CN2509647Y

CN2509647Y - Touch control light pen

Info

Publication number: CN2509647Y
Application number: CN01266873U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 庄伟宾
Original assignee: Compal Electronics Inc
Current assignee: Compal Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2001-10-29
Filing date: 2001-10-29
Publication date: 2002-09-04
Anticipated expiration: 2011-10-29

Abstract

The utility model discloses a touch control light pen that is used on a portable electronic device that uses a touch control screen as the input unit. The utility model consists of a pen pipe, a light device and a pen cover; the pen pipe is provided with a containing room and a non-light tight light end; the light device is contained inside the containing room and consists of a light unit, a loop unit that is connected with the light unit, an electricity power unit that is used for supplying current for the light unit, the pen cover is made by transparent material and is provided with a touch end that can be sleeved at the light end and a press control screen, the touch control pen can provide light at the same time without lighting the backlight device of the electronic device, which makes the electronic device work under the status of low energy consumption, thus, the working time of the electronic device will not be shortened fast and the practicability of the electronic device is improved.

Description

Pointer with illumination functions

[technical field]

The utility model relates to a kind of pointer with illumination functions, particularly relates to a kind of pointer with illumination functions of Touch Screen as the portable electronic devices of output/input unit that be applied to use.

[background technology]

Because electronic product or its application industry are flourish in recent years, wherein increasing as the kind of personal digital assistant portable portable electronic devices such as (PDA), and have high convenience because of it, bring up many persons of preferring to use, and become an important instrument of processing transactions in the daily life.Be configured to example with existing PDA, it mainly uses the output/input unit of a Touch Screen as man-machine communication, but by Touch Screen one side display data, can touch the effect of Touch Screen by pressure on the other hand with input instruction, and reach the purpose that user and PDA communicate with each other, and general PDA also can have a pointer, be available for users to the handheld touch pen and utilize the tip pressure of pointer to touch Touch Screen, make the user make things convenient for input instruction, in addition, for avoiding having the situation that to see the shown information of Touch Screen clearly to take place in the occasion operation of insufficient light, usually PDA can be provided with back lighting device at the Touch Screen back side, so that the illumination of Touch Screen to be provided, make the more convenient operation of user.And be the electronic installation of carrying because of PDA, its power supply is generally its inner designed rechargeable battery and supplies, the time and the power consumption that can use has sizable relation so once charge, generally do not using under the situation of backlight function, the PDA working time can reach 15～16 hours, and under the state of backlight function standard-sized sheet, the PDA working time has only 2 hours, backlight function is quite to expend electric weight for other function of PDA as can be known, when having to use backlight function at insufficient light, to make the working time of PDA significantly shorten, when if the situation of electric weight deficiency takes place on the occasion of using at that time, will cause user quite inconvenience and puzzlement far and away.

[utility model content]

The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of pointer with illumination functions, it is applied to one and uses the portable electronic devices of Touch Screen as output/input unit, the effect that can have the illumination Touch Screen in use simultaneously can not need the backlight function of Touch Screen and prolongs working time of portable electronic devices whereby when the occasion of insufficient light is used.

Pointer with illumination functions of the present utility model comprises that a shaft of a writing brush, is contained in lighting device and in the described shaft of a writing brush and is linked in cap on the described shaft of a writing brush, and be characterized in: the described shaft of a writing brush has the illumination end of an accommodation space and a light-permeable; Described lighting device is contained in the described accommodation space and includes a luminescence unit near described illumination end, and connects described luminescence unit and see through described circuit units with the power supply unit that described luminescence unit electric current is provided and the switch element of the described circuit units conducting of a control with the circuit units, that constitutes electrical path; Described cap has one can overlap a fit portion and a contact jaw that overlays on described illumination end.

[description of drawings]

Below by preferred embodiment and accompanying drawing the pointer with illumination functions of the present utility model is elaborated, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the organigram of a preferred embodiment of the pointer with illumination functions of the present utility model;

Component relation synoptic diagram when Fig. 2 is described preferred embodiment illumination;

Fig. 3 is that described preferred embodiment is applied in the synoptic diagram on the PDA(Personal Digital Assistant).

[embodiment]

Consult Fig. 1, the preferred embodiment with pointer 1 of illumination functions of the present utility model comprises a shaft of a writing brush 11, a lighting device 12 and a cap 13.

The described shaft of a writing brush 11 has an illumination end 111 that is the accommodation space 110 and a light-permeable of hollow form, in this example, illumination end 111 is to be screwed on the shaft of a writing brush 11 ends relatively by a lid 112 to be formed, and lid 112 can be by made as light-permeable materials such as transparent acrylics and form the convex mirror form with light localization effects.

