KR100997840B1 - Apparatus for User Interface Operable by Touching Between Fingers - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an interface device that can be manipulated by touching a finger, and includes a base part mounted on a mold worn on a first finger of a glove, a touch part mounted on a mold worn on a second finger of a glove, a base part and a touch. When the negative contact is made, the interface device includes a control unit for tracking the relative movement to generate a cursor movement signal command signal, and even when the interface device is operated simultaneously with the keyboard, the interface device and the keyboard are not in unnecessary contact. To prevent cursor movement.

Mouse, interface, finger, finger mouse

Description

Apparatus for User Interface Operable by Touching Between Fingers}

The present invention relates to an interface device that can be manipulated by touching a finger, and more particularly, to an interface device that can move a cursor only when a touch part and a base part worn on two or three fingers are in contact.

The mouse is an input interface used to move the cursor in the window environment and click the corresponding item.If the mouse is placed on the mouse pad and moved, the mouse moves in the same way on the screen. Recently, the wheel functions like a wheel mouse. This added mouse is also used a lot.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a general mouse.

As shown in FIG. 1, the general mouse 10 may include at least one input button 11, a motion detector 12, a cable 13, and a body 14.

At least one input button 11 is positioned at one side of the body 14 housing each component included in the mouse 10, and a motion detection unit 12 is installed below the body 14. A cable 13 for connecting with the computer main body is provided.

When the user moves the mouse 10 on the mouse pad or the like, the movement detecting unit 12 of the mouse 10 detects the movement direction of the mouse 10 and transmits a signal to the cable 13 accordingly. A computer (not shown) connected to the mouse moves the cursor on the screen according to the movement direction signal of the mouse 10 transmitted from the mouse 10.

In addition, when the user presses the input button 11 on the mouse 10, the mouse 10 transmits a control signal accordingly to a computer (not shown). Similarly, the computer (not shown) detects whether the input button 10 is pressed and performs a control operation accordingly.

As described above, when a word processor is executed using a mouse to perform a task or a graphic related task, the user has to inconvenience the keyboard and the mouse at the same time. This is because a user must input a character using a keyboard and move a cursor and select a menu using a mouse.

In order to solve such a problem, a finger mouse or a finger mouse that can be operated while being worn on a finger has been recently released. The user can operate the keyboard while simultaneously wearing the finger mouse on his or her finger so that the user can perform word processing or graphic work more quickly and easily.

However, recently released finger mice have their manipulations attached to their fingertips. As such, since the manipulation part is attached to the fingertip, when the user operates the keyboard while wearing the finger mouse, the manipulation part of the finger mouse may operate in an undesired direction. Therefore, a malfunction may occur in which an operation that the user does not want is performed.

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the problems according to the prior art, the base portion and the touch portion provided in the frame worn on two or three fingers and the cursor can be moved only when the base portion and the touch portion is in contact It is an object of the present invention to provide an interface device.

An interface device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a base portion mounted to the frame that can be fitted to the first finger of the glove; A touch unit mounted on a frame that can be fitted to a second finger among the gloves; A controller configured to track relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit when the base unit is in contact with the touch unit, and generate a cursor movement signal command signal accordingly; And a data transceiver for transmitting the cursor movement command signal to a connected device.

In this case, the base unit or the touch unit includes a sensor for sensing the applied pressure, and the control unit outputs a click command signal to the data transceiver when the pressure is detected from the sensor for sensing the pressure. It is done.

The controller may be configured to output a drag command signal according to the relative movement when a relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit is input in a state where pressure is sensed by the sensor for sensing the pressure.

The interface device according to the present invention may further include a tracking setting unit for setting a moving direction of the cursor according to the relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit.

The apparatus may further include a memory unit configured to store a cursor movement direction according to relative movements of the preset base unit and the touch unit. Can be generated.

The controller may track relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit by an optical method. The control unit may perform tracking according to the relative friction between the base unit and the touch unit.

The base part and the touch part may be formed of a conductor, and the controller may check whether the base part and the touch part are in contact by using whether current is generated due to the contact of the base part and the touch part.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an interface device includes: a first base part mounted on a frame that can be fitted to a first finger of the glove; A second base portion mounted on a frame that can be fitted to a second finger among the gloves; A touch unit mounted on a frame that can be fitted to a third finger among the gloves; The relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit in the state where the first base unit and the touch unit are in contact with each other is generated to generate a cursor movement signal command signal accordingly, and when the first base unit and the touch unit are spaced apart from each other, the mouse A control unit configured to generate a left click signal of the mouse and to generate a right click signal of the mouse when the second base unit and the touch unit are contacted with each other; And a data transceiver for transmitting the cursor movement command signal, the left signal of the mouse, and the right click signal to a connected device.

