WO2013091182A1

WO2013091182A1 - In-hand capacitive touch control accessory

Info

Publication number: WO2013091182A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/084311
Authority: WO
Inventors: 庄新宏
Original assignee: Chuang Hsin-Hung
Priority date: 2011-12-21
Filing date: 2011-12-21
Publication date: 2013-06-27

Abstract

An in-hand capacitive touch control accessory, including: a connector (10) and a touch control head (30). The connector is a nin-conductive tube-shaped element with one end thereof having an opening (11). The opening of the connector is suitable for muff-coupling to a cylindrical in-hand appliance. At least part of the surface of the connector has a conductive layer (20). The conductive layer is exposed at a position which is accessible to a user outside the connector. The touch control head is conductive and is connected to the conductive layer. The touch control head is connected to another end of the connector by means of a connection structure. The in-hand capacitive touch control accessory can be used as an additional accessory of other in-hand appliances (40), and when a user uses the additional accessory, the human body contacts the conductive layer and forms an electric loop with the touch control head through the conductive layer, so that the in-hand appliance can use the touch control head to operate a capacitive touch control panel.

Description

Portable capacitive touch accessories

Technical field

The invention relates to a capacitive touch device, in particular to a portable device suitable for being attached to a cylindrical container in the form of an accessory, so that the attached portable device can be used for carrying the portable touch panel. Capacitive touch accessories.

Background technique

The rapid development of the electronics industry has made 3C products more and more fast, especially the touch-based operation interface has become the design trend and mainstream of 3C products in the future. The touch operation interface is basically a graphical operating system of the touch panel and the software part of the hardware part (operation) The integration of the touch panel can be divided into a resistive touch panel, a capacitive touch panel, an optical touch panel, an electromagnetic touch panel, and an ultrasonic touch panel according to the principle of the sensing. Early touch panels for handheld computers and mobile phones were mainly resistive touch panels. Although the cost of resistive touch panels is low, it is difficult to implement multi-touch functions.

Apple's mobile phones and tablets are the first to adopt capacitive touch panels and support multi-touch functions. Compared with traditional resistive touch panels with single-touch function, multi-touch is supported. The function of the capacitive touch panel enables the graphical operation interface to provide a richer operation mode and fun, so it has won widespread recognition and love from consumers, and has led more 3C information products to adopt capacitive touch. panel.

Although the capacitive touch panel can directly perform touch operation with a finger, it is still more convenient to use the stylus when performing handwriting input, and even some users still prefer to operate the capacitive touch panel in a pen-like manner, The capacitive touch panel and the resistive touch panel are different in sensing manner, so the stylus conventionally used for the resistive touch panel cannot be directly used for the capacitive touch panel.

technical problem

At present, many capacitive styluses for capacitive touch panels have been developed. These capacitive styluses may have different shapes and configurations, but they are all independent and fully functional capacitive touch devices. These capacitive styluses cannot be integrated with other portable products of the user, and many capacitive touch pens have to be added to many of the user's personal belongings. In order to reduce the burden, the user has to look for trouble. Lightweight and portable capacitive stylus.

Technical solution

In view of the fact that some users still prefer to operate the capacitive touch panel in a pen-like manner, and the conventional capacitive stylus cannot be integrated with other portable products of the user, the present invention proposes a portable body. Capacitive touch accessories, this portable capacitive touch accessory is suitable for the addition of cylindrical accessories in the form of accessories, so that the installed portable device can be used to operate the capacitive touch panel.

An embodiment of the portable capacitive touch accessory of the present invention comprises:

a connecting member, the connecting member is a tubular member which is non-conductive and has an opening at one end, and the opening of the connecting member is adapted to be sleeved on the cylindrical portable body, at least a part of the surface of the connecting member has a conductive layer, and the conductive layer is exposed on the connecting member The outside position accessible to the user;

A touch head is a soft or rigid component that can conduct electricity;

A connecting structure can connect the touch head to the other end of the connecting member to electrically connect the conductive layer of the connecting member and the touch head.

The portable capacitive touch accessory is suitable as a retrofit accessory for other portable products. When the user holds the attached portable device, the human body can form an electrical circuit with the touch head through contact with the conductive layer. The attached portable device can operate the capacitive touch panel with the touch head.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting member is an elastically stretchable member, and the connecting member is optionally made of any one of a non-conductive material of rubber, silicone and plastic.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the outer surface of the connector and the surface adjacent to the connector and the touch head are provided with a conductive layer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the conductive layer is distributed in an elongated strip shape at an opposite outer position with respect to the axis of the connector, and a surface where the connector and the touch head abut.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the conductive layer may be a metal layer or a metallic lacquer, and the conductive layer may be subjected to electroplating, vacuum plating (vacuum). Metalizing), cathode sputtering, metal spraying Any of methods such as spraying) and coating methods are formed on at least a portion of the surface of the connector.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the touch head can be manufactured by any one or a combination of conductive materials such as conductive rubber, conductive plastic and conductive foam.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connection structure may be any one of a thread structure or a fitting structure, and the touch head may be connected to the other end of the connector to make the conductive layer and the contact of the connector The control head is electrically connected and the different touch heads can be replaced at will.

