Touch control pen module
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a stylus module, and more particularly, to a stylus module including a stylus and a touch panel.
Background
With the development of technology, touch panels have been widely used as one of the components or accessories of various electronic devices, such as personal mobile devices, tablet computers, notebook computers, personal computers, game consoles, etc. The touch panel can provide a user operation interface for a user to input an operation instruction. In the technical field of the existing touch panel, the capacitive touch panel has the advantages of high sensitivity, high durability and the like, and is mainly used for calculating and processing based on the capacitance value change in the touch area of the touch panel so as to receive an operation instruction from a user.
Generally, a user can touch the touch panel by a finger, a stylus or other objects to perform a touch operation. As for the touch pen, in the prior art, the most widely used capacitive touch pens can be divided into active capacitive touch pens (active styluses) and passive capacitive touch pens (passive styluses). In addition to the active capacitive stylus generating a current change by the contact between the stylus structure and the touch panel to transmit a signal, the active capacitive stylus generally includes a circuit component such as a circuit board therein for communicating with the touch panel or an electronic device to provide additional functions, such as transmitting pressure sensitivity (pressure), tilt of the stylus structure, and various information such as writing information.
As mentioned above, in the prior art, a stylus and a touch panel (hereinafter referred to as a "touch pad") are usually used as a component or an accessory of an electronic device, that is, generally, information transmitted by the stylus is transmitted to a main processor electrically coupled to the stylus and/or the touch pad, such as a processing unit of a personal mobile device, a tablet, a notebook, or a personal computer, for performing operations and processing, and further performing operations and functions. In particular, in some cases, the computed and processed information may initiate or perform a function of the electronic device and/or display the processed information on a display of the electronic device. In other words, the stylus pen and the touch pad are generally peripheral devices of the main electronic device, and signals output or received by the stylus pen and the touch pad need to function through communication with the main electronic device. For example, the active capacitive stylus may communicate with the processor of the primary electronic device via different communication protocols to provide various additional functions, such as pairing and binding the stylus to the primary electronic device, such as bluetooth pairing to set a particular function key. However, in this case, information about the stylus cannot be displayed on the touch pad in real time, and the stylus and the touch pad cannot be separated from the electronic device to operate alone, thereby greatly reducing the flexibility of the stylus module including the stylus and the touch pad in use.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
To the above technical problem, the utility model provides a touch-control pen module, the touch-control board that it included can receive touch-control signal and directly show the electric quantity information of touch-control pen according to touch-control signal from the touch-control pen, consequently provides the information that is relevant with the touch-control pen more conveniently and in real time.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus module, which includes a stylus and a touch pad. The touch pen is provided with a pen point structure, and the touch pad is provided with a touch area and a display area. The touch area of the touch pad is used for the pen point structure of the touch pen to contact so as to receive touch signals from the touch pen, and the display area is used for displaying the electric quantity information of the touch pen.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the stylus is an active capacitive stylus.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the power information is generated according to the touch signal received from the stylus.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the touch signal conforms to Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP).
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the touch signal has a frequency between 30KHz and 70 KHz.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pen head structure includes an elastic body.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pen head structure has a contact surface, and the contact surface is selected from the group consisting of an arc contact surface and a flat contact surface.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the display mode of the power information is selected from a group consisting of a set of arabic numerals, symbols, character strings, images, and signals.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the touch panel further includes a fingerprint detection area.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the touch pen further includes a signal transmission unit, and the signal transmission unit is used for transmitting the touch signal to the touch pad through the pen head structure.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the touch panel further includes a fixing region, and the fixing region is used to fix the stylus to the touch panel.
The utility model discloses a main technical means lies in, the utility model provides a stylus module is through "the touch-control region is the confession the stylus pen nib structure contact with certainly the stylus pen receives touch-control signal, just the display area is used for showing the technical feature of the electric quantity information" of stylus pen for the touch-control board can be according to the touch-control signal by the stylus pen receipt and the electric quantity information of direct display stylus pen, makes the practicality and the use flexibility of stylus module increase by a wide margin.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a stylus module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an external view of a stylus of the stylus module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is an external view of a touch pad of a stylus module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be provided by way of specific examples, and the technical scope of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description. The present invention may be practiced or carried out in other different embodiments, and various details may be modified and changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention based on different points of view and applications. The following embodiments will further explain the related art of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.
First, please refer to fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a stylus module M according to an embodiment of the present invention. The stylus module M includes a stylus 1 and a touch pad 2, the stylus 1 has a tip structure 11, and the touch pad 2 has a touch area 21 and a display area 22. Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3 together, fig. 2 is an external view of a stylus 1 of a stylus module M according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 is an external view of a touch pad 2 of the stylus module M according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the stylus 1 may be an active capacitive stylus. As shown in fig. 2, the touch pen 1 may have a pen head structure 11 and a pen barrel structure 12 connected to the pen head structure 11. The pen head structure 11 is used for contacting the touch pad 2 to transmit touch signals, and the pen holder structure 12 is used for a user to hold the touch pen 1 and accommodate other electronic components of the touch pen 1. The tip structure 11 may include an elastomer, i.e., at least a portion of the tip structure 11 may be made of an elastomer material, so as to provide a better user experience when using the stylus 1 and provide a richer use of the stylus 1. However, the material of the pen tip structure 11 is not limited in the present invention. The pen tip structure 11 can contact the touch pad 2 through a contact surface thereof, and the contact surface can be selected from the group consisting of an arc contact surface and a flat contact surface.
