TWI796164B - Elastic lamp ball and operation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A elastic lamp ball and an operation method thereof are provided. The elastic lamp ball includes a core shell, a circuit component, a filling layer, a sensing unit, and an outer layer, wherein the circuit component is disposed in the core shell, the filling layer is wrapped around the core shell, the sensing unit includes a touch sensor and a converter, the touch sensor penetrates the core shell and the filling layer. The elastic lamp ball uses the converter to automatically grab a capacitance value around the touch sensor as a reference value to achieve the effect of automatic correction.

Description

Elastic light bulb and its operation method

The present invention relates to a lamp bulb and its operating method, in particular to an elastic lamp bulb and its operating method.

In the current technology, the spherical surface that has been disclosed can be moved by various means, one of which is through the mold manufacturer. This kind of spherical surface has a special spherical surface that is light-transmitting, and the spherical surface of the spherical surface is opaque, making the sphere elastic. .

However, the above-mentioned spheres manufactured through molds are not very good reflective balls for various sports in the current technology. When used in a dark environment, especially when the ball is flying at a high altitude, it is difficult to see clearly. If it is overcome by strengthening the intensity of light irradiation, there will be too strong light to interfere with the game and cause light pollution. Although there are spheres equipped with light-emitting elements on the market, the button control and operation of the sphere are still not ideal, and the performance of the sphere during motion is also affected.

Therefore, in order to overcome the shortcomings and deficiencies in the prior art, it is necessary for the present invention to provide an improved elastic light bulb and its operating method, so as to solve the problems in the above-mentioned conventional technology.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an elastic light bulb, which uses the touch converter to automatically capture the capacitance value around the touch sensor as a reference value to achieve the effect of automatic calibration, thereby improving the flexibility of the elastic light bulb in key operation. Sensitivity and accuracy.

To achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides an elastic lamp bulb, which includes an inner shell, a circuit assembly, a filling layer, an induction unit and an outer skin layer; the circuit assembly is arranged in the inner shell , wherein the circuit assembly has a circuit board and a light-emitting element, the light-emitting element is arranged on the circuit board; the filling layer is covered outside the core shell; the sensing unit includes a touch sensor and a touch converter , the touch sensor is disposed in the core shell and the filling layer, the touch converter is configured to receive the capacitance value generated by the touch sensor during touch sensing, and convert the capacitance value into A touch signal is transmitted to a microcontroller of the circuit board; the outer skin layer is sealed and attached to the outer surface of the filling layer, wherein the touch converter will be according to the surrounding of the touch sensor after restarting The capacitance value of the medium is used as a reference value for calibration, and then the touch sensing of the touch sensor is performed.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the interior of the core shell is filled with epoxy resin, and the filling layer is elastic material.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the microcontroller is electrically connected to a timer, and uses the timer to record the time when the touch sensor is not touched and the time when it is touched, so as to identify the touch sensor device is long-pressed or double-clicked.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the touch sensor is a spring, and extends along a central axis of the core housing, and the elastic material of the filling layer wraps from a spring inside of the touch sensor to the A springy exterior of the touch sensor.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a length of the touch sensor protruding into the filling layer is greater than a length of the touch sensor protruding into the inner shell.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the circuit assembly further includes a plurality of batteries, and the circuit board of the circuit assembly is wrapped around the batteries.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode, electrically connected to the circuit board located on one side of the batteries, and the sensing unit is electrically connected to the circuit board located on the other side of the batteries. circuit board.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the sensing unit includes two touch sensors, the touch sensors are respectively disposed on the circuit board, and the touch sensors are located on two opposite sides of the circuit component.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides a method for operating an elastic light bulb, the method includes a preparation step, a calibration step, a sensing step, a transmission step and a switching step; in the preparation step, the elastic lamp A touch sensor of a sensing unit of the ball is penetrated in an inner shell and a filling layer of the elastic light bulb; in the calibration step, a touch converter of the sensing unit is restarted, and then according to the touch The capacitance value of the surrounding medium of the touch sensor is used as a calibration of a reference value; in the sensing step, the finger is pressed on the outer skin layer, and the touch sensor will generate a capacitance according to the capacitance change of the touch sensor value, and send it to the touch converter; in the sending step, the touch converter receives the capacitance value generated by the touch sensor, converts the capacitance value into a touch signal and sends it to the circuit A micro-controller of the board; in the switching step, the micro-controller performs on-off or function setting of the circuit component according to the touch signal.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the microcontroller is used to restart the touch converter of the sensing unit after a fixed time, and then according to the surrounding medium of the touch sensor (such as a capacitive touch sensor (spring) All the surrounding medium, the medium containing the filling layer with elastic filler and the surrounding medium of the outer skin) are used as the correction of the reference value.

