CN111381692B

CN111381692B - Pen type folding mouse

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Publication number: CN111381692B
Application number: CN201811625703.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林诗渊
Original assignee: Giga Byte Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Giga Byte Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-28
Filing date: 2018-12-28
Publication date: 2023-02-28
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-28
Also published as: CN111381692A

Abstract

The invention discloses a pen-shaped folding mouse which comprises a roller, two supporting shafts, two rod bodies, two buttons and an optical sensor. The roller has an axis. The two support shafts are arranged on two opposite sides of the roller and are parallel to the axis. The two rod bodies are positioned on two opposite sides of the roller and movably arranged on the two supporting shafts. The two rod bodies comprise two outer surfaces and two first end surfaces close to each other. The two buttons are respectively arranged on the two outer surfaces of the two rod bodies. The optical sensor is positioned on the outer surface of one of the rod bodies.

Description

Pen type folding mouse

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a mouse, and more particularly, to a pen-shaped foldable mouse.

Background

The mouse device is an important target control device in modern computer systems. In order to facilitate the use of the existing mouse on the market, a certain volume and shape must be maintained to improve the hand feeling in use, which causes inconvenience in storage. Meanwhile, according to the requirement, the user may need to additionally carry the briefing pen to be matched with the mouse for use, and the carrying burden of the user is further increased.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a pen-type folding mouse which can be changed between two types of a mouse and a penholder type.

The invention provides a pen-shaped folding mouse which comprises a roller, two supporting shafts, two rod bodies, two buttons and an optical sensor. The roller has an axis. The two supporting shafts are arranged on two opposite sides of the roller and are arranged in parallel with the axis. The two rod bodies are positioned at two opposite sides of the roller and movably arranged on the two supporting shafts. The two rod bodies comprise two outer surfaces and two first end surfaces adjacent to the rollers. The two buttons are respectively arranged on the two outer surfaces of the two rod bodies. The optical sensor is positioned on the outer surface of one of the rod bodies. When the two rod bodies are at a first position, the two first end surfaces face to two opposite sides of the roller respectively. The two rods and the roller extend along the axis to form a pen rod shape. The two rod bodies are suitable for moving from a first position to a second position relative to the roller, so that the two outer surfaces of the two rod bodies face to two opposite sides of the roller and are close to each other. The two rods, the roller, the optical sensor and the two buttons form a mouse together, and the two buttons are respectively used as a left button and a right button of the mouse.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each rod has a sliding block located inside. Each support shaft is provided with a sliding groove. The sliding block is suitable for sliding and rotating in the sliding groove. When the two rod bodies are at the first position, the sliding block is positioned at a first end in the sliding groove. Each sliding block is suitable for sliding to a second end in the sliding groove and then turns to fix the two rod bodies at the second position.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the rods further has a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion therein. Each support shaft further has a first engaging portion. When the two rod bodies are at the first position, the first positioning part in each rod body is clamped with the first clamping part of the corresponding support shaft. Each slide block is suitable for sliding to a second end in the sliding groove and then turning, so that the second positioning part in each rod body is clamped with the corresponding first clamping part in the support shaft.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the rods further has a first positioning portion therein, and each of the support shafts further has a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion. When the two rod bodies are at the first position, the first positioning part in each rod body is clamped with the first clamping part in the corresponding support shaft. Each slide block is suitable for sliding to a second end in the sliding groove and then turning, so that the first positioning part in each rod body is clamped with the corresponding second clamping part in the support shaft.

In an embodiment of the invention, the slider has a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion. The first positioning portion is located at a first height relative to the inner surface and extends along a first direction. The second positioning part is located on a second height relative to the inner surface and extends along a second direction. Each support shaft is further provided with a first positioning hole and a second positioning hole which are communicated with the sliding groove and are positioned at different depths. The first positioning cavity is close to a first end of the sliding groove. The second positioning cavity is close to a second end of the sliding chute. When the two rod bodies are at the first position, each sliding block is positioned at the first end in the sliding groove, and each first positioning part is clamped in the corresponding first positioning hole. Each slide block is suitable for sliding to the second end in the sliding groove and then turning, so that the second positioning part in each rod body is clamped in the corresponding second positioning hole.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the two rods includes two first magnetic attraction pieces. Each first magnetic attraction piece is positioned on the corresponding rod body and is adjacent to the end part of the roller. When the two rods are at the first position, the two first magnetic attraction pieces of the two rods are close to the roller and attract each other to maintain the pen rod shape.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the two rods further includes two second magnetic attraction pieces, and each of the second magnetic attraction pieces is located at an end portion of the corresponding rod away from the roller. When the two rods are at the second position, the two second magnetic attraction pieces of the two rods attract each other to maintain the shape of the mouse.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the roller includes a rim, a rim and a pressure sensor. The two support shafts are arranged on two side surfaces of the wheel frame. The rim covers at least a portion of the rim and is rotatably disposed on the rim. The pressure sensor is positioned on the inner side of the rim to sense that the rim is pressed.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the roller includes a rotation sensor located inside the rim for sensing rotation of the rim.

