CN1862736A - Handheld electronic device and keypad providing enhanced usability and reduced size, and associated method - Google Patents
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Abstract
An improved handheld electronic device, keypad, and method in accordance with the invention meet these and other needs. An improved handheld electronic device having an improved keypad provides enhanced usability and reduced size by organizing its keys in pairs, with a pair of keys being disposed on a support. Each key of a pair of keys is individually actuatable. An actuation of a key causes a primary conductor associated with the key set to electrically to connect a pair of contacts and to cause a secondary conductor associated with the key to electrically connect another pair of contacts. The primary conductor is a collapsible dome or a tactile switch that can electrically connect the pair of contacts and that can provide a particular tactile feedback to the user. The secondary conductor is a conductor other than a collapsible dome or a tactile switch. An actuation of any key or of any pair of keys thus provides to the user a consistent tactile feedback, i.e., from a collapse of a single dome. An improved method in accordance with the invention is also disclosed.
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Technical field
Present invention relates in general to portable electric device, relate in particular to the keyboard that is used for portable electric device.
Background technology
Known polytype portable electric device.The example of these portable electric devices comprises: as, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), handheld computer, two-way pagers, cellular phone or the like.It is portable thereby must be quite little that these portable electric devices are usually wished.Many portable electric devices have performance for wireless communications, although many this portable electric devices are stand-alone device.Because portable electric device generally is portable, wish that also the form factor (form factor) of device is enough little and meet ergonomics, so that can utilize the strap clamp of user in wrapping easily, manually or in briefcase betransported.The improvement of technology has allowed the form factor of this portable electric device to be reduced, increase the versatility of this portable electric device and functional simultaneously, for example the quantity by increasing the function that device provides and increase the quantity of software application and the diversity of feature.Yet along with the form factor of portable electric device reduces and the quantity of the function that provided by device increases, device may become to use inconvenience and be difficult to and use.Thereby, also wish to reduce and its versatility when improving the availability of raising portable electric device when its form factor.The trial of this availability of increase in the past has limitation.
One type solution comprises uses a large amount of keys, and when being pressed with multiple combination, these keys will produce multiple function.For example, press contiguous key simultaneously additional function is provided.In the mobile electron technology, key is operably connected with a plurality of arched members (poly dome) of plating or carbon often, arched member is as the switch of key and be resiliency compressible, and when arched member was compressed to the position of departing from from the off-position, arched member provided tactile feedback to the user.Tact switch provides similar function.Thereby, push the compression (collaps) that a plurality of keys often can cause a plurality of arched members so that given function to be provided simultaneously, this can cause to user's confusion and/or bad tactile feedback.Other trials that improve usability relate to the quantity that reduces the key on the handheld apparatus, the quantity of the function that increases each key simultaneously and risen.It is inconvenient that this system may become, and provides described multiple function because the multiple function of given key may need be pushed SHIFT key, ALT key or other keys in addition.In this case, desired multikey need to promote the driving of multiple hand, thereby hinders user friendly.
Summary of the invention
Satisfy these or other needs according to improved portable electric device of the present invention, keyboard and method.A kind of size of improved portable electric device by organizing these keys increased availability to be provided and to reduce in couples with improvement keyboard, every key is to being arranged on the strutting piece.Each key in the key can be driven individually in pairs.The driving of key causes that the leading body of associated key is electrically connected to pair of contacts and causes that the auxiliary-conductor of associated key is electrically connected with other pair of contacts.Leading body is both collapsible domes or tact switch, and it can be electrically connected this to contact and provide specific tactile feedback to the user.Auxiliary-conductor is the conductor that is different from both collapsible domes or tact switch.Thereby the driving of any key or any pair of keys provides consistent tactile feedback to the user, just, and from the compression of single arched member.Also disclose according to a kind of improved method of the present invention.