In one embodiment of the present invention, in the calibrating step, if the microcontroller receives a trigger signal sent by the touch converter, and the time for the touch converter to send the trigger signal exceeds a duration, Then restart the touch converter of the sensing unit, and then according to the surrounding medium of the touch sensor (such as all the medium around the capacitive touch sensor (spring), the medium of the filling layer containing the elastic filler and the outer skin The capacitance value of the surrounding medium) is used as the reference value for correction.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in the sensing step, pressing the finger on the skin layer includes a long press (long press), a short press (short press) and a continuous press (continuous short press).

As mentioned above, when the elastic light bulb is assembled, it will be filled with other elastic substances around the sensing unit, which will cause the capacitance value detected by the sensing unit to change. Other factors such as environmental humidity or storage angle may cause the The capacitive touch sensor of the sensing unit misjudged, so the elastic light ball of the present invention uses the microcontroller to fix it for a period of time, restarts the capacitive touch circuit inside the sensing unit, and allows the touch converter to automatically grasp The capacitance value around the touch sensor is used as a reference value to achieve the effect of automatic correction, so as to improve the sensitivity and accuracy of the elastic light bulb in key control.

In order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be exemplified below in detail together with the attached drawings. Furthermore, the directional terms mentioned in the present invention are, for example, up, down, top, bottom, front, back, left, right, inside, outside, side, surrounding, central, horizontal, transverse, vertical, longitudinal, axial, The radial direction, the uppermost layer or the lowermost layer, etc. are only directions referring to the attached drawings. Therefore, the directional terms used are used to illustrate and understand the present invention, but not to limit the present invention.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2, which are an embodiment of the elastic light bulb of the present invention, which includes an inner shell 2, a circuit assembly 3, a filling layer 4, an induction unit 5 and an outer skin layer 6 . The detailed structure, assembly relationship and operation principle of each element will be described in detail below.

1 and 2, the circuit assembly 3 is arranged in the core housing 2, wherein the circuit assembly 3 has a circuit board 31, a light-emitting element 32 and a plurality of batteries 33 (in other embodiments can also be A battery is provided), the light-emitting element 32 is arranged on the circuit board 31, the batteries 33 are electrically connected to the circuit board 31, and the circuit board 31 of the circuit assembly 3 is a soft board, wherein the soft board connects the batteries 33 It is wound up so that the circuit board 31 is wrapped around the batteries 33 . In this embodiment, the light-emitting element 32 is a light-emitting diode (LED), and the light-emitting element 32 is electrically connected to the circuit board 31 located on one side of the batteries 33, and the sensing unit 5 is electrically connected to the Located on the circuit board 31 on the other side of the batteries 33 . In addition, the circuit assembly 3 also has other application control circuits, such as a wireless communication module or GPS.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , the filling layer 4 wraps the core shell 2 . In this embodiment, the interior of the core shell 2 is filled with epoxy resin, and the filling layer 4 is an elastic material, such as: polybutadiene synthetic rubber, Dupont Surlyn resin, or polyurethane (PU) resin.

1 and 2, the sensing unit 5 includes a touch sensor 51 and a touch converter 52, the touch sensor 51 penetrates the core shell 2 and the filling layer 4, the The touch converter 52 is configured to receive the capacitance generated by the touch sensor 51 during touch sensing, and convert the capacitance into a touch signal and send it to a microcontroller 311 of the circuit board 31 . In this embodiment, the touch sensor 51 is a spring, and the touch sensor 51 extends along a central axis of the core housing 2 , and the elastic material of the filling layer 4 extends from the touch sensor 51 A spring is wrapped inside a spring of the touch sensor 51 to cover the spring body of the touch sensor 51 completely. In addition, the touch sensor 51 extends into a length of the filling layer 4 It is greater than a length that the touch sensor 51 protrudes into the inner shell 2 .

