CN105278774A - Non-blocking touch type handheld electronic device and touch outer cover thereof - Google Patents

Non-blocking touch type handheld electronic device and touch outer cover thereof Download PDF

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CN105278774A
CN105278774A CN201410361854.2A CN201410361854A CN105278774A CN 105278774 A CN105278774 A CN 105278774A CN 201410361854 A CN201410361854 A CN 201410361854A CN 105278774 A CN105278774 A CN 105278774A
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The invention provides a non-blocking touch type handheld electronic device and a touch outer cover thereof. The non-blocking touch type handheld electronic device comprises a panel and a control unit. The touch outer cover comprises an outer cover, a touch sensing structure and a function component, wherein the outer cover comprises a first part and a second part; the touch sensing structure is partially or completely arranged on the first part; the function component is arranged on the second part; the outer cover is arranged on the other side, opposite to the panel, of the non-blocking touch type handheld electronic device; and the touch sensing structure and the function component are electrically connected with the control unit so that the users can operate the non-blocking touch type handheld electronic device through the touch outer cover.

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Without portable electric device and the touch-control enclosing cover thereof of gear touch-control
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of portable electric device and touch-control enclosing cover thereof, particularly a kind of portable electric device without gear touch-control and touch-control enclosing cover thereof.
Background technology
Along with science and technology constantly progress, various information equipment is constantly weeded out the old and bring forth the new, such as mobile phone, flat computer, ultra-thin notebook computer and satellite navigation etc.Except generally with except keyboard or mouse input or manipulation, touch technology is utilized to be a kind of quite intuition and welcome control mode to manipulate information equipment; Wherein, touch control display apparatus has the input operation interface of hommization and intuitive, makes the user of any age level all can directly choose with finger or manipulate information equipment.
Known possess in the portable electric device of touch controllable function, it is all the operation directly carrying out touch-control on panel, but, when the enterprising line operate of panel, finger or pointer may be blocked the sight line of eyes or block the software object of screen display, make to point and may open to the link of high information density display frame the phenomenon producing false touch, or and then need to rely on the operation that extra pointer carries out touch-control.In order to avoid above situation, part portable electric device adopts the situation of touch control operation region and display panel being separated, such as Logitech U.S. Patent number No. 5825352 patents.
But this kind of practice can cause the increase of electronic installation volume, run counter to the development trend that portable electric device is light, thin, short, little, make to be difficult to realize in the product such as flat computer, mobile phone of small volume.In addition, adopt the mode of Logitech U.S. Patent number No. 5825352 patents also cannot solve in portable electric device, what finger easily caused covers problem.
In addition, owing to need touch on panel, operating electronic devices, the phenomenon therefore often having scratching panel occurs.In addition, the known portable electric device possessing touch controllable function, when operating, mostly needs hand-heldly to hold electronic installation with one, and another hand is at the enterprising line operate of panel, if when only holding follow-up line operate with one hand, then only manipulate by thumb simultaneously, true feeling inconvenience.
Moreover, when user uses portable electric device under sunshine, the sunlight visuality (sunlightreadability) of display panel is the problem that cannot effectively solve always, because user can't see the information of display panel, just response mail or face letter breath cannot be clicked timely and effectively with bimanualness.
In addition, also need to import the transparent touch sensed layer such as ITO of terres rares at contact panel, just can make the display usefulness that panel remains transparent, but be limited to rare earth metal indium ore deposit and increasingly exhaust, make cost promotion; Moreover itself electric conductivity is also poor than metal, make the sensitvity constraint of the detection of touch-control, and to do contact panel to earth resource ecology and energy-conservation Sustainable Development with the transparent touch sensed layer of terres rares be not good plan; Moreover the sliding distance of finger increases along with panel size, pixel control layer area and cost can be caused to increase, and efficiency and the convenience of manual mode operation also reduce.
Therefore, how a kind of portable electric device without gear touch-control and touch-control enclosing cover thereof are provided, when not only can avoid operating, finger obscures user's sight line and minimizing rely on outside the problem of extra pointer and panel scratch, more can have the convenience of singlehanded manipulation, become one of important problem.
Summary of the invention
Because above-mentioned problem, object of the present invention for provide a kind of not only can avoid operating time finger obscures user's sight line and reduce panel scratch problem outside, more can have the portable electric device without gear touch-control and the touch-control enclosing cover thereof of the convenience of singlehanded manipulation.
