CN104808939A - Auxiliary input module and portable electronic device with same - Google Patents

Abstract

An auxiliary input module is applied to a functional module of a portable electronic device that can be controlled to turn on or off a predetermined function. The auxiliary input module includes a trajectory sensor, a recording unit and a processor; wherein, the trajectory sensor cooperates with A contact surface operates, and the processor is electrically connected to the track sensor and the recording unit, and is used to compare multiple sensing data recorded by the recording unit to detect when a reference sensing data changes to another sensing that is different from it. The data is converted into a control instruction representing turning on or off to drive the function module to turn on or off the predetermined function. The invention also discloses a portable electronic device with the auxiliary input module.

Description

Auxiliary input module and portable electronic device with auxiliary input module

technical field

The invention relates to an input module, in particular to an auxiliary input module and a portable electronic device with the auxiliary input module.

Background technique

Most of the input interfaces of existing mobile phones are button groups or capacitive touch panels. When it is inconvenient to answer calls, for example: wearing gloves in cold areas, if the button group is easy to cause the problem of accidentally touching the button, if it is capacitive The touchpad is prone to the problem of touch failure, therefore, a solution to improve the above-mentioned deficiency is needed.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary input module and a portable electronic device having the auxiliary input module which improve the aforementioned deficiency.

An embodiment of the auxiliary input module of the present invention is a function module that works on a contact surface and is applied to a portable electronic device that can be controlled to open or close a predetermined function. The auxiliary input module includes a track sensor and a recording unit. and a processor; when the trajectory sensor is spaced from the contact surface, a sensing data without coordinate information is generated for reference; There is sensing data of coordinate information, and when the trajectory sensor is displaced on the contact surface, a plurality of sensing data each having a difference in coordinate information is generated; the recording unit is used to record the sensing data generated by the trajectory sensor; the The processor is electrically connected to the track sensor and the recording unit, and is used for comparing the sensing data recorded by the recording unit to detect that when the sensing data for reference changes to a sensing data having a difference therefrom, it is converted into A control instruction representing opening or closing drives the functional module to open or close the predetermined function.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary input module capable of generating control commands representing movement trajectories.

Therefore, the recording unit of the auxiliary input module pre-stores a calculation database of a predetermined trajectory. The calculation database has a plurality of different trajectory conditions and control instructions corresponding to each of the trajectory conditions. When the processor receives the opening or closing of the Sensing data, combining the sensing data with the calculation database to perform trajectory similarity calculations, if the calculation results are the same or similar, then generating the control instructions corresponding to the trajectory conditions.

Preferably, the auxiliary input module is installed in a watch case, and a main controller, a functional module controlled by the main controller, and a first connection electrically connected to the main controller are installed in the watch case interface; the auxiliary input module also has a housing matched with the periphery of the watch case and a second connection interface electrically connected to the first connection interface, and the control command of the processor passes through the second connection interface and The first connection interface transmits to the main controller to control the functional module.

Preferably, the track sensor is a mechanical track sensor or an optical track sensor.

In another embodiment of the auxiliary input module of the present invention, it has a trajectory sensor that is quite close to the contact surface and does not directly contact the contact surface to generate a coordinate information that is different from the reference sensing data. sensing data. The track sensor is an optical track sensor, and the emitted light intensity is enhanced or the sensing sensitivity is increased so that the track sensor generates sensing data with coordinate information when it is quite close to the contact surface and does not directly touch the contact surface.

The portable electronic device of the present invention operates on a contact surface, and includes a main controller, a function module and an auxiliary input module.

The functional module is electrically connected to the main controller, and is controlled by the main controller to enable or disable a predetermined function.

The auxiliary input module has a trajectory sensor, a recording unit, and a processor; when the trajectory sensor is spaced from the contact surface, it generates sensing data without coordinate information for reference; when the trajectory sensor contacts the contact surface, it generates Sensing data with coordinate information that is different from the sensing data used for reference, and when the track sensor is displaced on the contact surface, a plurality of sensing data with differences in coordinate information are generated; the recording unit is used for recording The sensing data generated by the track sensor; the processor is electrically connected to the track sensor and the recording unit, and is used to compare the sensing data recorded by the recording unit to detect changes in the sensing data for reference When the sensing data is different from it, it is converted into a control instruction representing on or off, and the main controller controls the function module to turn on or off the predetermined function according to the control instruction.

Preferably, the portable electronic device also includes a memory module electrically connected to the main controller, and the memory module pre-stores a calculation database of a predetermined trajectory, the calculation database has a plurality of different trajectory conditions and corresponding to each of the trajectory conditions Control instructions, the processor receives the sensing data after the opening or closing and transmits it to the main controller, so that the main controller receives the sensing data after the opening or closing, and transmits the sensing data to the main controller. The similarity calculation of the trajectory is carried out with the measured data and the calculation database, and if the calculation result is the same or similar, the control instruction corresponding to each trajectory condition is generated.

