阅读说明：本技术 四维触控板模块 (Four-dimensional touch control board module ) 是由 玄义涉 郑邰厚 于 2020-04-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开四维触控板模块,上述四维触控板模块包括：触控板；分割边界膜,分割成中心触控板区域和各个侧方触控板区域；侧方按钮,通过侧方触控板的加压执行对应侧方按钮功能；柔性印刷电路板(FPCB),分别形成触控板柔性印刷电路板(FPCB)连接部及侧方按钮接点；以及上部外罩/下部外罩,当近距离定位时,通过中心触控板单独执行,当远距离定位时,通过中心触控板和侧方触控板的组合并行执行,在远距离定位中,通过开始中心触控板的触摸来记录当到达对应侧方触控板时的触摸反应灵敏度,在到达侧方触控板并维持触摸的期间,即使不进行反复触摸,也以所记录的触摸反应灵敏度继续移动,若到达需要的定位坐标并松开触摸,则执行需要的定位坐标的远距离定位,以触控板的极小面积执行需要的无限大的远距离定位。(The invention discloses a four-dimensional touch pad module, which comprises: a touch pad; a dividing boundary film divided into a center touch pad area and each side touch pad area; a lateral button for executing a function corresponding to the lateral button by pressing the lateral touch pad; a Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB) forming a touch panel Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB) connection part and a side button contact point respectively; and an upper housing/a lower housing which is separately executed by the center touch pad when performing short-distance positioning, and is executed in parallel by a combination of the center touch pad and the side touch pads when performing long-distance positioning, in which touch response sensitivity when reaching the corresponding side touch pad is recorded by starting touch of the center touch pad in long-distance positioning, and during reaching the side touch pads and maintaining touch, the upper housing/the lower housing continues to move with the recorded touch response sensitivity even without repeated touch, and when reaching a desired positioning coordinate and releasing touch, performs long-distance positioning of the desired positioning coordinate, and performs desired infinite long-distance positioning with an extremely small area of the touch pad.)

1. A four-dimensional touch pad module is characterized in that,

the method comprises the following steps:

a touch pad in a disc shape, recognizing coordinates to perform positioning;

a dividing boundary film formed on the upper portion of the touch panel, the dividing boundary film including a first dividing boundary film and a second dividing boundary film, the first dividing boundary film having a ring shape and dividing the upper portion of the touch panel into a circular center touch panel and a circular side touch panel, the second dividing boundary film having a linear shape and dividing the side touch panels into arc shapes;

a through hole through which a touchpad wiring is passed is formed in a central region corresponding to the side button, the touchpad is accommodated so that an upper portion of the touchpad is exposed, a peripheral region is divided, and a side button function is executed by pressing the side touchpad;

a flexible printed circuit board having a central region formed with a touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion connected to the touch panel wiring, and having at least 2 lateral button contacts arranged in a radial pattern in a peripheral region corresponding to the lateral buttons and electrically connected by pressurization of the lateral buttons; and

an upper cover/a lower cover, the boundary film, the touch pad, the side buttons and the flexible printed circuit board being stacked and accommodated in this order,

the center touch pad is independently used for short-distance positioning, and the combination of the center touch pad and the side touch pads is used for parallel positioning,

in the remote positioning, the touch response sensitivity when the touch panel reaches the corresponding side touch panel is recorded by starting the touch of the center touch panel, and the touch response sensitivity is continuously moved without repeated touches while the touch panel reaches the side touch panel and is maintained.

2. A four-dimensional touch pad module is characterized in that,

the method comprises the following steps:

a touch pad in a disc shape, recognizing coordinates to perform positioning;

a center touch pad cover having a through hole through which a center touch pad wire passes formed in a center region, the center touch pad being accommodated so that an upper portion of the center touch pad is exposed;

the side touch control plates are separated from the central touch control plate and are divided into more than 2 in an arc shape at the periphery;

a corresponding lateral button formed corresponding to a lower portion of the lateral touchpad, having a through hole through which a lateral touchpad wire passes, and performing a lateral button function by pressing the lateral touchpad;

a flexible printed circuit board having a central area formed with a touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion connected to the touch panel wiring, a peripheral area formed with a lateral touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion connected to the lateral touch panel wiring, and side buttons formed corresponding to the side buttons, arranged in a radial pattern on the other side of the peripheral area, and electrically connected to each other by pressurization of the side buttons; and