In addition, the above-mentioned touch head may be covered with a layer of conductive fiber cloth to increase the conductive effect.

Beneficial effect

It can be understood from the above description of the present invention that the portable capacitive touch accessory of the present invention can be attached to a cylindrical portable device (such as a ballpoint pen) by using a connecting member, and the human body can be used when the user holds the attached portable device. The contact with the conductive layer can form an electrical circuit with the touch head, so that the installed portable device can operate the capacitive touch panel with the touch head.

Other effects and embodiments of the present invention will be described below in conjunction with the drawings.

DRAWINGS

1 is a structural view of an embodiment of the present invention showing the construction of a portable capacitive touch accessory.

Figure 2 is an exploded view of the structure of Figure 1 showing the connection of the various components.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional structural view of Figure 2 at the III-III position showing an embodiment of the conductive layer and the connection structure.

4 is a structural view of another embodiment of the present invention showing the configuration of a portable capacitive touch accessory.

Figure 5 is an exploded view of the structure of Figure 4 showing the connection relationship of the various components.

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional structural view of Figure 5 at the position of VI-VI showing another embodiment of the conductive layer and the connection structure.

Figure 7 is a configuration diagram of another embodiment of the present invention showing the connection relationship of the respective elements.

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional structural view of Figure 7 at a position VIII-VIII showing another embodiment of the construction of the connection structure.

Figure 9 is a schematic view of the use of the present invention, showing the case where the connector of the portable capacitive touch accessory is sleeved on the ballpoint pen.

[Main component symbol description]

10 connectors 11 openings

12 first thread 13 groove

14 protruding ribs 20 conductive layer

30 touch head 30a touch head

31 second thread 32 socket

33 ribs 34 grooves

40 ballpoint pen

Relative outer position of A1 relative to the axis of the connector

Relative outer position of A2 relative to the axis of the connector

B connector and the surface adjacent to the touch head

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

1 is a configuration of a first embodiment of a portable capacitive touch accessory of the present invention, comprising:

a connecting member 10, the connecting member 10 is a tubular member which is non-conductive and has an opening 11 at one end, and the opening 11 of the connecting member 10 is adapted to be sleeved in a cylindrical-shaped personal belongings (as shown in FIG. 9), and the connecting member 10 At least a portion of the surface has a conductive layer 20, and the conductive layer 20 is exposed at a position outside the connector 10 for the user to reach;

a touch head 30 is a soft or rigid component that can conduct electricity;

In a connection structure, the touch head 30 can be connected to the other end of the connector 10, so that the conductive layer 20 of the connector 10 and the touch head 30 are electrically connected, and the configuration of several embodiments of the connection structure is described later.

The connecting member 10 is an elastically elastic member. The opening 11 of the connecting member 10 can be stably sleeved on the cylindrical carrying body, and is also suitable for being sleeved on the cylindrical portion of the portable article, for example, the opening 11 is sleeved. In the ballpoint pen 40 (shown in Figure 9), the eyebrow pencil or other cylindrical parts of the belongings, and not easy to loose, the connector 10 can be selected to include any of the non-conductive materials of rubber, silicone and plastic.

The touch head 30 is a soft component that can be electrically conductive. When the user uses the touch head 30 to directly touch the capacitive touch panel, the user should select a material with appropriate softness to avoid injury. For the capacitive touch panel, the touch head 30 can be selected from any one or a combination of conductive materials such as conductive rubber, conductive plastic, and conductive foam.

The conductive layer 20 is a metal layer or a metallic lacquer attached to the surface of the connecting member 10, and the surface of the connecting member 10 can be roughened by mechanical or chemical means, and then the conductive surface is covered with a roughened surface. Materials such as metal layers or metallic lacquers, conductive layer 20 can be utilized by electroplating (electroplating), vacuum plating (vacuum) Metalizing), cathode sputtering, metal spraying Any of the methods of spraying and coating, etc., is formed on at least a portion of the surface of the connector 10.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the conductive layer 20 is formed on the outer side surface of the connector 10 (see FIG. 1) and the surface B adjacent to the connector 10 and the touch head 30 (see FIGS. 3 and 8). The touch head 30 is connected to the other end of the connector 10 by a connection structure, and the conductive layer 20 of the connector 10 can be electrically connected to the touch head 30.

Another embodiment of the electrically conductive layer 20 is distributed in an elongated strip shape at an opposite outer position relative to the axis of the connector 10 (see Fig. 4), wherein the opposite outer sides are said relative to the axis of the connector 10. The position is not limited to two places shown in Fig. 6 (indicated by arrows A1 and A2 in the figure), and may be two or more opposite outer positions.

