Touch control system of electronic product in underwater environment
10761628 ยท 2020-09-01
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
A45C2011/002
HUMAN NECESSITIES
G06F3/041
PHYSICS
G06F1/182
PHYSICS
A45C11/00
HUMAN NECESSITIES
G06F2203/04103
PHYSICS
International classification
G06F3/041
PHYSICS
A45C11/00
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Abstract
Provided is a touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment. The touch control system includes a sealing device which is configured to accommodate the electronic product. The sealing device includes a sealed chamber interlayer and a sealed shell. Herein the sealed chamber interlayer is opposite to the touch screen of the electronic product and is capable of being pressed and rebounded and is transparent, and the sealed shell is connected with the sealed chamber interlayer in a sealing manner. The sealed chamber interlayer covers a surface of the touch screen completely. The sealed shell covers other surfaces of the electronic product, and implements touch control to the touch screen by applying an external force to the sealed chamber interlayer. Underwater high-accuracy maneuverability of the touch screen of the electronic product may be implemented when an external force is applied to the sealed chamber interlayer by a finger.
Claims
1. A touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment, comprising a sealing device which is configured to accommodate the electronic product, the sealing device comprising a sealed chamber interlayer and a sealed shell, wherein the sealed chamber interlayer is opposite to a touch screen of the electronic product and is capable of being pressed and rebounded and is transparent, and the sealed shell is connected with the sealed chamber interlayer in a sealing manner, the sealed chamber interlayer covers a surface of the touch screen completely, the sealed shell covers other surfaces of the electronic product, and implements touch control to the touch screen by applying an external force to the sealed chamber interlayer, and a sealed chamber in the sealed chamber interlayer is filled with an insulated fluid material; wherein there are one or more sealed chamber interlayers, a single sealed chamber interlayer is provided with a top insulated sealing film and a bottom insulated sealing film, and multiple sealed chamber interlayers are further provided with at least one intermediate insulated sealing film which is positioned between the top insulated sealing film and the bottom insulated sealing film, and the sealed chamber is arranged between the top insulated sealing film and the bottom insulated sealing film, or/and between the top insulated sealing film and the intermediate insulated sealing film, or/and between two adjacent intermediate insulated sealing films, or/and between the intermediate insulated sealing film and the bottom insulated sealing film; wherein thickness of the top insulated sealing film and the bottom insulated sealing film in the single sealed chamber interlayer or a sum of the thicknesses of the top insulated sealing films, the intermediate insulated sealing films and the bottom insulated sealing films in the multiple sealed chamber interlayers is less than or equal to an effective distance of local sensing of the touch screen, and a thickness of the single sealed chamber interlayer or the multiple sealed chamber interlayers is greater than or equal to the effective distance of overall sensing of the touch screen; wherein an air clearance with uniform thickness is arranged between a surface of the sealed chamber interlayer close to the touch screen and the touch screen, and the air clearance communicates with a charging/discharging device outside the sealing device.
2. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top insulated sealing films or the bottom insulated sealing films or the intermediate insulated sealing films are separated through a separator, respectively, the separator is arranged on an edge of the top insulated sealing film or the bottom insulated sealing film or the intermediate insulated sealing film, for supporting the top insulated sealing film or the intermediate insulated sealing film.
3. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sum of the thicknesses of the top insulated sealing film and the bottom insulated sealing film is 0.2 mm and above, and 1.0 mm and below, and a total thickness of the single sealed chamber interlayer is 5 mm and below.
4. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 1, wherein a thickness of the air clearance is 0-0.8 mm.
5. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charging/discharging device is one or more sealed airbags, and rigidity or tension of a material of the airbag is less than that of the material of the sealed chamber interlayer and the sealed shell.
6. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 5, wherein the airbag is set integrally with the sealing device and covers external surfaces of other parts of the sealing device, except locations corresponding to operable functional parts of the electronic product; and the edge or the side of the sealing device communicates with the airbag.
7. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 5, wherein the airbag communicates with the sealing device through an air pipe, and the air pipe is connected with the airbag and the sealing device through connectors in a fastening manner.
8. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 1, wherein a location of the sealed shell opposite to a power button of the electronic product is hollow, and a power switch protective film which is capable of being pressed and rebounded is embedded at a hollow place in a sealing manner.
9. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing device is provided with a mechanical button component corresponding to a mechanical key of the electronic product.
10. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 9, wherein the mechanical button component comprises a button, a press block and a soft sealing gasket, the button is subjected to press fit on the sealed shell by the press block, and the place between the button and the mechanical key is sealed by the soft sealing gasket.
11. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing device is provided with an induction button component corresponding to an induction key of the electronic product.