In an embodiment of the present invention, one of the rods further includes a rotation sensor located on the outer surface and close to the roller. When the two rods are at the second position, the rotation sensor is used for sensing the rotation of the rim.

In an embodiment of the invention, one of the rods further includes a circuit board and a flexible flat cable inside the rod. The flexible flat cable is attached to the corresponding support shaft and connected to the circuit board and the pressure sensor.

In an embodiment of the invention, one of the rods further includes a circuit board located inside and two metal sheets electrically connected to the circuit board. The supporting shaft corresponding to the rod body with the two metal sheets comprises two conductors electrically connected to the pressure sensor. The two metal sheets are respectively contacted with the two corresponding conductors so as to electrically connect the pressure sensor to the circuit board.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the two rods include two protrusions located on the two outer surfaces and adjacent to the roller, and a distance between a top of each protrusion and the axis is greater than a radius of the roller.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the pen-type foldable mouse further includes an infrared emitter. The infrared emitter is positioned on a second end face, far away from the roller, of one of the rod bodies.

Based on the above, the two rods of the pen-type foldable mouse can be changed between the first position and the second position. The user can change the two rods to the second position when needing to use the mouse. When the user does not need to use the mouse, the two rod bodies can be deformed to the first position to form a pen-holder shape, so that the user can carry the mouse conveniently. Meanwhile, the pen-shaped folding mouse in the pen-holder-shaped form may have functionality different from that of a mouse.

In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a pen-type folding mouse according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein two sticks are in a first position.

FIG. 1B is a side view of the two sticks of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 1A in a first position.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a pen-type folding mouse according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein two rods are separated from a roller in an axial direction.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a pen-type folding mouse according to a first embodiment of the present invention with two sticks in a second position.

FIG. 4A isbase:Sub>A partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 1A taken along the line A-A'.

FIG. 4B is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 1A taken along the line B-B'.

FIG. 5A is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 2 taken along the line C-C'.

FIG. 5B is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 2 taken along the D-D' line.

FIG. 6A is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 3 taken along the line E-E'.

FIG. 6B is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 3 taken along the line F-F'.

Fig. 7 is a partial sectional view of a stick body of a pen-type folding mouse according to a second embodiment of the present invention in a first position.

Fig. 8 is a partial sectional view of a pen-type folding mouse according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a stick body is separated from a wheel along an axis.

Fig. 9A is a partial cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of a pen-type folding mouse according to the present invention, with the stick body in a second position.

Fig. 9B is a partial cross-sectional view from another perspective of fig. 9A.

FIG. 9C is a top view of the pen-shaped folded mouse of FIG. 9A in a second position according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a slider of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11A is a partial schematic view of a pen-type folding mouse according to a third embodiment of the present invention, wherein the body of the mouse is in a first position.

Fig. 11B is a sectional view taken along line G-G of fig. 11A.

FIG. 12A is a partial schematic view of a pen-type folding mouse according to a third embodiment of the present invention, wherein the stick body is separated from the roller in the axial direction.

Fig. 12B is a sectional view taken along line H-H' of fig. 12A.

FIG. 13A is a partial schematic view of a pen-type folding mouse in a second position according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13B is a sectional view taken along line I-I' of fig. 13A.

Fig. 14 is a top view of a pen-type folding mouse according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention in a second position.

Fig. 15 is a partial schematic view of a roller and a support shaft according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 16 is a partial sectional view of a roller, a supporting shaft, and a lever body according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the reference numbers:

10: pen holder type

20: mouse (Saggar)

