TWM632797U - Touch pad module and computer using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present utility model discloses a touch pad module including a touch plate assembly, a substrate, a support and a switch. The touch plate assembly has a first touch area and a second touch area. The substrate is disposed below the touch plate assembly. The support is disposed between the touch plate assembly and the substrate, and the support corresponds to the second touch area. The switch is disposed between the touch plate assembly and the substrate, and the switch corresponds to the second touch area. When the second touch area of the touch plate assembly is pressed, the touch force of the touch plate assembly is conducted to the substrate through the support, thereby causing the substrate to deform, and the switch responds to the deformation of the substrate is triggered.

Description

Touch panel module and electronic computer with touch panel module

The invention relates to the field of an input device, in particular to an input device with a touch function.

With the rapid development of science and technology, the vigorous development of electronic equipment has brought a lot of convenience to human life, so how to make the operation of electronic equipment more humanized is an important issue. For example, common electronic devices in daily life are notebook computers, mobile phones, satellite navigation devices, etc. Due to the substantial increase in storage capacity and processor computing performance of these electronic devices, their functions are becoming increasingly powerful and complex. In order to efficiently operate these electronic devices, manufacturers of electronic devices use touch panels as input devices to control these electronic devices.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a structural diagram of a conventional notebook computer and its touch panel module. The touch panel module 1 is arranged in the casing 21 of the notebook computer 2, and at least partially exposed to the outside for the user to touch and operate the notebook computer 2, for example, the user can touch the touch panel module with a finger Set 1 and slide on the touchpad module 1 to move the cursor 23 on the screen 22, and also make the notebook computer 2 perform a specific function by pressing the touchpad module 1, therefore, the touchpad module 1 It can replace the function of the mouse, so that the user does not need to bring inconvenience caused by additionally carrying or installing the mouse.

Please refer to Figure 2 ~ Figure 3 simultaneously, Figure 2 is a conceptual diagram of the touch panel module shown in Figure 1 when it is not pressed, and Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the touch panel module shown in Figure 2 after it is pressed Concept diagram. The casing 21 of the notebook computer 2 has an inwardly recessed frame 24. The touch panel module 1 is disposed in the frame 24. The touch panel module 1 includes a support structure 11 and a trigger portion 12 disposed on opposite sides of the frame 24 and The touch panel 13 is connected to the support structure 11 so that the touch panel 13 of the touch panel module 1 can swing relative to the trigger part 12 with the support structure 11 as a fulcrum. In addition, the touchpad module 1 includes a switch 14 located under the touchpad 13 and corresponding to the trigger part 12 .

Moreover, when the user presses the touch panel 13, the touch panel 13 swings downward relative to the trigger part 12 with the supporting structure 11 as a fulcrum until the switch 14 of the touch panel module 1 abuts against the trigger part on the frame 24. 12. In this way, the switch 14 is triggered to output a switch signal to the notebook computer 2, thereby enabling the notebook computer 2 to perform a corresponding function. When the user no longer touches the pressure plate 13 , the pressure plate 1 will swing upward relative to the trigger portion 12 in response to the elastic force of the support structure 11 , so that the pressure plate 13 returns to its original position.

However, the disadvantage of the conventional touch panel module 1 is that when the user presses the area A of the touch panel 13 (as shown in FIG. 1 ), since the support structure 11 is located under the area A of the touch panel 13, Therefore, the user cannot press down, that is, the user can only press the area B of the touch plate 13 (as shown in Figure 1), that is, the position below the touch plate 13 is not where the support structure 11 is located, so that the touch plate can be pressed. 13 swings relative to the trigger part 12, that is, the touch panel 13 of the conventional touch panel module 1 can only trigger the action of the trigger switch 14 in a partial area, and cannot achieve the action of the trigger switch 14 in the entire area. Therefore, how to improve the above problems is actually the focus of attention of relevant people in the field.

One of the purposes of this invention is to provide a touch panel module, which has the function of pressing the whole area.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic computer, the touch panel module of which has the function of pressing the whole area.

Other purposes and advantages of this creation can be further understood from the technical characteristics disclosed in this creation.

In order to achieve one or part or all of the above purposes or other purposes, this invention provides a touch panel module, which is applied to an electronic computer. The touch panel module is configured in the frame of the electronic computer. The touch panel module includes a touch panel Platen assembly, base plate, support and switch. The touch panel assembly has a first touch area and a second touch area. The substrate is disposed under the touch panel assembly. The support is disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the support corresponds to the second touch area. The switch is arranged between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the switch corresponds to the second touch area, wherein when the second touch area of the touch panel assembly is pressed, the touch force on the touch panel assembly is transmitted through the support to the substrate, thereby causing the substrate to deform, and the switch is triggered according to the deformation of the substrate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the touch panel assembly includes a circuit board and an upper cover, and the upper cover is disposed above the circuit board.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned touch panel module further includes a flexible circuit board, and the flexible circuit board is disposed between the substrate and the supporting member, and the switch is disposed on the flexible circuit board.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned switch is a haptic feedback sensor (haptics sensor).

