TWI261774B - Activation method of wireless input device and wireless input device using the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an activation method of wireless input device, which comprises the following steps (A) to (D) as follows: (A) when the wireless input device is first activated, the wireless input emission device determines if it is moved, or at least one of its buttons are pressed. If yes, enter step (B), otherwise the wireless input emission device continues to detect if it is moved, or at least one of its buttons are pressed; (B) the wireless input emission device uses the format of normal data packet to package the packet containing the identification codes, and emits the packet to the corresponding and firstly-used wireless input receiving device; (C) the wireless input receiving device proceeds searching to receive the packet in step (B); (D) the wireless input receiving device sets the identification code in the packet in the step (C) as the identification code of the wireless input receiving device. By executing step (A) to step (D), the wireless input emission device and the wireless input receiving device are matched.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for enabling a wireless input device and a wireless input device using the same, and more particularly to the method and wireless input device, which are capable of excluding a connection button The setting, and its use of a single format packet, in addition to being used as a general data packet, and as a packet used in the process stage of establishing a commonly used identification code. Prior art

A conventional wireless input device, such as a wireless mouse, a wireless keyboard, etc., is provided with a Connect Button at the transmitting end and the receiving end, respectively, and the user must follow the specified steps when installing the wireless input device for the first time. The order is to press these connection buttons to complete the activation. Otherwise, the user has already installed a new battery on the transmitter and has connected the receiver to the computer. The wireless input device still cannot be paired and operates correctly. The purpose of the conventional wireless input device to set the connection button is to establish a commonly used identification code between the transmitting end and the receiving end, and the transmitting end and the receiving end must receive the signal of the user pressing the connecting button before the transmitting button can Really perform the relevant instructions to establish a common use identification code.

In the process stage of establishing the commonly used identification code, the prior art has disclosed a packet specifically used at this stage, and the transmitting end uses the packet composed of the special format to encapsulate the commonly used identification code and receive it. The end transmits the transmission. However, this special format packet cannot be used as a general data packet. When the transmitting end and the receiving end establish a common identification code, the data generated by the operation of the transmitting end is, for example,

Page 5 1261774 V. Description of invention (2) Cursor displacement data, which is encapsulated into a data packet by another format packet and transmits a transmission data packet to the receiving end. The above-mentioned conventional art practice can be solved in order to establish a common use identification code between the transmitting end and the receiving end, and additionally need to add a connecting button and a special format packet to solve the problem, thereby adding a wireless input device invisibly. The cost of production, as well as the complexity of the associated firmware implemented on the wireless input device.

The inventors of the present invention have invented a method for enabling a wireless input device and a wireless input device thereof, which are capable of eliminating the setting of a connection button and using a single format packet, in view of the above-described deficiencies of the prior art. In addition to being used as a general data packet, and as a packet used in the process phase of establishing a commonly used identification code. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method for enabling a wireless input device and a wireless input device thereof, which can enable a user to move the wireless input transmitting device or press any one of the buttons, the wireless input device, when the user first installs and uses the device. The work of establishing a commonly used identification code is automatically completed.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for enabling a wireless input device comprising the following steps: Step (A) is when the wireless input transmitting device is enabled for the first time, the wireless input transmitting device determines whether it is moved or Whether at least one of the associated keys is pressed, if the determination is true, then proceeds to step (B), and if the determination is false, the wireless input transmitting device continues to detect whether the movement is detected or whether one of the keys is pressed;

Page 6 1261774 V'Inventive Description (3) Step (B) is that the wireless input transmitting device encapsulates the packet containing the identification code in the format of the normal data packet, and transmits the packet to the corresponding and first used wireless input receiving device; Step (C) is that the wireless input receiving device performs a search to enable receiving the packet of step (B); and step (D) is that the wireless input receiving device uses the identification code in the packet of step (C) to set it as a wireless input. Receiving an identification code of the device; thereby the wireless input transmitting device and the wireless input receiving device are paired. Furthermore, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wireless input device embodying the enabling method of the present invention. The present invention will be described in detail by way of the following specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings, which are illustrated in the following: FIG. A flow chart of the method of the invention. The activation method 10 of the present invention is mainly applied to the wireless input device 20, especially when the user installs the wireless input device 20 for the first time, please refer to the second figure to show the first use state of the wireless input device. The method 10 of the present invention enables the first installation enabled wireless input device 20 to provide the user with a paired use of the wireless input device 20 in a very simple manner. The following sections will disclose in detail the steps of the method 100, and the hardware block diagram of the wireless mouse to which the method of the present invention is applied is shown in conjunction with the third figure, and the fourth figure shows the wireless application of the method of the present invention.