21: left key

22: right key

100. 200, 300, 400: pen type folding mouse

110. 210, 310, 410, 510, 610: roller wheel

111. 211, 611: wheel frame

111a, 211a, 611a: containing space

112. 212, 612: wheel rim

113. 213, 513, 613: sensing assembly

120. 220, 320, 420, 520, 620: supporting shaft

120a: end part

121. 221, 321: sliding chute

121a, 221a, 321a: first end

121b, 221b, 321b: second end

122. 222: a first engaging part

130. 230, 330, 430, 630: rod body

130a, 230a, 330a: inner surface

131: outer surface of

132: first end face

133: second end face

134. 234, 334: sliding block

135. 235, 334a: a first positioning part

136. 334b: second positioning part

140: push button

150: optical sensor

160: infrared emitter

170. 670: circuit board

180: battery with a battery cell

181: charging port

190: projection part

220b: side surface

223: second engaging part

320c: the top surface

322: first location hole

323: second location point

501: flexible flat cable

501a: first interface

501b: second interface

601: metal sheet

621: conductor

L: axial line

H1: first height

H2: second height

P1: first position

P2: second position

PS: pressure sensor

MS: rotation sensor

FM: first magnetic attraction piece

SM: second magnetic attraction piece

X, Y, Z: direction of rotation

A-A ', B-B ', C-C ', D-D ', E-E ', F-F ', G-G ', H-H ', I-I ': line segment

Detailed Description

The invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific examples, but the invention is not limited thereto.

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a pen-type folding mouse according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein two sticks are in a first position. FIG. 1B is a side view of the two sticks of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 1A in a first position. FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a pen-type folding mouse according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein two rods are separated from a roller in an axial direction. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a pen-type folding mouse according to a first embodiment of the present invention with two sticks in a second position.

Referring to fig. 1A to 3, a pen-shaped foldable mouse 100 includes a roller 110, two supporting shafts 120 (fig. 2), two rods 130, two buttons 140, an optical sensor 150, and an infrared emitter 160. The roller 110 has an axis L extending in the Y direction. The roller 110 has a rim 111 and a rim 112. The rim 112 surrounds the rim 111 and is rotatable relative to the rim 111.

As shown in fig. 2, two supporting shafts 120 are disposed at opposite sides of the roller 110 and respectively extend into the two rods 120. Each support shaft 120 may extend along the axis L from two opposite sides of the wheel frame 111 of the roller 110, or may be disposed parallel to the axis L. The two rods 120 are located on opposite sides of the wheel frame 111 of the roller 110, and are movably disposed on the two support shafts 120 to be adapted to be deformed between a first position P1 as shown in fig. 1A and a second position P2 as shown in fig. 3.

As shown in fig. 1B, in the present embodiment, the two rods 120 include two outer surfaces 131 and two first end surfaces 132 adjacent to the roller 110. When the two rods 120 are at the first position P1, the two first end surfaces 132 respectively approach and are attached to two opposite sides of the wheel frame 111 of the roller 110. Two buttons 140 are respectively disposed on the two outer surfaces 131 of the two levers 120. The optical sensor 150 is located on the outer surface 131 of one of the rods 120. The infrared emitter 160 is located on a second end 133 of one of the rods 120 remote from the roller 110. Of course, in other embodiments, the optical sensor 150 and the infrared emitter 160 may be located on the same rod 120.

In the present embodiment, the rod 120 having the infrared emitter 160 has a circuit board 170 therein, and the other rod 120 has a battery 180 (both the circuit board 170 and the battery 180 are shown by dotted lines) and a charging port 181 of the battery 180 (as shown in fig. 3). The circuit board 170, the optical sensor 150, the two buttons 140, the infrared emitter 160, and various sensing mechanisms to be mentioned below are electrically connected to each other, and are powered by a battery 180. Moreover, the circuit board 170 may provide the pen-shaped foldable mouse 100 with functions in different states according to design requirements.

The following describes a process of the two sticks 130 of the pen-type folding mouse 100 according to the first embodiment of the invention moving from the first position P1 (fig. 1A) to the second position P2 (fig. 3). Referring to fig. 1A, when the two rods 130 are at the first position P1, the two first end surfaces 132 face opposite sides of the rim 111 of the roller 110. The two rods 130 and the roller 110 extend along the axis L to form a pen-type pen 10.

In a state where the pen-type folding mouse 100 is the pen-holder type 10, the pen-type folding mouse 100 of fig. 1A can be used as a bulletin pen, for example. The circuit board 170 has a bluetooth module (not shown) for transmitting signals with other hardware devices (not shown), such as a personal computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, etcPresentation software (e.g., presentation software) that controls hardware device memory through operation of two buttons 140 or scroll wheel 110

). For example, in the case of the stylus type 10, a pressure sensor (mentioned below) in the wheel 110 may be used as a switch of the infrared emitter 160, and at the same time, the two buttons 140 control the upper and lower page functions of the presentation software. Each component may be given different functions according to the use requirement, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Next, when the pen-type foldable mouse 100 is to be modified, referring to fig. 2, the two rods 130 are separated from each other along the axis L in opposite directions, such that the first end surfaces 132 of the two rods 130 are away from the roller 110, and the two supporting shafts 120 connected between the two rods 130 and the roller 110 are exposed. Then, as shown in fig. 3, the two outer surfaces 131 of the two rods 130 rotate toward the two opposite sides of the rim 111 of the roller 110 and approach each other. This rotation may be performed, for example, by an actuating mechanism between the support shaft 120 and the lever 130, which will be described later. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the support shaft itself is flexible metal suitable for bending, or in some embodiments, the shaft body is flexible metal.

