KR100379909B1 - Mouse having function of barcode reading - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function that can directly access a specific Internet site according to the recognized barcode by recognizing a barcode printed on a document or the like offline.

A computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function according to the present invention includes a barcode reader for scanning a generated barcode including link information for a specific web page on an offline line, and a file linked to the specific web page. By directly operating through the function selection switch installed in the mouse, the user can easily access the corresponding information on the Internet. In other words, in order to access a specific web page on the Internet, the user clicks sequentially from the upper menu to the lower menu using an existing mouse to shorten the process of searching for information, and scans the barcode on the web line offline, making it easy and quick. This approach can reduce the time loss and improve the convenience of use.

Description

Computer input device with barcode recognition and mouse function {MOUSE HAVING FUNCTION OF BARCODE READING}

The present invention relates to a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function, and more particularly, to read a barcode including a numeric IP address of an internet site printed on an offline document or the like, and to read the barcode of the internet site. It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer input device having a bar code recognition and a mouse function capable of directly accessing a specific Internet site by recognizing an address.

In general, a mouse is a typical input device for indicating a position on a display screen among computer input devices such as a mouse, a joystick, and a keyboard. Such a mouse is largely divided into a ball mouse and an optical mouse. Among them, the ball mouse is installed to be rotated in the front and rear and left and right directions on the inner bottom of the mouse body by moving the mouse on the mouse pad as shown in FIG. 1. The track ball 1 rotates in the x and y axis directions and rotates in frictional contact with the track ball 1 to detect the movement direction and the amount of movement of the track ball 1 in the x and y axis movements. Sensor 11 and y-axis sensor 21 and a mouse controller 30 for receiving detection signals from the x- and y-axis sensors 11 and 21 and transmitting them to the computer main body 40. . On the other hand, the detection signal used as an input signal for moving the cursor on the display and a signal indicating the state of the switch for executing the selected function at the cursor position on the display are transmitted from the mouse to the main body 40 of the computer via a cable. Is transmitted to freely move the pointer on the display in the x- and y-axis directions.

On the other hand, in recent years, the Internet has become popular, and Internet sites providing various services have emerged. A user who accesses such an Internet site accesses the homepage of an education site that performs cyber education as a specific service, and then selects a menu classified on a homepage and searches for desired information. However, in order to access specific information desired by the user, after accessing the corresponding homepage, the upper menu is clicked, the next lower menu is clicked, and the next lower menu is clicked to find specific information. In this case, a user generally moves a mouse cursor to a corresponding function button on a web page displayed on a computer screen using a mouse to perform a function such as moving a page or opening a linked text file.

Therefore, when searching for information on the Internet by using a mouse, which is a conventional computer input device, since a plurality of clicks must be performed, a long search time is required and a plurality of page movements must be performed to access the web page. There was a troublesome problem.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the object of which is to provide a bar code containing information on the IP address of a specific Internet site through the output and the bar code provided with a bar code reading function It is intended to provide a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function to directly access a specific site desired by a mouse so that it can be easily used without going through an intermediate procedure.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer input device having a bar code recognition and a mouse function, by adding another track ball to the upper side of the mouse so that the mouse cursor can be moved without moving the mouse.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional mouse.

2 is a system block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mouse having a barcode recognition function according to the present invention.

3 is a plan view and a side view showing the configuration of a mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1 ... lower trackball, 10 ... converter section,

11,51 ... x-axis sensors, 21,61 ... y-axis sensors,

100 control unit, 110 optical sensor unit,

111 ... barcode reader, 120 ... mode selector switch,

130 ... selection switch, 140 ... page-shift switch,

150 ... sound drive switch, 160 ... interface part,

170 ... computer body, 180 ... display unit.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function for inputting a function selection command to the computer main body,

