CN110770683A

CN110770683A - Telescopic mouse

Info

Publication number: CN110770683A
Application number: CN201780092192.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘钊
Original assignee: Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-01
Filing date: 2017-08-01
Publication date: 2020-02-07
Also published as: WO2019023939A1

Abstract

The utility model provides a telescopic mouse, includes flaky mouse main part (10) and operating portion (20), and appearance chamber (30) have been seted up in mouse main part (10), and operating portion (20) are arranged in appearance chamber (30) and with mouse main part (10) sliding connection, make operating portion (20) flexible relative mouse main part (10), and operating portion (20) include flexible touch-control layer (40), still include the controlling means who is connected with flexible touch-control layer (40) electricity. The flexible touch layer is adopted for replacing the traditional electronic component, so that the space is saved, and the volume is greatly reduced; the whole mouse does not need to be provided with auxiliary components such as a roller, a key and the like, and the appearance is neat and elegant; adopt flexible touch-control layer response touch-control action, the operation of being more convenient for and sensitivity are high, also make the function of mouse easily upgrade, for example with mouse and other equipment like unmanned aerial vehicle, VR equipment, TV set etc. establish communication, can be used to remote control equipment. Therefore, the telescopic mouse has obvious improvement and optimization in structure and function and good application prospect.

Description

Telescopic mouse

Telescopic mouse technical field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of electronic devices, and particularly relates to a telescopic mouse.

Background

[0002] The mouse is a well-known control device used for being matched with a display for use, can be manufactured into a telescopic structure for facilitating use and carrying, and has the advantages of small occupied space, suitability for different hand types and convenience for carrying. For example, in a retractable mouse disclosed in chinese patent application (201220111521.0), the rear body of the mouse is designed as an arc-shaped thin shell, and is slidably connected to the front body of the mouse, and the front body is provided with an electronic component therein, so that the size of the mouse can be adjusted by adjusting the retraction amount of the arc-shaped thin shell, thereby adapting to different hand shapes. The posterior body can be retracted into the anterior body to the maximum extent without using inches, so as to reduce the volume. The telescopic ultrathin mouse can be used for adjusting the size of the telescopic mouse shell, is suitable for users with different hand types, and is convenient to carry. However, the telescopic mouse only designs the rear body part of the traditional mouse as a thin sheet and slides relative to the front body, and the other parts of the telescopic mouse are not changed.

Technical problem

[0003] The invention aims to provide a telescopic mouse, and aims to solve the technical problems that the conventional telescopic mouse is limited in contraction capacity and lacks of structure and function optimization.

Solution to the problem

Technical solution

[0004] In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that: a telescopic mouse comprises a sheet-shaped mouse main body and a sheet-shaped operation part, wherein the mouse main body is provided with a containing cavity, the operation part is arranged in the containing cavity and is in sliding connection with the mouse main body, so that the operation part can be stretched relative to the mouse main body, the operation part comprises a flexible touch layer, and the operation part further comprises a control device electrically connected with the flexible touch layer

Advantageous effects [0005] compared with the conventional retractable mouse, the retractable mouse provided by the embodiment of the present invention has the following advantageous effects: the mouse comprises an operation part, a flexible touch layer, a front end and a back end, wherein the operation part is arranged at the front end of the operation part, the front end of the operation part is provided with a cavity, the cavity is arranged at the back end of the operation part, the operation part is arranged at the back end of the operation part, and the cavity is arranged at the front end of the operation part; secondly, the flexible touch layer is adopted to replace the traditional electronic component, and the whole mouse does not need to be provided with auxiliary components such as a roller, a key and the like, so that the appearance is neat and elegant; and thirdly, the flexible touch layer is adopted to sense touch action, so that the operation is more convenient, the sensitivity is high, the function of the mouse is easy to upgrade, for example, the mouse is communicated with other equipment such as an unmanned aerial vehicle, VR equipment and a television, and the mouse can be used for remote control equipment. Therefore, the telescopic mouse has obvious improvement and optimization in structure and function and good application prospect.

Brief description of the drawings

Drawings

[0006] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the descriptions of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the drawings without inventive labor.