In the present embodiment, the two rods 130 extend along the X direction due to rotation and are located at the second position P2. When the two sticks 130 are in the second position P2, the two sticks 130, the roller 110, the optical sensor 150 and the two buttons 140 together form a mouse 20, and the circuit board 170 provides each component with a function different from that of the pen-type foldable mouse 100 in the first position P1.

For example, the circuit board 170 may transmit signals with other hardware devices (not shown) through a bluetooth module (not shown). The two buttons 140 can be used as a left button 21 and a right button 22 of the mouse 20, respectively. The optical sensor 150 can be a cursor position controller of the mouse 20 on a display screen of the hardware device, and the wheel 110 can be a wheel function of a general mouse, such as providing page sliding or switching of software stored in the hardware device on the display screen.

It should be noted that, in order to make the pen-type folding mouse 100 of the present invention operate smoothly in the second position P2 (i.e. the mouse 20), the two rods 130 may include two protrusions 190 located on the two outer surfaces 131 and adjacent to the roller. Referring to fig. 1B, a distance R1 between the top of each protrusion 190 and the axis L is greater than an outermost radius R2 of the roller 110 (in this embodiment, a radius between the outermost side of the rim 112 and the axis L). The configuration is such that when the pen-type folding mouse 100 in the second position P2 is placed on a plane, the rim 112 of the roller 110 can suspend to rotate smoothly without interfering with the plane when the rim 112 rotates. Similarly, the radial dimension of the shaft 130 may be larger than that of the roller 110, and the rim 112 of the roller 110 can be suspended to rotate smoothly. In addition, in the embodiment, the outer surface 132 is a surface of the cylindrical rod 130, but the shape of the rod 130 is not limited to the cylindrical shape. In other embodiments, the shaft may be a cylinder or a cone, such as a rectangular parallelepiped, a cone, etc., but the invention is not limited thereto.

By the above description of the operation principle, the pen-type foldable mouse 100 of the present invention is switched between the first position P1 and the second position P2 to have different functions. In the first position P1, the pen-type foldable mouse 100 is a pen-holder type 10 for a user to carry or for example, a bulletin pen. In the second position, the pen-type folded mouse 100 is the mouse 20. The switching mechanism increases the convenience of the user in use and carrying.

The internal mechanism of the pen-type folding mouse 100 of the present invention during the switching between the first position P1 and the second position P2 will be described.

FIG. 4A isbase:Sub>A partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 1A taken along the line A-A'. FIG. 4B is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 1A taken along the line B-B'. For clarity of description and illustration, the support shaft 120 and the lever body 130 of one of the opposite sides of the roller 110 will be described below.

Please refer to fig. 1A, fig. 4A and fig. 4B. Each of the sticks 130 of the pen-type foldable mouse 100 according to the first embodiment of the invention has a sliding block 134, a first positioning portion 135 and a second positioning portion 136 (fig. 4A) inside the stick 130. Each of the supporting shafts 120 (fig. 3) has a sliding slot 121 and a first engaging portion 122.

As shown in fig. 4B, the sliding block 134 may be a cylindrical structure and is disposed on an inner surface 130a of the rod 130. The sliding block 134 is disposed through the sliding slot 121 (fig. 4A) and adapted to slide and rotate in the sliding slot 121. The first engaging portion 122 is disposed on an end 120a of the support shaft 120 (fig. 3) away from the roller 110. When the rod 130 is at the first position P1, the first positioning portion 135 of the rod 130 is engaged with the corresponding first engaging portion 122 of the supporting shaft 120, and the slider 134 is located at a first end 121a of the sliding slot 121. The first engaging portions 122 are, for example, convex bumps, and the first positioning portions 135 are, for example, grooves, and can be engaged with each other.

Since the first engaging portion 122 and the first positioning portion 135 are designed to have arc shapes, they can be separated from each other by a force applied by a user along the axis L of the roller 110. FIG. 5A is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 2 taken along the line C-C'. FIG. 5B is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 2 taken along the D-D' line. Referring to fig. 2, 5A and 5B, the rod 130 separated from the first engaging portion 122 is adapted to slide along the sliding slot 121 via the slider 134, and the supporting shaft 120 is separated from the roller 110 in the axis L (i.e., Y direction) of the roller 110. At this time, the sliding block 134 is located at a second end 121b of the sliding slot 121.

