WO2001019055A1

WO2001019055A1 - Band-type buttons of wristwatch mobile phone

Info

Publication number: WO2001019055A1
Application number: PCT/CN2000/000259
Authority: WO
Inventors: Xinyun Wang
Original assignee: Xinyun Wang
Priority date: 1999-09-02
Filing date: 2000-09-04
Publication date: 2001-03-15
Also published as: AU6977900A

Abstract

Band-type buttons of wristwatch mobile phone are suitable for the art of wireless mobile communication. The buttons of the wristwatch mobile phone are provided on the watch band, it expands the range of the panel with the length of the band. It provides pitches among buttons suitable for operating the buttons by a finger. A speaker is disposed on the turn-cover at the back of the case, microphone is disposed on the terminating end of the band, and make an appropriate distance between the speaker and the microphone. The wristwatch mobile phone remains the existing operating manners and using habit.

Description

一种手表式手机的表带式键盘技术领域 TECHNICAL FIELD

本发明涉及一种无线电移动通信领域的手持通信工具，特别是涉及一种手表式手机的表带式键盘。 The present invention relates to a handheld communication tool in the field of radio mobile communication, and in particular, to a strap keyboard of a watch-type mobile phone.

背景技术 Background technique

目前，微电子领域技术曰新月异的发展，已使移动电话的集成电路、电子元器件能缩微到安装在一块表壳内，如《中国专利拫》 99年 5月 19 日第三版拫道，韩国三星公司已开发出一种适应于 CDMA 制***，型号为 SPH-WP10 的手表式移动电话，仅重 39克，它采用 CD-MA设计标准，配置小型双重颇带，超微型基础频带逻辑处理芯片和小型天线，包括语音拨号、电话莱单、耳机插孔和振动提示等 30多种功能。据《网络世界》 99年 7月 19 日第 14页拫道，飞利浦公司已研究出一种象手表一样大小的腕戴式电话，这种电话釆用了新的 "Quhic3 型" 微处理器，其内部的电子元件可以放入一个硬币大小的空间内，而且还可以上网。根据目前中国的行业内的称呼习惯，上述的这些可戴在手腕上的移动电话均可称为手表式手机。目前，已研究出的手表式手机已不下 10 种，它们均已成功地解决了集成电路、电子元器件的微型化及电路连接关系、表带与表壳的连接以及电池、天线的设置问题。但是，上述的手表式手机的操作都是釆用设在表壳周边或表盘上的微型按键和 /或增加声控装置来拨号，实际上，这种按键不用说用手指去操作，连字符的识别都很困难，因此使用起来很不方便，而声控拨号也存在必须预先设置电话号码、外界噪声或用户不愿向外界透露电话号码的弊端，因此很难为用户所接受。为了解决按键太小无法用手指操作的问题，发明专利申请 97114762.0 公开了《一种电'子设备的键盘排列》即手表式手机的键盘排列，它改变了传统的三列四排 12 键矩阵方式，把手机必需的 12个按键按 12个时区的位置设在表盘的周边，用 1~10的 10个阿拉伯数字来代表 1~9， 0的 10个数字键，用 11和 12的数字分别代 *和#键，从而扩大了键盘的范围，虽然这样做比按键设在表壳周边或表盘其它部位要好一些，但其操作仍很不方便，并且它的键盘占去了显示屏的位置使其太小，根本不适应手机向多功能（如上网）的方向发展。 At present, the rapid development of technology in the field of microelectronics has allowed the integrated circuits and electronic components of mobile phones to be miniaturely installed in a watch case, such as the third edition of "China Patent" May 19, 1999. South Korea ’s Samsung has developed a watch-type mobile phone, model SPH-WP10, suitable for CDMA systems. It weighs only 39 grams. It adopts the CD-MA design standard and is equipped with a small dual-band and ultra-miniature basic frequency band. Logic processing chip and small antenna, including more than 30 functions such as voice dialing, phone bill, headphone jack and vibration alert. According to the "World of the Internet" page 14 of July 19, 1999, Philips has developed a wristwatch-sized phone using a new "Quhic3" microprocessor, The internal electronic components can be placed in a coin-sized space and can also be connected to the Internet. According to the current naming habits in China's industry, these mobile phones that can be worn on the wrist can be called watch-type mobile phones. At present, there are no less than 10 types of watch-type mobile phones that have been researched, and they have successfully solved the problems of integrated circuits, miniaturization of electronic components and circuit connection relations, the connection between the watch band and the case, and the battery and antenna settings. However, the above-mentioned watch-type mobile phones are operated by using micro-buttons provided on the periphery of the case or dial and / or adding a voice control device to dial. In fact, such keys need not be operated by fingers, and hyphen recognition It is very difficult, so it is very inconvenient to use, and the voice-activated dialing also has the disadvantages that a phone number must be set in advance, external noise or the user is unwilling to disclose the phone number to the outside, so it is difficult for the user to accept it. In order to solve the problem that the keys are too small to be operated by fingers, the invention patent application 97114762.0 discloses "a keyboard arrangement of an electric device", that is, a keyboard arrangement of a watch-type mobile phone, which changes the traditional three-row four-row 12-key matrix method , Set the 12 keys required for the phone to press the 12 time zone positions around the dial, use 10 Arabic numerals 1 to 10 to represent the 10 numeric keys 1 to 9, 0, and use the numbers 11 and 12 to replace * And # keys to expand the range of the keyboard. Although this is better than setting the keys around the case or other parts of the dial, its operation is still very inconvenient, and its keyboard takes up the position of the display screen and makes it Too small to adapt to the development of mobile phones to multifunctional (such as Internet).

