Primax Electronics Ltd.

Hui-Ling Lin

Ding-Hsiang Pan

Chuan-Tai Hsiao

Yu-Zeng Yang

Chun-Han Huang

Shi-Jie Zhang

Jia-Hung Lin

Chia-Ming Li

Yi-Chao Huang

Xiang-Ge He

Chang-Fu Shen

A software running status indication system includes a computing device and an input device. When a program is executed in the computing device, the program acquires a running status of a software. The input device is connected with the computing device. The input device includes a luminous display area. The running status of the software is displayed through the luminous display area.

Input device and software running status indication system

An icon display module includes a light blocking structure, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a first light-guiding pattern structure and a second light-guiding pattern structure. The light blocking structure includes an accommodation space and a first light-blocking part. The accommodation space is divided into a first region and a second region by the first light-blocking part. When the first light-emitting element emits a first light beam, the first light beam is guided by the first light-guiding pattern structure and the second light-guiding pattern structure and projected on the target. Consequently, a first icon and a second icon are shown on the target. When the second light-emitting element emits a second light beam, the second light beam is guided by the first light-guiding pattern structure and projected to the target. Consequently, the first icon is shown on the target.

Icon display module

A keyboard device includes a key module and a backlight module. The key module includes a supporting plate and plural key structures. The key structures are installed on the supporting plate. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light-sheltering layer, a reflecting layer, a light-emitting unit, a base plate and an opaque structure. The light guide plate includes a second opening. The second opening includes a lateral wall. The light-sheltering layer is located over the light guide plate. The light-sheltering layer includes a third opening. The reflecting layer is located under the light guide plate. The reflecting layer includes a fourth opening. The light-emitting unit emits a light beam into the light guide plate. The opaque structure is arranged between the light-sheltering layer and the reflecting layer. The opaque structure is located beside the lateral wall of the light guide plate.

Backlight module and keyboard device with same

An illuminated keyboard includes a membrane circuit board, a base plate, a key structure, a backlight module and a first reflective layer. The base plate is disposed beneath the membrane circuit board and has a first through hole and a plurality of second through holes adjacent to the first through hole. The key structure is disposed over the membrane circuit board and includes an elastic member. The backlight module is disposed beneath the base plate. The backlight module includes: a direct-type light-emitting element, substantially aligned with the first through hole and misaligned with a trigger portion of the elastic member; and a light guide plate, laterally adjacent to the direct-type light-emitting element. The first reflective layer is disposed over, beneath, or over and beneath the membrane circuit board and is substantially aligned with the first through hole.

Illuminated keyboard

A light guide module is provided, which includes a circuit board, one or more light-emitting elements, a light guide plate, a first reflective layer and a second reflective layer. The one or more light-emitting elements are disposed on the circuit board. The light guide plate is located on the circuit board, in which the light guide plate has a thick portion and a thin portion connected to the thick portion, and the thin portion is located over the one or more light-emitting elements, and a side surface of the thick portion adjacent to the thin portion is laterally adjacent to the one or more light-emitting elements. The first reflective layer covers a side surface of the thick portion away from the thin portion. The second reflective layer covers an upper surface of the thick portion and an upper surface of the thin portion.

Light guide module including thick portion and thin portion

An input device with a backlight function and a backlight color adjustment method are provided. The input device with the backlight function includes a casing, plural color light-emitting elements, a control module and a charge-coupled device. The control module provides electric power to at least two selected color light-emitting elements through a power supply circuit. By the control module, the chromaticity value of a mixed white light beam from the color light-emitting element is adjusted to be consistent with the chromaticity value of a white light beam, and the luminance value of the mixed white light beam from the color light-emitting element is adjusted to be consistent with the luminance value of the white light beam.

Input device with backlight function and backlight color adjustment method thereof

A backlight control system includes a keyboard device and a computing device. The keyboard device includes a fixed light sheet, at least one movable light sheet, a light guide module and a key module. The computing device includes a processing unit. The movable light sheet is detachably and electrically connected with the fixed circuit board. The fixed light sheet projects a first light beam to plural keys of the key module through the light guide module. In a special scenario mode, the processing unit drives the movable light sheet to project a second light beam to at least one special key of the key module.

Backlight control system having at least one movable light sheet that includes at least one light-emitting unit

A keyboard device includes a keyboard module and an illumination module. The keyboard module includes plural first keys and at least one second key. The illumination module includes a light guide plate and a circuit board. The light guide plate includes plural first mapping zones and a second mapping zone. The first mapping zones are located under the corresponding first keys. The second mapping zone is located under the second key. Moreover, at least one side-view light-emitting element and at least one top-view light-emitting element are installed on the circuit board. The side-view light-emitting element emits a first light beam. The top-view light-emitting element emits a second light beam. The first light beam is extracted through the corresponding first mapping zone and transferred to the corresponding first key. The second light beam is transferred to the second key.

Keyboard device capable of producing multi-zone lighting effect and illumination module thereof

An image display device a light source, an image display layer and a refractive structure layer. The light source emits a light beam. The image display layer is located over the light source. The image display layer includes plural pattern sections. The refractive structure layer has a reference plane. When the light beam is irradiated on the refractive structure layer and there is a first angle between the light beam and the reference plane, the light beam is guided to a first pattern section, so that a first image is displayed on the image display layer. When the light beam is irradiated on the refractive structure layer and there is a second angle between the light beam and the reference plane, the light beam is guided to a second pattern section, so that a second image is displayed on the image display layer.

Image display device

A color adjusting method for a color light-emitting element is provided. Firstly, a first white light beam is produced by red, green and blue light-emitting units collaboratively, and a second white light beam is produced by a white light-emitting unit. Then, a second chromaticity value corresponding to the second white light beam is acquired. Then, the red, green and blue light-emitting units are controlled to produce a third white light beam according to the second chromaticity value, and a first adjusting parameter is acquired. Then, the white light-emitting unit is controlled to produce a fourth white light beam according to a third luminance value corresponding to the third white light beam, and a second adjusting parameter is acquired. Then, a gray level adjustment process is performed according to the first and second adjusting parameters.

Color adjusting method for color light-emitting element and input device with color adjusting function

An input device includes a universal serial bus interface, a white light-emitting diode unit, a red light-emitting diode unit, a green light-emitting diode unit, a blue light-emitting diode unit and a driving part. The driving part receives electricity through the universal serial bus and drives at least one of the white light-emitting diode unit, the red light-emitting diode unit, the green light-emitting diode unit and the blue light-emitting diode unit to emit a light beam. Consequently, the light beam with a higher luminous intensity and a specified color is outputted from the input device.

USB input device with luminous function

A luminous keyboard includes plural keys and a backlight module under the plural keys. The backlight module includes a light-shading plate, a light guide plate and a reflecting plate, which are sequentially stacked on each other from top to bottom. The light-shading plate includes a first cutting hole and a first cutting hole periphery around the first cutting hole. The light guide plate includes a perforation. The reflecting plate includes a second cutting hole and a second cutting hole periphery around the second cutting hole. A top surface of the second cutting hole periphery is attached on a bottom surface of the first cutting hole periphery through the perforation. While an object is penetrated through the first cutting hole and the second cutting hole, the object is closely covered by the first cutting hole periphery and the second cutting hole periphery in response to an elastic restoring force.

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