FIG. 6A is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 3 taken along the line E-E'. FIG. 6B is a partial cross-sectional view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 3 taken along the line F-F'. Please refer to fig. 3, fig. 6A and fig. 6B. Then, the user can rotate the lever 130 by 90 degrees relative to the roller 110, and the slider 134 is turned at the second end 121b of the sliding slot 121, so that the second positioning portion 136 in the lever 130 is engaged with the first engaging portion 122 of the supporting shaft 120, and the pen-type foldable mouse 100 of the present invention is fixed at the second position P2, thereby forming an appearance of the mouse 20. The second positioning portion 136 can be made of the same material and the same configuration as the first positioning portion 135, for example, and will not be described herein.

In other embodiments, the second positioning portion and the first positioning portion may be bumps, and the first engaging portion may be a groove corresponding to the bump in shape and capable of engaging with the second positioning portion and the first positioning portion. Or, the second positioning portion and the first positioning portion may be magnetic members, and the first engaging portion may be attracted by a magnetic material. Or, the first engaging portion may be a magnetic member, and the second positioning portion and the first positioning portion may be attracted by a magnetic material. Or, the second positioning portion, the first positioning portion and the first engaging portion may all be magnetic members and attract each other at the first position and the second position.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 6A, the wheel frame 111 of the roller 110 in the present embodiment has an H-shape in cross section and an annular groove in appearance. The rim 112 is shaped to match the shape of the annular groove and is adapted to rotate relative to the rim 111. An auxiliary sliding structure such as balls (not shown) can be inserted between the rim 111 and the rim 112 to make the sliding of the rim 112 smoother. In addition, as shown in fig. 6B, in the present embodiment, the wheel frame 111 has an accommodating space 111a therein. The accommodating space 111a accommodates a sensing assembly 113 and is disposed inside the rim 112. Moreover, when the pen-type foldable mouse 100 is in the form of a mouse 20, the sensing assembly 113 is close to one side of the rolling rim 112 of the user. In detail, the sensing assembly 113 may include a pressure sensor and a rotation sensor, and is used for sensing rotation and pressing of the rim 112 when operated by a user. In addition, the accommodating space 111a extends to two opposite sides of the wheel frame 111, and provides a space for a trace (not shown) electrically connected between the circuit board 170 and the sensing assembly 113 in the wheel frame 111 to pass through. However, for the sake of convenience and ease of illustration, fig. 4A to 6B do not show the electrical connection structure.

Fig. 7 is a partial sectional view of a stick body of a pen-type folding mouse according to a second embodiment of the present invention in a first position. Fig. 8 is a partial sectional view of a pen-type folding mouse according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a stick body is separated from a wheel along an axis. Fig. 9A is a partial cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of a pen-type folding mouse according to the present invention, with the stick body in a second position. Fig. 9B is a partial cross-sectional view from another perspective of fig. 9A. FIG. 9C is a top view of the pen-type folding mouse of FIG. 9A in a second position according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The viewing angles of fig. 7, 8, and 9A are the same as those of fig. 4A, 5A, and 6A, respectively. The viewing angle of fig. 9B is the same as that of fig. 6B.

For clarity of description and illustration, the supporting shaft 220 and the lever body 230 of one of the opposite sides of the roller 210 of fig. 9C will be described below. In addition, in this embodiment, except that the configurations of the supporting shaft 220 and the inner portion of the rod 230 are different, the components and the appearance thereof may be the same as or similar to those of the first embodiment, and are not described herein again.

Please refer to fig. 7 to fig. 9C. Fig. 7 to 9C show the internal mechanism actuation manner of the pen-type foldable mouse 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention during the switching process between the first position P1 and the second position P2.

Each of the rods 230 of the pen-type foldable mouse 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention has a first positioning portion 235 and a sliding block 234 inside the rod 230. Each of the supporting shafts 220 has a first engaging portion 222, a second engaging portion 223 and a sliding slot 221. The sliding block 234 may be a cylindrical structure and is disposed on an inner surface 230a of the rod 230. The sliding block 234 is disposed in the sliding slot 221 and adapted to slide and rotate in the sliding slot 221. The first engaging portion 222 is a recess recessed in a side 220b of the supporting shaft 220 and the second engaging portion 223 is a recess recessed in an end 220a of the supporting shaft 220 away from the roller 210.

When the rod 230 is at the first position P1, the first positioning portion 235 of the rod 230 is engaged with the corresponding first engaging portion 222 of the supporting shaft 220, and the slider 234 is located at a first end 221a of the sliding slot 221. The first positioning portion 235 in the shaft 230 is, for example, a protruding metal spring and is deformed by a force.

