CN101424989A - Touch input device and electronic system comprising same - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a touch input device and an electronic system comprising the same. The touch input device comprises a touch unit, a touch plate and an insulating spacer, wherein the touch unit comprises a substrate with a plurality of lower conductive film blocks, the touch plate is made of flexible materials and is adjacent to the substrate, a preset pattern displayed on one of the substrate and the touch plate, the insulating spacer is arranged between the substrate and the touch plate, the touch plate is provided with a plurality of upper conductive film blocks corresponding to the lower conductive film blocks, and when the touch plate is touched, pressed and deformed, at least one corresponding upper conductive film block and one corresponding lower conductive film block are electrically conducted and output a conducting signal. The electronic system comprises a touch input device and a display electrically connected with the touch input device. When a user touches the touch pressure plate with the preset pattern and deforms one or more upper conductive film blocks at a time, the invention can simultaneously output the conducting signals of the upper conductive film block and the lower conductive film block by utilizing the plurality of corresponding lower conductive film blocks, thereby achieving the effect of simultaneously inputting a plurality of signals by touch and improving the product characteristics.

Description

Touch input device and electronic system containing touch input device

technical field

The present invention relates to an input device, in particular to a base plate and a touch panel respectively having a plurality of corresponding upper and lower conductive film blocks, capable of simultaneously outputting a plurality of conduction signals and improving product characteristics of a touch input device Touch input devices and electronic systems including touch input devices.

Background technique

With the evolution of the times, the input devices used for computers are constantly innovating. In addition to the keyboards, mice and other input devices familiar to the public, other input devices produced for different occasions or different input effects are also being rapidly adopted. developed.

Among them, devices using touch as an input type have been vigorously developed over the years. For example, touch input devices such as touch panels of automatic teller machines, handwriting pads, drawing tablets, etc. have been gradually popularized since they were released. Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is an exploded perspective view illustrating a conventional touch panel. The most common type of the above-mentioned touch input device is a four-wire resistive touch panel 100. The four-wire resistive touch panel 100 includes a piece of conductive glass 110 coated with a transparent conductive film, and a piece of conductive glass 110 coated with a transparent conductive film. The contact pressure layer 120 of the film, a pair of Y-axis wires 130 located on the conductive glass 110 at intervals along the Y axis, and a pair of X-axis wires 140 located on the contact pressure layer 120 at intervals along the X axis, wherein the X-axis The wires 140 and the Y-axis wires 130 are vertically arranged. When the user wants to input by touch, the touch layer 120 is pressed to deform it, so that the distance between the touch layer 120 and the conductive glass 110 is shortened, resulting in the Y-axis wires 130 and the X-axis The resistance change between the axis wires 140 can be finally transformed to obtain the X and Y coordinates of the user's touch pressure according to the change of resistance.

In addition, in addition to the above-mentioned resistive principle, the touch input device also has other types with different principles such as capacitive, acoustic, and optical, all of which can achieve the purpose of touch input.

The description of the above two paragraphs shows that the application range and principle of the touch input device are constantly being updated. Therefore, how to use existing or new principles to achieve the purpose of touch input required by new applications has become a relevant issue. The industry has always been the focus of development.

It can be seen that the above-mentioned existing touch input device and electronic system obviously still have inconveniences and defects in structure and use, and further improvement is urgently needed. In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the relevant manufacturers have tried their best to find a solution, but for a long time no suitable design has been developed, and the general products do not have a suitable structure to solve the above-mentioned problems. This is obviously related The problem that the industry is eager to solve. Therefore, how to create a touch input device with a new structure and an electronic system including the touch input device is one of the current important research and development topics, and it has also become a goal that the industry needs to improve.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the defects of the existing touch input device, and the technical problem to be solved is to provide a touch input device capable of simultaneously inputting multiple signals by touch, which is very suitable for practical use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic system containing a touch input device. The technical problem to be solved is to provide an electronic system containing a touch input device that can simultaneously touch and input multiple signals, so that more practical.

