CN101893943A

CN101893943A - Adaptable mouse

Info

Publication number: CN101893943A
Application number: CN2009101454212A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 唐圣凯
Original assignee: Asustek Computer Inc
Current assignee: Asustek Computer Inc
Priority date: 2009-05-20
Filing date: 2009-05-20
Publication date: 2010-11-24

Abstract

The invention provides an adaptable mouse, which is characterized in that a covering layer made of moldable materials covers a mouse body, a plurality of sensors are arranged between the mouse body and the covering layer, the hand shape of the user holding the covering layer is sensed by the sensors, the sensor signals in the left and right finger forecast region are respectively defined as the signal sources of the left key and the right key, and the displacement signal of the mouse is simultaneously corrected. The mouse not only can improve comfort and reduce fatigue, but also is simultaneously adaptive to various holding states without direction.

Description

Adaptable mouse

Technical field

The present invention is relevant for a kind of mouse, and particularly a kind of have ergonomics and do not have the adaptable mouse that user tropism limits.

Background technology

In general, control as the pointer on the electronic installations such as desktop computer, notebook computer, the indicator device of most convenient is exactly a mouse, except the input characters inconvenience, almost can carry out and control electronic installation merely by mouse.Along with electronic product towards miniaturization, the trend that is convenient for carrying, mouse certainly will also must and then be done more little more, in case mouse volume-diminished, to make that the holding area diminishes, and become quite be difficult to operation, just like holding golf half, the position of the button above the operation, control cursor again, or even utilize the roller on it to slide, all be quite difficult.Not only quite difficulty is controlled, and causes the user operational tired easily, or even permanent employment injuries.

Yet, the problem of the bad operation of mouse, just can not appear at small-sized mouse, for general mouse, although the area of holding area is enough big, the long-time use down still can be because of long compressing, causing serious sequelae such as the fatigue of hand or even hand meat fiberization, is the problem that can not be ignored really.Although occurred the mouse that some meet ergonomic designs on the market at present, utilize the special appearance of mouse surface, satisfy the comfort level that the user grips; Yet this design has limited the group that uses also, for example, the mouse that designs with right hand user (Right-Handed) hand ergonomics, left hand user (Left-Handed) just can't use.

On the other hand, even if designed neutral mouse (Neutral Mouse) under the principle of universal design (Universal Design), not only be difficult to satisfy simultaneously the hand shape of left hand and right hand, the user of different hand inertia also need carry out extra manual setting for mousebutton simultaneously.And when the user grips mouse in the very first time, rely on, yet under abnormal condition, as using in the dark such as meeting or in urgent, the correctness that grips mouse can significantly reduce in default of visual cues for the visual cues height.

Summary of the invention

Disclosed a kind of adaptable mouse according to the present invention, include mouse main body, overlayer and a plurality of sensor, mouse main body inside has displacement sensing module and microprocessing unit, detect the displacement of mouse main body by the displacement sensing module, and be converted to displacement signal, and the position of the pointer of electronic installation that may command connects by microprocessing unit.Overlayer is constituted with the plasticity material and is covered on the mouse main body, and can produce deformation according to the hand shape that the user grips; Sensor is arranged between overlayer and the mouse main body, when the user grips overlayer and produces deformation, give the tectal deformation of sensing by sensor, and judge user's gripping situation according to this deformed state, the sensor that refers to the below, estimation range about further definable goes out is input button (such as left button or right button), for user's normal running mouse.

Therefore, the overlayer by the plasticity material is constituted produces deformation along with user's gripping and is obedient to user's hand shape, satisfies the comfort level that various left hand and right hand grip; Simultaneously, by sensor sensing user's gripping hand shape, and select the inductor of the relative position of user's hand shape automatically, define relative input button, exempt the user and set up on their own,, can not have any directivity restriction operation down even in the dark or the emergency circumstance.

