JPH0610429Y2 - Computer mouse pad - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device] [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a computer mouse pad, which is a kind of direction designating device for controlling the movement of a cursor on a screen of a display device of a computer. Here, the computer mouse, by placing it on the flat surface that is the upper surface of the pad for computer mouse, and moving it in that state, the ball inside the main body,
The computer rotates in the rotation direction according to the movement amount of the computer mouse by the rotation amount according to the movement amount of the computer mouse, and accordingly, the direction designation information indicating the movement direction and the movement amount is displayed from the computer mouse. Output.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, a computer mouse pad described below with reference to FIG. 5 has been proposed. That is, the lower layer 1 made of a soft material such as a foamed plastic resin having a relatively high coefficient of friction and a relatively high elasticity, a sponge, etc., and having a relatively thick uniform thickness in each part such as 2 to 5 mm, An upper layer 2 made of a semi-hard material such as a thermoplastic resin having a high coefficient of friction and a cardboard, and having a uniform thickness in each part, which is thinner than the lower layer 1 having a thickness of about 0.8 mm,
The laminated body 3 is laminated and integrated in that order. In this case, the lower surface 1a opposite to the upper layer 2 side of the lower layer 1 and the upper surface 2a opposite to the lower layer 1 side of the upper layer 2 respectively constitute a lower surface and an upper surface as a computer mouse pad. Each of the lower surface 1a and the upper surface 2a is a flat surface having substantially no unevenness over the entire area. The above is the configuration of the conventionally proposed computer mouse pad. According to the computer mouse pad having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 5, the computer mouse pad is provided on the upper surface 4a of the desk top plate 4 as a flat surface. Lower layer 1 as bottom surface
By placing it so that the lower surface 1a of the
The computer mouse pad is placed on the upper surface 1a of the desk top 4 as a flat surface with the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad extending on the flat surface. be able to. Also, as mentioned above, the tabletop 4 as a flat surface.
On the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad placed on the upper surface 1a of the computer mouse 5, as shown in FIG. Place it in contact, and
If the computer mouse 5 is moved in that state, the ball 7 of the computer mouse 5 is rotated in a rotation direction according to the moving direction of the computer mouse 5 by friction with the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad. The computer mouse 5 rotates by a rotation amount corresponding to the movement amount, and accordingly, the computer mouse 5 outputs direction designation information indicating the movement direction and the movement amount. In this case, since the lower layer 2 of the computer mouse pad is made of a soft material having a relatively high friction coefficient, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, Even when the mouse 5 is moved while being pressed with a relatively strong force, the computer mouse pad is unlikely to slip on the tabletop 4 of the desk. Further, since the lower layer 1 of the computer mouse pad is made of a soft material having a relatively high elasticity, and the upper layer 2 is made of a semi-hard material having a relatively high friction coefficient, the computer mouse 5 is as described above. When the mouse 7 is moved on the computer mouse pad, the ball 7 incorporated in the body 6 of the computer mouse 5 causes the computer mouse 5 to move without using the computer mouse pad.
Compared with the case of directly moving on the upper surface 4a of the above, it rotates smoothly. From the above, according to the conventional computer mouse pad shown in FIG. 5, by using it, the direction specifying information indicating the moving direction and the moving amount from the computer mouse 5 is stored in the computer mouse pad. It is possible to output more smoothly than when not used.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad shown in FIG. 5, since the laminate 3 as the computer mouse pad has only two layers, the lower layer 1 made of a soft material and the upper layer 2 made of a semi-hard material, When the mouse 5 is moved on the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad as described above, the gravity of the computer mouse 5 itself and the computer mouse 5 added to the area below the moving position of the computer mouse 5 The pressure due to the force of pressing with a human hand hardly diffuses to the area of the computer mouse pad other than the area under the moving position of the computer mouse 5 and its vicinity. Further, in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad shown in FIG. 5, the lower surface 1a of the lower layer 1 as the lower surface of the computer mouse pad is a flat surface having substantially no unevenness over its entire area. When the computer mouse 5 is moved on the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad as described above, the above-mentioned pressure applied to the area below the moving position of the computer mouse 5 is absorbed in the lower layer 1. Even so, its absorbability is low. Therefore, in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad shown in FIG. 5, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the computer mouse pad is Warpage occurs. Therefore, in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad shown in FIG. 5, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 serving as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad.
