CN1084492C - Device for module type computer input - Google Patents

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CN1084492C
CN1084492C CN96101621A CN96101621A CN1084492C CN 1084492 C CN1084492 C CN 1084492C CN 96101621 A CN96101621 A CN 96101621A CN 96101621 A CN96101621 A CN 96101621A CN 1084492 C CN1084492 C CN 1084492C
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The present invention relates to a modularized input device of a computer, which comprises at least one peripheral input device and a base station, wherein the base station comprises a station shell, at least one fixing device, an operation interface for a user, a peripheral circuit, a multiplexer and an interface circuit; the fixing device is arranged on the station shell and is used for fixing the peripheral input device; the operation interface for a user is arranged on the station shell; the peripheral circuit is used for inputting the user operation received by the operation interface for a user and converting the user operation into digital signals; the multiplexer is used for receiving the digital signals generated by the peripheral device and the peripheral circuit; the interface circuit is used for transmitting the received digital signals to a computer; the peripheral device is a combined type operation interface of the base station and is formed by the fixing of the fixing device of the base station.

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Device for module type computer input
The present invention relates to a kind of computer inputs, refer to a kind of one or more modularization input medias that can import the detachable peripheral device that demand changes because of difference that comprise especially.
So far, multimedia application is to the utmost is popular.Many multimedia application need be used multiple input media thick and fast, as rocking bar or Genius mouse or the like, so that finish specific mutual or instant control function.Have many input medias to use in the multimedia application, when we are a specific multimedia application when selecting input media, the method for operating of each input media will be primary consideration emphasis.
For example, index device as Genius mouse and so on is suitable for using in the computer graphics application, but and be not suitable for driving or the aerial derby recreation in use, and rocker actuator extremely is fit to be used in the direction control of 2D or 3D, but can't adapt to the driving demand of dialogue square in the windowing environment.Since user's operation-interface of many multimedia application is increasingly sophisticated, known input media has not been suitable for and need have used so that finish the modern multimedia of specific mutual or instant control function in conjunction with some input medias.
Fundamental purpose of the present invention is to provide a modularization input media, and it can provide different peripheral device combinations easily, so that form the novel user's input interface that uses for multimedia application control.
Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a modularization input media, and it can allow the user to comply with required and rearrange the peripheral device of modularization input media.
Device for module type computer input of the present invention comprises:
(1) at least one peripheral device is converted to digital signal in order to the operation with the user;
(2) base stations comprise
(a) casing,
(b) at least one stationary installation is arranged at this casing, in order to fixing this periphery input media,
(c) user's operation-interface (interface) is located at this casing, operates input in order to receive the user;
(3) peripheral circuits are operated input in order to the user that this user's operation-interface is received and are converted to digital signal;
(4) multiplexers are in order to receive the digital signal by this peripheral device and this peripheral circuit produced; And
(5) interface circuits are in order to transmit received digital signal to computer; Wherein, this peripheral device is fixed by the stationary installation of this base station, thereby forms a combined operation interface of this base station.
The another kind of device for module type computer input of the present invention comprises:
(1) at least two peripheral device transfers digital signal in order to the user is operated input, and each peripheral device comprises:
(a) peripheral housing,
(b) operation-interface is located at this periphery housing, operates input in order to receive this user, and
(c) interface circuit is converted to digital signal in order to will operate input from the user that this operation-interface received;
(2) base stations comprise:
(a) casing,
(b) stationary installation is located at this housing, in order to fix this peripheral device;
(3) multiplexers are in order to receive the digital signal that this peripheral device and this interface circuit produces; And
(4) interface circuits are in order to transmit received digital signal to computer;
Wherein, this peripheral device is fixed by the stationary installation of this base station, to form a combined operation interface of this base station.
As above the device for module type computer input of the present invention of Gou Chenging has the peripheral device combination that can provide different easily, so that form the advantage of using for multimedia application control.
Another advantage of the present invention is can allow the user to comply with required and rearrange the peripheral device of modularization input media.
The present invention describes in detail in conjunction with following accompanying drawing, understands in depth thereby get one.
Fig. 1 is the top view of modularization input media of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is for being arranged at Trackball device the sectional view in Fig. 1 base station.
Fig. 3 is the calcspar of Fig. 1 modularization input media.
Fig. 1 is the top view of modularization input media 10 of the present invention.Modularization input media 10 comprises a base station 12 and three peripheral devices that are arranged at base station 12; Trackball device (Trackball mouse) 22, keyboard 24 and electronic game machine console panel (joy pad) 26.Base station 12 comprises a plastic rubber case 14, one user's operation-interfaces, and it is one to be arranged at the rocking bar lever 16 on the casing 14, in order to receiving user's operation input, a microphone 18, in order to receiving sound instruction, and a thorn 20, in order to sonorific output.