In order to reach above-mentioned purpose, according to the touch-control enclosing cover of a kind of portable electric device without gear touch-control of the present invention, portable electric device without gear touch-control comprises panel and control module, touch-control enclosing cover comprises enclosing cover, touch-control sensing structure and functional module, enclosing cover comprises first and second, be arranged on first, functional module is arranged on second touch-control sensing structure division area or gross area; Wherein, enclosing cover is arranged at the opposite side relative to panel on the portable electric device without gear touch-control, and touch-control sensing structure and functional module are electrically connected at control module, thus user is by the portable electric device of touch-control enclosing cover operation without gear touch-control.
In order to reach above-mentioned purpose, comprise panel, control module and touch-control enclosing cover according to a kind of portable electric device without gear touch-control of the present invention.Touch-control enclosing cover comprises enclosing cover, touch-control sensing structure and functional module, enclosing cover is arranged at the opposite side relative to panel on the portable electric device without gear touch-control, and comprise first and second, be arranged on first, functional module is arranged on second touch-control sensing structure division area or gross area; Wherein, touch-control sensing structure and functional module are electrically connected at control module, thus user is by the portable electric device of touch-control enclosing cover operation without gear touch-control.
In one embodiment, the inside surface of touch-control sensing vibrational power flow in first towards panel, or be arranged at first outside surface away from panel.
In one embodiment, touch-control sensing structure comprises conductive layer, how rice metal wire, Graphene or metallic mesh.
In one embodiment, touch-control enclosing cover is one of integrated member of the portable electric device of nothing gear touch-control.
In one embodiment, touch-control sensing structure is capacitance touching control.
In one embodiment, the sidewall that enclosing cover has lid and extends from least part of periphery of lid, and first comprises part lid and partial sidewall.
In one embodiment, touch-control sensing vibrational power flow is in part lid, more extended in partial sidewall.
In one embodiment, functional module is rfid circuit, near field communication circuitry, antenna circuit, Bluetooth circuit, wireless charging circuit or palmmprint identification circuit, or its combination.
In one embodiment, user with the portable electric device of one-handed performance without gear touch-control, and touch-control enclosing cover toward light source or panel back on light source.
In one embodiment, a circuit board, a battery or a memory card is more comprised between touch-control enclosing cover and panel.
From the above, because of in the portable electric device without gear touch-control of the present invention and touch-control enclosing cover (Smartcover) thereof, because user can carry out touch control operation on the touch-control enclosing cover of the portable electric device without gear touch-control, therefore the software object that can not obstruct the view or shown by panel is pointed, certainly not only do not need to rely on extra pointer, can not open the link of high information density picture yet and produce false touch phenomenon.In addition, due to operating electronic devices on touch-control enclosing cover, the scratch situation of panel therefore also can be reduced.In addition, also because user can carry out touch control operation on touch-control enclosing cover, therefore, except can except one hand grips, also can use the such as forefinger of the same hand, middle finger carrys out operating electronic devices, compare known use be hold by one hand and can only carry out situation about manipulating with thumb, the present invention also has efficiency and the convenience of sizable manual mode operation, and can realize high-quality and fine user experiences.
In addition, in one embodiment, the portable electric device without gear touch-control is in strong light environment, the such as outdoor sun or the strong illumination lamp of indoor.When user can one-handed performance without gear touch-control portable electric device, and its touch-control enclosing cover is towards the light source (panel is towards user) of strong light environment, now panel is back on the light source (backlight) of strong light environment, touch-control enclosing cover is blocked light source and is promoted visual, and continues to operate as the aforementioned or input control with one hand.Further, user can only to be hold by one hand, and carry out control inputs by the forefinger of this hand and/or middle finger.Therefore, can lifting operation without gear touch-control portable electric device in the convenience of light intensity light source (as under sunlight) one-handed performance.And increase than the flexibility ratio of thumb during known one hand manipulation when operating on touch-control enclosing cover with forefinger or middle finger, and create to be hold by one hand to refer to that the new user of touch-control experiences more.In addition, more can carry out wireless transmission by the functional module of second and another electronic installation being arranged at enclosing cover, improve the convenience of operation thus.
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Fig. 1 is the use schematic diagram of a kind of portable electric device without gear touch-control of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of the portable electric device without gear touch-control of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram at another visual angle of the portable electric device of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the functional block diagram of the touch-control enclosing cover of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 A is that user is with the schematic perspective view of two finger manipulation touch-control enclosing covers.
Fig. 5 B is the capacitance variations schematic diagram of display two nonoverlapping fingers after scanning touch-control sensing structure.
Fig. 6 is another use schematic diagram of portable electric device.