Preferably, the portable electronic device also includes a watch case in which the main controller is installed, and a first connection interface installed in the watch case; the auxiliary input module also has a A matching shell and a second connection interface electrically connected to the first connection interface, and the control command of the processor is transmitted to the main controller through the second connection interface and the first connection interface to control the functional module .

The beneficial effect of the present invention is that: when the user wants to perform the opening or closing function, he only needs to touch the track sensor of the auxiliary input module to the contact surface, whereby the processor of the auxiliary input module compares the sensed data recorded by the recording unit Data to detect when the reference data changes to sensing data that is different from the reference data, it will be converted into a control command representing on or off, and the user can easily operate without taking off the gloves.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of the portable electronic device with an auxiliary input module of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the sensing data generated when the portable electronic device of the present invention is in contact with a contact surface;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating that the change of the reference data generated by the track sensor from never touching the contact surface represents on or off according to the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram illustrating that the trajectory sensor of the auxiliary input module of the present invention generates sensing data associated with the movement trajectory when the contact surface moves;

FIG. 5 is a circuit block diagram illustrating another preferred embodiment of the portable electronic device with an auxiliary input module of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

1, in the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, the portable electronic device 100 includes a main controller 10, a main input module 11, a function module 12 and an auxiliary input module 3, wherein the auxiliary input module 3 It has a processor 30 , a trajectory sensor 31 and a recording unit 32 .

1 and 2, in this embodiment, the portable electronic device 100 is a smart mobile phone, the main input module 11 is a touch panel and is electrically connected to the main controller 10, and can be operated by the user to generate a touch command and notify the main controller 10. The function module 12 is a call module. When the main controller 10 receives a phone signal and if the main controller 10 receives a touch command from the main input module 11 to connect the phone, the function module 12 can be unlocked to answer the phone. Function.

The portable electronic device 100 also includes a watch case 111 and a housing 311 fixed in the watch case 111, the track sensor 31 is installed in the housing 311, and the housing 311 has an opening 310 and the opening 310 is connected to the watch case 111 Cooperate with the corners of the outer peripheral edge of the auxiliary input module 3 and a contact surface 5 to touch each other, and make the trajectory sensor 31 move relative to the contact surface 5 . In this embodiment, the track sensor 31 is an optical mouse track sensor that can generate image sensing data. As known by those skilled in the art, the optical mouse track sensor has a light-emitting component and an image sensor, and the light-emitting component illuminates the contact surface 5 Reflected light is generated, and the image sensing data of the reflected light is captured by the image sensor; when the optical mouse track sensor moves on the contact surface 5, the processor 30 can perform conversion based on multiple pieces of image sensing data captured by the image sensor to Generates an electronic signal with coordinate movement information.

However, in other embodiments, the track sensor 31 can also be a mechanical mouse track sensor. As known to those of ordinary skill, the mechanical mouse track sensor includes a rolling ball in contact with the contact surface 5, and a rolling ball that can be moved back and forth by the rolling ball. And drive the first roller shaft of the X direction of rotation, and the second roller shaft of the Y direction that can be driven to rotate by the rolling ball left and right; The sensing data of the moving distance of the first roller in the X direction and the moving distance of the second roller in the Y direction are converted into electronic signals with coordinate movement information, which also belongs to the scope of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, wherein the left half of Fig. 3 shows that when the track sensor 31 is spaced from the contact surface 5, image sensing data 301 without coordinate information is generated for reference, and the right half of Fig. 3 shows that the track sensor 31 contacts When contacting the surface 5 , another image sensing data 302 different from the reference image sensing data 301 and having coordinate information is generated. The "no coordinate information" referred to here is because the optical track sensor 31 cannot receive the image formed by the reflected light of the contact surface 5 and presents a picture without spots; otherwise, "there is coordinate information" because the optical track sensor receives The image formed by the reflected light on the contact surface 5 presents a picture with spots of reflected light. It is supplemented that, in other embodiments, as long as the emitted light intensity of the optical track sensor 31 is enhanced or the sensitivity is improved, as long as it is quite close to the contact surface 5 (not necessarily directly touching the contact surface 5), it can also Receiving an image formed by reflecting light from the contact surface 5 to present a picture with spots also belongs to the scope of the present invention.

Wherein Fig. 4 shows a series of operation actions, when the trajectory sensor 31 is spaced from the contact surface 5, the image sensing data 401 is generated, and when the trajectory sensor 31 is in contact with the contact surface 5 and displaced, image sensing data with coordinate information is generated respectively 402 to 404 , and image sensing data 405 is generated when the track sensor 31 is separated from the contact surface 5 again.

