CN102331866A - Mouse with rotary disc function - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a mouse with a turntable function, which comprises: the device comprises a shell, an interface circuit, a sensing unit and a control unit. Wherein, the shell is provided with a left key, a right key, a roller and a turntable, and the turntable is provided with a central through hole, so that the roller is arranged at the center of the turntable. The interface circuit is electrically connected with the turntable and is used for generating a scale signal according to a rotation scale generated by the rotation of the turntable. The sensing unit is arranged on the lower surface of the shell and extracts an image signal through a reflection shadow formed on a contact surface by a light source. The control unit is electrically connected with the interface circuit and the sensing unit and used for adjusting a coordinate axis positioning angle or a coordinate vector proportion of the sensing unit according to the scale signal and calculating a displacement change according to the image signal. The invention can effectively improve the functionality, the practicability and the convenience of the mouse.

Description

mouse with turntable function

technical field

The invention relates to a mouse, in particular to a mouse which is designed with a turntable and can use the turntable to execute function parameters.

Background technique

With the rapid development of science and technology, the operation interface in the computer system has been designed using a Graphical User Interface (GUI), so as to increase the user's convenience in operation. And just because of the design of the graphical user interface, the mouse has generally become one of the peripherals used by users to operate the computer system.

Due to the increasing number of functions supported by computer software, the design of the current mouse, in addition to the original left button, right button, and scroll wheel, has additionally added many function keys, allowing users to use the mouse according to the computer. The operating functions that can be provided in the software can be used to define these function keys, so as to become shortcut keys or combination keys to increase the smoothness of operating computer software. In addition, for some users (such as: graphics processing workers, game players, etc.), their requirements for mouse resolution are often higher than those of general users. Therefore, more and more mice provide function keys for allowing users to quickly switch mouse resolutions.

Yet the mouse is in order to accommodate these extra function keys mentioned above, and can allow the user to operate conveniently again without affecting the operation of the mouse itself. This makes the mouse with multiple functions relatively larger in size. As a result, it reduces the convenience of the mouse. Therefore, regarding the current design of a single mouse, there is still room for further research and improvement if the mouse is to be designed with functionality, practicability and convenience.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention, that is, the purpose of the present invention is to surround a turntable around the wheel of the mouse, so as to use the rotation scale generated when the turntable rotates to execute the corresponding set mouse function parameters.

According to a solution proposed by the present invention, a mouse with a turntable function is provided, including: a casing, an interface circuit, a sensing unit and a control unit. Wherein, the casing is provided with at least one button, a scroll wheel and a turntable, and the turntable surrounds the scroll wheel. The interface circuit is electrically connected to the turntable, and is used for generating a scale signal according to a rotation scale generated by the rotation of the turntable. The sensing unit is arranged on one side of the casing, and outputs a displacement change according to the movement of the casing on the contact surface. Finally, the control unit is electrically connected to the interface circuit and the sensing unit, and is used for adding coordinate axis positioning angle adjustment or coordinate vector ratio adjustment according to the scale signal through the displacement change output by the sensing unit.

According to another solution proposed by the present invention, a mouse with a turntable function is provided, including: a housing, an interface circuit and a control unit. Wherein, the housing is provided with at least one button, a scroll wheel and a turntable, and the turntable surrounds the scroll wheel. The interface circuit is electrically connected to the turntable, and is used for generating a scale signal according to a rotation scale generated by the rotation of the turntable. The control unit is electrically connected to the interface circuit, and executes a function parameter of the mouse according to the scale signal.

Thereby, the beneficial effect of the present invention is that the user can quickly execute the corresponding set function parameters without changing the original operation habits when using the mouse. Moreover, allowing the mouse to execute the design of function parameters through the turntable provides a convenient and easy-to-operate interface for the user. In addition, since the turntable of the present invention surrounds the scroll wheel of the original mouse, overall, the volume of the mouse will not be greatly increased. In order to effectively improve the functionality, practicability and convenience of the mouse.

