KR200263153Y1 - Mouse drived foot - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mouse driven with one foot to be operated using the foot.

The present invention is the upper and lower parts are separated and the user's foot is placed, the first input button is located on the upper portion of the body and clicked by the force of the big toe, the lower portion of the heel of the heel The second input button is clicked by the lifting, the length adjusting unit for connecting the top and bottom of the body to adjust the length of the body according to the user's foot length, and is installed to expose a portion of the back of the body A ball rolling by the movement of the foot, a position calculating unit for calculating coordinates of a mouse pointer to be displayed on the screen according to the movement of the ball, and a high frequency transmitting and receiving unit for converting and transmitting the calculated coordinate signal into a high frequency signal.

This configuration improves the computer working environment and the ability of the handicapped to use the computer due to the discomfort of the hand. Can be.

Description

Mouse driven with feet {MOUSE DRIVED FOOT}

The present invention relates to a mouse for a computer, and more particularly to a mouse driven with one foot to operate using a foot.

Generally, a personal computer is composed of a PC main body, a keyboard, a monitor, and a mouse, and a worker uses a mouse and a keyboard to work.

Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional computer is connected to a keyboard 1 and a mouse 2 and a keyboard 1 and a mouse 2 for inputting data and performing commands to a computer using letters and numbers. A signal cable 3 for transmitting various data input and command signals to a computer, a computer main body 4 driven by various data input and command signals transmitted by the signal cable 3, and a computer main body 4; It is connected to the monitor having a monitor (5) to display the input status, such as various data input and commands.

The general computer configured as described above has a signal connected to the keyboard 1 and the mouse 2 when the user operates the keyboard 1 to drive the computer and is driven by various data inputs and commands, or when the mouse 2 is clicked. Input signals and command signals of various data are transmitted to the computer main body 4 by the cable 3, so that signals such as various data and commands by the user's desired work are sent to the monitor 5 connected to the computer main body 4. The computer main body 4 is driven while being displayed.

Since the mouse 2 has a very useful feature that can be freely moved by moving the mouse 2 on the desk, the mouse 2 mentioned above is a very useful human-machine interface that provides computer graphics or various documents. It has been widely used for personal computers or the like, and processing functions relating to position or display information on the display screen input by keyboard 1 input are selected or designated by a simple operation of the mouse 2.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mouse 2 generally has two click buttons 8 and 9 in front of the upper body, and a ball which is designed to be rolled in an arbitrary direction as the user grips and moves the rear surface of the mouse. 7).

The mouse 2 is detachably connected to the computer main body 4 and the signal cable 3 to move the mouse pointer on the X and Y axes. When the ball 7 is moved in the X-axis direction, the teeth of the X axis (not shown) are rotated, and when the ball 7 is moved in the Y-axis direction, the teeth of the Y axis (not shown) are rotated.

Holes are formed in the end portions of the respective X and Y axis teeth. A photodiode is installed with this hole in between. This photodiode 6 is detected by a detector (not shown) which detects light leakage emitted from the hole. The detector outputs the detected light leakage signal to the computer main body 4. Accordingly, the direction and position of the mouse 2 are found. The left and right buttons 8 and 9 formed on the upper side of the mouse 2 are clicked to perform a desired operation by the user. The left button 8 mainly performs a function of selecting a menu by performing a click, a double click, or a drag, and the right button 9 performs an operation of popping a menu.

As the mouse 2, a trackball, a wireless mouse, an optical mouse, and the like are used in accordance with the form thereof. Since these mice 2 are operated by the user's hand, there is a problem that cannot be used in the case of a disabled person who cannot use the hand.

In order to solve this problem, a foot mouse operated using the user's foot as shown in FIG. 3 is disclosed.

Referring to FIG. 3, the conventional foot mouse includes a pedal 10 and 12 having left and right sides, respectively, and a signal cable 14 for connecting the two pedals 10 and 12 to the computer main body.

The left and right pedals 10 and 12 are lifted by the user's foot and move according to the movement of the foot. The detection signal for this movement is transmitted to the computer main body through the signal cable 14 to move the mouse pointer on the screen. In addition, the left pedal 10 mainly performs a function of selecting a menu by performing a click, a double click, or a drag, and the right pedal 12 performs an operation of popping a menu.

