JP3282604B2 - Computer input device - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device for a computer, and more particularly to a computer input device in which an input operation is simple and easy, and a history of continuous movement of a screen such as a page turn can be intuitively understood by an operator. Related to input device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an input means for operating a computer, as shown in FIG.
The mouse 02 is frequently used. As an input means equivalent to a mouse, as shown in FIG.
3. Track pads are known. Trackball,
The truck pat is mounted on a small, highly portable computer.

[0003] Such an input device is a manual operation device for performing an operation peculiar to a computer. The operation unique to the computer is an operation in which a virtual button or icon displayed on the output device 03 is virtually pressed by a mouse operation, and it is difficult for the user to intuitively estimate the operation result. That is, it is an operation that everyone who is a beginner who has started using a computer can experience. It takes a lot of time to learn the conventional input operation method. As described above, the conventional input method has an aspect in which a user who has little experience in using a computer cannot easily use the computer.

[0004] An input device that eliminates such inconvenience in aspects is known from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-280318. This known device uses a conventional mouse, but uses the mouse for page turning and is an input means for facilitating the use of information. It is possible to set a jump to a desired page and a display time of the page. Such an input means, compared with a conventional operation in which the movement of the cursor on the plane and the time of the movement correspond to the daily sense of the user, the operation and the operation result are intuitively understood, and are not completely related to the intuition. It is convenient for beginners.

[0005] A mouse as such an input means is usually placed beside a keyboard placed in front of an output device of a computer, and a work plane for moving the mouse is required beside the keyboard. The work plane is not constant.
A device with a constant work plane is registered as Utility Model Registration No. 3039.
No. 241. This known device, unlike a ball-type mouse, intuitively grasps the movement of a cursor by rotating a columnar roller having a rotation axis parallel to the moving direction of a moving object that moves one-dimensionally. This is improved in that the input operation can be performed only by the fingertip operation.

As computers become smaller and lighter and more portable, it is desired to provide an input device that allows input operation with only one fingertip without a fixed work space. In that case, the input device is desired to be thin so as not to burden the fingertip operation. Furthermore, it is particularly desirable that the amount of movement, including rotational movement, be understood by the user intuitively corresponding to the actual amount of fingertip operation. That is, it is desired that the input operation be performed with a fingertip of one hand while holding the computer, in a simple and easy manner. Furthermore, it is possible to give a psychological effect of giving a mechanical image, giving a beginner an appearance that he does not hesitate to operate, and making a casual contact with a computer to easily use electronic information possessed by the computer. desired.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an input device for a computer which allows an input operation with only one fingertip without a fixed work space. Another object of the present invention is to provide an input device for a computer which can perform an input operation with only one fingertip even without a fixed work space and which is thin so as not to burden the fingertip operation. It is in. Another object of the present invention is to perform an input operation with only one fingertip even without a fixed work space, to be thin so as not to burden the fingertip operation, and to reduce the amount of movement including rotational movement. Is to provide an input device of a computer intuitively corresponding to an actual operation amount of a fingertip. It is another object of the present invention to provide a computer in which it is simple and easy to perform an input operation with a fingertip of one hand, and the amount of movement including rotary motion intuitively corresponds to the actual amount of operation of the fingertip. An input device is provided. Another object of the present invention is that it is simple and easy to perform an input operation with a fingertip of one hand, and the amount of movement including rotary motion intuitively corresponds to the actual amount of fingertip operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer input device having an appearance that does not give an objective image and that a beginner does not hesitate to operate.

[0008]

Means for solving the problem are described as follows. The technical matters corresponding to the claims in the expression are appended with numbers, symbols, etc. in parentheses (). The number, the symbol, etc. are at least one of the technical matters corresponding to the claims and the plurality of embodiments.
Although the agreement / correspondence with the technical matters of the two forms is clarified, it is not intended to show that the technical matters corresponding to the claims are limited to the technical matters of the embodiment.

