Portable Device Detachable Touch Structure Mouse Form
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of portable electronic devices with touch panels find it inconvenient to use them as a substitute for traditional mice, leading to the need for carrying additional mice and compromising the compactness of the devices, especially with wireless mice requiring battery management.
Innovation Solution
A detachable touch structure that can transform between a tablet form and a mouse form, comprising a flexible board, a flexible touch panel, a control module, and a linkage element with positioning levers, allowing the device to function as both a touch panel and a wireless mouse, eliminating the need for an external mouse and conserving space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users carry an external mouse to operate portable electronic devices, then mouse functionality is improved, but device compactness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the touch panel and mouse into a single integrated structure. The touch panel includes a touch-sensitive area that can detect both touch panel gestures and mouse-like movements, merging two separate input devices into one unified device that provides both touch panel and mouse functionality without requiring separate physical devices
Solution Approach 2:
The touch panel is designed to perform multiple functions: it can operate as a traditional touch panel for direct interaction with the display, and simultaneously function as a mouse through detectable movement patterns. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for a separate mouse device while maintaining both input methods
2Ease of operation
If users use wireless mice, then ease of connection is improved, but energy management complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the power supply for the wireless mouse function with the main power supply system of the portable electronic device. Since the touch panel is already powered when the device is on, the mouse function shares this power source, eliminating the need for separate batteries and simplifying energy management
Solution Approach 2:
The single touch panel structure provides both touch panel operation and wireless mouse functionality, both powered by the device's main battery. This eliminates the need for separate battery management for the mouse, as both functions draw power from the same source
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables seamless transformation between touch panel and mouse functions, enhancing user convenience by eliminating the need for an additional mouse and optimizing space usage while providing reliable wireless operation.
Implementation Method 1
a flexible board, a flexible touch panel... When two ends of the flexible board are bended by force, the two positioning levers move along different paths with respect to the two sliding slot structures to different positions respectively to allow the detachable touch structure to be in a tablet form or a mouse form
Implementation Method 2
the control module comprises two sliding slot structures each comprising a first sliding slot and a second sliding slot communicated with each other; the linkage element comprises two positioning levers, the linkage element has one end pivotally connected with the flexible board and the other end movably connected with each one of the sliding slot structures via each one of the positioning levers respectively
Data Source
AI summary
A detachable touch structure for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The detachable touch structure comprises a flexible board, a flexible touch panel, a control module, and a linkage element; the flexible touch panel is superimposedly disposed on the flexible board; the control module is connected with the flexible board and electrically connected with the flexible touch panel, and the control module comprises two sliding slot structures each comprising a first sliding slot and a second sliding slot communicated with each other; the linkage element comprises two positioning levers, the linkage element has one end pivotally connected with the flexible board and the other end movably connected with each one of the sliding slot structures via each one of the positioning levers respectively. When two ends of the flexible board are bended by force, the detachable touch structure can be in a tablet form or a mouse form.