TWI227849B - Removable on-board mouse input device - Google Patents

Abstract

A removable on-board mouse input device, which combines with a common on-board mouse input device for a notebook and an optical mouse module applying with the wireless transmission technique, equips in a notebook via a link unit as a on-board mouse, or flip out as an isolated optical mouse. Applying with this device, increases the input selectivity for notebook users and improves the convenience for conventional notebook users of carrying a mouse to link with the notebook instead. In sum, this device is featured combining with the on-board input unit of a notebook, or removing as an isolated optical mouse to a notebook.

Description

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, • Caliber J portable computer mouse refers to Smoking in λ # refers to a detachable built-in two f device through wireless transmission technology, which can be used to extend various computer architectures :: = Products, such as notebook computers, computer writing boards (TaMet p, portable bags, e-books, computer pads (Web Pad), etc.), electronic $, invention description (1) [Field of the invention] The present invention Related to the background of invention】 Due to the rapid development of science and technology, the market of Linghan has continued to flourish and has undergone significant changes, which has not brought into the quality of human life and changed products such as: personal computers, mice, cleaning, etc. The requirements for the products of thousands of electronic consumer products are even more demanding; the humanized design towards personal, family, and general physical engineering has also continued, and most of the portable electric pads), track bales (track bal 1) Mouse pointer input devices. Compared with the use of mice, these devices have limited mobility and space. Compared with portable computers, external mice are provided. However, if you want to use the traditional mouse for the semiconductor industry, And information The growth of the sub-industry has caused quite a number of application levels to be solely a scientific and technological achievement, but a mode of increasing life. The affected technology scanners, mobile phones, and personal digital assistants are precisely because of this. Consumer products in professional equipment have been imported more in line with market requirements. The brain uses the built-in touchpad (touch or track stick) to slide in order to be able to count out the portable computer. However, its use is familiar and friendly with traditional people. Although most of the ports can allow The user's external traditional slide-in device needs to bring an external

Page 5 5. Description of the invention (2) The mouse must be inserted before and after each roar. The discussion has increased, but if the combination of the mechanism design is used at this time, the input device is designed as a detachable device. The mouse pointer of Ganmao will lose its will, and it has different "entry side ,, Bu Keyi can make the shovel's flexibility and convenience when there is no fixed tabletop, for example, and in the case of a stable tabletop, $ 可 = or the track rod and other equipment can be installed into a radio wave The method of transmitting = leaving out and changing the device will be able to solve this problem. X, alternative input [Summary and purpose of the invention] The above problem provides a separable main purpose to combine with the input of a portable trackball Device and share it as a detachable mouse pointer wheel trajectory that can be separated from the body's technology using radio waves and wireless transmission. A separate module commonly used by mice and portable computers. In view of this, the present invention aims to solve the built-in mouse pointer input device of the remote type, such as the touchpad, touch stick or button on the electronic thin-film, and the attached scroll wheel. The traditional mouse pointer turns into the device outside. This device module can optically detect the communication of the portable computer main body or any other design principle of the present invention: a • Will use wireless transmission (R / F ) The touchpad; the touch stick or trackball is designed as b • This module and the main body of the portable computer 0 1227849 V. Description of the invention (3) c · In normal combination, only the touchpad and keys are exposed When separated, the wireless optical mouse function is activated, the touchpad is turned off, and it becomes a wireless optical mouse. [Detailed description of the embodiment of the invention] The present invention illustrates the specific feasibility of the method with a preferred embodiment. Please refer to FIG. 1 is a system architecture diagram of a separable built-in slip index input device provided by the present invention, and illustrates the basic module of the wireless transmission of the present invention. The system architecture is described as follows: In terms of the system architecture diagram, the following modules and units are included: The portable computer (Notebook) body part 100 is used to handle the work of a general computer, and the other part of the present invention is a mouse pointer input device 2 〇〇, but can The notebook computer body part 100 and the mouse pointer input device 200 are interconnected to allow users to input data, and the portable computer (Notebook) body part 100 further includes a wireless receiving unit 11 and a P / S 2 interface 120, a charging unit 130, a mouse motion sensing module 140, a system built-in control unit 150, and a first connection unit 160, which are called controllable portable All the signals related to the mouse pointer input device 2000 in the notebook body of the computer (notebook) are generated and communicated, and further explanations are made separately: 1 · Wireless receiving unit 11 〇, this unit is used to receive the mouse A radio wave signal transmitted from the index input device 20 0 (an optical mouse is used as an example in the present invention). When the signal is received, a command signal is sent.