an upper cover having a dividing boundary film formed on an upper end thereof, the dividing boundary film including a first dividing boundary film and a second dividing boundary film, the first dividing boundary film having a ring shape and dividing the center touch pad and the side touch pads, the second dividing boundary film having a linear shape and dividing the side touch pads individually in an arc shape, the center touch pad, the side touch pad, the center touch pad cover, the side buttons, and the flexible printed circuit board being stacked and accommodated in this order; and

a lower outer cover formed opposite to the upper outer cover,

when the short-distance positioning is carried out, the central touch pad independently carries out the positioning,

when the distance is positioned, the combination of the central touch pad and the side touch pads is executed in parallel,

in the remote positioning, the touch response sensitivity when the touch panel reaches the corresponding side touch panel is recorded by starting the touch of the center touch panel, the touch response sensitivity is continuously moved without repeated touches while the touch panel reaches the side touch panel and is maintained, and if the touch panel reaches a desired positioning coordinate and releases the touch, the remote positioning of the desired positioning coordinate is performed, and the desired infinite remote positioning is performed in a very small area of the touch panel.

3. The four-dimensional touch panel module according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the side touch panel and the side buttons are equally divided into corresponding side touch panels and side buttons in a side touch direction, a side touch downward direction, a side touch leftward direction, a side touch rightward direction, a side button upward direction, a side button downward direction, a side button leftward direction, and a side button rightward direction at equal intervals of 4, respectively, by the second divided boundary film.

4. The four-dimensional touchpad module of claim 3, wherein multiple functions of a graphics controller are performed by the center touchpad, the side touchpads, or the side buttons, alone or in specific combinations.

5. The four-dimensional touch panel module according to claim 4, wherein the split boundary film is set to a height of 0.5mm to 1.0mm, to a height enabling recognition of a level of the boundary, and to a height enabling easy crossing of the level of the boundary by touch when interlocking based on the specific combination.

6. The four-dimensional touch panel module according to claim 3, wherein a right click function is performed by the side touch.

7. The four-dimensional touch panel module according to claim 3, wherein the up-down scroll is performed by the up-down touch of the side touch to the left or the side touch to the right or the left-right scroll is performed by the left-right touch of the side touch to the up or the side touch to the down.

8. The four-dimensional touch panel module according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a vacuum suction pad or an attachment plate is formed on a bottom surface of the lower housing, and attached to a mouse, a smart phone case, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a remote controller, and performs a touch panel function by wireless or wired connection with a circuit line of the flexible printed circuit board.

9. The four-dimensional touch pad module according to claim 8, wherein the touch pad function is integrated into the mouse, the smart phone case, the tablet computer, the notebook computer or the remote controller.

10. The four-dimensional touch panel module according to claim 3, wherein the close-range positioning or fine adjustment is performed by a touch of the center touch panel, and the drag-and-drop function is performed by a combination of a double-click of the center touch panel and the side touch panels.

11. The four-dimensional touch pad module of claim 3,

backward by clicking the above-mentioned side button in the upward direction, return to the homepage by double-clicking, skip by long-pressing,

the basic mouse setting is executed by clicking the side button downwards, the android is used as a main platform by double clicking, the iOS is used as a main platform by long pressing,

right click is performed by right click of the side buttons, enlargement is performed by long press,

the left click is performed by the side button, the double click is performed by the double click, and the zoom-out is performed by the long press.

12. The four-dimensional touch pad module of claim 9,

when in the telephone mode, the user can answer the telephone by touching the central touch pad, hang the telephone by double-click, execute recording by long-time pressing,

when in the photographing mode, the photographing is performed by the touch of the center touch pad, the enlargement is performed by the double-click, and the reduction is performed by the long-press.

13. The four-dimensional touch panel module according to claim 3, wherein additional functions required by a user are set and executed by the combination of the side touch panel alone or in cooperation with other side buttons, 10 cases including 4 cases of clicking/double-clicking the side touch panel and 6 combinations of realizing simultaneous clicking by the side touch panels in cooperation with each other are generated, the 10 cases are linked to be combined with the clicking/double-clicking/long-pressing of the corresponding side button again, 120 additional functions are optionally set and executed by the user, and the functions of the function keys and the letter keys of the keyboard are set and executed by recording the combination set by the user.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a high-end advanced four-dimensional touch pad module capable of providing a touch pad having an area smaller than that of an existing touch pad by combining advantages of an existing mouse and a touch pad and by changing an existing configuration and structure and by resetting an operation principle, and performing an existing function and an additional function while maintaining an existing touch pad User Interface (UI) operation mode even if the touch pad having the extremely small area is provided, thereby doubling efficiency and convenience, and more particularly, to a four-dimensional touch pad module capable of being independently performed through a center touch pad when a position is located at a short distance and being concurrently performed through a combination of the center touch pad and side touch pads when a position is located at a long distance.