[0007] Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a telescopic mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which an operation portion is in a contracted state; [0008] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the telescopic mouse according to the embodiment of the present invention, wherein the operating portion is in an extended state; [0009] FIG. 3 is a side view of the telescopic mouse according to the embodiment of the present invention with the operating portion in an extended state;

[0010] fig. 4 is a top view of the telescopic mouse according to the embodiment of the present invention with the operation portion in an extended state;

[0011] fig. 5 is a schematic view of a telescopic mouse provided with a push button according to an embodiment of the present invention in a retracted state;

[0012] fig. 6 is a schematic view illustrating an extended state of a retractable mouse provided with a push button according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0013] fig. 7 is a schematic view of a telescopic mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention in a retracted state with buttons;

[0014] fig. 8 is a schematic view illustrating an extended state of a telescopic mouse provided with a button inch according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

[0016] 10-a mouse body; 20-an operating part; 30-a cavity; 40-a flexible touch layer; 50-a chute; 60-push buttons; 70-a button; 80-slideway. Modes for carrying out the invention

[0017] In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

[0018] It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "disposed on" or "connected to" another element, it can be directly or indirectly disposed on or connected to the other element. The terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," and the like are used for convenience of description only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying that the number of technical features is indicated. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise

[0019] Referring to fig. 1 to 4, a telescopic mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention is described, where the telescopic mouse includes a mouse main body 10 and an operation portion 20, the mouse main body 10 and the operation portion 20 are both of a sheet structure, the mouse main body 10 is provided with a holding cavity 30, the operation portion 20 is disposed in the holding cavity 30 and slidably connected to the mouse main body 10, so that the operation portion 20 can be extended and retracted relative to the mouse main body 10, the operation portion 20 includes a flexible touch layer 40, and a control device electrically connected to the flexible touch layer 40 is further disposed in the operation portion 20. Specifically, mouse main part 10 mainly used provides the whole support and the holding operating portion 20 of mouse, and operating portion 20 stretches out behind holding chamber 30, and its rear end keeps being connected with the front end of mouse main part 10, and the two constitutes mouse overall structure under operating condition, and the size of operating portion 20 and mouse main part 10 can be according to the size design that is fit for handheld to promote the travelling comfort, avoid the too little messenger's hand of size to exert oneself too concentratedly or uneven and cause fatigue. The flexible touch layer 40 is connected with the control device through a flexible circuit, the flexible touch layer 40 is arranged in the operation part 20 and used for receiving hand touch actions of an operator, transmitting electric signals generated by the touch actions to the control device through the flexible circuit, identifying the operation of the mouse through communication between the control device and the terminal display device, and performing corresponding operation on the display device. It can be understood that the control device is a general term for a plurality of functional modules for implementing the mouse function, such as a battery module, a touch sensing module, a communication module, and so on, which are not described herein again.

[0020] The telescopic mouse is used as a mouse, the operation part 20 extends out, the operation part and the mouse main body 10 form a mouse shape, the flexible touch layer 40 senses hand movement by touching the operation part 20, and the mouse operation is realized through a series of signal processing of a control device; when the mouse is not used, the operation portion 20 is retracted into the cavity 30 of the mouse main body 10, and the operation portion can be completely hidden in the cavity 30, so that the size of the mouse is greatly reduced, and the mouse is convenient to carry. It is understood that the control device may be integrated, may be provided in the operation portion 20 as a separate functional structure, or may be integrated in the circuit of the flexible touch layer 40. No matter what type of mode is adopted, the device has the characteristic of miniaturization, and the device is neat and attractive in appearance and has no accessory.

[0021] Compared with the existing telescopic mouse, the telescopic mouse provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following advantages: 0022 a first step of arranging a flexible touch layer 40 and a control device in an operation part 20, wherein the whole operation part is of a sheet structure, so that a traditional electronic component is replaced, a large amount of space is saved, a mouse main body 10 can also be made into a sheet shape, an internal cavity 30 can be arranged from the front end of the mouse main body 10 to the tail end, the operation part 20 is completely accommodated in the internal cavity, the volume is greatly reduced, and the volume of the mouse after the operation part 20 is hidden can be reduced to be close to half of the volume of the mouse with the operation part 20 completely extending out of an inch;

[0023] secondly, the flexible touch layer 40 is adopted to replace the traditional electronic component, and the whole mouse does not need to be provided with auxiliary components such as a roller, a button and the like, so that the appearance is neat and elegant;

[0024] thirdly, the flexible touch layer 40 is adopted to sense touch action, so that the operation is more convenient, the sensitivity is high, the functions of the mouse are easy to upgrade, for example, the mouse is communicated with other equipment such as an unmanned aerial vehicle, VR equipment and a television, and the mouse can be used for remote control equipment.