Specifically, the micro-controller 311 is responsible for controlling the power of the touch converter 52. The power of the touch converter 52 can be turned off and then restarted. When the touch converter 52 restarts, it will touch the touch sensor The environment in which the device 51 (spring) is located (the medium in contact with it) is re-corrected to the reference value. The touch converter 52 identifies whether there is a touch mainly by detecting the dielectric coefficient of the surrounding medium of the touch converter 52. When the dielectric coefficient changes, its capacitance will be changed. As long as the touch converter 52 detects the electric The change of capacity can identify whether the touch sensor 51 is touched, and convert the touch sensor into a digital touch signal, and then send it back to the microcontroller 311 for other applications.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5 , the touch converter 52 is electrically connected to the I/O pin of the microcontroller 311 , and the touch converter 52 is configured to send a trigger signal. When the touch sensor 51 is not touched, the touch converter 52 maintains the logic level at 1, and when the touch sensor 51 is touched, the touch converter 52 keeps the logic level of the trigger signal bit is pulled low to 0. In other embodiments, the logic level of the trigger signal can also be set inversely. For example, when the touch sensor 51 is not touched, the touch converter 52 maintains the logic level at 0. When the sensor 51 is touched, the touch converter 52 pulls down the logic level of the trigger signal to 1. The microcontroller 311 is electrically connected to a timer 312 (see FIG. 2 ), and uses the timer 312 to record Rt (untouched time) and Tt (touched time), calculated by the microcontroller 311 The length of time between Rt and Tt, thereby knowing the time when the touch sensor 51 is touched or not touched, to judge whether the touch sensor 51 is long pressed or double-pressed (short time continuous pressing), and use The microcontroller 311 judges the lengths of Rt and Tt and the functions to be performed in various combinations.

Further, as shown in Figures 2 and 6, the judgment process of a single touch sensor 51 (such as K1) is as follows: firstly, after starting up, the timer 312 is cleared for the untouched time Rt; The trigger signal returned by the I/O pin of the controller 311 is used to determine whether the touch sensor 51 is touched to start the trigger. If the I/O pin is not triggered, the timer 312 is used to record the untouched time Rt Accumulate, if the I/O pin is triggered, use the timer 312 to clear the touched time Tt; then judge the untouched time Rt, if the untouched time Rt is less than 300 milliseconds, recognize it as a double click and reply To the step of clearing the untouched time Rt, if the untouched time Rt is higher than 300 milliseconds, then judge whether the I/O pin of the microcontroller 311 is triggered; then reply if the I/O pin is not triggered To the step of clearing the untouched time Rt, if the I/O pin triggers, the timer 312 is used to accumulate the touched time Tt; then judge the touched time Tt, if the touched time Tt is higher than 3 seconds is identified as a long press, if the time Tt of being touched is lower than 3 seconds, then it is judged whether the I/O pin of the microcontroller 311 is triggered; The step of accumulating the touched time Tt, if the I/O pin is not triggered, returns to the step of the timer 312 clearing the untouched time Rt. In addition, in other embodiments, as shown in FIG. 7 , multiple touch sensors 51 (such as K1 and K2 ) may also be provided, and the determination process thereof will not be repeated here.

1 and 2, the outer skin layer 6 is hermetically attached to the outer surface of the filling layer 4, wherein the touch converter 52 will be activated according to the surrounding medium of the touch sensor 51 (such as The capacitance value of all the media around the capacitive touch sensor (spring), including the media of the filling layer with elastic fillers and the media around the outer skin) is used as a reference value for correction, and then the touch sensor 51 is calibrated. For touch sensing, for example, the user can touch and press the touch sensor 51 through the index finger 101 to control the light-emitting element 32 to turn on or off or blink.

According to the above-mentioned structure, the elastic light bulb of the present invention installs the touch sensor 51 on the periphery of the batteries 33, and then wraps it with the hard inner shell 2, and makes the touch sensor 51 (spring) protrude Outside the core shell 2, the inside is potted with a hardenable resin to form a core. Then use elastic filling material to wrap the inner core to form the filling layer 4, and let the touch sensor 51 protrude to the surface of the elastic filling layer 4, and finally use a sealed outer skin layer 6 to cover the entire sphere, wherein the touch sensor The control sensor 51 senses the pressing of the finger according to the variation of capacitance sensing, forms a touch button on the surface of the skin layer 6, and uses the combination of pressing time to open and close the application circuit or set the function. For example, the operating mode is identified through combinations of long press, short press, and continuous short press of the finger to reduce false touches during use.

