KR101621227B1 - Input device and input control method of terminal using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an input device and an input control method of a computer terminal using the same. The input device comprises: a sensing unit sensing a motion of a finger; a control unit generating an indicating signal corresponding to an indicating operation to be performed in a computer, based on the sensing signal of the sensing unit; and a communication unit transmitting the indicating signal, which is generated in the control unit, to the computer terminal. According to the present invention, an input device is configured to be a ring shape to be worn on fingers of a user. By using the same, the user is able to input an indicating signal in a computer terminal to perform an indicating operation.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device and an input control method for a computer terminal using the input device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device and an input control method of a computer terminal using the input device, and more particularly to an input device for inputting an indication signal to a computer terminal, .

Generally, a computer terminal includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse.

The keyboard functions to receive characters, numbers, shortcut commands, and special commands according to the character, number, and function keys placed on the top.

The mouse has a function of receiving a pointer movement according to the movement of a mouse by using a ball or an optical sensor disposed on the lower surface, and a function of inputting data to be input according to an operation performed on a button disposed on the upper surface.

When using such a keyboard and a mouse, the user has to operate the mouse by moving his / her hand from the keyboard to use the functions using the mouse.

Therefore, in recent years, input devices for mouse functions that can be worn on fingers have been developed.

For example, the following patent documents 1 and 2 disclose a configuration of an input device that can be worn on a finger.

In Patent Document 1, there is disclosed a portable electronic device having a first fixing portion fitted to a finger of a person, a first rotation portion overlapping with the first fixing portion while being rotated and inclined relative to the first fixing portion, and a second rotation portion inclined at a relative position obtained between the first fixing portion and the first rotation portion There is described a configuration of a ring-shaped device used for inputting and displaying an input to another device or system including various indicators for relaying a corresponding indication.

[0008] Patent Document 2 discloses a method and apparatus for detecting motion, comprising a sensor configured to detect motion and generate motion data associated with at least a portion of the detected motion, a messaging unit configured to generate a message configured to include motion information based at least in part on motion data, A wearable motion comprising a housing configured to at least partially surround at least one of the sensor, the messaging unit, and the transmitter and configured to transmit data and to communicate with the messaging unit, The configuration of the sensing computing interface is described.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0072198 (published on June 30, 2013, WO 2009/024971, international publication on February 26, 2009) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0101975 (published on September 16, 2013, WO 2011/130752, International Publication on October 20, 2011)

However, Patent Document 1 has a limitation in that it is limited to a function of sensing and displaying a relative rotation or a rotation position in accordance with the rotation of the rotation part while being worn on a finger.

Patent Document 2 discloses a finger sensor for detecting a region including a lower housing, an upper housing, an RF transceiver and an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a button on a finger mouse for interfacing with a computing device, a rigid body including a slide bar, A circuit board, and a flexible circuit including a capacitive sensing button or a touch sensor, a slide bar, or a tactile button, the structure is complicated and manufacturing costs are increased.

In addition, the input device that can be worn on the finger according to the prior art has only the configuration of the corresponding input device, and there is a limitation in providing an input control function that can be implemented using the input device.

An object of the present invention is to provide an input device capable of inputting an indication signal according to a finger movement of a user to a computer terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an input device capable of providing various functions such as pointer movement, click, double-click, drag, and selection, and a method of controlling input of a computer terminal using the input device.

In order to achieve the above object, an input device according to the present invention includes a sensing unit for sensing movement of a finger, and a communication unit for transmitting an indication signal to the computer terminal to perform an indication operation using the sensing signal of the sensing unit And is formed in a ring shape so as to be worn on the user's finger.

The sensing unit includes an acceleration sensor for sensing movement of a finger worn by the input device, and the communication unit performs communication with a communication unit provided in the computer terminal through a wireless communication method.

The sensing unit may further include a touch sensor that senses a touch operation using another finger other than the finger worn by the input device.

