KR100340152B1 - Mouse device having internet entry function and the method of entering internet site using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mouse and a mouse pad having a function of generating a frequency when being synchronized with a specific logo of the mouse pad and sending an IP address or URL to a PC and accessing an Internet site, in addition to the original mouse function, and an internet access method using the same. . A mouse having an internet access function according to the present invention comprises a mouse portion that functions as a mouse, an internet access portion for connecting to the internet, an internet access button for selecting a mouse portion and an internet connection portion, and a microprocessor for controlling the mouse portion and the internet connection portion. do. In the Internet site access method according to the present invention, the mouse moves on the mouse pad and is synchronized to the position of a specific logo, the resonance occurs, the oscillator of the mouse oscillates according to the resonance frequency to output the frequency, the output of the oscillator Counting frequencies, mapping the counted frequencies to unique codes, returning to the beginning when the connection is not selected by the Internet access button, and converting the unique code to an IP address when the connection is selected, PC Running the browser installed on the PC, transferring the IP address to the PC and copying it to the browser's address input window, and opening the corresponding Internet site by the IP address.

Description

Mouse device with internet entry function and the method of entering internet site using the same}

The present invention provides a mouse device (mouse and mouse pad) having a function of generating a frequency when it is synchronized with a specific logo of the mouse pad and sending an IP address or URL to a PC and accessing an Internet site, in addition to the original mouse function, and an internet connection using the same. It is about a method.

Thanks to the rapidly spreading internet, various commercial transactions, information provision, and advertisements are carried out through Internet sites. An internet site refers to an HTML document (hereinafter, referred to as a web page) stored in a server through an internet communication network such as the web. In order to view web pages, a modem or hub must be installed so that the user's PC can be connected to the Internet network, and the web browser must be able to run on the PC.

To access a specific Internet site, first turn on your PC, run your web browser, and then enter the URL of the Internet site in the address bar. If you do not know the address of the Internet site, if you do not know the address of the Internet site, go to a separate search site or portal site, find the address of the required Internet site, click a link or enter a manual address.

As such, entering a web site by manually entering a URL in a busy time can be very cumbersome, and entering or searching a URL can be very busy, especially if you are in a hurry to enter the web site during other computer tasks. Of course, in the current browser, the address once visited is remembered by the browser itself, and the next time the next connection is made, the user can directly access the address (short cut) or use the bookmark function. Even if it is a bookmark, the user must select a site included in the bookmark.

Meanwhile, various advertisement methods have been introduced as advertisements using the Internet are popular. Incentives can be earned through banner ads, pop-up ads using pop-up windows, and customized ads for specific targets. However, since most of these advertisements can be accessed while being connected to a specific site, an emphasis should be placed on offline advertisements along with online advertisements for those who do not use the Internet such as non-internet users or Internet novices.

Applicants are working on improving the hassle of accessing Internet Internet sites and the effectiveness of corporate advertising, and many of them use computers even more simply than current Internet users, and computers always come with a mouse and a mouse pad. Focusing on attendance, we developed a way to use a mouse to directly access Internet Internet sites through advertisements on a mouse pad.

Place ads from different companies on the mousepad, which are special devices that automatically launch a browser on your computer and connect you to the company's Internet site when the mouse is overlaid on one of several ads. A mouse and a method of accessing an internet site using the mouse have been developed.

1 is an external perspective view of a mouse device according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the inside of a mouse.

3 is a block diagram of an Internet connection unit.

4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the structure of a mouse pad and a mouse;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of connecting to the Internet using a mouse.

6 is an exemplary diagram showing a relationship between an oscillation frequency, a unique code, an IP address, and a URL.

7 is a flowchart illustrating another process of connecting to the Internet.

<Description of Drawing Main Parts> Mouse 10, Internet Connection Button 12, Mouse Pad 20, Logo 21, Metal Conductors 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, Internet Connection 30, Oscillator 31 ), Waveform shaping unit 32, frequency analysis unit 33, detector 34, LED 35, oscillation coil (L), microprocessor 50, mouse unit 60, X-axis sensor (61) ), Y-axis sensor 62, selection button 63

summary

A mouse having an internet access function according to the present invention includes a mouse means having a mouse function, an internet access means for connecting to the Internet, an internet access button for selecting a mouse means and an internet access means, a microcontroller for controlling the mouse means and the internet access means. It consists of a processor.