The above overview, the following detailed description and accompanying drawings are all for further explaining the ways, means and effects of the present invention to achieve the intended purpose. Other purposes and advantages of the present invention will be described in the subsequent description and accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the embodiment block diagram of the mouse that the present invention has turntable function;

Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional schematic diagram of the embodiment of the mouse with turntable function of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of adjusting the coordinate axis positioning angle of the sensing unit in the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of adjusting the coordinate vector ratio of the sensing unit according to the present invention.

Wherein, the reference signs are explained as follows:

1 mouse

10 shell

11 transmission interface unit

12 key module

120 rollers

121 left button

122 Right

13 turntables

14 interface circuit

15 sensing unit

16 control unit

2 computer system

Detailed ways

The present invention utilizes the turntable to execute additional function parameters provided by the mouse in addition to the basic functions, so that the user can replace the button operation method with a smoother turntable rotation operation method. What should be stated first is that the present invention is not designed for the structural form of the turntable itself, so in actual design, the turntable can be, for example, any mechanical turntable, optical turntable, touch turntable, etc. The design of the turntable that generates different signals is not limited by the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 at the same time, which are a block diagram and a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an embodiment of a mouse with a turntable function according to the present invention. This embodiment provides a mouse 1 with a turntable function, which is applied to a computer system 2 and used to be placed on a contact surface (not shown in the figure) for the user to move and operate. The mouse 1 includes: a casing 10 , a transmission interface unit 11 , a button module 12 , a turntable 13 , an interface circuit 14 , a sensing unit 15 and a control unit 16 .

The transmission interface unit 11 is used to electrically connect the computer system 2, and in design, the transmission interface unit 11 can be electrically connected with the computer system 2 by using a wired or wireless transmission standard, so as to serve as the mouse 1 and the computer system 2 data transfer path between them.

The button module 12 at least includes a scroll wheel 120 , a left button 121 and a right button 122 . Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can understand that the scroll wheel 120, left button 121 and right button 122 of the mouse 1 are actually arranged in the form of the casing 10, and in terms of functions, they are generally used to turn pages forward and backward, click and call The functions of the shortcut menu will not be repeated here.

The turntable 13 is disposed on the housing 10 , and the design of the turntable 13 is independent from the left button 121 , right button 122 and scroll wheel 120 of the mouse 1 . In addition, the turntable 13 of this embodiment is designed in the form of a central perforation, so that the roller 120 is disposed at the center of the turntable 13 . In other words, the turntable 13 surrounds the scroll wheel 120 to provide the user with a rotating operation. The interface circuit 14 is electrically connected to the turntable 13 for generating a scale signal according to a rotation scale generated by the rotation of the turntable 13 . Wherein, the rotation scale generated by the actual rotation of the turntable 13 is determined according to the design specifications of the turntable 13 , and this embodiment does not limit the numerical value represented by each rotation scale.

The sensing unit 15 is arranged on one side of the casing 10 (the surface below), and in actual operation, the sensing unit 15 will operate according to the positioning angle of the coordinate axis and the ratio of the coordinate vector, so that a light source can touch An image signal is extracted from the reflection shadow formed on the surface, and the displacement change when the housing 10 is moved is output relative to it. Certainly, according to the form of the actually designed mouse 1 , the light source can be, for example, a laser light source or an infrared light source, and the sensing unit 15 selects a sensor with a corresponding specification according to different light sources of the mouse 1 .

The control unit 16 is electrically connected to the transmission interface unit 11 , the key module 12 , the interface circuit 14 and the sensing unit 15 . Wherein, the control unit 16 is used for analyzing and judging whether the current user has operated the scroll wheel 120, the left key 121 or the right key 122 in the key module 12 to generate a key signal; To make relative adjustments to the functions performed by the mouse, the adjustment method will be fully explained later. Thereby, the control unit 16 can transmit the key signal and displacement change to the computer system 2 through the transmission interface unit 11 , so as to realize the function of operating the computer system 2 by the mouse 1 .

