JPH10307663A - Glove type input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a device which can be put on a hand and conveniently carried and facilitates blind touch typing operation and enables easy operation by only one hand by composing the device of a switch glove and input switches fitted to parts between joints of the finger parts of the switch glove corresponding to parts between joints of fingers of the hand. SOLUTION: This device consists of the switch glove 2 put on the hand, the input switches 4 fitted to the inter-joint parts 22 of the finger parts 21 of the switch glove 2 corresponding to the parts between the joints of the fingers 31 of the hand, and a liquid crystal display part 5 fitted to the back 32 of the hand. Wires led out of the input switches 4 are clamped by two glove cloth parts and the input switches 4 are connected to an electronic computer main body. The liquid crystal display part 5 is also connected to the electronic computer main body through an input/output part 43 and pressing input operation to the input switch 4 with the thumb is displayed. Namely, the liquid crystal display part 5 displays characters, codes, symbols assigned to the input switches 4 as they are or after they are shifted and changed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a glove-like input device, and more particularly, to a glove-like input device used by being worn on a hand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Input devices such as keyboards used in personal computers, word processors, and other electronic computers generally have shapes and dimensions that are unsuitable for carrying with respect to their dimensions.

[0003]

The present invention can be worn on a hand, is convenient to carry, can easily perform a blind touch, and has a total of 12 between the finger joints of one hand. It is an object of the present invention to provide an input device which solves the above-mentioned problem, in which a plurality of input keys are arranged correspondingly and can be easily input with only one hand.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

Claim 1: Switch glove 2 and finger 2 of switch glove 2
1 between the joints of the fingers 31 of the hand
Thus, a glove-like input device comprising an input switch 4 attached to the device 2 was constructed. Claim 2: In the input device according to claim 1, the input switch 4 is a switch other than the thumb.
One at each joint 22 between the finger joints, for a total of 1
A glove-like input device to which two were attached was constructed.

[0005] Claim 3: Claims 1 and 2
In the input device described in any one of the above, characters, numerals, signs, symbols,
Alternatively, a glove-like input device is provided in which the switch gloves 2 are provided with a display device for displaying what is shifted and changed. Further, in the input device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the output is ps.
/ 2, a glove-like input device that outputs according to serial, parallel and other standards

[0006]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1A is a diagram showing the palm side of the glove-like input device of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a diagram showing the back side of the hand. The glove-like input device 1 according to the present invention includes a switch glove 2 to be worn on a hand, an input switch 4 attached to a joint 22 corresponding to a joint between fingers 31 of a finger 21 of the switch glove 2, A liquid crystal display unit 5 which is a display device attached to the back 32 of the hand. The number between the joints of the fingers 31 of one hand is 1 except for the thumb.
Since there are two, there are a total of twelve inter-joint parts 22 in one hand corresponding to these, and the input switch 4
Are arranged one by one, and these input switches 4 are pressed by a thumb to input. As the input switch 4, a membrane switch, a pressure-sensitive switch, or another extremely thin and minute switch is used. As shown in FIG. 1A, keys are assigned to the keys of these input switches 4, and letters, numerals, and symbols assigned to these keys will be described later.

Referring to FIG. 2, how to attach the input switch 4 to the joint 22 of the switch glove 2 corresponding to between the joints of the fingers 31 of the hand will be described. In FIG. 2, the palm side of the inter-articular portion 22 of the finger portion 21 of the switch glove 2 is formed of two glove cloth portions 23.
3, the input switch 4 is connected to the main body of the computer. Then, the input switch 4 is attached to the inter-joint portion 22 by an adhesive, an adhesive tape, or another appropriate joining member 42. The liquid crystal display unit 5 attached to the place corresponding to the back 32 of the hand of the switch glove 2 also has an input / output unit 43.
And displays a pressing input operation on the switch 4 by the thumb. That is, the liquid crystal display unit 5 displays characters, numbers, codes, symbols, or the like that are shifted and changed, assigned to the input switch 4.

Hereinafter, the input by the glove-shaped input device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a list of letters, numbers, signs, and symbols assigned to all 12 input switches 4. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a kana mode key arrangement when a kana mode including katakana and hiragana is selected.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a numeric mode key arrangement when the numeric mode is selected. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an alphabet mode key arrangement when the alphabet mode is selected. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the direction mode keys when the direction mode is selected. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the symbol mode keys when the symbol mode is selected. First, input mode switching selection will be described.

(Aa = Kana input mode) At mark a
Are assigned to the input switch 4 to which the input mode other than the kana input is released, the kana input, and the kana input. The input mode other than the kana input is released by the first pressing of the at mark a, and the kana input mode is selected by the second pressing of the a.

(Aaa = Katakana input mode)
The second pressing of a selects the katakana input mode. (ARa = alphabet input mode) The input switch 4 to which R is assigned is assigned an alphabetic character, a lara, and the like. Here, when a is pressed, the input mode is released by the first pressing of a and the input mode is released. The alphabet input mode is selected by pressing R. The input mode is canceled by pressing the last a.

