Color changeable lighting keyboard
View Patent ↗A color changeable lighting keyboard includes a housing, a key assembly disposed on the housing, a lighting module disposed in the housing for lighting the key assembly, and a color changing mechanism. The color changing mechanism includes a movable element disposed in the housing and operable to perform a linear motion, and a plurality of colored pieces made of a light-permeable material and having different colors. The movable element is operable to move the colored pieces along a moving direction to align a selected one of the colored pieces with the lighting module.
1. A color changeable lighting keyboard comprising:
a housing;
a key assembly disposed on said housing;
a lighting module disposed in said housing for lighting said key assembly; and
a color changing mechanism including
a movable element disposed in said housing and operable to perform a linear motion,
a plurality of colored pieces made of a light-permeable material and having different colors, said movable element being operable to move said colored pieces along a moving direction to align a selected one of said colored pieces with said lighting module;
an indexing mechanism that includes a first engaging portion disposed at said movable element, and a plurality of equidistant second engaging portions disposed at said housing, arranged along the moving direction, and engageable with said first engaging portion in a tongue-and-groove manner.
2. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said housing has an opening, and said movable element includes a connecting body having a portion exposed from said housing through said opening for manual operation, said connecting body being formed with a plurality of windows arranged along the moving direction, said colored pieces being disposed respectively within said windows.
3. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said connecting body is configured as an annular surrounding wall, the moving direction being a circumferential direction of said annular surrounding wall.
4. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said movable element further includes two side pieces and a shaft rod, said annular surrounding wall being connected between said side pieces, said shaft rod having two end portions extending respectively through said side pieces and connected fixedly to said housing in such a manner that said connecting body is rotatable about said shaft rod relative to said lighting module.
5. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said housing has an opening, and said movable element includes a connecting body and an operating portion, said connecting body being configured as an elongated plate extending along a horizontal direction constituting the moving direction, said operating portion extending upwardly from said connecting body and exposed from said housing through said opening for manual operation.
6. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said housing further has a guide slot extending along the moving direction and permitting said movable element to be disposed movably therein for guiding movement of said movable element along the moving direction.
7. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a light-guiding plate, said lighting module including at least one light-emitting element, said light-emitting element having a light-emitting side adapted for emitting light toward said light-guiding plate, said movable element being operable to align said light-emitting side of said light-emitting element with said colored pieces one at a time.
8. A color changeable lighting keyboard comprising:
a housing;
a key assembly disposed on said housing;
a lighting module disposed in said housing for lighting said key assembly; and
a color changing mechanism including
a movable element disposed in said housing and operable to perform a linear motion, and
a plurality of colored pieces made of a light-permeable material and having different colors, said movable element being operable to move said colored pieces along a moving direction to align a selected one of said colored pieces with said lighting module;
wherein said housing has an opening, and said movable element includes a connecting body and an operating portion, said connecting body being configured as an elongated plate extending along a horizontal direction constituting the moving direction, said operating portion extending upwardly from said connecting body and exposed from said housing through said opening for manual operation.
9. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said housing has an opening, and said movable element includes a connecting body having a portion exposed from said housing through said opening for manual operation, said connecting body being formed with a plurality of windows arranged along the moving direction, said colored pieces being disposed respectively within said windows.
10. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said housing further has a guide slot extending along the moving direction and permitting said movable element to be disposed movably therein for guiding movement of said movable element along the moving direction.
11. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a light-guiding plate, said lighting module including at least one light-emitting element, said light-emitting element having a light-emitting side adapted for emitting light toward said light-guiding plate, said movable element being operable to align said light-emitting side of said light-emitting element with said colored pieces one at a time.
12. A color changeable lighting keyboard comprising:
a housing;
a key assembly disposed on said housing;
a lighting module disposed in said housing for lighting said key assembly; and
a color changing mechanism including
a movable element disposed in said housing and operable to perform a linear motion, and
a plurality of colored pieces made of a light-permeable material and having different colors, said movable element being operable to move said colored pieces along a moving direction to align a selected one of said colored pieces with said lighting module;
wherein said housing has an opening, and said movable element includes a connecting body having a portion exposed from said housing through said opening for manual operation, said connecting body being formed with a plurality of windows arranged along the moving direction, said colored pieces being disposed respectively within said windows.
13. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said connecting body is configured as an annular surrounding wall, the moving direction being a circumferential direction of said annular surrounding wall.
14. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 13 , wherein said movable element further includes two side pieces and a shaft rod, said annular surrounding wall being connected between said side pieces, said shaft rod having two end portions extending respectively through said side pieces and connected fixedly to said housing in such a manner that said connecting body is rotatable about said shaft rod relative to said lighting module.
15. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said housing further has a guide slot extending along a moving direction and permitting said movable element to be disposed movably therein for guiding movement of said movable element along the moving direction.
16. The color changeable lighting keyboard as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a light-guiding plate, said lighting module including at least one light-emitting element, said light-emitting element having a light-emitting side adapted for emitting light toward said light-guiding plate, said movable element being operable to align said light-emitting side of said light-emitting element with said colored pieces one at a time.