Of the computer mouse pad is easily lost on the flat top surface 4a of the top plate 4 of the desk. Therefore, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the pad for computer mouse as described above, the ball 7 of the computer mouse 5 moves the computer mouse 5 directly on the upper surface 4a of the top plate 4 of the desk. Even if it rotates smoothly, its smoothness is low. From the above, in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad shown in FIG. 5, using it, the direction specifying information indicating the moving direction and the moving amount of the computer mouse 5 is
Even if the computer mouse pad can be output more smoothly than when it is not used, the smoothness thereof is low.

[Purpose of the present invention]

Therefore, the present invention proposes a new computer mouse pad that does not have the above-mentioned drawbacks.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The pad for a computer mouse according to the present invention is made of a soft material having a relatively high coefficient of friction and a relatively high elasticity and having a uniform thickness in each part, and a hard material having a relatively high rigidity. A middle layer having a similar thickness, and an upper layer made of a soft material having a relatively high friction coefficient and having a uniform thickness in each part, which is a laminated body in which these layers are laminated and integrated in that order, and The lower layer is
On the lower surface side opposite to the middle layer side, a large number of concave lines are sequentially arranged at equal intervals.

[Action / effect]

According to the computer mouse pad of the present invention, the computer mouse pad is placed on the top surface of the desk top as a flat surface, as in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. By placing the lower surface of the lower layer so as to contact the lower surface of the computer mouse pad,
On the top surface of the desk top as a flat surface, as in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described above in FIG. 5,
The upper surface of the upper layer can be placed in a state in which the upper surface of the computer mouse pad extends onto a flat surface as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad. As described above, the conventional computer mouse described above with reference to FIG. 5 is provided on the upper surface of the upper layer as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad placed on the upper surface of the desk top as a flat surface. As described for the pad for
If the computer mouse is placed so that the balls inside the main body come into contact with it, and then the computer mouse is moved in that state, it is the same as the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. To
The ball of the computer mouse is rotated by the amount of rotation corresponding to the movement amount of the computer mouse in the rotation direction according to the movement direction of the computer mouse due to friction with the upper surface of the upper layer serving as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad. Then, the computer mouse outputs the direction designation information indicating the movement direction and the movement amount. In this case, since the lower layer of the computer mouse pad has a relatively high coefficient of friction, when the computer mouse is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the computer mouse has a relatively strong force. Even if the pad for a computer mouse is moved while being pressed by, the pad for a computer mouse is unlikely to slide on the top plate of the desk, as in the case of the conventional pad for a computer mouse described in FIG. Further, the lower layer of the computer mouse pad is made of a soft material having relatively high elasticity as in the conventional computer mouse pad shown in FIG. 5, but the upper layer is
Unlike the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. 5, it is made of a slightly soft material having a relatively high friction coefficient, and a hard material having a relatively high rigidity between the lower layer and the upper layer. Since it has the middle layer, when the computer mouse is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the ball embedded in the body of the computer mouse is the same as the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. Similarly, it rotates smoothly compared to the case where the computer mouse is moved directly on the top surface of the desk without using the computer mouse pad. From the above, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention, as in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. 5, it is used to determine the moving direction and the moving amount from the computer mouse. It is possible to output the designated direction information more smoothly than when the computer mouse pad is not used. However, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention, unlike the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. 5, the laminated body as the computer mouse pad has a lower layer made of a soft material and a hard material. The computer mouse has the above-mentioned computer mouse because the middle layer made of a hard material is provided between the lower layer and the upper layer made of such a material. When moving on the upper surface of the upper layer as the upper surface of the mouse pad, the pressure due to the gravity of the computer mouse and the force of pressing the computer mouse with a human hand is applied to the area below the moving position of the computer mouse. As described above with reference to FIG. 5, even if it does not spread over the entire area of the mouse pad or does not spread over the entire area. Remarkably widely diffuse outward than the case of the come of computer mouse pad. Also, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention, the lower layer has a relatively high elasticity as described above, and moreover, on the lower surface side of the lower layer as the lower surface of the computer mouse pad, a large number of recesses having an arrow-shaped cross section are formed. Since the stripes are arranged, when the computer mouse is moved on the upper surface of the upper layer as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad as described above, the moving position of the computer mouse widely spread to the computer mouse pad as described above. The above-mentioned pressure applied to the lower region is
