JP2012159937A - Mouse and method for charging battery of mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a power generation efficiency by reducing an influence due to operation irregularity of a mouse.SOLUTION: The mouse includes: a rotary swinging element for converting a physical movement in operating the mouse into a rotary movement; a rotation energy accumulation unit for accumulating the rotary movement by the rotary swinging element as rotation energy; and a power generating unit for converting the rotation energy into electric energy. A flat spiral spring device may be used for the rotation energy accumulation unit. A plurality of power generating units, rotary swinging elements, and rotation energy accumulation units may be provided. The mouse may further include a winding dial that applies the rotation energy to the flat spiral spring device.

Description

The present invention relates to a mouse and a mouse battery charging method, and more particularly, to a mouse and a mouse battery charging method that operate with electric energy charged in the battery.

In a conventional wireless mouse, when the built-in battery is exhausted, radio waves and infrared rays cannot be emitted, so that mouse operation information cannot be transmitted to a computer.
As a technique for suppressing battery consumption, there is a technique for mounting a power generation mechanism using a mouse trackball as a power source. There is also a technology for mounting a power generation mechanism that stores power obtained from a trackball in a spring spring and uses it as a power source.
For example, Patent Document 1 describes a mouse in which the movement of a ball is transmitted to a roller and the rotation of the roller is connected to a power generation device through a shaft, and power is generated by pressing a button and pressing a click button when stationary. Is described.
Patent Document 2 describes that rotation of a ball is transmitted to a roller, rotation of a roller shaft that rotatably supports the roller is accumulated as mechanical energy in the mainspring device, and the mechanical energy is transmitted to a generator. There is.

JP 2002-118480 A (paragraph 0050) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-233459 (paragraphs 0015-0018)

However, the absolute physical movement amount of the mouse itself is reduced by the mouse function having an acceleration function for increasing the moving speed of the mouse cursor on the screen according to the moving speed of the mouse on the desk. For this reason, in the power generation mechanism that uses the rotation of the trackball as a power source, the amount of rotation of the trackball is reduced, and it is difficult to obtain a sufficient amount of power generation to emit radio waves and infrared rays that transmit mouse operation information to the computer.
In addition, there are cases where rotation is hindered due to wear and dust of the trackball and power generation cannot be performed efficiently, and rotational resistance generated by the contact between the power generation mechanism and the trackball reduces the operability of the mouse.

A mouse according to the present invention is stored with a rotary rocker that converts physical movement accompanying a mouse operation into a rotary motion, and a rotational energy storage unit that stores the rotational motion of the rotary rocker as rotational energy. And a power generation unit that converts rotational energy into electrical energy.
The battery charging method for a mouse according to the present invention converts a physical movement accompanying a mouse operation into a rotary motion by a rotary oscillator,
Rotational motion by the rotary oscillator is stored as rotational energy,
The stored rotational energy is converted into electric energy and stored in the battery unit.

According to the present invention, the rotation of the trackball is not used as power, the influence of the mouse operation unevenness is reduced, and the power generation efficiency can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows 1st Embodiment of the mouse | mouth based on this invention. 1 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit of a first embodiment of a mouse according to the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows 2nd Embodiment of the mouse | mouth based on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the electric circuit of 2nd Embodiment of the mouse | mouth based on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows 3rd Embodiment of the mouse | mouth based on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows 4th Embodiment of the mouse | mouth based on this invention.

  Hereinafter, a typical embodiment of a mouse according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 1, the mouse according to the present embodiment includes a mouse case 101 which is an outer shell of the mouse, an automatic hoisting spring device 102 with a rotary oscillator, and a power generation unit 103. As shown in FIG. 2, the mouse according to the present embodiment includes a battery unit 201 connected to the power generation unit 103 and a mouse function unit 202 that supplies power from the battery unit 201. The power generation unit 103, the battery unit 201, and the mouse function unit 202 constitute an electric circuit 200.

An automatic hoisting spring device 102 with a rotary oscillator is composed of a rotary oscillator 111 and an automatic hoisting spring apparatus 112.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The mouse case 101 incorporates an automatic hoisting spring device 102 with a rotary oscillator and an electric circuit 200.

The physical movement accompanying the mouse operation is converted into a rotational motion by a rotary oscillator 111 (also called a rotating cone or a rotor), and the rotational kinetic energy is stored in the automatic hoisting spring device 112. Since this mechanism is used in a self-winding wristwatch, the detailed configuration thereof will not be described. Electric power is generated by transmitting the rotational motion generated by the output of the rotational kinetic energy stored in the automatic hoisting spring device 102 with the rotary oscillator to the power generation unit 103. The mechanism for converting rotational energy into electrical energy uses the principle of electromagnetic induction as used in self-winding timepieces. Specifically, a rotor connected to the automatic hoisting spring device 112 is rotated, a voltage is induced in the coil block by the rotation, a current flows, and the battery unit 201 is charged with the current. In the self-winding timepiece, the rotation of the rotor is converted into electric energy. However, in this embodiment, the rotating energy is stored in the automatic hoisting spring device 112 so that stable electric power can be supplied to the battery unit 201. ing. The detailed configuration of the self-winding timepiece is described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-76301, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-75873, and the like. Patent Document 2 discloses that mechanical energy stored in the mainspring device is converted into electric energy by a generator.

In the electric circuit in FIG. 2, information detected by the mouse function unit 202 as to the physical movement and button operation accompanying the mouse operation is transmitted to the computer by radio waves or infrared rays.

