CN102077154A - Input apparatus comprising a touch sensitive input device and a rotatable input device - Google Patents
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Abstract
An input apparatus (1 ) comprises a touch sensitive input device (10) configured so as to detect a presence, location and/or movement of a user input member to provide at least a first input functionality, and a rotatable input device (20) having a rotary portion (21) which is rotatable in at least one rotary direction (24) by a user to provide at least a second input functionality, wherein the rotary portion (21) is rotatable independently from the touch sensitive input device (10). The touch sensitive input device (10) is arranged underneath the rotary portion (21) of the rotatable input device in a manner that the presence, location and/or movement of the user input member is detectable through the rotary portion (21) of the rotatable input device. The touch sensitive input device (50) may also be arranged adjacent to the rotary portion (61) of the rotatable input device in a manner that the rotary portion is rotatable around side portions (55) of the touch sensitive input device (50).
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of input mechanism, it comprises the touch sensible input media of appearance, position and/or the motion of being convenient to detect user's input block and has can be along the rotatable input media of the rotating part of at least one sense of rotation rotation.
Background technology
The input mechanism that has the touch sensible input media is generally used in the electronic system, and it for example is used to utilize user's input block, for example makes cursor movement on the display screen for the motion of user's finger.The touch sensible input media typically comprises usually induction (or sensing) zone by a surface indicia, and capacitive, ohmic, inductive, optics and/or other the technology of its uses is with definite user's the finger and/or appearance, position and/or the motion of other object.The touch sensible input media can be used for providing and inputs to electronic system.For example, touch sensible input media or proximity sensor device are used as input media to be used for bigger computing system and less system, comprise for example being the mobile system of communication system or media system.
A kind of input media is disclosed in US 2007/0120830A1, it comprises the touch pad that rotatably supports that is disposed in the motor vehicles on the steering wheel for vehicle, wherein said input media also comprises and is used to measure the device of touch pad with respect to the rotation angle of baseline system, and the device that detects the input of making when being used to consider measured rotation angle on touch pad.Device also comprises the device of the handwriting recognition that is used to discern the handwriting input on the touch pad, for example is used to detect the letter identification of single letter and character.For example, title and/or navigational system that order, place name, street name and/or be used to controlled multimedia hub can be transfused to via described touch pad.In a specific embodiment, touch pad is disposed on the horn button of bearing circle, and near the touch pad vicinity, roller and other button are disposed on the horn button of bearing circle, and vehicle, multimedia system and/or navigational system utilize them to can be used as replenishing and Be Controlled of touch pad.
For according to the described rotatable touch panel device of US 2007/0120830A1, meeting generation problem, be that bearing circle possibly can't unrestrictedly rotate, because be used for the touch pad wiring that touch pad is connected to the electrical system of vehicle must be passed the inside of the dish of rotation, thus its wiring length restriction the anglec of rotation of bearing circle.Another problem may be owing to cause the bearing circle rotation of touch pad with the bearing circle rotation itself, therefore need be used to measure the device of touch pad with respect to the rotation angle of baseline system.This makes and must use appropriate software to be used to calculate the drift angle of rotation angle and definite touch pad.Yet because it needs rotation angle to detect and side-play amount is determined being used for from touch pad output sensed data, so this may reduce induction quality and the increase hardware and the equipment complexity of touch pad.
Disclose a kind of input media with control knob in US 6 636 197 B1, described control knob rotates along single rotary freedom around the axis that extends described button.Disclosed control knob allows extra control function to the user, because described button can be moved along one or more directions in being approximately perpendicular to the plane of rotation by the user.
Summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of input mechanism, it realizes touch sensible input media and rotatable input media in mode compactness and more uncomplicated.
The present invention relates to a kind of input mechanism, it has according to the touch sensible input media of the feature of claim 1 and rotatable input media.In addition, the present invention relates to a kind of input mechanism, it comprises the touch sensible input media and the rotatable input media of feature according to Claim 8.Can obviously find out specific implementations of the present invention from dependent claims.