1261774 Five 'Inventions' (4) Hardware block diagram of the mouse receiver. When the user installs a new battery to the wireless mouse 2 0 1 and connects the wireless mouse receiver 2 0 3 to the computer 40 for the first time, the wireless input device 20 at this time immediately performs the step (1 0 1) to step (107).

Step (101) is when the wireless input transmitting device 201 is enabled for the first time, the wireless input transmitting device 201 determines whether it is moved or whether at least one of the buttons 2 0 1 a to which it belongs is pressed, and if the determination is true, then enters Step (1 0 3 ), if the determination is false, the wireless input transmitting device 2 0 1 continues to detect whether it is moved or whether one of the buttons 201a is pressed. Wireless mouse 2 0 1 After installing a new battery, the user only needs to operate to move the wireless mouse 201, or press one of the buttons 201a, and the microcontroller 2 0 1 b automatically detects the wireless mouse 2 0 1 Whether it has been moved, or whether the detection button 2 0 1 a is pressed. If the change of these signals is detected, the wireless mouse 201 regards the change of these signals as the first After the installation is enabled, the wireless mouse 2 0 1 will need to continue the work of pairing with the wireless mouse receiver 203.

Step (103) is that the wireless input transmitting device 201 encapsulates the packet 30 containing the identification code 301 in the format of the normal data packet, and transmits the packet 30 to the corresponding and first used wireless input receiving device 203. Please refer to the data structure diagram of the normal data packet used in the wireless input device according to the fifth figure. The wireless input device 20 uses the unique normal data packet 30 as: (A), the identification of the package in the first enablement phase. The code 3 0 1 ; (B), the wireless input transmitting device 200 after the package is completed, the mobile data, the key data and the like generated by the user operation. None in step (103)

Page 8 1261774 V. Description of the invention (5) Line mouse 2 0 1 , using the format of this normal data packet, instead of using a packet of another different format type used specifically for communication to establish the identification code, to encapsulate the inclusion There is a packet 30 of identification code 301. In step (105), the radio input receiving means 203 performs a search so that the packet 30 of the step (1 0 3) can be received. The wireless mouse receiver 2 0 3 in the step (1 0 5 ) is in the first enabling phase, and the wireless mouse receiver 203 can receive the wireless mouse in the frequency hopping receiving mode (Hopping). 201 is transmitted at step (103). Since the wireless mouse 201 itself may have a choice of multiple transmission frequencies, and the wireless mouse 201 transmits the packet 30 using one of the transmission frequencies, the wireless mouse receiver 203 uses frequency hopping in order to ensure that the packet 30 can be received. Receive mode to search. The step (107) is that the radio input receiving means 203 sets the identification code 301 in the packet 30 of the step (105) as the identification code 203a of the radio input receiving means 203. In the wireless mouse receiver 203 in step (107), the microcontroller 203b captures the identification code 301 in the packet 30, and sets the identification code 203a in the same value as the identification code 301, thereby achieving the wireless mouse. 201 works with the first enabled pairing of the wireless mouse receiver 203. Furthermore, the wireless mouse receiver 203 can further include a non-electrical memory 203c that can be used to store the already configured identification code 203a. Furthermore, the enabling method 10 of the present invention further includes the step (109) of wirelessly inputting the transmitting device when the paired wireless input transmitting device 201 is moved again or at least one of the buttons 201a thereon is pressed. 2 0 1 still uses the format of the normal data packet to encapsulate the identification code, shift

