CN200941197Y

CN200941197Y - Folding mouse

Info

Publication number: CN200941197Y
Application number: CNU2006201123673U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴东辉
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-04-03
Filing date: 2006-04-03
Publication date: 2007-08-29
Anticipated expiration: 2016-04-03

Abstract

The utility model discloses a foldable mouse of clamp-shaped structure. The present mouse is not convenient to carry, not because of big size, but because of arched-shaped thickness. According to the human engineering principles, the basic manipulation of hand gripping of the mouse can be divided into three actions: lift, movement, and the key-press of the finger. When lifting, the mouse is clamped by the thumb, the ring finger, and the little finger, and the hand is approximately in the shape of a cone, with the fingers at the top of the cone, and the palm at the bottom of the cone approximately. The utility model is characterized in that a hinge device is used to connect two shells, both of which can move in a fan shape with the hinge as the center, and form a clamp. When the clamp is opened, the utility model is like a cone, and the warped outer shell is just near the palm to support the palm. This design which fits the human engineering principles, is comfortable when using, and foldable when carrying, and can be designed into an ultra-thin mouse.

Description

A kind of folding mouse

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of mouse, particularly a kind of collapsible mouse, the present invention can adopt PS/2 or USB interface, also can adopt wireless mode (and Bluetooth technology) to link with computer.

Background technology

At present, known mouse can be divided into mechanical mouse and optical mouse.Mechanical mouse mainly is made up of spin, roller and grating signal sensor.When you drag mouse, drive ball turns, spin drives roller again and rotates, the photoelectric pulse signal that is contained in the grating signal sensor generation of roller end reflects the change in displacement of Genius mouse in vertical and horizontal direction, controls moving of onscreen cursor arrow by the processing and the conversion of computer program again.Optical mouse is by detecting the displacement of Genius mouse, displacement signal is converted to electric impulse signal, and moving of cursor arrow on the screen controlled in processing by program and conversion again.Optical mouse has replaced spin with photoelectric sensor.Principle of work is: a light source is arranged in mouse inside, can be light emitting diode or laser tube etc., the light that sends by this light source, illuminate the desktop of mouse bottom, the local reflected back part light that desktop is illuminated, reflection ray is transferred to the interior imaging of a photoinduction device (little imager) through one group of optical lens.Like this, when mouse moved, its motion track just can be registered as the coherent image of one group of high-speed capture.Utilize a special image analysis chip (DSP of mouse inside at last, be digital microprocessor) a series of images that absorbs on the motion track is carried out analyzing and processing, by the variation of characteristic point position on these images is analyzed, judge mouse moving direction and displacement, thereby finish the location of cursor.Above principle all is a technique known, is that circular arch is held shape substantially on the mouse contour structures, is not easy to carry.

Summary of the invention

The present invention proposes a kind of folding mouse that presss from both sides the shape structure, why existing mouse is not easy to is carried, not because size is big, but owing to the thickness of dome-shaped has influenced the convenience of carrying, according to the ergonomics principle analysis, the basic operation of holding mouse is divided into: mention, move, finger is pressed key motion.By thumb and the third finger and little finger clamping, tapered substantially when palm is in one's hands mouse when mentioning, finger is substantially in vertex of a cone position, and the centre of the palm is substantially in awl position, the end.Feature of the present invention is that a hinge means is arranged, and connects two housings by hinge, and two housings can be that fan-shaped moving done at the center with the hinge, form a folder shape.The present invention is pressed from both sides and is a taper when shape is opened, the shell of perk just in time was positioned at the palm of the hand and plays the palm of the hand supporting role when folder shape was opened, and this design meets the ergonomics principle, and is pleasant when normal the use, can fold up when carrying, and can be designed to ultrathin mouse.This is a citation form of the present invention.