A kind of input mechanism according to a first aspect of the invention comprises that the appearance, position and/or the motion that are configured to detect user's input block are to provide the touch sensible input media of first input function at least, and rotatable input media with rotating part, described rotating part can rotate so that second input function to be provided at least along at least one sense of rotation by the user, wherein, described rotating part can be independent of described touch sensible input media rotation.Especially, the touch sensible input media is non-rotatable.So that the appearance of described user's input block, position and/or motion can be passed the mode that the rotating part of rotatable input media is detected by the touch sensible input media, described touch sensible input media be disposed in described rotatable input media rotating part below.
According to the present invention, input mechanism can be realized non-rotatable touch sensible input media and rotatable input media in the mode of compactness, wherein the touch sensible input media be disposed in rotatable input media rotating part below.In addition, the invention provides, with respect to the rotating part of rotatable input media, the touch sensible input media can fix so that when the rotation of the rotating part of rotatable input media the non-rotary advantage of touch sensible input media.Therefore, according to input mechanism of the present invention not needs be used in any device that is used to measure rotation angle of the prior art, touch pad is rotatably supported and must be determined under the situation of considering measured rotation angle to the input of touch pad in described prior art.Therefore, under the situation that does not have this device that is used to measure rotation angle, input mechanism of the present invention can provide higher precision and/or signal Processing faster, and can be implemented in more uncomplicated mode.In addition, the motion of input mechanism of the present invention is unrestricted aspect rotation, and rotatable especially input media can be carried out the rotation of non-boundary.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of input mechanism is provided, it comprises that the appearance, position and/or the motion that are configured to detect user's input block are to provide the touch sensible input media of first input function at least, and rotatable input media with rotating part, described rotating part can rotate so that second input function to be provided at least along at least one sense of rotation by the user, wherein, described rotating part can be independent of described touch sensible input media rotation.The touch sensible input media is arranged to the rotating part that is adjacent to rotatable input media.Especially, the rotating part of described rotatable input media comprises the open top that is used to enter described touch sensible input media, and can arrange along the lateral parts of described touch sensible input media around the mode of lateral parts rotation with described rotating part, so that rotating part does not cover the touch sensible input media on its top especially.
In this embodiment of the present invention, can realize the similar effects that realizes setting forth at a first aspect of the present invention as above.Like this, the touch sensible input media can be integrally formed in the mode of compactness in the rotatable input media, wherein rotatablely moves the position that the touch sensible input media can be maintained fixed with respect to the rotating part of rotatable input media.
In an embodiment of the invention, described touch sensible input media is installed on the support base of described input mechanism, and described rotating part is rotatably installed with respect to described support base and can be with respect to described support base rotation.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, described rotating part is included in the knob that forms cavity in its interior section, wherein said touch sensible input media is disposed in the described cavity of described knob, and described knob can be around described touch sensible input media rotation.
In another embodiment, the rotating part of rotatable input media can be promoted and/or be spurred by the user respectively so that the 3rd input function to be provided at least along at least one promotion or pulling direction transverse to described sense of rotation, wherein, the touch sensible input media is configured to carry out along the action of promotion and/or pulling direction when corresponding promotion/pulling direction is moved at rotating part.Like this, advantageously, can provide another input function to the user by the rotating part that promotes and/or spur rotatable input media, wherein, because the touch sensible input media is configured to also carry out along the action of promotion/pulling direction when direction is moved along promoting accordingly or spurring at rotating part, so the touch sensible input media does not influence described promotion/pulling motion.
According to another implementation of the invention, the rotating part of described rotatable input media is installed to be with first elastomeric element and interacts, to be used to making described rotating part after its promotion/pulling, reset to its home position, described touch sensible input media is installed to be with second elastomeric element and interacts, to be used to making described touch sensible input media reset to its home position after the action of carrying out edge promotion/pulling direction.Therefore, in order to reset to their corresponding home position, rotating part and touch sensible input media are arranged independently that with respect to corresponding elastomeric element described elastomeric element is for example for being used to form the spring against the reset force of promotion/pulling direction.