The purpose of the present invention and the solution to its technical problems are achieved by adopting the following technical solutions. A touch input device proposed according to the present invention includes a touch unit, including a substrate with a plurality of lower conductive thin film blocks, a touch plate adjacent to the substrate and made of flexible material, and a touch panel displayed on The predetermined pattern of one of the substrate and the touch plate, and an insulating spacer disposed between the substrate and the touch plate, the touch plate has a plurality of upper conductive thin film blocks corresponding to the lower conductive thin film blocks, when After the touch plate is pressed and deformed, at least one corresponding upper and lower conductive film block will be electrically conducted and a conduction signal will be output.

The purpose of the present invention and its technical problems can also be further realized by adopting the following technical measures.

Preferably, the aforementioned touch input device, wherein the substrate also has a plurality of lower conductors that are electrically connected to the lower conductive film blocks one-to-one, and the touch panel also has a plurality of conductors connected to the upper conductors. The thin-film blocks are electrically connected one-to-one to the upper conductors.

Preferably, in the aforementioned touch input device, the predetermined pattern is displayed on one surface of the touch panel or one bottom surface of the substrate.

Preferably, in the aforementioned touch input device, the predetermined pattern is displayed on one of the substrate and the touch panel by printing.

Preferably, in the aforementioned touch input device, the predetermined pattern is displayed on one of the substrate and the touch panel by means of engraving.

Preferably, in the aforementioned touch input device, the lower conductive film blocks of the substrate and the upper conductive film blocks of the touch panel are both made of transparent conductive materials.

Preferably, the aforementioned touch input device further includes a light-emitting unit disposed on the bottom surface of the substrate of the touch-control unit, and the light-emitting unit emits light toward the substrate.

Preferably, in the aforementioned touch input device, the light-emitting unit is a cold light-emitting panel.

Preferably, in the aforementioned touch input device, the light emitting unit includes a light guide plate disposed on the bottom surface of the substrate of the touch unit, and a light source emitting light toward the light guide plate.

Preferably, the aforementioned touch input device further includes a touch panel disposed horizontally with the touch unit and capable of outputting touch pressure coordinates.

The purpose of the present invention and the solution to its technical problems are also achieved by the following technical solutions. According to the present invention, an electronic system including a touch input device includes a touch input device and a display; the touch input device includes a touch unit, and a light emitting unit stacked with the touch unit; The touch unit includes a substrate with a plurality of lower conductive film blocks, a touch plate adjacent to the substrate and made of flexible material, a predetermined pattern displayed on one of the substrate and the touch plate, and a The insulating spacer between the substrate and the touch plate, the touch plate has a plurality of upper conductive film blocks corresponding to the lower conductive film blocks, when the touch plate is pressed and deformed, at least one corresponding upper, The blocks of the lower conductive film are electrically connected and output a conduction signal, and the display is electrically connected with the touch input device to receive and display the conduction signal from the touch input device.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has obvious advantages and beneficial effects. As can be seen from above technical scheme, main technical content of the present invention is as follows:

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a touch input device, which includes a touch unit. The touch unit includes a substrate with a plurality of lower conductive film blocks, a touch panel adjacent to the substrate and made of flexible material, a predetermined pattern displayed on one of the substrate and the touch panel, and a An insulating spacer arranged between the substrate and the touch plate, the touch plate has a plurality of upper conductive film blocks corresponding to the lower conductive film blocks, when the touch plate is pressed and deformed, at least one corresponding upper and the blocks of the lower conductive film are electrically conducted and a conduction signal is output.

In addition, in order to achieve the above another object, the present invention also provides an electronic system containing a touch input device, including the touch input device, and a display electrically connected to the touch input device, the display receives and A signal from the touch input device is displayed.