As second kind of consideration of the present invention, compatible hand-held uses during design, promptly do not need the operable mouse of stilt, switch with a switch, become the dual-purpose mouse of hand-held/desktop, not only be fit to the operation under the general case, the handheld operation when also being applicable to no stilt is as the giant-screen remote-controlled operation, the bed operation, game operation, (automobile, train etc.) use computer in moving, outwork, general in addition network browsing and e-book reading, audio frequency and video file broadcast etc. does not need to use the operation of keyboard, uses the yet special Energy and comfort of this mode.During as hand held type mouse, its principle of work is: having on the mouse case one can be with the touch face of finger touch control, a light source is arranged in mouse inside, can be light emitting diode or laser tube or infrared tube etc., by the light that this light source sends, illuminate the touch-surface of mouse, then with a part of light of mouse touch-surface reflected back, through one group of optical lens, be transferred to the interior imaging of a photoinduction device (little imager).Like this, when finger was mobile, its motion track just can be registered as the coherent image of one group of high-speed capture.Utilize a special image analysis chip (DSP of mouse inside at last, be digital microprocessor) a series of images that absorbs on the motion track is carried out analyzing and processing, by the variation of characteristic point position on these images is analyzed, judge mouse moving direction and displacement, thereby finish the location of cursor.The key of this touch mouse is that touch face is a wear-resisting transparent medium, and such as glass, transparent plastic etc., and the surface of contact of this medium and finger must be positioned at the position of the object distance of optical lens, so that form the sharp image that finger moves.In this mouse control chip is housed also in addition, control chip is responsible for coordinating the work of each components and parts in the optical mouse, and links up the transmission of (bridge joint) and various signals with external circuit and collect.More advanced chip has been one with photoinduction device and image analysis chip and two at present, the chip of typical chip such as Agilent company.What particularly point out is a touch-switch to be housed as left mouse button under transparent medium, and transparent medium can move up and down, and is positioned at the state of upspringing at ordinary times under the elastic force effect, and the following time that press...withes one's finger is equivalent to press left mouse button.The size of transparent medium is reference in when design to point size in addition, and at certain concavo-convex so that make finger be easy to distinguish and be positioned at the touch point of its periphery design.Transparent medium can also be provided with the scheme of two or four touch-switchs down in addition, the scheme that two touch-switchs are set under the transparent medium is: transparent medium is a kind of seesaw structure, at seesaw two touch-switch is set all, one as left button, and one as right button.So just realized a kind of single finger mouse.The scheme of four touch-switchs is set under transparent Jie: one as left button, and one as right button, and two other has so just realized the single finger mouse of a kind of global function as user-defined press key.Can also utilize a kind of optical touch roller of above-mentioned optics and signal Processing principle design in addition, on mouse, be provided with one and switch button, when switching push button switches to the roller state, the graphical analysis chip is delivered to a roller signal generating circuit with the signal of analyzing and processing, handles the page turning up and down and the left and right sides page turning signal of generation standard through the roller signal generating circuit.And this optical touch roller has two-dimentional function naturally, i.e. not only page turning up and down, and can left and right sides page turning, in the scheme that four touch-switchs are set, a self-defining key can be defined as the roller change-over switch.From above principle as can be seen, the opticator of this optical touch mouse and ordinary desktop mouse and circuit part are shared.

As the third consideration of the present invention, transmitter and receiver are set in mouse during design to be used as answering the networking telephone, as everyone knows, notebook carries microphone and the loudspeaker effect is not good enough, uses the mouse of this design just in time can remedy the deficiency that notebook computer carries microphone and loudspeaker.

The present invention can be used as the peripheral configuration of notebook computer, remedies the inconvenience that notebook computer carries mouse on the one hand, remedies the deficiency that notebook computer carries microphone and loudspeaker simultaneously, can fold again and carry.Perhaps, use as touching mouse in the time of in being inserted in notebook computer casing, use as the ordinary desktop mouse when extracting as a kind of detachable mouse apparatus of notebook computer.

Mouse PS/2 or USB line can adopt existing flexible rope form (internal or external in mouse all can), also can adorn the form of a USB socket on mouse; Or the employing wireless mode, wireless mode is meant wireless receiving and the emitter that establishes one's own system, as prior art 27M, and 2.4G, several modes such as infrared ray; Or Bluetooth technology, promptly meet the wireless mode of Bluetooth protocol.Can adopt rechargeable battery when implementing as wireless mode, charging can adopt USB interface to carry out, and for example as the detachable mouse of notebook computer the time, is in charged state when inserting notebook computer.

On mouse a miniature keyboard can be set, miniature keyboard adopts multiplexing key, and is identical with present known cell phone keyboard, can be reduced to numeric keypad during simple designs.Be used for simple input, can directly dial network telephone during as the receiver of the networking telephone.Can make keyboard into one in addition and touch LCD, and add programmable control circuit and backlight, provide Control Software to come to adjust for the user, function and dirigibility all can be better like this.Touch pad can show static state or dynamic background frame like this, can be used for doing the program of counter and startup user appointment, can be used as Adversaria prompting, can also be used to handwriting input, and this scheme is very convenient and practical.Touching the LCD technology is prior art.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1, Fig. 2 are citation forms of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a vertical view.

