JPH10124250A - Wireless mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply power from a battery only while an operator executes an operation, to detect a moving amount, to set power supply to respective means to be transmitted to be only during the operation and to reduce the power consumption of the battery and to prolong a life. SOLUTION: When a hand touches a sensor 3 provided on an upper part, static capacity changes and the sensor 3 is turned on. Thus, a control means 5 supplies the power of the batter 6 to an encoder 1, a setting means 2, a conversion means 4 and a transmission means 7. The encoder 1 detects the moving amount of a ball and the setting means 2 sets the moving amount. The conversion means 4 converts the moving amount into an electric signal and the transmission means 7 transmits the electric signal. When the hand is released from the sensor 3 provided for the upper part, the sensor 3 is turned off and the control means 5 stops the supply of the power of the battery 6 to the encoder 1, the setting means 2, the conversion means 4 and the transmission means 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a wireless mouse, and more particularly, to a wireless mouse with reduced power consumption of a built-in battery.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 2, a conventional wireless mouse is provided at a position where the power switch 103 is not touched during operation. In order to control the power supplied to the circuit, a large amount of power is consumed and the life of the battery is shortened unless the operator turns off the power switch 103.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional wireless mouse, the power supply of the internal circuit needs to be turned on / off by operating the power switch 103 provided on the bottom surface or the side surface. However, since the power switch 103 remains set to ON, power is consumed even when the power switch 103 is not operated, and there is a problem that the life of the battery is shortened.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless mouse with reduced power consumption.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a wireless mouse according to the present invention includes a battery serving as a power supply, a sensor driven by the battery and detecting a touch by a hand, and a wireless mouse. Control means for controlling the supply of the power by detecting that the sensor has touched the hand; an encoder for detecting the amount of movement of the ball under the power supply controlled by the control means; Setting means for setting the amount of movement detected at, and conversion means for converting the amount of movement set by the setting means into an electric signal,
And a transmitting means for transmitting the electric signal converted by the converting means.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a wireless mouse according to the present invention is characterized by comprising the above-mentioned sensor for detecting a touch by a change in capacitance.

[0007]

Next, a wireless mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram (A) and an external view (B) of a wireless mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a wireless mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a battery 6 serving as a power supply, a sensor 3 driven by the battery 6 and detecting that a hand has been touched. Control means 5 for controlling power supply by detecting that the sensor 3 has been touched by a hand
An encoder 1 for detecting the amount of movement of the ball under the power supply controlled by the control means 5, a setting means 2 for setting the amount of movement detected by the encoder 1, and a setting by the setting means 2. The conversion unit 4 is configured to convert the moved amount into an electric signal, and the transmission unit 7 transmits the electric signal converted by the conversion unit 4.

Next, the operation of the wireless mouse according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The operation of the wireless mouse according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
When a hand touches the sensor 3 provided on the upper part, the capacitance changes and the sensor 3 is turned on, so that the control means 5 controls the power source of the battery 6 by the encoder 1, setting means 2, conversion means 4,
The encoder 1 detects the movement amount of the ball, and sets the movement amount by the setting means 2. The conversion amount 4 is converted into an electric signal by the encoder 1. The electric signal is transmitted to the transmission means 7. Send.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 1 (B), when the hand is separated from the sensor 3 provided on the upper part, the sensor 3 is turned off and the control means 5 controls the encoder 1, the setting means 2, the conversion means 4, Since the supply of the power of the battery 6 to the transmission unit 7 is stopped, the power consumption of the power of the battery 6 is reduced.

[0013]

As described above, according to the wireless mouse of the present invention, since the power is supplied from the battery only while the operator is operating, the amount of movement is detected and transmitted to each means. Power is supplied only during operation, which has the effect of reducing the power consumption of the battery and extending its life.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram (A) and an external view (B) of a wireless mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a conventional wireless mouse.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Encoder 2 Setting means 3 Sensor 4 Conversion means 5 Control means 6 Battery 7 Transmission means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A battery serving as a power supply, a sensor driven by the battery and detecting a touch of a hand, and a control for supplying the power by detecting a touch of the hand by the sensor. Control means, an encoder for detecting the amount of movement of the ball under power supply controlled by the control means, setting means for setting the amount of movement detected by the encoder, and setting by the setting means. A wireless mouse, comprising: a converter for converting a moving amount into an electric signal; and a transmitter for transmitting the electric signal converted by the converter. 2. The wireless mouse according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a touch by a change in capacitance.