KR200201663Y1 - Pen type ball mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pen-type ball mouse used in a computer, and more particularly, a pen-type input device which converts a ball mouse into a writing-type pen and uses a mouse and merges the keyboard, mouse, and digitizer functions as if using a writing instrument. The present invention relates to a mouse that can minimize the disadvantages of the existing computer input device and further increase the convenience of the user by developing an input device to replace the mouse or the keyboard.

According to the present invention, the push switch unit A is formed on the upper part of the ball mouse 50, and the circuit unit 46 is provided inside the lower end of the push switch unit A. The wheel 16 and the wheel sensor unit C ′ are provided. The wheel part B which is incorporated is formed.

In addition, a lower portion of the ball mouse 50 includes a driving unit D formed perpendicular to the ground and a driving sensor unit C formed of a cylindrical sensor 20, and a push button unit 12 is installed at an upper outer side of the driving unit D. And it is provided with a button portion (E) at the lower end of the ball mouse (50).

Description

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The present invention relates to a pen-type ball mouse used in a computer, and more particularly, a pen-type input device which converts a ball mouse into a writing-type pen and uses a mouse and merges the keyboard, mouse, and digitizer functions as if using a writing instrument. The present invention relates to MauTM, which can minimize the disadvantages of the existing computer input device and further increase the convenience of the user by developing an input device to replace the mouse or the keyboard.

In general, the use of a computer mouse has evolved from a method of pressing a keyboard button using a finger to input a command, so that even a beginner of a computer using a mouse can easily use the computer without pressing a keyboard button. It was.

In other words, if you look at the evolution of the mouse, there is a general mouse that is put into the hand, and the use of the computer is gradually increasing the range of use, and therefore the need for a ergonomic mouse that is convenient for use in the design However, in case of graphic experts, the duration of the use of mouse is much longer than that of general people, and an expensive digitizer using a dedicated pad has been introduced, and it is widely used mainly by graphic experts. .

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 21, a disc shaped sensor 120 having a plurality of holes 140 perforated in the measuring roller 100 provided in the mouse is installed in the mouse, and the hole of the disc shaped sensor 120 is formed. The light receiving unit 160 and the light emitting unit 180 are respectively formed at the left and right sides at which the 140 is positioned.

Since the sensor 120 is provided in a disc shape, the size of the disc occupies an excessive amount of space in the mouse so that the thickness of the mouse becomes thick, which is very inconvenient for children or women with small hands.

Also, if you work with the ball mouse for a long time, your wrist will be bent for a long time and you will feel pain in your wrist.

In addition, the problem with the digitizer is that a dedicated pad must be used, and in the case of a laser mouse, a dedicated pad is used, which is economically expensive when the pad is used. In the case of a ball mouse, there is no limit to the use of a special pad, so it is most often used due to its low economic burden. However, in the digitizer style work, there are many inconveniences in the graphic work and the electronic signature and the text input.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the purpose of which is to develop a pen-type ball mouse using the advantages of the ball mouse and the traditional writing habits to facilitate the work of the digitizer, such as graphics and electronic signature By developing a mouse that can be used on a computer as it is, it is possible to use it as an input device to replace the keyboard and to reduce the thickness of the mouse for user convenience and to optimize the space generated by the mechanical structure. And it provides a pen-type ball mouse that can be applied to switch the sensor method, ergonomics and HCI (Humman Common Interface), and can realize a variety of S / W functions by connecting a wheel and a push switch.

The present invention consists of a push switch unit consisting of a push switch and a push switch button capable of operating the switch to achieve the above object, a circuit unit configured inside the bottom of the push switch unit, and a wheel, a wheel switch, and a wheel sensor unit. By providing a pen-type ball mouse comprising a wheel part, a push button part and a ball part, a driving part composed of an xy axis measuring roller and a sensor part operated by the ball, and a button part consisting of front and rear buttons respectively on both sides of the lower end of the ball mouse. Is achieved.

