JPH10326149A - Mouse input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mouse input device that can operate a mouse with no use of buttons and also can perform the selection of functions and the output operation of the moved variable information just by depressing the mouse main body. SOLUTION: A ball 5 of a moved variable information detection means is partly protruding at the center of the lower face side of a mouse main body 1. The main body 1 includes the operation buttons 3 and 4 of an output means which outputs the function selection information. In such a constitution of a mouse input device, the buttons 3 and 4 are provided on the lower face of the main body 1 and can be operated by the depressing force applied to the main body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mouse input device provided with a mouse movement amount information detecting means for transmitting information to a master computer at the time of information processing and a function selecting information output means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a mouse input device of this kind has a part of a ball of a moving amount information detecting means protruding from the center of a lower surface of a mouse body as information transmitting means to a master computer, and the ball is placed on a desk. , The amount of mouse movement in the front, rear, left and right directions is detected, and operation buttons (usually two operation buttons) for outputting function selection information are provided on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the mouse body.

[0003]

In this conventional mouse input device, when operating the operation buttons, it is necessary to hold down the mouse body by hand and depress the operation buttons with an extra finger. That is, the function selection information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus by the operation of the fingertip.

However, it is extremely difficult for a physically handicapped person, especially a person who cannot move his fingertip dexterously, to operate such a button. In addition, in order to change the position detection base point, the mouse body must be moved from a desk. In some cases, the operation of lifting is also impossible. If the desk surface is narrow, required movement control becomes difficult.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances. If the operation button can be pushed by hand without pushing with a finger, the mouse can be operated more easily and speedily. It was made with a focus on the points,
If the mouse cannot be moved due to the size of the desk or obstacles while moving the mouse (the ball built into the mouse cannot be rotated), the ball can be rotated without lifting the mouse body It is an object of the present invention to provide a mouse input device capable of changing the movement base point of the mouse body while maintaining the current movement information.

[0006]

Therefore, in the present invention,
In a mouse input device having a part of a ball of a movement amount information detecting means protruding at a center of a lower surface of a mouse main body and further comprising an operation button of a function selection information output means in the mouse main body, the operation button may be a mouse. It is equipped on the lower surface of the main body, and is configured to operate buttons with a pressing force applied to the mouse main body.

In this case, the mouse main body is provided with moving amount information output means for temporarily storing moving amount information by the ball, and the moving amount information is held by a master computer. It is preferable that the position of the mouse body at that time can be used as the previously stored information by the release operation of the amount information output means. As its embodiment,
There are a plurality of the operation buttons, and by pressing down some of them at the same time, the movement amount output information of the movement amount information output means is given to the master computer, and by releasing the depression, the movement amount information output is performed. It is preferable to perform an operation for releasing the means. In this case, as a configuration at this time, it is preferable to provide a return means for returning the operation button to the position before the depression when the depression is released.

Therefore, in such a configuration, a finger operation is unnecessary and a quick mouse operation is possible.
Even a handicapped person can operate the mouse comfortably. In addition, it is possible to hold the movement information without lifting the mouse body. In other words, even if the ball of the movement information output means incorporated in the mouse body is moving, the movement information is temporarily stored and stored in advance, and this is released at a new base point, so that the continuous positional information is obtained. You can secure the nature.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a mouse input device according to the present invention, in which a mouse body 1 is a master computer (not shown in FIG. 1).
Are connected via a connection cable 2. A ball 5 for a built-in movement amount information output means (not shown) protrudes partially at the center of the lower surface of the mouse main body. Two operation buttons 3 and 4 for information output means (not shown) are provided.

The operation buttons 3 and 4 are independently held by return means such as a spring so as to protrude downward from the mouse main body 1, and are held on the mouse main body placed on a desk. If only the hand is placed, the load is not pushed down by the load, and the force is applied to the hand positively and the hand is pushed down, so that the output is turned on so that the function selection information is output. In addition, when the pressure applied to the hand is removed (the original state where the hand is placed on the mouse body 1), the mouse body floats on the desk by the elastic return force of the return means, and the output of the function selection information is released. It turns off.

