列的。4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first input key and the second input key are integrally formed on the same plane, twenty-six English letters are marked on the key group, and the two Sixteen English letters are respectively located on each first input key and each second input key, and the English letters are arranged according to the positions of English letters on a standard QWERTY keyboard.5.一种电子装置，包括：5. An electronic device comprising:显示单元；以及display unit; and键盘模块，用以输入显示在所述显示单元上的字符，该键盘模块包括：A keyboard module, used to input characters displayed on the display unit, the keyboard module includes:按键组，具有多个第一输入键和多个第二输入键；A key group having a plurality of first input keys and a plurality of second input keys;触控感测组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，用以感测每个第一输入键与每个第二输入键上的接触；a touch sensing component, arranged below the key set, for sensing contact between each first input key and each second input key;第一振动组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中该第一振动组件用以在所述触控感测组件感测到所述第一输入键中的任一者上的接触时产生振动；以及A first vibration component, disposed below the key set, wherein the first vibration component is used to generate vibration when the touch sensing component senses a contact on any one of the first input keys ;as well as第二振动组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中该第二振动组件用以在所述触控感测组件感测到所述第二输入键中的任一者上的接触时产生振动。A second vibration component is arranged below the key set, wherein the second vibration component is used to generate vibration when the touch sensing component senses a contact on any one of the second input keys .6.根据权利要求5所述的电子装置，其中所述第一输入键和所述第二输入键一体成型在同一平面上。6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the first input key and the second input key are integrally formed on the same plane.7.一种键盘模块，包括：7. A keyboard module, comprising:按键组，具有多个第一输入键与多个第二输入键；a key group, having a plurality of first input keys and a plurality of second input keys;多个开关，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中每个开关用以分别检测每个第一输入键与每个第二输入键上的按压并根据该开关所检测到的按压而导通；A plurality of switches, arranged below the key group, wherein each switch is used to respectively detect the pressing of each first input key and each second input key and conduct according to the pressing detected by the switch;第一振动组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中该第一振动组件用以在所述第一输入键中的任一者被按压且该第一输入键对应的开关导通时产生振动；以及The first vibration component is arranged under the key group, wherein the first vibration component is used to generate vibration when any one of the first input keys is pressed and the switch corresponding to the first input key is turned on ;as well as第二振动组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中该第二振动组件用以在所述第二输入键中的任一者被按压且该第二输入键对应的开关导通时产生振动。The second vibration component is arranged below the key group, wherein the second vibration component is used to generate vibration when any one of the second input keys is pressed and the switch corresponding to the second input key is turned on .8.根据权利要求7所述的键盘模块，其中所述开关为薄膜开关，且所述第一输入键和所述第二输入键一体成型在同一平面上。8. The keyboard module according to claim 7, wherein the switch is a membrane switch, and the first input key and the second input key are integrally formed on the same plane.9.一种键盘模块，包括：9. A keyboard module, comprising:按键组，具有多个第一输入键和多个第二输入键；A key group having a plurality of first input keys and a plurality of second input keys;触控感测组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，用以感测每个第一输入键和每个第二输入键上的接触；a touch sensing component, arranged below the key group, for sensing contact on each first input key and each second input key;第一振动组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中该第一振动组件用以在所述触控感测组件感测到所述第一输入键中的任一者上的接触时产生振动；以及A first vibration component, disposed below the key set, wherein the first vibration component is used to generate vibration when the touch sensing component senses a contact on any one of the first input keys ;as well as第二振动组件，设置在所述按键组的下方，其中该第二振动组件用以在所述触控感测组件感测到所述第二输入键中的任一者上的接触时产生振动。A second vibration component is arranged below the key set, wherein the second vibration component is used to generate vibration when the touch sensing component senses a contact on any one of the second input keys .10.根据权利要求9所述的键盘模块，其中所述触控感测组件为电容式传感器，且所述第一输入键和所述第二输入键一体成型在同一平面上。10. The keyboard module according to claim 9, wherein the touch sensing component is a capacitive sensor, and the first input key and the second input key are integrally formed on the same plane.

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