These three peripheral devices 22,24,26th, in order to changing different user's operation-interface digital signals, and each peripheral device comprises: a peripheral housing has on this periphery housing and receives user's operation-interface that the user operates input.Keyboard 24 is in order to input character or instruction.Trackball device 22 and electronic game machine console panel 26 are the left side and the right of being located at rocking bar 16, so that can be easily with regard to this two peripheral device of near operation when using rocking bar 16.Produce the person's of being used in combination operation-interface of a base station 12 usefulness with three peripheral devices of rocking bar 16 coupling.Trackball device 22 and electronic game machine console panel 26 can separate with base station 12 and can use separately.
Fig. 2 will explain how Trackball device 22 is fixed in base station 12.The position of Trackball device 22 and electronic game machine console panel 26 is interchangeable, and if needs are arranged, the user in addition two Trackball devices 22 can be set or two electronic game machine console panels 26 in base station 12.
Fig. 2 is Fig. 1 Trackball device 22 and the cross section 1-1 synoptic diagram that reaches casing 14.Fig. 2 represents casing 14, comprises a stationary installation in order to fixation locus ball device 22, and it is the depression 30 that is arranged at casing 14 one-body moldedly.End comprises a cocked bead 32 before the depression 30, hold Trackball device 22 in order to button, and a cocked bead 34 inserts a slit 36 of Trackball device 22 rear ends when Trackball device 22 is placed into depression 30.Trackball device 22 comprises that more a cocked bead 38 is located at its back upper place, so that Trackball device 22 is removed from depression 30.
Trackball device 22 comprises that one is arranged at the infrared transmitter 40 of its front end, in order to the emission digital signal in be built in the infrared receiver 42 of the depression 30 of casing 14.When Trackball device 22 by when depression 30 splits out, infrared transmitter 40 can independently be used for transmission of digital signals to computer.For Trackball device 22 can be worked alone, a rechargeable battery 48 is set in the Trackball device 22.Rechargeable battery 48 is arranged at the electric charge receiving port 44 of bottoms, Trackball device 22 back via one and is recharged, and base station 12 also comprises the charge port 46 of a correspondence, so that Trackball device 22 charges to rechargeable battery when being fixed in base station 12 by bolt.The electric power of base station 12 can be by several 1.5 volts batteries or the supply of direct current joint.
Fig. 3 is the calcspar of Fig. 1 modularization input media 10.The represented modularization input media 10 of Fig. 3 comprises that a base station 12 is connected to a PC 50 and three peripheral devices 22,24 and 26 that depend on base station 12.Base station 12 comprises:
(a) multiplexer 52, in order to receiving digital signal from the peripheral circuit of all peripheral devices and base station 12 itself, and an interface circuit 54 in order to the transmission received digital signal to computer 50;
(b) microphone circuit 56 comprises an amplifier 58, in order to amplifying the simulating signal that is produced by microphone 18, and an A/D (analog/digital) converter 60, transfer digital signal in order to the simulating signal that will be exaggerated; The digital signal that is produced by A/D converter 60 will be received by multiplexer 52, and transfer to computer 50 by interface circuit 54;
(c) horn circuit 62 comprises that a D/A (digital-to-analog) converter 66 transfers simulating signal in order to the digital signal that multiplexer 52 is transmitted, and an amplifier 64, in order to amplify the simulating signal of loudspeaker 20 usefulness; And
(d) a rocking bar circuit 68 is converted to digital signal in order to will operate input from the user that rocking bar lever 16 is received, and produces digital signal according to moving of the rocking bar lever of being surveyed 16.
