CN103543790A - Method for adjusting height of keycap and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a method for adjusting height of a keycap and electronic equipment. The electronic equipment is at least provided with a first shell, a second shell, a processing unit, a sensing unit and a connecting part making the first shell and the second shell connected, wherein the first shell at least comprises a display unit, and the second shell at least comprises a keyboard. The first shell can be overlapped or away from the second shell, whether the first shell approaches the keyboard or not is detected through the sensing unit, when it is detected that the first shell approaches the keyboard, a first command is generated, and the processing unit responds to the first command to adjust the height of the keycap. Occupied space of the keyboard in the electronic equipment can be reduced to a large extent, and therefore the electronic equipment can be manufactured to lighter and thinner, the electronic equipment also can be more convenient to use, and experience degree of a user is increased.

Description

A kind of method and electronic equipment of adjusting keycap height

Technical field

The present invention relates to electronic technology field, relate in particular to a kind of method and electronic equipment of adjusting keycap height.

Background technology

Along with improving constantly of electronic technology, the range of application of electronic equipment is more and more wider, and the integrated function of electronic equipment gets more and more, especially in notebook computer, in order to make the function of notebook computer more convenient, therefore, the design of LED of notebook of the prior art becomes touch display screen, or the pick-up units such as gravity sensitive device, infrared sensing device are set in notebook computer, make like this THICKNESS CONTROL of notebook very complicated, and be subject to the restriction of keyboard.

Therefore, when the keyboard of design notebook computer or other electronic equipments, what the keyboard cover of notebook computer or other electronic equipments can be arranged is more frivolous in the prior art.

But in the process of present inventor's invention technical scheme in realizing the embodiment of the present application, find that above-mentioned technology at least exists following technical matters:

Keyboard is not when being used, and the keycap on keyboard can take the large quantity space on electronic equipment, thereby the making thickness of electronic equipment is caused to restriction.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of method and electronic equipment of adjusting keycap height, in order to solve, in prior art, keyboard is not when being used, and the keycap on keyboard can take the problem of the large quantity space on electronic equipment, and concrete scheme is as follows:

A kind of method of adjusting keycap height, be applied to an electronic equipment, described electronic equipment at least has the link of described the first housing of the first housing, the second housing, processing unit, sensing unit and connection and described the second housing, described the first housing at least comprises display unit, described the second housing at least comprises keyboard, described the first housing can be with described the second housing overlapping or away from, described method comprises:

Utilize described sensing unit to detect described the first housing and whether approach described keyboard;

When described the first housing being detected and approach described keyboard, generate the first instruction;

Described processing unit responds the height that described the first instruction regulates described keycap.

Optionally, described processing unit responds the height that described the first instruction regulates described keycap, comprising:

Described processing response unit controls supports the X-type support of described keycap, described X-type support angle is increased, so that described keycap height reduces.

Optionally, described processing unit responds the height that described the first instruction regulates described keycap, comprising:

Described processing response unit controls supports the X-type support of described keycap, described X-type support angle is reduced, so that described keycap height raises.

Optionally, described keycap is provided with the first electromagnet, and described keycap below is provided with the second electromagnet, and described processing unit responds the height that described the first instruction controls described keycap and changes, and comprising:

Described processing unit is controlled described the second electromagnet energising or power-off, so that be provided with the described keycap height of described the first electromagnet, raise or reduces.

Optionally, in described the second housing, a vacuum pump is set, described processing unit responds the step that height that described the first instruction controls described keycap changes and specifically comprises:

Described processing unit is controlled described vacuum pump and is extracted or increase the air of described the second enclosure interior and reduce or increase the second enclosure interior pressure, thereby described keycap height is raise or reduce.

Optionally, described the first housing and described the second housing are when overlapping, and the mode of operation of described electronic equipment is panel computer pattern.

Optionally, described the first housing and described the second housing away from time, described electronic device works pattern is notebook computer pattern.

Optionally, described processing unit is positioned at described the first housing or described the second housing.

Optionally, described height changes as described height generation nonlinearities change.

, described keyboard comprises at least one keycap, described keyboard comprises: and height adjuster, be arranged in described keyboard, and setting and described keycap below, so that the height of described keycap raises or reduces.

Optionally, described height adjuster is one or more combinations in X-type support, electromagnet, vacuum pump.