Background

Recently, a control signal input device having a plurality of buttons for remotely controlling smart devices such as a smart phone, a tablet pc, and an IPTV using a function of a mouse or a keyboard has been used.

As a related prior art, korean patent laid-open publication No. 1425949 discloses a press-type signal input device including: a housing; a push button disposed in the inner space of the housing; a flexible printed circuit board which is combined in a mode of surrounding one of the inner wall of the inner space and the outer wall of the push type button and is provided with more than two terminal switches; and a conductor formed in the other of the inner wall surrounding the inner space and the outer wall of the push button, contacting the terminal switch and connected to the terminal switch as the push button moves in the lateral direction, generating different kinds of input signals according to the direction of the operating force pushed in the lateral direction to reduce the number of buttons provided in the signal input device, and detecting the operating force pushed in the lateral direction without an additional pressurizing sensor, thereby simplifying the structure.

However, the flexible printed circuit board and the terminal switch are vertically formed at the inner wall, so that there is a limitation in manufacturing the ultra-thin mouse due to a wiring structure, a difficulty of a welding operation for the inner wall of a curve of the flexible printed circuit board is high, so that an operation efficiency is reduced and a defective rate is increased, and the flexible printed circuit board is separated due to frequent connection with the terminal switch and a temperature change, so that a possibility of an erroneous operation is high, so that durability of a product is reduced, and a remote positioning can be realized, but a short-distance precise positioning cannot be performed, and a function as a mouse needs to be performed by additionally providing an auxiliary button, so that a value of the product in practicability and appearance will be reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

Technical problem

The present invention is directed to a four-dimensional touch panel module that can be manufactured in an ultra-thin type, perform short-distance and long-distance precise positioning on a touch panel having a very small area, and perform various additional functions through the touch panel, thereby improving the practicability and utility.

Means for solving the problems

In order to achieve the above object, a first embodiment of the present invention provides a four-dimensional touch pad module, which includes: a touch pad in a disc shape, recognizing coordinates to perform positioning; a dividing boundary film formed on the upper portion of the touch panel, the dividing boundary film including a first dividing boundary film and a second dividing boundary film, the first dividing boundary film having a ring shape and dividing the upper portion of the touch panel into a circular center touch panel and a circular side touch panel, the second dividing boundary film having a linear shape and dividing the side touch panels into arc shapes; a through hole through which a touchpad wiring is passed is formed in a central region corresponding to the side button, the touchpad is accommodated so that an upper portion of the touchpad is exposed, a peripheral region is divided, and a side button function is executed by pressing the side touchpad; a Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB) having a central area formed with a touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion connected to the touch panel wiring, and having peripheral areas arranged in a radial pattern corresponding to the side buttons and formed with 2 or more side button contacts electrically connected by pressurization of the side buttons; and an upper cover/a lower cover, the boundary film, the touch pad, the side buttons and the flexible printed circuit board being stacked and accommodated in this order, the center touch pad is independently used for short-distance positioning, and the combination of the center touch pad and the side touch pads is used for parallel positioning, in the remote positioning, the touch response sensitivity when the touch panel reaches the corresponding side touch panel is recorded by starting the touch of the center touch panel, and while the touch panel reaches the side touch panel and maintains the touch, the touch response sensitivity is continuously moved without repeated touches, and when the touch is released after reaching a desired positioning coordinate, a remote positioning of the desired positioning coordinates is performed, and a desired infinite remote positioning is performed with a very small area of the above-described touch panel.

