CN2879266Y - Handheld electronic products with standard English keyboard - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a hand-held type electronic product with standard english keyboard of beating has the standard english keyboard of beating of single display screen in order to save cost and convenient input. The handheld electronic product comprises a body, a standard English keyboard and a display screen, wherein the standard English keyboard and the display screen are arranged in the body; the standard English keyboard is exposed out of the bottom surface of the body and is provided with a surface lower than the bottom surface of the body; the display screen is arranged on the front surface of the body, and one side edge of the display screen is partially or completely pivoted to one edge of the body, so that the display screen can be pivoted to the body in a turnover mode. When information is required to be input, the display screen can be turned to face the user simultaneously with the standard English keyboard.

Description

Handheld electronic products with standard English keyboard

technical field

The utility model relates to a hand-held electronic product with a standard English typing keyboard, in particular to a portable mobile communication device, which not only provides the function of talking but also has a standard English typing keyboard to facilitate inputting information.

Background technique

Currently common handheld electronic products include PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), mobile phones, handheld application electronic products, multimedia application electronic products, etc., and even mobile phones combined with personal digital assistants. In order to take into account the portability and input needs of handheld electronic products, the configured keyboards are usually small and inconvenient for input, often causing accidental touches. Some electronic products can be externally connected with a Qwerty keyboard (standard English type keyboard), but it is inconvenient to carry.

In order to facilitate the input of handheld electronic products, the prior art is usually combined with a keyboard. For example, US Patent No. 6,813,143 was announced on November 2, 2004. A mobile device that covers or exposes a keyboard", the mobile device has a body with a keyboard, a front cover with a display screen and at least one corner, and a pivot to rotatably connect the front cover to the body to cover close or fully reveal the keyboard.

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following disadvantages:

1. The front cover and the main body are only connected by the pivot at the corner, and the structure is too fragile. In addition, the cable connecting the main body and the display screen of the front cover needs to pass through the pivot, which is difficult to arrange.

2. The front cover and the main body can only be rotated but cannot be turned over, so the angle between the keyboard and the display screen is fixed and cannot be adjusted, so that when the user is typing, the viewing angle of the display screen is limited and cannot be adjusted. Cannot be adjusted.

Therefore, it can be seen from the above that the above-mentioned existing hand-held electronic products obviously have inconveniences and deficiencies in actual operation, and can be improved.

Therefore, the inventor of the present invention feels that the above-mentioned deficiency can be improved, and Naite devoted himself to research and combined with the application of theories, and finally proposed a utility model with reasonable design and effective improvement of the above-mentioned deficiency.

Utility model content

The main purpose of the utility model is to provide a hand-held electronic product, which has a standard English keyboard arranged at the bottom to simplify the structure and provide users with fast and convenient input, and can adjust the angle with the keyboard with a single display screen. It is convenient for the user to adjust the viewing angle and can save costs.

Another purpose of the utility model is to provide a hand-held electronic product, wherein after the standard English typing keyboard is turned over with the display screen, the user can input while watching; in addition, the standard English typing keyboard in the utility model can be hidden Set at the bottom of the handheld electronic product, there is a solid connection structure between the display screen and the standard English keyboard and it is easy to arrange for wiring.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a hand-held electronic product with a standard English keyboard, including a body, a standard English keyboard and a display screen; wherein the body has a standard English keyboard arranged on the body Inner and exposed on a bottom surface of the body, wherein the surface of the standard English keyboard is lower than the bottom surface of the body, so that the side of the body facing the letters of the standard English keyboard is a hinge edge; the display The screen is arranged on a front surface of the main body, and the pivoting side of the body is partially or completely pivoted to one side of the display screen, so that the display screen is reversibly pivoted to the side of the display screen along the pivoting side as a rotating shaft On the main body, when there is no need to input information, a bottom surface of the display screen is attached to the front of the main body; when it is necessary to input information, the display screen can be flipped to face the user at the same time as the standard English keyboard for input.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned another purpose, the handheld electronic product with a standard English-type keyboard of the present invention further includes a keyboard backlight arranged adjacent to the standard English-type keyboard and a keyboard backlight switch arranged between the display screen and the body Between, the keyboard backlight switch controls the opening or closing of the keyboard backlight, and wherein the standard English keyboard has a translucent protective layer on its outside, thus when the keyboard backlight is turned off, the standard English keyboard is The protective layer is hidden under the protective layer, and when the keyboard backlight is turned on, the standard English keyboard is displayed through the protective layer.

