KR100574659B1 - Wireless keyboard system with multiple key input function and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a wireless keyboard in a specific product selection step of selecting a product which the user wants to use as a key input device, and an infrared reception ready state preset by a corresponding electronic product selected as a key input device after the specific product selection step. Start the wireless interworking check with and when the normal connection is completed, it is ready to receive the key input signal and turns on the connection confirmation lamp and waits for the keyboard input. A multi-key input function consisting of a specific function execution step of carrying out a combination and loading in the infrared, and an input device standby state executing a standby mode set by a user through a combination key when a key input transmission operation is completed after the specific function execution step. It provides a control method of the provided wireless keyboard device.

As described above, the present invention adds a key for a special control function to a wireless keyboard and sends a special key input to another electronic product including a computer equipped with a wireless signal receiver as a wireless signal to control the corresponding product, thereby making the input process inconvenient. Since key input of electronic products is processed using only one key, convenience of user key input can be maximized accordingly.

Wireless keyboard, special key, combination key, electronics, infrared emitter, infrared receiver

Description

Wireless keyboard system having a multi-key input function and controlling method thereof

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of use of a conventional wireless keyboard;

2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a wireless keyboard of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of the present invention.

4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

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1: main body 2: general key

3: Special key 4: Key input processing unit

5: infrared transmitter 6: wireless keyboard device

7: radio signal processing unit 8: electronic products

The present invention relates to a wireless keyboard system having a multi-key input function and a control method thereof. In particular, a key for a special control function is added to a wireless keyboard and a special key input is applied to other electronic products including a computer equipped with a wireless signal receiver. The present invention relates to a wireless keyboard system having a multiple key input function for transmitting a wireless signal and controlling a corresponding product, and a control method thereof.

In general, various information processing apparatuses including personal computers (hereinafter referred to as "PCs") are used as input devices, keyboards having character keys for inputting characters such as letters and numbers and function keys for performing various controls. Such a conventional keyboard is connected to the above-mentioned information processing apparatus by a cable. However, as PCs are widely used in general homes, problems such as interference with the cables or being too short are difficult to use at will. Therefore, recently, a wireless keyboard using a wireless communication means has been developed and used to solve such a problem.

Then, referring to Figure 1 of the PC using the conventional wireless keyboard as described above, having a wireless transmission unit 70 therein, the wireless keyboard 71 for transmitting the user's key wirelessly, and the wireless It consists of a PC main body 73 which receives a wireless key input signal transmitted from the wireless transmitting device unit 70 of the keyboard 71 through the wireless receiving unit 72 and performs a normal PC function.

On the other hand, the operation of the PC using the conventional wireless keyboard as described above, first, if the user wants to use the PC to enter the desired key, for example, numeric keys or other character keys in the wireless keyboard (71). Then, the wireless transmitting device unit 70 of the wireless keyboard 71 sends the user's key input to the wireless signal to the wireless receiving unit 72 of the PC main body 73. Then, the wireless receiving unit 72 processes the received key input to a predetermined signal and inputs it to the CPU (not shown) of the PC main body 73. Then, the CPU of the PC main body 73 executes the corresponding function according to the input wireless key input of the user.

Here, the wireless keyboard of the conventional PC as described above has been developed and used to simply use a computer, and other products, such as a key input method of a mobile phone or a PDA, also have a unique input device which is inconvenient to use, and input thereof. The methods are all configured differently. Therefore, for convenient use of such electronic products, an external key input device must be purchased separately, which also has different input methods for each product. In addition, the conventional wireless keyboard as described above has an input protocol to the computer main body using infrared rays having the same keyboard layout. However, the wireless keyboard does not provide an interface to other wireless products such as mobile phones and PDAs, but only an interface with the main body.

However, since the conventional wireless keyboard is simply an input device for a computer, the key input method is different from other electronic products requiring a keyboard input such as a PC, such as a mobile phone or a PDA, and is compatible with each other. Also, each of the electronic products described above had no input device such as a PC keyboard, so they had difficulty in controlling menu control, scheduling, SMS text, and other database management. However, in order to use an easy-to-use input device, there was a problem in that it must be purchased separately for each product.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented to solve the above-described conventional problems, and can process the key input of various electronic products inconvenient input process using only one key, thereby maximizing the convenience of user key input. An object of the present invention is to provide a wireless keyboard system having a multi-key input function and a control method thereof.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to control the key input of a variety of key input method by a single keyboard, so there is no need to purchase an external input keyboard of other wireless products accordingly, a computer keyboard input method familiar to the user The present invention provides a wireless keyboard system having a multi-key input function that can easily handle menu control, SMS input, schedule management, address book management, and the like of a mobile phone and a PDA, and a control method thereof.