In addition, the control unit 16 of this embodiment further executes a function parameter of the mouse 1 according to the scale signal generated by the interface circuit 14 . The functional parameters include the adjustment of the coordinate axis positioning angle, the adjustment of the coordinate vector ratio, a tilt wheel (Tilt Wheel), a switching description command set (Profile) and a fast function key and other functional parameters. The following are descriptions for different function parameters one by one.

Firstly, regarding the functional parameters of the adjustment of the coordinate axis positioning angle, please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of adjusting the coordinate axis positioning angle of the sensing unit according to the present invention. Assume that when the user is using the mouse 1 , due to habitual actions or the influence of space factors, the user operates the mouse 1 obliquely, for example, tilting to the left by 45 degrees as shown in FIG. 3 . At this time, the positioning angle of the coordinate axis of the sensing unit 15 in the mouse 1 is shifted to the left by 45 degrees following the mouse 1 as shown in the upper diagram of FIG. 3 . In this way, since the positioning angle of the coordinate axis of the sensing unit 15 has shifted with the tilt of the mouse 1, if the user still moves left and right according to the original habit in operation, the computer will actually move to the left and right. The mouse cursor presented in the system 2 will move in the direction of 45 degrees to the upper left and 45 degrees to the lower right.

In this regard, through the design of the turntable 13 of this embodiment, functional parameters can be executed to adjust the coordinate axis positioning angle of the sensing unit 15, allowing the user to operate the turntable 13 (such as: rotate a rotation scale clockwise) to Adjust the positioning angle of the coordinate axis of the sensing unit 15 of the mouse 1 to fine-tune the positioning angle of the coordinate axis by 45 degrees clockwise. In this way, the positioning angle of the coordinate axis of the sensing unit 15 can be restored to the state where the mouse 1 is placed normally (without tilting to the left or right) as shown in the lower diagram of FIG. 3 . In this way, the user can operate the mouse 1 more smoothly.

Next, please refer to FIG. 4 for the functional parameters of the adjustment of the coordinate vector ratio. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of adjusting the coordinate vector ratio of the sensing unit according to the present invention. Before that, it is stated that the adjustment of the coordinate vector is in principle used to adjust the resolution of the mouse 1 (that is, the so-called sensitivity), which is used to calculate the relationship between the moving distance between the mouse 1 and the mouse cursor . More specifically, assume that the preset resolution of the mouse 1 is 400dpi, and the screen resolution of the computer system 2 is 1280*1024. In this way, if the mouse cursor is to be moved from the leftmost to the rightmost of the screen image of the computer system 2, the actual moving distance of the user operating the mouse 1 is about 3.2 inches (1280/400=3.2), which is about 8 centimeters.

The function of the turntable 13 designed in this embodiment is further used to execute function parameters to adjust the coordinate vector ratio, that is, to adjust the proportional relationship between the coordinates between the X-axis and the Y-axis, so that the X-axis and the Y-axis Coordinate vectors do not form proportional enlargement or reduction. In actual design, for example, it can be designed to increase the resolution of the X-axis and reduce the resolution of the Y-axis when the turntable 13 is rotated clockwise; X-axis resolution, and increase the Y-axis resolution.

In this way, as shown in the upper figure of FIG. 4 , assuming that the default resolution of the mouse 1 is 600dpi, and the coordinate vector ratio of the sensing unit 15 is 1:1, it means that the resolutions of the X-axis and the Y-axis are both 600dpi. Next, as shown in the lower figure of FIG. 4 , if the user operates the turntable 13 to rotate a rotation scale in the clockwise direction, for example, the X-axis of the coordinates of the sensing unit 15 can be increased by 200dpi to adjust to 800dpi, and the The Y axis is reduced by 200dpi to adjust to 400dpi. The adjusted coordinate-vector ratio of the sensing unit 15 is 2:1. Of course, the adjustment of the coordinate ratio is not limited to the integer ratio, and the actual adjustment distance can be designed according to the requirement.