According to another implementation of the invention, the rotating part of rotatable input media is kept by first holding member, to be used for after promotion/pulling motion resets, rotating part being remained on primary importance, and the touch sensible input media is kept by second holding member, to be used for after the action along promotion/pulling direction resets described touch sensible input media being remained on the second place.First and second holding members are arranged such that at the rotating part that is in primary importance and are in to be kept gapped or sliding area between the touch sensible input media of the second place, to reduce or to eliminate friction between the described member.Like this, owing to after the action along promotion/pulling direction resets, between two members, keep gapped at it, therefore after the promotions/pulling direction promotion/pulling rotating part, rotating part still can be independent of the touch sensible input media and rotate.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, described first holding member also is arranged to and is used to guide described rotating part being used for along the slide unit of the action of described promotion/pulling direction, and/or described second holding member also is arranged to and is used to guide described touch sensible input media to be used for along the slide unit of the action of described promotion/pulling direction.
An embodiment according to a second aspect of the invention, rotating part are the swivel eye buttons that forms the interval of circular within it in the portion part, and wherein the touch sensible input media is disposed in the described interval of swivel eye button.
The rotating part of rotatable input media can be promoted and/or be spurred by the user so that the 3rd input function to be provided at least along at least one corresponding promotion or pulling direction transverse to described sense of rotation, wherein, the touch sensible input media of a second aspect of the present invention can be configured to carry out along the action of promotion/pulling direction when promotion/pulling direction is moved at rotating part.
Can realize an embodiment according to input mechanism of the present invention, wherein the rotating part of rotatable input media can also move by user edge at least one translation direction transverse to the rotation of rotating part, so that the 4th input function to be provided at least, wherein rotating part can be independent of the touch sensible input media and moves along described at least one translation direction.According to another embodiment, the touch sensible input media is configured to carry out action along described at least one translation direction at rotating part when translation direction moves.
The touch sensible input media can comprise the touch pad of the appearance, position and/or the motion that are used to detect user's input block.Yet other way of realization of touch sensible input media also can be used in combination with the present invention.
According to another implementation of the invention, the touch sensible input media is connected with electric wire, to be used for electric signal is transferred to from the touch sensible input media circuit of input mechanism, wherein electric wire be arranged in hollow, for example in the support component of tubulose, described support component is arranged in the rotating part of rotatable input media to be used to support the touch sensible input media.Like this, the electric wire of touch sensible input media can not interfered any rotating part of rotatable input media.
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Now will in particular with reference to accompanying drawing and shown in view description the present invention, described view shows nonrestrictive embodiment of the present invention.Especially,
Fig. 1 to 4 shows different embodiments according to input mechanism of the present invention with the corresponding schematic cross-sectional view that shows ultimate principle of the present invention,
Fig. 5 shows the exemplary way of realization according to input mechanism of the present invention, and it illustrates with three different viewgraph of cross-section with front view,
Fig. 6 shows detailed view according to a plurality of parts of the embodiment of Fig. 5 from different perspective view,
Fig. 7 shows another detailed view according to a plurality of parts of the embodiment of Fig. 5, and it shows the maintenance that is used for input mechanism of the present invention and the embodiment of elastomeric element especially,
Fig. 8 shows another detailed view according to the tubular support element of the embodiment of Fig. 5.
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Fig. 1 shows first embodiment according to input mechanism of the present invention.Especially, input mechanism 1 comprises non-rotatable touch sensible input media 10, and described input media 10 is configured to detect functional with detection that the appearance that has user's input block, position are provided at least and/or detection of motion of the appearance, position of user's input block and/or motion.Touch sensible input media 10 comprises the support component 12 with the touch pad 11 that places the top, and described touch pad 11 is arranged to detect user's input block.Usually, touch sensible input media 10 can be considered to be used for the proximity sensor device of the type of multiple electronic system.This proximity sensor device comprises the induction region (for example being at the touching induction region 28 shown in the front view of Fig. 5) that is placed in the present embodiment on touch pad 11 tops.This induction region is usually by a surface demarcation, described surface use capacitive, ohmic, inductive, optics and/or other technology to determine appearance, position and/or the motion of user's input block.
