This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202211422754.7, filed on Nov. 14, 2022, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present application relates to the technical field of control devices, in particular to a multidirectional input device and a controller.
Nowadays, electronic devices such as gamepads, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and virtual reality (VR) are widely equipped with multidirectional input devices, and command control is realized by rotating the multidirectional input devices. The existing multidirectional input device generally includes a housing fixed to a plate, two rocker arms arranged in an up-and-down direction, an operating body, and an elastic member. The two rocker arms are driven to rotate by rotating the operating body. However, during the rotation of the operating body, the energy of the elastic member is stored by unsymmetrically pressing the elastic member, so as to realize the automatic reset of the operating body when the external force is unloaded.
In the existing solution, the elastic member generally abuts against the bottom of two rocker arms when the elastic member is in a reset state. When rotating the operating body, the elastic member is unsymmetrically pressed by the rocker arm, the elastic member abuts against an end of the rocker arm as a pivot. With the rotation of the operating body, the elastic member will abut against each rocker arm circularly, and during the switching process of the abutting position, the elastic member will throb due to the different positions of each of the rocker arms, and the throbbing is transmitted to the operating body, thereby affecting user's hand feeling.
The main purpose of the present application is to provide a multidirectional input device, aiming to solve the technical problem that in the related art, the elastic member will throb and thereby affects the operating feeling when the operating body in the multidirectional input device rotates.
In order to achieve the purpose above, the present application provides a multidirectional input device, including: a housing, an operating body, a rocker arm member, a reset member, and a first pressing part.
A chamber is provided inside the housing, and the housing is provided with an opening communicating with the chamber.
The operating body is rotatably mounted in the chamber for an inclination operation, an end of the operating body extends out of the chamber from the opening, an operating part is provided at a lower end of the operating body, and a lower end face of the operating part is circular.
The rocker arm member is provided in the chamber, the operating body is drivingly connected to the rocker arm member, to make the rocker arm member rotate following the inclination operation of the operating body.
The reset member is provided in the chamber, and is elastically connected to the operating body. An upper end face of the reset member towards the opening abuts against the lower end face of the operating part to support the reset member.
The first pressing part is provided on the rocker arm member and extends in a direction close to the reset member.
During a movement process of the operating body, the lower end face of the operating part abuts against the upper end face of the reset member, and the first pressing part abuts against an edge of the upper end face of the reset member.
In an embodiment, a lower surface of the first pressing part is an arc-shaped surface or a plane surface, and the lower surface extends along a circumference of the upper end face of the reset member.
In an embodiment, the multidirectional input device further includes a second pressing part, the second pressing part is provided on a side wall of the chamber and extends in a direction close to the reset member. During the movement process of the operating body, at least one of the first pressing part and the second pressing part abuts against a side surface of the reset member that faces towards the opening.
In an embodiment, the rocker arm member includes an upper rocker arm and a lower rocker arm which is orthogonal to the upper rocker arm, the second pressing part is provided at two opposite ends of the upper rocker arm and two opposite ends of the lower rocker arm, and the first pressing part is provided between two neighboring second pressing parts.
In an embodiment, an arc transition is formed between a bottom surface of the operating part and a peripheral surface of the operating part.
In an embodiment, the reset member includes a spring and a pressing plate. The spring is provided in the chamber and extending in a direction close to the opening. The pressing plate is provided at an end of the spring towards the opening. The spring is configured to press the pressing plate against the operating body. During the movement process of the operating body, the first pressing part abuts against a side of the pressing plate towards the opening.
In an embodiment, a rib is provided at a lower end face of the pressing plate, and the rib is provided along a circumference of the lower end face of the pressing plate to restrict the spring to an inner side of the rib.
In an embodiment, the spring is a conical spring, and an outer diameter of the spring increases gradually from a bottom wall of the chamber to the pressing plate.
A controller is further provided in the present application, the controller includes the multidirectional input device which is mentioned above.
In technical solutions of the present application, the multidirectional input device includes a housing, an operating body, a rocker arm member, a reset member and a first pressing part. A chamber is provided inside the housing, and the housing is provided with an opening communicating with the chamber. The operating body is rotatably mounted in the chamber for an inclination operation, an end of the operating body extends out of the chamber from the opening, an operating part is provided at a lower end of the operating body, and a lower end face of the operating part is circular. The rocker arm member is provided in the chamber and can rotate in the chamber, the operating body is drivingly connected to the rocker arm member. The inclination operation of the operating body can drive the rotation of the rocker arm member. By connecting the rocker arm member with devices such as potentiometers, the position of the rocker arm can be detected, and the signal can be input by tilting the operating body. The reset member is also provided in the chamber, and is elastically connected to the operating body. When at an initial position, an upper end face of the reset member towards the opening abuts against the lower end face of the operating part. When the operating body inclines, the operating part can apply an elastic force to the reset member to store energy. When the external force is unloaded, the reset member can propel the operating part to move, realizing the reset movement of the operating body. The first pressing part is provided at the rocker arm member, and extends towards the reset member. Thus, when the operating body inclines, the reset member deflects, the edge of the operating part abuts against the upper end face of the reset member, and the edge of the upper end face of the reset member will abut against the first pressing part as a support. Since the lower end face of the operating part is circular, the edge of the lower end face will always touch the reset member during the rotation of the operating part, and the edge of the upper end face of the reset member is always supported by the first pressing part, in other words, the reset member is always in contact with the operating body and the first pressing part during the movement of the reset member, thereby preventing the throbbing, improving the operating feeling of the multidirectional input device.
