KR100397288B1 - Computer input/output device which has mouse and messenger functions using multimedia - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a computer input / output device (FIG. 2) capable of simultaneously performing a notification function and a mouse function through a complex expression medium of the vibration motor 31a, the speaker 33, and the LED 32.

The present invention adds various notification functions to the function of a mouse, which is a representative input device of a computer, and when the notification function is used in connection with various programs such as a mail check, schedule management, and stock information service, Through the interface to perform a function of notifying the user with various vibrations, sound effects, and blinking of the LED 32 to the user, it is characterized by performing the function as an output device to the mouse which was a conventional simple input device.

According to the present invention, the sound of the mouse ball sensor input unit 11a, the mouse position processor 21, the LED command processor 24 that controls the LED 32, which is an expression medium, and the speaker 33, which can detect the coordinate movement. Speaker sound processor 25 for controlling the output, and vibration motor command control unit 23 for controlling the operation of the vibration motor (31a) and in addition can effectively control the interface between the PS / 2 or USB port and the expression medium Consisting of a PC interface unit 13a.

Description

Computer input / output device which has mouse and messenger functions using multimedia}

The present invention relates to an input / output device for a computer having a notification function and a mouse function through a composite medium. The present invention relates to a combination of a vibrating motor, an LED, a speaker, and the like to a mouse to simultaneously perform a function of a mouse as a conventional input device. At the same time, various notification functions can be performed through the above complex media. Therefore, when a user designates a schedule, mail check function, stock information management, etc. and the corresponding data is input from the computer to the device according to the present invention, the designated vibration or LED blinks. The present invention relates to an input / output device for a computer that performs a complex output function as well as an input function by providing a sound of a speaker and the like.

In the conventional computer system, the mouse functions include the input / output ports of PS2, USB, etc. by processing the mouse ball sensor inputs 11b, 11c, 11d and the mouse positions such as optical sensor inputs in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4. This is not only done by a mouse having a micro-controller unit (MCU) 12b, 12c, 12d for input to the computers 14b, 14c, 14d via the included interfaces 13b, 13c, 13d. In the conventional computer system having a mouse function, there were mice to which various functions were added as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, which are largely added to an input function via an expression medium 34 such as a fingerprint recognition mouse (FIG. 4) and a mouse including a single output device (FIG. 3), such as a vibration motor 31b, etc., a vibration mouse representing a mouse including a single output device has a limit of expression due to weak vibration, Since the interface to various other media is not implemented, there is a limit of expression as an input / output device.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, by mounting the vibration motor, LED, and speaker in the conventional mouse that performed only the input function inside, when the specified data is input from the computer, the LED blinks and vibrates It is a device that can perform sound effects and mouse functions at the same time, and provides a computer input / output device having a notification function and a mouse function through a composite medium, which is configured to promote various and effective expressions using a composite expression medium. Its purpose is to.

The above-described functions of the present invention can be used for e-mail check, schedule management, games, or stock information management and trading, and various effects on the Internet site. And stimulus can be delivered.

1 is a block diagram of a mouse performing only a conventional input function,

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a computer input / output device having a notification function and a mouse function through a composite medium according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of a configuration for an input / output mouse using a vibration motor;

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a configuration for a mouse using a function other than the mouse function, Figure 5 is a partial explanatory view of an example of a structure in which the vibration motor, LED and speaker is installed, Figure 6 is a structure in which a plurality of LED is installed 7 is a flow chart of a program for driving a computer input / output device of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an environment setting mode of a drive program of the computer input / output device of FIG. 7. Explanation of the sign about

