CN221101369U - Input equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an input device, which relates to the technical field of computer peripheral equipment, wherein a moving part can be held by a hand, so that the moving part is driven to rotate or move relative to a base in at least two planes, or the moving part and the base are driven to rotate or move in at least two planes; the motion sensor or the trigger switch is arranged, so that the motion component realizes two trigger modes, and the circuit board component acquires the rotation or movement information of the motion sensor and processes the rotation or movement information to output, or the circuit board component acquires the steering signal of the trigger switch and processes the steering signal to output. The utility model innovates the control of the cursor or the game view angle, so that an operator drives the cursor or the game view angle to move up and down and left and right by utilizing the up and down and left and right movements of the hands.

Description

Input equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of computer peripheral equipment, in particular to input equipment.

Background

Input devices such as mice and game controllers (i.e., gamepads) that can control a cursor or a game perspective (e.g., perspective, direction, etc. in a first person or third person shooter game, which are collectively referred to herein as game perspective) are commonly used computer peripherals. In mainstream computer systems, such as a conventional computer host, and a game host such as XBOX, playStation, both of which serve as input devices, the function of controlling cursor or game view movement can be provided.

When a traditional mouse controls the cursor or the game view angle to move, the cursor or the game view angle on the computer screen is correspondingly driven to move up and down and left and right by the two-dimensional movement of the mouse on the desktop.

When a common game controller controls the cursor or the game view angle to move, the cursor or the game view angle on the computer screen is correspondingly driven to move up and down and left and right by shifting a rocker on the game controller. It should be noted that in some computer systems, the game controller may not necessarily be able to directly control the movement of the cursor, but may require advanced data format conversion, which may be achieved by some conversion software running on the computer.

When a cursor is controlled, particularly when a visual angle is controlled during playing a 3D game, the traditional mouse is adopted, the operation of hands and the moving direction of the cursor or the visual angle of a screen cannot form a very direct action mapping relation, the hands move back and forth and left and right, the cursor or the visual angle on the screen is mapped to move up and down and left and right, and the substitution sense and the manipulation sense of the operation are all deficient; if the game controller is adopted, although the movement direction of the rocker can form a direct action mapping relation with the movement direction of the cursor or the visual angle, the rocker is very small and can be stirred by only one or two fingers, and the flexibility and the accuracy of the operation are not high.

The state of the art of chips has developed to date, and the processing chips of input devices, including the processing chips of mice or game controllers, have increasingly more powerful computing capabilities and less expensive, which, if fully utilized, are helpful in optimizing the operational performance and experience of the mice or game controllers, and even reducing the overall hardware cost.

How to improve the operability and the operation experience of an input device, such as a traditional mouse and a game controller, in controlling a cursor or a game view is a problem to be solved by the utility model.

Disclosure of utility model

The key of the utility model is to provide an input device for renovating the control of a cursor or a game view angle, so that an operator can drive the cursor or the game view angle to move up and down and left and right by utilizing the up and down and left and right movements of hands, and the specific scheme is as follows:

an input device includes a base, a moving part, a motion sensor and/or trigger switch, a circuit board assembly;

The motion part can be held by a hand, so that the motion part is driven to rotate or move relative to the base in at least two planes, or the motion part and the base are driven to rotate or move in at least two planes, and the rotation or movement of the motion part and the base can trigger the motion sensor or trigger the trigger switch;

When the motion sensors are adopted and one group is arranged, one group of the motion sensors acquire rotation or movement information of more than two planes;

When the motion sensors are adopted and two groups are arranged, the two groups of motion sensors jointly acquire rotation or movement information of more than two planes;

When the trigger switches are adopted, two trigger switches are configured on each plane, and the forward rotation and the reverse rotation of each rotation plane trigger one trigger switch respectively, so that a steering signal is sent out;

The circuit board assembly is used for acquiring the rotation or movement information and outputting the rotation or movement information after processing;

or the circuit board assembly is used for acquiring the steering signal and outputting the steering signal after processing.

Optionally, the input device simultaneously sets the motion sensor and the trigger switch; the motion of the motion component and the base can trigger the motion sensor to acquire motion information, when the motion of the motion component reaches a set amplitude, the trigger switch can be triggered to send a steering signal, the circuit board assembly acquires the motion information and the steering signal at the same time, and the circuit board assembly outputs the processed motion information.

Optionally, the moving component comprises a first moving member, or also comprises a second moving member, the first moving member is connected to the base and rotates around a first rotating shaft or moves relative to the base, and the second moving member is connected to the first moving member and rotates around a second rotating shaft or moves relative to the first moving member;

The motion part is provided with a holding part for holding by hands, and the holding part is positioned in front of the first rotating shaft or the second rotating shaft;

And/or the moving part is provided with a supporting piece for supporting the placement of the hand.

Optionally, the device further comprises a return mechanism, wherein the return mechanism is used for enabling the moving part to be at a set initial angle or position when no external force is used for driving the moving part.

And/or, the device further comprises a limiting mechanism, wherein the limiting mechanism is used for limiting the rotation angle range or the movement range of the first moving piece and/or the second moving piece.