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Hereinafter with reference to relevant drawings, the portable electric device without gear touch-control and the touch-control enclosing cover thereof of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is described, wherein identical assembly is illustrated with identical Reference numeral.
The invention provides a kind of avoidance to No. 5825352, Logitech U.S. Patent number design, to remove patent infringement doubt, and create user and more optimize experience in Logitech product technology.
Please refer to shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, wherein, Fig. 1 is the use schematic diagram of a kind of portable electric device 1 without gear touch-control of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of the portable electric device 1 without gear touch-control of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram at another visual angle of the portable electric device 1 of Fig. 1.
Portable electric device 1 (hereinafter referred to as portable electric device 1) without gear touch-control can be such as intelligent mobile phone (smartphone), flat computer (tablet), personal digital assistant (personaldigitalassistant, PDA), GPS (GlobalPositioningSystem, GPS) etc.In this, be that intelligent mobile phone is example in a handheld.In addition, the assembly of the portable electric device 1 of the present embodiment can realize by the combination of the hardware of one or more signal transacting and/or integrated circuit, software or firmware.
Portable electric device 1 comprises panel 11, control module 12 and touch-control enclosing cover 13.In addition, portable electric device 1 can comprise storage unit 14 further; Wherein, control module 12 is electrically connected with panel 11, touch-control enclosing cover 13 and storage unit 14 respectively.
Panel 11 is arranged at the side of portable electric device 1, such as, be that side of the contiguous user's sight line of portable electric device 1; Wherein, panel 11 can be such as display panels, organic LED display panel, touch-control display panel or electrophoretic display panel, is not limited in this.Panel 11 is except can showing general picture, also graphic user interface (graphicaluserinterface can be provided, GUI) to user, and graphic user interface can have one or more figure, to present various known software parts in the mode of figure (such as icon) on panel 11.
Touch-control enclosing cover 13 comprises enclosing cover 131, touch-control sensing structure 132 and functional module 133.Enclosing cover 131 is arranged at the opposite side (i.e. the opposite side of display surface) of portable electric device 1 relative to panel 11.Wherein, enclosing cover 131 comprises first P1 and second P2.In the present embodiment, first P1 and second P2 is adjacent, and first P1 is positioned at the first half (first half does not represent and necessarily accounts for 50%) of enclosing cover 131, and second P2 is adjacent to first P1, and is positioned at the Lower Half of enclosing cover 132.In various embodiments, first P1 and second P2 also can be non-conterminous, and the present invention does not limit.In addition, touch-control sensing structure 132 can be arranged on first P1 area or gross area.The enclosing cover 131 of the present embodiment has the sidewall 1312 of lid 1311 and at least part of periphery extension from lid, and first P1 comprises part lid 1311 and partial sidewall 1312; Wherein, first P1 accounts for 2/3 region of lid 1311 and both sides sidewall 1312.In addition, touch-control sensing structure 132 is electrically connected at control module 12, and the touch-control sensing structure 132 of the present embodiment is except being arranged at part lid 1311, and touch-control sensing structure 132 is more extended in the partial sidewall 1312 of both sides; In other words, the touch-control sensing structure 132 of the present embodiment is two sides directly being extended to first P1 by the lid 1311 of first P1, to increase the area of the executable operations of user.In other embodiments, touch-control sensing structure 132 also can only be arranged on the lid 1311 of first P1; In addition, physical button (such as sound key) also can be replaced by the touch-control sensing structure 132 of the present embodiment, and the present invention is not as limit.