Wherein the computer terminal executes the driving program by executing the driving program in a state in which a driver for driving the input device and a driving program are installed and performs an indicative operation based on the sensing signal to be performed based on the sensing signal received by the input device Wherein the signal generating unit generates the indicating signal by using only the sensing signal of sensing the movement of the finger in the sensing unit or sensing the movement of the finger And a detection signal for detecting a touch operation to generate an indication signal. The indication operation includes an operation of moving the cursor, clicking, double-clicking, clicking, dragging, and right button clicking .

The computer terminal displays a setting icon on the screen of the display unit and displays an operation menu including a movement, a scroll, a page up / down, a click drag, a copy, a cut, A setting menu for changing an operation, a movement, and a touch operation, and a setting window including a help item, and performs the corresponding operation when the operation menu or the setting menu is selected or changes the movement or touch operation of the input device for each operation menu .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input control method for a computer terminal using an input device, the method comprising the steps of: (a) executing the drive program in a computer terminal equipped with a driver for driving the input device and a drive program (B) executing an indicator mode at the computer terminal when an indicator mode execution signal is input from the input device; (c) Detecting a finger movement and a touch operation of a user worn by the input device in the sensing unit of the input device and transmitting the sensed touch signal to the computer terminal; and (d) And generating an indication signal based on the received signal to perform an indication operation All.

The method may further include the step of (e) terminating the indicative mode when any one of the keys provided on the keyboard of the computer terminal is operated.

The method may further include the step (f) of terminating the indicating mode at the computer terminal when a sensing signal indicating a preset mode ending operation to end the indicating mode is received from the input device, And the mode ending operation is a reciprocating movement operation of the fingers worn by the input device twice in the left and right direction.

(D1) displaying a setting icon on a screen of the computer terminal; (d2) when the setting icon is selected, moving, scrolling, page up / down, (D3) displaying a setting window including a setting menu for changing an operation, a setting menu for changing a moving and touching operation, and a help item, (d3) when each operation menu displayed on the setting window is selected, And (d4) when the setting menu is selected, inputting, receiving, and changing a movement or a touch operation of the input device for each operation menu.

The indication mode execution signal may be generated by an operation of raising a finger worn by the input device to a predetermined limit position or may be generated by an indication mode dedicated key provided on the keyboard of the computer terminal, . ≪ / RTI >

As described above, according to the input device of the present invention and the input control method of a computer terminal using the input device, an indication signal is input to the computer terminal using an input device worn on the finger to perform an indication operation Can be obtained.

That is, according to the present invention, the computer terminal performs the indicative operation in accordance with the movement of the input device and the touch operation, and selectively changes the movement of the input device and the touch operation for performing the indicative operation using the setting window Can be set.

According to the present invention, the setting icon can be selected to display the setting window on the screen, the indication operation can be selected by selecting the displayed operation menu, and the movement or touch operation for executing each indication operation can be selectively changed An effect of being able to be set can be obtained.

Thus, according to the present invention, it is possible to solve the inconvenience caused when the conventional keyboard and the mouse are used at the same time, and the speed and efficiency of the input operation can be improved.

1 is a block diagram of an input device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and a computer terminal using the same.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the input device shown in FIG. 1,
3 is an exemplary view of a setting window displayed on the screen of the display unit,
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling input of a computer terminal using an input device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an input device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and an input control method of a computer terminal using the same will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, an input device and a computer terminal are connected to perform an indication operation according to a user's finger movement or touch operation.

Here, the computer terminal may be not only a desktop computer, but also a notebook, a tablet PC,

It should be noted that various types of terminal devices having wireless communication functions, such as a telephone, are included.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an input device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and a computer terminal using the same, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the input device shown in FIG.

1, the input device 10 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing unit 11 that senses the movement of a finger, a sensing signal of the sensing unit 11 to the computer terminal 20 And the computer terminal 20 generates an indication signal corresponding to the indication operation to be performed based on the detection signal to perform the indication operation.

The input device 10 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may further include a power supply unit 13 for supplying power to the sensing unit 11 and the communication unit 12. [

The power supply unit 13 may be a battery.