Therefore, one aspect of the present invention provides a kind of improved portable electric device, a kind of improved keyboard and a kind ofly provides improving one's methods of increased availability.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of improved portable electric device and has the improved keyboard of key, and described key is organized in couples, thereby can make keyboard have the overall dimensions that reduces.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of improved portable electric device and a kind of improved keyboard, the both collapsible domes alternative switch of tactile feedback (or provide) and conductive carbon element (or do not provide usually tactile feedback alternative switch) are provided for this device and keyboard, and the compression of arched member provides tactile feedback to the user.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of improved method that can import portable electric device, wherein the key of portable electric device has the language element of appointment (assign) to it, and wherein paired key also has the language element that is assigned to it, and this improved method provides the various modes that is used to detect from the input of key.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of improved handheld apparatus and a kind of improved keyboard, and this device and keyboard still provide increased availability or user friendly when form factor is diminished.
In addition, an aspect of of the present present invention provides a kind of improved keyboard, and this improved keyboard is bonded in the portable electric device.The general nature of keyboard can be described to comprise contact device, pushbutton unit, leading body part and auxiliary-conductor part.Contact device comprises a plurality of electric contact pieces.Pushbutton unit comprises a plurality of key groups (keyset).Each key group at least a portion key group in a plurality of key groups comprises pair of keys and strutting piece, and described pair of keys is arranged on the strutting piece.Leading body partly comprises can be at a plurality of leading bodies that discharge elastic deflection (deflectable) between (relaxed) position and the deflected position (deflected position).Each leading body at least a portion leading body on deflected position in a plurality of leading bodies is electrically connected a pair of electric contact piece in a plurality of electric contact pieces.Auxiliary-conductor partly comprises a plurality of auxiliary-conductors that can move between the primary importance and the second place.Each auxiliary-conductor at least a portion auxiliary-conductor on the second place in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors is electrically connected a pair of electric contact piece in a plurality of electric contact pieces.Described pair of keys comprises first key and second key, and first key can not move between activation point and the activation point, and second key can not move between activation point and the activation point.When first key is positioned on the activation point, be positioned at deflected position corresponding to the leading body of key group.When first key is positioned on the activation point, corresponding to first auxiliary-conductor of first key in the second place.When second key is positioned on the activation point, be positioned at deflected position corresponding to the leading body of key group.When second key is positioned on the activation point, corresponding to second auxiliary-conductor of second key in the second place.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of improved portable electric device, and its general nature can be described to comprise processor device, input unit and output device.Processor device comprises processor and memory.Input unit comprises keyboard and cooperates with processor device and inputs to processor device to provide.Output device is cooperated with the signal that receives the from processor device and output is provided with processor device.Keyboard comprises contact device, pushbutton unit, leading body part and auxiliary-conductor part.Contact device comprises a plurality of electric contact pieces.Pushbutton unit comprises a plurality of key groups.Each key group at least a portion key group in a plurality of key groups comprises pair of keys and strutting piece, and this pair of keys is set on the strutting piece.Leading body partly comprise can be between off-position and deflected position a plurality of leading bodies of elastic deflection.Each leading body at least a portion leading body on deflected position in a plurality of leading bodies is electrically connected a pair of electric contact piece in a plurality of electric contact pieces.Auxiliary-conductor partly comprises a plurality of auxiliary-conductors that can move between the primary importance and the second place.Each auxiliary-conductor at least a portion auxiliary-conductor on the second place in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors is electrically connected a pair of electric contact piece in a plurality of electric contact pieces.Described pair of keys comprises first key and second key, and first key can not move between activation point and the activation point, and second key can not move between activation point and the activation point.When first key is positioned on the activation point, be positioned at deflected position corresponding to the leading body of key group.When first key is positioned on the activation point, corresponding to first auxiliary-conductor of first key in the second place.When second key is positioned on the activation point, be positioned at deflected position corresponding to the leading body of key group.When second key is positioned on the activation point, corresponding to second auxiliary-conductor of second key in the second place.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of improved method that can import portable electric device.This portable electric device is the type that comprises the input unit with pair of keys, this pair of keys comprises first key with the first language element that is assigned to it and has second key of the second language element that is assigned to it, and this pair of keys has the 3rd language element that is assigned to it.Portable electric device can be operated under first input pattern and second input pattern at least.The general nature of this method can be described to comprise: detect following i under first input pattern) and ii) at least one, wherein: i) the driving detection with first key is the input of first language element; And ii) the driving of second key is detected and be the input of second language element.This method further comprises: under second input pattern driving of first key being detected is the input of the 3rd language element and as the driving of second key of the input of the 3rd language element.
