Touch Light-Emitting Module for Interactive User Experience
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional laptops with touchpads lack interactive user experience and increasing the touchpad to a touch screen significantly raises the cost, deterring customer purchase.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a touch light-emitting module that includes a light-transmitting unit, a touch unit, and a light-emitting unit, allowing the device to switch between touch mode and content input mode, providing illumination visual effects based on the mode.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the touchpad is replaced with a touch screen to provide interactive user experience, then the interactive user experience is improved, but the overall cost is greatly increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the touchpad functionality with a light-emitting module to create a multi-functional component. The touch light-emitting module integrates touch sensing capability with light emission capability, allowing the same physical component to serve both as an input device and a visual feedback device, thereby avoiding the need for a separate touch screen and reducing overall cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch light-emitting module is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as a touchpad for mouse cursor control, provides illumination for the keyboard area, and displays visual feedback through different lighting patterns. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate components and reduces the overall system cost while maintaining interactive user experience.
2Ease of manufacture
If the conventional monochromatic opaque touchpad is used to reduce cost, then the overall cost is reduced, but the interactive user experience is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The light-emitting module can change colors and display different lighting patterns to provide visual feedback corresponding to different operating modes and user interactions. This transforms the conventional monochromatic touchpad into a dynamic, visually responsive interface that enhances interactive user experience without significantly increasing cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the lighting characteristics of the touch light-emitting module based on the current operating mode and user interaction. Different lighting patterns are activated for different modes (e.g., first lighting pattern for first mode, second lighting pattern for second mode), creating a dynamic visual feedback system that enhances interactivity.
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
The solution provides an interactive user experience without increasing costs by enabling illumination visual effects in different modes, enhancing user interaction and visual feedback.
Implementation Method 1
The light-emitting unit is configured to provide an illumination beam to the light-transmitting unit according to an illumination signal
Implementation Method 2
The touch unit is disposed under the light-transmitting unit to generate a touch signal based on touch of a user on the light-transmitting unit
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an electronic device including a display module, a touch light-emitting module, and a processing unit. The touch light-emitting module includes a light-transmitting unit, a touch unit, and a light-emitting unit. The touch unit is disposed under the light-transmitting unit and is adapted to generate a touch signal based on touch of the user on the light-transmitting unit. The light-emitting unit is disposed on the touch unit. The light-emitting unit is adapted to provide an illumination beam to the light-transmitting unit according to an illumination signal. The processing unit is electrically connected to the display module and the touch light-emitting module. When the electronic device is switched to a touch mode, the processing unit disables the light-10 emitting unit. When the electronic device is switched to a content input mode, the processing unit enables the light-emitting unit to provide the illumination beam to the light-transmitting unit.