The portable electric device 1 of the present embodiment can allow user such as on first P1 of touch-control enclosing cover 13, carry out touch control operation with finger, and panel 11 according to the operation instruction of attitude (or being called gesture) the display correspondence of user's operation, can produce interaction with the graphic user interface be presented on panel 11 thus.For example, when the finger of user slides on touch-control enclosing cover 13, panel 11 also has corresponding cursor (shape of such as arrow or hand) and then to slide at correspondence position.In this, touch-control can be such as that user passes through finger or pointer, completes in the mode contacting or be close to contact.In addition, producing interaction with graphic user interface can be such as that user carries out clicking, amplify or moving in the mode of touch-control on first P1 of touch-control enclosing cover 13 by pointing.For example, when the finger of user raps on first P1 of touch-control enclosing cover 13, panel 11 will perform the object of correspondence position information, thus by directly controlling, performing the object shown by panel 11 on touch-control enclosing cover 13, therefore can realize the object without gear touch-control.Alleged herein " touch-control " can comprise operating gesture or operating attitude, such as rap or rap many under, slip once or many lower slips (such as by left-to-right slip, by the right side to left slip, up or down slip) or multifinger hand refer to sequentially knock, refer to slide etc. together more.In addition, the operational motion that operating gesture is corresponding can be portable electric device 1 factory setting, also can be formed according to different use habit editors by user.Therefore, as shown in Figure 1, user can check the content shown by panel 11 in the front of portable electric device 1, and inputs from first P1 of the touch-control enclosing cover 13 at the back side.In addition, in one embodiment, the portable electric device 1 without gear touch-control is in strong light environment, the such as outdoor sun or the strong illumination lamp of indoor.When user can one-handed performance without gear touch-control portable electric device 1, and its touch-control enclosing cover 13 is towards the light source (panel 11 is towards user) of strong light environment, now panel 11 is back on the light source (backlight) of strong light environment, touch-control enclosing cover 13 is blocked light source and is promoted visual, and continues to operate as the aforementioned or input control with one hand.Further, user can only to be hold by one hand, and carry out control inputs by the forefinger of this hand and/or middle finger.Therefore, can lifting operation without gear touch-control portable electric device 1 in the convenience of light intensity light source (as under sunlight) one-handed performance.And increase than the flexibility ratio of thumb during known one hand manipulation when operating on touch-control enclosing cover 13 with forefinger or middle finger, and create to be hold by one hand to refer to that the new user of touch-control experiences more.
Touch-control sensing structure 132 can be arranged at the inside surface (i.e. the inside of portable electric device 1) of first P1 towards panel 11, or is arranged at the outside surface (i.e. the outside of portable electric device 1) of first P1 away from panel 11.The touch-control sensing structure 132 of the present embodiment is such as capacitance type touch-control structure, and is formed at the inside surface of first P1 towards panel 11, and is directly be formed at the lid 1311 of first P1 and two side 1312 is example.In various embodiments, if when touch-control sensing structure 13 is arranged at the outside surface of first P1 away from panel 11, then need to add that layer protective layer is to protect touch-control sensing structure 13.In addition, it is noted that the material of above-mentioned enclosing cover 131 can be glass or other material, and be one of integrated member of portable electric device 1.In other words; touch-control enclosing cover 13 is not additional parts (external parts is such as the protective sleeve of electronic installation), therefore, after being separated by touch-control enclosing cover 13 in portable electric device 1; the internals of portable electric device 1 can be seen, such as the assembly such as battery or integrated circuit.In one embodiment, a circuit board, a battery or a memory card is more comprised between touch-control enclosing cover 13 and panel 11.In addition, touch-control sensing structure 132 can comprise radiating circuit and receiving circuit (Tx, Rx of being namely commonly called as, figure does not show), and its material can be conductive layer (certainly also can use transparency conducting layer, such as indium tin oxide, indium-zinc oxide, fluorine doped tin oxide, Al-Doped ZnO or gallium-doped zinc oxide), how rice metal line layer, Graphene (graphene) or metallic mesh (metalmesh), do not limit.If when using the material that metallic mesh, how rice metal wire or Graphene are touch-control sensing structure 132, then Tx and Rx can be utilized further to carry out the transmission (such as bluetooth radio communication or wireless charging) of wireless messages or electric power.
In addition, above-mentioned touch-control sensing structure 132 is except the lid 1311 that can be arranged at first P1 and sidewall 1312, and other that more can be arranged at portable electric device 1 according to different demands can not the position of shield panel 11, such as its end face.Therefore, if user is for when touch-control enclosing cover 13 enterprising line operate, as shown in Figure 1, the display of panel 11 can not be covered by finger, more can avoid the situation of false touch further.In addition, other benefit that user can be provided to carry out inputting in the mode of touch-control by touch-control enclosing cover 13 is, touch-control enclosing cover 13 must not coordinate the display usefulness of panel 11 and adopt transparent touch-control sensing material (such as ITO), the selection of therefore material has more elasticity, cost more easy to control, and does not produce the metal stripe that metallic mesh is arranged on panel and interfere puzzlement.
In certain embodiments, portable electric device 1 can comprise another touch-control sensing structure (figure does not show) further, this another touch-control sensing structure can be arranged on panel 11, panel 11 is made to become touch-control display panel, therefore, user except can carrying out nothing gear touch control operation on first of enclosing cover 131 P1, another touch-control sensing structure also can provide another kind of operation interface of linking up with equipment, therefore first P1 that user can select to cover outside 131 carries out nothing gear touch control operation, also can select directly on touch-control display panel, to operate portable electric device 1, or on first P1 and touch-control display panel of enclosing cover 131, operate portable electric device 1 simultaneously.
