JPH113174A - Voice output mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice output mouse which can cancel the feeling of tedium or fatigue and can be used with pleasant by stimulating the hobby-like emotion of user in voice while keeping the convenience of conventional mouse as it is. SOLUTION: A random number generator or a variable generating part 6 composed of a counter or the like is provided and to this part, an operate signal outputted by a mouse signal processing part 3 is supplied based on a signal corresponding to mouse operation from a button input part 1 or the like. Then, the variable generating part 6 generates a variable signal at random and outputs it to a generated signal identifying part 7, and the generated voice identifying part 7 outputs an instruct signal corresponding to that variable signal to a voice signal generating part 8. Thus, the voice signal generating part 8 reads voice signal data corresponding to that instruct signal out of a voice memory 9 and a voice is generated by outputting the voice signal based on these data to a speaker 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an audio output mouse in consideration of stimulating a user's hobby.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mouse is one type of input device such as a computer. A mouse can be used by a simple operation of moving on a surface and inputting a position of one point on a screen, and thus is widely used as an input device that is easy to use even for beginners.

[0003]

The conventional mouse is an excellent input device in terms of convenience, but its simple operation may cause the user to get bored and increase fatigue. There is. In addition, even for beginners, mere ease of use will eventually diminish interest and increase boring and fatigue. On the other hand, if the operation is complicated, the fatigue due to use increases even if the feeling of boredom is eliminated, and it becomes difficult for a beginner to use.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and while maintaining the convenience of a conventional mouse as it is, stimulates the user's hobby emotion by voice, and reduces boring and fatigue. It is an object of the present invention to provide an audio output mouse that can be eliminated and that can be used happily.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a mouse which detects an operation state, generates an operation signal according to the operation state, and outputs the operation signal to an external device connected thereto.
Instructing means for randomly instructing sound generation while taking this as one factor, storage means for storing various kinds of sound signal data, and reading and reading the sound signal data from the storage means based on the instructions from the indicating means Audio output means for outputting audio based on the audio signal data.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an audio output mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, a portion surrounded by a dashed line indicated by a symbol M corresponds to the same audio output mouse (hereinafter simply referred to as “mouse M”), and an interface connected thereto and a personal computer together. It is shown.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a button input unit for inputting the operation state of left and right buttons (not shown) provided on the upper surface side of the mouse M. The button input unit 1 detects a button operation by a user and responds accordingly. Output a signal. Reference numeral 2 denotes an XY encoder input unit for inputting a rotation state (rotation direction and rotation amount) of a ball (not shown) provided on the bottom surface side of the mouse M, And outputs a signal indicating the amount of displacement in the X direction and the Y direction according to the detection.

A mouse signal processing unit 3 generates an operation signal according to a mouse operation. The mouse signal processing unit 3 receives signals output from the button input unit 1 and the XY encoder input unit 2 and, based on the signals, receives a mouse signal of a user. An operation signal for instructing movement of a mouse cursor in response to an operation, determination input, and the like is output. The operation signal output from the mouse signal processing unit 3 is supplied to the personal computer main body 5 via the interface 4, and the computer main body 5 executes a processing operation based on the operation signal.

The configuration described so far in FIG. 1 is the same as that of the conventional mouse, and does not directly relate to the features of the present audio output mouse. That is, the configuration up to this point only needs to be a configuration that can obtain a signal corresponding to the mouse operation such as the above-described operation signal, and other configurations other than the above may be used. .

[0010] The mouse signal processor 3 further supplies the operation signal to the variable generator 6. The variable generator 6 is constituted by a random number generator, a counter, or the like. The variable generator 6 randomly generates a variable signal indicating a voice using the operation signal from the mouse signal processor 3 as a coefficient and outputs the variable signal to the generated voice identification unit 7. The variable generation unit 6 does not generate a variable signal completely based on only the operation signal, but generates the variable signal at random while using the operation signal as one factor (one factor). That is, the variable generation by the variable generator 6 is appropriately programmed, and a variable signal is not always generated when an operation signal is supplied, but a variable signal corresponding to a certain operation signal is uniquely determined. not. The form of the variable generation by the variable generation unit 6 will be specifically described in the operation description to be described later.

The generated voice identification unit 7 determines whether or not a voice is generated based on the presence or absence of an input from the variable generation unit 6.
When the input is present, an instruction signal indicating a generated voice corresponding to the input signal (variable signal) is output to the voice signal generator 8. The audio signal generation unit 8 reads out audio signal data corresponding to the instruction signal from the generated audio identification unit 7 from the audio memory 9, generates an audio signal based on the read audio signal data, and outputs it to the speaker 10.

Here, audio signal data corresponding to each instruction signal is stored in the audio memory 9 in advance. For this purpose, voice signal data such as animal voices, human voices, and other various onomatopoeia are prepared, each instruction signal is made to correspond to each voice signal data, and the voice memory 9 is divided into a plurality of banks. Each instruction signal is associated with each bank, and each audio signal data is stored at the address of the bank to which the corresponding instruction signal corresponds.

The loudspeaker 10 generates sound based on the audio signal supplied from the audio signal generator 8.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. Here, the first to fifth voice signal data indicating the voices of cats “Nyan Nyan”, “Nyan”, “Nyan?”, “Gororo”, and “Foo” are stored in the audio memory 9, Description will be made by taking a case where these are randomly generated by a user's mouse operation as an example. still,
In the following description, the form of the variable generation by the variable generation unit 6 will also be described, whereby the variable generation program of the variable generation unit 6 will be clarified.