According to specific utilization, touch sensible input media 10 can comprise touch pad or touch inductive display screen curtain.For example, touch sensible input media 10 can comprise and have one or more capacitive transducers (or any other kind touchpad sensor, capacitive touch panel 11 as mentioned above), described capacitive transducer is for example by utilizing suitable X coordinate or Y coordinate to be used to measure any user input, detects corresponding horizontal, vertical or any other direction of motion thus.According to a specific embodiment, input mechanism of the present invention can comprise and be used for handwriting recognition, the suitable device of letter identification for example, and it can detect the single letter that is being written on the touch pad 11 and character to be used to discern the handwriting input on the touch pad.In this respect, input mechanism can be alternatively or additionally is implemented as the input function that has other, for example is to select icon or the like from menu.
In Fig. 1, input mechanism 1 also comprises the rotatable input media 20 with rotating part 21, and described rotating part 21 can be along sense of rotation 24 rotations of approximate horizontal.Especially, rotating part is the knob 21 that forms cavity 22 within it in the portion.Like this, be disposed in can be along sense of rotation 24 around the touch sensible input media in the cavity 22 of the knobs 21 of 10 rotations for touch sensible input media 10.Touch pad 11 is by electric wire 14 and the circuit (not shown) of input mechanism, for example detection or treatment circuit are connected.Knob 21 is supported by the suitable guide device that is used to rotatablely move 35 of the fixture that also is commonly called rotatable input media 20.
Touch sensible input media 10, particularly touch pad 11 are disposed in below the knob 21, particularly are arranged in below the horizontal top part of knob 21.Like this, the appearance of any user's input block, position and/or motion can pass knob 21, particularly pass its top section that places touch pad 11 tops is detected by touch pad 11.At touch pad 11 is in the embodiment of capacitive touch panel, as following further explain in more detail with reference to figure 5, the top section of knob 21 for example should have the suitable thickness less than 2 millimeters, so that be no more than the sensing range of touch pad 11.In order to ensure the independent rotation of knob 21 above touch pad 11, maintain space, gap or sliding area between the top section of knob 21 and touch pad 11, it guarantees to be higher than and not have friction force etc. during around touch pad 11 rotations between described two members at knob.
Another embodiment of the invention has been shown among Fig. 2.In this embodiment, input mechanism 2 comprises touch sensible input media 50, and it has to be similar to the touch pad 51 on the top that mode with reference to figure 1 explanation places support component 52.About the specific implementation form of touch pad 51, similarly embodiment can use with reference to touch pad 11 explanations as above.
The rotating part 61 of Fig. 2 is implemented as swivel eye button 61 especially, described swivel eye button 61 have be used for entering the open top of touch sensible input media 50 and within it portion's part form circular and open interval 62, wherein, touch sensible input media 50 is supported and is disposed in the interval 62 of swivel eye button 61 by support component 52.Like this, in the mode that the lateral parts 55 that can center on touch sensible input media 50 under the situation of not interfering electric wire 54 rotates, ring button 61 can rotate independently with respect to the touch sensible input media 50 that adjacent loops button 61 is arranged.Above touch pad 51, can arrange the extra non-rotatable lid 63 of ring button 61, itself and touch pad 51 are permanently connected so that touch-surface to be provided.Ring button 61 by as support with reference to the guide device 35 of the illustrated type of figure 1.
In two embodiments according to Fig. 1 and 2, touch sensible input media 10 and 50 is fixedly mounted in respectively on the support base 31 of input mechanism 1,2, and knob 21 and swivel eye button 61 are rotatably installed with respect to support base 31 and can be with respect to support base 31 rotations.