In order to achieve one or part or all of the above purposes or other purposes, this invention additionally provides a touch panel module, which is applied to an electronic computer. The touch panel module is configured on the frame of the electronic computer. The touch panel module includes a touch panel Platen assembly, base plate, support and switch. The touch panel assembly has a first touch area and a second touch area. The substrate is disposed under the touch panel assembly, and the substrate has a through area. The support is disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the support corresponds to the second touch area. The switch is arranged in the penetrating area of the substrate and corresponds to the second pressure area, wherein when the second pressure area of the touch panel assembly is pressed, the touch force on the touch panel assembly is transmitted to the substrate through the support member, so that The substrate is deformed, and the switch is triggered according to the deformation of the substrate.

In order to achieve one or part or all of the above purposes or other purposes, the invention further provides an electronic computer, including a casing, a processor and a touch panel module. The housing has an inwardly recessed frame. The processor is configured in the casing. The touch panel module is arranged in the frame and electrically connected with the processor. The touch panel module includes a touch panel assembly, a substrate, a support and a switch. The touch panel assembly has a first touch area and a second touch area. The substrate is disposed under the touch panel assembly. The support is disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the support corresponds to the second touch area. The switch is arranged between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the switch corresponds to the second touch area, wherein when the second touch area of the touch panel assembly is pressed, the touch force on the touch panel assembly is transmitted through the support to the substrate, thereby causing the substrate to deform, and the switch is triggered according to the deformation of the substrate.

In order to achieve one or part or all of the above purposes or other purposes, the invention further provides an electronic computer, including a casing, a processor and a touch panel module. The housing has an inwardly recessed frame. The processor is configured in the casing. The touch panel module is arranged in the frame and electrically connected with the processor. The touch panel module includes a touch panel assembly, a substrate, a support and a switch. The touch panel assembly has a first touch area and a second touch area. The substrate is disposed under the touch panel assembly, and the substrate has a through area. The support is disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the support corresponds to the second touch area. The switch is arranged in the penetrating area of the substrate and corresponds to the second pressure area, wherein when the second pressure area of the touch panel assembly is pressed, the touch force on the touch panel assembly is transmitted to the substrate through the support member, so that The substrate is deformed, and the switch is triggered according to the deformation of the substrate.

In the touch panel module and the electronic computer with the touch panel module of the present invention, a switch is provided under the second touch area where the touch panel assembly cannot be pressed down, and the second touch area of the touch panel assembly is pressed After the touch pressure, the substrate is deformed, and then the switch under the second touch area is triggered according to the deformation of the substrate, so that the touch panel module can trigger the switch in the whole area.

In order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of this invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments are specifically cited below, together with the accompanying drawings, and described in detail as follows.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of an appearance structure of an electronic computer and its touch panel module according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic computer 4 is a notebook computer, but not limited thereto, and includes a casing 41, a screen 42, a processor 45 and a touch panel module 3, and the processor 45 is arranged in the casing 41 and is used to process the electronic computer 4 electronic signal, and the shell 41 has an inwardly recessed frame 44 (as shown in FIG. 5 ), the touch panel module 3 can be configured in the frame 44 and electrically connected with the processor 45, and at least part of the touch The panel module 3 is exposed outside for the user to touch to operate the electronic computer 4, for example, the user can move the screen 42 by touching the touch panel module 3 with a finger and sliding on the touch panel module 3 The cursor 43 on the touch panel can also make the electronic computer 4 execute specific functions by pressing the touch panel module 3 .

Further description will be given below for other detailed structures of the touch panel module 3 of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a schematic cross-sectional view of part of the structure of the touch panel module shown in FIG. 4 .

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , the touch panel module 3 of this embodiment includes a touch panel assembly 31 , a substrate 32 , a supporting member 33 and a switch 34 . The touch panel assembly 31 has a first touch area R1 and a second touch area R2. The substrate 32 is disposed under the touch panel assembly 31 . The support 33 is disposed between the touch panel assembly 31 and the substrate 32, and the support 33 is located at one end of the touch panel module 3, that is, the support 33 is located at a position corresponding to the second touch area R2 of the touch panel assembly 31. . The switch 34 is disposed between the touch pad assembly 31 and the substrate 32 , and the switch 34 is located adjacent to the support member 33 , that is, the switch 34 is located at a position corresponding to the second touch area R2 of the touch pad assembly 31 . When the second pressure region R2 of the touch pad assembly 31 is pressed, the touch pad assembly 31 deforms the substrate 31 , and the switch 34 is triggered according to the deformation of the substrate 31 .