In another aspect, a fourth embodiment of the present invention provides a four-dimensional touch pad module, where the four-dimensional touch pad module includes: a touch pad in a disc shape, recognizing coordinates to perform positioning; a center touch pad cover having a through hole through which a center touch pad wire passes formed in a center region, the center touch pad being accommodated so that an upper portion of the center touch pad is exposed; the side touch control plates are separated from the central touch control plate and are divided into more than 2 in an arc shape at the periphery; a corresponding lateral button formed corresponding to a lower portion of the lateral touchpad, having a through hole through which a lateral touchpad wire passes, and performing a lateral button function by pressing the lateral touchpad; a flexible printed circuit board having a central area formed with a touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion connected to the touch panel wiring, a peripheral area formed with a lateral touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion connected to the lateral touch panel wiring, and side buttons formed corresponding to the side buttons, arranged in a radial pattern on the other side of the peripheral area, and electrically connected to each other by pressurization of the side buttons; and an upper cover having a dividing boundary film formed on an upper end thereof, the dividing boundary film including a first dividing boundary film and a second dividing boundary film, the first dividing boundary film having a ring shape for dividing the center touch pad and the side touch pads, the second dividing boundary film having a linear shape for individually dividing the side touch pads in an arc shape, the center touch pad, the side touch pads, the center touch pad cover, the side buttons, and the flexible printed circuit board being stacked and accommodated in this order; and a lower housing facing the upper housing, wherein the central touch pad is independently used for short-distance positioning, the central touch pad and the side touch pads are combined and used for parallel positioning, the touch response sensitivity of the corresponding side touch pad is recorded by starting touch of the central touch pad during long-distance positioning, the lower housing continues to move with the touch response sensitivity even if repeated touch is not performed during the period of reaching the side touch pads and maintaining touch, and when touch is released after reaching required positioning coordinates, the long-distance positioning of the required positioning coordinates is performed, and the infinite long-distance positioning is performed in a very small area of the touch pads.

Wherein the side touch pad and the side buttons may be equally divided into corresponding side touch pads and Side Buttons Up (SBU), Side Buttons Down (SBD), Side Buttons Left (SBL), and Side Buttons Right (SBR) at equal intervals of 4 equal parts by the second dividing boundary film.

Also, various functions of a graphic controller may be performed by the center touch pad, the side touch pads, or the side buttons, alone or in a specific combination.

Also, the height of the division boundary film may be set to 0.5 to 1.0mm, set to a height enabling recognition of the level of the boundary, and set to a height enabling easy crossing of the level of the boundary by touch when interlocking based on the specific combination.

Further, the right click function can be executed by the right touch by the side touch.

And, the up-and-down scroll may be performed by the side touch to the left or the side touch to the right or the left-and-right scroll may be performed by the side touch to the up or the side touch to the down.

And, the bottom surface of the above-mentioned lower dustcoat can form the vacuum adsorption plate or attachment plate, and attach to mouse, smartphone shell, panel computer, notebook computer or remote controller, carry out the touch pad function through the wired connection of circuit line of the above-mentioned flexible printed circuit board or wireless.

And, the touch pad function may be integrally formed by being built in the mouse, the smart phone case, the tablet computer, the notebook computer, or the remote controller itself.

And, a short-range positioning or fine adjustment may be performed by a touch of the center touch pad, and a drag-and-drop function may be performed by a combination of a double click of the center touch pad and the side touch pads.

Further, the user can perform backward movement by clicking the lateral button upward, return to the home page by double-clicking, skip by long-press, perform basic mouse setting by clicking the lateral button downward, use android as a main platform by double-clicking, use iOS as a main platform by long-press, perform right-click by right-clicking the lateral button, perform zoom-in by long-press, perform left-click by left-clicking the lateral button, perform double-click by double-clicking, and perform zoom-out by long-press.

And, when in the telephone mode, can receive the telephone through the touch of the above-mentioned central touch-control board, hang the telephone through double-click, carry out the recording through long pressing, when in the photography mode, take a picture through the touch of the above-mentioned central touch-control board, carry out the amplification through double-click, carry out the reduction through long pressing.

In addition, additional functions required by the user may be set and executed by the combination of the side touch pad alone or in cooperation with other side buttons, 10 cases including 4 cases of clicking/double-clicking the side touch pad and 6 combinations of realizing simultaneous clicking by interlocking the side touch pads with each other are generated, the 10 cases are interlocked to be combined with the clicking/double-clicking/long-pressing of the corresponding side button again, 120 additional functions are set and executed by the user at will, and the functions of the function keys and the alphabet keys of the keyboard are set and executed by recording the combination set by the user.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the present invention, the present invention has an effect that it can be performed by the center touch pad alone when performing short-distance positioning, and can be performed in parallel by the combination of the center touch pad and the side touch pads when performing long-distance positioning.

Also, the present invention has an effect that a space limitation can be overcome by performing a positioning function in a fixed space without physical movement.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that a variety of additional functions that cannot be provided by the touch pad can be provided by the separate and combined use of the divided touch pad and the side buttons.