Through the above-mentioned design, the capacitive sensing circuit of the sensing unit 5 mainly detects the instantaneous change in capacitance on the touch sensor 51 as the judgment of whether it is touched by a finger, but in the manufacturing process of the sphere, it must be pre-set The capacitive touch circuit of the sensing unit 5 and the circuit component 3 are first installed therein, the touch sensor 51 will use the current environmental capacitance value as a reference value, and when the elastic light bulb is assembled, it will be filled with other elastic elements. Substances around the sensing unit 5 cause the capacitance value detected by the sensing unit 5 to change. Others such as the humidity of the environment or the storage angle may cause the capacitive touch sensor of the sensing unit 5 to misjudge, so The elastic light bulb of the present invention uses the microcontroller 311 to fix for a period of time (for example, 10 seconds), restarts the capacitive touch circuit inside the sensing unit 5, and allows the touch converter 52 to automatically capture the touch sensor The capacitance value around 51 is used as the reference value to achieve the effect of automatic correction.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is another embodiment of the elastic light bulb of the present invention. The circuit assembly 3 includes a plurality of batteries 33, and the circuit board 31 of the circuit assembly 3 is wrapped around the batteries 33, wherein The sensing unit 5 includes two touch sensors 51, the touch sensors 51 are respectively arranged on the circuit board 31 on the two sides of the batteries 33, and the touch sensors 51 are located on the circuit assembly 3 On the opposite side, the user can respectively touch and press the touch sensors 51 through the index finger 101 and the thumb 102 at the same time to control the light-emitting element 32 to turn on or off or blink.

As mentioned above, when the elastic light bulb is assembled, other elastic substances will be filled around the sensing unit 5, resulting in a change in the capacitance value detected by the sensing unit 5, and other factors such as the humidity of the environment or the storage angle. It may make the capacitive touch sensor of the sensing unit 5 misjudge, so the elastic lamp ball of the present invention uses the microcontroller 311 to fix it for a period of time, and restarts the capacitive touch circuit inside the sensing unit 5, so that the touch The converter 52 automatically captures the capacitance value around the touch sensor 51 as a reference value to achieve the effect of automatic calibration, thereby improving the sensitivity and accuracy of the elastic light bulb in key operation.

Please refer to FIG. 4 and shown in FIG. 1 , which is an operating method of an elastic light bulb according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method includes a preparation step S201, a calibration step S202, a sensing step S203, and a transmission step S204 And a switching step S205. The present invention will describe the relationship of each step and its operation principle in detail below.

Referring to FIG. 4 and shown in FIG. 1 , in the preparation step S201, a touch sensor 51 of a sensing unit 5 of the elastic light bulb is mounted on an inner shell 2 and a Fill layer 4.

Referring to FIG. 4 and shown in FIG. 1, in the calibration step S202, a touch converter 52 of the sensing unit 5 is restarted, and then the capacitance value of the medium around the touch sensor 51 is used as A calibration of the base value.

In this embodiment, the first correction method is to use the microcontroller 311 to restart the touch converter of the sensing unit after a fixed time (for example, 10 seconds), and then according to the surrounding medium of the touch sensor 51 The capacitance value is used as the reference value for correction. In addition, in the second calibration method, if the microcontroller 311 receives a trigger signal sent by the touch converter 52, and the time sent by the touch converter 52 exceeds a duration (for example, 10 seconds), Then the touch converter 52 of the sensing unit 5 is restarted, and then the capacitance value of the surrounding medium of the touch sensor 51 is used as the reference value for calibration.

Referring to FIG. 4 and shown in FIG. 1, in the sensing step S203, a finger, such as the index finger 101, is pressed and touched on the outer skin layer 6, and the touch sensor 51 will respond to the capacitance change of the finger touch sensor. The value is generated to generate a capacitance value and sent to the touch converter 52 .

1, in the transmitting step S204, the touch converter 52 receives the capacitance value generated by the touch sensor 51, converts the capacitance value into a touch signal and transmits it to the circuit board 31 of a microcontroller 311 .

Referring to FIG. 4 and shown in FIG. 1, in the switching step S205, the microcontroller 311 turns on or off or sets the function of the circuit component 3 according to the touch signal, such as turning on or off or blinking the light emitting element 32 Take control.

Through the above-mentioned design, the touch sensor 51 is installed on the periphery of the batteries 33, and then covered with a hard core shell 2, and the touch sensor 51 (spring) protrudes from the core shell 2, a core is formed by potting its interior with a hardenable resin. Then use elastic filling material to wrap the inner core to form the filling layer 4, and let the touch sensor 51 protrude to the surface of the elastic filling layer 4, and finally use a sealed outer skin layer 6 to cover the entire sphere, wherein the touch sensor The control sensor 51 senses the pressing of the finger according to the variation of capacitance sensing, forms a touch button on the surface of the skin layer 6, and uses the combination of pressing time to open and close the application circuit or set the function. For example, the operating mode is identified through combinations of long press, short press, and continuous short press of the finger to reduce false touches during use.

As mentioned above, when the elastic light bulb is assembled, other elastic substances will be filled around the sensing unit 5, resulting in a change in the capacitance value detected by the sensing unit 5, and other factors such as the humidity of the environment or the storage angle. It may make the capacitive touch sensor of the sensing unit 5 misjudge, so the elastic lamp ball of the present invention uses the microcontroller 311 to fix it for a period of time, and restarts the capacitive touch circuit inside the sensing unit 5, so that the touch The converter 52 automatically captures the capacitance value around the touch sensor 51 as a reference value to achieve the effect of automatic calibration, thereby improving the sensitivity and accuracy of the elastic light bulb in key operation.