Functional module 133 is arranged on second P2, and is electrically connected with control module 12.Second P2 of the present embodiment only comprises the lid 1311 of part, and functional module 133 is arranged at lid 1311 (layer protective layer may be needed to carry out defencive function assembly 133) towards on the outside surface of panel 11.But, in various embodiments, second P2 also can comprise part lid 1311 and partial sidewall 1312, and functional module 133 also can be arranged at lid 1311 towards on the inside surface of panel 11, does not limit.Functional module 133 can be radio-frequency (RF) identification (RadioFrequencyIdentification, RFID) circuit, near-field communication (nearfieldcommunication, NFC) circuit, antenna circuit, Bluetooth circuit, wireless charging circuit or palmmprint identification circuit, or its combination, do not limit.In certain embodiments, with functional module 133 for rfid circuit, and the outside surface being arranged at second P2 is example, the principle of work of RFID is after label enters magnetic field, if receive the special radiofrequency signal that reader sends, the energy that just can induction current be relied on to obtain sends out storage product information in circuit, or initiatively send signal (the i.e. ActiveTag of a certain frequency, active label or active tag), and reader reads information and after decoding, then deliver to CIS and carry out relevant data process.Thus, data transmission is carried out by REID and another electronic equipment.
In addition, if when functional module 133 is wireless charging circuit, then the electrode pair portable electric device 1 had by wireless charging circuit carries out wireless charging; If when functional module 133 is palmmprint identification circuit, then its palmmprint can be stored in storage unit 14 by user in advance, when activating or operate portable electric device 1, palm can be pasted the specific region of touching on second P2, the palmmprint received in specific region and the palmmprint stored in advance can be compared by control module 12, if meet, then portable electric device 1 can be activated or operate, to accept the input action of this user.If do not meet, then control module 12 judges that this user is as unallowed user, therefore cannot activate or operate portable electric device 1.Therefore, be arranged on second P2 of enclosing cover 131 by functional module 133, user carries out the transmission of data, signal or electric power by functional module 133 and other electronic equipment, increases the convenience used.
Shown in Fig. 2, control module 12 is arranged in the circuit board of portable electric device 1 inside, and it can be made up of single treatment circuit or multiple treatment circuit.Control module 12 is except except the content shown by control panel 11, also can control the action of touch-control enclosing cover 13 simultaneously.In addition, storage unit 14 is the storage medium of portable electric device 1, and can be the internal memory of portable electric device 1 inside, or is the internal memory (such as high in the clouds internal memory) of portable electric device 1 outside, does not limit.Wherein, storage unit 14 such as can comprise ROM (read-only memory) (ROM), random access memory (RAM), quick flashing (Flash) internal memory, field programmable gate array (Field-ProgrammableGateArray, FPGA), or the internal memory of other form, do not limit.In addition, one or more program can be stored in storage unit 14, and configuration is performed by control module 12 (can comprise one or more processor).In addition, storage unit 14 also can the electronic data etc. of store operation system, application program, data processor and various document (document).Wherein, operating system is the program of supervisory computer hardware and software resource, and application program can be such as copy editor's program or e-mail program, or other.In the present embodiment, control module 12 comprises CPU (central processing unit) (CentralProcessingUnit, CPU) for example, and perform these programs by control module 12.
Then, please then with reference to shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 A, wherein, Fig. 4 is the functional block diagram of the touch-control enclosing cover of one embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 5 A is that user is with the schematic perspective view of two finger manipulation touch-control enclosing covers.In this, it is the touch-control sensing structure 132 of display touch-control enclosing cover 13.
The touch-control sensing structure 132 of the present embodiment can comprise the first sensed layer 132a, the second sensed layer 132b, capacitance detection unit 132c and voltage feeding unit 132d.
First sensed layer 132a and the second sensed layer 132b is electrically connected respectively by circuit and capacitance detection unit 132c.Wherein, the first sensed layer 132a has many first sense wires, and these first sense wires configure along first direction X (such as horizontal direction) interval.Second sensed layer 132b is relative, and first sensed layer 132a is arranged, and has many second sense wires, and these second sense wires configure along second direction Y (such as vertical direction) interval.Wherein, the first sensed layer 132a and the second sensed layer 132b are in space for being separated setting.Specifically, the first sensed layer 132a and the second sensed layer 132b is the Different Plane (both are by insulation course electrical isolation) being arranged in space.In addition, these first sense wires and these the second sense wires are staggered to form multiple check point P respectively.And voltage feeding unit 132d can provide voltage signal to the second sense wire, because the first sense wire and the second sense wire are apart from very near, and be all electric conductor, therefore will have coupling capacitance at intervening portion (i.e. check point P) place between each first sense wire and each the second sense wire.It is noted that the first sensed layer 132a of the present embodiment and the second sensed layer 132b is arranged on enclosing cover 131 towards on the inside surface of panel 11, therefore, need a layer insulating (figure does not show) with electrical isolation between the two.But in various embodiments, first sensed layer 132a can be arranged on enclosing cover 131 towards on the inside surface of panel 11, and the second sensed layer 132b is arranged at (or contrary) on the outside surface of enclosing cover 131 away from panel 11, between the two can enclosing cover 131 as the material of electrical isolation, do not need to arrange insulation course again.