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When understanding in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, from the describing below of preferred embodiment, can more fully understand the present invention, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the block diagram according to improved portable electric device of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the vertical view according to improved keyboard of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the decomposition diagram of the keyboard of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is the vertical view of printed circuit board (PCB) of the keyboard of Fig. 2;
Fig. 6 is the part enlarged drawing of Fig. 4, describes first key in the pair of keys of activation point not and each of second key;
Fig. 7 is and the similar view of Fig. 6, except first key of describing activation point not; And
Fig. 8 is and the similar view of Fig. 6, except second key of describing activation point not.
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Improved portable electric device 4 according to the present invention is schematically drawn in Fig. 1.Portable electric device 4 comprises that according to improved keyboard 8 of the present invention, this improved keyboard 8 is drawn whole or in part in Fig. 2-8.Advantageously be constructed to quite little size according to portable electric device 4 of the present invention and keyboard 8, simultaneously, for example, according to improved method of the present invention, provide increased availability, described method will at length be illustrated in the back.
Portable electric device 4 comprises input unit 6, processor device 10, shell 12 and output device 14.This input unit 6 comprises keyboard 8.This output device 14 comprises display 16.Keyboard 8 and display 16 are arranged on the shell 12.
Processor device 10 comprises suitable processor 18, and for example, microprocessor (μ P) is not limited to this.Processor device 10 further comprises memory 20, and memory 20 has a plurality of programs 22 that can be carried out by processor 18 that are stored in wherein.The program of carrying out in processor 18 22 provides from the function of keyboard 8 reception inputs and provides exports to display 16.Memory 20 can be any in the multiple storage device, and can comprise one or more for example RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM and/or other suitable storage devices, but is not limited to this.At U.S. Patent number No.6, comprised the example of portable electric device in 452,588 and 6,489,950, quote this patent as a reference at this.
As what see among Fig. 2, typical keyboard 8 comprises a plurality of keys 60.Many keys in the key 60 have the language element 24 that is assigned to it.Just as used herein, statement " language element " and its change character, ideographic symbol, numeral and/or other symbols that statement refers to any kind widely, they can be used to provide language performance, an and part that comprises these symbols especially, stroke etc. for example, but be not limited thereto.Many keys in the key 60 are organized as the key of key 60 to 32.The key of adjacent key 60 has alternative (altemate) language element 28 that is assigned to it to 32.As will be below sets forth in detail such, portable electric device 4 and method of the present invention permission are imported under multiple input pattern.Which kind of on portable electric device 4, be activated according to input pattern, the driving of key 60 can cause the input of the language element 24 that is assigned to driven key 60, perhaps causes to be assigned to the input to 32 alternate linguistic element 28 of key that key 60 keys adjacent with it 60 form.
As what understand from Fig. 3-4 and 6-8, keyboard 8 comprises pushbutton unit 40, leading body part 44 (Fig. 6-8), auxiliary-conductor part 48 (Fig. 4 and 6-8) and adopts the contact device of the form of printed circuit board (PCB) 56.Note,, the leading body part is not shown especially among Fig. 3 for purpose clearly.A plurality of bridgewares 38 and flexible mount 66 that pushbutton unit 40 comprises a plurality of key groups 36, extends between some key groups 36.As used herein, statement " a plurality of " and variation statement thereof refer to non-zero quantity arbitrarily widely, comprise one quantity.
The key that each of key group 36 generally includes key 60 to 32, strutting piece 64 and driver 70.In the described here exemplary embodiments, strutting piece 64 is set at key between 32 the key 60, and driver 70 roughly is arranged on strutting piece 64 vicinities.Little gap 42 is provided between the key 60 of contiguous strutting piece 64, and just, 42 places stop strutting piece 64 in the gap.This gap 42 provides closely-spaced 120 to offer the vision of user between two adjacent key 60 and the differentiation of sense of touch between the key 60 of key group 36.Strutting piece 64 is used for key is linked together to 32 key 60.
Leading body part 44 (Fig. 6-8) comprises the arched member 68 of a plurality of conductions, and in current exemplary embodiments, the arched member 68 of these a plurality of conductions is set on the printed circuit board (PCB) 56.Arched member 68 can flexibly deflection (deflect) between off-position (Fig. 6) and deflected position (Fig. 7-8).Arched member 68 the strain that moves through arched member 68 between off-position and the deflected position take place and cause that arched member is discharging and deflected position between send " rattle away " sound, to provide desirable tactile feedback to the user.