The internet access means includes an oscillator which oscillates at a plurality of frequencies according to the change of the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit, and a frequency interpreter which counts the frequencies output from the oscillator. The microprocessor assigns an IP address of a specific Internet site to a specific frequency. And a means for retrieving from the memory an IP address assigned to the frequency counted by the frequency analyzer and mapping the unique address to the unique code.

The mouse pad used in the mouse configured as described above has an inner layer on which a plurality of metal conductors are formed to be synchronized with the resonant circuit of the oscillation unit to oscillate at different resonant frequencies, and an Internet site logo is displayed on the surface of each metal conductor. It consists of a surface layer.

Internet site access method according to the invention is made by the mouse and the mouse pad is configured as described above, the mouse moves on the mouse pad is synchronized to the position of a specific logo and the resonance occurs, according to the resonance frequency of the mouse Oscillator oscillating to output the frequency, frequency interpreter to count the output frequency of the oscillator, microprocessor to map the counted frequency, the first time when the connection is not selected because the Internet access button is activated Go back to, if the connection is selected, converting the unique code to the IP address, running the browser installed on the PC, transferring the IP address to the PC to copy to the browser's address input window, corresponding to the IP address The stage consists of opening an Internet site.

In the above process, when the user first selects the Internet connection button and the oscillation occurs, the user may connect to the Internet. Can be implemented by

Example

(1) Overview

The appearance of the mouse 10 having an Internet site access function according to the present invention is as shown in FIG. In addition to the usual buttons (left button, right button, in some cases, middle button), an internet access button 12 and an internet access indicator 35 for selecting a mouse function and an internet access function are added. On the surface of the mouse pad 20, a plurality of logos 21a, 21b, 21c representing specific Internet sites are printed.

If the Internet connection button 12 is not operated, the mouse 10 only functions as a normal mouse on the normal mouse pad 20. However, if the position of the mouse 10 is connected to the Internet access button 12 and the mouse 10 is moved while the position is synchronized with any of the logos of the Internet site, the mouse 10 has the address code of the position of the Internet site tuned. It can be analyzed and sent to the PC, and the PC can automatically access the Internet site.

Since several logos can be installed on one mouse pad 20, several internet sites can be used in cooperation to produce promotional mouse pads for promotion. In addition, since the user can easily access a specific Internet site with a simple mouse operation with one click, the user can navigate the Internet site conveniently and quickly.

An oscillation circuit is built in the mouse 10, and a metal conductor is embedded in the mouse pad 20 so as to resonate with the oscillation circuit. Since each logo of the mouse pad 20 is set to resonate at different frequencies, the logo of the logo resonating with the oscillation circuit of the mouse 10 may be stored in correspondence with the frequency and then mapped one-to-one.

In other words, a separate Internet site address is stored for each resonant frequency, and if a resonance occurs between the mouse and the mouse pad, the Internet site address is automatically transmitted to the PC to access a specific Internet site.

(2) the structure of the mouse

The internal structure of the mouse is configured as shown in FIG. And a microprocessor 50 for controlling the mouse portion 60 and the internet connection portion 30. The mouse portion 60 functions as a mouse, the Internet connection portion 30 that can be connected to the Internet.

The mouse unit 60 and the internet connection unit 30 are selected by the internet connection button 12. The mouse part 60 is the same as a normal mouse structure. That is, it consists of the X-axis sensor 61, the Y-axis sensor 62, and the selection button 63. As shown in FIG.

3 shows the configuration of the Internet connection unit 30. The Internet connection unit 30 includes an oscillation unit 31 oscillating at a plurality of resonance frequencies in accordance with the change of the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit, a waveform shaping unit 32 for uniformly shaping the waveform of the frequency output from the oscillating unit, and a waveform shaping unit. It includes a frequency analysis unit 33 for counting the frequency of the signal output from.

Oscillator 31 is an LC oscillator, depending on the inductance (L) and capacitance (C) It is well known that the resonance frequency f ₀ is determined by the following equation. As shown in the equation, the resonance frequency changes as the value of L or C changes. L in the oscillation unit 31 may vary. Therefore, the oscillation frequency of the oscillator 31 is changed by Equation 1 according to the change value of L.