The present invention for achieving the above object is set to the key input device of the electronic product to be used among a plurality of electronic products through the key input signal generated by the combination of the selection key and the function keys provided in the main body and set the A wireless keyboard device having a key input processing unit configured to wait for the next key input signal to be input after the key input signal is sent out, and an infrared ray transmitting unit which carries out the key input signals processed by the key input processing unit in the infrared; ;
Multiple key input consisting of a wireless key input for setting a specific electronic product transmitted from the wireless keyboard device, and an infrared receiver provided in each electronic product capable of receiving and processing a key input signal for controlling the function of the specific electronic product. Provided is a wireless keyboard system equipped with a function.

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Another feature of the present invention is a connection preparation step of automatically starting infrared transmission when the user having a wireless keyboard is turned on (ON), and ready to connect, a combination of selection keys and function keys after the connection preparation step A key operation step of setting a key input device of a specific electronic product to be used among a plurality of electronic products through a key input signal generated by the controller, and a preset electronic product selected by the key input device after the key operation step Initiating the wireless interlock check with the wireless keyboard in the infrared reception ready state, and if the normal connection is completed, prepare to receive the key input signal, then turn on the connection confirmation lamp and wait for keyboard input, and the interlock connection preparation step The number of specific functions that are transmitted in the infrared by combining the function keys with the set functions for controlling electronic products after the step And a key input execution step of executing a corresponding function according to the wirelessly received key input by the corresponding electronic product which has received a key input as a radio signal after the specific function execution step, and a key input sending operation after the key input execution step. When it is completed, the input device waiting step is executed until the user enters the standby mode until the next key input connection signal is input until the user sets the key input device of another electronic product by the combination of the selection key and the other function keys. Provided is a control method of a wireless keyboard system having a multi-key input function.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus of the present invention includes input of a plurality of general keys 2 arranged outside of the main body 1, for example, function keys F1 to F12, letters and numeric keys, and the main body 1; The key input processing unit 4 which processes the input of the special key 3 which is arranged outside of the electronic device and can control the key input of various electronic products, and the key input signal processed by the key input processing unit 4 wirelessly. A wireless keyboard device 6 having an infrared ray transmitting part 5 for transmitting a signal, for example, to infrared rays;

A wireless signal processing unit 7 capable of receiving and processing wireless key input transmitted from the wireless keyboard device 6, for example, is composed of electronic products 8A-N requiring various key inputs provided with an infrared receiver. .

Next, the control method of the present invention as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the user having the connection preparation stage (S20) wireless keyboard in the initial state (S10) turns on the power (ON), infrared transmission is automatically started to prepare for connection. Then, after the connection preparation step (S20) to proceed to the specific product selection step (S30) and the product that the user wants to use as a key input device, for example, PC (8A), mobile phone (8B), PDA (8C), The home network storage (8D) and other home network products (8N) are selected via special keys.

In addition, after the specific product selection step (S30) to proceed to the interlocking connection preparation step (S40), the electronic device selected as a key input device starts a wireless interworking check with the wireless keyboard in a pre-set infrared reception ready state and normal connection When it is completed, it is ready to receive key input signal, turn on the connection confirmation lamp and wait for the keyboard input. Here, after the interlocking connection preparation step (S40), the process proceeds to a specific function performing step (S50) and combines the set function with the function key and sends it to the target device in the infrared.

Then, after the specific function performing step (S50), the process proceeds to the key input execution step (S60) and the corresponding device receiving the key input as a wireless signal executes the corresponding function according to the wirelessly received key input. Then, after the key input execution step (S60) proceeds to the input device standby state (S70) and when the key input sending operation is completed, the user executes the standby mode set by the combination key to input the next key input connection signal Wait until

Meanwhile, the present invention shows an arrangement of a special control key for infrared communication with a specific wireless product of a wireless keyboard, and shows an operation detailed flowchart for an example (composing and sending an SMS of a mobile phone). This key input is to start the protocol for infrared communication with the product, which will be described as shown in Figure 4 with a focus on a specific product PC, that is, a personal computer,

For example, when the wireless keyboard 6 proceeds to the connection preparation step (S101) and the user having the wireless keyboard is turned on (ON) automatically starts infrared transmission to the personal computer to start the connection preparation. After the connection preparation step (S101), the process proceeds to the connection execution steps (S102, S103), and when the computer main body is turned on, it is connected to each other to operate as an input device of the computer.

Here, after the connection execution step (S102, S103) proceeds to a specific function performing step (S104), for example, when performing a function set, for example, the SMS transmission function of the mobile phone combination of function keys, that is, Sel (Selection) key and Function key combination Then press (Sel + F2). Then, after the specific function performing step (S104) proceeds to the interlocking connection preparation step (S105, S106) and the mobile phone starts the wireless interlock check with the wireless keyboard in a ready state for infrared reception preset and when the normal connection is completed The phone will be ready to accept keystrokes of text, turn on the connection confirmation lamp, and wait for keyboard input.