Be appreciated that in other embodiments of the invention, under the condition that does not depart from design of the present invention, can adopt tact switch or other tact switch structures to replace arched member 68.Therefore, employed here, the compression of the arched member of being mentioned and/or obviously comprise by its tactile feedback that causes, for example, tact switch and other similar structures and from their tactile feedback.The flexibly deflection and provide tactile feedback to the user between off-position and deflected position of this other structures is provided.
For example described in Fig. 5, at the arched member 68 of deflected position one group of main contact 96 is linked together, between them, forming circuit.Typical every group of main contact 96 is included in spherical contact 104 and the ring-type contact 108 that is provided with one heart on the printed circuit board (PCB) 56.When arched member 68 is positioned at the off-position, its circular edge, just the part partly corresponding with its protrusion (proud) of arched member 68 is set on the ring-type contact 108 of one group of relevant main contact 96.When arched member 68 was in deflected position, its previous projection engaged with the spherical contact 98 of relevant a pair of main contact 96, forming circuit between them, thereby provided the input that can be detected by processor 18.Arched member 68 can all or part ofly be made by metal or other electric conductors.
Secondary current-carrying part 48 comprises a plurality of carbon balls 76, and in current exemplary embodiments, a plurality of carbon balls 76 are set on the flexible mount 66.Carbon ball 76 is to be formed or the widget of coating electrically conductive material with carbon element by conductive carbon material.For example, carbon ball 76 is adhered to or is installed on the flexible mount 66.Similarly, flexible mount 66 can contact formation with carbon ball 76 physics, promptly solidifies, and thus, flexible mount 66 can be formed on the carbon ball 76 so that carbon ball 76 is kept thereon.Other structure also is fine.To notice that simultaneously carbon ball 76 also can be set on one's body 60 on the key, and not depart from design of the present invention.
Each carbon ball 76 can move between the primary importance (Fig. 6) and the second place (as Fig. 7-8 differently illustrates).When the second place, one group of secondary contact 100 that carbon ball 76 will be correlated with links together, as shown in Figure 5.The structure that the group of secondary contact 100 has " grid pectination " comprises the first pectination contact 112 and the second pectination contact 116 with adjacency or latticed a plurality of finger pieces.When carbon ball 76 engaged one group of pair contact 100, it formed circuit between the first pectination contact 112 and the second pectination contact 116, can be by the input of processor 18 detections to provide.
Be appreciated that arched member 68 and carbon ball 76 can say so as being used for the switch of key 60.Arched member provides tactile feedback by elastic deflection between off-position and deflected position.Except the resistance that the strain by flexible mount 66 provides, between first and second positions, move and do not provide any tactile feedback usually, in any case the tactile feedback that is provided by arched member 68 is provided described resistance with the carbon ball 76 that engages secondary contact 100.
Each key 60 has relevant carbon ball 76, and carbon ball 76 is associated with this key, and when driving key 60, carbon ball 76 moves between its first and second position.Each key group 36 has related arched member 68 associated therewith, and when the key 60 of above-mentioned key group 36 was driven, described arched member 68 can flexibly deflection between off-position and deflected position.Thereby each key 60 of key group 36 also is associated with identical related arched member 68.
Key with key 60 exemplary embodiments to 32 key group 36 has been described in Fig. 6-8.The key of key 60 comprises first key 60 ', second key 60 to 32 " and be arranged on strutting piece 64 between them.Key group 36 also comprises related driver 70, and this related driver 70 can be said so and strutting piece 64 and key 60 ' and 60 " be associated, and engage with the projection of related arched member 68.The first carbon ball 76 ' is associated with first key 60 ', and the second carbon ball 76 " with second key 60 " be associated.In Fig. 6, first and second keys 60 ' and 60 " each all be positioned at not activation point, thereby arched member 68 in the off-position and the first and second carbon balls 76 ' and 76 " each all be positioned at primary importance.