Since the first engaging portion 222 and the first positioning portion 235 have corresponding arc-shaped designs, they can be separated from each other by a force applied by a user. As shown in fig. 8, the rod body 230 separated from the first engaging portion 222 is adapted to be separated from the roller 210 in the axial direction L (i.e., Y direction) of the roller 210 by the supporting shaft 220 being slid along the slide groove 212 by the slider 234. The first positioning portion 235 is pressed by the side surface 220b of the supporting shaft 220 to be flattened and slide along the side surface 220b, so that the sliding block 234 slides to the second end 221b of the sliding slot 221.

Then, the user can rotate the rod 230 by 90 degrees relative to the roller 210, as shown in fig. 9A, and the sliding block 234 can be turned at the second end 221b of the sliding slot 221. At this time, the first positioning portion 235 is ejected along the groove shape of the second engaging portion 223, so that the first positioning portion 235 in the rod 230 is engaged with the second engaging portion 223 of the supporting shaft 220, and the pen-shaped foldable mouse 200 of the present embodiment is fixed at the second position P2, thereby forming an appearance of a mouse 20 (as shown in fig. 3).

In addition, the rim 212 of the second embodiment of the present invention completely covers the cylindrical surface of the rim 211 and is adapted to rotate relative to the rim 211. An auxiliary sliding structure such as balls (not shown) can be inserted between the rim 211 and the rim 212 to make the rim 212 slide more smoothly. In addition, the wheel frame 211 may have a receiving space 211a and a sensing assembly 213 similar to or the same as the first embodiment, as shown in fig. 9B.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the sensing assembly 213 may be only a pressure sensor PS, and a sensor MS located on the outer surface 231 and close to the roller 210 may be disposed on one of the two rods 230. As shown in fig. 9C, when the two rods are at the second position, the rotation sensor MS can, for example, overlap the rim 212 in the Y direction to sense the rotation of the rim 212. Similarly, for the sake of clarity and ease of illustration, the electrical connection structure between the sensing assembly 213 and the circuit board is not shown in fig. 7 to 9B.

Fig. 10 is a schematic view of a slider of a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11A is a partial schematic view of a pen-type folding mouse according to a third embodiment of the present invention, wherein the stick body is at a first position. Fig. 11B is a sectional view taken along line G-G' of fig. 11A. Please refer to fig. 10.

For clarity of description and illustration, the support shaft 320 and the lever 330 on one of the opposite sides of the roller 310 will be described below. In addition, in this embodiment, except that the configurations of the supporting shaft 320 and the inner portion of the rod 330 are different, the components and the appearance thereof may be the same as or similar to those of the first embodiment, and are not described herein again.

The slider 334 of the third embodiment of the present invention is a cylindrical structure and protrudes from an inner surface 330a of the rod 330. The slider 334 has a first positioning portion 334a and a second positioning portion 334b. The first positioning portion 334a is located at a first height H1 relative to the inner surface 330a and extends along the X direction. The second positioning portion 334b is located at a second height H2 relative to the inner surface 330a and extends along the Y direction, and the first height H1 is greater than the second height H2, so that the first positioning portion 334a and the second positioning portion 334b are staggered in the Z direction. The first positioning portion 334a and the second positioning portion 334b are the same or similar spring structure, and are adapted to be pushed and deformed.

Please refer to fig. 11A and 11B. The viewing angle of fig. 11A is the same as that of fig. 4A. The supporting shaft 320 has a sliding slot 321, a first positioning cavity 322 (fig. 13A) and a second positioning cavity 323. The first positioning cavity 322 and the second positioning cavity 323 respectively have different depths in the Z direction relative to a top surface 320c of the support shaft 320, and the first height H1 of the first positioning portion 334a can correspond to the first positioning cavity 322 and the second height H2 of the second positioning portion 334b can correspond to the second positioning cavity 323 in assembly. The first positioning cavity 322 is close to a first end 321a of the sliding slot 321 and communicates with the sliding slot 321. The second positioning cavity 323 is proximate to a second end 321b of the sliding slot 321 and communicates with the sliding slot 321 (best shown in fig. 12A). The slider 334 is adapted to slide and rotate within the sliding slot 321.

When the two rods 330 are at the first position P1, the slider 334 is located at the first end 321a of the sliding slot 321, and the protruded first positioning portion 334a is engaged with the first positioning cavity 322 corresponding to the shape thereof.

Fig. 12A is a partial schematic view illustrating the third embodiment of the pen-type folding mouse when the stick body is separated from the roller in the axial direction. Fig. 12B is a sectional view taken along line H-H' of fig. 12A. Please refer to fig. 12A and 12B. Wherein the viewing angle of fig. 12A is the same as the viewing angle of fig. 5A. When the user operates to move the slider 324 from the first end 321a to the second end 321b of the sliding slot 321, the first positioning portion 334a is pressed by the inner wall surface of the sliding slot 321, which has a narrower width in the X direction than the width of the first positioning cavity 322 in the X direction, so that the slider 334 can slide in the sliding slot 321 to the second end 321 b.