[0025] Therefore, the telescopic mouse has obvious improvement and optimization in structure and function and good application prospect.

[0026] Further, when the cavity 30 is expanded from the front end to the tail end of the operating portion 20, the length of the operating portion 20 is close to that of the mouse main body 10, and after the operating portion 20 is completely retracted into the cavity 30, the volume of the mouse is close to one half of the volume of the mouse that the operating portion 20 completely extends out of the cavity 30 inches, so that the volume of the mouse is reduced to the maximum extent.

[0027] Further, the operation portion 20 includes an operation portion main body in which the flexible touch layer 40 and the control device are disposed, and the flexible touch layer 40 and the control device are connected by a flexible circuit. Specifically, the operation portion main body is a carrier of the flexible touch layer 40 and the operation portion 20. In one embodiment, the main body of the operation portion 20 is a sheet-shaped substrate having a certain thermal conductivity, and the flexible touch layer 40 is a touch layer formed by using a flexible material as a base layer and forming a circuit thereon, the touch layer and the control device being formed in the main body of the operation portion; in another embodiment, the main body of the operation portion 20 is a sheet-shaped substrate with certain thermal conductivity, the flexible touch layer 40 is a flexible touch circuit directly fabricated in the sheet-shaped substrate, and the control device is also integrated in the sheet-shaped substrate together with the flexible touch circuit.

[0028] Furthermore, the material of the operation portion main body is preferably soft material with good texture so as to improve hand touch feeling.

For example, an organic material having a good hand feeling is used. The material of the flexible touch layer 40 is preferably transparent, and the operation portion main body can also be made of transparent flexible material like the flexible touch layer 40, so that the whole operation portion 20 is transparent, the appearance is better, and accurate operation can be conveniently carried out by distinguishing the position corresponding to some functions on the operation portion 20. The transparent flexible material is also preferably an organic material with better hand feeling.

[0029] Further, the mouse main body 10 is mainly used for forming a mouse whole with the operation portion 20 when the mouse is used, and for accommodating the operation portion 20 when the mouse is not used, so that the mouse main body 10 should have a certain strength to avoid being extruded and deformed. The support is made of a material having a certain strength, such as polycarbonate, and the soft skin is used to provide a pleasant tactile sensation, such as being made of an organic material, such as polyurethane. In another embodiment, the mouse body 10 is made of a material with certain strength and better texture, and has sufficient strength and can meet the requirement of texture

[0030] In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to facilitate the expansion and contraction of the operation portion 20, the shape of the mouse body 10 is an arc shape, specifically, the arc shape is a shape formed by a straight line segment moving in parallel along an arc-shaped trajectory perpendicular to the self-orientation direction, and the arc-shaped trajectory is an arc segment. Correspondingly, the shape that holds chamber 30 is the cambered surface type also, specifically is from the front end of mouse main part 10 consumer and the cavity of the upper and lower surface that is on a parallel with mouse main part 10 that extends to inside, and likewise, operation portion 20 is the cambered surface type structure unanimous with mouse main part 10's shape, and its width and thickness slightly are less than the width and the thickness that hold chamber 30 to in it and flexible smoothly to the holding.

[0031] Further, in order to make the shape of the mouse more suitable for holding, the arc-shaped mouse main body 10 and the operation part 20 need to have a proper angle as a whole, after the operation part 20 completely extends out of the accommodating cavity 30, the sum of the central angle of the operation part 20 and the central angle of the mouse main body 10 is larger than 90 degrees and smaller than 180 degrees, so that the shape of the whole mouse is equivalent to 1/4-1/2 arcs, and the condition that the uplift degree of the upper part of the mouse is not too small to support a palm and too large to apply force is ensured. In addition, the length, the width and the height of the mouse can be designed according to needs, for example, the length is 8-12 c m, the width is 6-8 cm, and the height is 2-3 cm. The length in this embodiment refers to a fully extended inch of the operation portion 20, a projection length of the operation portion 20 and the mouse main body 10 on a plane carrying the mouse, a width refers to a projection width of the mouse main body 10 on the plane carrying the mouse, and a height refers to a vertical distance between a highest point of an upper surface of the mouse main body 10 and a surface supporting the mouse, where the operation portion 20 is fully extended inch.