The input device of the computer according to the present invention comprises:
A first moving body (7) reciprocating on a one-dimensional movement axis; and a second moving body (5) reciprocating in a crossing direction intersecting the first moving body (7) in a one-dimensional direction. And the second
A moving mechanism (6) for moving the moving body (5) with respect to the first moving body; a part of the second moving body (5) is moved in a third direction intersecting in the one-dimensional direction and the crossing direction; Reciprocates. A bulge (37) is formed on the movement trajectory of the second moving body (5), and the bulge (37) is located at the above-mentioned part that reciprocates in the third direction crossing the one-dimensional direction and the cross direction. Yes, it is. The second moving body (5) is driven and moved independently in a two-dimensional direction on a two-dimensional plane ergonomically. The movement amount of the two-dimensional movement is detected by a known device (encoder) and input to the computer.

The moving mechanism (6) includes a three-link mechanism (1).
6, 17, 18), and the second moving body (5) reciprocates while being supported by the three-link mechanism (16, 17, 18).
A bulge (37) is formed corresponding to one node of the three-node link mechanism (16, 17, 18). The moving mechanism (6) further includes the three-link mechanism (16, 17, 1).
Preferably, a roller (19) supported by 8) is provided, and the second moving body (5) is supported by the roller (19) and rotates on an oblong orbit. The second moving body (5) is preferably a belt extending in a one-dimensional direction. Bulging part (37)
The electric output element (32) is arranged on the displacement direction line. The electric output element (32) performs switching for transmitting the movement amount described above to the computer. Or 3
An electric output element (32) is arranged on a line of the node link mechanism (16, 17, 18) in the displacement direction at one node.

It is preferable that the first moving body (7) is returned to a substantially fixed position in a free state by the spring device (13).
The three-bar linkage (16, 17, 18) also has a spring device (2
According to 1), it is preferable to return to a substantially fixed position in the free state. Also in this case, the second moving body (5) is preferably a belt. The moving mechanism (6) preferably includes a slope forming body (61) for forming a slope for moving the belt on an elliptical orbit. It is preferable that a finger hook is formed on the belt of such a two-moving body.

Further, a third moving body (81) can be provided. The second moving body (5) rotates with the third moving body with respect to the first moving body (7).

The input device of the computer according to the present invention comprises:
A first moving body (7) reciprocating on a one-dimensional moving axis center line, and a plane body having a surface with which a finger comes into contact, and the plane body has a number of lines oriented in a direction crossing in the one-dimensional direction. (93), the line (93) is electrically sensitive to the finger, and is sensitive to the moving position of the finger. It comprises a sensitive surface member for electrically or magnetically converting the two-dimensional movement of the finger into the two-dimensional coordinates of the finger by the contact of the finger.

The input device of the computer according to the present invention comprises:
It comprises a sensitive surface member for electrically or magnetically converting the two-dimensional movement of the finger into two-dimensional coordinates of the finger by the contact of the finger.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Corresponding to the drawings, in an embodiment of a computer input device according to the present invention, an input operating instrument main body 1 is provided with a window 2. The input operating instrument body 1 is flat and lightweight so that it can be easily held by one hand. The input operating instrument main body 1 includes a first main body 3 and a second main body 4.

The first main body 3 and the second main body 4 are detachable or openable and closable. A part of the input main body 5 slightly protrudes from the window 2. The input main body 5 is rotatably supported by the rotation mechanism 6 and reciprocally supported in the rotation direction. The rotation mechanism 6 is provided as a part of a first moving body described later that is movable in a one-dimensional direction.

The input main body 5 is expressed as a "second moving body 5". FIG. 1 shows a three-dimensional coordinate system. The moving direction axis of the rotation mechanism 6 is shown as the Y axis. An arbitrary point of the input main body 5 moves on a one-dimensional rotational orbit set one-dimensionally on an XZ plane orthogonal to the Y axis. Any one point of the specific area of the input main body 5 is displaceable in a normal direction orthogonal to the one-dimensional trajectory of the input main body 5 and orthogonal to the Y-axis direction (hereinafter referred to as a trajectory normal direction). is there. This displacement enables the switching described below.