The present invention has an effect that the adhesive tape can be attached without a repulsive feeling or a foreign substance feeling, or can be integrated in various forms without being limited by size and can be used by wired or wireless connection.

Further, the present invention has an effect of doubling efficiency and convenience by changing the existing configuration and structure and by resetting the principle of operation in combination with the advantages of the existing mouse and touchpad, thereby providing a touchpad having an area smaller than that of the existing touchpad, and performing the existing function and additional function while maintaining the existing touchpad user interface operation even if the touchpad having the extremely small area is provided.

Further, the present invention has an effect that a single structure which is integrated in appearance can be manufactured by combining the overall design of various smart devices to which the touch pad function can be applied, which is formed in an ultra-thin type.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a four-dimensional touch pad module according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates an exploded perspective view of the four-dimensional touchpad module of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 illustrates a wiring pattern of a flexible printed circuit board of the four-dimensional touch panel module of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 illustrates a pressing operation of a side button of the four-dimensional touch pad module of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a four-dimensional touch pad module according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 illustrates an exploded perspective view of the four-dimensional touchpad module of fig. 5.

Fig. 7 illustrates a wiring pattern of the flexible printed circuit board of the four-dimensional touch panel module of fig. 5.

Fig. 8 illustrates a pressing operation of the side buttons of the four-dimensional touch pad module of fig. 5.

Fig. 9 shows a schematic structure of the touch pad and the side buttons of the four-dimensional touch pad module according to the first and second embodiments.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention having the above-described features will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, a four-dimensional touch panel module according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes: a touch pad 110; a dividing boundary film 120 divided into a center touch pad area and each side touch pad area; a side button 130 for executing a corresponding side button function by pressing the side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112 d; a flexible printed circuit board 140 on which a touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion 141 and a side button contact 142 are formed; and an upper housing 150/a lower housing 160 which is individually performed by the center touch pad 111 at the time of short-distance positioning, is performed in parallel by a combination of the center touch pad 111 and the side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d at the time of long-distance positioning, records touch reaction sensitivities at the time of reaching the corresponding side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d by starting a touch of the center touch pad 111 at the time of long-distance positioning, continues to move with the touch reaction sensitivities without repeated touches while reaching the side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d and maintaining the touch, and performs long-distance positioning of necessary positioning coordinates by releasing the touch at the necessary positioning coordinates, and performs infinite long-distance positioning necessary with a very small area of the touch pad 110.

First, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the touch pad 110 has a disk shape, and performs positioning by recognizing positioning coordinates based on a touch of a touch sensor (not shown).

For example, the touch pad 110 may be divided into a center touch pad 111 and side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d, the center touch pad 111 performs short-distance positioning alone, and the side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d perform long-distance positioning in parallel with various basic functions of the touch pad and additional functions not provided by the conventional touch pad.

Among them, the Side Touch panels 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d are equally divided into corresponding Side Touch panels of a Side Touch Up direction 112a (STU), a Side Touch Down direction 112b (STD), a Side Touch Left direction 112c (STL), and a Side Touch Right direction 112d (STR) at equal intervals of 4 by a second divided boundary film 122 described later.

Specifically, in the remote positioning, the touch response sensitivity when the touch panel reaches the corresponding side touch panels 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d is recorded by starting the touch on the center touch panel 111, and the touch response sensitivity is continuously moved without repeated touches while the touch panel reaches the side touch panels 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d and the touch is maintained, and if the touch panel reaches the desired positioning coordinates and releases the touch, the remote positioning of the desired positioning coordinates is performed.

As described above, the touch response sensitivity is recorded when the touch panel reaches the side touch panels 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d from the center touch panel 111, and infinite movement can be realized with the recorded touch response sensitivity without repeated touches while the side touch panels 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d are continuously touched, so that the desired remote positioning can be efficiently and conveniently performed even in a very small area which cannot be compared with the conventional touch panel.

Next, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present invention includes: a ring-shaped first dividing boundary film 121 formed on the upper portion of the touch panel 110 to divide the upper area of the touch panel 110 into a center touch panel 111 and peripheral side touch panels 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112 d; and a second division boundary film 122 having a straight line shape, which divides the side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d into arc shapes uniformly and individually.

Among them, the height of the dividing boundary film 120 is set to 0.5mm to 1.0mm, may be set to a height at which a level of a boundary between the center touch pad 111 and the side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, 112d can be recognized, and may be set to a height at which the level of the boundary is easily crossed by touch when interlocking based on a specific combination of the center touch pad 111 and the side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, 112d for remote positioning.