12. The touch control system of an electronic product in underwater environment as claimed in claim 11, wherein the induction button component comprises a button, a press block, a soft sealing gasket and an inductor, the button is subjected to press fit between the press block and the soft sealing gasket, the soft sealing gasket and the press block are fixed on the sealed shell, and the inductor is fixed between the soft sealing gasket and the induction key, and when pressing the button, the soft sealing gasket and the inductor are pushed to move, thereby triggering the induction key.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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(16) In the figure, 1-electronic product, 2-touch screen, 3-sealed shell, 4-top cover, 5-bottom cover, 6-side cover, 7-sealed chamber interlayer, 8-sealed chamber, 9-top insulated sealing film, 10-bottom insulated sealing film, 11-intermediate insulated sealing film, 12-separator, 13-inner insulated sealing film, 14-air clearance, 15-airbag, 16-air pipe, 17-connector, 18-lens cover, 19-mechanical button component, 20-induction button component, 21-button, 22-press block, 23-soft sealing gasket, 24-mobile clearance, 25-inductor, 26-guide body, 27-frame body.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
(17) The technical solutions in embodiments of the disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in combination with drawings in the embodiments of the disclosure. It is apparent that the described embodiments are not all embodiments but part of the embodiments of the disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art on the basis of the embodiments in the disclosure without creative work shall fall within the scope of protection of the disclosure.
(18) It is to be noted that all directional indications (such as upper, down, left, right, front, behind, top and bottom) in the embodiments of the disclosure are used to explain a relative position relationship, movement conditions and the like of all parts under a specific gesture (as shown in the drawings) only. If the specific gesture is changed, the directional indications should be changed accordingly. Furthermore, the technical solutions of all embodiments may be combined with each other on the premise that those of ordinary skilled in the art may implement the technical solutions. When a combination of the technical solutions is trapped in mutual contradiction or may not be implemented, it should be considered that the combination of the technical solutions does not exit and shall not fall within the scope of protection of the disclosure.
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(21) There are one or multiple layers of sealed chamber interlayers 7.
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(23) In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the separator 12 and the top insulated sealing film 9 or the bottom insulated sealing film 10 or the intermediate insulated sealing film 11 may be molded through, but not limited to, adhesion or hot melt connection or ultrasonic welding or insert molding.
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(25) The insulated fluid material of the disclosure is fluid, transparent, non-flammable and non-explosive, not easy to fade away, and has stable chemical properties, high insulating performance (dielectric constant, dielectric loss), environmental protection, low volume compressibility, low coefficient of thermal expansion, specific gravity close to that of the water, freezing point 0 C., vaporization temperature 100 C. and other characteristics. The top insulated sealing film 9 is insulated, transparent, ductile and flat, and has strong water insulation and moisture insulation. The bottom insulated sealing film 10 is insulated, transparent and flat, and has strong water insulation and moisture insulation. The separator 12 is insulated and flat, and has strong water insulation and moisture insulation.
(26) Under the water, there is a differential water pressure in a depth direction. When the sealing device is in a vertical status, a differential pressure between an upper end and a lower end of a sealed chamber interlayer 7 is about 10 g/cm.sup.2, thereby generating an up and down differential thickness and accordingly making the touch screen trapped in failure. The whole water pressure is 5 g/cm.sup.2 when it is 50 m deep, and a filling in the sealed chamber interlayer 7 may be maximally compressed. In this way, the thickness is thinning and a touch screen 2 is trapped in failure. While the invention specially takes the insulated fluid material which has the specific gravity close to that of the water (offsetting the up and down differential pressure in the vertical status) and extremely low compressibility. Silicone oil or glycerol or other fluid materials with ultralow conductivity and the specific gravity which is equivalent with that of the water is generally taken, such as methyl silicone oil or phenyl silicone oil. Therefore, the upper film and the lower film of the sealed chamber interlayer 7 are basically kept flat in the underwater environment whether the touch screen 2 of an electronic product 1 is placed horizontally or vertically.
(27) In order to ensure effective touch, a thickness of a top insulated sealing film 9 and a bottom insulated sealing film 10 in the single sealed chamber interlayer 7 or a sum of the thicknesses of the top insulated sealing films 9, intermediate insulated sealing films 11 and the bottom insulated sealing films 10 in the multiple sealed chamber interlayers 7 is less than or equal to the effective distance of local sensing of the touch screen 2, and a thickness of the single sealed chamber interlayer 7 or the multiple sealed chamber interlayers 7 is greater than or equal to the effective distance of overall sensing of the touch screen 2, so as to ensure that the influence of water drops, the water and other conductive substances to normal touch of the touch screen 2 is fully isolated. Because there is difference in touch sensitivity (effective distances of local and overall sensing) of the touch screen 2, parameters may be acquired from a touch screen 2 manufacturer, or actual parameters of its effective distances of local and overall sensing may be acquired through a test (with different added thickness and total thickness).