The absorption is more effective than in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. Therefore, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention, when the computer mouse is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the computer mouse pad is replaced with the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. There is almost no warpage as occurs in some cases. Therefore, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention, the flatness of the upper surface of the upper layer as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad is hardly lost when the computer mouse is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above. , Computer mouse pads barely slip on the flat top of the desk top. Therefore, when the computer mouse is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the ball of the computer mouse is more likely to move than the computer mouse ball is moved on the upper surface of the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. And, it rotates remarkably smoothly. From the above, according to the pad for a computer mouse of the present invention, by using the pad for a computer mouse, the direction specifying information indicating the moving direction and the moving amount of the computer mouse is used, and the conventional computer described above with reference to FIG. Compared with the case of using a mouse pad, the output can be remarkably smooth.

Embodiment 1 Next, an embodiment of a computer mouse pad according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. 1 to 4, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 5 are designated by the same reference numerals. The computer mouse pad according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 has the following configuration. That is, the lower layer 1 made of a soft material such as foamed vinyl or rubber having a relatively high coefficient of friction and a relatively high elasticity and having a uniform thickness of about 1 to 1.5 mm at each part, and a relatively high rigidity. Made of hard material such as hard vinyl, plastic resin, etc. Middle layer 8 having a uniform thickness at each portion of about 1 to 2 mm
And an upper layer 2 made of a soft material such as soft vinyl having a relatively high coefficient of friction and having a uniform thickness of about 1 to 1.5 mm at each portion are integrally laminated in that order. The laminated body 3 is formed. In this case, on the lower surface 1a side opposite to the middle layer 8 side, the lower layer 1 is provided with a large number of recessed stripes 9 having arrow-shaped cross-sections at equal intervals, as is particularly clear with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. Are kept and arranged. The above is the configuration of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention. According to the computer mouse pad of the present invention having such a configuration, the computer mouse pad is similar to the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. 5 and as shown in FIG. By placing the computer mouse pad as a flat surface by placing the lower surface 1a of the lower layer 1 on the upper surface 4a of the desk top 4 as a flat surface so that the lower surface 1a of the lower layer 1 contacts the lower surface of the computer mouse pad. On the upper surface 4a of the desk top plate 4 of the desk, as in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. 5, and as shown in FIG.
Can be placed on a flat surface as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad. Also, as mentioned above, the tabletop 4 as a flat surface.
On the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad placed on the upper surface 4a of the same as the conventional computer mouse pad described in FIG. 5 and as shown in FIG. Then, the computer mouse 5 is placed so that the ball 7 inside the main body comes into contact with it, and if the computer mouse 5 is moved in that state, the computer mouse for the conventional computer mouse shown in FIG. Similar to the description of the pad, the ball 7 of the computer mouse 5 is moved by the friction between the ball 7 of the computer mouse 5 and the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 serving as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad, so that the computer mouse 5 moves in a rotation direction according to the moving direction of the computer mouse 5. The computer mouse 5 rotates at a rotation amount according to the amount and displays the movement direction and the movement amount from the computer mouse 5. And the direction designation information which is output. In this case, since the lower layer 1 of the computer mouse pad has a relatively high friction coefficient, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the computer mouse 5 is compared. Even if the computer mouse pad is moved while being pressed with a relatively strong force, the computer mouse pad is unlikely to slip on the tabletop 4 of the desk, as in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. Also, the lower layer 1 of the computer mouse pad is made of a soft material having relatively high elasticity as in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. 5, but the upper layer 2 is described above with reference to FIG. Unlike the conventional pad for a computer mouse, the middle layer 8 made of a soft material having a relatively high friction coefficient and a hard material having a relatively high rigidity is provided between the lower layer 1 and the upper layer 2. Therefore, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the computer mouse 5
In the same way as the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. 5, the ball 7 incorporated in the main body 6 of the computer mouse 5 does not use the computer mouse pad and the computer mouse 5 is placed on the upper surface 4a of the desk top plate 4a. Compared to the case of moving it directly above, it rotates smoothly. From the above, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, as well as in the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described in FIG. The direction specifying information indicating the moving direction and the moving amount from 5 can be output more smoothly than in the case where the computer mouse pad is not used. However, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, unlike the case of the conventional computer mouse pad shown in FIG.