FIG. 13A is a partial schematic view of a pen-type folding mouse in a second position according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 13B is a sectional view taken along line I-I' of fig. 13A. Please refer to fig. 13A and fig. 13B. The viewing angle of fig. 13A is the same as that of fig. 6A. Next, the user can rotate the rods 330 by 90 degrees relative to the roller 310, as shown in fig. 13A and 13B, the slider 334 can rotate at the second end 321B of the sliding slot 321 to make the two rods 330 located at the second position P2. At this time, the second positioning portion 334b matches the groove shape of the second engaging cavity 323, and fixes the pen-shaped foldable mouse 300 of the present embodiment at the second position P2.

Fig. 14 is a top view of a pen-type folding mouse according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention in a second position. Please refer to fig. 14. In the present embodiment, the supporting shaft 420 of the pen-type folding mouse 400 may have a sliding slot similar to the aforementioned first to third embodiments, but does not have any engaging mechanism. Instead, the first magnetic member FM and the second magnetic member SM are disposed on the two rods 430, respectively. Each first magnetic member FM and the corresponding second magnetic member SM are located at two opposite ends of the corresponding rod 430. When the two sticks 430 are at the first position P1 as shown in FIG. 1A, the two first magnetic attraction pieces FM of the two sticks 430 are close to the roller 410 and attract each other to maintain the pen-type 10 as shown in FIG. 1A. When the two sticks 430 are at the second position P2, the two second magnetic attraction pieces SM of the two sticks 430 attract each other to maintain the same shape as the mouse 20 of fig. 3.

The electrical connection between the sensing assembly and the circuit board in the roller will be described below.

Fig. 15 is a partial schematic view of a roller and a support shaft according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. For clarity of description and illustration, the support shaft 520 on one of the opposite sides of the roller 510 will be described below. Please refer to fig. 15. In the present embodiment, a flexible flat cable 501 is attached to the supporting shaft 520, and a first interface 501A of one end of the flexible flat cable 501 penetrates into the roller 510 to be electrically connected to the sensing assembly 513, and a second interface 501b of the other end of the flexible flat cable 501 can extend into the rod 130 of fig. 1A to be connected to the circuit board 170.

The flexible flat cable 501 penetrating the first interface 501a of the roller 510 can be similar to the accommodating space 111a of the first embodiment or the accommodating space 211a of the second embodiment, and the roller 510, the supporting shaft 520, and the sensing assembly 513 can be replaced by the corresponding components similar to those of the first to fourth embodiments. For example, the sensing assembly 513 may be as the pressure sensor 213a of the second embodiment. The flexible flat cable 501 is attached to the supporting shaft 220, and has one end connected to the pressure sensor 213a through the accommodating space 211a, and the other end connected to the circuit board in the rod 230.

Fig. 16 is a partial sectional view of a roller, a support shaft, and a rod body according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. For clarity of description and illustration, the supporting shaft and the rod body of one of the opposite sides of the roller will be described below. Please refer to fig. 16. The rod 630 further includes two metal plates 601 located inside and electrically connected to the circuit board 670 through wires. The supporting shaft 620 corresponding to the rod 630 having two metal sheets 601 includes two conductors 621 electrically connected to the sensing assembly 613. The two conductors 621 are electrically connected to the sensing assembly 613 in the receiving space 611a of the housing 611 of the roller 610 through wires, for example. The two metal sheets 601 contact the corresponding two conductors 621 to electrically connect the sensing assembly 613 to the circuit board 670. The rim 611 and the receiving space 611a of the roller 610, the rim 612 and the sensing assembly 613 can be configured similarly or the same as those of the first embodiment.

In summary, the two rods of the pen-type foldable mouse of the present invention can be changed between the first position and the second position to be a pen-type or mouse, and the pen-type foldable mouse can have different functions from a mouse. Integrating multiple functionalities reduces the burden on the user to carry multiple devices simultaneously. Meanwhile, when the user does not use the mouse, the pen-shaped folding mouse can be transformed into a pen holder type, so that the pen-shaped folding mouse is convenient to carry.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A pen-shaped folding mouse, comprising:

a roller having an axis;

two support shafts arranged on two opposite sides of the roller and parallel to the axis;

the two rod bodies are positioned on two opposite sides of the roller and movably arranged on the two support shafts, and each rod body comprises two outer surfaces and two first end surfaces adjacent to the roller;

two buttons respectively arranged on the two outer surfaces of the two rod bodies; and

an optical sensor disposed on the outer surface of one of the rods, wherein

When the two rods are at a first position, the two first end faces respectively face the two opposite sides of the roller, the two rods and the roller extend along the axis to form a pen rod shape, the two rods are suitable for moving to a second position from the first position relative to the roller, so that the two outer surfaces of the two rods face the two opposite sides of the roller and approach to each other, the two rods, the roller, the optical sensor and the two buttons jointly form a mouse, and the two buttons are respectively used as a left key and a right key of the mouse.

