Touch Display Keyboard for Custom Programmable Control Keys
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional computer keyboards have fixed positions and functions for control keys, limiting user customization and flexibility in executing programs.
Innovation Solution
A computer keyboard with a touch control display panel that allows users to dynamically add, change, or remove control keys by displaying icons on a touch-sensitive interface, enabling programmable functionality and integration with dual-monitor technology for expanded display capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed mechanical control keys are used, then the keyboard structure is simple and reliable, but the adaptability and customization capability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by replacing fixed mechanical keys with a touch control display panel that can dynamically change its interface. The display panel can show different icons, text, and patterns based on user needs and system states, allowing the keyboard's functionality to adapt without physical reconfiguration. This resolves the contradiction by providing customization capability through software-based dynamic interfaces while maintaining a relatively simple hardware structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the displayable parameters (icons, text, patterns) on the touch control panel rather than changing the physical keyboard structure. The system can change which control keys are displayed, their positions, and their functions through software configuration, enabling high adaptability while keeping the hardware design simple and maintainable.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more control keys are added to increase functionality, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a touch control display panel that can serve multiple functions through a single interface. Instead of adding numerous physical keys for different functions, the system uses one display panel that can present various control options, information displays, and interactive elements, allowing one component to fulfill multiple roles and reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from the traditional two-dimensional array of physical keys to a more flexible display dimension where icons, text, and patterns can be arranged freely on the touch panel. This dimensional change allows unlimited functionality to be presented in a compact space without requiring proportional increases in physical key count, resolving the contradiction between functionality and complexity.
3Ease of operation
If fixed character keys are used, then the manufacturing precision requirements are low, but the ease of operation for customization is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical key system with an electronic touch display system. Instead of relying on precisely manufactured physical keys with fixed positions, the system uses a touch-sensitive display panel where control key positions are defined by software coordinates. This substitution eliminates the need for high manufacturing precision while enabling full customization of key positions and functions through software configuration.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to customize keyboard functions, execute programs directly from the touch panel, and enhance keyboard functionality by allowing editable electronic information display, including control keys, time, and humidity information, improving convenience and flexibility.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of touch sensing units, coupled to the host and arranged to the control keys, text, or patterns on the display unit, for sensing pressed status of corresponding positions of the control keys, text, or patterns on the display unit
Data Source
AI summary
A computer keyboard comprises a touch control display panel comprising a display unit, a plurality of touch sensing units, and a display control unit. The display unit is utilized for displaying icons of control keys. The touch sensing units are utilized for sensing pressed status of the control keys, and transmitting pressure sensing signals and position signals to a host. The display control unit is utilized for receiving icons of the control keys from the host, and making the display unit display icons of the control keys. When an external force presses one of the control keys of the touch control display panel, a specific touch sensing unit senses pressed status of a position corresponding to the pressed control key, and make the host start or terminate an executable program according to link of the executable program corresponding to the pressed control key.