JP2001344068A - Simple scroll mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a standard mouse having a ball for scroll on the upper face and wheels for scroll on the right and left side faces for smoothly performing the scroll or zoom operation of display contents on a computer screen by using a standard computer mouse designed so that a cursor on the computer screen can be moved by moving the main body. SOLUTION: A simple scroll mouse is constituted by arranging a ball or wheel for scroll on the upper face of a standard mouse and wheels for scroll on the both right and left side faces or either the right or left side face of the standard mouse. Computer software for the simple scroll constitutes a program so that display contents on the computer screen can be scrolled or zoomed, and that the displayed object can be rotated by using the rotating operation information of the ball or wheel arranged on the upper face of the mouse and the wheels arranged on the right and left side faces of the mouse.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mouse which is an input device of a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the operation of computer software, scrolling and zooming of texts and images displayed on a computer screen have been conventionally performed by rotating a wheel provided on a mouse. If the content displayed on the screen is a sentence, two types of scrolling are required, up and down and left and right, and three types of operations are required when the zoom is adjusted. Since only one or two wheels are provided, it is necessary to separately perform an operation for selecting an operation, such as selecting which operation is to be performed depending on the type of a key on a keyboard which is simultaneously pressed when rotating the wheel. To press a key on the keyboard, you will need to use another hand than the one that operates the mouse, it will be difficult to operate while holding drawings etc. in one hand, and the line of sight moves from the screen to the keyboard, so it is smooth Cannot operate. On the other hand, when the display content is an image, scrolling not only vertically, horizontally, but also diagonally, that is, in any direction is necessary, but a wheel with a fixed rotation axis is not suitable as an input device for instructing scrolling in any direction. Yes, instead of wheels, balls that can rotate in any direction are desirable. Conventionally, there are input devices having a spherical rotating body called a trackball on the upper surface of the main body, but unlike a standard mouse, the main body does not move, and instead of rotating the trackball, a computer is exclusively used. It is designed to move the cursor on the screen. If scrolling with a trackball, a separate operation is still necessary to select whether to move the cursor or scroll. On the other hand, there is no conventional standard mouse designed to move the cursor on the computer screen by moving the main body, and there is no one with a scroll ball on the top, so scrolling and rotating in any direction Unable to direct with a standard mouse.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a standard mouse having a scroll ball on the upper surface of a mouse and a standard mouse having a scroll wheel on the left and right sides. The purpose is to do.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a scroll ball or a wheel is provided on the upper surface of a standard mouse, and a scroll wheel is provided on the left and right sides, and information on the rotation of the scroll is used. Then, the computer software scrolls or zooms the display content on the computer screen, or rotates the display object.

[0005]

In the case of a mouse having a scroll ball on the top surface, the ball can be scrolled in any direction and the display object can be rotated by rotating the ball in any direction. In addition, even in the case of using only for vertical and horizontal scrolling, scrolling in both directions is possible with one ball, so that operability is good. on the other hand,
In the case of a mouse with a wheel on the top, you can assign one operation such as up / down scroll, left / right scroll, and zoom to each wheel together with the left and right side wheels, and use the keyboard keys to select the operation. Combined operation such as pressing is not required.

[0006]

1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a mouse main body, 2 denotes an upper scroll ball, 3 denotes a left wheel, 4 denotes a right wheel, and 5 denotes an upper wheel. These balls and wheels can convey their rotation to the computer, and the computer software uses the information to scroll and zoom the contents displayed on the computer screen, and to rotate the display on the screen. Next, three usage examples of the rotation operation information of these balls and wheels provided on the mouse will be described. Usage example 1 Top ball Scroll vertically and horizontally for text editing, scroll in any direction for image editing. Left side wheel Zoom. Usage Example 2 Top Ball Rotates a display object around an arbitrary axis in a horizontal plane. Left wheel Rotates the display around a vertical axis. Right side wheel Zoom. Usage example 3 Top wheel Scrolls up and down. Left side wheel Scroll left and right. Right side wheel Zoom.

[0007]

In the mouse having the scroll ball on the upper surface, the rotation of the ball enables scrolling in an arbitrary direction and rotation of a display object in an arbitrary direction. In the case of a mouse with wheels on the left and right sides, the ball or wheel on the top surface and the wheels on the left and right sides are respectively rotated, so that the contents displayed on the computer screen can be displayed with just the hand of the mouse without pressing keys on the keyboard. You can scroll and zoom for smooth operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a bird's-eye view of a mouse having a ball on a top surface and wheels on left and right sides.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a mouse having a ball on an upper surface and wheels on left and right sides.

FIG. 3 is a bird's-eye view of a mouse having wheels on an upper surface and left and right side surfaces.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Mouse body 4 Right wheel 2 Top ball 5 Top wheel 3 Left wheel

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mouse having a scroll ball on the upper surface of a standard mouse. Here, a standard mouse refers to an ordinary computer mouse designed to move a cursor on a computer screen by moving its body (the same applies hereinafter). Further, the ball is a spherical rotating body having no specific rotation axis so that the ball can rotate in an arbitrary direction, and is an input device capable of signaling the rotating operation to a computer and transmitting the signal to a computer (hereinafter the same). 2. A scroll wheel is provided on both the left and right sides or one of the left and right sides of a standard mouse so that the rotation surface is horizontal, that is, the rotation axis is vertical, and a part thereof protrudes from the mouse side surface. mouse. Here, the wheel is a disk-shaped rotating body having a rotation axis, and refers to an input device capable of converting the rotating operation into a signal and transmitting the signal to a computer (the same applies hereinafter).