1, the role of the auxiliary input module 3 is: the recording unit 32 is used to record the sensing data generated by the trajectory sensor 31; the processor 30 is electrically connected to the trajectory sensor 31 and the recording unit 32, and can compare the recording unit 32 The recorded sensing data is used to interpret the pressing or moving track, and the recording unit 32 records the sensing data according to time sequence, for example, they are numbered in chronological order to be recorded in the recording unit 32 or each sensing data is integrated The time information generated by the track sensor 31 allows the processor 30 to compare the sensing data in a time sequence. In detail, when the processor 30 successively receives the image sensing data 301 for reference and the image sensing data 302 with coordinate information, and calculates that the state changes from non-contact to contact, a control representing on or off is generated. instructions, and provide control instructions to the main controller 10, so that the function module 12 executes the corresponding function to be turned on or off.

In addition, the recording unit 32 pre-stores a calculation database 501 of a predetermined trajectory. The calculation database 501 records a plurality of different trajectory conditions and control instructions corresponding to each trajectory condition. In this way, after the processor 30 generates a control command representing on or off, the trajectory is analyzed for the received sensing data, and the similarity of the trajectory is performed according to the trajectory obtained from the analysis and the trajectory conditions in the calculation database 501 operation, if the operation results are the same or similar, then generate the control instructions corresponding to the trajectory conditions.

For example, the trajectory conditions of the built-in calculation database 501 include: the first trajectory condition is that the result of comparing the sensing data is a circled trajectory and correspondingly generates a control command for unlocking the mobile phone; the second trajectory condition is comparing the sensing data. The result of the data is a track that slides to the left and correspondingly generates a control command to connect the phone. The third track condition is that the result of comparing the sensing data is a track that slides to the right and correspondingly generates a control command to hang up the phone. And track condition four is that the result of comparing the sensing data is a crossed track and correspondingly generates a control command for shutting down. When the trajectory analyzed by the processor 30 according to the sensing data is similar to any of the aforementioned trajectory condition comparison results, a corresponding control instruction is generated according to each trajectory condition.

The second embodiment of the present invention is the same as the first embodiment in that: the control method of the processor 30 for generating the control command representing on or off. The difference between the second embodiment of the present invention and the first embodiment is that the portable electronic device 100' of the second embodiment further includes a first connection interface 13, and the auxiliary input module 3 further includes a second connection interface 33, And the first connection interface 13 and the second connection interface 33 are pluggable design, so that the auxiliary input module 3 can be used as the expansion equipment of the portable electronic device 100', for example: the first connection interface 13 and the second connection interface 33 are both In accordance with the miniUSB interface, the housing 311 of the auxiliary input module 3 is also changed to be arranged outside the watch case 111 instead of being installed inside the watch case 111 in this embodiment.

In addition, in order to cooperate with the faster computing capability of the main controller 10, a memory module 2 of the portable electronic device 100 that is electrically connected to the main controller 10 can also be used, and the aforementioned memory module 2 stored in the recording unit 32 can be pre-stored. Algorithm database 501 . In this way, the processor 30 transmits the received sensing data of the opening or closing to the main controller 10 through the first connection interface 13 and the second connection interface 33, so that the main controller 10 receives The sensing data after the opening or closing is combined with the calculation database 501 to perform trajectory similarity calculations, and if the calculation results are the same or similar, then generate the control instructions corresponding to the trajectory conditions.

It should be added that in other embodiments, the portable electronic device 100 may also be a wearable electronic device or a gaming electronic device, not limited to the handheld electronic device. In addition, there may be multiple track sensors 31, which are arranged at different positions of the portable electronic device 100, which also belong to the scope of the present invention.

In summary, the beneficial effect of the present invention is that: when the user wants to perform the opening or closing function (opening function such as: unlocking and answering the phone function), he only needs to touch the track sensor 31 of the auxiliary input module 3 to the contact surface 5, so that The processor 30 compares the sensing data recorded by the recording unit 32 to detect that when the sensing data for reference changes to a sensing data having a difference therefrom, it is converted into a control command representing on or off, and the user does not need to It can also be easily operated after taking off the gloves, so the purpose of the present invention can be really achieved.