That is, the dividing boundary film 120 performs a plurality of and subdivided functions by the dividing touch pad 110, so that a user easily recognizes physical boundaries based on the first and second dividing boundary films 121 and 122 by the touch of a finger in order to prevent the center touch pad 111 and the respective side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, and 112d from malfunctioning beyond the boundaries of the set selective functions.

Next, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the side button 130 has a through hole 131 through which the touch pad wiring 113 passes in the central region, functions as a cover a for housing the touch pad 110 so as to expose the upper portion of the touch pad 110, and has a peripheral region divided by the second divided boundary film 122 so as to perform a corresponding side button function B by pressing the corresponding side touch pads 112a, 112B, 112c, and 112 d.

Next, the Side buttons 130 are equally divided into corresponding Side buttons of a Side Button Up 132a (SBU), a Side Button Down 132b (SBD), a Side Button Left 132c (SBL), and a Side Button Right 132d (SBR) at equal intervals of 4, respectively, by the second division boundary film 122.

On the other hand, various functions, which are basic functions and additional functions of the graphic controller, may be sufficiently performed by the center touch pad 111, the side touch pads 112a, 112b, 112c, 112d, or the side buttons 130, alone or in specific combinations.

Next, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the flexible printed circuit board 140 has a touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion 141 electrically connected to the touch panel wiring 113 formed in a central region thereof, and has 2 or more elastic side button contacts 142 arranged in a radial pattern in a peripheral region thereof corresponding to the side buttons 130 and electrically connected thereto by pressurization corresponding to the side buttons 130, respectively.

For example, as shown in fig. 3, a first side button contact 142a, a second side button contact 142b, a third side button contact 142c, and a fourth side button contact 142d are formed corresponding to the side buttons 130 of the side button up 132a, the side button down 132b, the side button left 132c, and the side button right 132d, respectively.

As shown in fig. 4, the click, double click, and long press of one side button SB are recognized by energizing the corresponding one of the side button contacts (SBCP; 142a, 142b, 142c, and 142d) by the pressing (push) of the one side button SB (SB; 132a, 132b, 132c, and 132 d).

Next, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the upper cover 150/the lower cover 160 are stacked and accommodated with the dividing boundary film 120, the touch pad 110, the side buttons 130, and the flexible printed circuit board 140 inside in this order.

The circuit line C formed by the touch panel wiring 113 and the side button wiring 144 may be electrically connected to a connection terminal (not shown) of an external device through a connection groove (not shown) opened at one side of the upper housing 150 or the lower housing 160.

Therefore, with the structure of the four-dimensional touch panel module according to the first embodiment as described above, when the touch panel module is positioned at a short distance, the touch panel module is independently operated by the center touch panel, when the touch panel module is positioned at a long distance, the touch panel module is operated in parallel by the combination of the center touch panel and the side touch panels, and the positioning function can be performed in a fixed space without physical movement to overcome the space limitation.

Referring to fig. 5 to 8, a four-dimensional touch pad module according to a second embodiment of the present invention includes: a center touch pad 110; a center touch pad housing 120 for receiving the center touch pad 110; a side touch pad 125 formed by being divided at the periphery of the center touch pad 110; a lateral button 130 for performing a corresponding lateral button function by pressing the lateral touchpad 125; a flexible printed circuit board 140 having a central touch pad flexible printed circuit board connection portion 141, a side touch pad flexible printed circuit board connection portion 142, and side button contacts 143; an upper cover 150 on which a divided boundary film 151 formed of a first divided boundary film 151a and a second divided boundary film 151b is formed; and a lower cover 160 which is separately performed by the center touch pad 110 during short-distance positioning, and is concurrently performed by a combination of the center touch pad 110 and the side touch pads 125 during long-distance positioning, and which records touch response sensitivity when reaching the corresponding side touch pads 125 by starting touch of the center touch pad 110 during long-distance positioning, continues movement with the touch response sensitivity without repeated touch while reaching the side touch pads 125 and maintaining touch, and performs long-distance positioning of desired positioning coordinates when reaching desired positioning coordinates and releasing touch, and performs desired infinite long-distance positioning with extremely small areas of the center touch pad 110 and the side touch pads 125.

First, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the center touch pad 110 has a disk shape, and performs positioning by recognizing positioning coordinates based on a touch of a touch sensor (not shown).