The input main body 5 is formed as a sheet extending in the Y-axis direction. The sheet has a belt shape, and is generally called a belt. The input body 5 is thin in the normal direction of the trajectory, elastic and somewhat elastic,
It can expand and contract in the direction of the one-dimensional rotation orbit. Input body 5
Is made of a variety of synthetic resins, especially elastomers, surface-coated woven fabrics, and other materials whose outer peripheral surface is a material that provides adequate friction to the fingers.

FIGS. 2 (a), 2 (b) and 2 (c) show the first main body 3, the second main body 4 constituting the input operating instrument main body 1, and the operating mechanism 6 accommodated therein, respectively. ing. FIG. 2B shows a pair of support bases 7 fixed and supported by the input operation tool main body 1. The pair of support tables 7 face each other in the Y-axis direction.

Two pairs of left and right Y-axis direction guide tracks 8 are respectively supported on a pair of support bases 7. The Y-axis direction guide tracks 8 extend in the Y-axis direction in parallel with each other. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation console 9 is passed through the Y-axis direction guide track 8 so as to be movable in the Y-axis direction. The operation console 9 includes a bottom 11 and an end 12.

The ends 12 rise in the Z-axis direction from both ends of the bottom 11 in the Y-axis direction. Holes are formed at both ends 12 ′ of the end portion 12 in the X-axis direction, and the Y-axis direction guide tracks 8 are respectively passed through the holes.

As shown in FIG. 2B, a first X-axis direction homing screw 13 is provided between one end surface of both ends 12 'facing each other in the Y-axis direction and one end surface of the support base 7. Is interposed. A second X is provided between the other one end face of the both ends 12 ′ opposed to the Y axis direction and the other one end face of the support base 7.
A spiral screw 14 for axial home return is interposed. The operation console 9 is sandwiched between the first X-axis direction home return spiral screw 13 and the second X-axis direction home return spiral screw 14 and pushed from both sides to be guided by the Y-axis direction guide track 8 and in its free state. The support 7 returns to the normal position.

The rotating mechanism 6 shown in FIG. 1 has two pairs of movable bridge structures 15 as shown in FIG. 1
The pair of movable bridge structures 15 includes a one-to-two swing lever 16,
17 are formed. One-to-two swing lever 16,
Numeral 17 is set at a fixed position in the Y-axis direction with respect to the end portion 12, and is guided by the Y-axis direction guide track 8 in the Y-axis direction and moves together with the end portion 12.

The other one-to-two swing levers 16 and 17 are also
As shown in FIG. 4, the end portion 12 is set at a fixed position in the Y-axis direction, and is moved in the same Y direction as the end portion 12 while being guided by the Y-axis guide track 8. The outer ends of the one-to-two swing levers 16 and 17 pass through the left and right Y-axis direction guide tracks 8, and the inner ends of the one-to-two swing levers 16 and 17 pass through the common pin 18. Have been.

The common pin 18 extends in the Y-axis direction parallel to the Y-axis direction guide track 8. The outer ends of the other one-to-two swing levers 16 and 17 are also passed through the left and right Y-axis direction guide tracks 8, and the inner ends of the one-to-two swing levers 16 and 17 are also common pins. 18 The one-to-two swing levers 16 and 17 respectively form a three-node link mechanism that swings and bends each other on each plane parallel to the ZX plane. The three nodes are positioned at the three vertices of the low triangle.

As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of guide rollers 19 are rotatably supported between the opposing swing levers 16 and between the opposing swing levers 17, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5 showing the assembling procedure, the plurality of guide rollers 19 have their rotation axes oriented in the Y-axis direction and are parallel to each other. The tangent plane of the plurality of guide rollers 19 forms a transport surface for guiding the input main body 5.

The rotation mechanism 6 also serves as a track normal direction displacement mechanism. FIG. 5 shows the orbit normal direction / steady position return mechanism of the orbit normal direction displacement mechanism of the rotation mechanism 6. The track normal direction / steady position return mechanism includes a common pin 18 and a track normal direction / steady position return spring 21.

Spring 21 for orbit normal direction / normal position return
As shown in FIG. 5, has a central portion 22 that passes through the above-mentioned common pin 18 (joint pin) that passes through the swing lever 16 and the swing lever 17. The central portion 22 is a wound portion in which the orbit normal direction / steady position return spring 21 is wound once at the central portion.