Capacitance detection unit 132c is electrically connected with these first sense wires and these the second sense wires respectively, to detect the change of coupling capacitance between these first sense wires and these the second sense wires, and then provide and touch signal, and touching signals can be sent to control module 12, perform for control module 12 and judge or analyze, to confirm the object chosen and the control action producing correspondence.For example, when the finger contact of user or when being close to the specific check point P of contact, finger will change corresponding to the coupling electric charge (chargecoupling) between the first sense wire of check point P position and the second sense wire, and then has influence on the capacitance of this check point P.Detected the change of the coupling capacitance between the first sense wire second sense wire by capacitance detection unit 132c, can judge that user points contacted position.
Capacitance detection unit 132c can include one or more sensor circuit (such as responding to IC), it is in order to detect the capacitance of each check point P, and the capacitance signal of simulation pattern is converted to digital capacitance signal, then by digital capacitance Signal transmissions to the control module 12 (the non-indicative control unit 12 of Fig. 4) be electrically connected with capacitance detection unit 132c.
In addition, in other embodiments, can comprise wave filter further between these the first sense wire and capacitance detection unit 132c, it can utilize the circuit of such as sign-changing amplifier (invertingamplifier) to realize.The stray capacitance (parasiticcapacitance) of touch-control sensing structure inside can be eliminated by wave filter.Capacity effect between such as, capacity effect between the first different sense wires, the second different sense wires or the capacity effect of each sense wire respectively and between earthing potential.In simple terms, the capacitive effect beyond the wave filter not examined P of signal that can make to input to capacitance detection unit 132c.
To explain the touch-control sensing structure 132 of touch-control enclosing cover 13 by referring to that input produces the mode of respective operations more below.
Shown in Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B, wherein, Fig. 5 B is the capacitance variations schematic diagram of display two nonoverlapping fingers after scanning touch-control sensing structure 132.
Fig. 5 A is the schematic diagram of first P1 of multiple finger contact touch-control enclosing covers 13 of display user, and the finger quantity of the mode that actual finger contacts with first P1, contact is not limit with drawing.In addition, although the present embodiment is presented at the enterprising line operate of lid 1311 of first P1, in other embodiments, also can there be the lid 1311 and the sidewall 1312 that refer to operate in first P1 more, be operating as restriction not with drawing.
In the present embodiment, be for middle finger F1, forefinger F2 as operation finger.When middle finger F1 and forefinger F2 contacts the touch-control sensing structure 132 of the lid 131 of first P1 simultaneously, capacitance detection unit 132c can detect the first peak value 200 and the second peak value 204, first peak value 200 is corresponding middle finger F1 in the coupling capacitance variable quantity of touch-control sensing structure 132, and the second peak value 204 is that corresponding forefinger F2 is in the coupling capacitance variable quantity of touch-control sensing structure 132.Being close between the first peak value 200 and the second peak value 204 is trough value 202, this trough value 202 be by two fingers between gap produced.Therefore mode of the mistiming produced by the first peak value 200 and the second peak value 204 inspecting coupling capacitance variable quantity, synchronizing moving, relative movement etc., the finger input attitude of user can be estimated out, and this finger is touched signal send control module 12 to and carry out corresponding control operation.This area usually know that the knowledgeable should understand, if the finger quantity of operation increases, the quantity of trough and the mode of application between its peak value of increase that will be corresponding, peak value.Accordingly, sequentially or simultaneously contacted in touch-control sensing structure 132 by multiple finger, move, dissimilar operation can be carried out on first of touch-control enclosing cover 13 P1, and when realizing avoiding operation, the method for the detection finger input of finger obscures user sight line.
In addition, although the trough value 202 shown by Fig. 5 B is the coupling capacitance variable quantity of non-zero, the trough value 202 that also can have an embodiment is zero, and the numerical value change of trough value 202 will be different according to the distance of adjacent finger.