First, assuming that the user has moved the mouse M back and forth and left and right, a signal indicating the amount of displacement in the X direction and the Y direction in accordance with the movement is supplied to the mouse signal processing unit 3, and the mouse signal processing unit 3 An operation signal based on this is output. Then, the variable generator 6 receiving this operation signal randomly (sometimes) generates a first variable signal and outputs this to the generated signal identifier 7.

Next, the generated voice identification unit 7 receives the received first
The first instruction signal corresponding to the first audio signal data is output to the audio signal generator 8 as the instruction signal corresponding to the variable signal of As a result, the audio signal generation unit 8 reads out the first audio signal data from the audio memory 9 and outputs an audio signal of the voice “Nyan Nyan” to the speaker 10.

As described above, when the user moves the mouse M back and forth and left and right, an audio signal of a voice “Nyan Nyan” is randomly supplied to the speaker 10, and a cat voice “Nyan Nyan” is output from the speaker 10. It will be emitted randomly.

On the other hand, if the user presses the left button of the mouse M, a signal corresponding thereto is supplied to the mouse signal processing unit 3 and an operation signal based on the signal is supplied to the variable generation unit 6 as described above. Is done. Then, the variable generator 6 outputs a second variable signal at random, and the generated voice identifier 7 receiving the variable outputs a second instruction signal corresponding to the second voice signal data. 8 reads out the second audio signal data and outputs an audio signal based on the second audio signal data to the speaker 10. As a result, when the user presses the left button of the mouse M, a cat voice “Nyan” is randomly emitted from the speaker 10.

On the other hand, if the user presses the right button of the mouse M, an operation signal due to this is supplied to the variable generator 6 in the same manner as described above. Then, the variable generator 6 outputs a third variable signal at random, and the generated voice discriminator 7 having received the third variable signal outputs a third instruction signal corresponding to the third voice signal data. 8 reads out the third audio signal data and outputs an audio signal based on the third audio signal data to the speaker 10. As a result, when the user presses the right button of the mouse M, a cat voice “Nyan?” Is randomly emitted from the speaker 10.

If the mouse M is not used for a while, the operation signal from the mouse signal processor 3 is not supplied to the variable generator 6 during that time. In such a case, the variable generation unit 6 randomly generates the fourth
Output the variable signal of. Then, the generated voice discriminating unit 7 receiving this outputs a fourth instruction signal corresponding to the fourth voice signal data, and the voice signal generating unit 8 reads out the fourth voice signal data and generates a voice signal based on the fourth voice signal data. Output to the speaker 10. As a result, if the mouse M is left unused for a while, the voice of the cat “slow” is randomly emitted from the speaker 10.

Further, assuming that the user simultaneously presses the left and right buttons of the mouse M, an operation signal due to this is supplied to the variable generator 6 in the same manner as described above. Then, the variable generator 6
Outputs a fifth variable signal at random, and the generated voice identification unit 7 receiving this outputs a fifth variable signal corresponding to the fifth voice signal data.
Is output, the audio signal generator 8 reads the fifth audio signal data, and outputs an audio signal based on the fifth audio signal data to the speaker 10. As a result, when the user simultaneously presses the left and right buttons of the mouse M, the voice of the cat “Foo” is randomly emitted from the speaker 10.

As described above, the present sound output mouse randomly generates various sounds according to the change of the operation state.
Stimulates the user's hobby. Thus, the user is not bored, the feeling of fatigue is reduced, and the operation using the mouse can be performed happily.

In the above embodiment, the voice to be generated is described as a cat's voice. However, voice signal data such as animal voices, human voices, and other various onomatopoeia stored in the voice memory 9 is used. Even in such a case, sound can be generated by the same principle as described above. However, since the variable generation by the variable generation unit 6 is appropriately programmed, the form of voice generation is not limited to the above-described form.

The variable generator 6 and the generated voice discriminator 7 may be provided with appropriate switching means (software type) so that the type of voice to be generated can be appropriately selected. The audio signal data in the audio memory 9 may be rewritten by an appropriate input means or the like.
Furthermore, a switch or the like may be provided in a component for generating sound below the variable generating unit 6 so that whether or not to generate sound may be appropriately selected.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a mouse for outputting an operation signal corresponding to an operation state to an external device, an instruction unit randomly instructs sound generation while using the operation signal as one factor, Based on this, the audio output means reads out the audio signal data from the storage means and outputs the audio, so that the user's hobby emotion can be stimulated by the audio while maintaining the convenience of the conventional mouse. it can. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the feeling of boredom, fatigue, and the like of the user, and to obtain an effect that the mouse can be used happily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an audio output mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Button input part 2 XY encoder input part 3 Mouse signal processing part 6 Variable generation part 7 Generated sound discrimination part 8 Audio signal generation part 9 Audio memory 10 Speaker

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mouse that detects an operation state, generates an operation signal corresponding to the operation state, and outputs the operation signal to an external device connected thereto. Instruction means; storage means in which various kinds of audio signal data are stored; audio output for reading audio signal data from the storage means based on an instruction from the instruction means; and outputting audio based on the read audio signal data. And an audio output mouse.