Both ends of the spring 21 for returning to the normal direction to the trajectory and the normal position are inserted into the swing lever 16 and the swing lever 17, respectively. The hole 23 inserted in this way,
24 are opened to the swing lever 16 and the swing lever 17, respectively. Orbit normal direction, steady position return spring 2
The steady position of the common pin 18 with respect to the operation table 9 is determined by a balance between the elastic force of No. 1 and the geometric conditions defined by the lengths of the swing levers 16 and 17 and the frictional resistance of each part. .

The three-node link mechanism is provided with appropriate flexibility, constitutes a gentle bottom dead center mechanism, and can provide a click feeling described later. In the bottom dead center mechanism, the sum of the lengths of two sides of the three side lengths of the three-bar linkage is close to the length of the other side, and the deformability of the triangle is slightly allowed. Refers to the mechanism.

The degree of refraction of the track normal direction displacement mechanism composed of the rocking lever 16, the rocking lever 17, the common pin 18, and the track normal direction / steady position return spring 21 depends on the rocking lever 16 or The swing lever 17 is restricted by a stopper (not shown) against which the swing lever 17 abuts. Adjacent guide rollers 1
Between 9, an auxiliary plate 23 is arranged. Auxiliary plate 23
Is set to coincide with a transport surface that is a common tangent plane of the guide rollers 19, and assists a rotational motion that is a smooth transport movement of the input main body 5. Instead of the auxiliary plate 23, a small-diameter roller (not shown) can be used.

FIG. 6 shows the switching mechanism 31. The switching mechanism 31 is composed of the above-described orbit normal direction displacement mechanism, which is a part of the rotation mechanism 6, and the electric contact mechanism 32. FIG. 6 shows the rotation mechanism 6 in more detail. The rotation mechanism 6 further includes a plurality of large-diameter main rollers 33 and a small-diameter sub-roller 34.

The input main body 5 is guided by the main roller 33, the plurality of guide rollers 19, and the subordinate rollers 34, and goes around endlessly and reversibly. The rotation mechanism 6 further includes a tension roller 35 composed of a pair of rollers. The tension rollers 35 are two rollers arranged in the circumferential direction of the input main body 5, and the distance between their axes tends to increase due to the tension spring 36.

One of the tension rollers 35 is fixedly supported on the operation table 9 so as to be freely rotatable, and the other of the tension rollers 35 is supported on the operation table 9 so as to be movable in the circumferential direction of the input main body 5. The input body 5 is tensioned by the other roller.

The input body 5 is connected to the common pin (joint pin) 18.
Is in contact with one vertex of the three-link mechanism described above. Such a portion is formed on the input main body 5 as an operation pressing portion 37, as shown in FIG. The front and rear portions before and after the operation pressing portion 37 are inclined with respect to each other, and the operation pressing portion 37 forms the top of the front and rear portions before and after the operation pressing portion 37.

As shown in FIG. 6, the electric contact mechanism 32 is disposed at a position of the operation table 9 below the operation pressing portion 37. One of the plurality of guide rollers 19, which is bent by the link mechanism including the swing lever 16 and the swing lever 17 and descends in the Z-axis direction, contacts the movable section 38 of the electric contact mechanism 32 to drive the movable section 38. The driving of the movable section 38 generates a switching electric signal.

As shown in FIG. 3, on one of the Y-axis direction guide tracks 8, circumferential grooves 39 are formed at regular intervals in the Y-axis direction. The base of the piece claw 41 is fixed to the operation console 9. The piece claw 41 extends in the Y-axis direction. At the free end of the piece claw 41, a ridge 42 that fits into the circumferential groove 39 is formed. The ridge 42 extends in the Y-axis direction and can be displaced substantially in the Z-axis direction, and is provided with elasticity that returns to its normal position in the Z-axis direction.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a scale 51 in the Y-axis direction is provided. The Y-axis scale 51 is
It is fixed to the operation console 9 and moves in the Y-axis direction together with the operation console 9. The first encoder 52 is fixed to the support 7. The first encoder 52 is a conventional electric signal generator that can read the amount of movement of the Y-axis scale 51 as a Y-axis coordinate position.