Optional a kind of electronic equipment, described electronic equipment at least has the first housing, the second housing, connects the link of described the first housing and the second housing, described the first housing at least comprises display unit, described the second housing at least comprises described keyboard, described the first housing can be with described the second housing overlapping or away from, described electronic equipment also comprises:

Whether sensing unit, approach described keyboard for detection of described the first housing;

Instruction generation unit, for when described the first housing being detected and approach described keyboard, produces the first instruction;

Processing unit, changes for responding the height that described the first instruction controls described keycap.

The invention provides a kind of method and electronic equipment of adjusting keycap height, this electronic equipment at least has the link of the first housing, the second housing, processing unit, sensing unit and connection the first housing and the second housing, the first housing at least comprises display unit, housing at least comprises keyboard, wherein, the first housing can be with the second housing overlapping or away from, utilize sensing unit to detect the first housing and whether approach keyboard, when the first housing being detected and approach described keyboard, generate the first instruction, processing unit responds the height that the first instruction regulates keycap.

The one or more technical schemes that provide in the embodiment of the present application, at least have following technique effect or advantage:

Adjusting by the processing unit supervisory keyboard keycap height in the embodiment of the present invention, makes keyboard when not using, and the height of keyboard is turned down, thereby reduced keyboard taking up room in electronic equipment;

By the adjusting of the processing unit supervisory keyboard keycap height in the embodiment of the present invention, the height of keyboard cover can be regulated according to user's demand;

More frivolous by what can make to the regulative mode of keyboard cover height that electronic equipment can make in the embodiment of the present invention.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is a kind of method flow diagram of adjusting keycap height of the present invention;

Fig. 2 a is the syndeton schematic diagram of keyboard medium-height trestle and keycap;

Fig. 2 b is the syndeton schematic diagram of keyboard medium-height trestle and keycap;

Fig. 3 a is the structural representation of keyboard medium-height trestle, regulating device, keycap;

Fig. 3 b is the structural representation of keyboard medium-height trestle, regulating device, keycap;

Fig. 4 a is the structural representation of keyboard medium-height trestle, electromagnet, keycap;

Fig. 4 b is the structural representation of keyboard medium-height trestle, electromagnet, keycap;

Fig. 5 a is the structural representation of keyboard intermediate pump, keycap;

Fig. 5 b is the structural representation of keyboard intermediate pump, keycap;

Fig. 6 a is the normal structural representation using of keyboard of notebook computer;

Fig. 6 b is the structural representation of notebook computer closing keyboard;

Fig. 7 is the concrete structure schematic diagram of a kind of electronic equipment of the present invention.

Embodiment

The invention provides a kind of method and electronic equipment of adjusting keycap height, in order to solve in prior art keyboard when not using, keycap on keyboard can take the problem of the large quantity space on electronic equipment, described electronic equipment at least has the first housing, the second housing, processing unit, sensing unit and the link that is connected described the first housing and described the second housing, such as: the keyboard on notebook computer, display screen and the rotating shaft that connects keyboard and display screen, described the first housing at least comprises display unit, described housing at least comprises keyboard, wherein, described the first housing can be with described the second housing overlapping or away from, the display screen being equivalent in notebook computer rotates with respect to keyboard by rotating shaft, utilize described sensing unit to detect described the first housing and whether approach described keyboard, when described the first housing being detected and approach described keyboard, generate the first instruction, described processing unit responds the height that described the first instruction regulates described keycap.

Below by accompanying drawing and specific embodiment, technical scheme of the present invention is described further, be to be understood that, the specific embodiment of description described herein is only for explanation with understand the present invention, be not intended to limit the present invention, and the feature in the embodiment of the present invention and embodiment can combine mutually in the situation that not conflicting.

Be illustrated in figure 1 a kind of method flow diagram of adjusting keycap height of the present invention, the method is applied in an electronic equipment, this electronic equipment at least includes the web member of the first housing, the second housing, processing unit, sensing unit and connection the first housing and the second housing, the first housing at least comprises a display unit, the second housing at least comprises a keyboard, wherein, the first housing and the second housing can be overlapping or away from, the method that tool is adjusted keycap height comprises:

Step 101, utilizes sensing unit to detect the first housing and whether approaches keyboard.