1261774 V. Description of invention (6)

The packet "3" of the key data is transmitted, and the packet 30 is transmitted to the corresponding wireless input receiving device 203 after pairing. After the wireless input device 20 performs the steps (101) to (107), the wireless input device 20 enters the step (1 0 9 ), and even the user operates again, the wireless input transmitting device 2 0 1 and the input receiving The device 203 performs the step (109) directly. In the step (1 0 9), the wireless mouse 2 0 1 and the wireless mouse receiver 2 0 3 , the user operates the wireless mouse 2 0 1 to input an instruction to the computer, and the wireless mouse 2 0 1 is also utilized normally. The format of the data packet encapsulates the packet 30 containing the identification code, the mobile data, and the key data to be transmitted to the corresponding wireless mouse receiver 2 0 3 , and the wireless mouse receiver receives and processes the packet 30 and transmits it to the computer. Packet 3 0.

In order to enable the wireless input device 20 to be installed for the first time, the distance between the wireless input transmitting device 201 and the corresponding wireless input receiving device 203 can be adjusted. The above step (103) further includes setting the wireless input transmitting device 201. The step of transmitting the power, thereby adjusting the effective range of the packet 30 transmitted by the wireless input transmitting device 201, and the step (105) further includes the step of setting the received power of the wireless input receiving device 203, thereby adjusting The wireless input receiving device 203 is capable of receiving the effective reception range of the packet 30 of the step (103). The enabling method 10 of the present invention can further specify the size of the effective space operation range of the wireless input device 20 by the setting adjustment of the transmission power level or the setting adjustment of the receiving power level. The above identification code 301 of the present invention can be generated by the wireless input transmitting device 201 in a random random number manner, for example, by the microcontroller 2 0 1 b.

Page 10 1261774 V. Invention Description (7) The identification code 3 0 1 of the random random number is generated. The present invention uses a wireless mouse 201 and a wireless mouse receiver 203 as a specific example. However, the disclosure method 10 of the present invention can be applied to other aspects of wireless input. Devices such as wireless keyboards, wireless joysticks, and the like.

The enabling method 10 of the present invention can be implemented in the wireless input device 20 by using a firmware, for example, implementing the step (1 0 1 ), the step (1 0 3 ), and the step (1 0 9 ) into a firmware. It is executed by the wireless mouse 2 0 1 of the wireless mouse 2 0 1 b. Similarly, step (105) and step (107) are implemented as a firmware, which is executed by the microcontroller 203b of the wireless mouse receiver 203. While the invention has been described above in terms of several preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, any of those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. All of the changes and refinements made are within the scope of the appended claims.

Page 11 1261774 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The first figure shows a flow chart of the method of the present invention. The second figure shows a schematic diagram of the state of use of the first enabled wireless input device. The third figure shows a hardware block diagram of a wireless mouse to which the method of the present invention is applied. The fourth figure shows a hardware block diagram of a wireless mouse receiver to which the method of the present invention is applied. Figure 5 is a diagram showing the data structure of a normal data packet for a wireless input device. Schema No. Description 10 Enable Method 2 0 Wireless Input Device 30 Packet 40 Computer 101, 103, 105, 107, 109 Step 201 Wireless Input Transmitter 201 Wireless Mouse 201a Button 201b Microcontroller 2 0 3 Wireless Input Receiver 2 0 3 Wireless Slip Receiver 2 0 3 a ID 2 0 3 b Microcontroller 2 0 3 c Memory 301 ID

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Claims (1)