1227849 V. Description of the invention (4) The wire radio wave # transmits a message through radio frequency (RF) transmission and is carried out in the 2.4GHz industrial, science and medical (ISM) frequency band to Facilitate other RF wireless wheel receivers to receive signals. 2. · Motor Battery Charger 130, this unit provides power to the optical mouse pointer input when the portable computer (Notebook) body 100 is connected to the mouse pointer input device 2000. Device 200 is charged and the unit is charged when the main body of the portable computer (Noteb 00k) 100 uses the main battery as the sole power source and is in a low battery state (Battery Low). The built-in control unit 15 stops charging the power supply unit 250. 3. P / S2 interface 120, which is the computer to read the data received by the wireless receiving unit. 4. System Embedded Controller 1 50 'The unit is a system built-in control circuit in the portable computer, which handles the control of the P / S2 interface 120, the control of the charging unit 3, Control of the 110 power switch of the wireless receiving unit. 5 · Mouse motion sensor module 140, which detects the ground terminal of the mouse pointer input device 20 and returns it to the system's built-in control unit 15 to determine the mouse pointer input device 2 〇〇 Whether to remove. 6. The first connection unit 160, which is used to directly interact with the mouse pointer input device 200, and can be a shrapnel design or a steel knife design. The other part of the mouse pointer input device 2000 includes a wireless transmission.

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f ui〇 ... mouse button 22o 'an input module 23o, a ⑼, a power supply unit 250, a power control circuit 26. The first connection unit 270, and further descriptions respectively. 1 The left mouse controller 220, the mouse button, the scroll wheel and the χ / γ axis position movement are used as the coding controller. 2. Radio Transmission Unit (Radio Frequency Transmittei_)

The above: The soil 70 series sends the data of the mouse controller 2 2 0 by the radio wave signal. This radio wave signal transmits the message through radio frequency wireless transmission (Radio Frequency; RF). 4GHz industrial, science and killing (Industry ^ Scxence ^ Medxcal; ISM) frequency bands ^: to facilitate other RF wireless transmission receivers to receive signals. 3. · Input switch group 230, which is a standard input device built into a portable computer, and is connected to the p / S2 interface on the body of the portable computer (Notebook) through the first connection unit. ; And the module may be any one of a touch pad (Track Pad), a track ball (Track Ball), or a track stick module (Track Stick Module). 4. Light smooth, induction module (〇ptical M〇use sensQr Module

240) The main function of this module is to use optical image displacement to calculate the χ / Y axis displacement vector and provide it to the mouse controller 22; and the module at least includes a light emitting diode, a refractive plate and an image displacement Control circuit and so on. 5. Power supply unit 250. This unit provides power to the mouse pointer input device 200 when the mouse pointer input device 2000 is removed from the body of the portable computer 100. 6. Power control circuit 260, which detects the portable computer (Noteb〇k

Page 9 1227849 V. Description of the invention (6)) The ground terminal of the main body part 100 is used to determine whether the mouse pointer input device 200 is removed and used to switch the power of the mouse pointer input device 2000. 7. The second connection unit 270 is used to interconnect with the first connection unit 160 'and may be a shrapnel design or a guillotine design. However, the portable computer (Notebook) body part 100 and the mouse pointer input device 200 can be used independently; when the mouse pointer input device 200 is used, the user's control signal can be transmitted to the information processing The information processing device described above can be a portable product extended from a computer architecture, such as a notebook computer, a tablet PC, an electronic schoolbag, an e-book, and a computer screen board (Webpad ), Personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., are not limited to use on any platform. "Figure f, Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the separable built-in ^ monthday ^ input device provided by the present invention. The wireless touchpad (R / F) is used in the mouse and the portable touchpad commonly used in the brain is designed as a stand-alone device. Shi Bingshuo engages the main body of a compact computer to form a module that can pop up and Portable hanging yttrium-inch, only the touchpad and buttons are exposed; Fu Xiang ten mouse function, turn off the touchpad, and become a "no two" when you start the wireless to operate the computer with a traditional mouse, namely: : Taste's users want to slip With this juice without additional 0 and entrainment efficacy of reach recited herein] - examples illustrate the effectiveness of the present invention through the present invention

