JP2009251995A - Mouse device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the ease of operation of a user using a plurality of computers by enabling the computers to be operated in the user's mouse setting environment for the duration of use. <P>SOLUTION: A mouse device 1 has a setting information storage circuit 11 for storing mouse setting information by a temporary user of a computer and a migration storage circuit 12 for migrating mouse setting information set in advance in the computer; and when a computer is connected, reads in mouse setting information set in advance in the computer to store it in the migration storage circuit 12 and transfers the mouse setting information stored in the setting information storage circuit 11 to the computer. When a lock-enabled disconnection button 14 is pressed to request the disconnection of the mouse device 1, the mouse setting information stored in the migration storage circuit 12 is transferred to the computer to restore the mouse setting information automatically. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mouse device having a function of setting mouse setting information related to mouse operation in a computer.

  Mouse setting information relating to the mouse device (pointer movement speed setting, double-click speed setting, mouse left / right button replacement, etc.) is set in the computer so that the user of the computer can easily work. For this reason, when the computer user changes temporarily, the mouse is operated in the environment of the mouse setting information set by the main user, or the temporary user changes the mouse setting information and uses it. It was.

For example, in Patent Document 1, a user operation characteristic is detected based on an input made by a user operation on an external input device, and a user-specific characteristic such as a keyboard or mouse parameter setting value is detected based on the operation characteristic. A technique for generating and outputting user information is disclosed. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique in which a control unit that switches between a built-in hard disk and a mouse built-in hard disk is provided in the personal computer body, and the personal computer is operated by the hard disk software built in the mouse.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-337641 JP 2004-295454 A

However, the mouse operation in the environment of the mouse setting information set by another person is unusable and the work efficiency is lowered.
In addition, when a temporary user changes mouse setting information, the user must newly set the mouse setting information and restore the mouse setting information after the temporary use is over. there were.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. When a temporary user uses a computer, the computer can be automatically operated in the mouse setting environment of the temporary user only during the use. An object of the present invention is to provide a mouse device.

In order to achieve the above object, a mouse device according to the present invention comprises:
Setting information storage means for storing mouse setting information of a temporary user of the computer;
Setting information saving means for saving mouse setting information previously set in the computer;
When connected to the computer, the mouse setting information preset in the computer is read and stored in the setting information saving means, and the mouse setting information stored in the setting information storage means is transferred to the computer First control means;
In response to a mouse device disconnection request, second control means for transferring mouse setting information stored in the setting information saving means to the computer;
It is characterized by providing.

  According to the present invention, when a user temporarily uses a computer, a mouse setting suitable for the user can be easily performed.

Hereinafter, a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The mouse device of the present invention is for easily performing mouse settings suitable for a user when the user temporarily uses a computer.
A configuration of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. As illustrated, the mouse device 1 includes a mouse setting storage circuit 11, a save storage circuit 12, a transfer control circuit 13, and a lock release button 14.

The mouse setting storage circuit 11 stores mouse setting information of a person who uses the computer temporarily (hereinafter referred to as a temporary user). Note that the mouse setting information is setting information related to mouse operations such as pointer movement speed setting, double click speed setting, and mouse left / right button switching.
The save memory circuit 12 saves and stores mouse setting information of the main user of the computer that was previously set in the computer to which the mouse device 1 is connected.

  The transfer control circuit 13 controls mouse setting information transfer processing between the mouse device 1 and the computer. Specifically, when the mouse device 1 is connected to the computer, the mouse setting information set in the computer is read and stored in the save memory circuit 12, and the mouse setting information stored in the mouse setting storage circuit 11. To the computer. Also, when the mouse device 1 is disconnected from the computer, the mouse setting information saved in the save memory circuit 12 is transferred to the computer in response to pressing of a lock release button 14 described later.