By virtue of the above technical solution, the touch input device and the electronic system containing the touch input device of the present invention have at least the following advantages and beneficial effects: when the user touches the touch panel with the predetermined pattern displayed, and one or more When the upper conductive film block is deformed, the present invention utilizes a plurality of corresponding lower conductive film blocks to simultaneously output conduction signals of the upper and lower conductive film blocks, thus achieving simultaneous touch input of the touch input device of the present invention. Purpose and efficacy of multiple signals.

To sum up, the present invention relates to a touch input device and an electronic system including the touch input device. The touch input device includes a touch unit, and the touch unit includes a substrate, a touch plate and a predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern is displayed on one of the bottom surface of the substrate and the surface of the touch plate. And the substrate and the touch panel respectively have a plurality of corresponding upper and lower conductive film blocks. The predetermined pattern is used as a reference for the user to input, and using the conductive film blocks to simultaneously output multiple conduction signals can improve the product characteristics of the touch input device. The touch input device of the present invention can touch and input multiple signals at the same time, which is very suitable for practical use. The electronic system including the touch input device of the present invention includes a touch input device capable of simultaneously touching and inputting multiple signals, so that it is more suitable for practical use. The present invention has significant progress in technology, and has obvious positive effects, and is a novel, progressive and practical new design.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention. In order to better understand the technical means of the present invention, it can be implemented according to the contents of the description, and in order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable , the following preferred embodiments are specifically cited below, and are described in detail as follows in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a conventional touch panel.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a first preferred embodiment of the touch input device of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the preferred embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partially exploded perspective view illustrating a plurality of upper and lower conductive film blocks of the preferred embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a partial side view illustrating a touch unit of the first preferred embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a side view of an assembled structure illustrating an assembled state of the first preferred embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 5 illustrating a state where a surface region in FIG. 5 is pressed.

FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 6 illustrating a second preferred embodiment of the touch input device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a preferred embodiment of an electronic system including a touch input device according to the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to further explain the technical means and effects adopted by the present invention to achieve the intended purpose of the invention, the details of the touch input device proposed according to the present invention and the electronic system containing the touch input device will be described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments. Embodiments, structures, features and effects thereof are described in detail below.

The aforementioned and other technical contents, features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the following detailed description of preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings. Through the description of the specific implementation mode, when the technical means and functions adopted by the present invention to achieve the predetermined purpose can be obtained a deeper and more specific understanding, but the accompanying drawings are only for reference and description, and are not used to explain the present invention be restricted.

Please refer to Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a first preferred embodiment of the touch input device of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating this preferred embodiment, Fig. 4 It is a partially exploded perspective view illustrating a plurality of upper and lower conductive film blocks of the preferred embodiment. The touch input device according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a touch unit 1 and a light emitting unit 2 .

The above-mentioned touch control unit 1 includes a substrate 11 made of hard material, a touch plate 12 adjacent to the substrate 11 and made of flexible material, a touch plate 12 arranged between the substrate 11 and the touch plate 12 and composed of A spacer 13 made of insulating material, and a predetermined pattern 14 displayed on the touch panel 12 .

The substrate 11 has a bottom surface 111, a surface 112 opposite to the bottom surface 111, a plurality of lower conductive thin film blocks 113 located on the surface 112 and made of a transparent conductive material, and a plurality of lower conductive film blocks 113 connected to the lower surface 111. The conductive film blocks 113 are electrically connected to the lower conductors 114 one-to-one. In this embodiment, the substrate 11 is made of glass, and the lower conductive film block 113 and the lower conductive lines 114 are made of indium tin oxide (ITO).

The touch panel 12 has a bottom surface 121, a surface 122 opposite to the bottom surface 121, a plurality of conductive film blocks 113 located on the bottom surface 121 made of a transparent conductive material and connected to the substrate 11. Corresponding upper conductive film blocks 123, and a plurality of upper conducting wires 124 electrically connected to the upper conductive film blocks 123 one-to-one. In this embodiment, the touch panel 12 is made of PET or acrylic plastic material, and the upper conductive film block 123 and the upper wires 124 are made of indium tin oxide.