[0032] In the embodiment of the present invention, the operation portion 20 and the mouse body 10 are connected in a sliding connection manner, referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, specifically, in an embodiment, a sliding slot 50 is disposed on a side surface of the mouse body 10, the sliding slot 50 is specifically a slit parallel to a side surface extending direction of the mouse body 10, two ends of the sliding slot 50 are respectively stopped at a side surface of a front end and a side surface of a rear end of the mouse body 10, a push button 60 is slidably disposed in the sliding slot 50, an inner end of the push button 60 is fixedly connected with the operation portion 20, an outer end of the push button 60 is exposed outside the sliding slot 50, and a radial dimension of the outer end of the push button 60 is greater than a width of the sliding slot 50. On the operation portion 20, the inner end of the push button 60 may be directly connected to the side surface of the operation portion 20, specifically, may be welded, glued, snapped, embedded, or the like, or may be indirectly connected to the operation portion 20 through another connecting member.

[0033] Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in another embodiment, a button 70 is disposed on a side surface of the mouse body 10, an inner end of the button 70 is connected to the operation portion 20, an outer end of the button 70 is exposed to an outside of the mouse body 10, and accordingly, the operation portion 20 is provided with a driving member which is connected to the button 70 and drives the operation portion 20 to extend and retract under triggering of a pressing action of the button, more specifically, when the mouse is not used, the driving member locks the operation portion 20 in the cavity 30, when the button 70 is pressed, the driving member is triggered to release locking of the operation portion 20, so that the operation portion 20 is ejected, and after use is finished, the operation portion 20 is pushed back to the cavity 30, and the operation portion 20 is locked again by the driving member

[0034] Further, in order to prevent the operation portion 20 from being separated from the mouse body 10 during the pop-up process, a limiting portion may be disposed at the front end of the mouse body 10, and a structure matched with the limiting portion is correspondingly designed at the tail portion of the operation portion 20. For example, an inner edge is arranged at the front end of the mouse body 10 around the periphery of the rechargeable port of the cavity 30, and an outer edge is arranged at the tail of the operation part 20, and the outer edge can abut against the inner surface of the inner edge, so that the operation part 20 is prevented from popping out of the mouse body 10. The protruding limit block can be arranged at the tail of the operation part 20, and when the operation part 20 slides out of the inch completely, the limit block abuts against the inner edge of the mouse main body 10. Other limiting structures can be adopted, and the embodiment is not illustrated.

[0035] Further referring to fig. 7 and 8, the side of the mouse body 10 is provided with a button 70 inch, in order to make the operation portion 20 slide or pop up more smoothly, a slide way 80 may be provided inside the mouse body 10, and the side of the operation portion 20 is provided with a sliding piece engaged with the slide way. Specifically, in one embodiment, the slide 80 includes two parallel raised rails, and the runner is a smooth side of the handle portion 20 itself that slides between the two raised rails. More specifically, the side of the operation portion 20 itself may be processed to be smooth, or the smooth side may be embedded. The two convex edge slideways and the middle part thereof can also be subjected to smoothing treatment. Of course, the mouse body 10 and the operation portion 20 may have appropriate surface roughness to satisfy the sliding requirement. The sliding member may be a ball or a roller mounted on a side of the operating portion 20, and the ball or the roller may roll between two convex edge rails. [0036] In another embodiment, the sliding rail 80 comprises a single convex track on the inner wall of the mouse body 10, the sliding member is a smooth side of the operating part 20 itself, and the side is provided with a groove parallel to the convex track, and the convex track can be embedded into the groove and slide.

[0037] In another embodiment, the slide 80 includes a groove track on the inner wall of the mouse body 10, and the sliding member is a smooth side of the operation portion 20 itself or a ball or a roller disposed on the side, and the side, the ball or the roller can slide or roll in the groove track.

[0038] In other embodiments, the slide way 80 on the mouse main body 10 may also be in the form of a plunger slot, and a protruding member capable of extending out of the slot is disposed on a side of the operation portion to provide a guiding function for extension and retraction of the operation portion.

[0039] As an improvement of this embodiment, the retractable mouse in this embodiment may also be used as a remote controller, where the control device includes a plurality of mouse control modules that cooperate with the flexible touch layer 40 to implement a mouse function, a plurality of remote control modules that cooperate with the flexible touch layer 40 to implement a remote control function, and a switching module that is used to switch the retractable mouse between the mouse operating state and the remote control operating state. More specifically, the mouse function can be upgraded by software, and the operation unit 20 can be configured to include a corresponding function module and set a specific operation. Specifically, the equipment to be remotely controlled comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle, VR equipment, a television and the like.