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or in the prior art, drawings that are needed to illustrate the embodiments and the prior art are simply introduced below. Obviously, drawings introduced below are just some of the embodiments in the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other figures may be further obtained without creative efforts according to the structures shown in drawings below.
The realization of the purpose, the functional feature, and the advantage of present application will be further illustrated referring to the drawings.
The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the embodiments to be described are only some rather than all the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by persons skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without creative efforts shall fall within the scope of the present application.
It should be noted that all the directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, rear, etc.) in the embodiments of the present application are only used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement, or the like of the components in a certain posture (as shown in the drawings). If the specific posture changes, the directional indication will change accordingly.
In the present application, unless otherwise specifically specified and limited, the terms “connected”, “fixed”, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, for example, “fixed” can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or be integrated as a whole; “connected” can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or can be the internal communication between two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For those of ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above-mentioned terms in the present application can be understood according to specific situations.
Besides, the descriptions associated with, e.g., “first” and “second,” in the present application are merely for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or suggesting relative importance or impliedly indicating the number of the indicated technical feature. Therefore, the feature associated with “first” or “second” can expressly or impliedly include at least one such feature. The meaning of “and/or” appearing in the disclosure includes three parallel scenarios. For example, “A and/or B” includes only A, or only B, or both A and B. In addition, the technical solutions of the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but the combinations must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be achieved, it should be considered that such a combination of technical solutions does not exist, nor does it fall within the scope of the present application.
The multidirectional input device is widely applied in the field of VR devices, UAV controlling, etc. The multidirectional input device generally includes a housing, a rocker arm, a stick, an elastic member, and other members. The rocker arm is driven to rotate by the rotation of the stick, to realize the output of rotation. An unsymmetrical pressure is loaded on the elastic member and the energy is stored when the stick rotates, the elastic member suffers an unsymmetrical pressure and deflects, and the end part of the side that suffers the unsymmetrical pressure abuts against the rocker arm as a support point. During the rotation of the stick, the support point switches among each of the rocker arms. Since there are large gaps between rocker arms, the elastic member will throb during the deflection process, and transmit the throbbing to the stick, affecting the operating feeling.
To solve the above problem, the present application provides a multidirectional input device, including: a housing 100, an operating body 200, a rocker arm member 300, a reset member 400, and a first pressing part 500.
A chamber is provided inside the housing 100, and the housing 100 is provided with an opening communicating with the chamber.
The operating body 200 is rotatably mounted in the chamber for an inclination operation, an end of the operating body 200 extends out of chamber from the opening, an operating part 700 is provided at a lower end of the operating body 200, and a lower end face of the operating part 700 is circular.
The rocker arm member 300 is provided in the chamber, the operating body 200 is drivingly connected to the rocker arm member 300, to make the rocker arm member 300 rotate following the inclination operation of the operating body 200.
The reset member 400 is provided in the chamber, the reset member 400 is elastically connected to the operating body 200, and an upper end face of the reset member 400 that faces towards the opening abuts against the lower end face of the operating part 700 to support the reset member 200.
The first pressing part 500 is provided on the rocker arm member 300 and extending in a direction close to the reset member 400.
During a movement process of the operating body 200, an edge of the lower end face of the operating part 700 abuts against the upper end face of reset member 400, the first pressing part 500 abuts against an edge of the upper end face of the reset member 400.
In technical solutions of the present application, the multidirectional input device includes a housing 100, an operating body 200, a rocker arm member 300, a reset member 400 and a first pressing part 500. A chamber is provided inside the housing 100, and the housing 100 is provided with an opening communicating with the chamber. The operating body 200 is rotatably mounted in the chamber for an inclination operation, an end of the operating body 200 extends out of the chamber from the opening, an operating part 700 is provided at a lower end of the operating body 200, and a lower end face of the operating part 700 is circular. The rocker arm member 300 is provided in the chamber and can rotate in the chamber, the operating body 200 is drivingly connected to the rocker arm member 300. The inclination operation of the operating body 200 can drive the rotation of the rocker arm member 300. By connecting the rocker arm member 300 with devices such as potentiometers, the position of the rocker arm can be detected, and the signal can be input by tilting the operating body 200. The reset member 400 is also provided in the chamber, and is elastically connected to the operating body 200. When at an initial position, an upper end face of the reset member 400 that faces towards the opening abuts against the lower end face of the operating part 700. When the operating body 200 inclines, the operating part 700 can apply an elastic force to the reset member 400 to store energy. When the external force is unloaded, the reset member 400 can propel the operating part 700 to move, realizing the reset movement of the operating body 200. The first pressing part 500 is provided at the rocker arm member 300, and extends towards the reset member 400. Thus, when the operating body 200 inclines, the reset member 400 deflects, the edge of the operating part 700 abuts against the upper end face of the reset member 400, and the edge of the upper end face of the reset member 400 will abut against the first pressing part 500 as a support. Since the lower end face of the operating part 700 is circular, the edge of the lower end face will always touch the reset member 400 during the rotation of the operating part 700, and the edge of the upper end face of the reset member 400 is always supported by the first pressing part 500, in other words, the reset member 400 is always in contact with the operating body 200 and the first pressing part 500 during the movement of the reset member 400, thereby preventing the throbbing, improving the operating feeling of the multidirectional input device.
