Portable electronic device and switching method of icon
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a main body;
a physical key module, assembled to the main body, having a display surface, comprising;
a first icon unit, having a first light-guiding film and at least a first icon formed on the first light-guiding film; and
a second icon unit, having a second light-guiding film and at least a second icon formed on the second light-guiding film,wherein the second light-guiding film and the second icon thereon are stacked atop the first light-guiding film and the first icon thereon; and
a control module, electrically connected to the physical key module, for activating one of the icon units so that an icon of the activated icon unit is displayed on the display surface,wherein when the main body is in a first operating state, the control module activates the first icon unit and disables the second icon unit, so that the first icon is displayed on the display surface, and when the main body is in a second operating state, the control module disables the first icon unit and activates the second icon unit, so that the second icon is displayed on the display surface,wherein the first icon unit comprises a first light source electrically connected to the control module and a first light-shielding sheet disposed on the first light-guiding film, the first light-guiding film is disposed aside the first light source,wherein when the main body is in the first operating state, the control module activates the first light source, and when the main body is in the second operating state, the control module disables the first light source,wherein the first light-shielding sheet has a first light-pervious region, the first light-pervious region corresponds to the first icon, a profile of the first light-pervious region is complied with a profile of the first icon, and an area of the first light-pervious region is smaller than or equal to an area of the first icon,wherein the second icon unit comprises a second light source electrically connected to the control module and a second light-shielding sheet disposed on the second light-guiding film, the second light guiding film is disposed aside the second light source,wherein when the main body is in the second operating state, the control module activates the second light source, and when the main body is in the first operating state, the control module disables the second light source, andwherein the second light-shielding sheet has a second light-pervious region, the second light-pervious region corresponds to the second icon and the first icon, and an area of the second light-pervious region is greater than or equal to an area of the first icon, and is greater than or equal to an area of the second icon.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device including a main body, a physical key module, and a control module is provided. The physical key module assembled to the main body has a display surface, and the physical key module includes at least two overlapped icon units. The control module electrically connected to the physical key module activates one of the icon units according to an operating state of the main body, so that an icon of the activated icon unit is displayed on the display surface. A method for switching icons is also provided.
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a main body; a physical key module, assembled to the main body, having a display surface, comprising; a first icon unit, having a first light-guiding film and at least a first icon formed on the first light-guiding film; and a second icon unit, having a second light-guiding film and at least a second icon formed on the second light-guiding film, wherein the second light-guiding film and the second icon thereon are stacked atop the first light-guiding film and the first icon thereon; and a control module, electrically connected to the physical key module, for activating one of the icon units so that an icon of the activated icon unit is displayed on the display surface, wherein when the main body is in a first operating state, the control module activates the first icon unit and disables the second icon unit, so that the first icon is displayed on the display surface, and when the main body is in a second operating state, the control module disables the first icon unit and activates the second icon unit, so that the second icon is displayed on the display surface, wherein the first icon unit comprises a first light source electrically connected to the control module and a first light-shielding sheet disposed on the first light-guiding film, the first light-guiding film is disposed aside the first light source, wherein when the main body is in the first operating state, the control module activates the first light source, and when the main body is in the second operating state, the control module disables the first light source, wherein the first light-shielding sheet has a first light-pervious region, the first light-pervious region corresponds to the first icon, a profile of the first light-pervious region is complied with a profile of the first icon, and an area of the first light-pervious region is smaller than or equal to an area of the first icon, wherein the second icon unit comprises a second light source electrically connected to the control module and a second light-shielding sheet disposed on the second light-guiding film, the second light guiding film is disposed aside the second light source, wherein when the main body is in the second operating state, the control module activates the second light source, and when the main body is in the first operating state, the control module disables the second light source, and wherein the second light-shielding sheet has a second light-pervious region, the second light-pervious region corresponds to the second icon and the first icon, and an area of the second light-pervious region is greater than or equal to an area of the first icon, and is greater than or equal to an area of the second icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for switching icons, adapted to a portable electronic device comprising a main body, a physical key module and a control module, wherein the physical key module is assembled to the main body, the physical key module has a display surface, and comprises a first icon unit and a second icon unit overlapped to the first icon unit, the second icon unit is located between the first icon unit and the display surface, the first icon unit has at least a first icon, and the second icon unit has at least a second icon, and the control module is electrically connected to the first icon unit and the second icon unit, and the method for switching icons comprising:
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the control module determining an operating state of the main body; when the main body is in a first operating state, the control module activating the first icon unit and closing the second icon unit, so that the first icon is displayed on the display surface; and when the main body is in a second operating state, the control module activating the second icon unit and closing the first icon unit, so that the second icon is displayed on the display surface, wherein a profile of the first icon is complied with a profile of the second icon and after an orthogonal projection of the first icon on the display surface is rotated by 90 degrees, it is completely coincident to an orthogonal projection of the second icon on the display surface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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