Modularization input media 10 comprises that further three peripheral devices 22,24 and 26 are arranged at base station 12, transfers digital signal to so that various user is operated input.Trackball device 22 comprises a trace ball circuit 72, in order to survey a rotation that is arranged at the trace ball of Trackball device 22, and produce digital signal according to the rotation of trace ball, an and infrared transmitter 40, in the time of within Trackball device 22 is fixed in base station 12, to multiplexer 52, and when Trackball device 22 separated with base station 12, infrared transmitter 40 was directly launched digital signal to computer 50 to infrared transmitter 40 in order to the emission digital signal.Computer games console panel 26 comprises an electronic game machine console panel circuit 76, be arranged at the position that the touch-sensitive plate in the electronic game machine console panel 26 is touched in order to detection, and according to the position generation digital signal of being surveyed, an and infrared transmitter 78, when electronic game machine console panel 26 is fixed within the base station 12, infrared transmitter 78 is in order to launch digital signal to multiplexer 52, and when motor game machine console panel 26 separated with base station 12, infrared transmitter 78 was directly launched digital signal to computer 50.The multiplexer 52 of base station 12 comprises two infrared receivers 42 and 86, in order to receiving infrared- ray transmitter 40 and 78 infrared signals that produced.Keyboard 24 comprises a keyboard circuit 80, in order to the button of detection input, and according to the button generation digital signal that is pressed.The digital signal that keyboard circuit 80 produced will be received by multiplexer 52, and transfer to computer 50 by interface road 54.
The present invention can be done the variation of all embodiment by person skilled in the art person, but does not all break away from the protection domain of asking as attached claims.

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1. a computer blocking input media is characterized in that, comprising:
(1) at least one peripheral device is converted to digital signal in order to the operation with the user;
(2) base stations comprise
(a) casing,
(b) at least one stationary installation is arranged at this casing, in order to fixing this peripheral device,
(c) user's operation-interface is located at this casing, operates input in order to receive the user;
(3) peripheral circuits are operated input in order to the user that this user's operation-interface is received and are converted to digital signal;
(4) multiplexers are in order to receive the digital signal by this peripheral device and this peripheral circuit produced; And
(5) interface circuits are in order to transmit received digital signal to computer; Wherein, this peripheral device is fixed by the stationary installation of this base station, to form a combined operation interface of this base station.
2. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this peripheral device comprises:
A peripheral housing;
An operation-interface is located at this periphery housing, operates input in order to receive this user; And
An interface circuit is converted to digital signal in order to will operate input from the user that operation-interface received of this peripheral device.
3. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, this peripheral device and this base station system can be separated from each other, and wherein the peripheral circuit of this peripheral device comprises a transmitter, in order to direct transmission of digital signals to computer.
4. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, this peripheral device comprises a rechargeable battery, being used to provides electric power to this peripheral device when this peripheral device separates with this base station, and this base station further comprises a charge port, when this peripheral device combines with this base station, in order to this rechargeable battery is charged.
5. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, this transmitter is an infrared transmitter, in order to transfer digital signal to infrared signal, and wherein the multiplexer of this base station comprises the infrared receiver of a correspondence, in order to receive the infrared signal that this peripheral device is launched.
6. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the user's operation-interface that is arranged at this base station is a rocking bar lever, and the peripheral circuit of this operation-interface is a rocking bar circuit, in order to surveying the action of this rocking bar lever, and produce digital signal according to the action of the rocking bar lever of being surveyed.
7. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this stationary installation is a depression of being located at this base station, in order to fix this peripheral device.
8. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this base station further comprises a microphone, in order to sound is converted to simulating signal, and analog/digital converter, in order to being digital signal with this analog signal conversion, and the digital signal that wherein this analog/digital converter produced is by should a plurality of devices receptions, and transfers to computer by the interface circuit of this base station.
9. device for module type computer input comprises:
(1) at least two peripheral device transfers digital signal in order to the user is operated input, and each peripheral device comprises:
(a) peripheral housing,
(b) operation-interface is located at this periphery housing, operates input in order to receive this user, and
(c) interface circuit is converted to digital signal in order to will operate input from the user that this operation-interface received;
(2) base stations comprise:
(a) casing,
(b) stationary installation is located at this housing, in order to fix this peripheral device;
(3) multiplexers are in order to receive the digital signal that this peripheral device and this interface circuit produces; And
(4) interface circuits are in order to transmit received digital signal to computer;
Wherein, this peripheral device is fixed by the stationary installation of this base station, to form a combined operation interface of this base station.
10. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, this base station further comprises:
A rocking bar lever is located at this casing, operates output in order to receive the user, and
A rocking bar circuit transfers digital signal in order to this rocking bar user that lever receives is operated input;
Wherein, the digital signal that this rocking bar circuit is produced is received by this multiplexer, and transfers to computer by the interface circuit of this base station.
11. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, this stationary installation is a depression of being located at this base station, in order to fix this peripheral device.
12. device for module type computer input as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, this base station further comprises a microphone, in order to sound is converted to simulating signal, and analog/digital converter, in order to being digital signal with this analog signal conversion, and the digital signal that wherein this analog/digital converter produced received by this multiplexer, and transfers to computer by the interface circuit of this base station.
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