On the other hand, the mouse main body outside can have magnetosphere, cooperate sensor to be chosen as Hall element, overlayer produces deformation because of being subjected to user's gripping, change position, the distance relative, and its magnetic field is changed, can respond to the variation in this magnetic field by Hall element with magnetosphere, and can judge the hand shape that the user grips, and then define the position of input button.

Description of drawings

Relevant detailed content of the present invention and technology are elaborated conjunction with figs. below to preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein:

Figure 1A, 1B are the disclosed adaptable mouse first embodiment synoptic diagram of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the disclosed adaptable mouse second embodiment synoptic diagram of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is the disclosed adaptable mouse second embodiment diagrammatic cross-section of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the suffer oppression diagrammatic cross-section of deformation of the overlayer of the disclosed adaptable mouse of the present invention.

Fig. 5 A～5C is the real aspect synoptic diagram that uses of the disclosed adaptable mouse of the present invention.

Embodiment

The disclosed adaptable mouse according to the present invention, mainly provide a kind of Ergonomic mouse that various left hand and right hand grip state that meets, and need not the user set, can define voluntarily and set each input button (comprising left button, right button, roller etc.), not only under normal use, can under dark, the emergency circumstance, also can vision assist down directly use simultaneously with holding with usefulness.

See also Figure 1A, 1B, synoptic diagram for adaptable mouse first embodiment of the present invention, adaptable mouse includes mouse main body 20, overlayer 10, and a plurality of sensors 30, have displacement sensing module 21 and circuit board 22 in the mouse main body 20, circuit board 22 can be for the various electronic components as microprocessing unit, IC is provided with, displacement sensing module 21 the most common persons are the optics sensing module, by modes such as optical reflections, come the displacement of sensing mouse main body 20, direction, calculated by microprocessing unit then, be converted into displacement signal and export the electronic installation that is connected to, control the pointer on the electronic installation.Wherein, to be connected in electronic installation with wireless mode be good (not shown) to adaptable mouse.

Overlayer 10 is constituted with plastic material (moldable material), and be covered on the mouse main body 20, overlayer 10 is rendered as hemisphere and need has certain thickness, make when the user grips, can be according to user's hand shape, acting force and produce deformation, be obedient to user's hand, and can satisfy the comfort level that each user grips, reduce the long-time fatigue of using.And sensor 30 is arranged between overlayer 10 and the mouse main body 20, as shown in FIG., sensor 30 is embedded in the overlayer 10, can be subjected to affecting of compressing deformation that overlayer 10 grips because of the user, and then judge user's hand shape and gripping state, and the sensor 30 that refers to the below, estimation range about further selecting is as the input buttons.

Therefore,, there is no the button of any general mouse, the configuration of roller, but the state after gripping by the user defined with regard to whole adaptable mouse outward appearance, thus can be non-directional, exempt from use with being provided with.Wherein, the stretching of the deformation that the part of sensor 30 can direct sensing overlayer 10, bending, compression sensor etc. or the stress by changing, electric power, magnetic field sensor etc. because of state that deformation produced.

See also Fig. 2,3, the second embodiment synoptic diagram for adaptable mouse of the present invention, except the overlayer 10 of above-mentioned hemisphere shape, for fear of sensor 30 phase mutual interference, and be convenient to illustrate the setting of input button, in the present embodiment, overlayer 10 is divided into first 11, second portion 12, third part 13, the 4th part 14, the 5th part 15, the 6th part 16, the 7th part 17, and the 8th part 18, each part has two corresponding sensors 30, certainly, the many more gripping hand shapes that can judge the user more accurately of the quantity of sensor 30, but relative cost is also higher.

As shown in Figure 4, in this second embodiment, sensor 30 is selected Hall element (Hall sensor) for use, have a magnetosphere 40 and corresponding mouse main body 20 is outer, when overlayer 10 produces deformation because of user's hand 70 compressings, can change the relative distance of sensor 30 and magnetosphere 40, and then change magnetic field size, therefore, can pass through the changes of magnetic field of 30 sensings of Hall element, and detect user's hand shape.