A mode selection switch for selecting an Internet access function and a mouse function according to the barcode reading, a barcode including IP address information for accessing a specific web page on the Internet, an optical sensor unit for scanning the barcode, and the optical sensor unit A bar code reader for reading the IP address from the bar code value scanned by the scan, an x axis and y axis sensor for detecting a moving direction and an amount of movement of the mouse cursor in the x and y axes according to the movement of the track ball, and the mode selection switch A control unit for determining a movement coordinate value of the mouse cursor according to an input of the control unit, and controlling an internet connection by recognizing the IP address of the web page of the read bar code, and a mouse on a display screen according to the mouse coordinate value output from the control unit. Move the cursor to the corresponding coordinates, and receive the IP address of the web page recognized by the control unit It is characterized in that it comprises a computer main body for automatically accessing the web page by operating the browser.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a system block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function according to the present invention has an upper portion installed to rotate in the front and rear and left and right directions on an inner bottom surface of a mouse body by moving a mouse on a mouse pad. Ball 1 and lower ball 190, the x-axis sensor 11 and y-axis sensor 21 for detecting the x-axis movement and y-axis movement of the upper ball 1 and the lower ball 190 Detection results of the x-axis sensor 51 and the y-axis sensor 61 for detecting the x-axis movement and the y-axis movement of the sensor, and the respective x-axis sensors 11, 51 and y-axis sensors 21, 61. The converter 10 detects and outputs a moving direction and an amount of movement of the upper ball 190 and the lower ball 1 on the x-axis and the y-axis, and an optical sensor unit scanning a specific barcode on the offline line. 110, a barcode reader 111 for reading a barcode value scanned by the optical sensor unit 110, and a barcode reading And a control unit 100 for controlling the functionality of a mouse and the barcode recognition function for the cursor control movement on the display in accordance with the mode selection switch 120 for selecting a function, the input of the mode selection switch 120.

In addition, a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function according to the present invention includes a selection switch 130 for receiving a selection of a corresponding menu at a cursor position on a screen when the cursor moves according to a mouse function, and is linked to a recognized barcode. When there are a large number of pages for the document when accessing a specific Internet site, the page shift switch 140 for up / down pages and the sound driver switch for selecting whether to drive the audio file linked to the recognized barcode. And 150.

In this configuration, the optical sensor unit 110 can be preferably used CCD (charge coupling element), which scans the barcode of one-dimensional or two-dimensional black and white stripes arranged repeatedly at a predetermined interval. The signal scanned by the optical sensor unit 110 is input to the barcode reader 111, decoded, and then input to the controller 100.

At this time, the bar code scanned by the optical sensor unit 110 is provided in the form of printing or labeling on the document on the offline, the off-line barcode is a numeric IP address of the Internet site and a specific page of the Internet site Information, text information included in the Internet site, picture information, video information, audio file information, and information about the IP address of the Internet site providing them. In addition, the off-line barcode may be generated through a separate barcode generator (not shown), and a specific Internet site (for example, an Internet site information service service site by providing a barcode including a numeric IP address). You can also simply print the barcode provided by the printer to create. In this case, the barcode includes information on the address of a specific web page and information (text, graphic, audio, etc.) about a file linked to the web page.

On the other hand, Figure 3 is a plan view and a side view showing the configuration of a mouse having a barcode recognition function according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the mouse, which is a computer input device for implementing the present invention, has a lower track ball 1 formed at the lower center thereof, a scan window 112 for scanning barcodes formed at the front thereof, and a front surface thereof. Selection switches 130a and 130b are formed on the left and right sides, respectively. In the right side portion, page up / down switches 140a and 140b are respectively formed for page movement on the Internet, and the sound driving switch 150 is formed in the left side portion. In addition, the upper track ball 190 is formed on the front upper side of the mouse is configured to enable the front and rear left and right movement of the cursor by the drive of the upper ball 190 without moving the mouse.

On the other hand, the configuration and operation of the upper ball 190 is the same as the configuration and function of the lower ball 1, the detection of the movement direction and the distance of the upper ball 190 is also the movement of the lower ball (1) It is performed through the detection of the x-axis sensor 51 and the y-axis sensor 61 in the same manner as the direction and the movement distance detection method. In detail, the upper ball 190 may move to the left / right according to the user's selection to easily perform the up / down of the page.

Furthermore, the installation position of each said function switch is not limited to what was mentioned above.

Hereinafter, the operation of a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function according to the present invention having such a configuration will be described.

First, when the user selects the mouse function through the mode selection switch 120, the movement direction and the movement amount of the lower track ball 1 are detected through the x-axis and y-axis sensors 11 and 21, and the detected value is detected. The conversion unit 10 converts the coordinates into (x, y) coordinate values and inputs them to the control unit 100. At this time, the control unit 100 transmits the x, y coordinate values of the mouse cursor detected by the conversion unit 10 to the computer body 170 through the interface unit 160.