Optionally, the device further comprises an enabling mechanism, wherein the enabling mechanism is used for being operated by a hand of a user to start or stop driving the cursor by the input device.

Optionally, the base and/or the moving part are provided with operating keys and/or operating levers, the moving part is used for being operated by one hand, and the operating keys and/or operating levers arranged on the base are used for being operated by the other hand;

and/or the base comprises two split parts, wherein one split part is provided with the moving part, and the other split part is provided with the control key and/or the control lever;

Optionally, the motion sensor is a potentiometer, or an encoder, or a gyroscope, or a hall sensor, or an optical mouse sensor;

And/or the input device is provided with a vibration motor for providing vibration feedback and/or with a linear key.

Optionally, the base is provided with a roller, the rotation axis of the roller is parallel to the arm of the user, or the extension line of the rotation axis of the roller approaches the arm of the user from the rear, so that the roller rolls smoothly when the base transversely moves or swings left and right.

Optionally, the circuit board assembly is used for controlling the moving speed of the cursor according to the moving speed obtained by the motion sensor, and the moving speed obtained by the motion sensor corresponds to the moving speed of the cursor.

Optionally, the input device is a mouse, and the circuit board assembly is used for outputting the rotation or movement information or the steering signal after processing into a mouse signal as data output for driving a cursor or moving a game visual angle;

Or the input device is a game controller, and the circuit board assembly is used for outputting the rotation or movement information or the steering signal after processing into a game controller signal as data output for driving a cursor or moving a game visual angle.

The utility model provides input equipment, wherein a moving part can be held by a hand, so that the moving part is driven to rotate or move relative to a base in at least two planes, or the moving part and the base are driven to rotate or move in at least two planes; the motion sensor or the trigger switch is arranged, so that the motion component realizes two trigger modes, and the circuit board component acquires the rotation or movement information of the motion sensor and processes the rotation or movement information to output, or the circuit board component acquires the steering signal of the trigger switch and processes the steering signal to output. The utility model innovates the control of the cursor or the game view angle, so that an operator drives the cursor or the game view angle to move up and down and left and right by utilizing the up and down and left and right movements of the hands.

In the preferred embodiment, a mode of combining the motion sensor or the trigger switch is adopted to replace the mode of acquiring the rotation or movement information only by the motion sensor, so that the action trigger with larger amplitude is realized.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of an input device according to the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of an input device according to the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of an input device according to the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth implementation of the input device according to the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth embodiment of an input device according to the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an input device according to another embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a sixth embodiment of an input device according to the present utility model;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a seventh embodiment of an input device according to the present utility model.

The drawings include:

Base 1, running roller 11, fretwork passageway 12, moving part 2, first moving part 21, second moving part 22, supporting slot 221, gripping portion 23, trigger switch 3, return mechanism 4, control button 5, control lever 6, trigger elastic member 7, stop gear 8, stopper 81, dog 82, buffer 83, motion sensor 9, first pivot A, second pivot B.

Detailed Description

The key of the utility model is to provide an input device which innovates the control of a cursor or a game view angle, so that an operator can drive the cursor or the game view angle to move up and down and left and right by utilizing the up and down and left and right movements of the hand.

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions of the present utility model, the following describes the input device of the present utility model in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The utility model provides an input device, which comprises a base 1, a moving part 2, a motion sensor 9 and/or a trigger switch 3, a circuit board assembly and other structures, wherein the base 1 is a supporting structure, and other parts are directly or indirectly arranged on the base 1.

The moving part 2 is mounted on the base 1, the moving part 2 can be held by a hand, and the moving part 2 or the moving part 2 and the base 1 can perform at least two-plane movement (including rotation or movement, and the like, hereinafter simply referred to as movement), that is, the moving part 2 can perform at least two-plane movement, and the moving part 2 and the base 1 can also perform at least one-plane movement respectively. Both the movement of the moving part 2 and the movement of the base 1 can trigger the movement sensor 9 or the trigger switch 3 to generate a signal. Here, a planar motion refers to a motion that can be considered as a one-dimensional or two-dimensional motion in a certain plane.

The main movement patterns of the moving part 2 and the base 1 are as follows:

1 st, the base 1 does not move, and the moving member 2 is capable of at least two planar movements with respect to the base 1.

2 Nd, the moving member 2 is capable of at least one plane of movement with respect to the base 1, while the base 1 is also capable of at least one plane of movement with respect to the support surface.

The motion sensor 9 or the trigger switch 3 can be selectively set, and the input device of the utility model mainly has the following three setting modes:

First, when the motion sensor 9 is employed and one set is provided, the one set of motion sensors 9 acquires motion information of two or more planes of the moving part 2 and the base 1 at the same time.

Second, when the motion sensor 9 is employed and two sets are provided, the two sets of motion sensors 9 collectively acquire motion information of two or more planes of the moving part 2 and the base 1. Typically, a set of motion sensors 9 acquire motion information of one plane, but motion information of a plurality of planes may be acquired at the same time depending on the type of the motion sensors 9.