In this embodiment, the area of the first pressure contact region R1 of the touch pressure plate assembly 31 is greater than the area of the second pressure contact region R2, and the area of the first pressure contact region R1 is, for example, three times the area of the top surface of the touch pressure plate assembly 31. Two-thirds, the area of the second pressure-touching region R2 is, for example, one-third of the top surface area of the touch-pressure plate assembly 31 .

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , when the second touch area R2 of the touch pad assembly 31 is pressed, the touch pad assembly 31 will not move relative to the substrate 32 , but when the second touch area R2 of the touch pad assembly 31 After the area R2 is touched, the touch pressure on the touch plate assembly 31 will be transmitted to the substrate 32 through the support 33, so that the substrate 32 will be deformed. At this time, the The switch 34 is triggered according to the amount of deformation generated after the deformation of the substrate 32 .

In this embodiment, the switch 34 is, for example, a haptics sensor, but the invention is not limited thereto. When the second touch area R2 of the touch panel assembly 31 is pressed to trigger the switch 34, the switch 34 outputs a switch signal to the processor 45 of the electronic computer 4, and the processor 45 receives the switch signal output by the switch 34 and simultaneously outputs The feedback signal is sent to the switch 34, and then the switch 34 is driven to generate tactile feedback.

It should be noted that in addition to the function of tactile feedback, the switch 34 of this embodiment also has the effect of pressure sensing, and then senses the pressure applied to the second touch area R2 of the touch panel assembly 31 , and send a switch signal to the processor 45 of the electronic computer 4 according to the sensed pressure, so that the electronic computer 4 executes a corresponding specific function.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , the touch panel assembly 31 of this embodiment includes a circuit board 311 and an upper cover 312 . The touch panel module 3 is electrically connected to the processor 45 of the electronic computer 4 through the circuit board 311 of the touch panel assembly 31 . In addition, the upper cover 312 is disposed above the circuit board 311, and the upper cover 312 and the circuit board 311 are glued to each other by an adhesive layer (not shown), such as pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA). , but this creation is not limited to this. In this embodiment, the material of the upper cover 312 is, for example, polyester film (mylar), but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the material of the upper cover 312 can be replaced with a required material according to the needs of the actual situation. . In addition, in this embodiment, the material of the substrate 32 is, for example, metal, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , the touch panel module 3 of this embodiment further includes a flexible circuit board 36 . The flexible circuit board 35 is disposed between the substrate 32 and the supporting member 33 , and the switch 34 is disposed on the first surface 351 of the flexible circuit board 35 . The switch 34 is electrically connected to the circuit board 311 of the touch panel assembly 31 through the flexible circuit board 35, so that the switch signal output by the switch 34 is transmitted to the processing of the electronic computer 4 through the flexible circuit board 35 and the circuit board 311 The processor 45 , and the feedback signal from the processor 45 is also transmitted to the switch 34 via the circuit board 311 and the flexible circuit board 35 .

It should be noted that since the switch 34 of this embodiment is disposed on the first surface 351 of the flexible circuit board 35 and is located between the substrate 32 and the touch panel assembly 31, when the deformation of the substrate 32 is large, that is, the substrate When 32 bends downward after being stressed, the switch 34 will be damaged due to the large pressure during the deformation process of the substrate 32. In order to avoid such a situation, in the description in the next paragraph, this creation proposes another touch control Structural design of the board module.

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a schematic cross-sectional view of a partial structure of the touch panel module described in another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 6, the touch panel module 3a of this embodiment is similar to the touch panel module 3 shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, the difference lies in the substrate 32a of the touch panel module 3a of this embodiment With the penetrating area 320 , the switch 34 is disposed on the second surface 352 of the flexible circuit board 35 and located in the penetrating area 320 of the substrate 32 a. Under the structural design of the touch panel module 3a described in this embodiment, the switch 34 can still be triggered in response to the deformation of the substrate 32a. In addition, because the switch 34 is located in the penetrating region 320 of the substrate 32a, Therefore, when the deformation of the substrate 32a is large, the pressure on the switch 34 during the deformation of the substrate 32a can be effectively reduced, ensuring that the switch 34 will not be damaged during the deformation of the substrate 32a.

To sum up, in the touch panel module and the electronic computer with the touch panel module of the present invention, a switch is provided under the second touch area where the touch panel assembly cannot be pressed down. After the second touch area is pressed, the substrate is deformed, and then the switch under the second touch area is triggered according to the deformation of the substrate, so that the touch panel module can be triggered in the whole area The effect of the switch.