In Fig. 3, show another embodiment of the invention, it provides the 3rd input function for the user.Especially, first input function that provides by touch pad 11 and replenish by the 3rd input function around second input function that touch pad 11 rotations provide by knob 21, described the 3rd input function by along transverse to the pushing direction 23 of sense of rotation 24 with touch pad 11 or do not promote knob 21 and provide with touch pad 11.For example, by promoting knobs 21 along the pushing direction 23 perpendicular to sense of rotation 24, the user can select to be presented at the specific function on the display screen, and known usually affirmation-functional is provided thus.
In order to carry out described function, knob 21 is installed to be with first elastomeric element 32 and interacts, to be used to making knob 21 reset to its home position after promoting knob 21.For example, elastomeric element 32 can be place knob 21 lateral parts below for example be leaf spring, flat spring or helical spring spring, it produces along the restoring force against the directive effect of pushing direction 23.Because the top section of knob 21 and the gap between the touch pad 11 or can be not enough to be used to compensate the promotion campaign along pushing direction 23 of knob 21 at interval, so touch sensible input media 10 is configured to also to be convenient to carry out action along pushing direction 23 at knob 21 when pushing direction 23 moves.Touch sensible input media 10 can be by being used to that the touch sensible input media is realized at execution resets to its home position after the action of pushing direction 23 second elastomeric element 33 to resetting of its home position.With elastomeric element 32 similarly, elastomeric element 33 may be implemented as and is used to produce against for example being the spring of leaf spring or flat spring along the suitable reacting force of the promotion of pushing direction 23.
In Fig. 4, show another embodiment according to the input mechanism 1 of an embodiment of the invention, it provides the 4th input function for the user.For this 4th input function is provided, knob 21 can be by at least one translation direction 26 motion transverse to the rotation 27 (Fig. 5) of knob 21 of user edge, and described translation direction 26 can be perpendicular to rotation.In other words, knob 21 can laterally be promoted and/or can be tilted, and for example is used for switching between the different task that is shown in the input menu on the display screen.In order to make rotatable input media reset to its home position, can reuse the elastomeric element 34 of the form that is suitable spring, it is attached on the one hand on the fixing touch sensible input media 10 and is attached on the other hand on the fixture 35, and described fixture 35 is reset to its home position when having the respective springs power that illustrates to property as schematically shown in Figure 4.
Knob 21 can be independent of the touch sensible input media 10 that is fixed on the support base 31 and move along translation direction 26.According to another embodiment, touch sensible input media 10 can be configured to carry out action along translation direction when translation direction moves at knob 21, for example promote or during the inclination knob its can be identical maybe can be different.In this case, touch sensible input media 10 suitably is installed on the support base 31.
For input mechanism 2, about being implemented like that two embodiments shown in Fig. 3 and 4 also can go out in principle as shown in Figure 2.
As illustrating basically referring to figs. 1 to 4, figure 5 illustrates an exemplary way of realization of input mechanism 1, it shows front view, and three different viewgraph of cross-section being appointed as A-A, B-B and C-C of the corresponding intercepting face of foundation shown in the front view in Fig. 5 left side.
As illustrating especially among viewgraph of cross-section A-A and the C-C, knob 21 partly connects with the revolving part of rotatable input media, and described revolving part part 29 is rotatably installed with respect to the fixture 35 that is fixed on the support base 31.For example, revolving part 29 can comprise L shaped ring, and described ring rotates in the suitable groove that is formed by fixture 35.Shown in viewgraph of cross-section C-C, knob 21 is connected with revolving part 29 by holding member 25, and described holding member 25 also is arranged to and is used on pushing direction 23 edges as described above perpendicular to the slide unit of the direction guide knobs 21 of support base 31.On the top of holding member 25, be furnished with lug or nail post, to be used for after the promotion campaign against spring 32 resets, knob 21 being remained on tip position.Shown in viewgraph of cross-section B-B, the support component of tube 12 forms is held by another holding member 13 in described specific embodiment in a tubular form, to be used for after resetting from the action along pushing direction 23 by the spring force that is applied by spring 33 touch sensible input media, particularly touch pad 11 being remained on tip position.Arrange that also second holding member 13 is as being used to guide touch sensible input media 10 to be used for along the slide unit of the action of pushing direction.On the top of holding member 13, be provided with the lug or the nail post that engage with the respective flanges 15 of arranging around tubular barrel 12 circularly, wherein, flange 15 is pushed against holding member 13 by spring 33.