The interface device according to the present invention may further include a tracking setting unit for setting a moving direction of the cursor according to the relative movement of the first base unit and the touch unit.

In addition, the interface device according to the present invention may further include a memory unit for storing a cursor movement direction according to the relative movement of the first base unit and the touch unit, wherein the controller is a touch with the first base unit selected by the user A cursor movement command signal according to tracking is generated according to a negative relative movement.

The first base part, the second base part, and the touch part are formed of a conductor, and the control part uses the first base part by using whether the current is formed due to the contact of the first base part and the touch part or the second base part and the touch part. Alternatively, the contact between the second base unit and the touch unit may be checked.

As described above, according to the interface device which is operable by touching a finger, the cursor manipulation is performed according to the relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit only when the first finger and the second finger are in contact.

Therefore, when the conventional wireless finger mouse is used together with the keyboard input, the wireless finger mouse and the keyboard may be unnecessarily contacted to prevent unwanted movement of the cursor.

On the other hand, the interface device according to the present invention can set the direction of movement of the cursor according to the shape or length of the user's finger, and the cursor operation optimized by the user by storing the movement direction of the cursor set for each user and easily loading the setting There is an advantage that can be performed.

Hereinafter, an interface device operable by touching a finger according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 2a is a view showing the appearance of the interface device according to the present invention.

Figure 2a shows the appearance of the glove-type interface device 100.

The glove-type interface device 100 includes a first finger frame 101 to be worn on a first finger and a second finger frame 102 to be worn on a second finger.

2A shows an embodiment using a thumb and index finger. However, the first and second fingers are not limited. In general, it is convenient for the general user that the first finger is the index finger or middle finger and the second finger is the thumb.

The base portion 120 of the interface device 100 is located on one side of the first finger frame 101, and the touch unit 130 of the interface device 100 is located on one side of the second finger frame 102.

Figure 2b is a view showing a state wearing and operating the interface device according to the present invention.

The user moves the base unit 120 or the touch unit 130 while the touch unit 130 of the second finger frame 102 and the base unit 120 of the first finger frame 101 are in contact with each other. By operating a finger in a manner to operate the interface device 100 according to the present invention.

As the user moves, the interface device 100 tracks relative movements of the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130, generates a cursor movement command, and transmits the generated movement command to the connected device.

Meanwhile, the user presses the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130 in a relatively strong manner to input a button pressing command of a general mouse. The interface device 100 checks the pressure applied by using a pressure sensor included in at least one of the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130. When the applied pressure exceeds the reference value, the interface device 100 generates a button press command signal and transmits it to a connected device (not shown).

3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the interface device shown in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the interface device 100 may include a controller 110, a base 120, a touch 130, a memory 140, a data transceiver 150, and the like. .

The base part 120 is located in the first finger frame 101 of the gloves forming the external shape of the interface 100. The touch unit 130 corresponds to a component located on the second finger 102 of the gloves constituting the appearance of the interface 100.

The base unit 120 and the touch unit 130 include a sensor for detecting pressure. The pressure sensor detects a pressure generated by the user coming into close contact with the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130, and notifies the controller 110 when a pressure greater than a predetermined value is delivered.

When the controller 110 senses the pressure generated between the base 120 and the touch unit 130 and is notified of an event in which the pressure increases by more than a reference value, the controller 110 determines that the input button is pressed by the interface device 100. Generates a push command signal.

In addition, the controller 110 determines whether the base unit 120 is in contact with the touch unit 130, tracks the relative movement of the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130, and provides a cursor movement command signal accordingly. Generate. Detailed operations of the controller 100 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4.

The data transmitting and receiving unit 150 is responsible for transmitting a control signal such as a cursor movement command signal and a push command signal generated by the controller 110 to a desktop computer, a notebook computer, or other connected device (not shown).

The data transceiver 150 may transmit / receive data between the device connected to the interface device 100 using at least one of Universal Serial Bus (USB), Personal System 2 (PS / 2), Bluetooth, and Zigbee. .

4 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed block configuration of a controller of the interface device illustrated in FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, the controller 110 includes a touch detector 111, a direction recognizer 112, a push detector 113, a command output unit 114, a tracking setting unit 115, and the like. Can be configured.

The touch sensing unit 111 of the controller 110 may include a base 120 existing in a predetermined region of the first finger frame 101 and a touch unit 130 positioned in a predetermined region of the second finger frame 102. ) Is judged whether or not contact.

The controller 110 generates a cursor movement command only when the base 120 and the touch 130 are in contact with each other.