Specifically, before carry outstep 101, first user will be open at the keycap regulatory function of the setting in this electronic equipment, after user opens this function, the sensing unit arranging in electronic equipment is by the real-time size to the angle between the first housing on electronic equipment and the second housing, clearly when the first housing and the second housing approach, the first housing and second can between angle will reduce, and the first housing and the second housing away from time, the angle between the first housing and the second housing will increase.Such as, in notebook computer, between display screen and keyboard, by rotating shaft, be flexibly connected, therefore, display screen can rotate with respect to keyboard, now, angle between display screen and keyboard will change, in this notebook, a sensing unit is set in embodiments of the present invention, the relative angle between detection display that this sensing unit can be real-time screen and keyboard, thereby judge between display screen and keyboard be away from or approach.

Step 102, when the first housing being detected and approach keyboard, generates the first instruction.

Instep 101, electronic equipment by sensing unit, detect that the first housing and the second housing approach or away from, when electronic equipment detects while approaching between the first housing and the second housing, and when the angle between the first housing and the second housing reaches default angle value, electronic equipment will generate one first instruction, and this first instruction is sent to processing unit.Such as, in notebook computer, when the sensing unit in notebook computer detects angle between display screen and keyboard and diminishes, and when this angle reaches preset angles value, (this preset angles value can be 30 degree or 35 degree, can certainly set voluntarily according to user's demand), notebook computer will generate an instruction, and this instruction is sent to processing unit.

Step 103, processing unit responds the height that the first instruction regulates keycap.

Instep 102, in electronic equipment, generate one first instruction, after the processing unit in electronic equipment receives this first instruction, processing unit will regulate the height of keyboard cover according to this first instruction.

Below by concrete structure, describe the adjustment process of keycap height in detail:

Be the syndeton schematic diagram of keyboard medium-height trestle and keycap as shown in Figure 2 a, wherein,support 202 is arranged onkeycap 201, and thissupport 202 can supportkeycap 201 and move up and down, such as, as shown in Figure 2 b, when user presses keycap,support 202 will relatively move, thereby the height ofsupport 202 is reduced, but when user does not use this keyboard,support 202 is by the state being returned to as shown in Figure 2 b in the prior art.

In embodiments of the present invention, on this support, be provided with a regulating device 301(as shown in Figure 3 a), when user normally uses keyboard, this regulatingdevice 301 will not carried out any adjustment operation to describedsupport 202, when user does not use keyboard, this regulatingdevice 301 will start, and will regulate the height ofsupport 202, thereby makesupport 202 remain on the device shown in Fig. 3 b, make like this space of whole keyboard grabbing reduce.

Further, the processing unit in this electronic equipment will be according to the first instruction regulating and controllingdevice 301, and then control support and carry out corresponding adjusting.

In addition, in embodiments of the present invention, on thekeycap 101 of this keyboard and the below ofkeycap 101 is provided with electromagnet, concrete structure is as shown in Fig. 4 a, oneelectromagnet 401 is set belowkeycap 101, and be fixedly connected withkeycap 101, one section of thiselectromagnet 401 andsupport 102 is flexibly connected simultaneously,electromagnet 402 is fixedly installed on keyboard, and withelectromagnet 401 over against setting, andelectromagnet 402 is flexibly connected with the other end ofsupport 102, when user normally uses keyboard, electronic equipment will cut outelectromagnet 401 andelectromagnet 402, now,keycap 101 and thesupport 102 of keyboard are normally used, when user closes up the first housing of electronic equipment and the second housing, namely the angle of the first housing and the second housing reduces, now the processing unit in electronic equipment will be controlledelectromagnet 401 andelectromagnet 402 startups, now,electromagnet 401 andelectromagnet 402 adhesive mutually under the effect of magnetic force, thereby compressedstent 102 remains on the state of Fig. 4 b.Thereby make the take up room reduction of keyboard in electronic equipment.

Further, when user separates the first housing of electronics electronic equipment and the second housing, the sensing unit in electronic equipment is by the angle between real-time detection the first housing and the second housing, when the angle between the first housing and the second housing surpasses default angle value, electronic equipment will determine that user need to use keyboard input, electronic equipment will cut outelectromagnet 401 andelectromagnet 402, thereby support 102 will be returned to normal operating condition.