In the present invention, the L value of the oscillation portion 31 changes depending on the metal conductors (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d of FIG. 3) approaching the coil. Since the inductance capacity L of the coil is changed according to the characteristics of the coil winding and the type of dielectric used as the bobbin, the inductance value of the coil of the oscillator 31 is changed as the size of the metal conductor approaching the oscillator coil changes. Therefore, the oscillation frequency of the oscillator 31 is changed by Equation (1). Therefore, the oscillation unit 31 may be designed to oscillate at various frequencies, and the L value of the oscillation unit may change according to the approach of the metal conductor so that resonance occurs at a predesigned frequency, thereby outputting different oscillation frequencies.

The metal conductors 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d approaching the coils of the oscillation part 31 are embedded in the inner layer of the mouse pad 20. This will be described later.

Meanwhile, in the configuration diagram of FIG. 3, the detector 34 is connected to the output terminal of the oscillator 31, and the LED 35 is connected to the output terminal of the detector 34. The detector 34 is inserted to convert the output signal of the oscillator into a DC signal to turn on the LED 35. The LED 35 is an operation indicator for connecting to the Internet, and is a lamp for displaying when the oscillation unit 31 oscillates.

The frequency analyzer 33 counts the frequency of the signal output from the oscillator 31 as a frequency counter. In the present invention, the value of L, C is as small as possible, and the RF band frequency is used to reduce the size of the metal conductor 22, and oscillates in the range of about 46 MHz to 49.5 MHz.

Although not shown, the microprocessor 50 includes means for mapping frequencies counted by the frequency analysis unit to unique codes, and a memory in which IP addresses of specific Internet sites are allocated and stored for unique codes for specific frequencies. .

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when the oscillation frequency of the oscillator 31 is set in units of 500 kHz from 46 MHz to 49.5 MHz, a unique BCD code is assigned to each oscillation frequency, and an IP address or URL is assigned to each code. Allocate it and store it in memory. Referring to the case of the top row of Fig. 6, when the oscillator 31 oscillates at a frequency of 46 MHz, the frequency analyzer 33 counts this frequency and maps the frequency of 46 MHz to the unique code 000 in the microprocessor 50. The site can be opened by sending the IP address 211.00.175.25 or the URL www.abc.com to the PC's web browser.

(3) structure of mouse pad

4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure and operation of the mouse pad. As shown in Fig. 4, the logo 21 of various Internet site operators is printed or labeled on the surface layer of the mouse pad.

Metal conductors 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d as described above are embedded in the inner layer. These metal conductors are adjacent but should be separated from each other so as not to affect the resonant circuit. The size of each metal conductor is designed to be resonant with the resonance frequency of the oscillator 31 in the mouse. As a metal conductor, a thin metal thin film may be used, or the coil may be wound like a loop antenna.

As shown in Fig. 4, since the oscillation coil L of the Internet connection 30 inside the mouse 10 is located at the bottom of the mouse 10, the metal conductors 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d are embedded. When the mouse 10 is moved on the mouse pad 20, the oscillation coil L and the metal conductor are resonated so that the oscillation unit 31 inside the mouse 10 operates and the frequency analysis unit 33 and the microprocessor are moved. By 50, the IP address or URL is transmitted to the PC.

(4) Process of Internet site access method

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of connecting to the Internet by a mouse according to the present invention. Internet access processing process according to the present invention

In the state in which the Internet access button of the mouse is switched to the Internet access function [100], the mouse 10 moves on the mouse pad 20 and is synchronized with a specific logo to generate resonance [103].

Oscillating part 31 of the mouse 10 oscillates according to the resonant frequency determined by the metal conductors 22a to 22d embedded in the mouse pad 20 to output a frequency [105];

A frequency analysis unit 33 counting and outputting a frequency value of the oscillator 31 [07],

Mapping the counted frequency to the unique code by the microprocessor 50 [109],

When the Internet connection is not selected by the operation of the Internet connection button 12, the process returns to the beginning again, and when the connection is selected [111], converting the unique code into an IP address (or URL) [113],

Launching the browser installed on the PC [115],

Transferring the IP address to the PC [119] and entering it into the browser's address bar [121],

The Internet site is opened by the IP address.