11a ~ d: Mouse ball sensor input part 12b ~ d: MCU

13a ~ d: PC interface unit 14a ~ d: PC

21: mouse position processing unit 22: user command processing unit

23: vibration motor command processing unit 24: LED command processing unit

25: speaker sound processor 32a ~ b: vibration motor

32: LED 33: Speaker

In order to achieve the above object, the command processing structure of the present invention is a user command processing unit 22 capable of interpreting the commands of the PC interface unit 13a and the PC 14a for interfacing with the PC 14a and giving an output command. ), A vibration motor command processor 23 for processing a command of the vibration motor 31a in response to a command from the user command processor 22, an LED command processor 24 for processing a command of the LED 32, and a speaker 33. It comprises a speaker sound processor 25 for processing the command of the mouse position processing unit 21 for processing the position movement of the mouse. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, the computer input / output device of the present invention includes a PC interface unit 13a which is in charge of the interface between the mouse ball sensor input unit 11a and the PC 14a for sensing the position and operation of the mouse ball. A user command processor 22 for processing and interpreting a command of a PC interface and giving a command to a desired expression medium, a vibration motor command processor 23 for processing a drive command for the vibration motor 31a from the user command processor 22, and an LED (32) an LED command processor 24 for processing a flashing command, a speaker sound processor 25 for processing a speaker sound command, a mouse position processor 21 for processing a mouse position and outputting data, and a vibration motor An example of a structure including a 31a, an LED 32, and a speaker 33, and the vibration motor 31a, the LED 32, and the speaker 33 is installed is shown in FIGS. The present invention is not limited to this structure. In addition, the user command processing unit 22 may be generally configured as a logic circuit for distinguishing and separating a plurality of commands from the PC 14a and transferring the command to a desired medium. 23), together with the LED command processing unit 24 and the speaker sound processing unit 25 may be composed of a microcontrol unit which is a local microprocessor. That is, the input / output device for a computer of the present invention in FIG. A computer input / output device having a mouse function of converting data received from 11a) into a transmission form by the mouse position processing unit 21 and transmitting it to the PC 14a or transmitting a click signal of buttons. It is configured to control each function to provide the same complex expressions and effects, and the program stored in the PC 14a is input from an external PC through a network or internally of the PC. Performing a desired function from the PC 14a by executing the program when it meets a specific condition selected by a user such as receiving an e-mail from another internal program, a schedule schedule corresponding to a secondary clock, or receiving a messenger message. The PC interface unit 13a to which at least one of the vibration motor command, the LED command, and the speaker command are input, and at least one of the input vibration motor command, the LED command, and the speaker command are interpreted such as vibration, sound, and LED blinking. A user command processor 22 which separates and outputs the at least one command to control a desired function when it is interpreted to correspond to at least one function, and a vibration motor command, an LED command and a speaker from the user command processor 22; Commands are separately input and processed by processing the respective commands, vibrating motor 31a, LED 32 and Vibration motor command processing unit 23, LED command processing unit 24 and speaker sound processing unit 25 for driving the speaker 33, and the vibration to perform a desired function, respectively, if the specific conditions selected by the user is matched Driven by each of the motor command processor 23, the LED command processor 24 and the speaker sound processor 25, the vibration motor 31a, LED 32 for the user to complexly recognize through vibration, sound or flashing And a speaker 33 is characterized in that the configuration. The vibration motor 31a, the LED 32, and the speaker 33 are each composed of at least one, and each of the vibration motors 31a, the LED 32, and the speaker 33 includes various expression methods. Can be configured. In the configuration example in Fig. 6, the LED 32 is composed of an e-mail receiving LED 32a, a schedule schedule corresponding LED 32b, and a messenger message receiving LED 32c. Referring to the operation of the configuration according to the example, as follows.

In order to control the operation of the expression medium by selecting the expression medium, a command input through the USB / PS-2 port of the PC 14a is received by the PC interface unit 13a of the device and the user command processor 22 In this case, the user command processor 22 interprets the command and transmits the command to the vibration motor command processor 23, the LED command processor 24, and the speaker sound processor 25, respectively. The media 31a, 32, 33 operate according to the instructions of the respective processing units.

In addition, if you want to use as a function of a simple mouse, the data received from the mouse ball sensor input unit 11a is converted into a transmission form in the mouse position processing unit 21 through the user command processing unit 22 and the PC interface unit 13a. The transfer is made to the PC 14a.

If the user wants to use the complex output functions of the present invention, a program capable of controlling each function of the present invention by calling a library written according to the present invention is possible. If the condition is met, each desired expression medium 31a, 32, 33 is notified.