  The lock release button 14 is a button that is pressed when the mouse device 1 is disconnected from the computer, and serves as a trigger for writing back the mouse setting information saved in the save memory circuit 12. The cable connector of the mouse device 1 is provided with, for example, a convex portion having elasticity that is hooked inside the connection port after being inserted into the connection port to the computer, and this convex portion locks the cable connector. The lock release button 14 is provided in the vicinity of the cable connector of the mouse device 1. When the lock release button 14 is pressed, the protrusion is pushed down to release the lock, and the cable connector can be pulled out from the connection port. The mouse device 1 can be disconnected from the computer.

Next, the operation of the mouse device 1 when connected to a computer will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
For example, in order to temporarily use a certain computer, a temporary user connects the cable of his / her mouse device 1 to the computer. Then, the transfer control circuit 13 of the mouse device 1 that has detected the connection to the computer reads the mouse setting information in the computer previously set by the main user of the computer (step S11), and the read mouse setting information is read. It is stored and saved in the saving memory circuit 12 (step S12).
When the storage of the mouse setting information in the saving memory circuit 12 is completed, the transfer control circuit 13 stores the mouse setting information of the temporary user stored in the mouse setting storage circuit 11 in the mouse setting information in the computer. Is written in the area to be processed (step S13).

  With this processing, the mouse setting information of the temporary user of the computer is set from the mouse device 1 to the computer, and the mouse setting information of the main user of the computer is saved from the computer to the mouse device 1. Thereby, the temporary user can use the computer in a mouse operation environment suitable for him.

Next, the operation of the mouse device 1 when disconnected from the computer will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
For example, a temporary user who has finished using the computer presses the lock release button 14 to disconnect the mouse device 1 from the computer. In response to the request for disconnecting the mouse device 1 by pressing this button, the transfer control circuit 13 stores the mouse setting information of the main user of the computer stored in the save memory circuit 12 and the mouse setting information in the computer. Is written in the area to be processed (step S21). The mouse device 1 is removed from the computer after the cable connector is unlocked.

  By this processing, the mouse setting information of the main user of the computer is written back from the mouse device 1 to the computer. Thereby, when the use of the computer by the temporary user is finished, the mouse setting information in the computer is returned to the state before the mouse device 1 is connected.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when the mouse device is connected to the computer, the mouse setting information of the temporary user is automatically saved while the mouse setting information of the main user set in the computer is automatically saved. When the computer is set and the mouse device is detached from the computer, the saved mouse setting information before connection is automatically reset in the computer. Thus, the computer can be operated in the temporary user mouse setting environment only while the mouse device is connected.

The present invention can be variously modified and applied.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the functions of the save memory circuit 12 and the transfer control circuit 13 may be provided on the computer side. In this case, the mouse device only needs to include the mouse setting storage circuit 11 and the release button 14 with a lock. When the mouse device is connected to the computer, the control unit of the computer saves the mouse setting information of the main user in the save memory unit (a save area of the memory unit), and the mouse device temporarily stores the mouse. The setting information may be read and set. Further, when the mouse device is removed from the computer, the computer control unit detects that the mouse device has been disconnected from the computer, for example, and reads out the mouse setting information of the main user saved in the saving storage unit. You may make it reset.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the mouse device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the mouse device at the time of the connection to a computer. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the mouse device at the time of removal from a computer. It is a figure for demonstrating the modification of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mouse device 11 Mouse setting memory circuit 12 Retention memory circuit 13 Transfer control circuit 14 Release button with lock

Claims (2)

Setting information storage means for storing mouse setting information of a temporary user of the computer;
Setting information saving means for saving mouse setting information previously set in the computer;
When connected to the computer, the mouse setting information preset in the computer is read and stored in the setting information saving unit, and the mouse setting information stored in the setting information storage unit is transferred to the computer First control means;
In response to a mouse device disconnection request, second control means for transferring mouse setting information stored in the setting information saving means to the computer;
A mouse device comprising: The mouse device disconnection request corresponds to a button press made when the mouse device is disconnected from the computer.
The mouse device according to claim 1.

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