1 is an exemplary view showing a state in which the wire of the present invention is not connected

Figure 2 is a side view showing a state in which the wire of the present invention is connected

3 is a front view showing a state in which the wire of the present invention is connected

4 is a plan view showing a state in which the wire of the present invention is connected

5 is an exemplary view showing a cut inside of the present invention

FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating a portion 'A' of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a side cutaway view of portion 'A' of FIG. 5; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a front cutaway view of the portion 'B' of FIG. 5;

9 is a side cutaway view of the portion 'B' of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of portion 'C' of FIG. 5 and portion 'C' of FIG. 8.

11 and 12 are enlarged views of the solid cylindrical sensor of FIG. 10.

Figure 13a, b is a side view and a front view showing the position of the 'D' portion of the ball and the measuring roller in the x, y direction of Figure 5

Figure 14a, b is an illustration showing the position of the ball and the drive unit another embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 15 is a front view of a portion 'E' of FIG. 5; FIG.

FIG. 16 is a partial side view of the portion 'E' of FIG. 5; FIG.

FIG. 17 is a plan view of a portion 'E' of FIG. 5;

18 is an exemplary view showing a pipe cylindrical sensor that is another embodiment of the sensor unit of the present invention

19 is an exemplary view showing a reflective cylindrical sensor that is another embodiment of the sensor unit of the present invention

20 is a flow chart applied in connection with the push switch of the present invention

21 is a side view and a front view showing a disc-shaped sensor used in a conventional mouse;

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

(A): Push switch part (B): Wheel part

(C): drive sensor part (C '): wheel sensor part

(D): Drive part (E): Button part

10: push switch button 12: push button section

14: push switch 16: wheel

(18): Wheel switch (20,20 '): Solid cylindrical sensor

(20a): pipe cylindrical sensor (20b): reflective cylindrical sensor

(22,22a, 22b): light emitting portion 24,24a, 24b: light receiving portion

(26,26a): cylinder 27: reflector

(28,28a): hole (30): x-axis measuring roller

(32): y-axis measuring roller (34): ball

(36): Front button (38): Rear button

(40): mouse computer connection wire (44): pointer

46: circuit part 48: buffer spring

50: pen-type ball mouse

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exemplary view showing a state in which the wire of the present invention is not connected,

2 is a side view showing a state in which the wire of the present invention is connected,

3 is a front view showing a state in which the wire of the present invention is connected,

4 is a plan view showing a state in which the wire of the present invention is connected,

FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary view of the present invention by cutting the inside of the present invention. In the pen-type ball mouse 50, the push switch part A is formed on the ball mouse 50, and the push switch part ( A) A wheel portion B having a circuit portion 46 and a wheel 16 and a wheel sensor portion C 'are formed in the lower end.

In addition, the lower part of the ball mouse 50 is provided with a driving unit D and a driving sensor unit C formed perpendicular to the ground, and the push button unit 12 is installed at the upper outer portion of the driving unit D, and the lower part of the ball mouse 50 is provided. It is configured to have a button portion (E) at the end.

Reference numeral 40 in the accompanying drawings denotes a mouse computer connection wire.

FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating the portion 'A' of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a side view of the portion 'A' of FIG. 5, and the push switch unit A has a push switch 14 therein. ) And the push switch button 10 is provided on the push switch 14, but the buffer spring 48 is fixed to the left and right sides of the push switch button 10.

FIG. 8 is a front cutaway view of the portion 'B' of FIG. 5, and FIG. 9 is a side cutaway view of the 'B' portion of FIG. 5, and the wheel B is configured to scroll the mouse 50. The wheel 16 is formed to form a wheel switch 18 inside the wheel 16, and a solid cylindrical sensor 20 ′ is formed at one side of the wheel 16.