As shown in FIG. 4, a gear 53 is coaxially mounted on the slave roller 34 (see FIG. 6). As shown in FIG. 3, a Z-axis rotary scale 54 in which teeth or slits meshing with the gear 53 are arranged on one circumference is attached to the operation console 9. As shown in FIG. 3, a second encoder 55 is attached to the periphery of the circular surface of the Z-axis rotary scale 54. The second encoder 55
It is fixed to the operation console 9 and the same body. First encoder 5
2. The second encoder 55 is connected to a counter (not shown). The counter includes a counting circuit of the computer to which the input device of the computer belongs.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the input device of the computer is held with one hand H. The input operating instrument main body 1 is provided with an outer surface such that a partial surface thereof is in contact with the back of the hand H. The thumb of the hand H has two joints, and the fingertip T of the thumb moves in the Y-axis direction and
It has a function of moving in the X-axis direction so as to be movable in the axial direction. The fingertip T that moves in the Y-axis direction can move the rotation mechanism 6 in the Y-axis direction. The rotation mechanism 6 is guided by the Y-axis direction guide tracks 8 on both sides via the operation table 9 and smoothly moves in the Y-axis direction.

The input main body 5 is slightly protruded from the input operating instrument main body 1 so as to protrude from the input operating instrument main body 1. The operation pressing portion 37 of the input main body 5 forms a top portion or a top portion. Operation pressing part 37
Is easy to move in the X-axis direction on the XZ plane, and the X-axis direction, the forward direction,
It is easy to exercise with a tendency to descend in the negative direction DH.

Such X-axis direction, positive direction, and negative direction DH
By the movement of the fingertip T, an arbitrary point on the exposed portion of the input body 5 becomes a gentle circular orbit (a circular orbit having a large radius of curvature) D
It moves on H and reciprocates almost linearly in the X-axis direction. The fingertip T has a property of easily moving also in the Z-axis direction.

When an arbitrary point on the X-axis direction line of the operation pressing portion 37 moves in the Z-axis direction which is the vertical direction DV,
The common pin 18 corresponding to the common bending point of the swing lever 16 and the swing lever 17 is lowered, and the movable portion 38 shown in FIG.
Press. The input body 5 at the moment of the pressing is
The first encoder 52 and the second encoder 55 detect the X coordinate position and the Y coordinate position, and the X coordinate position and the Y coordinate position are counted by the computer and input to the storage unit (not shown). .

Although the input main body 5 is a rotating body, the motion trajectory of the input main body 5 is an elliptical orbit similar to a linear trajectory for the operation section. The movement of the fingertip T, which is performed substantially on the XY plane, is easy. It is difficult to obtain such easy fingertip movement for a large radius cylinder.

X enabling such easy plane movement
The rotation mechanism 6, which is the X-axis movement mechanism of the axis / Y-axis movement mechanism, facilitates the displacement of the switching mechanism as it is. The operation pressing portion 37 close to the node of the rotation mechanism 6 is Z
Displaces in the axial direction. Such a Z-axis direction displacement mechanism forms a bottom dead center mechanism or a top dead center mechanism as it is, and generates a click feeling. Such a three-axis direction motion mechanism has a motion effect of three birds per stone.

Further, the three-axis motion mechanism is independent with respect to each axis, can easily move only in the X-axis direction, can easily move only in the Y-axis direction, and can easily move only in the Z-axis direction. . In such a combination of independent motions in the three-dimensional orthogonal direction, the history of the motion is easy for the user to remember. If an incorrect operation is performed, it is easy to return to the original operation position due to the simplicity of the history. Further, the input device of the computer can be held with one hand, and the input operation can be easily performed with one hand.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the X-axis coordinate detecting device for detecting the X-axis coordinates of the input main body 5 of the rotating mechanism 6. At the end of the input main body 5, a rotary scale 60 that rotates in the same manner as the input main body 5 is provided.
Immediately below the linear motion portion of the input body 5, the second encoder 5
5 are arranged.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the guide means for carrying and guiding the input main body 5. Instead of a plurality of guide rollers 19, one sliding slope base 61 is provided. The sliding slope base 61 has both slopes 6 along the lower surface (inner surface) of the input main body 5 that competes from both sides (front and rear sides in the rotation direction) toward the operation pressing portion 37 of the input main body 5.
2 are formed.