Although the present invention has been disclosed with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in this art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection shall be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

101: index finger

102: thumb

2: Inner shell

3: Circuit components

31: circuit board

311: microcontroller

312: timer

32: Luminous parts

33: battery

4: Filling layer

5: Induction unit

51, K1, K2: touch sensor

52:Touch converter

6: Cortex

Rt: untouched time

Tt: time to be touched

S201: preparation step

S202: Calibration step

S203: induction step

S204: transmission step

S205: switching steps

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the elastic light bulb according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a sensing unit according to an embodiment of the elastic light bulb of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the elastic light bulb according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an embodiment of the operating method of the elastic light bulb according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a logic level of a trigger signal sent by a touch converter according to an embodiment of the elastic light bulb of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flow chart of judging that a single touch sensor is touched according to an embodiment of the elastic light bulb of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flow chart of judging that multiple touch sensors are touched according to an embodiment of the elastic light bulb of the present invention.

101: index finger

2: Inner shell

3: Circuit components

31: circuit board

32: Luminous parts

33: battery

4: Filling layer

51:Touch sensor

6: Cortex

Claims (10)

An elastic light bulb, comprising: an inner shell; a circuit assembly arranged in the inner shell, wherein the circuit assembly has a circuit board and a light-emitting element, the light-emitting element is arranged on the circuit board; a filling layer , coated outside the core shell; a sensing unit, including a touch sensor and a touch converter, the touch sensor is passed through the core shell and the filling layer, and the touch converter is configured A microcontroller for receiving the capacitance value generated by the touch sensor during touch sensing, and converting the capacitance value into a touch signal and sending it to the circuit board; and a skin layer, sealed and attached to the circuit board The outer surface of the filling layer; after the touch converter is restarted, the capacitance value of the surrounding medium of the touch sensor will be used as a reference value for calibration, and then the touch sensor will perform touch sensing. The flexible light bulb as described in claim 1, wherein the microcontroller is electrically connected to a timer, and uses the timer to record the time when the touch sensor is not touched and the time when it is touched, so as to identify the The touch sensor is long-pressed or double-clicked. The elastic light bulb as described in claim 2, wherein the touch sensor is a spring and extends along a central axis of the inner shell, and the elastic material of the filling layer is wrapped from a spring inside the touch sensor Covering the outside of a spring of the touch sensor. The elastic light bulb according to claim 1, wherein a length of the touch sensor protruding into the filling layer is greater than a length of the touch sensor protruding into the inner shell. The elastic light bulb as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circuit assembly further includes a plurality of batteries, and the circuit board of the circuit assembly is wrapped around the batteries. The flexible light bulb according to claim 5, wherein the light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode, electrically connected to the circuit board on one side of the batteries, and the sensing unit is electrically connected to the other side of the batteries side of the circuit board. The elastic lamp ball as described in claim 5, wherein the sensing unit includes two touch sensors, the touch sensors are respectively arranged on the circuit board, and the touch sensors are located on the two opposite sides of the circuit component side. A method for operating an elastic light bulb, the method comprising: a preparation step, a touch sensor of a sensing unit of the elastic light bulb is inserted into an inner shell and a filling layer of the elastic light bulb; In the calibration step, a touch converter of the sensing unit is restarted, and the capacitance value of the surrounding medium of the touch sensor is used as a reference value for calibration; in a sensing step, a finger is pressed on an outer skin layer, and the The touch sensor will generate a capacitance value according to the capacitance change of the touch sensor, and transmit it to the touch converter; in a transmission step, after the touch converter receives the capacitance value generated by the touch sensor, it will The capacitance value is converted into a touch signal and sent to a microcontroller of a circuit board; and a switching step, the microcontroller performs on-off or function setting of a circuit component according to the touch signal. The operating method of the elastic light bulb as described in claim 8, wherein in the calibration step, the microcontroller is used to restart the touch converter of the sensing unit after a fixed time, and then according to the surrounding of the touch sensor The capacitance value of the medium is used as the reference value for correction. The operating method of the elastic light bulb as described in claim 8, wherein in the calibration step, if the microcontroller receives a trigger signal sent by the touch converter, and the touch converter sends a trigger signal for more than one duration, the touch converter of the sensing unit is restarted, and then the capacitance value of the surrounding medium of the touch sensor is used as the reference value for calibration.

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