The computer main body 170 moves the cursor to the coordinates of the display unit 180, that is, the monitor screen, according to the coordinate values of the transmitted mouse cursor. In this case, when the user wants to select a menu corresponding to the moved position of the cursor, the user clicks a selection switch, and the clicked signal is transmitted to the computer main body 170 through the control unit 100 to select a function of the cursor position. do.

On the other hand, when the user switches the mode selection switch 120 to the bar code function, the control unit 100 ignores the change in the x, y axis coordinate values due to the movement of the lower track ball 1, and the optical sensor unit 110 ) To scan the barcode. At this time, the scanned barcode information is decoded and read by the barcode reader 111 and then input to the controller 100. Therefore, the controller 100 analyzes the barcode information input through the barcode reader 111 to determine a web address linked to the scanned barcode.

In other words, the controller 100 determines the linked web site by the decoding information input through the bar code reader 111 and transmits the web site access information to the computer main body. Therefore, the computer main body 170 drives the web browser to directly connect to the corresponding web site received from the controller 100.

At this time, when the user accesses the web site through the web address linked to the bar code, the user is provided with the corresponding information displayed on the monitor. In this case, the provided information may be a file written in text form, a picture file, a video file, or a music file.

Therefore, the user is provided with a web page connected through a bar code. In this case, when the web page linked to the bar code is a document file of several pages written in text form, the page up / down switch 140a (140b) installed in the mouse is installed. ) Allows easy access to the next or previous page.

On the other hand, if the file attached to the web page linked to the bar code includes a sound file such as a music file or a voice file, select the sound driving switch 150 to drive the music file linked to the barcode on the offline Sound information may be provided. That is, when it is determined that the sound driving switch 150 is selected, the computer main body drives an audio reproducing means such as a real player to drive a music file linked to the web page.

The computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function according to the present invention may be implemented in various modifications without being limited to the above-described embodiments and within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, the computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function according to the present invention includes a barcode reader for scanning a generated barcode including information on a specific web page on an offline line, and the specific web page. By running the linked file directly through the function selection switch installed in the mouse, the user can easily access the information on the Internet.

In other words, in order to access a specific web page on the Internet, the user clicks sequentially from the upper menu to the lower menu using an existing mouse to shorten the process of searching for information and scans the barcode on the web page offline and easily and quickly. Approach can reduce the time loss and improve the convenience of use.

In addition, when using the mouse, the displayed screen can be easily moved on the x and y axis without moving the mouse, and the page up / down function and the sound file can be played by simple key operation for convenience and practicality. You can get it.

Claims (4)

In a computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function for inputting a function selection command to the computer main body, A mode selection switch for selecting an internet access function and a mouse function according to the barcode reading; A barcode containing IP address information for accessing a particular web page on the Internet, An optical sensor unit scanning the barcode; A barcode reader for reading the IP address from the barcode value scanned by the optical sensor unit; X- and y-axis sensors for detecting the movement direction and the amount of movement of the mouse cursor in the x- and y-axis according to the movement of the trackball; A control unit for determining a movement coordinate value of the mouse cursor according to an input of the mode selection switch, and controlling an internet connection by recognizing an IP address of a web page of the read barcode; The mouse cursor on the display screen is moved to the corresponding coordinate according to the mouse coordinate value output from the controller, and the IP address of the web page recognized by the controller is input to operate the embedded web browser to automatically access the corresponding web page. A computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function, comprising a computer main body. The method of claim 1, And the bar code includes address information, text information, video information, and audio information of a specific web site. The method of claim 1, A selection switch which inputs whether a corresponding menu is selected at the cursor position on the screen when the cursor moves according to a mouse function; A page move switch for moving a page when a text file linked to the connected web site exists on multiple pages, And a sound drive switch for selecting whether to drive a voice file linked to a web page connected by a recognized bar code. The method of claim 1, The track ball is installed on the upper and lower portions of the mouse, respectively, the x-axis sensor and the y-axis sensor is provided to detect the x, y-axis movement of the upper track ball and the lower track ball, respectively, the x-axis sensor and y-axis A computer input device having a barcode recognition and a mouse function, further comprising a converter configured to receive a detection result of a sensor and determine a moving coordinate value of a mouse cursor by the upper track ball and the lower track ball and output the same to the controller. .