替换页（细则第 26条）发明目的 Replacement page (Article 26) Object of the invention

本发明的目的是提供一种手表式手机的表带式键盘，它是把手表式手机的键盘设在表带上或把按键直接设在表带上成为表带式键盘，利用表带的长度扩大了面板的范围，使按键与按键之间有一个适合于手指操作的间距。 An object of the present invention is to provide a strap-type keyboard for a watch-type mobile phone. The strap of the watch-type mobile phone is provided on the strap or keys are directly provided on the strap to form a strap-type keyboard. The length of the strap is used. The range of the panel is enlarged, so that there is a space suitable for finger operation between the keys and the keys.

技术内容 Technical content

本发明的目的是这样实现的：它包括与表壳相连的表带、按键，表带可以绕曲并设有连接装置以便戴在手腕上，所述按键的导电电路同表壳中的相应工作的电路成电连接，其技术特征是：所述按键设置在表带上组成表带式键盘，其上至少包括 1， 2, 3, 4， 5， 6, 7, 8， 9, 0 的 10个数字按键。 The purpose of the present invention is achieved as follows: It includes a strap and a button connected to the case. The strap can be bent and provided with a connecting device for wearing on a wrist. The conductive circuit of the button works correspondingly with the case. The circuit is electrically connected, and its technical characteristics are as follows: the keys are arranged on the strap to form a strap keyboard, which includes at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 and 10 Number buttons.

本发明的上述 10 个数字按键按二列五排的键盘矩阵竖向排列或按五列二排的键盘矩阵横向排列在表带上，其它按键可设置在表壳上和 /或表带上。 The ten numeric keys of the present invention are arranged vertically in a two-row and five-row keyboard matrix or in a five-row and two-row keyboard matrix arranged laterally on the watch band, and other keys may be provided on the watch case and / or the watch band.

