Input device
Provided is an input device which allows a user to select desired contents more quickly and intuitively in selection of contents. The input device includes: a navigation key manipulated to select one direction among a plurality of directions; a touch unit which is manipulated by a user to input rotation while the user touches the touch unit with a portion of the body; and a control unit which controls movement on a user interface screen of a target device based on one or more direction inputs corresponding to the navigation key and a rotation input on the touch unit, wherein the navigation key and the touch unit are coupled with each other in a stacked structure.
1. An input device comprising:
a navigation key manipulated to select one direction among a plurality of directions;
a touch unit which is manipulated by a user to input rotation while the user touches the touch unit with a portion of the user's body; and
a control unit which controls movement on a user interface screen of a target device based on one or more direction inputs corresponding to the navigation key and a rotation input on the touch unit,
wherein the navigation key and the touch unit are coupled with each other in a stacked structure, and
a row movement or a column movement of media contents in a matrix structure on the user interface screen is controlled based on the direction selected by the navigation key, independently from the rotation input of the touch unit.
2. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls selection movement between the media contents aligned in rows or columns on the user interface screen based on at least one among one or more direction inputs corresponding to the navigation key and the rotation input on the touch unit.
3. The input device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit transmits remote control signals to the target device in an input cycle corresponding to the rotational speed on the touch unit, and scrolls the media contents aligned in rows or columns on the user interface screen at a speed corresponding to the input cycle with respect to the rotational direction on the touch unit.
4. The input device according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit transmits remote control signals to the target device in an input cycle corresponding to the rotational speed on the touch unit, and moves a playback position of a video frame at a speed corresponding to the input cycle with respect to the rotational direction on the touch unit.
5. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the touch unit comprises:
a touch PCB assembly which includes a plurality of channels patterned thereon to detect touch and rotation of a portion of the user's body; and
a touch member stacked on an upper portion of the touch PCB assembly.
6. The input device according to claim 5 , wherein the touch PCB assembly generates a change difference in capacitance value for each channel, processes the change difference into absolute coordinates using the change difference in capacitance value for each channel, and transmits the absolute coordinates as electrical signals to the control unit, when the user rotates (moves) the finger in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction while touching the surface of the touch member.
7. The input device according to claim 5 , wherein the touch PCB assembly comprises:
a channel unit on which the plurality of channels for rotation detection are patterned; and
a cable of which one side is connected to the channel unit and the other side is connected to the control unit.
8. The input device according to claim 7 , wherein a first adhesive member which is adhered on the upper portion of the channel unit is additionally installed between the channel unit and the touch member.
9. The input device according to claim 7 , wherein the navigation key is stacked beneath the channel unit, and
wherein a second adhesive member which is adhered on a lower portion of the channel unit is additionally installed between the channel unit and the navigation key.
10. The input device according to claim 5 , wherein the touch PCB assembly is stored in a storage space of a cover body by a medium of the navigation key, and
wherein the touch member is stored in the storage space on the upper portion of the touch PCB assembly.
11. The input device according to claim 10 , wherein holes are respectively formed in centers of the cover body, the touch PCB assembly, the navigation key, and the touch member,
wherein a key pad having a protrusion at the center is installed on a lower portion of the cover body, and
wherein an OK key is coupled to the protrusion to pass through and to be exposed through the holes of the cover body, the touch PCB assembly, the navigation key, and the touch member.
12. An input device comprising:
a navigation key manipulated to select one direction among a plurality of directions; and
a touch unit which is manipulated by a user to input rotation while the user touches the touch unit with a portion of the user's body,
wherein the touch unit comprises:
a touch PCB assembly which includes a plurality of channels patterned thereon to detect touch and rotation of a portion of the user's body; and
a touch member stacked on an upper portion of the touch PCB assembly, wherein the touch PCB assembly is stored in a storage space of a covered body by a medium of the navigation key, and wherein the touch member is stored in the storage space on the upper portion of the touch PCB assembly.
13. The input device according to claim 12 , wherein holes are respectively formed in centers of the cover body, the touch PCB assembly, the navigation key, and the touch member,
wherein a key pad having a protrusion at the center is installed on a lower portion of the cover body, and
wherein an OK key is coupled to the protrusion to pass through and to be exposed through the holes of the cover body, the touch PCB assembly, the navigation key, and the touch member.
14. The input device according to claim 12 , wherein the touch PCB assembly comprises:
a channel unit on which the plurality of channels for rotation detection are patterned; and
a cable of which one side is connected to the channel unit.
15. The input device according to claim 14 , wherein a first adhesive member which is adhered on the upper portion of the channel unit is additionally installed between the channel unit and the touch member.
16. The input device according to claim 14 , wherein the navigation key is stacked beneath the channel unit, and
wherein a second adhesive member which is adhered on a lower portion of the channel unit is additionally installed between the channel unit and the navigation key.