The preferred embodiments of the present utility model are described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings, but these descriptions are only used to illustrate the present utility model, not to limit the scope of rights of the present utility model.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the perspective view of the first embodiment of the hand-held electronic product with the standard English keyboard of the present utility model;

Fig. 2 is the use schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the hand-held electronic product with the standard English-type keyboard of the present utility model;

Fig. 3 is the structural block diagram of the hand-held electronic product that has standard English typing keyboard of the present utility model;

Fig. 4 is the sectional view of hidden keyboard in the utility model;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the hidden keyboard in the utility model;

Fig. 6 is the perspective view of the second embodiment of the hand-held electronic product with standard English typing keyboard of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the second embodiment of the handheld electronic product with a standard English keyboard of the present invention.

Explanation of main component symbols

Handheld Electronics 1, 1a

Body 10, 10a

Longitudinal edges 11, 12, 12a Transverse edges 13, 14

Function keys 161, 162 Amplifier 163

Receiving Department 164

Bottom 17, 17a Shallow groove 172

Circuit board 18 CPU 182

Display control unit 184 Keyboard backlight switch 186

Display 20

Side 21, 22

Shaft 24, 24a

Upper cover 20a

Side 21a, 22a Display 25a

Standard English keyboard 30, 30'

Alphabet 31 Keyboard Backlight 32

protective layer 34

Touchpad 36, 36’ Buttons 362

Non-slip mat 33

Sensing element 40

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , which are perspective views and schematic diagrams of a handheld electronic product with a standard English keyboard of the present invention. The utility model provides a hand-held electronic product 1 with a standard English keyboard, which includes a body 10 , a display screen 20 and a standard English keyboard 30 . The display screen 20 is arranged on the front of the body 10 , and the standard English keyboard 30 is arranged in the body 10 .

In this embodiment, the handheld electronic product 1 is rectangular and has a pair of parallel longitudinal edges 11 , 12 and a pair of transverse edges 13 , 14 . However, the present invention is not limited to the above appearance, for example, the handheld electronic product can also be in a square shape. In this embodiment, the handheld electronic product 1 has a mobile phone call function, and its top surface 16 is provided with a loudspeaker 163 and a receiver 164 , and is provided with function keys 161 , 162 .

One side 22 of the display screen 20 is pivotally connected to one of the longitudinal edges 12 . Please refer to FIG. 2 , in this embodiment, the side 12 of the main body 10 toward which the letter 31 of the standard English keyboard 30 faces is set as a pivoting side. As shown in Figure 1, the utility model can be provided with a rotating shaft 24 between the display screen 20 and the body 10, so that the display screen 20 can be turned over as shown in Figure 2, and the display screen 20 and the display screen 20 are connected The wiring between the main bodies 10 is very easy to set up.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , the standard English keyboard 30 is disposed inside the body 10 and exposed on the bottom surface 17 of the body 10 , wherein the surface of the standard English keyboard 30 is lower than the bottom surface 17 of the body 10 . In this embodiment, a shallow groove 172 is recessed on the bottom surface 17 of the body 10 , and the standard English keyboard 30 is disposed in the shallow groove 172 . Therefore, when the handheld electronic product 1 is placed on the desktop, friction between the keyboard 30 and the desktop can be prevented.

Through the above structure, in the present invention, the display screen 20 is reversibly pivoted to the main body 10 along the longitudinal edge 12 as a rotation axis. When there is no need to input information, a bottom of the display screen 20 is attached to the front of the body 10; when information input is required, the display screen 20 can be turned over to face the user simultaneously with the standard English keyboard 30.

Owing to the opportunity of using keyboard input as hand-held electronic products is not frequent, yet when inputting is needed, it is often limited by the lack of a standard English type keyboard. One of the features of the present invention is that the display screen 20 of the handheld electronic product 1 is normally attached to the front of the main body 10 for general operation, such as a mobile phone. When input is required, the display screen 20 is turned outward so that it and the main body 10 face the user at the same time. That is, as shown in FIG. 2 , an angle a is formed between the display screen 20 and the main body 10 . The flipping angle a is suggested by the present invention to be between 0° and 270°, so that the user can conveniently adjust the viewing angle of the display screen 20 . Since the current structure of the rotating shaft can already provide a certain frictional force to position the display screen 20 , the display screen 20 can be easily positioned at any angle with the main body 10 in the present invention.

