Patent ID: 9224555
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
1. An LED illuminated keyboard, which illuminates with different color hues in accordance with different functions, the LED illuminated keyboard comprising: a plurality of keys, comprising a first control signal generating key for generating a first control signal, a second control signal generating key for generating a second control signal, a plurality of alphabet keys and a plurality of function extending keys; a micro control unit (MCU) for transmitting signals generated by the plurality of keys to a computer; and a plurality of LED components respectively disposed beneath the plurality of keys to provide light for corresponding keys; wherein the LED components comprise a plurality of first LED components, a plurality of second LED components, and a plurality of third LED components, the plurality of first LED components have a first color hue, the plurality of second LED components have a second color hue, and the plurality of third LED components have at least one of a third color hue, a fourth color hue and a fifth color hue; wherein each of the plurality of first LED components is respectively disposed in every single key of the LED illuminated keyboard, the plurality of first LED components are categorized into a first group, a second group and a third group; the first group of the plurality of first LED components are disposed in the first control signal generating key and the plurality of alphabet keys respectively, and the plurality of second LED components are also disposed in the first control signal generating key and the plurality of alphabet keys respectively; the second group of the plurality of first LED components are disposed in the second control signal generating key and the plurality of function extending keys respectively, and the plurality of third LED components are also disposed in the second control signal generating key and the plurality of function extending keys respectively; and the third group of the plurality of first LED components are disposed in other keys within the LED illuminated keyboard; wherein the LED illuminated keyboard further comprises switch circuits for controlling the illumination of the plurality of LED components according to an output of a general purpose input/output (GPIO) of the MCU; the switch circuits comprises: a first switch circuit for controlling a power supply to supply power to the second LED components when the first control signal generating key is in the ON state; a second switch circuit for controlling the power supply to provide the power to the first group of the first LED components when the first control signal generating key is in the OFF state; a third switch circuit for controlling the power supply to provide the power to the third LED components when the second control signal generating key is in the ON state; and a fourth switch circuit for controlling the power supply to provide the power to the second group of the first LED components when the second control signal generating key is in the OFF state; wherein the LED illuminated keyboard is a wireless mini-keyboard, when the wireless mini-keyboard is connected to the computer via a Bluetooth communication to enter an input ready state, the power is provided to the plurality of LED components to implement an illumination initialization process; wherein all of the plurality of first LED components are set to illuminate with the first color hue in the illumination initialization process, while the plurality of second LED components and the plurality of third LED components do not illuminate in the illumination initialization process.