# US 11,029,763 B2 · Input device and electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,763 B2 - Document ID: US11029763B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/586,958 - Filed: 2019-09-28 - Published: 2020-04-02 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-30 - Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited - Applicants: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Bingjie Wu; Jen-chen Lu; Bin Shi; Kohei Shibata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029763B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/023: Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes - G06F 3/0202: {Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device} - G06F 3/0231: {Cordless keyboards} - H01H 13/705: characterised by construction, mounting or arrangement of operating parts, e.g. push-buttons or keys - H01H 13/88: Processes specially adapted for manufacture of rectilinearly movable switches having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboards - H01H 9/168: {making use of an electromagnetic wave communication} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) ## Abstract An input device and an electronic device are provided. The input device includes one or more force-receiving portions configured to receive an external force applied by an operation object. The input device also includes a moving portion corresponding to each force-receiving portion and configured to move in response to the external force received on a corresponding force-receiving portion satisfying a first condition. In addition, the input device includes a trigger portion corresponding to each moving portion and configured to generate an input signal after a motion of a corresponding moving portion satisfies a second condition. Further, the input device includes one or more radiation portions configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An input device, comprising: one or more force-receiving portions, configured to receive an external force applied by an operation object; a moving portion in contact with a surface of the one or more force-receiving portions, corresponding to each force-receiving portion and configured to move in response to the external force received on a corresponding force-receiving portion satisfying a first condition; a trigger portion disposed adjacent to the moving portion, corresponding to each moving portion and configured to generate an input signal after a motion of a corresponding moving portion satisfies a second condition; one or more radiation portions disposed at a plurality of locations on the input device or within the input device, configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal; and a switching component electrically connected to the one or more radiation portions and configured to switch a first set of radiation portions that communicates with a peer device to a second set of radiation portions in response to a trigger condition being satisfied; wherein: the trigger condition is associated with a signal strength of a signal sent by the peer device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein: the force-receiving portion is located at a side of the moving portion, and the radiation portion is disposed in at least a local region of a first force-receiving surface of the force-receiving portion, wherein the first force-receiving surface refers to a surface of the force-receiving portion close to the moving portion; or the one or more force-receiving portions include two or more force-receiving portions, and the radiation portion is disposed on a force-receiving portion having a largest size among the two or more force-receiving portions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein: in a process of communication between the first set of radiation portions and the peer device, in response to the signal strength of the signal sent by the peer device and received by the first set of radiation portions being lower than a first threshold value, the trigger condition is satisfied; or in the process of communication between the first set of radiation portions and the peer device, in response to the signal strength of the signal fed back by the peer device and expected to be sent again by the input device being greater than a second threshold value, the trigger condition is satisfied. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, further including: a processing component, configured to control one or more sets of radiation-portion arrays to detect a positional relationship between the operation object and the set of radiation portions, wherein: a set of radiation-portion arrays includes two or more radiation portions, and signals transmitted or received by each radiation portion included in the set of radiation-portion arrays are coherently superimposed in a given direction, the transmitted or received signals cancel each other in any other direction, and a different set of radiation-portion arrays has a different given direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The input device according to claim 4, wherein: in a process of communication between the first set of radiation portions and the peer device, in response to an area of at least a first local region of the first set of radiation portions blocked by the operation object being larger than an area of a second local region of the second set of radiation portions blocked by the operation object, the trigger condition is satisfied; in the process of communication between the first set of radiation portions and the peer device, in response to at least the first local region of the first set of radiation portions being blocked by the operation object and the second set of radiation portions not being blocked by the operation object, the trigger condition is satisfied; in response to a frequency at which at least a local region of the first set of radiation portions is blocked by the operation object being greater than a frequency at which at least a local region of the second set of radiation portions is blocked by the operation object, the trigger condition is satisfied; or in response to a frequency at which the trigger portion corresponding to the first set of radiation portions generates an input signal being greater than a frequency at which the trigger portion corresponding to the second set of radiation portions generates an input signal, the trigger condition is satisfied. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The input device according to claim 4, wherein: the set of radiation portions includes one or more radiation portions; in response to the set of radiation portions including a plurality of radiation portions, each radiation portion included in the set of radiation portions is respectively disposed on the force-receiving portion at a non-adjacent position in the input device; and the set of radiation-portion arrays includes two or more radiation portions, and each radiation portion included in the set of radiation-portion arrays is disposed on the force-receiving portion at an adjacent position in the input device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein: the moving portion is disposed on a side of the trigger portion, and the radiation portion is disposed on an opposite side of the trigger portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein: each force-receiving portion has a force-receiving surface, and the radiation portion is disposed between the force-receiving surface of the force-receiving portion and the trigger portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein: the one or more force-receiving portions include two or more force-receiving portions, the trigger portions respectively corresponding to the two or more force-receiving portions are separated by a spacing, and the radiation portion at least uses the spacing to transmit or receive the wireless signal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein: the one or more force-receiving portions include two or more force-receiving portions, and the radiation portion is locally disposed on the corresponding two or more force-receiving portions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The input device according to claim 10, wherein: a force-receiving surface of the force-receiving portion is provided with a mark, the force-receiving surface is located at a first end of the input device, and the mark has a forward direction, and the radiation portion is disposed at a second end of the input device, and a direction from the first end to the second end of the input device is the same as the forward direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The input device according to claim 10, wherein: one or more force-receiving portions among the two or more force-receiving portions correspond to a character input region, wherein after the force-receiving portion in the character input region receives a force, the trigger portion generates a character input; and one or more force-receiving portions among the two or more force-receiving portions belong to a function input region, wherein after the force-receiving portion in the function input region receives a force, the trigger portion generates a function input, wherein the radiation portion is located in the function input region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, further including: a metal supporting portion configured to fix each force-receiving portion, wherein the metal supporting portion is provided with a plurality of through-holes, and the radiation portion transmits or receives the wireless signal through the plurality of through-holes on the metal supporting portion; or a metal supporting portion configured to fix each force-receiving portion, wherein the one or more force-receiving portions and the one or more radiation portions are located on a same side of the metal supporting portion. ### Claim 14 An electronic device, comprising: an input device, wherein the input device includes: one or more force-receiving portions, configured to receive an external force applied by an operation object; a moving portion in contact with a surface of the one or more force-receiving portions, corresponding to each force-receiving portion and configured to move in response to the external force received on a corresponding force-receiving portion satisfying a first condition; a trigger portion disposed adjacent to the moving portion, corresponding to each moving portion and configured to generate an input signal after a motion of a corresponding moving portion satisfies a second condition; one or more radiation portions disposed at a plurality of locations on the input device or within the input device, configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal; and a switching component electrically connected to the one or more radiation portions and configured to switch a first set of radiation portions that communicates with a peer device to a second set of radiation portions in response to a trigger condition being satisfied; wherein: the trigger condition is associated with a signal strength of a signal sent by the peer device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic device according to claim 14, further including: a first main body, having a display device; a second main body, having the input device; and a connection device, coupled to the first main body and the second main body and configured to enable the first main body to be movable with respect to the second main body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein: the force-receiving portion is located at a side of the moving portion, and the radiation portion is disposed in at least a local region of a first force-receiving surface of the force-receiving portion, wherein the first force-receiving surface refers to a surface of the force-receiving portion close to the moving portion; or the one or more force-receiving portions include two or more force-receiving portions, and the radiation portion is disposed on a force-receiving portion having a largest size among the two or more force-receiving portions.