A function of executing a browser with a PC by operating a program in a microprocessor inside the mouse 10 and a technology of inputting an IP address or URL into the address bar of the browser can be easily implemented by those skilled in the software field.

In the method configured as described above, a step 106 of turning on the oscillation unit 31 of the mouse to display the oscillation state when the oscillation may be added may be added. This can be realized by detecting the output of the oscillator 31 to make a direct current to light the LED.

7 illustrates a process of the Internet access method according to another method. First, the user moves and uses the mouse [301]. When the mouse 10 moves on the mouse pad 20 and is synchronized to a specific logo position [303], the oscillator 31 of the mouse oscillates [305]. At this time, that is, when the oscillation part 31 of the mouse starts to oscillate, the LED 35 lights up to display the oscillation state [307].

When the user operates the mouse function button (left button or right button) when the LED 35 is displayed, the user functions as a normal mouse [311]. When the user operates the Internet access button 12 of the mouse, the frequency analyzer 33 The output frequency of the oscillator 31 is counted [315]. Next, the microprocessor maps the counted frequency into a unique code [317]. The mapping is the same as described in FIG.

By converting the unique code into an IP address [319], running the browser installed on the PC [321] and transferring the IP address to the PC [323] and entering it into the browser's address bar [325]. The opening step [327] is the same as that of FIG.

As described above, according to the present invention, even an Internet beginner can easily access an Internet site of a company displaying a logo on a mouse pad with one click without any trouble. Internet site operators can effectively advertise their company through the mouse pad, and users can be connected to one place, so unconditional access is predictable.

The mouse pad is a consumable and may be produced by a number of companies in cooperation, but a single company may be produced and distributed for promotional purposes alone.

Claims (6)

Mouse means to function as a mouse, Means of accessing the internet, Internet access button for selecting mouse means and internet access means, A mouse comprising a microprocessor for controlling a mouse means and an internet access means, The internet access means includes an oscillator which oscillates at a plurality of frequencies according to the change of the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit, and a frequency analyzer which counts the frequencies output from the oscillator. The microprocessor includes a memory in which an IP address of a specific Internet site is allocated and stored for a specific frequency, and means for retrieving from the memory an IP address assigned to a frequency counted in a frequency analyzer and mapping the unique code to a unique code. Mouse which has Internet connection function characterized by. The mouse according to claim 1, further comprising an indicator light which is lit by the output frequency of the oscillator to indicate the operation of the oscillator. A mouse pad for use in a mouse configured as in claim 1 or 2, An inner layer in which a plurality of metal conductors are formed to form a resonant circuit together with an oscillator to oscillate at different resonance frequencies; Mouse pad having an internet access function, which is composed of a surface layer on which the Internet site logo is displayed on the surface of each metal conductor. A mouse configured as claimed in claim 1 is placed on a mouse pad configured as described in claim 3, wherein the mouse is connected to a PC, and the PC is provided with a browser and is connected to the Internet network. When the mouse's internet access button is switched to the internet access function, the mouse moves on the mouse pad and is synchronized to a specific logo position to cause resonance. Oscillating part of the mouse oscillates according to the resonant frequency to output a frequency; Counting the output frequency of the oscillator by the frequency analyzer; Mapping the counted frequency to a unique code by the microprocessor, When the internet access button is activated and the connection is not selected, the process returns to the beginning, and when the connection is selected, converting the unique code into an IP address, Launching the browser installed on your PC, Transmitting an IP address to a PC and entering the address in the browser, Internet connection method using a mouse. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of turning on the oscillation part of the mouse to display the oscillation state is added. A mouse configured as claimed in claim 1 is placed on a mouse pad configured as described in claim 3, wherein the mouse is connected to a PC, and the PC is provided with a browser and is connected to the Internet network. When the mouse moves on the mouse pad and is synchronized to the position of a specific logo, the oscillating part of the mouse oscillates, When the mouse oscillation unit oscillates, the LED is turned on to display the oscillation state, When the mouse function button is activated, it functions as a mouse. When the internet access button is activated, the frequency analysis unit counts the output frequency of the oscillator, the microprocessor maps the counted frequency to a unique code, and converts the unique code into an IP address. Comprising a step of executing the browser installed on the PC, the step of transmitting the IP address to the PC to enter the Internet address function of the browser, consisting of a step of connecting the Internet using a mouse.