Third, when the trigger switch 3 is adopted, the present invention is applied to a case where the moving member 2 rotates relative to the base 1, two trigger switches 3 are disposed for each rotation, that is, each rotation is forward and reverse to trigger one trigger switch 3, and only one of the two trigger switches 3 of the same rotation is triggered at the same time, thereby emitting a steering signal.

The above structure using the motion sensor 9, the motion information obtained by the motion sensor 9 includes, but is not limited to, the distance, angle or speed information during the motion, the motion information obtained by the motion sensor 9 on a motion plane may be one-dimensional or two-dimensional, that is, the motion sensor 9 obtains the displacement in one or both directions of x and y in the process of moving a plane, and converts the displacement into a signal for driving the screen cursor to move in one or both directions of horizontal and vertical, because the motion component 2 or the motion component 2 and the base 1 perform the motion of at least two planes, the motion sensor 9 may obtain the displacement in the x and/or y directions of at least two planes, the circuit board assembly performs processes such as taking out or combining the displacement of two planes, and converts the displacement into a signal for driving the screen cursor to move in both directions of horizontal and vertical, that is, each plane motion may independently drive the screen cursor to move up and down, left and right, or may drive the screen cursor to move up and down, and right, and the left and right, after combining the movement of multiple planes, the movement of the screen cursor to move up and right, and left and right, and up and right, and left, respectively, and up and right, respectively, and driving the cursor and right and left, respectively; another preferred combination is that the up-down and left-right movement corresponds to driving up-down and left-right movement of the screen cursor. The screen cursor can be driven to move up and down by the front and back movement and the up and down movement. The following examples illustrate this in more detail. The terms "up and down, left and right, front and rear" refer to the orientation of the operating state when the operator is using the device.

The above structure that adopts trigger switch 3 to send the turn signal, when trigger switch 3 is triggered, send the turn signal, the circuit board subassembly is handled the turn signal, change into the signal that drives the screen cursor and remove, the cursor that one planar rotation corresponds to drive screen one dimension removes, for example horizontal or the cursor that vertical dimension removes, forward rotation corresponds to drive cursor and removes towards this dimension one direction, reverse rotation corresponds to drive cursor and removes towards this dimension another direction, in the time quantum that trigger switch 3 was triggered, the continuous output turn signal corresponds to circuit board subassembly drive cursor and continuously remove, after trigger switch 3 stops to be triggered, the circuit board subassembly also stops driving the cursor and removes. I.e. the amount of time triggered by the trigger switch 3, controls the amplitude of the motion produced by the picture. The trigger switch 3 may be mechanical or electronic, and may be of a wide variety, including part of sensors, such as distance or position sensors, having no and no states.

The input device includes a circuit board assembly, which is located inside the device and is not shown in the embodiment, and when the motion sensor 9 is adopted, the circuit board assembly is used for processing and outputting the motion information acquired by the motion sensor 9, and sending the motion information to a computer or a game host according to a communication protocol, or other control-giving devices (for convenience of description, a part of the present application adopts a computer as a generic term), and corresponds to the planar two-dimensional movement of a screen cursor, the visual angle movement of a game picture, or the position movement of a control target in the game.

When the trigger switch 3 is adopted, the circuit board assembly is used for acquiring the steering signals, outputting the steering signals after processing, sending the steering signals to a computer or a game host machine or other control-giving equipment according to a relevant communication protocol, and correspondingly driving the plane two-dimensional movement of a screen cursor, the visual angle movement of a game picture or the position movement of a control target in the game and the like by the two rotating steering signals.

According to the input device, the motion component 2 is adopted, or the motion of the motion component 2 plus the motion sensor 9 or the trigger switch 3 of the base 1 is matched, so that the control of the cursor or the game view angle is innovated, an operator drives the cursor or the game view angle to move up and down and left and right by utilizing the up and down and left and right movements of the hand, and the operability and the control experience for controlling the cursor or the game view angle are better.

The utility model will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

Example 1:

As shown in fig. 1, a moving part 2 is provided on a base 1, the moving part 2 includes a first moving element 21 and a second moving element 22, the first moving element 21 rotates left and right relative to the base 1 about a rotation axis a, and a motion sensor 9 (not shown) is provided on the first moving element 21 so as to acquire motion information of a plane of the left and right rotation; a second moving member 22 is provided on the first moving member 21, the second moving member 22 rotates up and down relative to the first moving member 21 about the rotation axis B, and a second motion sensor 9 (not shown) is provided on the first moving member 21 so as to acquire motion information of a plane in which the second moving member 22 rotates up and down; the two motion sensors 9 disposed on the first motion member 21 or the single motion sensor 9 disposed on the second motion member 22 may be used to obtain two-dimensional motion information of left and right rotation and two-dimensional motion information of up and down rotation, and the circuit board assembly may be used to process the obtained information, and generate signals for driving the screen cursor to move up and down and left and right after selecting or combining the obtained information. In addition, a trigger switch 3 may be employed instead of the above-mentioned motion sensor 9, specifically as follows: two groups of trigger switches 3 are arranged on the first moving part 21 and are respectively positioned on the side surface of the fan-shaped groove as shown in fig. 1 and the upper surface of the disc, one trigger switch 3 is respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the fan-shaped groove, the trigger switch 3 can be triggered by a mechanism for pressing the trigger switch, namely the trigger parts, in fig. 1 to 3, the trigger parts are trigger elastic parts 7, namely the trigger parts are elastic and can elastically deform, the buffer effect is achieved, when the first moving part 21 rotates left and right, the trigger elastic parts 7 arranged on the base 1 can touch and press the trigger switch 3, and when the trigger switch 3 on the left side or the right side is touched and pressed, a steering signal is sent, and the circuit board assembly correspondingly drives a screen cursor to move leftwards or rightwards; similarly, a trigger switch 3 is respectively arranged in front of and behind the upper surface of the disc, when the second moving member 22 rotates up and down, the trigger elastic member 7 arranged on the second moving member 22 can touch the trigger switch 3, and after the current trigger switch 3 or the rear trigger switch 3 is touched, a steering signal is sent, and the circuit board assembly correspondingly drives the screen cursor to move upwards or downwards. The screen cursor is continuously moved, namely, the cursor is continuously moved in the corresponding direction as long as the trigger switch 3 is kept in a touch state, so that the aim of driving the cursor to move any distance like the motion sensor 9 is fulfilled.

