Touch control device

• US 8,441,455 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2009
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Jen-Tsorng
• Primary Examiner(s): Shalwala, Bipin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ketema, Benyam
• Application Number:
  US12/488,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20100026644A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,424 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-179, 36167902-67961
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033

Abstract

An exemplary touch control device includes a main body, a touch panel configured for generating a signal based on a user'"'"'s touch instruction, and a display unit configured for displaying an image in response to the signal. The touch panel is adjacent to the main body. Light of the displayed image is viewable by the user without the light passing through the touch panel.

Claims

1. A touch control device comprising:

a main body;

a touch panel configured for generating a signal based on a user'"'"'s touch instruction, the touch panel being adjacent to the main body; and

a display unit configured for displaying an image in response to the signal;

a receiving seat coupled to the main body, the receiving seat comprising a first part, the first part comprising a first flat plate, a pair of first side plates parallel with each other, a pair of holding plates coplanar with each other, and a first electrical connector, the first side plates extending longitudinally from opposite sides of the first flat plate, respectively, the holding plates extending inwardly toward each other from bottom sides of the first side plates, respectively, a receiving room being cooperatively defined by the first flat plate, the first side plates, and the holding plates, the receiving room being configured for receiving the touch pane, the first flat plate comprising a first inner surface having the first electrical connector arranged thereat, the first electrical connector being configured for electrically connecting the first part with the touch panel; and

wherein light of the displayed image is viewable by the user without the light passing through the touch panel.

2. The touch control device of claim 1, wherein the receiving seat further comprises a second part and a pivot connecting the first part with the second part, the first flat plate further comprises a first outer surface having a receiving slot defined therein, and the receiving slot receives the pivot.

3. The touch control device of claim 2, wherein the second part comprises a second flat plate, the second flat plate comprises a second side surface and a second top surface, the second side surface has a hollow receiving cylinder arranged thereon, the second top surface is perpendicular to the second side surface and has a second electrical connector arranged thereat, the hollow receiving cylinder receives the pivot, and is received in the rectangular receiving slot thereby connecting the second part with the first part, and the second electrical connector is configured for being electrically coupled to the main body.

4. The touch control device of claim 3, wherein each holding plate of the first part comprises an end surface and a first latching member formed at and protruding outwardly from the end surface, the main body further comprises a third flat plate, and a fourth side plate extending perpendicularly from a side of the third flat plate, the third flat plate comprises a third top surface, a third bottom surface having the display unit mounted thereat, and a third side surface perpendicular to the third top surface, the fourth side plate comprises a fourth side surface perpendicular to the third top surface of the third flat plate, and a plurality of fourth latching grooves formed in the fourth side surface, and the fourth latching grooves of the fourth side plate are configured for receiving the first latching members of the holding plates to mechanically connect the first part with the main body such that the end surfaces of the holding plates abut the fourth side surface of the fourth side plate and an end portion of the third flat plate abuts the first flat plate.

5. The touch control device of claim 4, wherein the third flat plate further comprises a plurality of third electrical connectors arranged at the third side surface, and the third electrical connectors are configured for being electrically coupled to the second electrical connectors to electrically connect the second part with the third flat plate.

6. The touch control device of claim 5, wherein the second flat plate further comprises a plurality of second latching members formed on the second top surface, the third flat plate further comprises a plurality of third latching grooves formed in the third side surface, and the third latching grooves of the third flat plate are configured for receiving the second latching members of the second flat plate to mechanically connect the third flat plate with the second flat plate such that the third side surface of the third flat abuts the second top surface of the second flat plate.

7. The touch control device of claim 1, wherein the touch panel further comprises a touch surface, a connecting surface perpendicular to the touch surface, and a fourth electrical connector arranged at the connecting surface, the fourth electrical connector is configured for being electrically coupled to the first electrical connector to mechanically and electrically connect the touch panel with the second part such that the connecting surface abuts the inner surface of the first flat plate and the touch surface is adjacent to the holding plates of the first part.