The sensing unit 11 may include an acceleration sensor 14 that senses the movement of a finger that the input device 10 wears.

The acceleration sensor 14 may be a three-axis accelerometer.

The acceleration sensor 14 may sense motion, shock, or vibration as a result of static tilt, gravitational acceleration, or dynamic acceleration.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the sensing unit 11 further includes a touch sensor 15 in addition to the acceleration sensor in order to improve the sensing performance of a touch operation using a finger other than a finger worn by the input device 20 It is possible.

The communication unit 12 can communicate with the computer terminal 20 through a wireless communication scheme such as Bluetooth, Radio Frequency communication, or Zigbee.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, the input device 10 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided inside a housing 30 which is formed in a ring shape so as to be worn on a user's finger.

The housing 30 can be formed in a complete ring shape.

Such a housing 30 may be made of a synthetic resin material or a metal material having a slight elasticity.

Alternatively, the housing 30 may be formed in a ring shape having one side opened so as to be worn on fingers of various thicknesses.

Here, the opening of the housing 30 may be provided with a connecting member 32 such as a band or a belt so as to adjust the diameter of the housing and prevent it from being separated by a finger.

The sensing unit 11 and the communication unit 12 may be respectively or integrally integrated and mounted on the circuit board 31 and the circuit board 31 may be installed inside the housing 30.

The power supply unit 13 may be detachably coupled to one side of the housing 30, for example, an engagement groove formed on the inner circumferential surface of the housing 30 so that the battery can be replaced when the battery reaches the end of its life.

1, the computer terminal 20 includes a communication unit 21 for communicating with the input device 10 in a wireless communication manner, a driver provided for executing an indicating mode using the input device 10, A storage unit 22 for storing applications, a display unit 23 for displaying various documents, images, images, and the like, and a display unit 23 for executing the driving application and performing an indication operation to be performed according to a detection signal received from the input device 10. [ And a control unit (24) for controlling the driving of the display unit (23) so as to generate the corresponding indication signal and perform the indication operation.

At the same time, the computer terminal 20 may be connected to a dedicated keyboard 25 provided with a dedicated key for executing the indicative mode.

Of course, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and the driving application may be used to perform one or more specific keys provided on the general keyboard 25, for example, the Ctrl key operation or the simultaneous operation of the Ctrl key and the Alt key can be changed.

The control unit 20 may include a signal generating unit 26 that executes a driving application and generates an indication signal corresponding to an indication operation to be performed based on the detection signal.

For example, Table 1 shows the touch operation table and the movement of the input device for each indication operation in the indi- cating mode.

Indicating operation Movement or touch operation of input device Run Indication Mode
Raise your finger high One touch operation with another finger Keyboard-only or specific key manipulation Exit Indication mode
Keyboard Key Operation Two long moves from the right side of the finger to the left side Move pointer Finger up / down, left / right movement click One round trip from the upper side of the finger to the lower side Double click Two round trips from the upper side of the finger to the lower side Click and drag Move from the top of the finger to the bottom one time after the round trip Right click Three round trips from the upper side of the finger to the lower side scroll Move one finger up and down after one finger touch operation Show setting window Touch operation with two fingers

As shown in Table 1, each indicating operation can be set in advance by the movement of the input device 10 or the touch operation.

The signal generation unit 26 generates an indication signal corresponding to each indication operation based on the detection signal, and the control unit 24 transmits the generated indication signal to the display unit 23, And controls the operation of the display unit 23 so that the operation is displayed and displayed on the screen.

The signal generating unit 26 generates an indication signal using only the detection signal of the acceleration sensor 14 or the detection signal of the acceleration sensor 14 and the touch sensor 15 to generate an indication signal can do.

 When the indicator mode is started, the control unit 20 displays a ring-shaped setting icon corresponding to the shape of the input device 10 on one side of the screen, for example, the lower right corner of the screen, When the detection icon for clicking or double-clicking the setting icon is received, the operation of the display unit 23 to display the setting window 40 for setting the indication operation menu and the operation menu.

