Foldable Input Board Case for Fast, Accurate Mobile Data Entry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices lack efficient and fast data input methods, often omitting software classes like word processing programs due to limited input space and accuracy issues with existing data entry mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A foldable input board for mobile devices that transitions between a compact storage position and a fully unfolded position, providing a full keyboard for efficient data entry, compatible with various software applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a full keyboard is provided for efficient data entry, then data input speed and accuracy are improved, but the device size and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard is designed to be dynamically deployable rather than permanently fixed. It can be extended from a compact state to a full typing surface when needed, and retracted when not in use. This dynamic configuration allows the device to provide full keyboard functionality for efficient data entry while maintaining a compact form factor when the keyboard is not required, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The keyboard is divided into multiple segments or sections that can be independently folded or extended. This segmentation allows the keyboard to be stored in a compact configuration within the device housing, and deployed to a full typing surface when needed. The segmented structure enables the keyboard to transition between compact and expanded states, resolving the contradiction between providing full keyboard functionality and maintaining device compactness.
2Measurement precision
If a full keyboard is provided for efficient data entry, then data input accuracy is improved, but the device volume increases
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard implements a dynamic deployment mechanism that allows it to transition between a compact stored state and a fully extended typing surface. When full keyboard functionality is needed for accurate data input, the keyboard extends to provide adequate key spacing and typing surface area. When not in use, it retracts to minimize device volume, thus resolving the contradiction between data input accuracy and device volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The keyboard is designed to nest within the device housing when not in use. The keyboard structure can be folded or collapsed into a compact form that fits within the existing device volume, allowing the device to maintain a small form factor while still providing access to a full keyboard when needed for accurate data input.
Data Source
AI summary
An accessory case for a mobile device includes a housing, a channel, and an input board. The housing has a base wall and a perimeter wall extending away from the base wall, which together define a cavity to receive a mobile device. The channel is formed within the base wall, and extends inward from but not through the base wall to define a pocket that is separate from the cavity. The input board is received within the pocket. The input board is formed by folded segments that have one or more inputs. The input board is configured to transition between a folded position and an unfolded position. In the folded position, a width of the input board is less than a width of the channel. In the unfolded position, the width of the input board is greater than the width of the channel.