For contact sensing, the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130 may have a structure composed of a conductor such as metal so that a current may flow when contacted. Through this structure, the touch sensing unit 111 may check whether the base unit 120 is in contact with the touch unit 130 by sensing whether a current flows.

The direction recognizing unit 112 tracks the relative movement of the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130 and transmits the relative movement to the command output unit 114.

The direction recognizing unit 112 may track a relative movement between the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130 by an optical method generally used. In order to use the optical method, one device of the touch unit 130 or the base unit 120 may output light and the other device may include a component that receives the reflected light. Alternatively, the direction recognition unit 112 may perform tracking by detecting a relative friction between the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130.

The push detector 113 detects whether the base 120 and the touch 130 are pressed. The base unit 120 and the touch unit 130 include a sensor for detecting the pressure, and the signals according to these pressures are transmitted to the push detection unit 113. The push detection unit 113 determines that a push has been made when the transmitted signal exceeds a reference value and transmits it to the command output unit 114.

The control unit according to the present invention may further include a tracking setting unit 115 to provide an optimized use environment for the current user. The tracking setting unit 115 sets the movement direction of the cursor according to the relative movement of the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130.

By setting the movement direction of the cursor to the user in this way, the following effects can be obtained. The wireless finger mouse is not a fixed device, and the relative movement between the base unit and the touch unit is changed according to the shape or length of the user's finger. By using the tracking setting unit 115, the cursor movement direction corresponding to the relative movement for each user may be set to implement the user's comfortable cursor movement.

The command output unit 114 corresponds to a component that generates a cursor movement command signal and a push command signal. The command output unit 114 determines the direction of cursor movement by using the relative movement received from the direction recognition unit 110, and outputs a command accordingly.

In this case, for the optimal cursor movement setting for the user, the command output unit 114 moves the cursor using the cursor movement direction setting that the tracking setting unit 115 receives from the user or the movement direction setting loaded from the memory unit 140. Direction can be determined.

Generate a cursor movement command signal using the user's setting through the tracking setting unit 115 or the loaded cursor movement direction from the memory unit 140 and the relative movement information of the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130. do.

In addition, when the command output unit 114 is notified of the event of the press from the push detection unit 113, the command output unit 114 generates a push command signal corresponding to the click command. In addition, when the command output unit 114 is notified of two consecutive press events from the push detection unit 113, the command output unit 114 generates a push command signal corresponding to the double click command.

The command output unit 114 generates the cursor movement command signal and the push command signal independently, and transmits them to the connected devices (not shown) through the data transceiver 150.

In particular, the command output unit 114 generates a drag command signal in the relative movement direction when the relative movement of the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130 is input while the push event is generated. You can also output

5 is a diagram illustrating a method of receiving a cursor movement direction according to a user's movement by a tracking setting unit according to the present invention.

The tracking setting unit 115 receives and sets relative movements of the base unit 120 and the touch unit 130 to move the cursor in up, down, left and right directions, respectively. In the future, the relative movement is input from the user, and the direction of cursor movement is determined by comparing with the set setting.

In the example of FIG. 5, when the user moves the touch unit 130 in the A direction while the base unit 120 is fixed, the user may set the cursor to move upward. In a typical mouse, in order to move the cursor upwards, the user must move the mouse upwards exactly. However, in the finger mouse, the upward direction is changed for each user, thereby solving the problem of incorrect operation.

The tracking setting unit 115 may store the cursor movement direction setting set by the user in the memory unit 140. In addition, the cursor movement direction setting stored in the memory unit 140 may be loaded according to a user's request.

6 is a view showing the external appearance of the interface device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The glove type interface device 200 illustrated in FIG. 6 may be worn on a first finger frame 201 for wearing on a first finger, a second finger frame 202 for wearing on a second finger, and a third finger. It includes a third finger frame 203 for.

The first base portion 220 of the interface device 200 is located on one side of the first finger frame 201, and the second base portion 230 of the interface device 200 is located on one side of the second finger frame 202. Is located. The touch unit 240 is disposed on one side of the third finger frame 203.

The interface device shown in FIG. 6 also moves up, down, left, and right with respect to the first base unit 220 while the touch unit 240 is in contact with the first base unit 220 as shown in FIG. You can operate the interface by moving your finger.

In addition, the interface control corresponding to the right-click of the mouse may be performed by whether the touch unit 240 and the second base unit 230 are contacted or spaced apart.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an interface device shown in FIG. 6.

As shown in FIG. 7, the interface device 200 includes a control unit 210, a first base unit 220, a second base unit 230, a touch unit 240, a memory unit 250, and a data transmission / reception unit ( 260).