Next, as shown in fig. 6, the center touch panel cover 120 is formed with a through hole 121 in the center region through which the center touch panel wiring 111 passes, and accommodates the center touch panel 110 so that the upper portion of the center touch panel 110 is exposed.

Next, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the side touch pads 125 are separated from the center touch pad 110 and divided into 2 or more pieces in an arc shape at the periphery.

In contrast, the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d are combined with the center touch pad 110 to perform the long-distance positioning, and perform a plurality of basic functions of the touch pad and additional functions not provided by the conventional touch pad.

Specifically, in the remote positioning, the touch response sensitivity when the touch panel reaches the corresponding side touch panels 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d is recorded by starting the touch of the center touch panel 110, and the touch response sensitivity is continuously moved without repeated touches while the touch panel reaches the side touch panels 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d and is maintained, and if the touch panel reaches the desired positioning coordinates and releases the touch, the remote positioning of the desired positioning coordinates is performed.

As described above, the touch response sensitivity is recorded when the touch panel reaches the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d from the center touch pad 110, and infinite movement can be realized with the recorded touch response sensitivity without repeated touches while the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d are continuously touched, so that the desired remote positioning can be efficiently and conveniently performed even in a very small area that cannot be compared with the conventional touch pads.

Next, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the side buttons 130 include through holes 131 through which the side touch pad wires 126 pass, and the corresponding side button functions are executed by pressing the corresponding side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125 d.

Among them, the side buttons 130 are equally divided into corresponding side buttons of a side button up 132a, a side button down 132b, a side button left 132c, and a side button right 132d at equal intervals of 4, respectively, by a second divided boundary film 151b described later.

On the other hand, various functions, which are basic functions and additional functions of the graphic controller, may be sufficiently performed by a single or specific combination of the center touch pad 110, the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, 125d, or the side buttons 130.

Next, as shown in fig. 6 to 8, the flexible printed circuit board 140 has a center touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion 141 electrically connected to the center touch panel wiring 111 formed in a center region, a side touch panel flexible printed circuit board connection portion 142 connected to the side touch panel wiring 126 formed on one side of a peripheral region, and 2 or more side button contacts 143 arranged in a radial pattern and electrically connected by pressurization of the specific side button 130 are formed on the other side of the peripheral region corresponding to the respective side buttons 130.

For example, as shown in fig. 7, a first side button contact 143a, a second side button contact 143b, a third side button contact 143c, and a fourth side button contact 143d are formed corresponding to the side buttons 130 of the side button up 132a, the side button down 132b, the side button left 132c, and the side button right 132d, respectively.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the pressing of one of the side buttons (SB; 132a, 132b, 132c, 132d) energizes the corresponding one of the side button contacts (SBCP; 143a, 143b, 143c, 143d), thereby recognizing the clicking, double clicking, and long pressing of the side button.

Next, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the upper cover 150 has a dividing boundary film 151 formed at an upper end thereof, and the dividing boundary film 151 includes: a ring-shaped first dividing boundary film 151a that divides the center touch pad 110 and the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125 d; and a second division boundary film 151b having a straight line shape, which divides the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, 125d into arc-shaped portions.

The lower cover 160 faces the upper cover 150, and the center touch pad 110, the center touch pad cover 120, the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d, the side buttons 130, and the flexible printed circuit board 140 are stacked and accommodated in the inner space of the upper cover 150 and the lower cover 160 in this order.

Among them, the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d are equally divided into corresponding side touch pads of a side touch up direction 125a, a side touch down direction 125b, a side touch left direction 125c, and a side touch right direction 125d at equal intervals of 4, respectively, by the second divided boundary film 151 b.

On the other hand, the dividing boundary film 151 is set to a height of 0.5mm to 1.0mm, may be set to a height at which a level of a boundary between the center touch pad 110 and the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, 125d can be recognized, and may be set to a height at which the level of the boundary is easily crossed by touch when interlocking based on a specific combination of the center touch pad 110 and the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, 125d for remote positioning.

That is, the dividing boundary film 151 performs a plurality of and subdivided functions by the dividing touch pad, so that the user easily recognizes the physical boundary based on the first and second dividing boundary films 151a and 151b by the touch of the finger in order to prevent the respective center touch pad 110 and side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d from malfunctioning beyond the boundary of the set selective function.

The circuit line C including the center touch panel wiring 111, the side touch panel wiring 126, and the side button wiring 144 may be electrically connected to a connection terminal (not shown) of an external device through a connection groove (not shown) opened at one side of the upper housing 150 or the lower housing 160.