键盘采用薄膜式结构，它是在柔性印制板（印刷电路板）上按照键盘矩阵设置触点和相应的导电电路，上面再设置一层有一定弹性和柔性的材料制成的按键，二者胶合成密闭的整体（即已有技术的平面薄膜键盘或按键，也可采用如 U. S. Patent 4690567所公开的按键结构）；它的每个按键下面有两个平时互不接触的触点，且每个触点均与相应的导电电路相连接，而所述导电电路设置至与表壳内工作电路相连接的连接端（如接插件式的连接结构）；每个按键下面（内 K面）均设有一层由有弹性导电材料（如导电橡胶等）制成的触片，只有当按键被按下时触片方连接相应的两个触点使电路接通，即组成一个个人机接口。 The keyboard adopts a thin film structure. It is arranged on a flexible printed circuit board (printed circuit board) with contacts and corresponding conductive circuits according to the keyboard matrix, and a layer of keys made of a certain elastic and flexible material is arranged on the keyboard. Glued into a sealed whole (that is, the prior art flat membrane keyboard or keys, which can also use the key structure disclosed in US Patent 4690567); there are two normally non-contacting contacts under each key, and each Each contact is connected to a corresponding conductive circuit, and the conductive circuit is provided to a connection end (such as a connector-type connection structure) connected to the working circuit in the case; under each key (inner K surface) There is a layer of contact sheet made of elastic conductive material (such as conductive rubber, etc.). Only when the button is pressed, the contact sheet side connects the corresponding two contacts to make the circuit connect, which constitutes a personal computer interface.

至于所述连接端连接到表壳内电路的结构与方法不作赘述，因为表壳中工作电路和设置在表带中的导体（连接）之间的电连接装置是本专业技术人员公知的，如欧洲专利 NO.0816804 就公开了相应的连接结构。表带中的导电电路的设置亦为已有技术结构，例如 CN1258182A说明书第四页就记载了这样的技术。 The structure and method of connecting the connection end to the circuit in the watch case will not be repeated, because the electrical connection device between the working circuit in the watch case and the conductor (connection) provided in the watch band is well known to those skilled in the art, such as European Patent No. 0816804 discloses a corresponding connection structure. The setting of the conductive circuit in the strap is also a prior art structure. For example, the fourth page of the CN1258182A specification describes such a technology.

手表式手机的机芯设在表壳内，显示屏设在表盘的位置，而电池、天线和振动器可设在另一端的表带上。本发明可以把听简设在表壳背面的翻盖上，把话简设在表带的末端，利用表带的长度延长了二者的尺寸，使听简到话简之间有一个适合于耳朵到嘴巴的距离。 The movement of the watch-type mobile phone is set in the case, the display is set on the dial, and the battery, antenna, and vibrator can be set on the strap on the other end. According to the invention, the listening note can be set on the flip cover on the back of the watch case, and the words can be set at the end of the strap. The length of the strap is used to extend the size of the two, so that there is a suitable ear between the words and the words. The distance to the mouth.

替换页（细则第 26条）根据以上所述，本发明解决了手表式手机因面板太小而无法按常规尺寸设置键盘的缺陷，充分利用了表带的长度扩大了键盘的范围，使按键与按键之间有一个适合于手指操作的间距，保持了现有手机的操作方式与使用习惯，使携带手机象戴手表一样方便。 Replacement page (Article 26) According to the above, the present invention solves the defect that a watch-type mobile phone cannot set a keyboard in a conventional size because the panel is too small, makes full use of the length of the strap and expands the range of the keyboard, so that there is a suitable finger between the keys and the keys. The operation distance keeps the operation mode and usage habit of the existing mobile phone, and makes carrying the mobile phone as convenient as wearing a watch.

下面再结合附图对本发明作进一步说明： The invention is further described below with reference to the drawings:

图 1是本发明一种实施例的结构示意图。 FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

图 2是图 1的 A-A剖视结构示意图。 FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along A-A in FIG. 1.

图 3是图 1的 B-B剖视结构示意图。 Fig. 3 is a schematic sectional view taken along the line B-B in Fig. 1.

图 4是本发明一种实例的按键电路图。 FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of a button according to an example of the present invention.

图 5是本发明的使用状态之一的立体图。 Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the use states of the present invention.