The spacer 13 is disposed outside the upper and lower conductive film blocks 123, 113, so that each corresponding upper and lower conductive film block 123, 113 is separated in a natural state. In this embodiment, the spacer 13 is made in one piece, but it can also be a plurality of three-dimensional line segments surrounding the upper and lower conductive film blocks 123 , 113 respectively.

The predetermined pattern 14 is made by printing or engraving. The printing method can be formed by screen printing directly on the surface 122 of the touch plate 12, or it can be formed by printing on a piece of film first and then pasting the surface 122 of the touch plate 12; in addition, the engraving method is to use laser to directly engrave . In this embodiment, the predetermined pattern 14 is disposed and displayed on the surface 122 of the touch panel 12 , but it may also be disposed and displayed on the bottom surface 111 of the substrate 11 , all of which can be seen by users. In addition, in this preferred embodiment, the predetermined pattern 14 is a keyboard pattern, so that the surface 122 of the touch panel 12 is divided into a plurality of surface blocks 125 in the keyboard pattern, and the surface blocks 125 It corresponds to the positions of the upper and lower conductive film blocks 123 and 113 . In addition to the keyboard pattern, the predetermined pattern 14 may present other patterns that meet input requirements.

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a side view of the combined structure illustrating the combined state of the first preferred embodiment. The light emitting unit 2 is arranged on the bottom surface 111 of the substrate 11 of the touch control unit 1, and generates a surface light source emitted from the bottom surface 111 of the substrate 11 to the surface 122 of the touch panel 12. The surface light source generated by the light emitting unit 2 can be used to This makes the predetermined pattern 14 more clearly identifiable and improves the convenience of use.

In this preferred embodiment, the light emitting unit 2 is a backlight module, including a light guide plate 21 disposed on the bottom surface 111 of the substrate 11 of the touch unit 1 , and a light source 22 disposed on the side of the light guide plate 21 .

It should be noted that the light emitting unit 2 can also be a cold light type light emitting board. It is worth mentioning that the touch input device may not be equipped with the light emitting unit 2 , and the user can also use reflected light to view the predetermined pattern 14 (not shown).

Please refer to Fig. 4, Fig. 5, and Fig. 7. Fig. 5 is a partial side view illustrating a touch unit of the first preferred embodiment, and Fig. 7 illustrates a surface block in Fig. 5 being pressed. A view of the state similar to Figure 5. Now explain how the user uses the touch input device of the present invention to input signals: when the user touches and presses one of the surface blocks 125 of the touch panel 12, if, the predetermined pattern 14 is displayed on the surface block 125 as a The number "3" can make the upper conductive film block 123 of the touch plate 12 corresponding to the surface block 125 deform downwards, and the spacer 13 is used to separate the upper and lower conductive film blocks 123 and 113. The open state will change, from non-conduction to electrical conduction, through the wires 114, 124 electrically connected one-to-one with the upper and lower conductive thin film blocks 123, 113, the conduction representing the surface block 125 can be output. In this way, through the setting of other devices at the back end (not shown in the figure), the conduction signal can be made to represent the input of the number "3", so as to achieve the function of using the touch input device of the present invention to input signals.

In addition, if the user touches and presses more than one of the surface blocks 125 of the touch pad 12 at the same time, for example, touches and presses three surface blocks 125 at the same time, then the touch pad 12 can be made to correspond to three of the surface blocks 125. All the upper conductive film blocks 123 are deformed downwards, because the upper and lower conductive film blocks 123, 113 located on these surface blocks 125 are independent from each other and have one-to-one electrically connected wires 114, 124 respectively, so this The three surface blocks 125 will output their respective conduction signals. In this way, through the setting of other devices at the back end, the respective symbols of the conduction signals of the three surface blocks 125 can be input to achieve the utilization of the present invention. The function of a touch input device to input multiple signals at one time.