In addition, the mode that also provides in embodiments of the present invention a kind of keycap height to regulate, as shown in Figure 5 a, specifically comprisekeycap 101 andvacuum pump 501, namely, when user normally uses electronic equipment upper keyboard, thevacuum pump 501 that keycap 101 belows arrange will quit work, now keyboard can be inputted normally, specifically, user is after pressingkeycap 101 and unclampingkeycap 101, and the elastic device in thisvacuum pump 501 will makekeycap 101 return to original position.

When user is not when using this keyboard to input, user closes up the first housing of electronic equipment and the second housing, sensing unit in electronic equipment is when detecting the first housing of this electronic equipment and the angle between the second housing and diminish, now in electronic equipment, will generate one first instruction, and this instruction is sent to processing unit, processing unit will be controlledvacuum pump 501 extracting airs, vacuum pump is remained under state as shown in Figure 5 b, thereby when user does not use keyboard, keyboard will take minimum space.

Certainly, when user need to input, user separates the first housing of electronic equipment and the second housing, now, the sensing unit that electronics relates in equipment becomes large by the angle detecting between the first housing and the second housing, when if this angle has surpassed preset value, electronic equipment will generate the second steering order, according to this steering order processing unit, will controlvacuum pump 501 gas injections, thereby makevacuum pump 501 enter use state (shown in Fig. 5 a), thereby user can normally use this keyboard.

In addition, in embodiments of the present invention, if the angle between the first housing of electronic equipment and the second housing reaches 360 while spending, in electronic equipment, will generate equally a steering order, the processing unit in electronic equipment reduces height according to this steering order by the keycap of supervisory keyboard.

Below by concrete application scenarios, the above embodiment of the present invention is described further.

With notebook computer, give an example in this embodiment, first, at notebook computer during in normal operating condition (as shown in Figure 6 a), keyboard on electronics is also in normal use state, now between display screen and keyboard, there is a fixing angle value, when user does not need to use notebook computer, now, when user rotates display screen with respect to keyboard, sensing unit in electronic equipment is by the angle between detection display screen and keyboard, when if the angle between this display screen and keyboard is less than a preset value, the processing unit in electronic equipment makes the height of keycap reduce (as shown in Figure 6 b) arrangement for adjusting height arranging on supervisory keyboard keycap, thereby it is less that keycap is taken at vertical space.

When user reuses notebook computer, sensing unit in notebook computer is by the angle between real-time detection display screen and keyboard, when if this angle surpasses default angle value, notebook computer will generate a steering order, processing unit in this notebook computer raises the height of controlling keycap according to steering order, thereby makes user can normally use this keyboard.

When user needs this notebook to be switched to Pad pattern, sensing unit in notebook computer is by the angle between detection display screen and keyboard, when if this angle reaches default value range, this value range can be the arbitrary value between 350 degree ~ 360, after reaching this preset angles value, electronic equipment will start processing unit, and processing unit reduces the keycap height of supervisory keyboard, in simple terms, the keycap in keyboard will be reduced to the height parallel with the housing of keyboard (as shown in Figure 6 b).When thereby notebook computer enters Pad pattern, keyboard can not cause interference to input.

By the above embodiments, can significantly find out, the method that keyboard height by the embodiment of the present invention regulates, taking up room of keyboard in electronic equipment will be reduced significantly, thereby what make that electronic equipment can make is more frivolous, facilitate the use of electronic equipment, increased user's Experience Degree.

Invention has also improved a kind of electronic equipment, be illustrated in figure 7 the concrete structure schematic diagram of electronic equipment, described electronic equipment at least has the first housing, the second housing, connects the link of described the first housing and the second housing, described the first housing at least comprises display unit, described the second housing at least comprises described keyboard, described the first housing can be with described the second housing overlapping or away from, described electronic equipment also comprises:

Whethersensing unit 701, approach described keyboard for detection of described the first housing;

Instruction generation unit 702, for when described the first housing being detected and approach described keyboard, produces the first instruction;

Processing unit 703, changes for responding the height that described the first instruction controls described keycap.

In this electronic equipment when there is this change in the angle between the first housing and the second housing, sensingunit 701 in electronic equipment will detect the conversion of this angle, thereby determine whether described the first housing approaches described keyboard, when the first housing approaches keyboard,instruction generation unit 702 will produce the first instruction, and this instruction is sent toprocessing unit 703, andprocessing unit 703 is after receiving this first instruction, respond the first instruction, and the height of controlling keycap converts.And then realize the adjusting to keyboard cover height in electronic equipment.