Fig. 3 is that the optical schematic diagram when using is handed in the present invention's conduct.

Fig. 4, Fig. 5 are the ultrathin design proposals of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a side view, and Fig. 5 is a vertical view.

Fig. 6 is a backplan of the present invention.

Fig. 7, Fig. 8 are a kind of embodiments that the present invention adopts existing components and parts, and Fig. 7 is a side view, and Fig. 8 is a vertical view.

Fig. 9, Figure 10 are a kind of embodiments that the present invention adopts box structure, and Fig. 9 is a side view, and Figure 10 is a cut-open view.

Figure 11 is that the present invention adopts the embodiment of a kind of hinge of box structure in the upper end.

Figure 12 is the embodiment of a kind of hinge between top and bottom that the present invention adopts box structure.

Figure 13 is the synoptic diagram that a keypad is set on upper casing of the present invention.

Figure 14 is the present invention is provided with transmitter and receiver when designing in mouse a circuit diagram.

Embodiment.

The present invention is further described below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.(embodiment all adopts the optical mouse scheme).

Fig. 1, Fig. 2 are citation forms of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a vertical view.Among Fig. 1, the 11st, upper casing, the 12nd, hinge, the 13rd, lower casing, the 14th, button, the 15th, snap close, the 16th, the protruding extension of lower casing, the 17th, the protruding extension of upper casing, the purpose that designs protruding extension is that certain Area of bearing is provided when seizing mouse on both sides by the arms to finger, in the protruding protruding extension that extends in lower casing that is expressed as upper casing among this figure, certainly conversely also can, promptly lower casing protruding extends in the protruding extension of upper casing.Among Fig. 2, the 21st, right button, the 22nd, roller, the 23rd, PS/2 or usb line (omitting when adopting wireless mode), 24 left buttons.Be opening during normal the use, with upper casing and lower casing closure, and upper casing and lower casing locked when carrying with snap close 15, the 14th, the releasing the button of snap close.In hinge 12, be provided with stop means, make to open to be controlled at certain angle and can be fixed on a certain angle position, can adorn one in the hinge and open the elastic spring of usefulness.The length of upper casing of the present invention and lower casing can not wait, and the angle of unlatching can not limit, but is a suitable angle when normally using.Certainly in this mouse the electronic installation of realizing every function is housed, when adopting wireless mode wireless transmit and receiving trap is arranged, and battery is housed.

Optical schematic diagram when Fig. 3 is hand-held the use its essence is a kind of optical touch mouse scheme, the 31st, and transparent medium, the 32nd, optical lens, the 33rd, the photoinduction device, the 34th, the leaded light prism, the 35th, light emitting diode, the 37th, touch the synoptic diagram of pointing.Concrete principle of work is: light emitting diode 35 emits beam, light is through the refraction of leaded light prism 34, the touch-surface that illuminates mouse is the touch face of transparent medium 31, a part of light of mouse touch-surface reflected back, through optical lens 32, be transferred to imaging in the photoinduction device (little imager) 33.Like this, when finger was mobile, its motion track just can be registered as the coherent image of one group of high-speed capture.Utilize a special image analysis chip of mouse inside that a series of images that absorbs on the motion track is carried out analyzing and processing at last, by the variation of characteristic point position on these images is analyzed, judge mouse moving direction and displacement, thereby finish the location of cursor.The key of this mouse is that touch face is a wear-resisting transparent medium, and the surface of contact of this medium and finger must be positioned at the position of the object distance of optical lens, so that form the sharp image that finger moves.Simultaneously for compatible desktop mouse, the also approximate and desktop of the surface of contact of this medium and finger in one plane.More than same set of optical system can satisfy hand-held and two kinds of modes of operation of desktop.As further perfect, can increase by a light emitting diode 36, open light emitting diode 36 when handing touch operation, close light emitting diode 35, total reflection has taken place in the light that sends of light source in transparent medium as can be seen, the number of times of total reflection can not limit, can be once, also can be repeatedly, this is relevant with specific design, and key is in the touch place of finger and transparent medium total reflection, light generation total reflection when finger leaves transparent medium to take place, finger loses the illumination of light source immediately, cursor of mouse stops to move immediately, and total reflection phenomenon disappears when the finger touch transparent medium, forms the operation that finger mouse beacon cursor moves, so, utilize accurately moving of mouse beacon cursor of total reflection principle.When carrying out the desktop operated mode, open light emitting diode 35, close light emitting diode 36.In the present embodiment, it is a kind of optional scheme that light source adopts laser tube, and the directional light characteristics of laser more help total reflection and accurately locate.Certainly increasing light emitting diode 36 is not essential scheme, can omit during as less demanding design proposal.In the scheme of above-mentioned optical touch mouse, under the transparent medium touch-switch can be set, can be one, also can be two, also can be four, according to the decision of design needs.It is to be noted that in addition hand-held and two kinds of mode of operation cursor up downs of desktop moving direction above-mentioned is opposite, can on mouse, be provided with one and switch switch, come the forward and reverse of the y direction signal that transmits between switching controls chip and the photoinduction device by change-over switch, also can solve with software, one mouse service driving program promptly is installed in computing machine, and the operation service routine carries out oppositely moving compiling when using as hand-held.