(28) In the disclosure, the sum of the thicknesses of the top insulated sealing film 9 and the bottom insulated sealing film 10 is 0.2 mm and above and 1.0 mm and below, and the total thickness of the single sealed chamber interlayer 7 is 5 mm and below.
(29) Taking the touch screen 2 of the electronic product 1 (IPHONE 7) for instance, the top insulated sealing film 9 and the intermediate insulated sealing film 11 take a waterproof, moist insulation and transparent Thermoplastic Urethane (TPU) elastomer film, the bottom insulated sealing film 10 takes a waterproof and moist insulation Polythylene Terephthalate (PET) film with the added thickness of 0.5 mm. an insulated fluid material uses methyl silicone oil (main parameters: colorless and transparent; relative density=0.97, flashing point=315 C., coefficient of volume thermal expansion=9.4*10-4, volume resistivity=1*10{circumflex over ()}15, dielectric constant=2.75, tangent value of dielectric loss <1*10.sup.4, freezing point=50 C., viscosity=1000CST, specific gravity=0.975), and the total thickness of the whole sealed chamber interlayer 7 is 3.0 mm.
(30) The insulated fluid material has certain coefficient of thermal expansion. In order to ensure that the mentioned total thickness of the insulated fluid material at a low temperature (20 C. to 20 C.) is not less than the required thickness after shrinking, the following three methods are taken to design and manufacture: (1) during manufacturing at a normal temperature, the insulated fluid material is filled appropriately to make the top insulated sealing film 9 slightly bulge. As shown in
(31) When the ambient temperature is at 20 C.-80 C. (for example, hot weather, hot spring, special transport or placement environment), a volume of the insulated fluid material will swell. Taking methyl silicon oil which is taken as the insulated fluid material for instance, the volume expansion may achieve 7.52%. Therefore, a maximum expansion rate of the top insulated sealing film 9 is greater than or equal to 50%.
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(35) One side of the soft sealing gasket 23 facing the induction key is connected with the guide body 26. The guide body 26 is fixed on the sealed shell 3 and is located around the inductor 25. The inductor 25 is guided by the guide body 26 to move. Furthermore, the guide body 26 and the soft sealing gasket 23 jointly form a sealed structure which ensures that the water will not enter into the sealing device. In the embodiment, the press block 22, the soft sealing gasket 23 and the guide body 26 are fixed on the sealed shell 3 through the adhesion or the hot melt connection or the ultrasonic welding or the insert molding and other ways.
(36) The soft sealing gasket 23 is prepared from a material with extremely good ductility, such as silica gel. The inductor 25 is prepared from a solid conductive material, such as stainless steel, copper, conductive rubber. The guide body 26, the button 21 and the press block 22 are prepared from a solid material, such as plastic. In order to ensure pressure resistance, a rigid shell is taken as the sealed shell 3.
(37) Under the water, the electronic product 1 may be triggered by mistake because the mechanical key and the induction key may be pressed due to the pressure of the water. Design is implemented on the premise that error triggering due to the pressure of the water will not occur at 10 m deep (one bar pressure=1 bar=1 kg/cm.sup.2). A trigger force of the mechanical key and the induction key of the electronic product 1 is A g, and a reversed elastic force of the soft sealing gasket 23 is B g when pressed and triggered, a cross sectional area of the button 21 and the inductor 25+a coordinating clearance is C (mm.sup.2), and ((A+B)/C)*100>=1000 g/cm.sup.2. Taking Huawei P9 cell phone for instance, the trigger force of the mechanical key of the electronic product 1 is 150 g, the reversed elastic force of the soft sealing gasket 23 is 20 g, and the cross sectional area <=17 mm.sup.2.
(38) In one of the embodiments, the sealed chamber interlayer 7 is close to the surface of the touch screen 2, namely the bottom insulated sealing film 10 is close to the surface of the touch screen 2 and leans against the touch screen 2, without needing air inflation. At the moment, the sealing device is applicable to shallow environment only, and the specific depth of the water should be limited to a circumstance in which the sealed shell 3 would not directly press the touch screen 2 of the electronic product 1 in the sealed shell 3 due to compressive deformation under the water. When pressing the sealed chamber interlayer 7 locally, the insulated fluid material in the pressed part may be displaced by the pressure, so as to implement touch control of the touch screen 2 of the electronic product 1.