On the other hand, in the four-dimensional touch panel module according to the embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum suction pad or an attachment plate (patch) may be formed on the bottom surface of the lower housing 160, and attached to various remote controllers such as a mouse, a smart phone case, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a remote controller, a drone controller, a game controller, and a VR controller, and the touch panel function may be performed by wireless connection of the wireless module or wired connection with the circuit line C of the flexible printed circuit board 140.

Alternatively, without attachment, the touch pad function may be implemented by incorporating a variety of remote controllers such as a mouse, a smart phone case, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a remote controller, an unmanned aerial vehicle controller, a game controller, and a VR controller into the touch pad. That is, the four-dimensional touchpad module according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured by being combined with a conventional mouse, or is configured by being applied to an ultra-thin flat mouse, an ultra-thin curved mouse, or a modified mouse. And, can be applied to the employee's card and use the ultrathin flat type mouse at the same time, when demonstrating, the user can move and carry and use freely through the employee's card.

On the other hand, with reference to fig. 9 and tables 1 to 3 below, the basic functions and the various additional functions that are individually or in combination operated by the center touch pad 110, the side touch up direction 125a, the side touch down direction 125b, the side touch left direction 125c, and the side touch right direction 125d, and the side buttons 130 of the side button up direction 132a, the side button down direction 132b, the side button left direction 132c, and the side button right direction 132d will be described below.

TABLE 1

That is, a right-click function may be performed by a touch of a side touch to the right 125d, a vertical scroll may be performed by an up-down touch of a side touch to the left 125c or the right 125d, a horizontal scroll may be performed by a side touch to the up 125a or the down 125d, a close-range positioning or fine adjustment may be performed by a touch of the center touch pad 110, and a drag-and-drop function may be performed by a double-click of the center touch pad 110 and a combination of the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125 d. The drag and drop is performed after the center touch pad 110 is double-clicked, and if the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d are touched, the drag is continuously performed while the touch is maintained, and the drag is released and dropped when the coordinate position is reached.

Further, additional functions required by the user may be set and executed by the combination of the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d alone or in conjunction with other side buttons, 10 cases including 4 cases of the single/double click of the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d and 6 combinations of the side touch pads 125a, 125b, 125c, and 125d that are simultaneously clicked are generated, the 10 cases are linked to be combined with the click/double click/long press of the corresponding side buttons again, the user sets 120 additional functions at will and executes them, and the functions of the function keys and the letter keys of the keyboard are set and executed by recording the combination set by the user.

Accordingly, a combination of user settings may be recorded to set and execute the functions of the keyboard and the functions of the letter keys.

TABLE 2

That is, the backward is executed by the click V of the side button up 132a, the homepage is returned by the double click W, the skip is executed by the long press, the basic setting of the mouse is executed by the click of the side button down 132b, the android is used as the main platform by the double click, the iOS is used as the main platform by the long press, the zoom-in is executed by the long press by the click right of the side button 132d, the left click is executed by the click of the side button 132c, the double click is executed by the double click, and the zoom-out is executed by the long press.

TABLE 3

Touch panel	In use	Photographing mode
			CT	Telephone for receiving telephone call	Photographing
CT double touch	Hanging telephone	Amplification of
			CT long touch	Recording of sound	Shrinking

That is, when in the phone mode, a call can be received through the touch of the center touch pad 110, a call can be hung by double-clicking, recording is performed by long-pressing, when in the photographing mode, photographing is performed through the touch of the upper center touch pad 110, enlargement is performed by double-clicking, and reduction is performed by long-pressing.

With the structure of the four-dimensional touch pad module of the second embodiment as described above, therefore, when positioned at close range, the central touch control board is independently executed, and when the remote positioning is carried out, the central touch control board and the side touch control boards are combined and executed in parallel, without physical movement, the spatial limitation can be overcome by performing the positioning function in a fixed space, various additional functions that cannot be provided by the conventional touch pad can be provided by the separate use and combined use of the divided touch pad and the side buttons, attached without repulsive feeling or foreign body feeling, or can be incorporated in itself in various forms without being limited by size and used integrally with wire or wireless connection, formed in an ultra-thin type, and made into a single structure combined in appearance by combining the overall design of various intelligent devices capable of applying the function of a touch pad.

The embodiment described in the present specification and the configuration shown in the drawings are only the most preferable embodiment of the present invention, and do not replace all technical ideas of the present invention, and therefore, there may be a plurality of equivalent technical means and modifications that can replace them from the viewpoint of the present application.