In addition, please refer to shown in Fig. 6, it is another use schematic diagram of portable electric device 1.
Portable electric device 1 can comprise eyeball tracking assembly 15 further, and eyeball tracking assembly 15 and control module 12 are electrically connected (scheming not show).The eyeball tracking assembly 15 of the present embodiment can be eye tracker, camera, camera or infra-red ray detection device, and it can in order to detect and to capture the eyeball information of user.Eyeball information such as can be eye image, eye coordinate or its combination.Wherein, the corresponding panel 11 of eyeball information that eyeball tracking assembly 15 captures and there is positional information, and positional information can at least one object shown by corresponding panel 11.What remark additionally is, positional information herein must be not identical with the position that user's eyes are focused, positional information herein can be modified into the position from the nearest object of the positional distance of user's eyes focusing, also namely choose object for the convenience of the users, positional information herein will auto modification to nearest object's position.
In addition, as shown in Figure 6, panel 11 in correspondence position information place indication example as arrow, can understand to allow user the position corresponding to positional information at present.When the eyeball information changing of user, the positional information (arrow) on panel 11 also can carry out corresponding movement.
Below, please refer to Fig. 4 and Fig. 6, to illustrate how the eyeball information that eyeball tracking assembly 15 captures coordinates the method detecting finger input.Following all operations attitude (operating gesture) is the touch operation attitude that user utilizes finger on first P1 of touch-control enclosing cover 13.In addition, the detection finger input of the present embodiment can be applicable to above-mentioned portable electric device 1, but is not restriction with aforementioned means.Wherein, the method detecting finger input can comprise following: first, capture eyeball information by eyeball tracking assembly 15, and eyeball information such as can be eye image, eye coordinate or its combination.Then, the corresponding panel 11 of eyeball information has positional information, and positional information then may correspond at least one object that panel 11 shows.Object such as can be icon (icon), its corresponding application program.The positional information of the present embodiment may correspond to the position moved to from the nearest object of positional information.
Then, scanning touch-control sensing structure 132, detects the change (i.e. the change of check point P coupling capacitance) of coupling capacitance between these first sense wires of touch-control sensing structure 132 and these the second sense wires thus.When there being a finger to touch touch-control sensing structure 132 (knock or fit), coupling capacitance will change and produce touches signal, touches signal and can be sent to control module 12.Now, the control module 12 of portable electric device 1 according to touching signal, can confirm the object chosen.What now receive touches signal for confirming that the corresponding objects of positional information (arrow) is the object for selecting.In addition, confirm that the object chosen can by highlight indication (such as color change), but in other embodiments, highlight indication also can prompting frame, alteration of form (such as become large), make the object flicker that is selected or present in modes such as the other displaying symbols of the object be selected.
Portable electric device 1 according to touching signal, will confirm the object chosen, and performing instruction corresponding to this object simultaneously.In other words, when touch-control sensing structure 132 test example as single finger tap, two rap produce coupling capacitance change time, portable electric device 1 will perform the application program corresponding to the object of correspondence position information.Such as, after single finger tap, after confirming to choose browser shortcut diagram, browser will be performed.
In addition, when being applied to the situation how finger inputs, such as user increases after the touch-control sensing structure 132 that another finger touches first P1 that (now touch-control sensing structure 132 receives two fingers and touches signal T1, T2), now control module 12 such as can judge that two fingers inputted respectively in adjacent sequential touch signal T1, what T2 was corresponding performs an action as " object move by selecting ", therefore when two finger continuous contact touch-control sensing structures 132 also move thereon, the mobile route that the object that panel 11 shows will respond two fingers carries out corresponding movement.Special instruction, the present embodiment only the one or more finger of application in the mode of touch-control sensing structure 132 executable operations, this area usually know that the knowledgeable according to the explanation of the present embodiment, should develop different modes of operation.
In sum, because of in the portable electric device without gear touch-control of the present invention and touch-control enclosing cover thereof, because user can carry out touch control operation on the touch-control enclosing cover of the portable electric device without gear touch-control, therefore point the software object that can not obstruct the view or shown by panel, certainly also can not open the link of high information density picture and produce false touch phenomenon.In addition, due to operating electronic devices on touch-control enclosing cover, the scratch situation relying on extra pointer and panel therefore also can be reduced.In addition, also because user can carry out touch control operation on touch-control enclosing cover, therefore, except can except one hand grips, also can use the such as forefinger of the same hand, middle finger carrys out operating electronic devices, compare known use be hold by one hand and can only carry out situation about manipulating with thumb, the present invention also has efficiency and the convenience of sizable manual mode operation, and can realize high-quality and fine user experiences.