Example 2:

As shown in fig. 4, the moving part 2 is disposed on the base 1, the moving part 2 includes only one moving element (for example, fig. 4 is a first moving element 21), the moving part 2 rotates up and down around the rotation axis a relative to the base 1, two motion sensors 9 are disposed, one is disposed at the bottom of the base 1, and the other is disposed on the front side plate of the base 1 (the motion sensor 9 of the front side plate is a perspective structure in fig. 4, and is actually disposed on the inner side of the side plate); when the base 1 moves back and forth and right and left with respect to the supporting surface, the motion sensor 9 at the bottom of the base 1 acquires the information of the planar motion, when the moving part 2 rotates up and down with respect to the base 1, the motion sensor 9 at the side of the base 1 acquires the information of the up and down planar motion, the circuit board assembly processes, breaks and combines the acquired information, for example, when the base 1 moves back and forth and right and left on the supporting surface, the information acquired by the motion sensor 9 at the bottom of the base 1 can independently drive the up and down and right movement of the screen cursor, and when the base 1 moves on the supporting surface and the moving part 2 rotates up and down with respect to the base 1, the signal for driving the screen cursor can be preferably that the left and right movement of the base 1 drives the up and down movement of the cursor, and the up and down movement of the cursor can also be driven by independently adopting the up and down rotation of the moving part 2. The base 1 can move back and forth, left and right to drive the cursor to move up and down, left and right, or can move up and down, left and right to drive the cursor to move up and down, left and right in combination with the moving member 2, which corresponds to the present embodiment as a two-dimensional and three-dimensional movement dual-purpose mouse. The method has the advantages that in a three-dimensional game scene, when operation of a two-dimensional window in the game is needed (such as using a cursor to operate objects in a character backpack), the cursor is driven to move more conveniently and rapidly back and forth and left and right than the mode of driving the cursor to move by up and down and left and right, habit is met, and when aiming shooting is needed, the cursor is driven by adopting the three-dimensional action operation of up and down and left and right, so that a user can obtain more real use experience of controlling firearms.

Example 3:

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, a moving part 2 is disposed on a base 1, the moving part 2 includes a first moving part 21 and a second moving part 22, the first moving part 21 rotates left and right relative to the base 1 around a rotation axis a, the base 1 is provided with a hollowed-out channel 12, a mounting block for mounting a motion sensor 9 on the first moving part 21 extends into the hollowed-out channel 12, and the hollowed-out channel 12 is used for providing space for rotation of the mounting block when the first moving part 21 rotates left and right. When the base 1 moves relative to the supporting surface or the first moving member 21 rotates relative to the base 1, the motion sensor 9 is driven to displace relative to the supporting surface, so that displacement information is obtained. The second moving member 22 is arranged on the first moving member 21, the second moving member 22 rotates up and down relative to the first moving member 21 around the rotating shaft B, and the second moving sensor 9 is arranged on the front side plate of the first moving member 21 (as shown in fig. 5, the position is in a perspective structure, the moving sensor 9 is actually arranged on the inward side of the side plate, and when an optical mouse sensor is adopted, the corresponding sensing surface is arranged on the second moving member 22, as shown in fig. 6), so that the movement information of the second moving member 22 rotating up and down can be obtained; when the base 1 moves back and forth and left and right on the supporting surface, the information acquired by the motion sensor 9 at the bottom of the base 1 can independently drive the screen cursor to move up and down and left and right, when the base 1 moves on the supporting surface, the first moving part 21 rotates left and right relative to the base 1, and the second moving part 22 rotates up and down relative to the first moving part 21, the information acquired by the motion sensor on three motion planes is processed through the circuit board assembly, and the cursor is jointly driven to move up and down and left and right. In this embodiment, compared with embodiment 2, the first moving member 21 is added, so that the motion of the wrist and the arm in the left-right motion can be optimized respectively: when the hand needs to move greatly, the wrist is not moved, the base 1 is swung left and right greatly by the force of the arm, the working strength of most hands can be shared due to the fact that the strength of the arm is larger, but the accuracy of the arm in fine movements is lower than that of the wrist, so when the cursor needs to move accurately by a short range, the arm is not moved, the wrist drives the first moving part 21 to rotate left and right relative to the base 1, and the first moving part 21 adopts a rotating mode, so that the movement is very smooth, the friction force is smaller, and a more accurate cursor positioning effect can be obtained. Meanwhile, after the movements of the wrist and the arm are separated, the arrangement direction of the rollers 11 at the bottom of the base 1 can be completely used for serving the movements of the arm, so that contradictions caused by different arrangement directions of the rollers 11 due to the movements of the arm and the wrist are avoided.