The user contacts the first base unit 220 and the touch unit 240 to move the cursor or pointer on the screen, and the first base unit 220 or the first touch unit 230 is in contact. Move.

The controller 210 determines a relative movement of the first base unit 220 and the touch unit 240 and accordingly generates a signal for moving the cursor on the screen.

In addition, in order to generate a signal corresponding to a left click of a general mouse, the user may contact the first base unit 220 and the touch unit 240 once and then separate them. Similarly, for the operation corresponding to the right-click of a general mouse, the user may contact the second base unit 230 and the touch unit 240 once and then separate them.

Further, for a drag operation command in a general mouse, the user may touch the first base unit 220 and the touch unit 240 once, then space the contact unit again, and then move the touch unit 240. The controller 210 may generate a signal corresponding to a drag operation according to the relative movement of the first base unit 220 and the touch unit 240.

The data transceiver 260 transmits control signals such as a cursor movement command signal, a left click or right click signal, and a drag operation signal generated by the controller 210 to a desktop computer, a notebook computer, or other connected device (not shown). In charge.

Although the present invention has been described in detail through the representative embodiments, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can make various modifications without departing from the scope of the present invention. Will understand. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a general mouse.

Figure 2a is a view showing the appearance of the interface device according to the present invention.

Figure 2b is a view showing a state wearing and operating the interface device according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of the interface device shown in FIG. 2;

4 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed block configuration of a controller in the interface device shown in FIG. 3;

5 is a diagram illustrating a method for receiving a cursor movement direction according to a user's movement by a tracking setting unit according to the present invention.

6 is a view showing the appearance of an interface device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the interface device shown in FIG. 6; FIG.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: interface device 110: control unit

111: contact detection unit 112: direction recognition unit

113: press detection unit 114: command output unit

115: tracking setting unit 120: base unit

130: touch unit 140: memory unit

150: data transmission and reception unit

Claims (12)

In the interface device having a glove shape for fitting at least two fingers, A base portion mounted to a mold that can be fitted to a first finger among the gloves; A touch unit mounted on a frame that can be fitted to a second finger among the gloves; A controller configured to track relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit when the base unit is in contact with the touch unit, and generate a cursor movement signal command signal accordingly; And And a data transceiver for transmitting the cursor movement command signal to a connected device. The method of claim 1, The base unit or the touch unit includes a sensor for sensing the applied pressure, And the controller outputs a click command signal to the data transmitting / receiving unit when pressure is detected from the sensor for detecting the pressure. The method of claim 2, The control unit, The controller may be configured to output a drag command signal according to the relative movement when the relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit is input while the pressure is sensed by the sensor for sensing the pressure. The method of claim 1, And a tracking setting unit configured to set a moving direction of the cursor according to the relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit. The method of claim 1, The memory device may further include a memory unit configured to store a cursor movement direction according to relative movements of the preset base unit and the touch unit. The control unit generates a cursor movement command signal according to tracking according to the relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit selected by the user. The method of claim 1, And the control unit tracks relative movements of the base unit and the touch unit by an optical method. The method of claim 1, The control unit performs tracking according to the relative friction of the base unit and the touch unit. The method of claim 1, The base portion and the touch portion is composed of a conductor, The controller checks whether the base unit and the touch unit are in contact with each other by using a current generated by the contact of the base unit and the touch unit. In the interface device having a glove shape for fitting at least three fingers, A first base portion mounted on a frame that can be fitted to a first finger of the gloves; A second base portion mounted on a frame that can be fitted to a second finger among the gloves; A touch unit mounted on a frame that can be fitted to a third finger among the gloves; The relative movement of the base unit and the touch unit in the state where the first base unit and the touch unit are in contact with each other is generated to generate a cursor movement signal command signal accordingly, and when the first base unit and the touch unit are spaced apart from each other, the mouse A control unit configured to generate a left click signal of the mouse and to generate a right click signal of the mouse when the second base unit and the touch unit are contacted with each other; And And a data transceiver for transmitting the cursor movement command signal, the left signal of the mouse, and the right click signal to the connected device. 10. The method of claim 9, And a tracking setting unit configured to set a moving direction of the cursor according to the relative movement of the first base unit and the touch unit. 10. The method of claim 9, The memory device may further include a memory unit configured to store a cursor movement direction according to a relative movement of the first base unit and the touch unit. The control unit generates a cursor movement command signal according to tracking according to the relative movement of the first base unit and the touch unit selected by the user. 10. The method of claim 9, The first base portion, the second base and the touch portion is composed of a conductor, The controller checks whether the first or second base part is in contact with the touch part by using whether current is generated due to the contact of the first base part and the touch part or the contact of the second base part and the touch part. Interface device.

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