Figure 13a, b is a side view and a front view showing the position of the ball and the x, y direction measuring roller of the 'D' portion of Figure 5, Figures 14a, b is a view showing the position of the ball and the drive unit according to another embodiment of the present invention As an exemplary view, the drive unit D has a ball 34 formed thereon and includes an x-axis measuring roller 30 and a y-axis measuring roller 32 at upper and one side portions of the ball 34, respectively. One sensor portion C is formed.

10, 11 and 12, the sensor unit C is provided with a solid cylindrical sensor 20 formed in a solid form on one side of the xy-axis measuring rollers 30 and 32, but is cylindrical. A hole 28 is drilled through the hole 26, and the light emitting unit 22 and the light receiving unit 24 are provided at the upper and lower ends of the hole 28, respectively. In FIG. 10, there is one hole 28, and in FIG. Two cases (28) are shown.

FIG. 15 is a front view of the 'E' portion of FIG. 5, FIG. 16 is a side view of the 'E' portion of FIG. 5, and FIG. 17 is a plan view of the 'E' portion of FIG. Part E forms a front button 36 and a rear button 38 at the front and rear, respectively, and installs a pointer 44 at one end of the button part E.

FIG. 18 illustrates an exemplary view showing a pipe cylindrical sensor as another embodiment of the sensor unit of the present invention, and FIG. 19 illustrates an exemplary view showing a reflective cylindrical sensor as another embodiment of the sensor unit of the present invention, and FIG. 18 is formed of a pipe. A plurality of holes 28a are drilled around the cylinder 26a of the pipe cylindrical sensor 20a, a light emitting part 22a is built into the pipe of the pipe cylindrical sensor 20a, and a light receiving part 24a is located outside the pipe cylindrical sensor 20a. ).

FIG. 19 attaches a plurality of reflecting plates 27 to the outer periphery of the reflective cylindrical sensor 20b formed of a solid, and includes a light receiving portion 24b and a light emitting portion 22b on the outer top of the reflective cylindrical sensor 20b, respectively.

FIG. 20 illustrates a flow chart applied in connection with the push switch of the present invention. The biggest difference of the conventional ball mouse compared to the conventional digitizer was a difference in resolution (dpi / dot per inch). In the mouse, the movement distance measured by the cloud of the ball and the change value controlled by the wheel can be connected to the push switch in a circuit to dramatically increase the display ability of the mouse.

Referring to the configuration as described above will be described the operation of the present invention.

The driving unit D and the driving sensor unit C move the ball 34 along a plane when the user manipulates the pen-type ball mouse 50. At this time, the moving distance of the ball 34 can be known by detecting the x, y axis movement direction of the ball. That is, when the ball 34 freely rolls on the ground, the x, y axis measuring rollers 30 and 32 in close contact with the ball 34 are constrained and rotated about the rotation axis. In this case, the rotation speed and the rotation angle are measured by the driving sensor unit C connected to the measurement rollers 30 and 32. The specific method and principle thereof are as follows.

When the signal transmitted from the light emitting unit 22 is received by the light receiving unit 24 and the outgoing signal meets the cylinder 26 when the rollers 30 and 32 rotate, the light receiving unit 24 fails to pass through the sensor 20. If it fails to detect and meets the hole 28, the sensor 20 passes through the sensor 20 to detect the light receiving unit 24. The intermittent signal sensed in this way is converted into an electrical signal and transmitted to the circuit section 46, and again to the computer through the wire. That is, the amount of detection of the signal detected by the sensor is converted into a moving distance in which the ball 34 moves in the x and y-axis directions by a software method.

In addition, the driving sensor unit C can be implemented in various ways, one of which is the solid cylindrical sensor 20 and has a solid cylindrical sensor 20 formed in a cylindrical shape and has a hole 28 in the cylinder 26. Perforated) and detects the light irradiated from the light emitting unit 22 in the light receiving unit 24 to perform the same role as the conventional disc sensor 120. Another method is a pipe cylindrical sensor 20a, as shown in FIG. 18, the light emitting portion 22a is configured inside the pipe-shaped cylinder 26a, and the light receiving portion 24a is configured outside. Same as the operation principle of 20).