In Fig. 7, thus first key 60 ' has been driven and from its not activation point move to activation point.When first key 60 ' is positioned on the activation point, arched member 68 by driver 70 strains to deflected position, thereby offer user's tactile feedback related with this mobile phase of arched member 68.The driving of first key 60 ' is flexibly deflection or crooked seat 66 also, and this seat 66 moves to the second place with the first carbon ball 76 ' from primary importance.Like this, one group of main contact 96 that arched member 68 will be associated is electrically connected, and one group of secondary contact 100 that the first carbon ball 76 will be associated is electrically connected.Comprise that the formation of circuit of aforementioned one group of main contact 96 and the formation that comprises the circuit of aforementioned one group of secondary contact 100 all provide the input that can be detected by processor 18.In case discharge first key 60 ', the elastic energy that is stored in the seat 66 of the arched member 68 that is in deflected position and case of bending causes that first key 60 ' springs back to the position that it does not drive, described in Fig. 6.
In Fig. 8, show second key 60 " by from its not activation point be driven into activation point.Arched member 68 is in deflected position, and the second carbon ball 76 " in the second place, the second carbon ball 76 when this position " another is organized secondary contact 100 be electrically connected.
Driving first key 60 ' or second key 60 " time; strutting piece 64 rotates slightly and moves slightly towards printed circuit board (PCB) 56; arched member 68 moves between off-position and deflected position, and the first carbon ball 76 ' or the second carbon ball 76 " move to its second place from its primary importance.Although first and second keys 60 ' and 60 " all be set on the common support part 64 first and second keys 60 ' and 60 " can be driven independently of each other.
By key 60 is arranged as key to 32, keyboard 68 advantageously has with respect to other keyboard advantages of small integral sizes.About this point, as can be seen, any key is to having the interval 120 of specific width between 32 the key 60, for example can from the level measurement of the perspective view of Fig. 4 like that.Given key group 36 is spaced apart with adjacent key group 36 by the interval that is known as pitch (pitch space) 124 between itself and the adjacent key group 36, for example can be with 120 the same measured in same level at interval.Can directly go out, at least some intervals 120 are littler than at least some pitches 124.Yet, thereby isolate mutually significantly and can be discerned separately at the key 60 of any given key in by the user to 32.Between the particular key 60, be any given key to the interval between the key 60 in 32, between other keys 60, promptly little to 32 key 60 and adjacent key to the interval between the adjacent key 60 in 32 from given key, make and compare with the isolated situation of identical distance that keyboard 8 can have relatively little general structure with all keys 60.In current exemplary embodiments, the difference in size between interval 120 and the pitch 124 allows keyboard 8 narrow, and is measured in the plane of horizontal direction in corresponding to Fig. 4.Key 60 can provide relative advantages of small integral size with other layout that the mode in the scope of the invention forms in other directions.
According to an aspect of the present invention, program 22 comprises the input program that multiple input pattern is provided to portable electric device 4.For example, this input pattern can be text entry mode, telephony mode, numerical model and/or other input patterns, but is not limited to this.The driving of any given key 60 can provide and input to processor 18, and this input can be detected by processor 18, with as a plurality of different inputs, depends on that current any input pattern is activated on portable electric device 4.In the typical keyboard of describing in Fig. 28, many keys 60 have the language element 24 that is assigned to it, and in present example, language element 24 can be Roman character.In addition, the key of many keys 60 has the alternate linguistic element 28 that is assigned to it to 32, for example, adopts the form of Arabic numerals, just Shuo Zi form.Alternate linguistic element 28 with the arranged in form of key group formula keyboard on keyboard 8, this key group formula keyboard provides the asterisk that is assigned to one of them key 60 in the position of corresponding conventional keys group formula layout in addition, * just, and the numerical chracter or pound symbol, the just # that are assigned to another key 60.
For example, if text entry mode is activated on portable electric device 4, the driving of key 60 with language element 24 of for example Roman character characteristics that are assigned to it will cause the input to processor 18, and it is language element 24 that this input is detected by processor 18.On the other hand, for example but be not limited to this, if phone input pattern or numerical value input pattern are activated on portable electric device 4, key with alternate linguistic element 28 of for example Arabic numerals form that is assigned to it will provide the driving of a part of key 60 of 32 and input to processor 18, and it is alternate linguistic element 28 that this input is detected by processor 18.This detection will take place, although the language element 24 that driven key 60 self also has the Roman character characteristic that is assigned to it.When portable electric device 4 is in phone input pattern or numerical value input pattern, for example, but be not limited to this, the any given key of designated alternate linguistic element 28 will cause input to processor 18 to the driving of any or two keys 60 in 32, and it is alternate linguistic element 28 that this input is detected by processor 18.The input pattern that is appreciated that other types also can be used, and/or the language element of other types also can be assigned to key 60 and/or key to 32, and does not depart from design of the present invention.
