Stylus Touch Sensing Module Mechanics Substitution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional styluses have limited functionality due to their monotonous touch functions, which cannot meet the diverse interaction needs between users and electronic devices, despite efforts to enhance them with multiple physical buttons.
Innovation Solution
A stylus design incorporating a pen holder, cover plate, and circuit control assembly with a touch sensing module, including a touch chip and conductive film, that allows for advanced touch commands like sliding, rotating, and tapping, enabling more interactive operations on electronic devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple physical buttons are provided on the stylus body to generate more interactive functions, then the functionality is improved, but the device complexity increases and the limited space of the stylus body cannot accommodate enough buttons
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical physical buttons with a touch sensing module that detects touch commands through a touch sensing area. This substitution eliminates the need for multiple physical buttons while maintaining and enhancing interactive functionality through touch-based control methods such as sliding, rotating, and tapping.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch sensing module serves multiple functions that were previously requires separate physical buttons. A single touch sensing area can detect various touch commands (sliding, rotating, tapping) to control different functions, making the system more versatile without increasing hardware complexity.
2Volume of moving object
If the stylus body space is limited, then the portability is maintained, but the number of physical buttons that can be accommodated is limited
Solution Approach 1:
By replacing physical buttons with a touch sensing module, the patent maximizes the utilization of the limited stylus body space. The touch sensing area can be integrated into the stylus tip or body surface, providing multiple touch functions without requiring the additional space needed for multiple physical buttons.
3Ease of operation
If conventional touch functions are used, then the simplicity of the stylus is maintained, but the interactivity and functionality are insufficient to meet market needs
Solution Approach 1:
The touch sensing module enables a single stylus to perform multiple interactive functions including sliding, rotating, and tapping operations. This multi-functionality enhances interactivity while maintaining the simplicity of the stylus design, as all functions are achieved through a unified touch sensing area rather than multiple separate controls.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user interaction and functionality by allowing diverse control methods such as cursor movement, object selection, and positioning, thereby meeting market demands for more sophisticated user-device interactions.
Implementation Method 1
The touch sensing module includes a touch chip, a touch conductive film, and a flexible circuit board, and the touch chip is electrically connected to the touch conductive film
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AI summary
A stylus and a touch interactive device is provided. The stylus includes a pen holder, a cover plate, and a circuit control assembly. The pen holder includes a pen head, a pen wall, and an accommodating space. A groove is defined in the pen wall and communicates with the accommodating space. The pen head is arranged at one end of the pen holder. The cover plate is arranged corresponding to the groove and covers the groove. The circuit control assembly is received in the accommodating space. The circuit control assembly includes a mainboard and a touch sensing module connected to the mainboard. The touch sensing module is attached to the pen wall or a first inner wall of the cover plate to form a touch sensing area. The touch sensing module is used to receive and sense at least one touch command of fingers in the touch sensing area.