图 1,2,3 中，表带 1与表壳 2是连在一起的，显示屏 4设在表壳 2的正面，机芯设在表壳 2内，表带式键盘 5设在表带 1上并与其连接在一起（如采用胶接）。表带式键盘 5上至少设有包括 1， 2， 3, 4， 5， 6， 7， 8, 9， 0 的 10个数字键 3或包括 1, 2, 3, 4， 5， 6， 7, 8， 9， 0和 *、 #键的 12个按键 3。当设置 1~9， 0的 10个数字键时，键盘矩阵按二列五排竖向设置，也可以按五列二排横向设置。当设置 1~9, 0 和 *、 #的 12 个按键时，键盘矩阵按二列六排或六列二排设置，同时上述按键也可按品字形的矩阵设置。而另一部分按键 3则可设在表壳 2 的周边和 /或表带 1 的其它部位。表带 1 可用具有一定弹性和柔性的材料制成，或采用现有的表带结构，它可以绕曲并设有把两根表带互相连在一起的连接设置。表带式键盘 5 采用在柔性印制板 6 上复合胶接一层由如胶片等材料制成的多个按键组成的薄膜式键盘，键盘矩阵排列按不同设计的手表式手机的要求而定。柔性印制板 6 是由一块柔性绝缘板上先覆合一层金属箔，再将金属箔不需要的地方腐蚀掉，剩余的部分就作为表带式键盘 5的线路 9、触点 7和连接端的插头，其中插头部分可伸出表带式键盘 5之外，但为了便于装配，本实施例图 1， 2 中的连接端插头 10可单独制造，在图中的 C处与柔性印制板 6上的线路 9连接再与设在表壳 2旁边的相对应的插座 11连接，然后再把表带式键盘 5与表带 1连接密封（如胶接）。在表带式键盘 5上，每个向上凸起的按键 3下部的柔性印制板 6上均设有相应的两个触点 7，两个触点 7平时互不接触，也不和按键 3 内面上的触片 8接触，只有当按键 3被按下时，触片 8才同 In Figures 1, 2, and 3, the watch band 1 and the watch case 2 are connected together. The display screen 4 is set on the front of the watch case 2, the movement is set in the watch case 2, and the watch band keyboard 5 is set on the watch band. 1 and connected to it (such as glued). The strap keyboard 5 is provided with at least 10 numeric keys 3 including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 9, 9, 0 or including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9, 0 and 12 keys of the *, # keys 3. When setting 10 numeric keys from 1 to 9, 0, the keyboard matrix can be set vertically in two columns and five rows, and can also be set horizontally in five columns and two rows. When 12 keys of 1 ~ 9, 0 and *, # are set, the keyboard matrix can be set in two columns and six rows or six columns and two rows. At the same time, the above keys can also be set in the matrix of the character font. The other part of the button 3 can be arranged around the case 2 and / or other parts of the band 1. The watch band 1 may be made of a material with a certain elasticity and flexibility, or it may adopt an existing watch band structure, which can be bent and provided with a connection setting for connecting two watch bands to each other. The strap keyboard 5 uses a thin film keyboard composed of multiple keys made of materials such as film on the flexible printed board 6. The keyboard matrix is arranged according to the requirements of different watch-type mobile phones. The flexible printed board 6 is a flexible insulating board that is covered with a layer of metal foil, and then the unnecessary parts of the metal foil are etched away. The remaining part is used as the line 9, contact 7 and connection of the watchband keyboard 5. End plug, in which the plug part can extend beyond the strap keyboard 5, but for ease of assembly, the connection end plug 10 in FIGS. 1 and 2 of this embodiment can be separately manufactured, and the flexible printed board is shown at C in the figure. The line 9 on 6 is connected to the corresponding socket 11 provided beside the watch case 2, and then the watchband keyboard 5 and the watchband 1 are connected and sealed (such as glued). On the watchband keyboard 5, two flexible contacts 6 are provided on the flexible printed board 6 at the lower part of each upwardly protruding key 3, and the two contacts 7 are usually not in contact with each other or with the key 3. The contact sheet 8 on the inner surface is in contact. Only when the button 3 is pressed, the contact sheet 8 is the same.