Thereby portable electric device 4 advantageously is constructed to relatively little size and has the functional of enhancing, and for example, this is functional to be provided by method of the present invention.Method of the present invention provides the functional of enhancing in the following manner: except the input to 32 alternate linguistic element 28 of the key that allows to be assigned to the language element 24 of key 60 by driving key 60 inputs, also provide to be assigned to key 60.When activating driving with key 60 detect input pattern type for the input of this alternate linguistic element 28 on portable electric device 4, given key will cause being assigned to the input of key to 32 alternate linguistic element 28 to the driving of arbitrary key 60 of 32.Like this, wish the user of this alternate linguistic element 28 of input can pressing key to any key 60 or two keys 60 in 32, this will help carrying out fast of this input.This input can be carried out fast, be because, for example, the user can push any or two of such key 60, pushes a key 60 or another key 60 especially and need not pay close attention to.Compare with the situation that requires the user only to drive specific key 60, this also advantageously allows the user to drop into relatively little attentiveness when specific input is provided.In addition, no matter the user drives key to which key 60 of 32, if or the user drive two keys 60 simultaneously, the user will receive the good and consistent tactile feedback of the characteristics of the compression with single arched member 68.
Although the present invention has described specific embodiment of the present invention in detail, one skilled in the art will appreciate that according to disclosed whole instructions, can carry out various improvement and alternative to details.Therefore, disclosed specific arrangements only is used for example, rather than limits the scope of the invention, and scope of the present invention is given as the maximum magnitude of claims and any or whole equivalents of claims.
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1. keyboard, it is bonded in the portable electric device, and this keyboard comprises:
The contact device that comprises a plurality of electric contact pieces;
The pushbutton unit that comprises a plurality of key groups, each the key group at least a portion key group in a plurality of key groups comprises pair of keys and strutting piece, described pair of keys is arranged on the strutting piece;
The leading body part that comprises a plurality of leading bodies, described a plurality of leading body can be between off-position and deflected position elastic deflection, each leading body at least a portion leading body on deflected position in a plurality of leading bodies is electrically connected a pair of electric contact piece in a plurality of electric contact pieces;
The auxiliary-conductor part that comprises a plurality of auxiliary-conductors, described a plurality of auxiliary-conductor can move between the primary importance and the second place, and each auxiliary-conductor at least a portion auxiliary-conductor on the second place in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors is electrically connected a pair of electric contact piece in a plurality of electric contact pieces;
Described pair of keys comprises first key and second key, and first key can not move between activation point and the activation point, and second key can not move between activation point and the activation point;
When first key was positioned on the activation point, the leading body corresponding to the key group in a plurality of leading bodies was positioned at deflected position;
When first key was positioned on the activation point, first auxiliary-conductor corresponding to first key in the described at least a portion auxiliary-conductor in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors was positioned at the second place;
When second key is positioned on the activation point, be positioned at deflected position corresponding to the leading body of key group;
When second key was positioned on the activation point, second auxiliary-conductor corresponding to second key in the described at least a portion auxiliary-conductor in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors was positioned at the second place.
2. according to the keyboard of claim 1, wherein, contact device comprises printed circuit board (PCB), and leading body and auxiliary-conductor roughly are arranged between printed circuit board (PCB) and the key, and the strutting piece of key group roughly is arranged between the described pair of keys of key group.
3. according to the keyboard of claim 1, wherein auxiliary-conductor is the conductive carbon element, and described conductive carbon element can move with electric contact piece formation conduction by the key group and contact.
4. according to the keyboard of claim 3, wherein pushbutton unit comprises flexible mount, at least a portion key group in a plurality of key groups is arranged on the described seat, at least a portion auxiliary-conductor in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors is arranged on the described seat, when first key of the key group in described at least a portion key group and at least one key in second key were driven, described seat was bent.