However, the above is only a preferred embodiment of this creation, and should not limit the scope of implementation of this creation, that is, all simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent scope of this creation and the content of the creation description, All still belong to the scope that this new patent covers. In addition, any embodiment or patent scope of this creation does not need to achieve all the purposes or advantages or characteristics disclosed in this creation. In addition, the abstract and the title are only used to assist in the search of patent documents, and are not used to limit the scope of rights of this model. In addition, terms such as "first" and "second" mentioned in this specification or the scope of the patent application are only used to name elements (elements) or to distinguish different embodiments or ranges, and are not used to limit the number of elements. upper or lower limit.

1, 3, 3a: touchpad module 2: Notebook computer 4: Computer 11: Support structure 12: trigger part 13: Touch plate 14: switch 21, 41: shell 22, 42: screen 23, 43: Cursor 24, 44: frame 31:Touchpad assembly 32, 32a: Substrate 33: Support 34: switch 35: Flexible printed circuit board 311: circuit board 312: Upper cover 320: through the area 351: first surface 352: second surface 45: Processor A, B: area R1: first touch area R2: Second touch area

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional notebook computer and its touch panel module. FIG. 2 is a conceptual schematic diagram of the touch panel module shown in FIG. 1 when it is not pressed. FIG. 3 is a conceptual schematic diagram of the touch panel module shown in FIG. 2 after being pressed. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the appearance structure of the electronic computer and its touch panel module described in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of part of the structure of the touch panel module shown in FIG. 4 . FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a partial structure of a touch panel module according to another embodiment of the present invention.

3: Touchpad module

31:Touchpad assembly

32: Substrate

33: Support

34: switch

35: Flexible printed circuit board

311: circuit board

312: Upper cover

351: first surface

352: second surface

R1: first touch area

R2: Second touch area

Claims (7)

A touch panel module is applied to an electronic computer, the touch panel module is configured in a frame of the electronic computer, and the touch panel module includes: A pressure-touch plate assembly has a first pressure-touch area and a second pressure-touch area; a substrate, configured under the touch plate assembly; a support, disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the support corresponds to the second touch area; and A switch is disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the switch corresponds to the second touch area, wherein when the second touch area of the touch panel assembly is pressed, the touch panel assembly The received touch force is transmitted to the substrate through the support member, thereby causing the substrate to deform, and the switch is triggered due to the deformation of the substrate. The touch panel module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch panel assembly includes a circuit board and an upper cover, and the upper cover is disposed above the circuit board. The touch panel module as claimed in claim 1 further includes a flexible circuit board, the flexible circuit board is disposed between the substrate and the supporting member, and the switch is disposed on the flexible circuit board. The touch panel module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the switch is a haptics sensor. A touch panel module is applied to an electronic computer, the touch panel module is configured on a frame of the electronic computer, and the touch panel module includes: A pressure-touch plate assembly has a first pressure-touch area and a second pressure-touch area; A base plate is arranged under the touch plate assembly, and the base plate has a penetrating area; a support, disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the support corresponds to the second touch area; and a switch, arranged in the penetrating area of the substrate and corresponding to the second pressure area, wherein when the second pressure area of the touch plate assembly is pressed, the touch force on the touch plate assembly is passed through the The support member conducts to the substrate, thereby causing the substrate to deform, and the switch is triggered according to the deformation of the substrate. An electronic computer comprising: a shell with a frame sunken inward; a processor configured in the housing; and A touch panel module, configured in the frame and electrically connected to the processor, the touch panel module includes: A pressure-touch plate assembly has a first pressure-touch area and a second pressure-touch area; a substrate, configured under the touch plate assembly; a support, disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the support corresponds to the second touch area; and A switch is disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the switch corresponds to the second touch area, wherein when the second touch area of the touch panel assembly is pressed, the touch panel assembly The received touch force is transmitted to the substrate through the support member, thereby causing the substrate to deform, and the switch is triggered due to the deformation of the substrate. An electronic computer comprising: a shell with a frame sunken inward; a processor configured in the housing; and A touch panel module, configured in the frame and electrically connected to the processor, the touch panel module includes: A pressure-touch plate assembly has a first pressure-touch area and a second pressure-touch area; A base plate is arranged under the touch plate assembly, and the base plate has a penetrating area; a support, disposed between the touch panel assembly and the substrate, and the support corresponds to the second touch area; and a switch, arranged in the penetrating area of the substrate and corresponding to the second pressure area, wherein when the second pressure area of the touch plate assembly is pressed, the touch force on the touch plate assembly is passed through the The support member conducts to the substrate, thereby causing the substrate to deform, and the switch is triggered according to the deformation of the substrate.

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