For example, if the mail is received while the e-mail check function is specified, the user can recognize that the mail has been received through the vibration, sound, and / or flashing of the LED 32 which is a complex expression medium. . Therefore, the present invention uses a plurality of composite expression media to notify the user, thus reducing the possibility of the user not recognizing. The computer input / output having a notification function and a mouse function through the composite medium of the present invention configured as described above. In a specific example of a program configured to drive the device and stored and executed by the PC 14a, as shown in FIG. 8, reception of an e-mail in a configuration mode, i.e., a condition setting step of an event and a presentation medium. , A schedule schedule, an event to be detected by the PC 14a among events such as receiving a messenger message, and a complex expression medium such as a vibration motor 31a, an LED 32, and a speaker 33 to be expressed when the set event occurs. Select at least one of the expression methods, and select an expression method to be implemented among various expression methods of the selected expression medium, and set an operation time of the expression method It may consist of steps: In FIG. 7, the PC 14a detects that an event such as an e-mail reception, a schedule schedule correspondence, or a messenger message is received, so that the setting conditions in the condition setting step of the event and expression medium corresponding to the generated event are detected. In accordance with this, a command such as a vibration motor command, an LED command, and a speaker command to drive a complex expression medium such as the vibration motor 31a, the LED 32, and the speaker 33 is generated, and the generated command is transmitted to the PC interface unit 13a. By transmitting from the PC 14a to the user command processor 22 of the mouse via the transmitted command is interpreted by the user command processor 22, the vibration motor command processor 23, LED of the expression medium according to the set conditions The command is separated into one or more of the command processor 24 and the speaker sound processor 25, and a corresponding command is output, and the vibration motor command processor 23, the LED command processor 24, and / or the speaker sound that have received the command are output. The processing unit 25 drives the vibration motor 31a, the LED 32 or the speaker 33 according to the above setting conditions, respectively. The command from the PC 14a includes driving commands of the vibration motor 31a, the LED 32, and the speaker 33 for various expression methods, or the user command processing unit 22 to the vibration motor command processing unit. (23), the LED command processor 24 and the speaker sound processor 25 may be configured to be interpreted.

As described above, the present invention improves the mouse function by using the composite expression media 31a, 32, and 33 in order to deviate from the expressional limitations of the conventional delivery media of a mouse. In addition to maximizing, the user can use these functions to implement various expressions through the mouse.

Claims (2)

In the input / output device for a computer having a mouse function of converting the data received from the mouse ball sensor input unit (11a) into a transmission form in the mouse position processing unit 21 to be transmitted to the PC (14a) or transmits a click signal of buttons, It is configured to control each function that provides complex expressions and effects such as vibration, sound, and LED blinking, so that the program stored in PC 14a can be used to detect input from an external PC through the network or internal clock of the PC. Vibration motor command and LED for performing desired functions from PC 14a by the execution of the program when it meets certain conditions selected by the user, such as receiving e-mails from other internal programs, corresponding schedule schedules, and receiving messenger messages. PC interface unit 13a to which at least one of a command and a speaker command are input and interprets at least one of the input vibration motor command, LED command and speaker command to correspond to at least one function such as vibration, sound, and LED blinking. Output at least one command separately to control the desired function when interpreted as The key is inputted separately from the user command processor 22 and the user command processor 22, the vibration motor command, the LED command and the speaker command, respectively, and processes the corresponding command to each of the vibration motor 31a and the LED 32. And a vibration motor command processing unit 23, an LED command processing unit 24, and a speaker sound processing unit 25 for driving the speaker 33, and performing the desired functions when the specific conditions selected by the user are met. It is driven by each of the vibration motor command processing unit 23, LED command processing unit 24 and speaker sound processing unit 25, vibration motor 31a, LED ( 32) and an input / output device for a computer having a notification function and a mouse function through a composite medium comprising a speaker 33. The vibration motor 31a, the LED 32, and the speaker 33 are each composed of at least one, and each vibration motor 31a, the LED 32, and the speaker 33 are expressed in a manner of expression. Includes a variety of representations, characterized in that the user command processor 22, vibration motor command processor 23, LED command processor 24 and speaker sound processor 25 is a microcontrol unit which is a local microprocessor. Input / output device for computer with notification and mouse function through composite media.