5. according to the keyboard of claim 1, wherein first key has the first language element that is assigned to it, and second key has the second language element that is assigned to it, and the key group has the 3rd language element that is assigned to it.
6. according to the keyboard of claim 1, a key group in wherein said a plurality of key group is set to another key group in contiguous described a plurality of key groups, described another key group comprises another strutting piece and other pair of keys, described pair of keys in addition comprises another first key and another second key, described strutting piece between described first key and described second key provides the interval between described first key and described second key, described another supporter between described another first key and described another second key provides another interval between described another first key and described another second key, have pitch between a described key group and described another key group, described interval and described another interval are littler than described pitch.
7. according to the keyboard of claim 1, wherein pushbutton unit comprises a plurality of drivers, each key group at least a portion key group in a plurality of key groups is associated with the linkage driver in a plurality of drivers, this linkage driver is along roughly extending from the key group towards the direction of contact device, and can engage with the related leading body in a plurality of leading bodies, between off-position and deflected position, to move this association leading body.
8. according to the keyboard of claim 7, wherein pushbutton unit comprises the flexible mount between at least a portion key group that roughly is arranged in contact device and a plurality of key group, and, each at least a portion linkage driver for the opening that forms on the outstanding and key group in a plurality of key groups that on flexible mount, forms, form in by flexible mount extend outstanding in one.
9. according to the keyboard of claim 7, wherein each driver at least a portion linkage driver is set to roughly be adjacent to the strutting piece of key group.
10. according to the keyboard of claim 1, wherein first auxiliary-conductor roughly is arranged between first key and the contact device, and second auxiliary-conductor roughly is arranged between second key and the contact device.
11. a portable electric device comprises:
The processor device that comprises processor and memory;
The input unit that comprises keyboard, this input unit can be cooperated with processor device and be inputed to processor device to provide; And
Output device, this output device can be cooperated with processor device, with the signal that receives the from processor device and output is provided;
Described keyboard comprises contact device, pushbutton unit, leading body part and auxiliary-conductor part;
Described contact device comprises a plurality of electric contact pieces;
Described pushbutton unit comprises a plurality of key groups, and each the key group at least a portion key group in described a plurality of key groups comprises pair of keys and strutting piece, and described pair of keys is arranged on the strutting piece;
Described leading body partly comprise can be between off-position and deflected position a plurality of leading bodies of elastic deflection, each leading body that is arranged at least a portion leading body on the deflected position in a plurality of leading bodies is electrically connected a pair of electric contact piece of a plurality of electric contact pieces;
Described auxiliary-conductor partly comprises a plurality of auxiliary-conductors that can move between the primary importance and the second place, each auxiliary-conductor that is arranged at least a portion auxiliary-conductor on the second place in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors is electrically connected a pair of electric contact piece of a plurality of electric contact pieces;
Described pair of keys comprises first key and second key, and first key can not move between activation point and the activation point, and second key can not move between activation point and the activation point;
When first key was positioned on the activation point, the leading body corresponding to the key group in a plurality of leading bodies was positioned at deflected position;
When first key was positioned on the activation point, first auxiliary-conductor corresponding to first key at least a portion auxiliary-conductor in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors was positioned at the second place;
When second key was positioned on the activation point, described leading body corresponding to the key group was positioned at deflected position;
When second key was positioned on the activation point, second auxiliary-conductor corresponding to second key in the described at least a portion auxiliary-conductor in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors was positioned at the second place.
12. according to the portable electric device of claim 11, wherein contact device comprises printed circuit board (PCB), leading body and auxiliary-conductor roughly are arranged between printed circuit board (PCB) and the key, and the strutting piece of key group roughly is arranged between the described pair of keys of key group.
13. according to the portable electric device of claim 11, wherein auxiliary-conductor is for moving the conductive carbon element that contacts with the electric contact piece conduction by the key group.
14. portable electric device according to claim 13, wherein pushbutton unit comprises flexible mount, at least a portion key group in a plurality of key groups is arranged on the described seat, at least a portion auxiliary-conductor in a plurality of auxiliary-conductors is arranged on the described seat, when first key of the key group in described at least a portion key group and at least one key in second key were driven, institute's seat was bent.