As shown in FIG., when user's hand 70 is gripped on overlayer 10 and produces deformation, first sensor 31, four-sensor 34 be subjected to respectively the user finger, produce deformation, second sensor 32, the then relatively almost undeformed generation of the 3rd sensor 33 near the compressing of wrist part; And because finger, the compressing near wrist part, deformation quantity and inequality, and can be judged hand shape, the direction of gripping.And the judgement of this part, calculate and can be undertaken by the microprocessing unit that is arranged on the circuit board 22, simultaneously, also can remember, learn, and can be judged at user's hand 70 shapes apace.

During actual the use, shown in Fig. 5 A, as user during with the right hand 71 ordinary grip, can be by the way sensing and judge the user in addition with the right hand 71 ordinary grip, be right button and can select and define for the sensor 30 of left button second portion 12 for the sensor 30 of the first 11 that is positioned at overlayer 10, further, also can be defined as roller function by two sensor 30 (see figure 3)s that trigger first 11 in regular turn, even also can additionally define a plurality of input buttons, expand extra function.

And when user's the right hand 71 leaves, then above-mentioned setting can be removed, see also Fig. 5 B, when the user grips the right hand 71 once again, at this moment, because the user grips for oblique, by the deformation of overlayer 10, sensor 30 also can be judged direction and the position that the right hand 71 grips, and the sensor 30 that further defines the 6th part 16 of overlayer 10 is right button for the sensor 30 of left button the 7th part 17; At this moment, change, therefore this direction change amount can be fed back to displacement sensing module 21, move it direction rotation summary and be 135 degree left because grip direction, and can the person's of being used gripping direction at this moment.Identical, see also Fig. 5 C, when the user gripped with left hand 72, because overlayer 10 deformed state grip different (seeing Fig. 5 A) with the right hand 71, the sensor 30 that then defines the first 11 of overlayer 10 was a left button for the sensor 30 of right button second portion 12.

Therefore, adaptable mouse provided by the present invention, the overlayer that is constituted by the plasticity material is covered in mouse main body, and can produce deformation according to user's state of gripping, and satisfies the comfort level that the user grips; Simultaneously, come the tectal deformation of sensing, and judge user's gripping state, refer to about selection that the sensor under the estimation range uses as left-right key, not only need not be provided with, also can in dark, urgent, directly use simultaneously by sensor.

Though the present invention discloses as above with aforesaid preferred embodiment; yet it is not in order to limit the present invention; the communication pattern of any and time correlation; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can making all changes that is equal to or replacement, so protection scope of the present invention is when looking being as the criterion that claims define.

Claims

1. an adaptable mouse is characterized in that, includes:

Mouse main body;

Overlayer is constituted with the plasticity material, and is covered in described mouse main body surface; And

A plurality of sensors are arranged between described overlayer and the described mouse main body, in order to the described tectal deformation of sensing, are the input push button signalling and define the detected signal of one of them described sensor.

2. adaptable mouse according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein said these sensors are Hall element.

3. adaptable mouse according to claim 2 is characterized in that, the wherein said mouse main body outside has magnetosphere, for the described tectal deformation of described Hall element sensing.

4. adaptable mouse according to claim 3 is characterized in that, during wherein said overlayer deformation, can change described Hall element and described magnetospheric relative distance, and the variation by described Hall element sensing magnetic field.

5. adaptable mouse according to claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein said input push button signalling is left button signal, right button signal or roller signal.

6. adaptable mouse according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, wherein said mouse main body has displacement sensing module and microprocessing unit, detects the displacement of described mouse main body by described displacement sensing module, and is converted to displacement signal by described microprocessing unit.

7. adaptable mouse according to claim 6 is characterized in that wherein said microprocessing unit is responded to described tectal deformation according to described these sensors, and is proofreaied and correct described displacement sensing module.