Fig. 6 to 8 shows other embodiment of the present invention, shows the part way of realization according to the input mechanism of Fig. 5 especially.Fig. 6 shows the way of realization of maintenance and elastomeric element 13,32 and 33 especially.Holding member 13 is shown as with the flange 15 of tubular support tube 12 and engages, and described tubular support tube 12 supports touch pad 11 and is positioned on the spring 33.As shown in Figure 6, spring 32 and 33 is implemented as and forms continuous spring element, but also may be implemented as unconnected each other independent spring.Support tube 12 times, be provided with one or more switchs 36 that can when the corresponding promotion campaign of carrying out knob 21, activated, described promotion campaign also acts on touch pad 11 and the support tube 12 to be used to provide corresponding input function.Fig. 7 shows at the holding member 13 and spring 32,33 and the switch 36 that place under the situation that does not have the touch sensible input media on the support base 31.
Figure 8 illustrates an embodiment, according to described embodiment, the electric wire 14 of touch sensible input media 10 is disposed in the tubular support tube 12, and this has guaranteed that wiring 14 do not interfere any rotation of rotatable input media and/or touch sensible input media or promote motion.This makes knob can utilize very simple device unrestrictedly to rotate under the situation of not using sliding part or near-field communication, and described near-field communication for example is inductance or capacitive coupling, and it increases complicacy usually.
Can also be used for touch pad or in the slip that does not have the single or multiple directions under the situation of touch pad, promotion or lifter motion according to input mechanism of the present invention, it carries out described motion to set up slip or tilt function against spring element from neutral position, and described input mechanism automatically returns neutral gear.
Although the embodiment of reference example has been described the present invention, but what those skilled in the art it will be appreciated that is, under the situation of the scope that does not break away from claims, can make the various changes and the combination of embodiment, and equivalent elements can be replaced its element.Therefore, the present invention is not limited in this disclosed specific implementations.
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1. an input mechanism (1), it comprises:
-be configured to detect the appearance, position of user's input block and/or motion so that the touch sensible input media (10) of first input function to be provided at least,
-have a rotatable input media (20) of rotating part (21), described rotating part (21) can rotate so that second input function to be provided at least along at least one sense of rotation (24) by the user, wherein, described rotating part (21) can be independent of touch sensible input media (10) rotation
-wherein, described touch sensible input media (10) so that the appearance of described user's input block, position and/or motion can pass described rotating part (21) that the detected mode of described rotating part (21) of described rotatable input media is disposed in described rotatable input media below.
2. input mechanism according to claim 1 is characterized in that,
Described touch sensible input media (10) is installed on the support base (31) of described input mechanism (1), and described rotating part (21) is rotatably installed with respect to described support base and can be with respect to described support base rotation.
3. input mechanism according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that,
Described rotating part is included in the knob (21) that forms cavity (22) in its interior section, wherein, described touch sensible input media (10) is disposed in the described cavity (22) of described knob, and described knob (21) can be around described touch sensible input media (10) rotation.
4. according to a described input mechanism in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that,
The described rotating part (21) of-described rotatable input media can be by the user along promoting respectively and/or spur transverse at least one promotion of described sense of rotation (24) or pulling direction (23), so that the 3rd input function to be provided at least,
-wherein, described touch sensible input media (10) is configured to carry out along the action of described promotion and/or pulling direction (23) when promotion/pulling direction is moved accordingly at described rotating part (21).