替换页（细则第 26条）时和两个触点 7接触，使两个触点 7与所述的线路 9接通，线路 9连接插头 10，形成一个个人机接口。应当指出，上述的薄膜式键盘包括柔性印制板、按键及接插件都为已有技术，任何一个本专业的最初级的技术人员都能从本专业的工具书中找到其详细说明及图例并理解它，而在现有手机中及其它电子设备中也已普遍使用，本发明的特征就在于改变传统的三列四排的键盘矩阵并把键盘设在表带上而成为表带式键盘。 Replacement page (Article 26) When the two contacts 7 are contacted, the two contacts 7 are connected to the circuit 9 described above, and the circuit 9 is connected to the plug 10 to form a personal computer interface. It should be noted that the above-mentioned membrane keyboards including flexible printed boards, keys and connectors are all existing technologies. Any one of the first-level technicians in this specialty can find detailed descriptions and legends in the professional reference book and Understand it, and it has also been commonly used in existing mobile phones and other electronic devices. The feature of the present invention is to change the traditional three-row and four-row keyboard matrix and set the keyboard on the strap to become a strap-type keyboard.

应当指出，所述表带的柔度至少应保证用手托住表壳时两端的表带均不能自然往下垂。而表壳也不局限于圆形的结构，但圆形的表壳利于制造和密封。 It should be noted that the flexibility of the strap should at least ensure that the straps at both ends cannot sag naturally when the case is supported by hand. The case is not limited to a round structure, but a round case is good for manufacturing and sealing.

图 4 是本发明一种实施例的按键电路图，进一步的详细电路图至少可参见中国人民邮电出版社 1999年 12月出版的《最新 GSM手机维修图集大全》一书。 Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram of a keypad according to an embodiment of the present invention. For further detailed circuit diagrams, refer to the book "Latest GSM Mobile Phone Maintenance Atlas" published by the People's Posts and Telecommunications Press of China in December 1999 at least.

当然，键盘的结构及电连接关系并不局限于上述的一种形式，还可以有其它形式，如把数字按键排列成品字形，但它们的特征在于至少包括 1， 2， 3， 4， 5， 6, 7， 8， 9, 0的 10个数字按键设在表带式键盘上。 Of course, the structure and electrical connection relationship of the keyboard are not limited to one of the above forms, and there may also be other forms, such as arranging numeric keys into finished glyphs, but they are characterized by including at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Ten numeric keys of 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 are set on the strap keyboard.

图 5 中，在表壳 2的背面，设有翻盖 12 (图中翻盖 12为打开状态），听筒 13设在翻盖 12上，话简 15则设在表带 1的末端，使听简 13到话简 14 之间有一个适合于耳朵到嘴巴的距离。在表盖 14的背面，设有 SIM卡卡座 16和与 SIM卡相应的接口 17，翻盖 12可以做成内凹的皮碗形式，不用时盖上，即可封闭表盖 14 的背面，只需轻轻一按，则可在听简 13和 SIM卡座 16的空间内形成负压并密封这个空间，起防水、防尘的作用。 In FIG. 5, a flip cover 12 is provided on the back of the watch case 2 (the flip cover 12 is opened in the figure), a handset 13 is provided on the flip cover 12, and a phonetic ring 15 is provided at the end of the band 1, so that the phonetic ring 13 to There is a distance between Jane 14 that fits the ear to the mouth. On the back of the watch cover 14, there is a SIM card holder 16 and an interface 17 corresponding to the SIM card. The flip cover 12 can be made into a recessed leather bowl form. When not in use, it can close the back of the watch cover 14. A slight press is required to form a negative pressure in the space of the Jane 13 and the SIM card holder 16 and seal this space, which is waterproof and dustproof.