In this embodiment, a slight play is given to the movement of the ball 5 so that the movement amount information output means does not output the movement amount when the operation buttons 3 and 4 are pressed or returned. It is not affected by the on / off operation of the operation buttons 3 and 4.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the mouse main body 1, and FIG. 3 shows a state in which the operation button 3 is turned on. Here, the front (arrow) of the mouse main body 1 is pressed, and the function selection information output means operates for the selection function corresponding to the operation button 3. FIG. 4 shows a state in which the operation button 4 is turned on. The rear part (arrow) of the mouse main body 1 is pressed, and the selection function corresponding to the operation button 4 outputs function selection information. Works.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the movement information output means separates the rotation information of the ball 5 into a left-right component and a front-rear component.
This is given to the X direction detection unit 6 and the Y direction detection unit 7. These detectors 6 and 7 give each information as a pulse signal to the corresponding X-direction counter 6A and Y-direction counter 7A. The movement amount information counted by the counters 6A and 7A is based on the μ-C
It is supplied to the master computer 9 as an information processing device via the PU 8 and the connection cable 2.

When the operation buttons 3 and 4 are simultaneously depressed as shown in FIG.
Is given as a signal to the AND circuit 10 (see FIG. 6) incorporated in the mouse itself. This AND circuit 1
0, the movement amount output information of the movement amount information output means is not supplied from the μ-CPU 8 to the master computer 9 at this time, that is, the mouse body 1 is stopped and the master computer 9 is stopped. It communicates information.

Therefore, while the operation buttons 3 and 4 are kept on, even if the ball 5 is rotated on the desk without lifting the mouse body, the movement amount information does not change even if the ball 5 is rotated. The mouse body can be moved to the base point of the next movement amount information at which is turned off.

In the above-described embodiment, the number of operation buttons is two, and by simultaneously depressing both of them, the movement amount information is fixed during the depressing operation. It is also possible to adopt a two-stage operation format in which the amount information is fixed and then released by the next depression.
The number of operation buttons for selecting a function may be two or more. By operating some of them, transmission control of movement amount information output means (movement amount transmission and stop) is performed.
May be used.

[0017]

According to the present invention, as described above, the mouse operation is performed only by manual pressure and the buttonless operation is performed, so that the efficiency of the mouse operation can be improved.
Even a physically handicapped person who has difficulty in delicate finger operation can easily operate the mouse.

Further, even if the mouse body is moved on a desk without lifting the mouse body, the position of the mouse cursor on the screen of an information processing device such as a main computer does not move.
Despite the change in the mouse movement start point, continuity to the next movement amount information is maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is also a side view.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state where the front (arrow) of the mouse is pressed down.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the rear part (arrow) of the mouse is pressed down.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state where the center (arrow) of the mouse is pressed down.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mouse body 2 Connection cable 3 Operation button 4 Operation button 5 Ball 6 X direction detection part 6A X direction counter 7 Y direction detection part 7A Y direction counter 8 μ-CPU 9 Main computer 10 Logical product circuit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A mouse input device, wherein a part of a ball of a moving amount information detecting means protrudes at the center of a lower surface of a mouse main body, and wherein the mouse main body is provided with an operation button of a function selecting information output means. A mouse input device comprising: an operation button provided on a lower surface of a mouse main body, wherein the button is operated by a pressing force applied to the mouse main body. 2. A mouse main body is provided with a moving amount information output means for temporarily storing the moving amount information by the ball, and the master computer holds the moving amount information, and outputs the moving amount information. The mouse input device according to claim 1, wherein the position of the mouse main body at that time is used as the stored information when the output unit is released. 3. A plurality of the operation buttons are provided. By pressing down some of them at the same time, the movement amount output information of the movement amount information output means is given to the master computer, and the depression is released. The mouse input device according to claim 2, wherein the operation is a release operation of the movement amount information output unit. 4. The mouse input device according to claim 1, further comprising a return unit that returns the operation button to a position before the depression when the depression is released. .