Fig. 4, Fig. 5 are the ultrathin design proposals of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a side view, and Fig. 5 is a vertical view.The 401st, upper casing, the touch-switch 417 of mouse is housed in upper casing, as ultrathin design, touch-switch can be selected metal clips formula button for use, the 403rd, hinge, the elastic spring 404 that is used to open is housed in hinge 403, the 402nd, the spacing bayonet socket of hinge, be used to control the angle of unlatching, the 405th, flexible circuit conductor, be used to connect the circuit in upper casing and the lower casing, wiring board 415 is housed in the lower casing 419, touch-switch 406 is housed on the wiring board 415, touch-switch 406 is the left mouse buttons when being specifically designed to hand-held, the 407th, transparent medium, be installed on the lower casing surface, and can move up and down, the action of pressing transparent medium 407 is directly delivered on the touch-switch 406, the left button that is equivalent to click the mouse (is meant when hand-held here, and the notion of left mouse button is meant the action of the click left button when we use right hand normal running mouse at ordinary times), the 408th, optical lens, the 409th, luminotron, can adopt the paster luminotron during as ultrathin design, be used to illuminate transparent medium 407 surfaces (during hand-held) or desktop (during desktop operated), the 410th, the medium that can move up and down, right mouse button when this medium is exactly hand-held the use, its effect is by giving touch-switch 412 by the direct transmission of the action of moving medium 410, touch-switch 412 is the touch-switchs under the right mouse button during as hand-held, the touch-switch of the left mouse button when with touch-switch 412 flat raft positions another touch-switch being housed as hand-held in addition, in backplan 6 as can be seen, be that the left button touch-switch has two, one under transparent medium, another is in the same place with right button touch-switch flat raft.The 413rd, hand-held the change-over switch of two kinds of operations of desktop, folder shape is in the hand-held state when closed, this moment, the switch lever of change-over switch 413 was depressed by upper casing, during unlatching as the desktop operated state, this moment, the switch lever self of change-over switch 413 was upspring, the 414th, snap close and lockhole 418 cooperate and are used for locked closed state.The 416th, photoinduction device, the 411st, lubricating pad.Among Fig. 5, the 51st, right button, the 52nd, roller, as ultrathin design the time, can adopt the optical touch roller, also can also can adopt touch pad roller (adopt capacitive type touch pad, be prior art), the 53rd, PS/2 or usb line (omitting when adopting wireless mode), the 54th, left button.Certainly in this mouse the electronic installation that other realize every function is housed, when adopting wireless mode wireless transmit and receiving trap is arranged, and battery is housed.

Fig. 6 is a backplan of the present invention.When the state of hand-held: the 61st, transparent medium, as the touch face of finger, it has the touch-switch as left mouse button, the 62nd, left button, the 63rd, right button during hand-held.The 66th, lubricating pad is used for desktop operated.The 65th, receiver (SPK), the 64th, transmitter (MIC) is used to answer the networking telephone.Circuit is connected with several modes: a kind of is that receiver 65 is held by the SPK that lead and plug insert computer sound card, and transmitter 64 is held by the MIC that lead inserts computer sound card, and Figure 14 is a circuit diagram; Second kind is that the signal that will be transmitter 64 (MIC) is that usb signal is sent into computer by circuit conversion, and will be converted to sound signal from the usb signal of computer by circuit and send into receiver 65 (SPK) pronunciation; When the third adopted wireless mode, a kind of was wireless receiving and the emitter that establishes one's own system, as prior art 27M, and 2.4G, several modes such as infrared ray, or Bluetooth technology promptly meet the wireless mode of Bluetooth protocol.Receiver 65 (SPK) and transmitter 64 (MIC) are optional, changeable when specifically implementing.Increase and decrease when hand-held touch scheme also can specifically be implemented.