1261774 Case - In VI. Patent application range 1. One for ^-line_ (A) · When the first input device determines whether the button is pressed, false, then the button of the wireless input (B) The wireless transmission includes a line input receiving device (C) containing an identification code, a packet of the wireless transmission step (B), and (D) the wireless transmission code, which is set to thereby use the wireless input pair. 2. Search for the way to search for a patent. 3 · If the patent application is revised, June f jTEi repair (more) original j, the factory xniori method, including the following steps: When a wireless input transmitting device is enabled, whether the wireless transmission is moved or at least one of its If the determination is true, proceed to step (B), if it is determined that the initiating device continues to detect whether it is moved or whether it is pressed; the initiating device encapsulates the packet by using the format of the normal data packet, and corresponds to the first time The transmitting device does not transmit the packet; and the receiving device performs a search to enable the identification code of the wireless input receiving device in the packet of the step (C) to be received by the receiving device; the transmitting device and the wireless input receiving device are matched. The method of enabling the method of claim 1, wherein the wireless input receiving device receives the activation method according to item 1 by frequency hopping, wherein the wireless transmission is a wireless mouse into the transmitting device. One of the. 4. The method of enabling the invention of claim 1, wherein the wireless input receiving device further comprises a non-electrical memory that stores the identification code. 5. The method of enabling according to item 1 of the patent application, wherein the step wireless keyboard wireless joystick Page 13 1261774 Case No. 93105636 Amendment VI. The identification code of patent application scope (B) is generated by the wireless input transmitting device in random random number. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting step of the step (D) is that the wireless input receiving device only captures the identification code in the packet for use as a setting. 7. The method of enabling according to claim 1, further comprising: (E): the wireless input transmitting device after the pairing is re-moved or the at least one button to which it belongs is pressed, the wireless The input transmitting device still encapsulates the packet containing the identification code, the mobile data, and the key data in the format of the normal data packet, and transmits the packet to the corresponding wireless input receiving device after the pairing. 8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step (B) further comprises the step of setting a size of a transmit power of the wireless input transmitting device, thereby adjusting a packet transmitted by the wireless input transmitting device. effective coverage. 9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step (C) further comprises: setting a received power level of the wireless input receiving device, thereby adjusting the wireless input receiving device to receive the step (B) The effective receiving range of the packet. A wireless input device comprising: a wireless input transmitting device and a wireless input receiving device, wherein the wireless input transmitting device and the wireless input receiving device respectively perform the following: (A). When a wireless input transmitting device is enabled at a time, the wireless input transmitting device determines whether it is moved or whether at least one of the associated buttons is Page 14 1261774 Case No. 93105636 Amendment 6. Whether the scope of the patent application is pressed. If the judgment is true, the program (Β) is entered. If the judgment is false, the wireless input transmitting device continues to detect whether it is moved or one of them. Whether the button is pressed; (Β). The wireless input transmitting device encapsulates the packet containing the identification code in the format of the normal data packet, and transmits the packet to the corresponding first-time wireless input receiving device; The wireless input receiving device performs a search to enable receiving a packet of the program (D). The wireless input receiving device uses the identification code in the packet of the program (C) to set the wireless input receiving device. The identification code; thereby the wireless input transmitting device and the wireless input receiving device are paired. 1 1. The wireless input device according to claim 10, wherein the means for searching in the program (C) is that the wireless input receiving device searches in a frequency hopping receiving manner. The wireless input device of claim 10, wherein the wireless input transmitting device is one of a wireless mouse, a wireless keyboard, and a wireless joystick. The wireless input device of claim 10, wherein the wireless input receiving device further comprises a non-electrical memory for storing the identification code. The wireless input device of claim 1, wherein the identification code of the program (Β) is generated by the wireless input transmitting device in a random random number manner. Page 15 1261774 Case No. 93105636 Amendment 6. Patent Application Range 15. The wireless input device according to claim 10, wherein the setting means of the program (D) is that the wireless input receiving device only captures the The identification code in the packet is used as a setting and the packet is not transmitted to the connected computer. 1 6 . The wireless input device according to claim 10, further performing the following procedure: (E). After the pairing is completed, the wireless input transmitting device is moved again or at least one of its buttons is When pressed, the wireless input transmitting device still encapsulates the packet containing the identification code, the mobile data, and the key data in the format of the normal data packet, and transmits the packet to the corresponding wireless input receiving device after the pairing. 1 1. The wireless input device of claim 10, wherein the program (B) further comprises: a program for setting a size of a transmit power of the wireless input transmitting device, thereby adjusting a wireless input transmitting device to transmit The valid range of the packet. 1 . The wireless input device of claim 10, wherein the program (C) further comprises: a program for setting a received power level of the wireless input receiving device, thereby adjusting the wireless input receiving device to receive The effective receiving range of the packet of step (B). Page 16