In addition, the pen barrel structure 12 is configured to accommodate electronic components (not shown) of the stylus pen 1, such as a circuit unit, an induction coil unit and/or a power supply unit. The utility model discloses in, touch-control pen 1 can produce touch-control signal through the induction coil unit, and touch-control signal transmits to touch-control board 2 via written structure 11 of touch-control pen 1 again. The power supply unit of the stylus 1 may include a removable battery or a rechargeable battery, however, the present invention is not limited to the power supply mode for the stylus 1.
Referring to fig. 3, as mentioned above, the touch pad 2 has a touch area 21 and a display area 22. The touch area 21 is contacted by the tip structure 11 of the stylus 1 to receive a touch signal from the stylus 1, and the display area 22 is used for displaying at least the power information of the stylus 1. As shown in fig. 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, the touch area 21 and the display area 22 may be non-overlapping areas on one surface of the touch pad 2, for example, the display area 21 may be located at a part of the periphery of the surface of the touch pad 2. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, the touch area 21 and the display area 22 may also overlap with each other. In fact, the display area 22 can be used for displaying other information besides the power information of the touch pen 1, and the displayed information can be from the touch pen 1, the touch pad 2 itself or other electronic devices electrically coupled to the touch pad 2.
It should be noted that, in the present invention, the power information of the stylus pen 1 is generated according to the touch signal received from the stylus pen 1. In other words, the power information displayed on the display area 22 of the touch pad 2 is transmitted from the touch pen 1 to the touch pad 2 by the contact between the tip structure 11 of the touch pen 1 and the touch area 21 of the touch pad 2. Compared with the prior art, the information (including the power information) related to the stylus 1 is transmitted to the electronic device through the communication function of the stylus 1, such as bluetooth, and the electronic device processes the collected information and then transmits the processed information to the display device (the display device may be a display of the electronic device itself or a display area 22 of the touch pad 2), the power information of the stylus 1 in the present invention is transmitted to the touch pad 2 through the touch signal while the pen head structure 11 is in contact with the touch area 21, and is directly received by the touch pad 2, and is interpreted through the electronic component and/or the firmware in the touch pad 2, so as to obtain the power information. Therefore, in the present invention, the electric quantity information of the touch pen 1 does not need to be transmitted to the electronic device electrically coupled to the touch pad 2 first, and then is transmitted to the touch pad 2 for displaying after being processed by the electronic device, but can be directly displayed by the display area 22 of the touch pad 2. The electric quantity information of the middle touch pen 1 of the present invention is not transmitted by bluetooth as in the conventional art, so that it is not necessary to additionally add a bluetooth module and it is not necessary to perform bluetooth pairing with the electronic device. Therefore, the convenience of the stylus module M in use is greatly improved.
Besides, in some embodiments of the present invention, the stylus 1 may further include a signal transmission unit for transmitting the touch signal to the touch pad 2 through the pen head structure 11. The touch signal provided by the Stylus 1 conforms to at least one of Microsoft Protocol (MPP), and the crown (Wacom) AES 1.0 and 2.0 protocols, and the crown EMR Protocol, the universal Stylus alliance (USI) Protocol, and the Apple Pen Active Projected Capacitance (APC) Protocol, for example. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the touch signal provided by the touch pen 1 conforms to the microsoft pen protocol. Additionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the touch signal has a frequency between 30KHz and 70 KHz.
Please also refer to fig. 3. In an embodiment of the present invention, the display mode of the power information of the stylus pen 1 is selected from a group consisting of a set of arabic numerals, symbols, character strings, images, and signals. In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the power information is displayed by a combination of an image plus an arabic numeral and a symbol, i.e., the power information is represented by a battery pattern, an arabic numeral representing a power percentage, and a percentage symbol. However, the present invention is not limited to the display mode of the electric quantity information.
Then, the touch pad 2 of the stylus module M provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include a fingerprint detection area (not shown) for the user to touch, so that the touch pad 2 may further have a fingerprint identification function. In addition to the additional function of fingerprint recognition, the structure of the touch pad 2 may further include a fixing area (not shown) for fixing the stylus 1 to the touch pad 2. For example, the fixing region may be a groove disposed at one side of the touch pad 2, and the stylus 1 can be fixed to the touch pad 2 by fitting (fit) into the groove. Thus, the loss of the stylus module M due to the separation of the stylus 1 and the touch pad 2 can be avoided.
To sum up, the utility model discloses a main technical means lies in, the embodiment of the utility model provides a touch-control pen module M is through "touch-control region 21 is the nib structure 11 contact that supplies touch-control pen 1 in order to receive touch-control signal from touch-control pen 1, and display area 22 is the technical characterstic that is used for showing touch-control pen 1's electric quantity information" for touch-control board 2 can be according to the touch-control signal by touch-control pen 1 receipt and direct display touch-control pen 1's electric quantity information, makes touch-control pen module M's practicality and use flexibility increase by a wide margin.
In detail, the power information of the stylus 1 of the present invention is transmitted to the touch pad 2 through the touch signal while the pen head structure 11 is in contact with the touch area 21, so that the power information can be displayed in the display area 22 of the touch pad 2 in real time. Therefore, in the present invention, the electric quantity information of the touch pen 1 does not need to be transmitted to the main electronic device electrically coupled to the touch pad 2, such as a personal mobile device, a tablet, a personal computer, etc., and then transmitted to the touch pad 2 for displaying after being processed by the electronic device, but can be transmitted by the touch of the touch pen 1, and then directly displayed by the display area 22 of the touch pad 2. Therefore, the utility model provides a touch-control pen module M makes the user can learn the electric quantity that touch-control pen 1 holds in real time with the mode that is higher than prior art efficiency, and has the convenience of use through promoting by a wide margin.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention in its corresponding aspects.