8. A touch control device comprising:

a main body;

a touch panel configured for generating a signal based on a user'"'"'s touch instruction, the touch panel being adjacent to the main body;

a receiving seat coupled to the main body, the receiving seat comprising a first part, the first part comprising a first flat plate, a pair of first side plates parallel with each other, a pair of holding plates coplanar with each other, and a first electrical connector, the first side plates extending longitudinally from opposite sides of the first flat plate, respectively, the holding plates extending inwardly toward each other from bottom sides of the first side plates, respectively, a receiving room being cooperatively defined by the first flat plate, the first side plates, and the holding plates, the receiving room being configured for receiving the touch pane, the first flat plate comprising a first inner surface having the first electrical connector arranged thereat, the first electrical connector being configured for electrically connecting the first part with the touch panel; and

a display unit for displaying an image in response to the signal, wherein the touch panel is not between the display unit and the line of sight for the user viewing the display unit.

9. The touch control device of claim 8, wherein the receiving seat further comprises a second part and a pivot connecting the first part with the second part, the first flat plate further comprises a first outer surface having a receiving slot defined therein, and the receiving slot receives the pivot.

10. The touch control device of claim 9, wherein the second part comprises a second flat plate, the second flat plate comprises a second side surface and a second top surface, the second side surface has a hollow receiving cylinder arranged thereon, the second top surface is perpendicular to the second side surface and has a second electrical connector arranged thereat, the hollow receiving cylinder receives the pivot, and is received in the rectangular receiving slot thereby connecting the second part with the first part, and the second electrical connector is configured for being electrically coupled to the main body.

11. The touch control device of claim 10, wherein each holding plate of the first part comprises an end surface and a first latching member formed at and protruding outwardly from the end surface, the main body further comprises a third flat plate, and a fourth side plate extending perpendicularly from a side of the third flat plate, the third flat plate comprises a third top surface, a third bottom surface having the display unit mounted thereat, and a third side surface perpendicular to the third top surface, the fourth side plate comprises a fourth side surface perpendicular to the third top surface of the third flat plate, and a plurality of fourth latching grooves formed in the fourth side surface, and the fourth latching grooves of the fourth side plate are configured for receiving the first latching members of the holding plates to mechanically connect the first part with the main body such that the end surfaces of the holding plates abut the fourth side surface of the fourth side plate and an end portion of the third flat plate abuts the first flat plate.

12. The touch control device of claim 11, wherein the third flat plate further comprises a plurality of third electrical connectors arranged at the third side surface, and the third electrical connectors are configured for being electrically coupled to the second electrical connectors to electrically connect the second part with the third flat plate.

13. The touch control device of claim 12, wherein the second flat plate further comprises a plurality of second latching members formed on the second top surface, the third flat plate further comprises a plurality of third latching grooves formed in the third side surface, and the third latching grooves of the third flat plate are configured for receiving the second latching members of the second flat plate to mechanically connect the third flat plate with the second flat plate such that the third side surface of the third flat abuts the second top surface of the second flat plate.

14. The touch control device of claim 8, wherein the touch panel further comprises a touch surface, a connecting surface perpendicular to the touch surface, and a fourth electrical connector arranged at the connecting surface, the fourth electrical connector is configured for being electrically coupled to the first electrical connector to mechanically and electrically connect the touch panel with the second part such that the connecting surface abuts the inner surface of the first flat plate and the touch surface is adjacent to the holding plates of the first part.

15. A touch control device comprising:

a main body;

a receiving seat detachably mounted to the main body;

a touch panel configured for generating a signal based on a user'"'"'s touch instruction, the touch panel being detachably mounted to the receiving seat;

mutually interconnectable electrical connectors at the touch panel and the receiving seat which are capable of mechanically and electrically connecting the touch panel to the receiving seat, mutually interconnectable latching member and latching groove at the receiving seat and the main body which are capable of mechanically connecting the receiving seat to the main body, and mutually interconnectable electrical connectors at the receiving seat and the main body which are capable of electrically connecting the receiving seat to the main body; and

a display unit configured for displaying an image in response to the signal, the display unit being mounted to the main body;

wherein the touch panel and the display unit are located at opposite major sides of the touch control device.