Described lighting device 12 is contained in the accommodation space 110, and lighting device 12 includes a luminescence unit 121 near illumination end 111, a connection luminescence unit 121 sees through power supply unit 123 and a control loop unit 122 conductings whether the switch element 124 of circuit units 122 so that luminescence unit 121 electric currents to be provided with the circuit units 122, that constitutes electrical path.The luminescence unit 121 of present embodiment is to use general miniature lamp, power supply unit 123 then uses a dry cell, and electrically connect bulbs and dry cell to form circuit units 122 with conductive spring 1221 and metal clips 1222, in addition, switch element 124 has a protuberance 1241 and an abutting part 1242, make abutting part 1242 can be resisted against an end of metal clips 1222, protuberance 1241 then just can be by being located at the perforate 114 of the shaft of a writing brush 11 tube walls by correspondence in the accommodation space 110 and outwards protruding on the outer surface of tube wall of the shaft of a writing brush 11, elastic force by metal clips 1222, but make switch element 124 protuberance 1241 elastic resets remain on the position of protrusion, this moment, the metal clips 1222 owing to circuit units 122 did not electrically contact with the bulb of luminescence unit 121, so luminescence unit 121 is not shinny, treat protuberance 1241 pressurizeds of switch element 124 and in accommodation space 110, contract, and then when making the bulb of metal clips 1222 contact luminescence units 121 of circuit units 122, luminescence unit 121 can be shinny, so by protuberance 1241 pressurizeds of switch element 124 flickering of may command luminescence unit 121 whether.Certainly, the luminescence unit 121 of lighting device 12, circuit units 122, power supply unit 123 and switch element 124 also can be because of needs adopt different designs since this to be the people that has the knack of this technology can think easily and change, promptly no longer describe in detail at this.

Described cap 13 has one and can overlap the fit portion 131 that overlays on illumination end 111 and and touch the contact jaw 132 of Touch Screen in order to pressure, and that whole cap 13 is to use as the material of light-permeables such as transparent acrylic is made, and viewable design adopts the light transmissive material of different colours.

In addition, for increasing the practicality of pointer 1, pointer 1 can further be provided with one and be contained in accommodation space 110 interior writing devices 14 as ball pen refill, and the shaft of a writing brush 11 then has the writing end 113 that an opposite illumination end 111 appears for writing device 14, can be in order to write as a tool.

Being applied to a PDA as shown in Figures 2 and 3 is example, under the operating environment that is in insufficient light, fit portion 131 covers of cap 13 are overlayed on the illumination end 111 of the shaft of a writing brush 11, the switch element 124 that makes the internal face of fit portion 131 just can oppress lighting device 12 contracts in accommodation space, make the metal clips 1222 of circuit units 122 contact luminescence units 121, and then make luminescence unit 121 shinny, and because illumination end 111 and cap 13 are the material of light-permeable, so the light that luminescence unit 121 is produced can be by the lid 112 and the cap 13 of illumination end 111, when use utilizes the contact jaw 132 of cap 13 to press the Touch Screen that touches PDA to import, pointer 1 can provide illuminating effect simultaneously, so promptly need not open the back lighting device of PDA and can make it remain on the duty of low power consumption, make working time of PDA unexpectedly have situation about shortening suddenly to produce and influence ongoing operation, and because lighting device 12 is to use independence, conveniently purchase and power supply unit 123 cheaply, for do not have any operational influence as portable electronic devices such as PDA, can therefore significantly improve practicality.In addition, pointer 1 is in the time need not using illumination functions, can make cap 13 break away from illumination end 111 and make lighting device 12 not produce effect, and can be with cap 13 then cover overlay on the writing end 113, the contact jaw 132 that utilizes cap 13 also can be imported in order to the Touch Screen that pressure is touched PDA.

Claims

1, a kind of pointer with illumination functions comprises that a shaft of a writing brush, is contained in lighting device and in the described shaft of a writing brush and is linked in cap on the described shaft of a writing brush, it is characterized in that:

The described shaft of a writing brush has the illumination end of an accommodation space and a light-permeable;

Described lighting device is contained in the described accommodation space and includes a luminescence unit near described illumination end, and connects described luminescence unit and see through described circuit units with the power supply unit that described luminescence unit electric current is provided and the switch element of the described circuit units conducting of a control with the circuit units, that constitutes electrical path;

Described cap has one can overlap a fit portion and a contact jaw that overlays on described illumination end.

2, the pointer with illumination functions as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:

But the protruding approaching described illumination end part that is exposed at the described shaft of a writing brush in the switch element elastic reset ground of described lighting device, and described cap cover overlays on described illumination end to trigger described switch element.

3, the pointer with illumination functions as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:

Described pointer further is provided with a writing device that is contained in the described accommodation space, and the described shaft of a writing brush has a writing end that appears for described writing device in contrast to described illumination end.