1227849 V. Description of the invention (7) The working principle of the explanation is introduced in detail: Usually, this mouse pointer input device 2000 is stored in the portable computer (Notebook) body 100, and the input module 23〇, T 〇uch pad (Trackpad) / Track Ball (Track stick) / Track stick (Trackstick) through the second connector 270 and the portable computer (Notebook) body 100P / S 2 interface 120 ' It is the main input device. Optical mouse index input device 200 In addition to the power supply unit 250, which is charged based on capacity, the other units are connected to the Inactive state and are not powered. 4 Refer to Figure 3-a, Figure 3-a is a flowchart of the separation of the mouse pointer input device and the portable computer (Notebook) body under the power-on condition according to the present invention, as follows: When the mouse pointer input device 20 When the 0 is separated from the 1GG of the portable computer (Noteb 00k) in the power-on state, the mouse movement sensor module i detects the mouse pointer input device 2 and removes the status and sends a signal ( Step 3 〇), this signal is used to request the system's built-in control unit 丨 5 〇 issued a system control interrupt (sci) (step 310), the system control interrupt (sci) can make the milk slide drive sway the mouse Key exchange, the system's built-in control unit 1 $ 〇 sends a hardware control signal (step 320), can turn on the wireless receiving unit 110 power 'to start the wireless receiving single it's work & then close the input module by software command 23 0 function (step 330), and the power control circuit 26 on the mouse pointer input device 2000 starts to use a battery to power the mouse pointer input device 2000 (step 340). Please refer to Fig. 3 -b '. Fig. 3 -b is the mouse pointer input of the present invention, and it is combined with the portable computer (Notebook) body under the power-on condition.

1227849 V. Description of the invention (8) The flow chart is described as follows: When the mouse pointer input device 2000 is combined with the notebook / notebook 100 powered on, the mouse movement sensor module 14 Detect / Bei 1 inserts and sends a signal to the mouse pointer input device 2000 (step 400) to request the system's built-in control unit 150 to reset the input module 2330 (step 41). : Touch Pad / Track Ball / Track stick device, etc., and turn off the wireless transmission mouse function (step 420), and the electric H = control circuit on the module is 2 6 〇 is the mouse pointer input device 2 0 0 Power off (steps, such as when the mouse pointer input device 2000 is plugged in after the system is powered on, then the mouse pointer input device 2000 functions like an external wireless mouse. This When the mouse pointer input device 200 is separated, its working mode is an optical wireless mouse that transmits information through radio waves. The main body of the portable computer (Notebook) 100 needs to contain the mouse pointer input device 2 〇〇 space, and share the touchpad or The keys of the device that drives the mouse pointer are its characteristics. The portable computer (Notebook) body part 100 must have a first connection unit 160 and a second connection unit 270 connected to it. When the module is separated The space left can be shielded by the way of the mechanism design, or cooperate with the overall shape of the portable computer (Notebook) without any additional. The principle is beautiful and practical. However, the above examples are not intended to limit the implementation of the present invention. Scope, who is familiar with this art, does not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Page 12 1227849 V. Description of the invention (9) Equal changes and modifications are covered by the scope of the invention's patent. Page 13 1 ················································································· Figure 3 -a is a flowchart of separating the mouse pointer input device of the present invention from the main body of a portable computer (Notebook) under the power-on condition; and Figure 3 -b is a mouse pointer input device of the present invention In the portable computer (Notebook) binding in the flowchart of startup status of the body portion.

[Symbol description] 10 0 Portable computer (Notebook) body part 110 Wireless receiving unit 120 P / S2 interface 130 Charging unit 140 Mouse motion sensing module 150 System built-in control unit 160 First connection unit 2 0 0 Mouse Index input device 210 wireless transmission unit

220 Mouse controller 230 Input module 2 4 0 Optical mouse sensor module 2 5 0 Power supply unit 2 6 0 Power control circuit

Page 141227849 Brief description of the diagram 270 Step 2 of the second connection unit 30 0 The mouse movement sensor module detects the removal of the mouse pointer input device and sends a signal. Step 3 1 0 Request the system built-in control unit to issue system control Interruption (SCI) Step 320 The system's built-in control unit sends a hardware control signal Step 330 Close the input module function by a software command Step 340 The power control circuit on the mouse device starts to use the battery to power the mouse pointer input device

Step 40 0 The mouse motion sensing module detects that the mouse pointer input device is inserted and sends out a signal. Step 4 1 0 The system's built-in control unit resets the input module. Step 420 Turns off wireless mouse transmission. Step 430 Power control circuit. Power off the mouse pointer input device

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Claims (1)

