JP2001166877A - Mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an innovative mouse excellent in the operability of buttons for click operation and the directionality of a mouse main body and hardly causing fatigue to the palm part. SOLUTION: This mouse is characterized by attaching a group 5 of projections with the same or different shapes as projections 3, 4 for click operation on a side wall and in a palm contact area of the mouse main body respectively in addition to the projections 3, 4 for click operation provided on the mouse main body 2 in the mouse 1 as an input device of OA equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mouse and an adapter for operating the mouse, and more particularly to a mouse which is an input device of an office automation (OA) device such as a computer.

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional mouse, which is frequently used as an input device of an OA device such as a computer, has a button for a click operation on a mouse main body, and a burden on an operator's palm, fingers and grips. In order to reduce the lightness, a curved surface corresponding to the shape of the palm or the finger is formed.

However, in the case of the conventional mouse, since the curved surface corresponding to the shape of the palm or the finger is simply formed on the mouse body, the operability of the button for the click operation and the mouse body There is a problem in that the direction in which is to be moved is not sufficient, and furthermore, in the case of a long-time operation work, the palm parts and the like are fatigued. Therefore, the present invention provides a mouse that is excellent in operability of a button for a click operation, excellent in directionality of a mouse body, and hardly causes fatigue on a palm portion or the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mouse operation adapter capable of obtaining the above.