For example, Fig. 3 shows an example of a setting window displayed on the screen of the display unit.

3, the setting window 40 is provided with operation menus such as move, scroll, page up / down, click drag, copy, cut, paste, A setup menu, and a help item may be displayed.

When an indicator signal for selecting any one of the items of the setting window 40 displayed on the screen of the display unit 23 is generated by the signal generating unit 26, the control unit 20 executes an indication operation of the item The operation of the display section 23 can be controlled so as to be displayed on the screen.

As described above, according to the present invention, the computer terminal performs the indication operation according to the movement of the input device and the touch operation, selectively changes the movement of the input device and the touch operation for performing the indication operation using the setting window Can be set.

Next, a method of controlling input of a computer terminal using an input device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an input control method of a computer terminal using an input device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, step by step.

The computer terminal 20 executes the driving application in a state where the driver and the driving application for driving the input device 10 are installed in the computer terminal 20 in the step S10 of Figure 4 so that the input device 10 To be communicable with each other.

The user wears the input device 10 on his or her finger and performs work such as document creation using another input device such as a keyboard.

If the user wishes to perform the indicative mode, the user lifts up the finger of the input device 10 or touches the housing 30 once with another finger.

Then, the sensing unit 11 of the input device 10 senses finger movement or touch operation.

The communication unit 12 transmits a detection signal to the computer terminal 20.

The control unit 24 of the computer terminal 20 starts the indication mode according to the detection signal received from the input device 10 through the communication unit 21 and displays the operation of the display unit 23 (S12).

Of course, the control unit 24 may start the indication mode when the specific key or specific key combination such as the Ctrl key and the Alt key is simultaneously operated on the key for the indication mode execution dedicated key provided on the keyboard 25 or the Ctrl key.

At this time, the display unit 23 can display a setting icon corresponding to the shape of the input device 10 at the lower left portion of the screen.

When the indicative mode is executed, the sensing unit 11 of the input device 10 senses finger movement or touch operation in step S14.

The communication unit 12 transmits a sensing signal of the sensing unit 11 to the computer terminal 20 and the communication unit 21 of the computer terminal 20 receives the sensing signal and transmits the sensing signal to the control unit 24 (S16) .

Then, the signal generating unit 26 generates an indicating signal corresponding to the indicative operation to be carried out based on the sensing signal of the sensing unit 11.

The control unit 24 performs various indications such as pointer movement, click, double-click, drag-click, right-click, and scroll according to the indication signal generated in the signal generation unit 26, (23) of the display unit so as to display it on the screen (S18).

On the other hand, the control unit 24 displays the setting window 40 on the screen, selects the operation menu displayed on the setting window 40, and performs the indication operation or changes the setting.

That is, in step S20, the control unit 24 determines whether a detection signal that detects a movement or a touch operation corresponding to a click or a double click on the setting icon displayed on the screen is received from the input device 10 in order to select the setting window display Lt; / RTI >

Of course, the control unit 24 may be selected to display or not to display the setting window depending on whether a detection signal indicating that the user touches the housing 30 using the other finger other than the finger on which the input apparatus 10 is worn is received twice .

When the setting window display is selected in step S20, the control unit 24 displays operation menus such as move, scroll, page up / down, click drag, copy, cut, A setting menu for changing the touch operation, and a setting window 40 including a help item.

When the detection signal for selecting any one of the items of the setting window 40 displayed on the screen of the display unit 23 is received, the control unit 24 performs an indication operation of the item to display the selected item on the display unit 23 (S22).

In step S24, the control unit 24 checks whether any one of the keys provided on the keyboard 25 is touched, and repeats steps S14 to S24 until a touch operation for the key of the keyboard 25 is input can do.

If any one of the keys provided on the keyboard is touched as a result of the test in step S24, the control unit 24 ends the indication mode.

Of course, the control unit 24 checks whether or not the indication mode end signal corresponding to the operation of moving the finger 2 times from the right to the left at a high speed from the input device 10 is received, .