2. The pen-type folding mouse of claim 1, wherein each of the rods has a slider inside, each of the supporting shafts has a sliding slot, the slider is adapted to slide and rotate in the sliding slot,

when the two rod bodies are at the first position, the sliding block is positioned at a first end in the sliding groove,

each sliding block is suitable for sliding to a second end in the sliding groove and then turns to fix the two rod bodies at the second position.

3. The pen-type foldable mouse as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the rods further has a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion therein, each of the supporting shafts further has a first engaging portion,

when the two rods are at the first position, the first positioning portion in each rod is engaged with the first engaging portion of the corresponding support shaft,

each slide block is suitable for rotating after sliding to a second end in the sliding groove, so that the second positioning part in each rod body is clamped with the corresponding first clamping part in the supporting shaft.

4. The pen-type foldable mouse as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the rods further has a first positioning portion therein, each of the supporting shafts further has a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion,

when the two rods are at the first position, the first positioning portion in each rod is engaged with the first engaging portion in the corresponding supporting shaft,

each sliding block is suitable for sliding to a second end in the sliding groove and then turning, so that the first positioning part in each rod body is clamped with the corresponding second clamping part in the supporting shaft.

5. The pen-type foldable mouse of claim 2, wherein the slider has a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion, the first positioning portion is located at a first height relative to the inner surface of the rod and extends in a first direction, the second positioning portion is located at a second height relative to the inner surface and extends in a second direction, each of the supporting shafts further has a first positioning cavity and a second positioning cavity communicating with the sliding slot and located at different depths, the first positioning cavity is close to a first end of the sliding slot, the second positioning cavity is close to a second end of the sliding slot,

when the two rod bodies are at the first position, each slider is positioned at the first end in the sliding chute, each first positioning part is clamped in the corresponding first positioning hole, and each slider is suitable for rotating after sliding to the second end in the sliding chute, so that the second positioning part in each rod body is clamped in the corresponding second positioning hole.

6. The pen-type foldable mouse of claim 1, wherein the two rods respectively comprise two first magnetic attraction members, each of the first magnetic attraction members is located on the corresponding rod adjacent to an end of the roller, and when the two rods are at the first position, the two first magnetic attraction members of the two rods are close to the roller and attract each other to maintain the pen-holder shape.

7. The pen-type foldable mouse of claim 6, wherein the two rods further comprise two second magnetic attraction members respectively, each second magnetic attraction member is located on the corresponding rod at an end portion away from the roller, and when the two rods are at the second position, the two second magnetic attraction members of the two rods attract each other to maintain the shape of the mouse.

8. The pen-type foldable mouse as claimed in claim 1, wherein the roller comprises a wheel frame, a rim and a pressure sensor, the two supporting shafts are disposed on two sides of the wheel frame, the rim covers at least a portion of the wheel frame and is rotatably disposed on the wheel frame, the pressure sensor is disposed inside the rim to sense that the rim is pressed.

9. The pen-type folding mouse as claimed in claim 8, wherein the wheel includes a rotation sensor inside the rim for sensing rotation of the rim.

10. The pen-type foldable mouse of claim 8, wherein one of the rods further comprises a rotation sensor located on the outer surface and near the roller, the rotation sensor being configured to sense rotation of the rim when the two rods are in the second position.

11. The pen-type folding mouse as claimed in claim 8, wherein one of the rods further comprises a circuit board and a flexible flat cable therein, the flexible flat cable being attached to the corresponding supporting shaft and connected to the circuit board and the pressure sensor.

12. The pen-type foldable mouse as claimed in claim 8, wherein one of the rods further comprises a circuit board inside and two metal sheets electrically connected to the circuit board, the supporting shaft corresponding to the rod with the two metal sheets comprises two conductors electrically connected to the pressure sensor, and the two metal sheets respectively contact the two conductors to electrically connect the pressure sensor to the circuit board.

13. The pen-type folding mouse as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two rods comprise two protrusions located on the two outer surfaces and adjacent to the roller, and a top of each protrusion is spaced from the axis by a distance greater than a radius of the roller.

14. The pen-type folding mouse of claim 1, further comprising:

and the infrared emitter is positioned on one rod body on a second end face far away from the roller.