As mentioned above, the function of the function parameter of the coordinate vector ratio is to allow the user to properly adjust the resolution of the mouse 1 according to the screen resolution of the computer system 2 on which the mouse 1 is applied. Furthermore, when the user operates the mouse 1 to move up and down and left and right, the actual moving distance of the mouse 1 can be as consistent as possible or meet the needs of the user in terms of accuracy.

Next, in terms of the functional parameters of the tilting rollers, the turntable 13 of this embodiment can further utilize the clockwise rotation and counterclockwise rotation of the turntable 13 to realize the function of the tilting rollers respectively. In other words, when the turntable 13 rotates clockwise, it means that the scroll wheel of the mouse with tilting wheel function on the market is tilted to the right; otherwise, it is used to perform the function of tilting the scroll wheel to the left. Thereby, the scroll wheel 120 of the mouse 1 in this embodiment does not need to adopt the design of the tilted scroll wheel, but can be directly operated by the turntable 13, thereby saving component cost and reducing the complexity of the structural design.

In terms of switching the function parameters of the description instruction set, the turntable 13 in this embodiment can be further used to perform an action of switching the description instruction set. For example, when using different application software, the user usually sets each button in the button module 12 on the mouse 1 (such as the scroll wheel 120, the left button 121 and the right button 122) separately or in combination to set different functions. , to be recorded separately as different description instruction sets. Among them, especially game software requires users to set according to their own operating habits, and even the same game software needs to set different description instruction sets according to different game scripts or scenarios. Therefore, when the user sets multiple sets of description instruction sets for the mouse 1 , the user can quickly switch between different description instruction sets by rotating the turntable 13 of this embodiment.

Finally, in terms of the function parameters of the quick function keys, simply speaking, the turntable 13 has two rotation directions of clockwise rotation and counterclockwise rotation. Therefore, the actions of the two rotation directions of the turntable 13 can be respectively provided to the user to define any actions that need to be controlled. For example: set to control open (ON) or close (OFF) action.

Although the foregoing descriptions illustrate the role of different function parameters, if the mouse 1 is designed according to the actual application requirements of the mouse 1 , the dial 13 may only be designed to implement one of the function parameters.

Of course, if the turntable 13 of the mouse 1 is to be used to perform a variety of different function parameters, in terms of design structure, the control unit 16 further receives a switching signal to switch a turntable function mode, so as to use the currently switched turntable The function mode is used to execute the corresponding function parameters (adjustment of coordinate axis positioning angle, adjustment of coordinate vector ratio, tilting the scroll wheel, switching description instruction set or quick function keys). In this way, the user can select the function parameters that the turntable 13 can actually perform correspondingly.

As far as specific design is concerned, the control unit 16 may, for example, have a built-in correspondence table (not shown in the figure), and the correspondence table distinguishes different fields according to different dial function modes, and each field is used for Recorded is the corresponding action information executed when the turntable 13 rotates clockwise, counterclockwise, and when the turntable 13 rotates to different rotation scales. In this way, the control unit 16 selects fields of different turntable function modes according to the switch signal, and then corresponds to the action information recorded in the currently selected field according to the scale signal. In this way, the embodiment of using the turntable 13 to execute different function parameters is realized.

It should be added that there are generally the following two ways of generating the aforementioned switching signal. One of them is to design a switching key (not shown in the figure) in the button module 12 of the mouse 1 in addition, allowing the user to directly operate the switching key of the mouse 1 to trigger and generate a switching signal. The other is to use software control to provide the user with a switching option through a driver interface (not shown) in the computer system 2, or other application programs specially designed for the mouse 1, so as to generate switching. Signal. Thereby, no matter which design method is adopted, the switching signal can be effectively generated to select the desired function mode of the turntable.