[0040] The flexible touch layer 40 is adopted in the operation area of the telescopic mouse provided by the embodiment of the invention, compared with the traditional mouse adopting electronic components, the size of the telescopic mouse is greatly reduced, the structure is simpler and more attractive, the telescopic mouse is easy to operate and carry, the functions of the mouse and a remote controller can be realized, more functions can be realized through software design, and the application prospect is wide.

[0041] The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the invention, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claims

A telescopic mouse is characterized in that: including flaky mouse main part and flaky operation portion, mouse main part is equipped with the appearance chamber of grapping, the operation portion is arranged in hold the chamber and with mouse main part sliding connection makes the operation portion can be relative mouse main part is flexible, the operation portion includes flexible touch-control layer, the operation portion still include with the controlling means that flexible touch-control layer electricity is connected.

The telescopic mouse of claim 1, wherein the operating portion includes an operating portion main body, and the flexible touch layer and the control device are both disposed in the operating portion main body and connected by a flexible circuit.

The telescopic mouse of claim 1, wherein the shape of the mouse body is an arc surface shape formed by a straight line segment moving in parallel along an arc-shaped trajectory perpendicular to the self-orientation direction.

The telescopic mouse of claim 3, wherein the shape of the cavity and the shape of the operating portion conform to the shape of the mouse body.

The telescopic mouse of claim 4, wherein after the operating portion is fully extended out of the cavity, the sum of the central angle of the operating portion and the central angle of the mouse body is greater than 90. And is less than 180.

The retractable mouse of claim 4, wherein the cavity is deployable from the front end of the mouse body and extends to the rear of the mouse body, and the volume of the mouse with the operating portion fully retracted into the cavity is one-half of the volume of the mouse with the operating portion fully extended out of the cavity.

The telescopic mouse of any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the operating portion body and the flexible touch layer are made of transparent flexible materials.

The telescopic mouse of claim 7, wherein said transparent flexible material is an organic material.

The retractable mouse of any one of claims 1-6, wherein the mouse body comprises a support and a soft surface layer covering the surface of the support.

The retractable mouse of claim 9, wherein the flexible surface layer is made of an organic material.

The telescopic mouse of claim 1, wherein the side of the mouse body is provided with a sliding slot, two ends of the sliding slot respectively terminate at the side of the front end and the side of the rear end of the mouse body, a push button is slidably disposed in the sliding slot, an inner end of the push button is fixedly connected with the operating portion, and an outer end of the push button is exposed outside the sliding slot.

The telescopic mouse of claim 1, wherein a button is disposed on a side surface of the mouse body, an inner end of the button is connected to the operating portion, an outer end of the button is exposed to an outside of the mouse body, the operating portion is provided with a driving member connected to the button for driving the operating portion to be telescopic, and the operating portion or the mouse body is further provided with a stopper for preventing the operating portion from being separated from the mouse body.

The telescopic mouse according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the inner wall of the mouse body is provided with a slide way, and the side of the operating portion is provided with a sliding member engaged with the slide way. The telescopic mouse of claim 13, wherein the slide comprises two parallel raised rails, and the sliding member is a side of the operating portion or a roller or a ball mounted on the side, and the side, the roller or the ball can slide or roll between the two raised rails.

The telescopic mouse of claim 13, wherein the slide is a groove track, and the sliding member is a side of the operating portion or a ball or a roller mounted on the side of the operating portion, and the side of the operating portion, the ball or the roller can slide or roll in the groove track.

The telescopic mouse of claim 13, wherein the slide comprises a single convex edge rail, the sliding member is a side of the operating part, the side has a groove parallel to the convex edge rail, and the convex edge rail can be embedded in the groove and slide.

The telescopic mouse of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the telescopic mouse is used as a mouse and a remote controller, and the control device comprises a plurality of mouse control modules cooperating with the flexible touch layer to implement a mouse function, a plurality of remote control modules cooperating with the flexible touch layer to implement a remote control function, and a switching module for switching the telescopic mouse between a mouse operating state and a remote control operating state. The retractable mouse of claim 17, wherein said devices to be remotely controlled include an unmanned machine, a VR device, and a television.