Claims (13)

1. An auxiliary input module, which operates on a contact surface and is applied to a functional module of a portable electronic device that can be controlled to open or close a predetermined function, characterized in that: the auxiliary input module includes: A track sensor, when spaced from the contact surface, generates sensing data without coordinate information for reference, touches the contact surface to generate sensing data with coordinate information that is different from the sensing data for reference, and generating a plurality of sensing data each having a difference in coordinate information when the contact surface is displaced; a recording unit for recording the sensing data generated by the track sensor; and A processor, electrically connected to the track sensor and the recording unit, for comparing the sensing data recorded by the recording unit to detect when the reference sensing data changes to the sensing data that is different from it When the function module is turned on or off, it is converted into a control instruction representing on or off to drive the function module to turn on or off the predetermined function. 2. The auxiliary input module according to claim 1, characterized in that: the recording unit has a calculation database, the calculation database has a plurality of different trajectory conditions and corresponding control instructions for each of the trajectory conditions, when the processor receives The sensing data after the opening or closing is combined with the calculation database to perform trajectory similarity calculations, and if the calculation results are the same or similar, then generate the control instructions corresponding to the trajectory conditions. 3. The auxiliary input module according to claim 2, characterized in that: the auxiliary input module is mounted on a watch case of the portable electronic device, and a main controller is installed in the watch case, and a main controller is electrically connected to the main controller. The first connection interface of the controller; the auxiliary input module also has a housing that matches the periphery of the watch case and a second connection interface that is electrically connected to the first connection interface, and the control instructions of the processor pass through The second connection interface and the first connection interface are transmitted to the main controller to control the function module. 4. The auxiliary input module according to claim 2, wherein the track sensor is a mechanical track sensor or an optical track sensor. 5. An auxiliary input module, which operates on a contact surface and is applied to a functional module of a portable electronic device that can be controlled to open or close a predetermined function, is characterized in that: the auxiliary input module includes: A track sensor, when it is spaced from the contact surface, it generates sensing data without coordinate information for reference, and when it is quite close to the contact surface and does not directly touch the contact surface, it generates a sensing data that is different from the reference sensing data. Sensing data having coordinate information, and generating a plurality of sensing data each having a difference in coordinate information when the contact surface is displaced; a recording unit for recording the sensing data generated by the track sensor; and A processor, electrically connected to the track sensor and the recording unit, for comparing the sensing data recorded by the recording unit to detect when the sensing data for reference changes to sensing data having a difference therefrom, It is converted into a control instruction representing on or off, and used by the main controller to control the function module to turn on or off the predetermined function according to the control instruction. 6. The auxiliary input module according to claim 5, characterized in that: the track sensor is an optical track sensor, and the emitted light intensity is enhanced or the sensing sensitivity is increased so that the track sensor is quite close to the contact surface and not directly Sensing data with coordinate information is generated when the contact surface is touched. 7. A portable electronic device, which cooperates to operate on a contact surface, is characterized in that: the portable electronic device includes: a master controller; a functional module, electrically connected to the main controller, controlled by the main controller to turn on or off a predetermined function; and at least one auxiliary input module having: A track sensor, when spaced from the contact surface, generates sensing data without coordinate information for reference, touches the contact surface to generate sensing data with coordinate information that is different from the sensing data for reference, and generating a plurality of sensing data each having a difference in coordinate information when the contact surface is displaced, a recording unit for recording the sensing data generated by the track sensor, and A processor, electrically connected to the track sensor and the recording unit, for comparing the sensing data recorded by the recording unit to detect when the sensing data for reference changes to sensing data having a difference therefrom, It is converted into a control instruction representing on or off, and used by the main controller to control the function module to turn on or off the predetermined function according to the control instruction. 8. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, characterized in that: the recording unit has a calculation database, the calculation database has a plurality of different trajectory conditions and control instructions corresponding to each of the trajectory conditions, when the processor receives According to the sensing data after the opening or closing, the sensing data is combined with the calculation database to perform trajectory similarity calculations, and if the calculation results are the same or similar, then generate the control instructions corresponding to each trajectory condition. 9. The portable electronic device according to claim 8, characterized in that: the function module is a call module, and the trajectory condition of the calculation database includes comparing the sensing data to a predetermined trajectory and correspondingly generating a call The control instruction of the phone, or the trajectory condition of the calculation database includes a control instruction corresponding to generate a hang-up phone when comparing the sensing data to another predetermined trajectory. 10. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, characterized in that: the portable electronic device further comprises a memory module electrically connected to the main controller, and the memory module has a calculation database, and the calculation database has A plurality of different trajectory conditions and control instructions corresponding to each trajectory condition, the processor receives the sensing data after the opening or closing and transmits it to the main controller, so that the main controller receives the opening or closing After the sensing data, the sensing data is combined with the calculation database to perform a trajectory similarity calculation. If the calculation result is the same or similar, the control instruction corresponding to each trajectory condition is generated. 11. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the portable electronic device further comprises a watch case in which the main controller is installed, and a first connection interface installed in the watch case ; The auxiliary input module also has a housing that matches the periphery of the watch case and a second connection interface that is electrically connected to the first connection interface, and the control instructions of the processor pass through the second connection interface and the The first connection interface transmits to the main controller to control the functional module. 12 . The portable electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein there are a plurality of track sensors, and each track sensor is set at a different position of the portable electronic device. 13 . 13. The portable electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the portable electronic device is a handheld electronic device, a wearable electronic device or a game electronic device.