Fig. 7, Fig. 8 are a kind of embodiments that the present invention adopts existing components and parts, and Fig. 7 is a side view, and Fig. 8 is a vertical view.Among Fig. 7, the 701st, upper casing, the 702nd, lower casing, touch-switch 703 is housed in the lower casing, movable transparent medium 704 can be pressed touch-switch 703,705th, optical lens, the 706th, prism, be used to reflect the light that luminotron 711 sends, 707 is ACTIVE medias, is used to press touch-switch 708,709th, snap close, locking upper casing when being used for closure, the 710th, change-over switch is used for switching hand-held and desktop uses two states, the 712nd, photoinduction device, touch-switch 713 and left mouse button mutually interlock (touch-switch of another flat raft and right mouse button be interlock mutually, invisible in this side view), in Fig. 8, the 81st, right button, the 82nd, roller, the 83rd, left button.

Fig. 9, Figure 10 is a kind of embodiment that the present invention adopts box structure, Fig. 9 is a side view, Figure 10 is a cut-open view, among Fig. 9, the 91st, upper casing, be shaped as the box-like of no bottom, the 97th, lower casing, be shaped as the box-like of no loam cake, upper casing and lower casing can be nested together, present embodiment is that lower shell is in upper casing, and with hinge 96 connection upper casing and the lower casings of crossing the lower end, the 92nd, left mouse button (right button is invisible in this side view), the 95th, touch-switch is in the drawings with left mouse button interlock mutually, the 93rd, roller, the 94th, roller switch, roller links to each other with roller switch, and touch-switch 95 and roller switch 94 are fixed in the upper casing, and the remaining part of mouse all is fixed in the lower casing, the parts content is identical with above-mentioned several embodiments, no longer describes here, and movable mutually circuit links to each other with flexible circuit conductor, the 98th, the double wedge shell fragment, the 99th, the recessed flank of tooth, the mutual interlock of shaggy tooth positions last lower casing opening angle, and Figure 10 is the cut-open view at A-A place, two pairs of bayonet sockets are arranged, so that the maximum angle that last lower casing is opened carries out spacing.

Figure 11 is that the present invention adopts the embodiment of a kind of hinge of box structure in the upper end.Among Figure 11, the 111st, hinge.Figure 12 is the embodiment that the present invention adopts a kind of hinge any position between top and bottom of box structure.Among Figure 12, the 121st, hinge.

Point out that simultaneously the present invention adopts the embodiment of box structure, embodiment describes be lower casing in upper casing, the present invention also can be that upper casing is in lower casing.

Also can increase by a laser indication device when the present invention adopts wireless solution in addition, be used for the giant-screen indication, laser indication device is the semiconductor laser tube.

Point out that at last the most basic scheme of the present invention is to become folder shape structure by hull shape up and down, it is characterized in that having a hinge means to connect and goes up lower casing.In all embodiments, hand-held touch scheme and annex changeable, receiver and transmitter changeable, miniature keyboard changeable, laser indication device changeable.

Claims

1. a folding mouse is equipped with the mouse performance circuit in shell, it is characterized in that: a hinge means is arranged, connect two housings by hinge, two housings can be that fan-shaped moving done at the center with the hinge, form a folder shape.

2. folding mouse according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the roller on the mouse is to touch roller.

3. folding mouse according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that: the light source that the mouse intraoral illumination is used is a luminotron.

4. folding mouse according to claim 1 is characterized in that: two housings are a kind of box structures.

5. according to claim 1 or 4 described folding mouses, it is characterized in that: have one to be used for the optically transparent medium that finger touch control cursor moves on the housing.

6. folding mouse according to claim 5 is characterized in that: optically transparent medium is arranged with coupled moving touch-switch.

7. according to claim 1 or 4 described folding mouses, it is characterized in that: transmitter and receiver are housed in the mouse, are used to answer the networking telephone.

8. according to claim 1 or 4 described folding mouses, it is characterized in that being equipped with on its shell miniature keyboard or touch LCD.

9. according to claim 1 or 2 or 4 described folding mouses, it is characterized in that: the wireless module circuit of wireless transmit and reception is equipped with in its inside.

10. folding mouse according to claim 9 is characterized in that: the bluetooth module circuit of wireless transmit and reception is equipped with in its inside.