A laminated body 3 as a pad for a computer mouse is composed of a lower layer 1 made of a soft material, a middle layer 8 made of a hard material, and an upper layer 2 made of a slightly soft material, and particularly, a lower layer 1 and an upper layer 2. Since the middle layer 8 made of a hard material is provided therebetween, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad as described above, the computer mouse 5 is located in a region below the moving position of the computer mouse 5. Whether the pressure applied by the gravity of the computer mouse 5 itself and the force of pressing the computer mouse 5 with a human hand is substantially diffused over the entire area of the computer mouse pad.
Even if it does not spread over the entire area, it diffuses far wider than the conventional computer mouse pad described in FIG. Further, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the lower layer 1 has high elasticity as described above, and further, on the lower surface 1a side as the lower surface of the computer mouse pad, Since a large number of recessed lines 9 having an arrow-shaped cross section are arranged, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the upper surface 2a of the upper layer 2 as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad as described above, The above-mentioned pressure applied to the area below the moving position of the computer mouse 5 which is widely diffused in the pad for the computer is effectively absorbed in the lower layer 1 as compared with the case of the conventional computer mouse pad described in FIG. . Therefore, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the computer mouse pad is moved to the computer mouse pad shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, there is almost no warpage that occurs in the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. Therefore, in the case of the computer mouse pad according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the upper layer 2 as the upper surface of the computer mouse pad is used. The flatness of the upper surface 2a of the table is hardly lost, and the computer mouse pad hardly slips on the flat upper surface 2a of the top plate 4 of the desk. Therefore, when the computer mouse 5 is moved on the computer mouse pad as described above, the ball 7 of the computer mouse 5 moves the computer mouse 5 on the upper surface of the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. It rotates much more smoothly than when it is turned on. From the above, according to the computer mouse pad according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, by using the pad for computer mouse, the direction specifying information indicating the moving direction and the moving amount of the computer mouse 5 is displayed. Compared with the case of using the conventional computer mouse pad described above with reference to FIG. 5, it is possible to output much more smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a computer mouse pad according to the present invention, in which an upper layer and a middle layer are partially separated from a middle layer and a lower layer, respectively. 2 and 3 are an enlarged bottom view of a part of the computer mouse pad shown in FIG. 1 and a sectional view taken along line 3-3 thereof. FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the computer mouse pad according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is used. FIG. 5 is a side view showing a conventional computer mouse pad together with its use state. 1 ...... lower layer 1a ...... lower surface 2 ...... upper layer 2a ...... upper surface 3 ...... laminated body 4 ...... desk top 4a ...... upper surface 5 ...... computer mouse 6 ...... main body 7 ...... ball 8 ...... middle layer 9 ...... Concave line

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A lower layer made of a soft material having a relatively high coefficient of friction and a relatively high elasticity and having a uniform thickness in each part, and a uniform thickness in each part made of a hard material having a relatively high rigidity. And a middle layer having a relatively high friction coefficient and an upper layer made of a soft material having a relatively high coefficient of friction and having a uniform thickness in each part are laminated in that order, and the lower layer is the middle layer. On the lower surface side opposite to the side,
A pad for a computer mouse, which is characterized in that a large number of concave stripes having a cross section of an arrow shape are sequentially arranged at equal intervals.