15. according to the portable electric device of claim 11, wherein first key has the first language element that is assigned to it, second key has the second language element that is assigned to it, and the key group has the 3rd language element that is assigned to it.
16. portable electric device according to claim 15, wherein memory comprises a plurality of programs that are stored in wherein, at least one program can be carried out on processor to offer the multiple input pattern of processor, described multiple input pattern comprises first input pattern and second input pattern, processor under first input pattern is fit to driving with first key and detects to detect for the input of first language element and with the driving of second key and be the input of second language element, and the processor under second input pattern is fit to input that driving detection with first key is the 3rd language element and is the input of the 3rd language element with the driving detection of second key.
17. portable electric device according to claim 11, a key group in wherein a plurality of key groups is set to another key group in contiguous described a plurality of key groups, described another key group comprises another strutting piece and has another first key and the pair of keys in addition of another second key, described strutting piece between described first key and described second key provides between described first key and described second key at interval, described another supporter between described another first key and described another second key provides another at interval between described another first key and described another second key, have pitch between a described key group and described another key group, described interval and described another interval are littler than described pitch.
18. portable electric device according to claim 11, wherein pushbutton unit comprises a plurality of drivers, each key group at least a portion key group in a plurality of key groups is associated with the linkage driver in a plurality of drivers, this linkage driver is along roughly extending from the key group towards the direction of contact device, and can engage with the related leading body in a plurality of leading bodies, between off-position and deflected position, to move related leading body.
19. portable electric device according to claim 18, wherein pushbutton unit comprises the flexible mount between at least a portion key group that roughly is arranged in contact device and a plurality of key group, and wherein each at least a portion linkage driver be form on the outstanding and key group in a plurality of key groups that on flexible mount, forms and by flexible mount in the opening that forms extend outstanding in one.
20. according to the portable electric device of claim 18, wherein each at least a portion linkage driver roughly is adjacent to the strutting piece of key group.
21. according to the portable electric device of claim 11, wherein first auxiliary-conductor roughly is arranged between first key and the contact device, and second auxiliary-conductor roughly is arranged between second key and the contact device.
22. the method that can import portable electric device, this portable electric device is the type that comprises the input unit with pair of keys, described pair of keys comprises first key with the first language element that is assigned to it and has second key of the second language element that is assigned to it, described pair of keys has the 3rd language element that is assigned to it, this portable electric device can be operated under at least the first input pattern and second input pattern, and this method comprises:
In detecting below under first input pattern, carrying out at least one:
The driving detection of first key is the input of first language element; And
The driving detection of second key is the input of second language element; And
Under second input pattern driving of first key being detected is the input of the 3rd language element and the driving of second key is detected is the input of the 3rd language element.
23. according to the method for claim 22, wherein be included in detection under the Text Mode, and be included in detection under the telephony mode and at least one in the detection under the numerical model in the detection under second input pattern in the detection under first input pattern.
24. according to the keyboard of claim 5, wherein the first language element is a letter, the second language element is another letter, and the 3rd language element is a numeral.
25. according to the keyboard of claim 5, wherein the 3rd language element is the alternate linguistic element of first and second language elements.
26. according to the keyboard of claim 5, wherein first key can be actuated to import first language element and the 3rd language element, and second key can be actuated to import second language element and the 3rd language element.
27. according to the keyboard of claim 5, wherein first key can be actuated to import the first language element, second key can be actuated to import the second language element, and the arbitrary portion of described pair of keys can be actuated to import the 3rd language element.
28. according to the portable electric device of claim 15, wherein first and second language elements are letter, the 3rd language element is a numeral.
29. according to the portable electric device of claim 15, wherein first key can be actuated to processor device input first language element and the 3rd language element, second key can be actuated to processor device input second language element and the 3rd language element.
30. according to the portable electric device of claim 16, wherein being in processor device under second input pattern, to be suitable for that driving with the arbitrary portion of described pair of keys detects be the input of the 3rd language element.
31. according to the method for claim 22, being included in further under second input pattern that driving with the arbitrary portion of described pair of keys detects is the input of the 3rd language element.
32. method according to claim 22, further be included under first input pattern driving with any one key in first key and second key and detect and be the letter input, and under second input pattern, the driving of the arbitrary portion of described pair of keys detected and be the numeral input.
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