In this embodiment, the display screen 20 has a pair of sides 21 , 22 , wherein the side 22 pivotally connected to the body 10 is shorter than the longitudinal edge 12 of the body 10 . The main body 10 is provided with a receiving groove 15 (as shown in FIG. 1 ) for receiving the display screen 20 , and the top surface 23 of the display screen 20 is aligned with the top surface 16 of the main body 10 . The advantage of this structure is that the rotating shaft 24 can be smaller, so that the overall thickness of the handheld electronic product 1 is reduced.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the arrangement direction of the letters 31 of the standard English keyboard 30 in the present invention is towards the longitudinal edge 12 where the display screen 20 is pivotally connected with the main body 10 . In addition, the standard English keyboard 30 makes full use of the space on the bottom surface 17 of the hand-held electronic product 1 , which is seldom used. Usually, the standard English typing keyboard 30 is arranged on the bottom surface 17 of the handheld electronic product 1. When the user needs to input, he only needs to turn over the display screen 20 to input while watching.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a structural block diagram of a handheld electronic product with a standard English typing keyboard of the present invention. In the present invention, the body 10 is provided with a circuit board 18 , and the circuit board 18 is provided with a central processing unit 182 and a display control unit 184 for controlling the display direction of the display screen 20 . Wherein a sensing element 40 is arranged between the main body 10 and the display screen 20, when the display screen 20 is flipped open, the sensing element 40 sends a trigger signal to the central processing unit 182 to notify the display control unit 184, To switch the display direction of the screen of the display screen 20 . The sensing element 40 can be a mechanical touch switch, or a magnetic induction switch, etc. The central processing unit 182 may be an Intel PXA270 chip of Intel Corporation. The display control unit 184 is also an existing technology, which can be integrated in the central processing unit 182, or a numbered Intel 2700G chip of Intel (Intel).

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present utility model. Wherein the conversion of the screen display direction of the display screen 20 can be achieved by software design or mechanism design, and a button can be further designed for the user to adjust the screen display direction as needed.

In the utility model, the standard English keyboard 30 can be an electronic touch keyboard with a flat outer surface, or a mechanical keyboard with a good operating feeling. To facilitate operation in an environment without light, the handheld electronic product 1 is provided with a keyboard backlight 32 electrically connected to the circuit board 18 . In the figure, the keyboard backlight 32 is represented by a block, which may actually include, for example, an LED light source and a diffuser. When the standard English keyboard 30 is not in use, the keyboard backlight 32 is turned off to save power.

In the present invention, the keyboard backlight 32 and the CPU 182 are provided with a keyboard backlight switch 186 . When the display screen 20 is flipped open, the trigger signal can further turn on the keyboard backlight switch 186 through the CPU 182 , thereby automatically turning on the keyboard backlight 32 .

In the present invention, the standard English typing keyboard 30 can also be designed to be concealedly arranged on the bottom 17 of the main body 10 . Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a cross-sectional view of the hidden keyboard in the present invention. In this embodiment, an electronic touch keyboard 30 is provided to illustrate how the keyboard is hidden on the bottom surface 17 of the main body 10 . The hidden electronic touch keyboard 30 includes a keyboard backlight 32 , a protective layer 34 and a touch panel 36 disposed under the protective layer 34 . The protective layer 34 forms a flat outer surface. The touch panel 36 has various forms, for example, it includes a pair of conductive layers and a plurality of spacers disposed between the pair of conductive layers.

The keyboard backlight 32 is disposed under the touch panel 36 . The protective layer 34 is preferably made of translucent, wear-resistant material, wherein the letters or patterns of the keyboard 30 can be printed on the top surface of the touch panel 36 or the inner side of the protective layer 34 .

When the keyboard backlight 32 was not turned on, the standard English keyboard 30 was covered by the protective layer 34 and hidden below the protective layer 34, and the user could not see the letters or patterns of the keyboard 30, that is, the user could not see it at this time. keyboard. When the keyboard backlight 32 is turned on, the light passes through the touch panel 36 and the protective layer 34 , so that the letters or patterns of the standard English keyboard 30 emerge, that is, the user can see the keyboard 30 . Through the above-mentioned design, the keyboard 30 is hidden at ordinary times, and only when the user needs to make it appear.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the hidden keyboard in the present invention. The keyboard 30' in this embodiment is applied to a mechanical keyboard. The translucent protective layer 34 can cover the outer side of the mechanical key layer 36'. The key 362 of the mechanical key layer 36' can be made of light-transmitting material, so that light can pass through the key 362 and the protective layer 34. In this embodiment, letters can be printed on the keys 362 of the mechanical key layer 36' or printed on the inner side of the protective layer 34. When the letters are printed on the protective layer 34, the manufacture of the keyboard 30' can be made easier.