The slope table 61 has its bottom surface supported by the operation table 9 by a support spring 63. Facing the bottom,
An electric contact mechanism 32 is provided on the operation console 9. This configuration is advantageous as a switching mechanism.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the rotation mechanism 6. The input main body 5 as a belt has an outer projection group 71 formed on the outer surface thereof, and the outer projection group 71 improves the operability of the input main body 5 in the X-axis direction with respect to contact friction with a finger. . A vibration generating lever 72 that comes into contact with the outer projection group 71 so as to freely engage with the outer projection group 71 is swingably supported by the operation table 9.

When the input main body 5 rotates, the tip movable portion of the vibration generating lever 72 engages with the outer projection group 71 little by little to apply vibration to the input main body 5, and the X of the input main body 5 is moved.
Communicate axial momentum to the user. An inner projection group 73 is formed on the inner side surface of the input body 5 which is a belt, and a vibration generating lever (not shown) that engages with the inner projection group 73 to generate vibration can be provided.

FIG. 10 shows still another embodiment of the rotation mechanism 6. The guide roller 19 'having a large diameter is used instead of the guide roller 19 of the above-described embodiment, and the rotation area of the guide roller 19' and the belt 5 is increased by increasing the contact area between the guide roller 19 'and the belt 5. be able to. The use of the tension roller 35 'and the tension spring 36' is the same as in the above-described embodiment.

One of the one-to-two main rollers 33, 33 is passed through the Y-axis guide track 8, while the other one 33 is free to pass through the Y-axis guide track 8. , And swings around the other main roller 33 as a center. The main roller 33 on the free side can be stopped at the steady position by the positional relationship between the pressing force of the tension spring 36 'and the tension roller 35'. The electric contact mechanism 32 is fixed to the operation console 9 at a position below the free side main roller 33. This embodiment improves the mobility of the input main body 5 and at the same time makes the function of the switching dead point mechanism smooth.

FIG. 11 shows still another embodiment of the rotation mechanism 6. A rotary support base 81 that supports the rotation mechanism 6 including the swing lever 16 and the swing lever 17 is provided. The rotary support 81 is rotatably supported by the operation console 9. The whole of the input main body 5 is rotationally displaced around a rotation axis 82 parallel to the Z axis. The line of movement of the thumb in the X-axis direction is rotationally displaced, so that the rotational movement ability of the two thumbs of the person can be ergonomically exhibited.

FIG. 12 shows still another embodiment of the rotation mechanism 6. The outer peripheral surface of the guide roller 19 for guiding the input main body 5 is formed in a conical surface 85. The back surface of the input main body 5 contacts the convex conical surface 85. The input main body 5 has mutually inclined surfaces on the left and right sides of a center line 86 parallel to the X-axis direction. Such an inclined surface ergonomically improves the operability of the thumb.

FIG. 13 shows still another embodiment of the rotation mechanism 6. The outer peripheral surface of the guide roller 19 for guiding the input main body 5 is formed in a concave conical surface 87. The back surface of the input body 5 contacts the concave conical surface 87.
The input main body 5 has mutually inclined surfaces on the left and right sides of a center line parallel to the X-axis direction. Such an inclined surface ergonomically improves the operability of the thumb.

FIG. 14 does not include the second moving body 5 that dynamically moves in the X-axis direction and rotates. Instead of the second moving body 5 that moves mechanically in the X-axis direction and rotates, a virtual second moving body 91 that electrically moves in the X-axis direction and rotates is provided. An inclined table 92 having an inclined surface that inclines at an angle before and after the operation pressing portion 37 is provided. The central portion of the inclined table 92 is provided as the operation pressing portion 37 described above.