The connecting structure can be a threaded structure (as shown in FIG. 2) or a fitting structure (as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7). The connecting head 30 can be connected to the connecting member 10 by means of the connecting structure. The other end of the connector 10 electrically connects the conductive layer 20 of the connector 10 to the touch head 30, and can replace the different touch heads 30a (as shown in FIG. 7). Embodiments of several connection structures will be described below in conjunction with the drawings.

The embodiment of the threaded structure shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 has a first thread 12 near the bottom end of the connector 10 and a matching second thread 31 at the top end of the touch head 30, A thread 12 may be a male thread. The second thread 31 may be a female thread. Conversely, the first thread 12 may also be a female thread. The second thread 31 may be a male thread. The user may use the first thread 12 and the second thread 31. The touch head 30 is connected to the other end of the connector 10 to electrically connect the conductive layer 20 of the connector 10 and the touch head 30.

The embodiment of the fitting structure shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 has a groove 13 surrounding the outer side surface of the connecting member 10 at a position where the outer periphery of the connecting member 10 is adjacent to the touch head 30, the touch head 30 The top end has a socket 32, and the socket 32 can be sleeved at the bottom end of the connecting member 10. The inner surface of the socket 32 has a protruding rib 33 protruding toward the center of the socket 32, since the touch head 30 is a kind The conductive flexible component allows the user to easily sleeve the socket 32 of the touch head 30 to the bottom end of the connector 10 (see FIG. 1), so that the protruding rib 33 can be embedded in the groove 13 of the connector 10, thereby The touch head 30 and the conductive layer 20 are electrically connected. In addition, the user can also remove the touch head 30 and replace it with other differently shaped touch heads 30a, such as the touch shown in FIG. Head 30a.

The embodiment of the fitting structure shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 has a projecting rib 14 projecting toward the center in a position where the inner side surface of the connecting member 10 is adjacent to the touch head 30, and at the top end of the touch head 30. The outer edge is provided with a recessed groove 34. Since the touch head 30 is a flexible component that can be electrically conductive, the user can easily insert the groove 34 of the touch head 30 into the protruding rib 14 of the connecting member 10, thereby allowing The touch head 30 and the conductive layer 20 are electrically connected.

In addition, the touch head 30 can be covered with a layer of conductive fiber cloth to increase the conductive effect.

Those skilled in the art will be able to implement the above-described connection structure with a slight change or other equivalent structure after understanding the construction and description of the above embodiments of the connection structure. Changes are still within the technical scope of the present invention.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above by the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any person skilled in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of patent protection of the invention is subject to the definition of the claims appended hereto.

Claims

A portable capacitive touch accessory suitable for being attached to a cylindrical portable device, characterized in that the portable capacitive touch accessory comprises:

a connecting member, the connecting member is a non-conductive tubular member having an opening at one end, at least a part of the surface of the connecting member has a conductive layer, and the conductive layer is exposed at a position accessible to the outside of the connecting member;

A touch head is an electrically conductive component; the touch head is coupled to the other end of the connector through a connecting structure to electrically connect the conductive layer on the surface of the connector to the touch head.
The portable capacitive touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the connecting member is a flexible and elastic member, and the connecting member is made of any non-conductive material selected from the group consisting of rubber, silicone and plastic.
The portable capacitive touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the touch head is a flexible or rigid component that is electrically conductive, and the touch head is made of conductive rubber, conductive plastic and conductive foam. Any of the electrically conductive materials or a combination thereof.
The portable capacitive touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer is a metal layer, a metallic lacquer or other conductive material, and the conductive layer comprises electroplating, vacuum plating, cathode sputtering, metal spraying. Any of methods such as a method and a coating method are formed on at least a portion of the surface of the connector.
The portable capacitive touch accessory of claim 4, wherein the conductive layer is formed on an outer surface of the connecting member and a surface adjacent to the connecting member and the touch head.
The portable capacitive touch accessory according to claim 4, wherein the conductive layer is distributed in an elongated strip shape at an opposite outer position with respect to the axis of the connecting member.
The portable capacitive touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the connecting structure is a threaded structure having a first thread near a bottom end of the connecting member, and is disposed at a top end of the touch head A matching second thread is connected by the first thread and the second thread of the touch head.
The portable capacitive touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the connecting structure is a fitting structure having an outer surface surrounding the connecting member at a position where the outer periphery of the connecting member is adjacent to the touch head a groove having a top end of the touch head, the socket being sleeved at a bottom end of the connector, and a protruding rib protruding toward a center of the socket on an inner side surface of the sleeve The rib can be embedded in the groove of the connector.
The portable capacitive touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the connecting structure is a fitting structure, and the inner surface of the connecting member has a protruding rib protruding toward the center in a position close to the touch head. A groove is formed in the outer edge of the top end of the touch head, and the groove of the touch head can be embedded in the protruding rib of the connecting member.
The portable capacitive touch accessory of claim 1 , wherein the touch head is covered with a layer of conductive fiber cloth.