(A # a = number input mode) When the input switch 4 is pressed in the order of a # a, the input mode is released by the first pressing of a, and the number input mode is pressed by pressing the input switch 4 to which # is added. Is selected, and the input mode is canceled by pressing the last a. (A %% a = symbol input mode) Set input switch 4 to a %%
When the input is pressed in the order of a, the input mode is released by pressing the first a, and the symbol input mode is selected by pressing the input switch 4 to which% is given twice, and the input mode is selected by pressing the last a. It is released.

(A %%% a = direction input mode) When the input switch 4 is pressed in the order of a %%% a, the first one time a
Is pressed, the input mode is canceled by pressing the input switch 4 to which% is given three times, and the input mode is canceled by pressing the last a.

Hereinafter, the input of each mode will be described. (Kana input example Aki = aaLaLL @ a) 2 times a
By pressing a, the kana input mode is selected. With reference to FIG. 4, one press of L selects a. One L
The input mode is released by a following the pressing, and two LLs are performed.
The consonant of the row is selected by pressing, and the vowel is selected by one pressing of ￥. The input mode is released by the last pressing of a.

(Katakana input example Natsu = aaa ☆☆
LaUUUaaa) The katakana input mode is selected by three aaa presses. Referring to FIG. 4, the consonant of the nath row is selected by two presses of 母, and the vowel A is selected by one press of L. The input mode is canceled by the next a-press, the consonant of the row is selected by two UU-presses, and the vowel u is selected by the next one U-press.

In the above-described kana input or katakana input, if the symbols are the same, one of them is displayed by four digits to distinguish them. 1. “し” = ￥￥￥ “.” = ￥￥￥ “.” Is displayed in 4 digits as ￥￥￥￥. 2. "T" = UUU "?" = UUU "?" Is displayed as UUUU in four digits.

[0017] 3. “Ne” = ☆☆☆ “゜” = ☆☆☆ “゜” is displayed in four digits as ☆☆☆☆. 4. “HO” = DDD “,” = DDD “,” is displayed in four digits as DDDD. (Example of inputting number 1230976 = a # aUa # aLa
& A% aDa @ aa) The input mode is released by the first pressing of a, and one #
The numeric input mode is selected by pressing. Referring to FIG. 5, 1 is selected by one U-press, 2 is selected by one # -press, 3 is selected by one L-press, and 1 is selected.
0 is selected by & times, and 9 is obtained by one% press.
Is selected, 7 is selected by one D press, and 6 is selected by one ￥ press.

(Alphabet input example CAT = aRaUUU
aUaDDaa) The input mode is canceled by the first pressing of a, and the alphabet input mode is selected by one R pressing. Referring to FIG. 6, C is selected by three UUU presses, A is selected by one U press, and T is selected by two DD presses. (Direction input example →→ ↑ ↓ → = a %%% aRRUDR
&) The input mode is released by the first pressing of a, and the direction input mode is selected by three times of %%% pressing. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, two → are continuously selected by RR pressing, ↑ is selected by one U pressing, and one D is pressed.
↓ is selected by pressing, and → is selected by one R pressing. The direction input is released by the last & pressing.

(Symbol input example § ☆ ◎ = a %% a ☆☆☆
☆☆☆ a ☆☆☆ a ☆☆☆☆☆ a) The input mode is released by pressing the first a, and the symbol input mode is selected by pressing %% twice. Referring to FIG. 8, the number of times the input switch provided with ☆ is pressed and the various symbols stored and stored in the storage device correspond to each other. Press and shift ☆ three times to select ☆, and press and shift ☆ five times to select ◎.

[0020]

As described above, the glove-shaped input device of the present invention has a small number of input switches of twelve. However, as described above, the characters required for personal computers, word processors and other computers are used. , Symbols, and other various information can be input without any particular trouble. This glove-shaped input device is smaller than an input device such as a keyboard used in a conventional computer,
Since the shape structure also has a shape structure to be worn on the hand, it is generally convenient to carry. In addition, since a total of 12 input keys are correspondingly arranged between finger joints of one hand and have a shape structure in which input is performed by only one hand, blind touch can be easily learned. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a partial cross section of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows letters, numbers, and characters for all 12 input switches.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a list of assignments of symbols and symbols.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a kana mode key arrangement when a kana mode including katakana and hiragana is selected.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a numeric mode key arrangement when a numeric mode is selected.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an alphabet mode key arrangement when an alphabet mode is selected.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a direction mode key arrangement when a direction mode is selected.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a symbol mode key arrangement when a symbol mode is selected.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Glove-like input device 2 Switch glove 21 Finger part 22 Joint part 23 Glove cloth part 31 Finger 32 Hand back 4 Input switch 41 Wiring 42 Joining member 43 Input / output part 5 Liquid crystal display part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A glove-like input device, comprising: a switch glove; and an input switch attached to an interjoint corresponding to a finger joint of a finger of the switch glove. 2. The glove-like input device according to claim 1, wherein a total of twelve input switches are mounted one at a time between joints corresponding to the four fingers except for the thumb. Input device. 3. The input device according to claim 1, wherein a character, a number, a code,
A glove-like input device, wherein a switch glove is provided with a display device for displaying a symbol or a symbol which is shifted and changed. 4. The glove-like input device according to claim 1, wherein an output is output according to a standard such as ps / 2, serial, parallel or the like. .