(39) In another embodiment, an air clearance 14 with uniform thickness is arranged between a surface of a bottom insulated sealing film 10 close to a touch screen 2 and the touch screen 2. A thickness of the air clearance 14 is 0.2 mm and above, preferably 0-0.8 mm. A role of the air clearance 14 is to not only make a sealed chamber interlayer 7 isolate the water from the touch screen 2, but contact with the touch screen 2 when a top insulated sealing film 9 is pressed and recessed by the finger so as to implement touch operation and control of an electronic product 1 and prevent the electronic product from error operation because the touch screen 2 is touched by the sealed chamber interlayer 7 continuously. The air clearance 14 communicates with a charging/discharging device outside a sealing device. A size of a chamber which is configured to accommodate the electronic product 1 in a sealing device is greater than an overall size of the electronic product 1, and the clearance is reserved between the two, for ventilation between the charging/discharging device and the air clearance 14.
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(41) At least one of the airbags 15 is configured as a shape which may be worn on a human body. The airbag 15 may be fixed at the required location, such as an arm and other parts of the human body through a quick and easy fixation way, for example, a magic tape, a silica gel bandage, a rubber bandage and other usual fixation ways. Preferably, at least one of the airbags 15 is configured as a wrist strap which may be detachably worn on a wrist of the human body. The stretchable, telescopic or elastically helical air pipe 16 may be taken. The air pipe 16 may be elongated and shortened freely, so as to facilitate free use of the sealing device.
(42) The airbag 15 is prepared from a soft, wearable and corrosion-resistant material with extremely good ductility, such as the silica gel and soft rubber. Rigidity of the sealed shell 3> the rigidity of the air pipe 16> the rigidity of the sealed chamber interlayer 7. The rigidity of the airbag 15 is close to that of the sealed chamber interlayer 7, and the former is preferably greater than the latter. In the underwater environment, air in the airbag 15 may enter into the sealed shell 3 through the air pipe 16 due to the pressure of the water, and accordingly the pressure in the sealing device may be adjusted synchronously to be consistent with the pressure of ambient water during floating and diving. In this way, the sealing device, the electronic product 1 and the touch screen 2 thereof may not be damaged when subjected to a small pressure of the ambient water, and the sealed chamber interlayer 7 may be ensured to be in a flat status when not operated. The sealed chamber interlayer 7 slightly contacts with the touch screen 2 of the electronic product 1, or the slight air clearance 14 is reserved to facilitate operation on the touch screen 2 and avoiding damage. Meanwhile, a mechanical button component 19 and an induction button component 20 will not trigger the electronic product 1 by mistake.
(43) The applicable water depth may be calculated as follows when the sealed shell 3 is connected with the airbag 15: the volume (over the water) of the air in the airbag 15 is defined as D, the volume (over the water) of the air in the air pipe 16 is defined as E, the volume (over the water) of the air in the sealing device is defined as F, a maximum applicable water depth (m)=(D+E+F)/(E+F)*10. If the design maximum water depth is 50 m, D=4*(E+F).
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(45) The overall blow molding, or the split-type hot melt connection or the ultrasonic welding or the adhesion is applied to the airbag 15 in the disclosure.
(46) In other embodiments, a charging/discharging device includes a high-pressure cylinder, a water pressure sensor and a charging/discharging valve. Along a change of a water depth, air is charged into and discharged from a sealing device through the charging/discharging device, thereby balancing an internal pressure and an external pressure of a sealing device, and accordingly keeping a sealed chamber interlayer 7 flat all the time.
(47) In fact, the disclosure is not limited to the mentioned embodiments, and may have other variations based on the identical inventive concept. For example, other decorative or entertainment additives may be added to the insulated fluid material on the premise of not influencing functions of the sealed chamber interlayer 7.
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(49) The touch control system of the electronic product in the underwater environment provided by the disclosure is provided with the sealed chamber interlayer 7 at corresponding location of the touch screen 2 of the electronic product 1. When pressing the sealed chamber interlayer 7, the insulated fluid material of the pressed part may be displaced in a flowing manner, thereby implementing the touch control of the touch screen 2 of the electronic product 1. When pressing is canceled, the insulated fluid material may flow back naturally, each insulated sealing film restores to be flat and have the clearance, and accordingly touch control may disappear. In this way, the electronic product may be protected and accurately controlled under various environments. The sealed shell 3 is taken, and accordingly the sealing device has good pressure resistance and long service life.
(50) The above embodiments are used to describe the technical solutions of the disclosure only and are not intended to limit the disclosure. Although the disclosure is expatiated by using the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that any variations or replacements of the technical solutions of the disclosure by those skilled in the art without departing from the tenet and the scope of the technical solutions shall fall within the scope of protection of the disclosure.