On the inclined upper surface of the inclined table 92, a number of parallel electric sensing lines or bands 93 slightly inclined with respect to the Y-axis direction or the Y-axis direction are embedded in a transparent sheet. The electric sensing line 93 is a conventional sensor that senses magnetically and electrically when the thumb approaches. Electric sensing line 93
Of the reference potential line 94 connected to both ends of
It changes by such a response. Each of the electric sensitive lines 93 has an address, and the voltage drops of the plurality of electric sensitive lines 93 near the thumb are output from the reference potential line 94 and input to the computer. The amount of movement of the finger in the X-axis direction is counted by the computer.

[0059]

According to the input device of the computer according to the present invention, an operation history can be easily and intuitively stored by a user with an ergonomically easy-to-operate appliance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an axial projection view showing an embodiment of an input device of a computer according to the present invention.

2 (a), 2 (b) and 2 (c) are projection views of the projection axis in which the part of FIG. 1 is exploded.

FIG. 3 is a projection view showing a main part of an embodiment of an input device of a computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an axial projection view showing an exploded view of the part of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an axial projection view in which the part of FIG. 4 is further exploded.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an axial projection view showing another embodiment of the input device of the computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an axial projection view showing still another embodiment of the input device of the computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an axial projection view showing still another embodiment of the input device of the computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an axial projection view showing still another embodiment of the input device of the computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an axial projection view showing still another embodiment of the input device of the computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an axial projection view showing still another embodiment of the input device of the computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective projection view showing still another embodiment of the input device of the computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an axial projection view showing still another embodiment of the input device of the computer according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an axial projection view showing a known device.

FIG. 16 is an axial projection view showing another known device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 5: second moving body 6: moving mechanism 7: first moving body 13: spring device 16, 17, link 16, 16, 18, 18: three-link mechanism 18: common pin 19: roller 21: spring device 32: electric output Child 37 ... bulging part 61 ... slope forming body 81 ... third moving body 93 ... line

Claims (12)

(57) [Claims] 1. A reciprocating movement on a moving axis center line in a one-dimensional direction.
A first moving body;Move in the one-dimensional direction in the same manner as the first moving body. The said
In the cross direction that crosses in one dimension with respect to one moving body
A second moving body that reciprocates; and a second moving body that moves the second moving body with respect to the first moving body.
With a moving mechanism forThe second moving body is a belt, A part of the belt is in the one-dimensional direction and the crossing direction.
Reciprocating in the third direction crossing the A bulge is formed on the locus of movement of the part in the cross direction.
Is formed,  The moving mechanism,With a link mechanism, The part is supported by the link mechanism and is moved in the third direction.
Reciprocating to The bulge corresponds to a position of one node of the link mechanism.
Formed  The moving mechanism,Further comprising a plurality of rollers supported by the link mechanism, The part rotates while being supported by the plurality of rollers.
To Computer input device. 2. The one-node portion is reciprocated in the third direction.
2. The input device of a computer according to claim 1, wherein the input device passes through a dead center of the link mechanism during the connection . 3. An input device for a computer according to claim 1, wherein an electric output element is arranged on a displacement direction line of said part. 4. An input device for a computer according to claim 1, wherein an electric output element is arranged on a displacement direction line of said one node portion. 5. The input device for a computer according to claim 1, wherein said first movable body returns to a substantially fixed position when in a free state by a spring device. 6. The computer input device according to claim 1, wherein said link mechanism is returned to a substantially fixed position in a free state by a spring device. 7. The input device for a computer according to claim 1, wherein said moving mechanism includes a slope forming body for forming a slope for moving said belt on an elliptical orbit. 8. The input device for a computer according to claim 1, wherein a finger hook is formed on said belt. 9.Between the first mobile unit and the second mobile unit;
A rotating body rotatably supported by the first moving body;
e, The link mechanism is supported by the rotating body Claim 1
Name. 10. The roller supporting the bulging portion,
The name of claim 1 formed on a convex conical surface . 11. The roller supporting the bulging portion,
The name of claim 1 formed on a concave conical surface . 12. An input device for a computer comprising a sensitive surface member for electrically or magnetically converting a two-dimensional movement of the finger into a two-dimensional coordinate of the finger by contact of the finger.