5. input mechanism according to claim 4 is characterized in that,
The described rotating part (21) of-described rotatable input media is installed to be and first elastomeric element (32) interacts, being used to making described rotating part after its promotion/pulling, reset to its home position,
-described touch sensible input media (10) is installed to be with second elastomeric element (33) and interacts, to be used to making described touch sensible input media reset to its home position in execution after the described action of described promotion/pulling direction (23).
6. according to claim 4 or 5 described input mechanisms, it is characterized in that,
The described rotating part (21) of-described rotatable input media is kept by first holding member (25), being used for described rotating part being remained on primary importance after resetting moving from promotions/pulling,
-described touch sensible input media (10) is kept by second holding member (13), being used for after resetting, described touch sensible input media being remained on the second place from described action along described promotion/pulling direction (23),
-wherein, described first holding member (25) and described second holding member (13) are arranged such that at the described rotating part (21) that is in described primary importance and are between the described touch sensible input media (10) of the described second place keeps gapped (41).
7. input mechanism according to claim 6 is characterized in that,
-described first holding member (25) also is arranged to and is used to guide described rotating part (21) being used for along the slide unit of the action of described promotion/pulling direction (23),
-described second holding member (13) also is arranged to and is used to guide described touch sensible input media (10) to be used for along the slide unit of the action of described promotion/pulling direction (23).
8. an input mechanism (2), it comprises:
-be configured to detect the appearance, position of user's input block and/or motion so that the touch sensible input media (50) of first input function to be provided at least,
-have a rotatable input media (60) of rotating part (61), described rotating part (61) can rotate so that second input function to be provided at least along at least one sense of rotation (24) by the user, wherein, described rotating part (61) can be independent of described touch sensible input media (50) rotation
-wherein, the described rotating part (61) of described rotatable input media comprises the open top that is used to enter described touch sensible input media (50), and can center on lateral parts (55) layout of the mode of lateral parts (55) rotation along described touch sensible input media with described rotating part.
9. input mechanism according to claim 8 is characterized in that,
Described rotating part is the swivel eye button (61) that forms the interval (62) of circular within it in the portion part, and wherein, described touch sensible input media (50) is disposed in the described interval (62) of described swivel eye button.
10. according to Claim 8 or 9 described input mechanisms, it is characterized in that,
The described rotating part (61) of-described rotatable input media can be by the user along promoting respectively and/or spur transverse at least one promotion of described sense of rotation (24) or pulling direction (23), so that the 3rd input function to be provided at least,
-wherein, described touch sensible input media (50) is configured to carry out or do not carry out along the action of described promotion/pulling direction along described promotion/when the pulling direction is moved at described rotating part (61).
11. a described input mechanism according in the claim 1 to 10 is characterized in that,
The described rotating part of-described rotatable input media (21,61) can be by the user along at least one translation direction (26) motion transverse to the rotation (27) of described rotating part, so that the 4th input function to be provided at least,
-wherein, described rotating part (21,61) can be independent of described touch sensible input media (10,50) and move along described at least one translation direction (26).
12. a described input mechanism according in the claim 1 to 10 is characterized in that,
The described rotating part of-described rotatable input media (21,61) can be by the user along at least one translation direction (26) motion transverse to the rotation (27) of described rotating part, so that the 4th input function to be provided at least,
-wherein, described touch sensible input media (10,50) is configured to carry out action along described at least one translation direction (26) when described translation direction moves at described rotating part.
13. a described input mechanism according in the claim 1 to 12 is characterized in that,
Described touch sensible input media (10,50) comprises the touch pad (11,51) of the appearance, position and/or the motion that are used to detect described user's input block.
14. a described input mechanism according in the claim 1 to 13 is characterized in that,
Described touch sensible input media (10,50) is connected with the electric wire (14,54) that is used for from described touch sensible input media transmission of electric signals, wherein, described electric wire is disposed in the support component (12) of hollow, and described support component (12) is arranged in the described rotating part (21,61) to be used to support described touch sensible input media.
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