TOUCH INPUT DEVICE

• US 20130127793A1
• Filed: 07/26/2011
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Young Woo Jung
• Original Assignee: Young Woo Jung
• Inventors: Jung, Young Woo
• Granted Patent: US 8,994,699 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus

Abstract

A touch input device comprises: a body made of a conductive material; a brush formed at one end of the body for external extraction, and which is made of a conductive material for touching a capacitive touch panel; and a unit for generating a clicking sensation which is installed within the body to generate a clicking sensation when the touch panel is touched by the brush, thereby enabling a user to sense a click when touching the touch panel, thus improving user convenience, enabling dragging to be smoothly performed, enabling pictures to be easily drawn, minimizing damage such as scratches or the like on the surface of the touch panel, and enabling the surface of the touch panel to be cleaned.

Claims

1. A touch input device, comprising:

a body having a touch tip included at its end; and

a clicking feeling generation unit installed within the body and generating a feeling of clicking when the touch tip is brought in contact with the touch panel.

11. The touch input device according to claim 1, wherein the body is made of a conductive material.

2. A touch input device, comprising:

a body;

a brush disposed at an end of the body in such a way as to be externally drawn and made of a conductive material so that the brush touches a capacitance method touch panel; and

a clicking feeling generation unit installed within the body and generating a feeling of clicking when the brush is brought in contact with the touch panel.

3. The touch input device according to claim 2, wherein the body comprises a press button for leading the brush into the body or drawing the brush outside the body.

4. The touch input device according to claim 2, wherein a cap for protecting the brush is mounted on the body so that the cap is opened or closed.

5. The touch input device according to claim 2, further comprising a touch pen unit detachably mounted on the body and configured to touch a resistive film method touch panel.

6. The touch input device according to claim 2, wherein the clicking feeling generation unit comprises:

a push rod disposed within the body movably in a straight line and having one end disposed in the brush;

a dome member fixed to the body and generating a feeling of clicking that clunks when the dome member is pressed by the push rod; and

a spring disposed within the body and giving elastic force to the push rod.

7. The touch input device according to claim 6 wherein:

the brush is planted in a fixing member fixed to an inner surface of the body,

a through hole through which the push rod passes is formed in the fixing member, and

a stopper engaged with the fixing member is formed in the push rod.

8. The touch input device according to claim 6, wherein the dome member is mounted on a dome support member fixed to the inner surface of the body and made of a thin metal pate.

9. The touch input device according to claim 2, further comprising USB memory mounted on one side of the body.

10. The touch input device according to claim 9, wherein:

a housing is connected to the one side of the body, and

the USB memory is mounted on the housing in such a way to be drawn from the housing.

12. The touch input device according to claim 2, wherein the body is made of a conductive material.