On the other hand, after the interlocking connection preparation step (S105, S106) proceeds to the wireless key input transmission step (S107, S108) to start the infrared transmission in accordance with the text transmission protocol of the mobile phone. At this time, during the wireless key input transmission step (S107, S108), the user selects the corresponding SMS service by using the arrow keys using the wireless keyboard to create and transmit text.

In addition, when the key input transmission operation is completed during the wireless key input transmission step (S107, S108), proceeds to the input device standby state (S109 ~ S110) and the user presses the Sel + F1 key to connect to the computer body which is the initial setting. Start up, use your computer, and turn off the wireless keyboard after completing all tasks.

That is, an infrared receiver 7 is added to the electronic products such as a PC 8A, a mobile phone 8B, a PDA 8C, a home network storage 8D, and other home network products 8N. After installing it to enable infrared wireless reception, use the Sel key (3), which is a special control key of the wireless keyboard (6), and the F1 to F12 keys, which are the existing function keys, to make a wireless connection with the product to be used as an input device. You will select a connection.

Here, the default setting of the special wireless keyboard 6 is a connection with a PC 8A, which will be commonly used, and Sel + F2, Sel + F3, etc. are associated with each product selection. For example, Sel + F2 maps infrared transmissions with the mobile phone 8B, Sel + F3 maps infrared transmissions with the PDA 8C, and other products 8N one by one to return to the corresponding PC 8A. Use Sel + F1 to connect to PC 8A. In order to check the status of infrared transmission with each product, each product checks the reception completion status, and when the wireless keyboard is ready to receive input, the connection confirmation lamp is turned on for each product.

Therefore, according to the present invention, using a special purpose interface control method that can use a conventional wireless keyboard as an input device of another wireless equipment, using a wireless keyboard as a mobile phone or PDA without a complicated procedure or a special purpose device By replacing the difficult input device, you can easily manage SMS, calendar, menu management, and data management of other wireless products with the keyboard method that all users are familiar with. Also, the ones that are most likely to apply to the product are independent embedded devices, which can be equipped with a wireless infrared function and that must be input for multiple operations to be performed, e.g. in mobile phones or PDAs or wireless home networks, respectively. It can serve as the same wireless keyboard input device for its products.

As described above, the present invention adds a key for a special control function to a wireless keyboard and sends a special key input to another electronic product including a computer equipped with a wireless signal receiver as a wireless signal to control the corresponding product. Since key input of various inconvenient electronic products is processed using only one key, it has the advantage of maximizing convenience of user key input accordingly.                     

In addition, according to the present invention, since the key input method controls the key input of various products by a single keyboard, there is no need to purchase external input keyboards of other wireless products accordingly, and the user may be familiar with the computer keyboard input method. There is also an effect that can easily handle menu control, SMS input, schedule management, address book management, such as mobile phones and PDAs.

Claims (4)

The key input signal generated by the combination of selection keys and function keys provided in the main body is set as a key input device of the electronic product to be used among a plurality of electronic products, and the set key input signal is transmitted, and then the next key input signal. A wireless keyboard device having a key input processing unit configured to wait for the input of a key, and an infrared ray transmitting unit configured to transmit the key input signals processed by the key input processing unit to the infrared; And an infrared receiver provided in each electronic product capable of receiving and processing a wireless key input for setting a specific electronic product transmitted from the wireless keyboard device and a key input signal for controlling a function of the specific electronic product. Wireless keyboard system with multiple key input function. When the user having the wireless keyboard is turned on, the connection preparation step of automatically starting infrared transmission and preparing for connection, and the key input generated by the combination of selection keys and function keys after the connection preparation step. A key operation step of setting a key input device of a specific electronic product to be used among a plurality of electronic products through a signal, and after the key operation step, the wireless electronic device selected by the key input device wirelessly After starting the wireless interlock check with the keyboard, if the normal connection is completed, prepare to receive the key input signal, then turn on the connection confirmation lamp and wait for the keyboard input, and then control the electronics after the interlock preparation step. A specific function performing step of transmitting a function set by a combination of function keys to infrared rays, and the specific function A key input execution step of executing a corresponding function according to the wirelessly received key input by the corresponding electronic product receiving a key input as a wireless signal after the performing step; and when the key input sending operation is completed after the key input execution step, the user Multiple keys characterized in that the input device standby step of executing the standby mode until the next key input connection signal is input by setting the key input device of another electronic product by the combination of the selection key and other function keys Control method of a wireless keyboard system with an input function. delete delete

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