KR20000041987A - Wireless mouse having oscillation control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A wireless mouse having an oscillation control device is provided for a user to have a movement feeling for a game program according to a mouse movement corresponding to a movement of an operation object of the game program, by making an oscillator in a mouse move corresponding to a signal when a signal corresponding to a movement of the operation object of the game program is generated from a computer during a progress of a game. CONSTITUTION: A wireless mouse having an oscillation control device comprises a computer and a mouse. The computer comprises the devices as follows. A game application(300c) generates a movement of an operation object as a three-dimensional vector type during drive of a game program and a corresponding program. A PS/2 port(300a) receives coordinate data generated from a mouse by performing a bidirectional communication with the mouse. A mouse drive program(300b) is for data interface between the game application(300c) and the PS/2 port(300a). A transceiving device(400a) if for data communication between the PS/2 port(300a) and the mouse. The mouse comprises the devices as follows. First-fourth oscillators(100a-100d) are in four edges of a rear part. An oscillator control device(200) operates an extent of oscillation of the first-fourth oscillators(100a-100d), based on movement information on the operation object received from the PS/2 port(300a). A wireless transceiving device(400b) is for a data communication with the computer, and delivers received data to the oscillator control device(200).

Description

Wireless mouse with vibration control device

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mouse for a computer game. In particular, when a computer generates a signal according to the movement of an operation target of a game program while the game is in progress, the oscillator provided in the mouse moves accordingly. The present invention relates to a wireless mouse having a vibration control device of a mouse for allowing a user to feel the liveness of a game program according to the movement of a mouse corresponding to the movement of an object.

In general, a computer needs an operation device such as a keyboard and a mouse to operate a computer, as shown in FIG. 1 attached thereto. As the use of the computer becomes more frequent, most of the software that is being developed in recent years For the purpose of increasing the convenience of the user, it is designed to suppress the keyboard operation as much as possible and to operate only the mouse. In addition, recently produced computer systems deal with various materials such as sound and video since multimedia functions are emphasized.

In this case, a mouse is typically provided with a left button 2 for clicking and a right button 3 for selecting information on the upper part of the mouse housing 1, as shown in FIG. 2. In addition, although not shown in Figure 2 attached to the upper portion of the mouse housing (1) is provided with a ball (track ball) or an optical sensor for detecting the movement of the mouse to detect the movement of the mouse.

Therefore, when the mouse is moved to any position on the plane up, down, left and right, the motion vector at this time is generated as coordinate data and transmitted to the connected computer side. At this time, referring to Fig. 3 briefly attached to the configuration of the inside of the mouse, the X-axis detection unit 10a for detecting the X-axis movement of the track ball rotates according to the movement of the mouse housing and the Y-axis movement of the track ball Coordinate data generator for detecting and outputting coordinate data according to the mouse movement by receiving the detection signals generated by the Y-axis detector 10b and the X-axis detector 10a and the Y-axis detector 10b (11) and serial data for RS-232C communication by receiving a key input of the selection key 12 represented by reference numerals 2 and 3 of FIG. 1 and data generated by the coordinate data generator 11. It consists of a serial converter 13 to generate and deliver it to the computer side.

At this time, the data generated by the serial converter 13 is implemented as shown in Table 1 below, the data format shown in Table 1 is the data format of the mouse of Microsoft Corporation represented by two buttons and three bytes It is a form of.

Bit byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 One 0 One N / U One L R Y7 Y6 X7 X6 2 N / U 0 X5 X4 X3 X2 X1 X0 3 N / U 0 Y5 Y4 Y3 Y2 Y1 Y0

In the Table 1, 7 bits indicated as N / U are bits that are not used, and 5 bits and 4 bits of the first byte represented by L and R are the left button 2 and the right button 3 of the mouse. Indicates the selection state of. In other words, if it is high, it is selected and if it is low, it is represented as non-selected.

In addition, the bits represented by Y7 and X7 are bits representing the movement direction of the mouse, the bits represented by X0 to X6 represent the movement distance of the mouse moved along the X axis, and the bits represented by Y0 to Y6 are represented by The movement distance of the mouse moved along the Y axis.

When the mouse cursor overlapped on the computer screen is clicked by the operation principle as described above, the computer side is displayed to recognize the coordinates of the mouse on the screen and to operate the program by recognizing the operation of the selection key. .

These mice are being used as a substitute for joystick, which is a game controller. That is, since many programs have been developed to replace the functions of the joystick with the mouse, users generally enjoy entertainment using the mouse.

Therefore, while there are techniques proposed for a more lively mouse operation while enjoying a game program, there is no alternative technology that can give life such as a joystick yet.

An object of the present invention for solving the problems described above is to generate a signal according to the movement of the operation target of the game program during the game in the computer accordingly to cause the vibrator provided in the mouse to move correspondingly. According to the present invention, a mouse is provided with a vibration control device of a mouse for allowing a user to feel a liveness of a game program according to a movement of a mouse corresponding to a movement of an operation target, while providing a wireless mouse for user convenience.

1 is a view illustrating a typical appearance of a computer system and connection of an input device;

2 is a perspective view of a conventional mound appearance

3 is an exemplary configuration diagram of the mouse of FIG. 2.

Figure 4 is an exemplary configuration of a mouse having a vibration control device to which the present invention is applied

5 is an exemplary configuration of a wireless mouse having a vibration control device according to the present invention.