In addition, in one embodiment, the portable electric device without gear touch-control is in strong light environment, the such as outdoor sun or the strong illumination lamp of indoor.When user can one-handed performance without gear touch-control portable electric device, and its touch-control enclosing cover is towards the light source (panel is towards user) of strong light environment, now panel is back on the light source (backlight) of strong light environment, touch-control enclosing cover is blocked light source and is promoted visual, and continues to operate as the aforementioned or input control with one hand.Further, user can only to be hold by one hand, and carry out control inputs by the forefinger of this hand and/or middle finger.Therefore, can lifting operation without gear touch-control portable electric device in the convenience of light intensity light source (as under sunlight) one-handed performance.And increase than the flexibility ratio of thumb during known one hand manipulation when operating on touch-control enclosing cover with forefinger or middle finger, and create to be hold by one hand to refer to that the new user of touch-control experiences more.In addition, more can carry out wireless transmission by the functional module of second and another electronic installation being arranged at enclosing cover, improve the convenience of operation thus.
The foregoing is only illustrative, but not be restricted person.Anyly do not depart from spirit of the present invention and category, and to its equivalent modifications of carrying out or change, all should be contained in accompanying claim.

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1., without a touch-control enclosing cover for the portable electric device of gear touch-control, the portable electric device of this nothing gear touch-control comprises panel and control module, and this touch-control enclosing cover comprises:
Enclosing cover, comprises first and second;
Touch-control sensing structure, is arranged on this first area or gross area; And
Functional module, is arranged on this second;
Wherein, relative to the opposite side of this panel on the portable electric device that this enclosing cover is arranged at this nothing gear touch-control, and this touch-control sensing structure and this functional module are electrically connected at this control module, thus user operates the portable electric device of this nothing gear touch-control by this touch-control enclosing cover.
2. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this touch-control sensing vibrational power flow is at this first inside surface towards this panel, or is arranged on this first outside surface away from this panel.
3. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this touch-control sensing structure comprises conductive layer, how rice metal wire, Graphene or metallic mesh.
4. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this touch-control enclosing cover is one of integrated member of the portable electric device of this nothing gear touch-control.
5. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this touch-control sensing structure is capacitance touching control.
6. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this enclosing cover has the sidewall of lid and at least part of periphery extension from this lid, and this first comprises this lid of part and this sidewall of part.
7. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 6, wherein this touch-control sensing vibrational power flow is in this lid of part, more extended in this sidewall of part.
8. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this functional module is rfid circuit, near field communication circuitry, antenna circuit, Bluetooth circuit, wireless charging circuit or palmmprint identification circuit, or its combination.
9. touch-control enclosing cover according to claim 1, wherein this user is with the portable electric device of this nothing of one-handed performance gear touch-control, and this touch-control enclosing cover toward light source or this panel back on this light source.
10., without a portable electric device for gear touch-control, comprising:
Panel;
Control module; And
Touch-control enclosing cover, comprises:
Enclosing cover, relative to the opposite side of this panel on the portable electric device being arranged at this nothing gear touch-control, and comprises first and second;
Touch-control sensing structure, is arranged on this first area or gross area; And
Functional module, is arranged on this second;
Wherein, this touch-control sensing structure electrically and this functional module be connected to this control module, thus user operates by this touch-control enclosing cover the portable electric device that this nothing keeps off touch-control.
11. portable electric devices without gear touch-control according to claim 10, wherein this touch-control sensing vibrational power flow is in this first inside surface towards this panel, or is arranged at this first outside surface away from this panel.
12. portable electric devices without gear touch-control according to claim 10, wherein this enclosing cover has the sidewall of lid and at least part of periphery extension from this lid, and this first comprises this lid of part and this sidewall of part.
13. portable electric devices without gear touch-control according to claim 12, wherein this touch-control sensing vibrational power flow is in this lid of part, more extended in this sidewall of part.
14. portable electric devices without gear touch-control according to claim 10, wherein this functional module is rfid circuit, near field communication circuitry, antenna circuit, Bluetooth circuit, wireless charging circuit or palmmprint identification circuit, or its combination.
15. portable electric devices without gear touch-controls according to claim 10, wherein this user keeps off the portable electric device of touch-control with this nothing of one-handed performance, and this touch-control enclosing cover toward light source or this panel back on this light source.
16. according to claim 10 without gear touch-controls portable electric devices, in more comprise a circuit board, a battery or a memory card between this touch-control enclosing cover and this panel.
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