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Further, a lower surface of the first pressing part 500 is an arc-shaped surface or a plane surface, the lower surface extends along a circumference of the upper end face of the reset member 400. In order to further improve the operating feeling, the lower surface of the first pressing part 500 may be designed into an arc-shaped surface or a plane surface, and the lower surface extends along the circumference of the upper end face of the reset member 400 and towards the neighboring first pressing parts 500 on the two sides of the lower surface. By this design, the contact between the reset member 400 and the first pressing part 500 is a rolling contact during the deflecting process of the reset member 400, which prevents the relatively sliding between the reset member 400 and the first pressing part 500, and helps to reduce the friction when operating, thereby improving the operating feeling. In the present embodiment, the lower surface is an arc-shaped surface, in this way, the reset member 400 can switch between two neighboring first pressing parts 500 more fluently by adjusting the radian of the arc-shaped surface, operating feeling and user experience are improved thereby.
Further, the multidirectional input device includes a second pressing part 600, the second pressing part 600 is provided on the side wall of the chamber, and extends in a direction close to the reset member 400.
At least one of the first pressing part 500 and the second pressing part 600 abuts against a side surface of the reset member 400 that faces towards the opening during the movement process of the operating body 200.
The rocker arm member 300 includes an upper rocker arm 310 and a lower rocker arm 320 orthogonal to the upper rocker arm 310. The second pressing part 600 is disposed on two opposite ends of the upper rocker arm 310 and two opposite ends of the lower rocker arm 320, the first pressing part 500 is disposed between two neighboring second pressing parts 600.
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Further, there is an arc transition connecting a bottom surface and a peripheral surface of the operating part 700. As shown in
Further, a stopping part 800 is provided on the operating body 200. The stopping part 800 is disposed on a side surface of the operating part 700 away from the opening, and the stopping part 800 extends in a direction away from the operating part 700. Specifically, as shown in
Further, the reset member 400 includes a spring 420 and a pressing plate 410. The spring 420 is provided in the chamber, and extends in a direction close to the opening. The pressing plate 410 is provided on an end of the spring 420 towards the opening, the spring 420 presses the pressing plate 410 against the operating body 200. During the movement process of the operating body 200, the first pressing part 500 abuts against a side surface of the pressing plate 410 towards the opening.
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Further, a rib is provided on a lower end face of the pressing plate 410, the rib extends along a circumference of the lower end face of the pressing plate 410 to restrict the spring 420 to an inner side of the rib. In order to improve the stability of the movement of the reset member 400, a rib may be disposed on the lower end face of the pressing plate 410. The rib may be disposed on the edge of the lower end face of the pressing plate 410 and may extend along the circumference of the pressing plate 410. The upper end face of the spring 420 abuts against the inner side of the rib. By setting the rib, the restriction for the lateral displacement of the spring 420 is realized, thus preventing a happening of the relative displacement between the pressing plate 410 and the spring 420 when the reset member 400 moves, thereby the stability of the movement of the reset member 400 is ensured.
Further, the spring 420 is a conical spring, an outer diameter of the spring 420 increases gradually from a bottom wall of the chamber to the pressing plate 410. Compared to an ordinary spring, the height of the conical spring is reduced when the spring compresses in the precondition of the same performance, which helps to reduce the overall height of the multidirectional input device. Besides, since the conical spring can provide more lateral stability, so it has less bending tendency when deflects, thus the relative horizontal of the upper end face of the spring 420 is ensured, which helps to improve the operating feeling.
The present application further provides a controller. The controller includes a main frame and the multidirectional input device, the multidirectional input device may be provided on the main frame for signal input, the specific structure of the multidirectional input device refers to the embodiments above. Since all the technical solutions of the embodiments above are adopted in the controller, the controller has at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the embodiments above, there is no need to repeat them therein.
The above-mentioned embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Any equivalent structure conversion made with reference to the description and the accompanying drawings of the present application, directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields, should all fall in the scope of the present application.
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202211422754.7 | Nov 2022 | CN | national |