Example 4:

As shown in fig. 7, this embodiment is different from embodiment 2 or embodiment 3 mainly in that the rotation of the first moving member 21 of embodiment 2 with respect to the base 1 or the second moving member 22 of embodiment 3 with respect to the first moving member 21 about the rotation axis is changed to relative up-down movement, and the second moving member 22 is movably mounted on the first moving member 21 by using a mechanism, so that the up-down movement or the rotation with respect to the first moving member 21 can be performed. As shown in fig. 7, a strip-shaped empty slot is formed on two side plates of the first moving member 21, so that the second moving member 22 is movably mounted, and the second moving member 22 can move up and down within the range of the empty slot or can rotate up and down by taking the joint position as a pivot. The second moving member 22 moves up and down relative to the first moving member 21 instead, so that the second moving member 22 is not limited to rotate around a certain rotation axis, and therefore the synergistic effect of the arm and the wrist actions can be achieved, that is, when the second moving member moves up and down by a large margin, the force is exerted by the arm, and when the second moving member is positioned accurately by a small margin, the force is exerted by the wrist. On the movable mounting, in order to achieve moderate effect of the moving friction force of the second moving member 22 relative to the first moving member 21, an auxiliary structure of smooth sliding or rolling can be adopted, such as a long groove in the figure is replaced by a sliding rail or a roller to adapt to different application requirements.

Example 5:

As shown in fig. 8, the main difference between this embodiment and embodiment 1 is that the rotation of the first moving element 21 relative to the base 1 about the rotation axis is changed to the front-back and left-right movement of the first moving element 21 relative to the base 1 in the left-right movement direction, the first moving element 21 is movably mounted on the base 1 by a mechanism or not mounted but physically separated from the base 1, so that the first moving element 21 can move back-and-forth and left-right relative to the base 1, two movement sensors 9 (the movement sensors 9 shown in fig. 8 are perspective structures) are provided, and the movement information of the two planes of the front-back and left-right movement and the up-down rotation can be acquired respectively. According to the embodiment, the first moving part 21 gets rid of the action of simply relying on wrist twisting, the embodiment 1 can only twist the wrist left and right to operate the first moving part 21, the embodiment can translate and also swing or twist, the use effect similar to that of the embodiment 2 is achieved, the operation is free and convenient, meanwhile, the dependence of the bottom motion sensor 9 on a placing surface such as a tabletop is also got rid of, and a user can adopt half-lying or even lying operation equipment, so that the application value in a use scene is achieved.

The embodiments have advantages and disadvantages, and the optimal use effect is achieved by adopting proper embodiments according to different application scenes.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the present utility model also provides a locally optimized solution to achieve a better use effect, which is described in detail below:

the moving member 2 is provided with a grip portion 23 for gripping by a hand, and the grip portion 23 is located before the first rotation axis a or the second rotation axis B. A support member such as a support groove 221 for supporting hand placement is provided on the moving member 2. The main body of the second moving member 22 is two side plates and a transverse plate, the two side plates are fixed on two sides of the transverse plate, the two side plates form a concave groove shape for placing hands, and the lower part of the hands can be supported by the transverse plate. The holding part 23 is arranged on the transverse plate of the supporting groove 221, one side of the first rotating shaft A and the second rotating shaft B, which is close to the body, is the rear side, and then the holding part 23 is positioned in front of the first rotating shaft A and the second rotating shaft B, so that the hand holding is convenient, and the first rotating shaft A and the second rotating shaft B are closer to the wrist and better adapt to the movement of the wrist. The supporting groove 221 can avoid the hand, and provides a containing space for the hand; the first rotation axis a and the second rotation axis B are spatially intersected or approach each other by the supporting groove 221 provided on the second moving member 22, and when both the first rotation axis a and the second rotation axis B pass through the wrist, the movement comfort of the wrist in all directions can be improved.

On the basis of embodiment 1, the input device of the present utility model is provided with both the motion sensor 9 and the trigger switch 3; the trigger switch 3 can touch the trigger elastic piece 7 to realize triggering.

When a certain rotation of the moving part 2 does not reach a set amplitude, only the motion sensor 9 acquires the rotation information of the moving part 2, at the moment, the trigger switch 3 is not triggered, and the circuit board assembly processes and outputs the rotation information according to a processing mode when the motion sensor 9 is simply adopted.

