Illuminated sensing key
AssigneeDarfon Electronics Corp.
InventorsHeng-Yi Huang, Chun-Tan Wu
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Abstract
An illuminated touch key uses a chamfer structure of a light guide panel disposed on a sensing module or a light guide panel adjacent to a sensing module to guide light emitted by a light source to a hollow area of a keycap to emit light, thereby forming an illuminated pattern corresponding to the hollow area. Accordingly, a user can accurately find the location of the illuminated touch key according to the illuminated pattern. Since there is no need to add a light guide structure above the sensing module, the height of the illuminated touch key will not be increased, such that it is conducive to make the illuminated touch key thinner.
Claims18
An illuminated sensing key comprising:
- a circuit board;
- a sensing module disposed on the circuit board;
- a first light source disposed on the circuit board;
- a first light guide panel disposed on the sensing module, the first light guide panel comprising a top portion, a recess and a side wall connected to the top portion and surrounding the recess, the side wall having a chamfer structure, a part of the sensing module being accommodated in the recess;
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- a keycap disposed on the first light guide panel, the keycap comprising a first hollow area, a vertical projection of the first hollow area overlapping with the top portion of the first light guide panel and the sensing module, the vertical projection of the first hollow area not overlapping with the first light source;
- wherein light emitted by the first light source enters the first light guide panel from below the side wall and is guided by the chamfer structure to the first hollow area to emit light.
An illuminated sensing key comprising:
- a circuit board;
- a sensing module disposed on the circuit board;
- a first light source disposed on the circuit board;
- a first light guide panel disposed on the sensing module, the first light guide panel comprising a top portion, a side wall and a chamfer structure, the chamfer structure being located between the top portion and the side wall, the side wall being connected to the top portion and extending to be close to the circuit board to form light conduction with the first light source;
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- a keycap disposed on the first light guide panel, the top portion of the first light guide panel being disposed between the keycap and the sensing module, the keycap comprising a first hollow area, a vertical projection of the first hollow area overlapping with the top portion of the first light guide panel and the sensing module, the vertical projection of the first hollow area not overlapping with the first light source;
- wherein light emitted by the first light source enters the first light guide panel from below the side wall and is guided by the chamfer structure to the first hollow area to emit light.
An illuminated sensing key comprising:
- a circuit board;
- a sensing module disposed on the circuit board, the sensing module comprising a sensing die and a transparent package material, the sensing die packaged under a top part of the transparent package material;
- a light guide panel disposed on the circuit board and adjacent to the sensing module, the light guide panel having a sidewall surrounding the sensing die;
- a light source disposed on the circuit board;
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- a keycap disposed on the sensing module and the light guide panel, the keycap comprising a hollow area, a vertical projection of the hollow area overlapping with the top part of the transparent package material and the sensing die, so that the top part of the transparent package material is disposed between the sensing die and the keycap, the vertical projection of the hollow area not overlapping with the light source nor the light guide panel;
- wherein light emitted by the light source enters the light guide panel from a side of the light guide panel and is guided by the light guide panel and the top part of the transparent package material to the hollow area to emit light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.