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A mouse, which is an input device of an OA device, wherein an arbitrary number of protrusions are attached to a mouse body. The invention according to claim 2 is a mouse as an input device of an OA device, wherein an arbitrary number of protrusions are provided in a contact area of a finger in addition to a click operation protrusion on a mouse body. It is. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mouse as an input device of an OA device, wherein the mouse body is provided with an arbitrary number of protrusions made of the same material or different material from the mouse body. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the mouse which is an input device of the OA device, in addition to a click operation protrusion made of the same material or a different material from the mouse body provided on the mouse body, a finger contact of the mouse body is provided. A mouse characterized in that an area is provided with an arbitrary number of projections made of the same or different material as the mouse body and having the same shape or a different shape as the click operation projection. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mouse as an input device of an OA device, for a click operation made of any of rubber, resin, soft synthetic resin, metal, and wood provided on the mouse body. In addition to the protrusions described above, the mouse is characterized in that an arbitrary number of protrusions are attached to the side wall and the palm contact area of the mouse body in the same or different shape as the click operation protrusions, respectively. . According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mouse which is an input device of an OA device, for a click operation made of any of rubber, resin, soft synthetic resin, metal, and wood provided on the mouse body. In addition to the protrusions, in the contact area of the finger of the mouse body, in the same shape or different shape as the click operation protrusion, any of rubber, resin, soft synthetic resin, metal, and wood A mouse having an arbitrary number of protrusions made of such a material. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in a mouse as an input device of an OA device, a click operation made of any one of rubber, resin, soft synthetic resin, metal, and wood provided on the mouse body. In addition to the protrusions, any number of rubber, resin, soft synthetic resin, and metal are respectively formed on the side wall and the palm contact area of the mouse main body in the same shape or different shapes as the click operation protrusions. , A mouse provided with a protrusion made of any of wooden materials. The invention according to claim 8 is configured so that it can be attached to and detached from a mouse provided with a click projection, which is an input device of an OA device, and includes a side wall region, a palm contact region, and a finger contact region of the adapter body. In one or more regions, the same shape or different shape as the click operation projection, and
An adapter for mouse operation, wherein an arbitrary number of protrusions made of the same material or a different material as the click operation protrusions are provided. The mouse of the present invention has a mouse body with an arbitrary number of projections, or a mouse body with an arbitrary number of projections in addition to a click operation projection provided on the mouse body. Therefore,
According to the mouse of the present invention, the operability at the time of clicking on the mouse main body can be improved, particularly, by the hook for the click operation provided on the mouse main body, which catches the finger of the operator. In addition, by arranging the protrusions in one or more of the side wall region, the palm contact region, and the finger contact region, an acupoint effect is exerted on the entire palm or the like, and the hand is held even when working for a long time. The feeling of fatigue can be eliminated. Furthermore, by arranging protrusions on the side wall of the mouse body,
Directivity can be improved. The material of the projection may be the same material (for example, resin) as the material of the mouse body, or may be an elastic material such as rubber. The number of the protrusions is arbitrary, and various selections can be made such as, for example, six so as to cover the entire palm in the palm contact area of the mouse main body, and two on both side walls of the mouse main body. By using various combinations of the materials and the number of the projections or the locations of the projections, it is possible to provide a mouse that can correspond to a wide range of operators regardless of age or gender. Further, the mouse operation adapter of the present invention is configured so that the adapter body can be attached to and detached from a mouse having a click operation protrusion, and the side wall region, the palm contact region, and the finger contact region of the adapter body are included. Since one or more regions are provided with an arbitrary number of protrusions each having the same shape or a different shape as the click operation protrusion and made of the same material or a different material, existing (commercially available) By attaching this mouse operation adapter to a normal mouse, as in the case of the mouse of the present invention described above, operability at the time of click, elimination of hand fatigue, and improvement of directionality are improved. A mouse with an adaptable mouse operation adapter can be realized.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The mouse 1 according to the present embodiment includes, in addition to protrusions (buttons) 3 and 4 for a click operation provided on the mouse body 2, a mouse body 2
With an arbitrary number of protrusion groups 5 protruding from the outer surface of. That is, in the illustrated example of the present embodiment, for example, six protrusions 5a to 5f are provided in the palm contact area (upper surface) of the mouse main body 2 so as to generate an acupoint effect on the entire palm. The installation positions of the protrusions can be provided in one or more of the side wall region, the palm contact region, and the finger contact region of the mouse main body 2. Also, the left and right side walls 2 in FIG.
a and 2b are provided with two and three projections 5g and 5h and projections 5i, 5j and 5k, respectively. Note that FIG.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a mouse cable, and 7 denotes a plug for a PS / 2 type computer device. According to the mouse 1 of the present embodiment, the clickable projections 3 and 4 provided on the tip side of the mouse main body 2 are hooked on the operator's finger to improve the operability when the mouse main body 2 is clicked. it can. Further, since the projections 5a to 5f are arranged in the palm contact area, an acupoint effect is exerted on the entire palm or the like of the operator, and it is possible to eliminate the feeling of fatigue of the hand even when working for a long time. Further, on each of the left and right side walls of the mouse main body 2, each protrusion 5g, 5h and each protrusion 5i, 5j,
Since 5k is attached, the directionality when dragging the mouse cursor by operating the mouse main body 2 can be improved. The material of the protrusions 5 may be the same material as the material of the mouse body 2 (for example, synthetic resin or soft synthetic resin), or may be an elastic material such as rubber, metal, or wood. You can also. Further, the number of the protrusions 5 to be set is arbitrary,
The palm contact area of the mouse body 2 may be arbitrarily numbered, for example, 6, 7, or 8, so as to cover the entire palm, or 1, 3, 4, or the like may be attached to both side walls of the mouse body 2. Various selections are possible. By using various combinations of the material, the number of installations, and the locations of the group of projections 5 as described above, it is possible to provide a mouse that can correspond to a wide range of operators regardless of age or gender. Next, the mouse operation adapter 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The mouse operating adapter 10 of the present embodiment illustrated in FIG.
An adapter body 11 that can be attached to and detached from the upper surface side of the existing mouse 20 provided with a mouse 22 is provided on the side wall and the palm contact area of the adapter body 11 with, for example, six protrusions so as to generate an acupoint effect on the entire palm. 5a to 5f are provided. Also, in FIG. 4 of the adapter main body 11, two and three projections 5g, 5h and projections 5i, 5j, 5k are respectively provided on the left and right side walls 11a, 11b. The material of the projection group 5 includes an adapter body 11
In addition to the same material (for example, synthetic resin) as the material of the above, an elastic material such as rubber can also be used. The number of the protrusion groups 5 may be set arbitrarily. For example, six, seven, eight, or the like may be provided in the palm contact area of the adapter body 11 so as to cover the entire palm, or both side walls of the adapter body 11 may be provided. 11a, 11b, one, three,
Various selections are possible, such as attaching four pieces at a time. The installation positions of the protrusions can be provided in one or more of a side wall region, a palm contact region, and a finger contact region of the adapter body 11. By various combinations of the material, the number of installations, and the locations of the group of projections 5, it is possible to provide the mouse operating adapter 10 that can correspond to a wide range of operators regardless of age or gender. According to the mouse operation adapter 10 of the present embodiment, by attaching the mouse operation adapter 10 to an existing (commercially available) normal mouse 20, the mouse 20 can be clicked in the same manner as described above. Mouse with the mouse operation adapter 10 that can improve operability, eliminate hand fatigue, and improve directionality.