When a certain rotation of the moving part 2 reaches a set amplitude, the trigger switch 3 is triggered, and as the rotation amplitude increases, the trigger switch 3 continuously keeps a triggered state, and in the state, the motion sensor 9 acquires rotation information and simultaneously, the trigger switch 3 sends out a steering signal; the circuit board assembly processes the rotation information and the steering signal, and a preferred processing scheme is as follows: the circuit board assembly judges the rotating direction according to the rotating information, if the rotating direction is consistent with the steering signal, namely the moving part 2 rotates towards the triggered direction of the trigger switch 3, the circuit board assembly processes the steering signal according to the processing mode when the trigger switch 3 is adopted only and then outputs the steering signal to drive the movement of a cursor; if the rotation direction is opposite to the rotation signal, that is, the moving part 2 rotates in a direction away from the trigger switch 3, the rotation information is processed and output to drive the cursor to move according to the processing mode when the motion sensor 9 is simply adopted, that is, the cursor immediately moves reversely.

It should be noted that the trigger elastic member 7 may be integrated on the trigger switch 3 or may not be on the trigger switch 3; in the embodiment illustrated in fig. 1 to 3, the triggering spring 7 is not arranged on the triggering switch 3, but is arranged in the movement path of the triggering switch 3, and is triggered when the triggering switch 3 contacts the triggering spring 7 and reaches a certain pressure. Due to the adoption of the trigger elastic piece 7, the trigger switch 3 can not generate hard impact contact when triggered, and the trigger switch 3 can be protected. When the trigger elastic member 7 is integrated on the trigger switch 3, the trigger switch 3 itself has elasticity and can be elastically deformed within a certain range. The trigger switch 3 is always kept in a triggered state throughout the range of the trigger elastic member 7 from the start of triggering the trigger switch 3 to the maximum degree of elastic deformation.

It should be noted that, when the steering signal of the trigger switch 3 and the rotation or movement information of the motion sensor are simultaneously acquired, the circuit board assembly may have different processing manners according to different use conditions, and is not limited to the processing manners described in detail above.

The input device provided by the utility model further comprises a return mechanism 4, wherein the return mechanism 4 is used for enabling the moving part 2 to be at a set initial angle or position, usually an intermediate position, for being driven in any direction next time when no hand external force is used for driving the moving part 2. For example, when the hand is released, the moving member 2 returns to the initial position for the next use under the action of the return mechanism 4. Specifically, the return mechanisms 4 are provided in the first moving member 21 and the second moving member 22, respectively, so that the first moving member 21 and the second moving member 22 can be returned to the initial positions, respectively.

It should be noted that, in the process that the moving part 2 is not restored to the initial position by the external force, although the motion sensor or the trigger switch 3 still sends out a corresponding signal, the signal can be shielded or the corresponding motion amplitude can be reduced by a preset program, so as to prevent the cursor on the screen from moving or the game view from changing or only slightly changing. This can be done differently according to different needs.

Specifically, the return mechanism 4 provided by the utility model adopts an elastic component or adopts a magnetic component, the elastic component can be a torsion spring, a spring or a shrapnel, and the magnetic component can be a structure with magnetic adsorption effect such as a magnet. As shown in fig. 1, torsion springs are provided at the first and second rotation shafts a and B, respectively, and the first and second moving members 21 and 22 are returned by the resilience of the torsion springs, respectively. Referring to fig. 2, a spring is provided between the first moving member 21 and the base, a torsion spring is provided between the first moving member 21 and the second moving member 22, and the first moving member 21 and the second moving member 22 are respectively returned by the elasticity of the torsion spring and the spring. Likewise, the return mechanism 4 is an elastic member disposed between the two rotating structures, and the specific arrangement forms can be arbitrarily combined.

The input device of the present utility model further comprises a limiting mechanism 8, wherein the limiting mechanism 8 is used for limiting the rotation angle range or the movement range of the first moving member 21 and/or the second moving member 22, so that the first moving member 21 and/or the second moving member 22 can move only within a certain range.

As shown in fig. 1, the limiting mechanism 8 includes two limiting blocks 81 and a stop block 82, and the stop block 82 cannot continue to rotate when contacting the limiting block 81. The limiting block 81 or the stop block 82 may be provided with a buffer member 83 to avoid hard impact between the limiting block 81 and the stop block 82. In the embodiment of fig. 8, a limiting mechanism is also provided for the first movement 21.

The input device of the present utility model further comprises an enabling mechanism, which is operated by the hand of the user and is used for starting or stopping driving the cursor, that is, controlling whether the cursor stops acting, for example, a touch sensor is integrated in the control button 5 at the front end of the holding portion 23 in the embodiment of fig. 6, when the finger of the user touches or approaches the position of the touch sensor, driving the cursor is enabled, that is, the device can be driven to move the cursor at this time; when the finger of the user is far away from the touch sensor, the driving of the cursor is disabled, that is, the driving of the device at this time does not lead to movement of the cursor. The enabling mechanism may also be located at other locations, such as the bottom of the base, enabling actuation of the cursor when the base is placed on the support surface and disabling actuation of the cursor when the base is raised. The mechanism aims to disable driving of the cursor when the hand position needs to be adjusted, and enable driving of the cursor after the hand position is adjusted, so that the hand of a user can be adjusted to a comfortable position at any time to operate, and unnecessary driving of the cursor is not caused in the process.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the base 1 and/or the moving part 2 are provided with operating buttons 5 and/or operating levers 6, i.e. the base 1 may be provided with operating buttons 5 and/or operating levers 6, and the moving part 2 may be provided with operating buttons 5 and/or operating levers 6; in general, the base 1 is provided with both the operation button 5 and the lever 6, and the moving member 2 is provided with the operation button 5. The motion part 2 is used for one hand to control, the control key 5 and/or the control lever 6 arranged on the base 1 is used for the other hand to control, and the two hands can respectively and independently control different structures for realizing different functions in the control process of games and the like.

