JP2002222051A - Index slight movement structure of mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To finely move and adjust the position of an index on the screen of a personal computer, etc., vertically and horizontally. SOLUTION: A vertical fine movement means which finely move the index in the vertical direction by rotating a roller for index movement brought into contact with the outer periphery of a disk by rotating the disk with a finger tip is provided on the top surface of a mouse and a horizontal fine movement means which finely moves the index in the lateral direction as well is provided on the flank of the mouse.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mouse for operating an input of a personal computer or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5, a conventional mouse has input operation buttons 2a and 2b provided on an upper surface of a mouse main body 1, a circular hole is opened on a back surface, and a spherical body provided inside. A part is configured to be able to protrude downward from the hole by its own weight. The sphere projecting downward from the hole rotates the mouse on the plane by sliding the mouse on the plane, and makes contact with the two right-angle index moving rollers provided near the sphere in the mouse to move the index. The index can be freely moved by rotating the application roller. Recently, there has been known a device provided with a means for finely moving the index in the vertical direction, in addition to the above structure.

[0003]

However, although the conventional mouse is provided with means for finely moving the index in the vertical direction, it has a problem that it cannot finely move the index in the horizontal direction.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a mouse index fine-moving structure capable of finely moving the index in both vertical and horizontal directions.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an index fine movement structure for a mouse according to the present invention.
In a mouse for operating an input of a personal computer or the like, a vertical fine movement means for finely moving an index on a screen in a vertical direction and a horizontal fine movement means for finely moving an index in a horizontal direction are provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vertical fine-movement means, a manually rotating disk is provided on the upper surface of the mouse, and the outer periphery thereof is brought into contact with the vertical-direction moving roller to finely rotate the vertical-direction moving roller. 2. The index fine movement structure of a mouse according to claim 1, wherein:

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the lateral fine movement means, a disk which is manually rotated is provided on a side surface of the mouse, and an outer periphery thereof is brought into contact with the lateral index movement roller to finely rotate the horizontal index movement roller. 2. The index fine movement structure of a mouse according to claim 1, wherein:

According to the first to third aspects of the present invention, the vertical fine movement means and the horizontal fine movement means are provided on the mouse, so that the index can be finely adjusted on the screen both vertically and horizontally. Become. By providing the vertical fine movement means on the upper surface of the mouse and the horizontal fine movement means on the side surface of the mouse, fine adjustment in the vertical and horizontal directions can be selectively performed.

[0009]

1 to 4 relate to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mouse provided with a fine movement means of an index, and FIG. 2 is a view showing a structure of a vertical fine movement means. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the horizontal fine movement means, and FIG. 4 is a top view showing the configuration of the vertical and horizontal fine movement means.

[0010] The index fine movement structure of the present invention comprises input operation buttons 2a, 2b provided on the upper surface of a mouse as shown in FIG.
The vertical fine movement means 3 is provided between them, and the horizontal fine movement means 4 is provided on the side surface.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the vertical fine movement means 3 makes the outer periphery of the disk 7 contact a vertical movement roller 6 with which the sphere 5 contacts, and at the same time, a part of the disk 7 The operation buttons 2a and 2b on the upper surface are rotatably projected between the operation buttons 2a and 2b, while the lateral fine movement means 4 is provided with a disk 9 against a lateral movement roller 8 on which the sphere 5 contacts as shown in FIGS. The outer periphery is brought into contact with the disk 9 and a part of the disk 9 is rotatably protruded from the side surface of the mouse main body 1.

Further, a member such as rubber, which has a large frictional resistance and can be softly contacted, is attached to the outer periphery of the disks 7 and 9.

In the index fine movement structure having the above structure, the index is largely moved by sliding the mouse on a plane, and thereafter, the disk 7 of the vertical direction fine adjustment means or the disk 9 of the horizontal direction fine adjustment means is moved with the fingertip. By rotating with, the position of the index can be finely adjusted in a required direction.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the provision of the vertical fine movement means and the horizontal fine movement means in the mouse allows the disks 7 and 9 to be moved in addition to the large movement of the index by the rotation of the sphere in the conventional mouse. By rotating, the position of the index can be finely adjusted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mouse provided with fine movement means for an index according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a cross section of a main part showing a configuration of a vertical fine movement unit.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a configuration of a lateral fine movement unit.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional top view showing the configuration of vertical and horizontal fine movement means.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional mouse.

[Description of Signs] 1 Mouse body 2 Operation button 3 Vertical fine movement means 4 Horizontal fine movement means 5 Sphere 6 Roller for vertical movement 7, 9 Disk 8 Roller for horizontal movement

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission Date] May 16, 2001 (2001.5.1)
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[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5, a conventional mouse has input operation buttons 2a and 2b for right-click and left-click on the upper surface of a mouse main body 1, respectively. And a part of a spherical ball provided inside can be made to protrude and descend from the hole by its own weight. And the sphere protruding downward from the hole rotates on the plane by sliding the mouse on the plane,
It is configured such that the index on the personal computer screen can be freely moved by rotating the index moving roller by contacting the index moving roller in two directions at right angles provided near the sphere in the mouse. . Recently, in addition to the above-described structure, there has been known a device provided with a means for finely moving the index with a click in a vertical direction using a disk or the like.

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[0003]

However, although the conventional mouse is provided with means for finely moving the index on the personal computer screen in the vertical direction, it cannot be finely moved in the horizontal direction by this means. There is a problem.

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Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a mouse index fine-moving structure which can finely move the index separately in both the vertical and horizontal directions. .

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[0014]

According to the present invention, since the mouse is provided with the vertical fine movement means and the horizontal fine movement means, it is very convenient and can be moved in addition to moving the index with the mouse ball. This makes it possible to adjust the position of the index by rotating the disks 7 and 9 and to finely adjust the position of the index in addition to the conventional large movement of the index due to the rotation of the sphere in the mouse.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mouse for operating an input of a personal computer or the like, comprising a vertical fine-movement means for finely moving an index on a screen in a vertical direction and a horizontal fine-movement means for finely moving an index in a horizontal direction. The indicator microtremor structure of the mouse. 2. The vertical fine-movement means is characterized in that a manually rotating disk is provided on the upper surface of a mouse, and the outer periphery of the disk is brought into contact with a vertical-index moving roller to finely rotate the vertical-index moving roller. 2. The index fine movement structure of a mouse according to claim 1, wherein 3. The lateral fine-movement means is characterized in that a manually rotating disk is provided on the side surface of the mouse and the outer periphery thereof is brought into contact with the lateral-index moving roller to finely rotate the horizontal-direction moving roller. 2. The index fine movement structure of a mouse according to claim 1, wherein