According to the present invention, the operability at the time of clicking the mouse body can be improved by being hooked on the finger by the click operation projection provided on the mouse body.
By arranging projections in one or more of the palm contact area and the finger contact area, an acupoint effect occurs on the entire palm, eliminating fatigue, and attaching projections to the side wall of the mouse body This can provide a mouse that can improve the direction during operation. ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the mouse | mouth operation adapter which can eliminate | eliminate a feeling of hand fatigue and can improve directionality by attaching to an existing mouse can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the mouse according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a mouse and an insertion plug according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the mouse operation adapter and the existing mouse according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mouse 2 Mouse main body 3 Projection 4 Projection 5 Projection group 5a Projection 5b Projection 5c Projection 5d Projection 5e Projection 5f Projection 5g Projection 5h Projection 5i Projection 5j Projection 5k Projection 6 Insert Plug 10 Mouse operation adapter 11 Adapter body 20 Existing mouse

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A mouse as an input device of an OA device, wherein an arbitrary number of projections are provided on a mouse body. 2. A mouse as an input device of an OA device, wherein an arbitrary number of protrusions are provided on a contact area of a finger in addition to a click operation protrusion on a mouse body. 3. A mouse as an input device of an OA device, wherein the mouse body is provided with an arbitrary number of protrusions made of the same material as or different from the mouse body. 4. In a mouse which is an input device of an OA device, in addition to a click operation projection provided on the mouse main body and made of the same or different material as the mouse main body, a finger contact area of the mouse main body is provided. A mouse, which is made of the same material as or different from that of the mouse body, and is provided with an arbitrary number of protrusions having the same shape or a different shape as the click operation protrusion. 5. A mouse as an input device of an OA device, wherein a protrusion for a click operation made of any one of rubber, resin, soft synthetic resin, metal, and wood is provided on the mouse body. In addition to the above, an arbitrary number of protrusions are respectively provided on the side wall and the palm contact area of the mouse main body in the same shape as or different from the shape of the click operation protrusion. 6. A mouse, which is an input device of an OA device, is provided with a mouse, a resin, a soft synthetic resin, a metal, or a wooden protrusion for a click operation. In addition, in the contact area of the finger of the mouse body, in the same shape or different shape from the click projection, rubber, resin, soft synthetic resin, metal,
A mouse provided with an arbitrary number of protrusions made of any of wooden materials. 7. In a mouse as an input device of an OA device, a protrusion for a click operation made of any one of rubber, resin, soft synthetic resin, metal, and wood provided on the mouse body. In addition, on the side wall and the palm contact area of the mouse body, any number of rubber, resin, soft synthetic resin, metal, wooden A mouse having a protrusion made of any of the above materials. 8. An OA device is configured to be attachable to and detachable from a mouse having a click projection, which is an input device of the OA device,
Side wall region of the adapter body, palm contact region, in one or more of the finger contact region, the same shape or different shape as the click operation projection, and the click operation projection An adapter for operating a mouse, wherein an arbitrary number of protrusions made of the same material or different materials are respectively attached.