To sum up, the present invention designs a turntable component on the mouse to use the turntable to execute the function parameters provided by the mouse in addition to the basic functions, so that the user can use a smoother turntable rotation method to execute the mouse function parameters. In addition, the design of the present invention is to surround the turntable with the original mouse wheel, so that the user can quickly execute the corresponding set function parameters without affecting the user's original operation habit of using the mouse. On the whole, the present invention does not greatly increase the volume of the mouse, but provides a convenient and easy-to-operate interface. Thereby, the functionality, practicability and convenience of the mouse can be effectively improved.

In addition, the number of a left button and a right button in the above-mentioned mouse is only for illustration, and the present invention is based on the principle of at least one button.

The above is only a detailed description and drawings of specific embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be based on the following claims, and any person skilled in the art can easily think Any change or modification can be included in the scope of protection defined in the following invention.

Claims (10)

1. the mouse with rotating disk function is characterized in that, comprising:

One housing is provided with at least one button, a roller and a rotating disk, and wherein this rotating disk is around this roller;

One interface circuit electrically connects this rotating disk, and this interface circuit produces a scale signal according to the rotation scale that this rotating disk rotation is produced;

One sensing cell is arranged at this housing one side, this sensing cell according to this housing on a surface of contact mobile phase to exporting a change in displacement; And

One control module electrically connects this interface circuit and this sensing cell, and this control module adds axes of coordinates orientation angle adjustment or the adjustment of coordinate vector ratio according to this scale signal with the change in displacement with this sensing cell output.

2. the mouse with rotating disk function as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Wherein the further switching signal that receives of this control module switches a rotating disk functional mode, and selects to adjust this axes of coordinates orientation angle or this coordinate vector ratio according to this rotating disk functional mode.

3. the mouse with rotating disk function as claimed in claim 2; It is characterized in that; Wherein this control module receives this switching signal of the switch key institute triggering for generating of this mouse, this switching signal that the computer system institute computing that perhaps receives this mouse and electrically connected produces.

4. the mouse with rotating disk function as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein this rotating disk is mechanical type rotating disk, optical profile type rotating disk or touch rotating disk.

5. the mouse with rotating disk function is characterized in that, comprising:

One housing is provided with at least one button, a roller and a rotating disk, and wherein this rotating disk is around this roller;

One interface circuit electrically connects this rotating disk, and this interface circuit produces a scale signal according to the rotation scale that this rotating disk rotation is produced; And

One control module electrically connects this interface circuit, and carries out a functional parameter of this mouse according to this scale signal.

6. the mouse with rotating disk function as claimed in claim 5; It is characterized in that; Wherein the further switching signal that receives of this control module switches a rotating disk functional mode, and this control module selects to carry out the functional parameter that a tilt roller, switches a description instruction set or a quick function key according to this rotating disk functional mode.

7. the mouse with rotating disk function as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, this mouse further comprises:

One sensing cell is arranged at the lower surface of this housing, and this sensing cell electrically connects this control module, and according to this housing on a surface of contact mobile phase to exporting a change in displacement;

Wherein, this sense unit one an axes of coordinates orientation angle and coordinate vector ratio is moved.

8. the mouse with rotating disk function as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, wherein this control module further selects to carry out the adjustment of this axes of coordinates orientation angle or the adjustment of this coordinate vector ratio according to this rotating disk functional mode.

9. the mouse with rotating disk function as claimed in claim 6; It is characterized in that; Wherein this control module receives this switching signal of the switch key institute triggering for generating of this mouse, this switching signal that the computer system institute computing that perhaps receives this mouse and electrically connected produces.

10. the mouse with rotating disk function as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, wherein this rotating disk is mechanical type rotating disk, optical profile type rotating disk or touch rotating disk.

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