Tactile-Adjustable Keyboard Hybrid Operation Button
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional keyboards provide only one type of tactile feedback, which is inadequate for different operation situations, forcing users to purchase multiple keyboards with varying tactile feedback, resulting in extra cost and storage issues.
Innovation Solution
A tactile-adjustable keyboard with a hybrid operation button that includes a tactile switch and a non-tactile knob, allowing for adjustable tactile feedback by rotating the switch shaft and generating non-tactile signals, integrated with an adjustment mechanism that minimizes thickness and space requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a keyboard provides only one type of tactile feedback, then the device complexity is low, but the adaptability to different operation situations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustability by allowing users to change tactile feedback characteristics through rotation of the hybrid operation button. The adjustment mechanism modifies the mechanical properties of the keyswitch in real-time, enabling the keyboard to adapt between different tactile feedback types (e.g., linear, tactile, clicky) based on operational needs, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The hybrid operation button serves multiple functions: it acts as both a standard input key and an adjustment mechanism for tactile feedback. This multi-functionality allows a single keyboard to provide multiple tactile feedback types without requiring separate specialized keyboards, thereby improving adaptability while controlling device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users purchase multiple keyboards with different tactile feedback, then the adaptability improves, but the loss of substance (storage space) increases
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating multiple tactile feedback capabilities into a single keyboard through the adjustable hybrid operation button mechanism, the patent eliminates the need for users to own and store multiple specialized keyboards. The single device universally provides various tactile feedback types, reducing storage requirements while maintaining adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the hybrid operation button includes both tactile switch and non-tactile knob, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the tactile switch and non-tactile knob into a single integrated hybrid operation button assembly. This combination allows both tactile input (through key press) and rotational adjustment (through knob rotation) to be performed via one unified component, improving operational flexibility while managing structural complexity through integration rather than separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The hybrid operation button structure employs a nested configuration where the tactile switch and rotational knob are integrated within each other. The switch shaft and bar are positioned such that rotational movement of the knob can adjust the tactile feedback while maintaining the key press functionality, creating a space-efficient nested structure that reduces overall complexity.
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 users to switch between different tactile feedback types without needing multiple keyboards, reducing costs and storage needs while maintaining a compact design.
Implementation Method 1
a hall sensor sensing magnetic flux changes during rotation of the tactile switch to trigger a human readable indication on the keyboard
Data Source
AI summary
A tactile-adjustable keyboard includes plural keyswitches, an adjustment frame and a hybrid operation button. The adjustment frame is disposed corresponding to the keyswitches to move and interfere at least one of the keyswitches. The hybrid operation button includes a tactile switch, a non-tactile knob disposed at least partially surrounding the tactile switch, and a lens disposed at least partially surrounding the non-tactile knob. The tactile switch includes a switch shaft and a switch bar. The switch shaft is disposed in rotatable connection with the adjustment frame to move the adjustment frame. The switch bar extends externally from the switch shaft. A tactile feedback of said one keyswitch changes in response to the rotation of the tactile switch, while a non-tactile signal is generated in response to the rotation of the non-tactile knob, and the lens is illuminated in response to the rotation of the tactile switch.