In some embodiments, with reference to fig. 3, the base 1 comprises two split parts, wherein one split part is provided with the moving part 2, and the other split part is provided with the operating key 5 and/or the operating lever 6, and the moving part 2 can be provided with the necessary operating key 5 and/or operating lever 6 at the same time; the base 1 is divided into two independent parts, and the space between the two parts can be placed at will, so that two hands are properly separated during operation, and the use habits of different users are matched. The two split parts of the base 1 can be in communication connection in a wired or wireless mode, or can be directly in communication connection with a computer or a game host machine and the like, and the communication connection depends on the application scene.

The motion sensor is a sensor capable of detecting motion or position state change, and is preferably a potentiometer, an encoder, a gyroscope, a Hall sensor or an optical mouse sensor. The input device can be provided with a vibration motor for providing vibration feedback and a linear key, in shooting games, the linear key is used as a trigger key, and the game controller can enable the vibration motor to cooperate to provide different vibrations according to the pressing force of the trigger key so as to provide more immersive experience. The vibration motor is typically provided on the grip 23, which may provide a stronger feedback feel to the hand.

In some embodiments, particularly when used as a game controller, the present utility model provides the following aspects in how the circuit board assembly drives the cursor movement: when the circuit board assembly processes, the movement speed of the cursor is controlled by the movement speed acquired by the movement sensor 9, for example, the movement speed of the movement sensor 9 in one movement direction is higher, the movement speed of the corresponding cursor in the direction is higher, and when the movement sensor 9 stops moving, the corresponding cursor also stops moving. In this way, the game controller of the present utility model is used as if a conventional mouse is operated, such as the device is moved back and forth, left and right, and the corresponding cursor is also moved back and forth, left and right (the same applies to the up and down planar motion of the present utility model), which is quite different from the conventional game controller. The traditional game controller dials an angle in a certain direction through a rocker to correspond to the moving speed of a cursor in the direction, such as right dialing, the larger the angle of the cursor is, the faster the moving speed of the cursor in the game is, and when the angle is kept unchanged, the cursor keeps moving at the speed corresponding to the angle. In contrast, by adopting the action driving mode, the hands keep moving to drive the cursor to move, the hands do not move the cursor, the hands are also not moving, the intuitionistic effect is realized, and the controllability is stronger. In addition, when the hand is required to suddenly reverse from one direction, the traditional game controller needs to dial the rocker back to the middle zero position firstly and then dial the rocker back to the opposite direction continuously to drive the cursor to move in the opposite direction, and the process needs time, so that the problem of instantaneity exists.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the base 1 is provided with rollers 11, and four rollers 11 are shown in fig. 4 and 5. When the base 1 moves relative to its supporting surface, friction can be reduced by means of the roller 11, enabling a smoother movement.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the extension line of the rotation axis of the roller 11 approaches the arm of the user from the rear, that is, the roller 11 is arranged in a sector shape relative to the arm, and this arrangement is used for the left-and-right swinging motion of the arm or the wrist, because the arm or the wrist swings and moves in a sector shape, the rolling direction of the roller 11 is consistent with the swinging direction of the arm or the wrist, and more smoothly, and more preferably, the extension line of the rotation axis of the roller 11 meets the swinging rotation center point of the arm or the wrist, so that the swinging motion with a certain fulcrum of the arm or the wrist as the center can be better adapted. In the embodiment shown in fig. 4, the rotation axis of the roller 11 is parallel to the arm, and this arrangement is used for the lateral movement of the arm, and the movement directions of the two are consistent, so that the movement is smoother. In order to better meet different use demands, the roller 11 adopts an angle-adjustable design, and different use demands can be met according to the angle of the roller 11 changed by the specific use field Jing Qie. Further, as described in the foregoing embodiment 3, the arrangement of the rollers 11 in this embodiment does not take into consideration the direction of the wrist, because the fan-shaped swing radius of the wrist is generally much smaller than the swing radius of the arm, and if the arrangement direction of the rollers 11 is to be compatible with both, it means that the arrangement direction of the wrist or the arm is not optimally matched for both of them.