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12: Select key 100: Speaker

10a, 10b: detector 11: coordinate data generator

13A: Serial Converter

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is a game application for generating a three-dimensional vector of the movement of the operation target during the driving of the game program and the drive of the program, and coordinate data generated by the mouse in two-way communication with the mouse And a PS / 2 port for transmitting the movement information of the operation target generated in the game application to the mouse, a mouse driving program for data matching between the game application and the PS / 2 port, and the game application and the PS / 2. A computer comprising a mouse driving program for data matching between ports and a wireless transceiver for data communication between the PS / 2 port and the mouse; first to fourth vibrators provided at four corners of the back, and the PS / 2 port. The first to fourth vibrators of the first to fourth vibrators Vibrator control unit for operating the identified road, and is provided to the computer side and a data communication received data is to contain the mouse is composed of a radio transceiver for transmitting toward the oscillator control.

The above objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

First, briefly look at the technical idea to be applied in the present invention, the present invention uses a mouse proposed by the same inventors and applicants as the inventor of the present invention, the configuration is as shown in Figure 4 attached.

4 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a mouse having a vibration control device to which the present invention is applied, and the present invention will be described with reference to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 5.

Looking at the configuration according to the present invention shown in Figure 5, it can be largely divided into the computer side and the mouse side, the configuration of the computer side generates the movement of the operation target during the driving of the game program and the corresponding program in the form of a three-dimensional vector PS / 2 port 300a for receiving the coordinate data generated by the mouse by performing a bidirectional communication with the mouse and the game application 300c for transmitting the motion information of the manipulation target generated in the game application 300c to the mouse side, And a mouse driving program 300b for data matching between the game application 300c and the PS / 2 port 300a and a wireless transceiver 400a for data communication between the PS / 2 port 300a and the mouse. do.

In this case, the mouse driving program 300b receives two-dimensional coordinate data according to a mouse motion vector received through the PS / 2 port 300a and transmits the two-dimensional coordinate data to a microcomputer, a microcomputer in the computer, and the game application 300c. It transmits the movement information of the manipulation target generated in the to the mouse side through the PS / 2 port (300a).

In addition, the mouse side is the X-axis detection unit 10a for detecting the X-axis movement of the track ball rotating in accordance with the movement of the mouse housing, the Y-axis detection unit 10b for detecting the Y-axis movement of the track ball, and the X A coordinate data generator 11 for receiving the detection signals generated by the axis detector 10a and the Y axis detector 10b and detecting and outputting coordinate data according to a mouse movement; and the coordinate data generator 11 A serial converter 13A which binds the data generated from the signal and the selection signal of the selection key 12 to serial communication and transmits the serial signal to the PS / 2 port 300a, and four corners of the rear surface of the mouse housing. Vibrator control unit for manipulating the vibration degree of the first to fourth vibrator (100a to 100d) and the first to fourth vibrator (100a to 100d) based on the motion information of the operation target received through the PS / 2 port (300a) Data communication with 200 and the computer side And it is provided to the received data is transmitted to the oscillator control unit 200 side and the wireless transmission and reception unit 400b for receiving the output signal of the serial converter (13A) and transmits wirelessly is further provided.

Looking at the preferred operation example of the vibration control device of the mouse according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

When a user runs a specific game program and enjoys a game, the game application 300c included in the computer generates a motion control of the game program currently being driven and a movement of an operation target during driving of the program in a 3D vector form. Let's go. That is, three-dimensional coordinate data according to the X, Y, and Z coordinates is transmitted.

The motion information of the manipulation target generated in the game application 300c is inputted from the mouse driving program 300b and converted into serial data that can be communicated through the PS / 2 port 300a, which converts the wireless transceiver 400a. Via wireless data passes to the mouse side.

Accordingly, the vibrator controller 200 inside the mouse receives data received through the wireless transceiver 400b provided in the mouse to detect motion information of the manipulation target generated in the game application 300c.

The vibrator controller 200 controls the vibrator 1 (100a) connected to the vibrator 4 (100d) in accordance with the detected motion information of the operation target. At this time, if the movement of the object manipulated by the user during the game program suddenly descends downward in the advancing direction, since the motion vector will exist only in the -X axis, the vibrator 1 (100a) and the vibrator 3 (100c) do not vibrate and the vibrator 2 does not vibrate. Only 100b and vibrator 4 (100d) are vibrated strongly once. That is, the user feels as if the mouse is bowed forward.

By providing a wireless mouse having a vibration control device according to the present invention operating as described above there is an effect that can increase the user's convenience wirelessly while being able to feel the movement of the operation target feels on the joystick with the mouse.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to particular embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims. Anyone can see it easily.

Claims (1)

The game application 300c for generating a three-dimensional vector motion of a game program and a movement of a manipulation target during driving of the program, and receiving coordinate data generated from a mouse by bidirectionally communicating with a mouse. PS / 2 port (300a) for transmitting the movement information of the operation target generated in the mouse side, the mouse drive program (300b) for data matching between the game application (300c) and the PS / 2 port (300a), and the Computer comprising a mouse driving program 300b for data matching between the game application 300c and the PS / 2 port 300a and a wireless transceiver 400a for data communication between the PS / 2 port 300a and the mouse. Wow: The first to fourth vibrators 100a to 100d provided at four corners of the rear surface, and the first to fourth vibrators 100a to 100d based on the motion information of the operation target received through the PS / 2 port 300a. Oscillator control unit 200 for manipulating the degree of vibration of the control panel; and a mouse, which is provided for data communication with the computer side, and the received data is transmitted and received to the vibrator control unit 200 side. A wireless mouse having a vibration control device, characterized in that.