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Scope of patent application 1 · A detachable built-in mouse pointer input device refers to the connection between a portable computer (Notebook) body and a mouse pointer input device for data input and includes : The portable computer (Notebook) body part further includes: a wireless receiving unit (Radio Frequency Receiver), used to receive a radio wave signal transmitted from the mouse pointer input device 'when the signal is received, A command signal is issued; a charging unit (Mouse Battery Charger) is set when the body of the portable computer (Notebook) and the mouse pointer are input When connected, 'provide power to the optical mouse pointer input device and charge it; a P / S2 interface is for the computer to read the data received by the wireless receiving unit; a system built-in control unit (Systein Embedded Controller), It is a built-in programmable control circuit in the system of the portable computer, which handles the control of the P / S2 interface, the control of the charging unit, the control of the power switch of the radio wave receiving unit; a mouse motion sensing module Is to detect the mouse pointer input device = Ground terminal, feedback to the built-in control unit of the system to determine whether the milk slide indicator input device is removed;: the first connection unit 'for directly connecting with the mouse pointer input device; the optical mouse pointer input Device, including 'mouse control as' means mouse button, scroll wheel and X / Y axis displacement 1227849 VI. Patent application range motion coding controller; y The Radio Frequency Transmitter is used to send the data of the mouse controller to the input switch set with the radio wave signal, which is built in the portable computer. The standard input device on the device is connected to the p / S2 interface on the body of the portable computer (Notebook) through the first connection unit; an optical mouse sensor module (〇ptical Mouse SensQr Module), which The main function is to use the optical image displacement to calculate the χ / Y axis displacement vector and provide it to the mouse controller; "The power unit is when the mouse pointer input device is removed from the portable computer (Notebook) body part When the mouse pointer input device power is provided; a power control circuit detects the ground terminal of the body of the portable computer (Noteb00k) to determine whether the mouse pointer input device is removed, And is used to switch the power of the mouse pointer input device; a second connection unit is used to interconnect with the first connection unit; and the portable computer (Noteboo k) The main body part and the mouse pointer input device can be used independently. Said 2 · The detachable built-in mouse pointer input device as described in the first item of the patent application scope, wherein the radio wave signal is transmitted through radio frequency wirelessly. (Radio Frequency; RF) to transmit messages, and carry out in the 24GHz industrial, scientific and medical (Industry 'Science'Medical; ISM) 1227849 VI, patented frequency bands to facilitate other radio frequency wireless transmission receivers to receive signals. 3 · The detachable built-in mouse pointer input device described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, where the charging unit uses the main battery as the sole power source when the main body of the portable computer (Notebook) is used, and When in Battery Low, the built-in control unit will stop charging the mouse battery. / 糸 、、 The built-in detachable built-in mouse described in item 1 of the scope of patent application is built first. Index input device, wherein the first connection unit and the second connection sheet can be designed in a shrapnel type. A detachable built-in mouse as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application Standard input device, wherein the first connection unit and the second connection may be a trowel-type design. ^ The separable built-in mouse pointer input device described in the first patent application scope, wherein the input module You can choose one from the combination of Touch Pad, Track BaU, and Track Stick Module. ^ Within the detachable type described in item 1 of the scope of patent application A sliding index input device is constructed, wherein the optical mouse sensing module includes at least a diode, a refractive plate, and an image displacement control circuit. X A mouse pointer input device. The mouse pointer input device uses wireless transmission technology to transmit a user's control signal to two information processing devices for operation. The optical mouse pointer input includes: Xia 4 5 6 7 8 1227849 The beta controller comes to Shijiu Yahagi / 1 your heart mouse button motion coding controller, 2: = Transfer unit (RadioFrequency Tl * ansmitter) to :, Μ / mouse controller data with a radio wave The signal sends out an input module turn-in device; it is a standard M built-in gas processing module (Optical Mouse Sensor ^ ue) built in the information processing device. Its main function is to use optical image displacement to calculate The __axis displacement direction_ amount is provided to the mouse controller; the power supply unit is to provide power to the mouse pointer input device; and a power control circuit is to detect the portable computer Nc ^ ebc ^ ok) The ground terminal of the body part is used to determine whether the mouse pointer input clothing is removed, and is used to switch on and off the power of the mouse pointer input device. 9 The mouse pointer input device according to item 8 of the declared patent scope, wherein the radio wave signal transmits a message through radio frequency wireless transmission (Radio Frequency; RF), and is transmitted at 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific and medical (Industry, Science, Science , Medical; ISM) in order to facilitate the reception of signals by other radio frequency wireless transmission receivers. 1 0 · Mouse pointer input as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application ^ ^ Among them, 3 input modules can be selected from touch pad (τ 0 uchpad), track ball (Track Ball), and touch stick module ( Track stick M0dule). Page 19 1227849 VI. The mouse pointer input device described in the 2nd 2f item 8 in the scope of the patent application, its 12 and image capture sensor module at least include a light emitting diode, a refractive plate, and image displacement control Circuit. For example, the mouse pointer input device described in item 8 of the scope of the patent application, β, φ, Germany, and n, is a device that transmits information through radio frequency wireless transmission (Radio FreQuency 13, R), and in 2 industrial, Science and Medicine ^ n ustry ^ Science ^ Medical; ISM) frequency band to come into the light 'to facilitate other radio frequency wireless transmission receivers to receive signals. The mouse pointer input device as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the information processing device can be selected from a portable computer, a tablet PC, an electronic schoolbag, an e-book, and a computer pad (Web Pad). ).