On the basis of any one of the technical schemes and the mutual combination, the input device provided by the utility model is a mouse, and the circuit board assembly is used for processing rotation or movement information or steering signals and outputting the processed rotation or movement information or steering signals into mouse signals, and outputting the mouse signals as data for driving a cursor or a game view angle to realize up, down, left and right movement. Or the input device is a game controller, the circuit board assembly is used for outputting the rotation or movement information or steering signals into game controller signals after processing, and the game controller signals are used as data output for driving a cursor or a game visual angle to realize up, down, left and right movement, and the control signals of the control keys, the control levers and the like are also included along with the output according to the arrangement or not. In addition, the input device can also be other control devices, and different communication protocols are adopted according to the application scene requirement and identified as different input control devices, so that the effect of driving the cursor or the movement of the direction and the visual angle by adopting the same action is achieved.

It should be noted that, the arrangement shown in the embodiment of the present utility model is not the only possible solution, for example, the position of the motion sensor 9 may be flexibly set, and is not limited to the positions listed in the embodiment; the number of the motion sensors 9 is not limited to one or two groups, and more groups can be adopted to obtain the driving effect of the same hand motion corresponding to the cursor movement, in the embodiment, the number of each group of the motion sensors 9 is one, but can also be a plurality of the motion sensors, and the motion information can be obtained in a combined way to drive the cursor or the movement in the direction; the lifting direction of the left-right and up-down movement is not strictly required to be horizontal and vertical, and may be an inclined angle, and the lifting second rotating member 22 may move up and down, in fact, the first moving member may move up and down, the second moving member may move left and right, and so on, by changing the structure and the mounting manner, which should fall within the protection scope of the present utility model.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present utility model. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the utility model. Thus, the present utility model is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (10)

1. An input device is characterized by comprising a base, a moving part, a motion sensor and/or a trigger switch and a circuit board assembly;

The motion part can be held by a hand, so that the motion part is driven to rotate or move relative to the base in at least two planes, or the motion part and the base are driven to rotate or move in at least two planes, and the rotation or movement of the motion part and the base can trigger the motion sensor or trigger the trigger switch;

When the motion sensors are adopted and one group is arranged, one group of the motion sensors acquire rotation or movement information of more than two planes;

When the motion sensors are adopted and two groups are arranged, the two groups of motion sensors jointly acquire rotation or movement information of more than two planes;

When the trigger switches are adopted, two trigger switches are configured on each plane, and the forward rotation and the reverse rotation of each rotation plane trigger one trigger switch respectively, so that a steering signal is sent out;

The circuit board assembly is used for acquiring the rotation or movement information and outputting the rotation or movement information after processing;

or the circuit board assembly is used for acquiring the steering signal and outputting the steering signal after processing.

2. The input device of claim 1, wherein the input device simultaneously sets the motion sensor and the trigger switch; the motion of the motion component and the motion of the base can trigger the motion sensor to acquire motion information, when the motion of the motion component reaches a set amplitude, the trigger switch can be triggered to send a steering signal, the circuit board assembly acquires the motion information and the steering signal at the same time, and the circuit board assembly outputs the processed motion information.

3. The input device of claim 1, wherein the moving member comprises a first moving member coupled to the base and rotatable about a first axis of rotation or movable relative to the base, or a second moving member coupled to the first moving member and rotatable about a second axis of rotation or movable relative to the first moving member;

The motion part is provided with a holding part for holding by hands, and the holding part is positioned in front of the first rotating shaft or the second rotating shaft;

And/or the moving part is provided with a supporting piece for supporting the placement of the hand.

4. An input device as recited in claim 3, further comprising a return mechanism for the moving member to be at a set initial angle or position when no external force is driving the moving member;

And/or, the device further comprises a limiting mechanism, wherein the limiting mechanism is used for limiting the rotation angle or the movement range of the first moving piece and/or the second moving piece.

5. The input device of claim 1, further comprising an enabling mechanism for being operated by a user's hand to turn on or off the driving of a cursor by the input device.

6. An input device according to claim 1, wherein the base and/or the moving part are/is provided with a manipulation key and/or a joystick, the moving part is used for being manipulated by one hand, and the manipulation key and/or the joystick provided on the base is used for being manipulated by the other hand;

And/or the base comprises two split parts, wherein one split part is provided with the moving part, and the other split part is provided with the control key and/or the control lever.

7. The input device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor is a potentiometer, or encoder, or gyroscope, or hall sensor, or optical mouse sensor;

And/or the input device is provided with a vibration motor for providing vibration feedback and/or with a linear key.

8. The input device of claim 1, wherein the base is provided with a roller, the rotation axis of the roller is parallel to the arm of the user, or the rotation axis extension line of the roller approaches the arm of the user from the rear, so that the roller rolls smoothly when the base moves laterally or swings.

9. The input device of claim 1, wherein the circuit board assembly is configured to control a movement speed of the cursor according to the movement speed obtained by the motion sensor, and the movement speed obtained by the motion sensor corresponds to the movement speed of the cursor.

10. The input device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the input device is a mouse, and the circuit board assembly is configured to process the rotation or movement information or the steering signal and output the processed rotation or movement information or the steering signal as a mouse signal, as a data output for driving a cursor or movement of a game view angle;

Or the input device is a game controller, and the circuit board assembly is used for outputting the rotation or movement information or the steering signal after processing into a game controller signal as data output for driving a cursor or moving a game visual angle.