Please refer to FIG. 8 , which is a view similar to FIG. 6 illustrating a second preferred embodiment of the touch input device of the present invention. The touch input device of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention is substantially the same as the components and assembling method of the first preferred embodiment above, the difference is that the second preferred embodiment also includes a touch unit 1 A touch panel 3 arranged horizontally and capable of outputting touch pressure coordinates. The touch panel 3 is a resistive touch panel or a capacitive touch panel that is often used in the prior art and can output X and Y coordinates. 3. The characteristic that the coordinates can be output can make the touch input device of the present invention more diversified in use.

In addition, please refer to FIG. 9 , which is a perspective view illustrating a preferred embodiment of the electronic system including the touch input device of the present invention. The electronic system including the touch input device of the present invention in a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the touch input device and a display 4 .

The display 4 is electrically connected to the above-mentioned touch input device for receiving and displaying signals from the touch input device. In this preferred embodiment, the electronic system is a personal computer, and the electronic system can also be other types of computers such as notebook computers.

Based on the above description, when the user touches the touch panel 12 on which the predetermined pattern 14 is displayed in the touch input device of the present invention, and deforms one or more upper conductive film blocks 123 at a time, the present invention utilizes multiple corresponding The lower conductive film block 113 can output the conduction signals of the upper and lower conductive film blocks 123, 113 at the same time, and can indeed achieve the purpose and effect of the touch input device of the present invention to simultaneously touch and input multiple signals, which is very Suitable for practical use.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention in any form. Although the present invention has been disclosed as above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone familiar with this field Those skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention, may use the technical content disclosed above to make some changes or modify them into equivalent embodiments with equivalent changes, but as long as they do not depart from the technical solution of the present invention, the Technical Essence Any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments still fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. A touch input device, characterized in that: the touch input device comprises a touch unit, including a substrate with a plurality of lower conductive film blocks, and a flexible material adjacent to the substrate. a touch panel, a predetermined pattern displayed on one of the substrate and the touch panel, and an insulating spacer disposed between the substrate and the touch panel, the touch panel having a plurality of upper surfaces corresponding to the lower conductive film blocks For the conductive film block, when the touch plate is pressed and deformed, at least one corresponding upper and lower conductive film block will be electrically conducted and a conduction signal will be output. 2. The touch input device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate further has a plurality of lower wires electrically connected to the lower conductive film blocks one-to-one, and the touch panel further has a plurality of The upper wires are electrically connected one-to-one with the upper conductive film blocks. 3. The touch input device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the predetermined pattern is displayed on a surface of the touch panel or a bottom surface of the substrate. 4. The touch input device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the predetermined pattern is displayed on one of the substrate and the touch panel by printing. 5. The touch input device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the predetermined pattern is displayed on one of the substrate and the touch panel by means of engraving. 6. The touch input device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the lower conductive film blocks of the substrate and the upper conductive film blocks of the touch panel are made of transparent conductive materials. 7. The touch input device as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a light emitting unit disposed on the bottom surface of the touch unit substrate, and the light emitting unit emits light toward the substrate. 8. The touch input device according to claim 7, wherein the light-emitting unit is a cold light-emitting panel. 9. The touch input device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the light emitting unit comprises a light guide plate disposed on the bottom surface of the touch unit substrate, and a light source emitting light toward the light guide plate. 10. The touch input device as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a touch panel disposed horizontally with the touch unit and capable of outputting touch pressure coordinates. 11. An electronic system with a touch input device, characterized in that the electronic system with a touch input device includes a touch input device and a display; the touch input device includes a touch unit, and a A light-emitting unit stacked by a touch unit; the touch unit includes a substrate with a plurality of lower conductive film blocks, a touch panel adjacent to the substrate and made of flexible material, and a display between the substrate and the touch panel One of the predetermined patterns, and an insulating spacer between the substrate and the touch plate, the touch plate has a plurality of upper conductive film blocks corresponding to the lower conductive film blocks, when the touch plate is pressed and After deformation, at least one corresponding upper and lower conductive film block will be electrically conducted and output a conduction signal, and the display is electrically connected with the touch input device to receive and display the conduction signal from the touch input device.

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