Electric power necessary for the mouse function unit 202 is supplied from the battery unit 201. Battery power is reduced by charging the battery unit 201 with the power generated by the power generation unit 103.

(Second Embodiment)
As a second embodiment of the mouse according to the present invention, an example in which a plurality of power generation units are provided will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. The same components as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 3, two power generation units, that is, a power generation unit 301 and a power generation unit 302 are provided. In the electric circuit 400 illustrated in FIG. 4, the same battery unit 201 is charged with the power generated by the power generation unit 301 and the power generation unit 302. With this configuration, the two power generation units can be generated by the automatic hoisting spring device 102 with a rotary oscillator, so that the electric energy charged in the battery unit 201 can be increased. The number of power generation units is not limited to two and may be three or more.

(Third embodiment)
As a third embodiment of the mouse according to the present invention, an example in which a plurality of automatic hoisting spring devices with a rotary oscillator are provided will be described with reference to FIG. Constituent members identical to those shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, a first automatic winding spring device 501 with a rotary oscillator and a second automatic winding spring device 502 with a rotary oscillator are provided, and the same power generation unit 103 is operated. Each of the automatic hoisting spring devices 501 and 502 with a rotary oscillator is composed of a rotary oscillator 511 and an automatic hoisting spring apparatus 512, respectively. The rotary rocker 511 and the automatic hoisting spring device 512 have the same configuration as the rotary rocker 111 and the automatic hoisting spring device 112. The number of automatic hoisting spring devices with a rotary oscillator is not limited to two and may be three or more.

(Fourth embodiment)
As a fourth embodiment of the mouse according to the present invention, an example in which a manual hoisting device is added to an automatic hoisting spring device will be described with reference to FIG. Constituent members identical to those shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, a hoisting dial 601 that contacts the automatic hoisting spring device 102 is provided so as to slightly come out of the mouse case 101. The hoisting dial 601 is rotated by a finger operation, and the rotational kinetic energy is stored in the automatic hoisting spring device 112.

The mouse of this embodiment can be suitably used for an optical mouse that consumes a large amount of battery energy in order to cause light emitting elements such as LEDs to emit light. However, it can also be applied to a trackball mouse.

A part or all of the above embodiment can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited to the following configuration.

(Appendix 1)
A rotary rocker that converts physical movement associated with mouse operation into rotary motion, a rotary energy storage that stores the rotary motion of the rotary rocker as rotational energy, and converts the stored rotational energy into electrical energy A mouse equipped with a power generation unit.

(Appendix 2)
The mouse according to appendix 1, wherein the rotational energy storage unit is a spring spring device.

(Appendix 3)
The mouse according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of the power generation units are provided.

(Appendix 4)
The mouse according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of the rotary oscillator and the rotational energy storage unit are provided.

(Appendix 5)
The mouse according to appendix 2, further comprising a winding dial that applies rotational energy to the mainspring device.

(Appendix 6)
Using a rotary oscillator, the physical movement associated with mouse operation is converted into rotational movement.
Rotational motion by the rotary oscillator is stored as rotational energy,
A method of charging a mouse battery, wherein the stored rotational energy is converted into electric energy and stored in a battery unit.

(Appendix 7)
The battery charging method according to claim 6, wherein the rotational energy is stored by a spring spring device.

(Appendix 8)
The battery charging method according to appendix 6 or 7, wherein the rotation energy is converted into electric energy by a power generation unit, and a plurality of the power generation units are provided.

(Appendix 9)
The battery charging method according to appendix 6 or 7, wherein a plurality of the rotary oscillators are provided.

(Appendix 10)
The battery charging method according to claim 7, further comprising a hoisting dial that gives rotational energy to the mainspring device.

According to the present invention, the power of the mouse itself is generated to extend the life of the battery and reduce the time for battery replacement and charging. Therefore, the mouse for general individuals, educational / research institutions with many computers, etc. Can be used for mice.

101 Mouse Case 102, 511, 512 Automatic Hoisting Spring Device 103, 301, 302 with Rotary Oscillator Power Generation Unit 111 Rotary Oscillator 112 Automatic Hoisting Spring Device 200, 400 Electric Circuit 201 Battery Unit 202 Mouse Function Unit 601 Hoisting dial

Claims (10)

A rotary rocker that converts physical movement associated with mouse operation into rotary motion, a rotary energy storage that stores the rotary motion of the rotary rocker as rotational energy, and converts the stored rotational energy into electrical energy A mouse equipped with a power generation unit. The mouse according to claim 1, wherein the rotational energy storage unit is a spring spring device. The mouse according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of the power generation units are provided. The mouse according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the rotary oscillator and the rotational energy storage unit are provided. The mouse according to claim 2, further comprising a hoisting dial that applies rotational energy to the mainspring device. Using a rotary oscillator, the physical movement associated with mouse operation is converted into rotational movement.
Rotational motion by the rotary oscillator is stored as rotational energy,
A method of charging a mouse battery, wherein the stored rotational energy is converted into electric energy and stored in a battery unit. The battery charging method according to claim 6, wherein the rotational energy is stored by a spring spring device. The battery charging method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein conversion of the rotational energy into electric energy is performed by a power generation unit, and a plurality of the power generation units are provided. The battery charging method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein a plurality of the rotary oscillators are provided. The battery charging method according to claim 7, further comprising a winding dial that gives rotational energy to the mainspring device.

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