在另一端的表带 1上，可以设置电池、振动器和天线 18，天线 18可具有一定柔性，可以向外折成一定角度，使其在使用时尽量远离使用者的头部，减小射频辐射对脑部的影响。 On the other end of the strap 1, a battery, a vibrator, and an antenna 18 may be provided. The antenna 18 may have a certain flexibility and can be folded outward to a certain angle so that it is as far away from the user's head as possible during use, reducing radio frequency The effects of radiation on the brain.

在两端的表带 1上，均设有搭扣 19，当手表式手机需要载在手腕上时，把表带合成环形，把两个搭扣连接，再把锁圈 20箍住两根表带搭接的部分，即可把手表式手机固定在手腕上，使用非常方便简单。当然，所述连接装置也可采用其它方式。 On the straps 1 at both ends, buckles 19 are provided. When the watch-type mobile phone needs to be carried on the wrist, the straps are combined into a ring, the two buckles are connected, and the lock ring 20 is hooped on the two straps. The overlapped part can fix the watch-type mobile phone on the wrist, which is very convenient and simple to use. Of course, the connecting device may also adopt other methods.

因为本发明能全部利用表盘的面积作为显屏，因此也适应于笔记本电脑。 Since the present invention can fully utilize the area of the dial as a display screen, it is also suitable for a notebook computer.

替换页（细则第 26条） Replacement page (Article 26)

Claims

1、一种手表式手机的表带式键盘，包括与表壳相连的表带、按键，表带可以绕曲并设有连接装置以便戴在手腕上，所述按键的导电电路同表壳中相应工作的电路成电连接，其技术特征是：所述按键设置在表带上组成表带式键盘，其上至少包括 1 , 2, 3， 4, 5， 6, 7, 8, 9， 0的 10个数字按键。 1. A strap-type keyboard for a watch-type mobile phone, comprising a strap and keys connected to a case, the strap can be bent and provided with a connecting device for wearing on a wrist, and the conductive circuits of the keys are in the case The corresponding working circuit is electrically connected, and its technical characteristics are as follows: the keys are arranged on the strap to form a strap keyboard, which includes at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 10 number keys.

2、根据权利要求 1所述的手表式手机的表带式键盘，其特征在于：包括 1， 2. The watchband-type keyboard of a watch-type mobile phone according to claim 1, comprising: 1,

权 Right

2, 3, 4， 5， 6， 7, 8， 9, 0 的 10个数字按键分双列五排竖向或五列双排横向设在表带式键盘上。 The 10 numeric keys of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 are arranged in two rows and five rows vertically or five rows and two rows horizontally on the strap keyboard.

3、根据杈利要求 1所述的手表式手机的表带式键盘，其特征在于：包括 1， 2, 3, 4， 5， 6， 7， 8， 9， 0和 *、 #的 12 个按键分双列六排竖向或六列双排横向设在表带式键盘上。 3. The strap keyboard of a watch-type mobile phone according to claim 1, characterized in that: it includes twelve 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 and *, # The keys are arranged in two rows and six rows vertically or six rows and two rows horizontally on the strap keyboard.

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4、根据权利要求 1或 2或 3所述的手表式手机的表带式键盘，其特征在于：表带式键盘上包括 1， 2, 3， 4, 5， 6, 7, 8， 9, 0的 10个按键或 1， 2， 3, 4， 5, 6， 7， 8， 9, 0， *, #的 12个按键外，还可设在其它按键。 4. The strap keyboard of a watch-type mobile phone according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, wherein the strap keyboard includes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 keys of 0 or 12 keys of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, *, # can be set to other keys.

5、根据权利要求 1所述的手表式手机的表带式键盘，其特征是：它同样适应于笔记本电脑。 5. The strap keyboard of a watch-type mobile phone according to claim 1, characterized in that: it is also applicable to a notebook computer.

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