In order to avoid touching the keyboard 30 by mistake, the hand-held electronic product 1 with a standard English keyboard of the present invention can lock the keyboard 30 through a composite key in the form of firmware.

Please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , which are a perspective view and a schematic view of the second embodiment of the handheld electronic product with a standard English keyboard of the present invention. The principle is roughly the same as that of the first embodiment. The handheld electronic product 1a in this embodiment has a main body 10a and a top cover 20a completely covering the front of the main body 10a. The upper cover 20 is provided with a display screen 25a, and has a pair of sides 21a, 22a; the upper cover 20a is completely pivotally connected to the side 12a (pivot side) of the main body 10a through a rotating shaft 24a. The advantage of this embodiment is that the display screen 25a with a larger screen area can be provided to display more information, that is, the area of the display screen 25a can be substantially equal to that of the upper cover 20a. For example, it can be applied to personal digital assistants (PDA).

In the above-mentioned second embodiment, in order to prevent the keyboard 30a from rubbing against the desktop, a plurality of anti-slip pads 33 protrude from the bottom surface 17a of the main body 10a.

Therefore the characteristics and functions that can be produced by the utility model are arranged as follows:

1. The utility model has a single display screen, which can save costs, and a standard English-type keyboard, which can be quickly and conveniently input by the user, and the angle between the display screen and the keyboard can be adjusted to facilitate the user in the utility model view.

2. There is a solid connection structure between the display screen and the standard English keyboard in the utility model, and it is easy to arrange for wiring.

3. The keyboard in the utility model is provided with a protective layer, which can not only hide the keyboard but also provide keyboard protection.

4. The utility model provides two kinds of embodiments. In the first embodiment, the side of the display screen is shorter than the longitudinal edge of the main body, and the rotating shaft between the display screen and the main body can be smaller, so that the overall thickness of the handheld electronic product is reduced ; The second embodiment provides a cover 20a completely covering the front of the main body 10a, which can provide a display screen 25a with a larger screen area.

Claims (11)

1, a kind of hand-held electronic product of tool standard English keystroke dish, it is characterized in that, comprise: a body, has a standard English keystroke dish, be arranged in this body and expose to a bottom surface of this body, wherein this bottom surface that keyboard surface is lower than this body beaten in this standard English, make this standard English keystroke dish letter towards a side of this body for articulating the limit; An and display screen, be located on the front of this body, this pivot joint limit of this body partly or entirely is articulated in a side of this display screen, this display screen is that rotating shaft is articulated on this body turningly along this pivot joint limit thus, and wherein a bottom surface of this display screen when not needing input information fits in this front of this body; This display screen when needing input information can supply input towards the user simultaneously for being turned into this standard English keystroke dish.

2, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the upset angle between this display screen and this body is between 0 degree is spent to 270.

3, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this body when this pivot joint limit part of this body is articulated in this side of this display screen is provided with an accepting groove accommodating this display screen, and an end face of this display screen is this front that is aligned in this body.

4, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, is provided with a circuit board in this body, and this circuit board is provided with the indicative control unit of the picture display direction of a central processing unit and this display screen of control.

5, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, be provided with a sensing element between this body and this display screen, this sensing element when this display screen rotates transmit a trigger pip to this central processing unit to notify this indicative control unit, to change the picture display direction of this display screen.

6, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, further comprises a keyboard back light source, is provided with to be adjacent to this standard English keystroke dish; And a keyboard back light switch, being arranged between this display screen and this body, this keyboard back light switch controls the unlatching in this keyboard back light source or cuts out.

7, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 6; it is characterized in that; this standard English keystroke dish further has a translucent protective seam in its outside; this standard English keystroke dish when this keyboard back light source is closed is covered by this protective seam and is hidden in this protective seam below thus, and this standard English keystroke dish when this keyboard back light source point is bright shows by this protective seam.

8, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 7; it is characterized in that; this standard English keystroke dish includes the inboard that an electronic touch plate is positioned at this protective seam, and this letter of this standard English keystroke dish is printed in the end face of inboard or this electronic touch plate of this protective seam.

9, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 7; it is characterized in that; this standard English keystroke dish includes a mechanical type key layer; be positioned at the inboard of this protective seam, this letter of this standard English keystroke dish is printed in the end face of inboard or this mechanical type key layer of this protective seam.

10, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this bottom surface of this body is arranged with a shallow slot, and this standard English keystroke dish is arranged in this shallow slot.

11, the hand-held electronic product with standard English keystroke dish as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this bottom surface of this body is protruding with a plurality of slipmat.

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