Electronic device having improved input device
An electronic device includes a body and an input device. The body includes a shell and a non-conductive rear cover. The shell defines an opening. The rear cover tightly covers the opening and defines a through hole. The input device includes a resistor, a wire, a non-conductive rotating plate, and a conducting member. The resistor and the wire both are discontinuous ring-shaped, and concentrically disposed on the rear cover surrounding the through hole. The rotating plate is rotatably inserted through the through hole. The conducting member is disposed on the rotating plate and connects the resistor and the wire. The conducting member is operable to move around the resistor and the wire such that a resistance between one end of the resistor and one end of the wire is changed.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a body comprising:
a shell defining an opening; and
a non-conductive rear cover tightly covering the opening, the rear cover defining a through hole therein; and
an input device comprising:
a discontinuous ring-shaped resistor disposed on the rear cover and surrounding the through hole;
a discontinuous ring-shaped wire disposed on the rear cover and being concentric with the resistor;
a non-conductive rotating plate rotatably inserted through the through hole; and
a conducting member disposed on the rotating plate and interconnecting the resistor and the wire, the conducting member being operable to move around the resistor and the wire such that a resistance between one end of the resistor and one end of the wire is changed.
2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , the input device further comprises a power source, two ends of the power source being connected to two ends of the resistor, the power source being operable to provide a voltage between two ends of the resistor.
3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the input device further comprises a measuring unit, one end of the measuring unit being connected to one end of the resistor, and another end of the measuring unit being connected to one end of the wire, the measuring unit being operable to measure a voltage between one end of the resistor and one end of the wire to determine the rotating direction of the body.
4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input device further comprises a measuring unit, one end of the measuring unit being connected to one end of the resistor, and another end of the measuring unit being connected to one end of the wire, the measuring unit being operable to measure a resistance between one end of the resistor and one end of the wire.
5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotating plate comprises an circular upper plate and a circular bottom plate disposed on the upper plate, the diameter of the bottom plate being smaller than that of the upper plate, the bottom plate being inserted through the through hole, the conducting member being disposed on the upper plate adjacent to the bottom plate.
6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the rear cover comprises an upper surface and a bottom surface, the resistor and the wire being disposed on the upper surface, the bottom plate being inserted through the through hole from the upper surface to the bottom surface.
7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the input device further comprises a cushion plate which is connected to the bottom plate.
8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises a main board, the main board being received in the shell and defining a locking slot, the rear cover comprising a hook which is inserted into the locking slot.