The invention provides a kind of method and electronic equipment of adjusting keycap height, this electronic equipment at least has the link of the first housing, the second housing, processing unit, sensing unit and connection the first housing and the second housing, the first housing at least comprises display unit, housing at least comprises keyboard, wherein, the first housing can be with the second housing overlapping or away from, utilize sensing unit to detect the first housing and whether approach keyboard, when the first housing being detected and approach described keyboard, generate the first instruction, processing unit responds the height that the first instruction regulates keycap.

The one or more technical schemes that provide in the embodiment of the present application, at least have following technique effect or advantage:

Adjusting by the processing unit supervisory keyboard keycap height in the embodiment of the present invention, makes keyboard when not using, and the height of keyboard is turned down, thereby reduced keyboard taking up room in electronic equipment;

By the adjusting of the processing unit supervisory keyboard keycap height in the embodiment of the present invention, the height of keyboard cover can be regulated according to user's demand;

More frivolous by what can make to the regulative mode of keyboard cover height that electronic equipment can make in the embodiment of the present invention.

Although described the preferred embodiments of the present invention, once those skilled in the art obtain the basic creative concept of cicada, can make other change and modification to these embodiment.So claims are intended to all changes and the modification that are interpreted as comprising preferred embodiment and fall into the scope of the invention.

Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification and not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention the present invention.Like this, if within of the present invention these are revised and modification belongs to the scope of the claims in the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, the present invention is also intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.

Claims (12)

1. a method of adjusting keycap height, be applied to an electronic equipment, described electronic equipment at least has the link of described the first housing of the first housing, the second housing, processing unit, sensing unit and connection and described the second housing, described the first housing at least comprises display unit, described the second housing at least comprises keyboard, described the first housing can be with described the second housing overlapping or away from, it is characterized in that, described method comprises:

Utilize described sensing unit to detect described the first housing and whether approach described keyboard;

When described the first housing being detected and approach described keyboard, generate the first instruction;

Described processing unit responds the height that described the first instruction regulates described keycap.

2. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described processing unit responds the height that described the first instruction regulates described keycap, comprising:

Described processing response unit controls supports the X-type support of described keycap, described X-type support angle is increased, so that described keycap height reduces.

3. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described processing unit responds the height that described the first instruction regulates described keycap, comprising:

Described processing response unit controls supports the X-type support of described keycap, described X-type support angle is reduced, so that described keycap height raises.

4. the method as described in claim as arbitrary in claim 2 or 3, it is characterized in that, described keycap is provided with the first electromagnet, and described keycap below is provided with the second electromagnet, described processing unit responds the height that described the first instruction controls described keycap and changes, and comprising:

Described processing unit is controlled described the second electromagnet energising or power-off, so that be provided with the described keycap height of described the first electromagnet, raise or reduces.

5. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, in described the second housing, a vacuum pump is set, and described processing unit responds the step that height that described the first instruction controls described keycap changes and specifically comprises:

Described processing unit is controlled described vacuum pump and is extracted or increase the air of described the second enclosure interior and reduce or increase the second enclosure interior pressure, thereby described keycap height is raise or reduce.

6. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described the first housing and described the second housing are when overlapping, and the mode of operation of described electronic equipment is panel computer pattern.

7. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described the first housing and described the second housing away from time, described electronic device works pattern is notebook computer pattern.

8. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described processing unit is positioned at described the first housing or described the second housing.

9. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described height changes as described height generation nonlinearities change.

10. a keyboard, described keyboard comprises at least one keycap, it is characterized in that, described keyboard comprises: height adjuster, be arranged in described keyboard, and setting and described keycap below, so that the height of described keycap raises or reduces.

11. keyboards as claimed in claim 10, is characterized in that, described height adjuster is one or more combinations in X-type support, electromagnet, vacuum pump.

12. 1 kinds of electronic equipments, it is characterized in that, described electronic equipment at least has the first housing, the second housing, connects the link of described the first housing and the second housing, described the first housing at least comprises display unit, described the second housing at least comprises described keyboard, described the first housing can be with described the second housing overlapping or away from, described electronic equipment also comprises:

Whether sensing unit, approach described keyboard for detection of described the first housing;

Instruction generation unit, for when described the first housing being detected and approach described keyboard, produces the first instruction;

Processing unit, changes for responding the height that described the first instruction controls described keycap.

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