Another method is a reflective cylindrical sensor 20b as shown in FIG. 19. A reflective plate 27 is attached to the outside of the reflective cylindrical sensor 20b to transmit and receive a signal. It is a method of receiving the signal reflected from the light receiving unit 24b, and the remaining operating principle is the same as the solid cylindrical sensor 20.

In the case of the conventional ball mouse, the rotation axes of the two rollers (x, y axis measuring rollers) are all arranged in parallel with the ground (xy plane), so that the mouse has to be widened to the plane. However, the pen-type ball mouse 50 of the present invention is horizontal by arranging the rotation axes of the two x and y axis measuring rollers 30 and 32 in parallel with the yz plane or the xz plane as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. Minimize the volume occupied by and instead take up the volume in the longitudinal direction (pen direction). Since it is the pen direction to achieve in the present invention to occupy the volume in the longitudinal direction is not limited by space.

In addition, the wheel switch 18 of the wheel portion B serves as a middle button of a three-button mouse, and the wheel 16 is off from the push switch 14 and is not connected to the circuit. When the scroll function of the window, which is the function of the conventional wheel mouse, is scrolled, but it is connected to the push switch 14 to operate in a circuited manner, the specific values (values) of various functions performed by the user program can be set. The role of choice and the principle of operation are as follows.

When the wheel 16 is rotated with a finger, the amount of rotation of the wheel 16 is detected by the wheel sensor unit C 'and converted into an electrical signal and input to a computer. After that, the values (values) of the various functions performed by the program of the computer are determined. The input to the computer is only an electrical signal (amount) proportional to the amount of rotation of the wheel 16, and specific programs, functions, and proportional ratios are solved by a software method.

In other words, this is different for each program used by the user and solves the software selection of a function in a specific software. The proportional ratio of the electric signal (rotation of the wheel) input from the selected function and the value to be selected accordingly is selected. The degree of change of the value depending on the amount of rotation of the wheel is also solved in software.

For example, in the contrast control function of a graphic program, the adjustment of the specific value of the contrast is not performed by selecting a menu of the corresponding program, which is an existing method, but can be controlled by the wheel 16 according to the same method and action principle. Do.

The rotation amount detection of the wheel 16 in the wheel sensor unit C 'is based on the same operating principle as the driving sensor unit C described above.

The push switch 14 serves two roles. First, as described above, the push switch 14 is used for circuitry and intermittence with the wheel portion B. The second receives the movement distance of the pen-type ball mouse 50, and serves as a transformation between the absolute coordinate system and the relative coordinate system, which are two coordinate systems that may occur when the coordinates are converted into coordinates. That is, when it is on is the selection of the absolute coordinate system, when it is off, it is the relative coordinate system.

In addition, the click, double click, drag, and quick menu selection of the existing mouse can be achieved with the pen-type ball mouse 50, and the functions of the left and right mouse of the existing mouse can be changed in software. In the pen-type ball mouse 50, the user can change the functions of the front and rear buttons 36 and 38 in software.

First, the function of the click or double click of the existing mouse can achieve the click or double click function by using the front button 36 to erect the pen-type ball mouse 50 of the present invention.

The rear button 38 serves as a right button of a general ball mouse. The back end of the pen-type ball mouse 50 is laid down or the pen-shaped ball mouse 50 is held in the state of holding the hand slightly. Press at the rear button 38 is pressed.

In addition, the drag function of the mouse 50 gives a space on the bottom of the pen-type ball mouse 50 so that the ball 34 and the front button 36 can contact the ground at the same time. The drag function can be achieved by moving the pen-shaped ball mouse 50 in the state in which the front button 36 is pressed before standing vertically. As shown in FIG. 5, the push button part 12 has a front button 36 and a mechanism. Since it is connected to perform the same function as the front button 36, which provides convenience to suit the taste of various users.