Through the above-described process, an indication signal can be input to the computer terminal using an input device that is worn on the finger to carry out the indication operation.

Although the invention made by the present inventors has been described concretely with reference to the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

In the above embodiment, the input device and the computer terminal are connected to perform the indication operation according to the finger movement or the touch operation of the user.

The present invention can be applied not only to a desktop computer but also to various types of terminal devices having wireless communication functions such as a notebook computer, a tablet PC, and a smart phone.

The present invention is applied to an input device for inputting an indication signal to a computer terminal using an input device provided to be worn on a finger to perform an indication operation, and an input control method for a computer terminal using the input device.

10: Input device 11: Detection unit
12: communication unit 13: power supply unit
14: Acceleration sensor 15: Touch sensor
20: computer terminal 21:
22: storage unit 23: display unit
24: control unit 25: keyboard
26: Signal generator 30: Housing
31: circuit board 32: band member

Claims (10)

A sensing unit for sensing movement of a finger and a touch operation using another finger, and
And a communication unit for transmitting the detection signal of the sensing unit to the computer terminal to perform an indicating operation,
And is formed in a ring shape so as to be worn on the user's finger,
The computer terminal displays a setting icon on the screen of the display unit,
When the setting icon is selected, the operation menu including moving, scrolling, page up / down, clicking and dragging, copying, cutting and pasting on the screen, setting menu for changing eachindicating action, movement and touch operation, And displays the setting window,
Wherein the input device performs the corresponding operation when the operation menu or the setting menu is selected, or changes the movement or touch operation of the input device according to the operation menu. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the sensing unit includes an acceleration sensor for sensing movement of a finger worn by the input device,
Wherein the communication unit performs communication using a wireless communication method with a communication unit provided in the computer terminal. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the sensing unit further comprises a touch sensor for sensing a touch operation using another finger other than the finger worn by the input device. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the computer terminal executes the driving program and executes the indicative mode in a state in which a driver for driving the input device and a driving program are installed,
And a signal generator for generating an indicator signal corresponding to an indicator operation to be performed based on the detection signal received by the input device,
The signal generating unit may generate the indication signal by using only the sensing signal that senses the movement of the finger in the sensing unit or may combine the sensing signal that senses the movement of the finger and the sensing signal that senses the touch operation, Signal,
Wherein the indicating operation includes a cursor movement, a click, a double click, a drag after a click, and a right button click operation. delete (a) executing the drive program at a computer terminal equipped with a driver for driving the input device and a drive program and communicably connecting the drive device to the input device,
(b) executing an indicative mode at the computer terminal when an indication signal is input from the input device,
(c) when the indication mode is executed, detecting a finger movement and a touch operation of a user worn by the input device in the sensing unit of the input device and transmitting the sensed touch operation to the computer terminal; and
(d) generating an indication signal based on a detection signal received from the input device at the computer terminal to perform an indication operation,
The step (d) includes the steps of (d1) displaying a setting icon on the screen of the computer terminal,
(d2) When the setting icon is selected, an operation menu including moving, scrolling, page up / down, clicking and dragging, copying, cutting, and pasting on the screen and changing the respective indications, A setting menu, a setting window including a help item,
(d3) when each operation menu displayed on the setting window is selected, executing the corresponding operation; and
(d4) when the setting menu is selected, inputting, changing, and setting the movement or touch operation of the input device for each operation menu. The method according to claim 6,
further comprising the step of: (e) terminating the indicating mode when any one of the keys provided on the keyboard of the computer terminal is operated. 8. The method of claim 7,
(f) terminating the indicating mode at the computer terminal when a sensing signal indicating a preset mode ending operation to end the indicating mode is received from the input device,
Wherein the mode ending operation is a reciprocating movement operation of a finger worn by the input device twice in the left and right direction. delete The method according to claim 6,
The indicating mode execution signal may be generated by an operation of raising the finger worn by the input device to a predetermined limit position or more,
Wherein the input key is generated by a dedicated key for executing an indications mode or a specific key or a specific key combination provided on a keyboard of the computer terminal.

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