The pointer 44 serves to indicate the front part when inputting a character with the pen-type ball mouse 50, and the circuit unit 46 is configured by using the same circuit as the existing ball mouse.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and any person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes will fall within the scope of the claims.

The present invention is to move the direction of the rotation axis of the x, y axis measuring roller of the conventional ball mouse in the direction perpendicular to the ground (z, y plane or z, x plane) in parallel with the ground (x, y plane) By reducing the volume occupied horizontally and devising a cylindrical sensor which is smaller in size than the conventional disc type sensor, it is possible to implement the pen type by minimizing and optimizing the size of various parts inside the mouse. The same effect can be achieved. First, the first-time user of the mouse uses the same method as the writing instrument, so the user can easily adapt and use the existing writing instrument without relearning how to use the mouse. With the support of a character recognition program, you can work with graphics in the same way as with traditional writing methods. In the same way, instead of using the keyboard to input characters, a pen-type ball mouse can be used. Second, compared to the conventional ball-type mouse, graphic work is easier and the effect of relieving the pain on the wrist when used for a long time. Compared with the digitizer or laser mouse, the economical effect can be obtained by not using a dedicated pad.

In addition, by connecting the wheel and the push switch in a circuit and at the same time supported by the software method, it is possible to easily select or input specific values required in various program specific menus through the wheel, which is important among these functions. Absolute and relative coordinate systems can be converted and resolution can be adjusted.

In addition, the functions of the existing mouse functions such as click, double click, drag, and quick menu can all be used in the same way, and the front and rear buttons are installed to use the functions of the existing mouse buttons as they are.

However, the position of the front and rear buttons minimizes the inconvenience of using the movement area of the hand using the writing instrument and the button of the movement method, and for those who prefer to press the button with the finger in the existing mouse click function. A push button unit is installed to facilitate input. In addition, when changing the role of the left and right mouse of the existing mouse for left-handed or other reasons, it is possible to select by software, so that all can be made so as not to be influenced by individual tastes or habits, thereby maximizing convenience for the user. It is a very useful design.

Claims (3)

In the pen-shaped ball mouse 50, a push switch 14 is formed therein, and a push switch button 10 is provided on the push switch 14, but a buffer spring 48 is disposed on the left and right sides of the push switch button 10 below. Push switch unit (A) which fixed), A wheel 16 and a wheel sensor part C 'for scrolling of the mouse 50 are formed, and a wheel switch 18 is built into the wheel 16, and a solid cylindrical sensor is formed on one side of the wheel 16. Wheel portion B formed with 20 '), A driving unit D having a ball 34 formed thereon and a driving sensor unit C having an x-axis measuring roller 30 and a y-axis measuring roller 32 formed on the upper side and one side of the ball 34, respectively. Wow, The push button part 12 is installed at an upper outer side of the upper part of the driving part D, and the driving sensor part C is provided with a solid cylindrical sensor 20 formed in a solid shape on one side of the xy-axis measuring rollers 30 and 32. Drilling holes 28 into the cylinders 26 and having light emitting portions 22 and light receiving portions 24 above and below the holes 28; Pen-shaped ball mouse, characterized in that the front and rear buttons (36) and the rear button (38) formed on each side of the button portion (44) provided with a pointer (44). In the sensor unit (C, C ') of claim 1, A plurality of holes 28a are drilled around the cylinder 26a of the pipe cylindrical sensor 20a formed of a pipe, and a light emitting part 22a is built in the pipe of the pipe cylindrical sensor 20a, and outside the pipe cylindrical sensor 20a. The pen-type ball mouse provided with the light-receiving part 24a. In the sensor unit (C, C ') of claim 1, Pen-shaped ball, characterized in that a plurality of reflecting plate (27) attached to the outer periphery of the reflective cylindrical sensor (20b) formed of a solid and provided with a light receiving portion (24b) and a light emitting portion (22b) on the outer top of the reflective cylindrical sensor (20b), respectively. mouse.