However, as shown in FIG. 4, the conventional foot mouse sits in a vertical position in front of a user's desk, moves a mouse pointer on a screen, and selects a menu or opens a menu while moving a mouse pointer on a screen (not shown). In other words, the user's hand inputs signals such as various data and commands through a keyboard (not shown), and the foot moves a mouse pointer on the screen to select a menu or open a menu.

Accordingly, in the process of inputting signals such as various data and commands through the keyboard, when the menu is selected or expanded, the inconvenience of the user's hand operating the mouse is eliminated.

However, in the conventional foot mouse, the foot should be placed at a very small load on the left and right pedals 10, 12 and not diagonally. In addition, the movement of the left and right pedals (10, 12) is a problem that is difficult to operate because it is moved by the movement of the user's ankle.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mouse that is driven by one foot so that it can be easily operated using the foot.

1 shows a schematic system of a computer.

2 is a plan view and an interior view showing a mouse using the hand shown in FIG.

3 is a perspective view showing a mouse using a conventional foot.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state using the foot mouse shown in FIG.

5 is a plan view schematically showing a mouse driven with a foot according to the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing the user's feet placed on the foot mouse shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a second input button shown in FIG. 5.

8 is a perspective view showing the length adjustment portion shown in FIG.

9 is a flow chart showing the operation of the foot mouse according to the present invention.

10 is a view showing the mammary gland mouse according to the present invention.

11 is a plan view showing an optical mouse driven by the foot according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing>

1: keyboard 2: hand mouse

3, 14: signal cable 4, 20: computer body

5: Monitor 6, 32, 34: Photodiode

7, 36: ball 8: left button

9: right button 10, 12: pedal

24: first input button 26: second input button

28: motor 30: position calculation unit

31, 33: X and Y shaft teeth 38: RF transmitter and receiver

40: foot mouse 42: upper body

44: lower body 46: body

50: adjusting frame 52: length adjustment screw

54: screw hole 56: hole

In order to achieve the above object, the mouse driven by the foot according to the present invention is the top and bottom of the body is removable and the user's foot is placed, the first input button is located on the top of the body by the force of the big toe And a second input button positioned at the bottom of the body and clicked by the lifting of the heel, and a length adjusting unit connecting the top and the bottom of the body to adjust the length of the body according to the length of the user's foot. And a position calculating unit installed to expose a portion of the rear surface of the body and rolling the ball by the movement of the foot, a position calculating unit for calculating the coordinates of the mouse pointer to be displayed on the screen according to the movement of the ball, and the calculated coordinate signal. It is provided with a high frequency transmitting and receiving unit for converting the signal into a signal.

Other objects and features of the present invention in addition to the above objects will become apparent from the description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 11.

Referring to Figure 5 in conjunction with Figure 6, the mouse driven by the foot according to the present invention is located in the body 46 and the upper body 42 of the body 46, the upper and lower portions are removable and the user's foot is placed. The first input button 26 clicked by the user's big toe force, the second input button 26 positioned at the lower body 44 of the body 46 and clicked by the user's heel force; By connecting the upper body 42 and the lower body 44 of the body 46, the length adjustment unit 50 is adjustable according to the user's foot length, and is installed to expose a portion of the back of the body 46 of the foot The ball 36 rolled by the movement, the position calculation unit 30 for calculating the coordinates of the mouse pointer displayed on the screen according to the movement of the ball 36, and the high frequency transmission / reception unit for converting and transmitting the calculated coordinate signal into a high frequency signal. 38 is provided.

The body 46 is manufactured in the shape of a foot of a user. That is, the portion corresponding to the toe position has a curved shape so that any of the left and right feet can be used.

The edge of the body 46 protrudes to a predetermined height so that the foot 100 does not deviate from the body 46 when the foot 100 moves in a state where the foot 100 is placed, and the user's foot 100 in the body 46. Unevenness | corrugation 74 is formed so that this may not slip.

The first input button 24 of the upper body 42 is provided with left and right input buttons 24a and 24b to be used as one of the left and right feet according to the user.

In order to select any one of the left and right input buttons 24a and 24b, a switching switch 25 is installed at one side of the upper body 42.

In detail, when the telephone switch 25 is switched to the first point, the foot mouse 40 can be operated by the user's left foot, and when the user switches to the second point, the foot mouse 40 is operated by the user's right foot. You can do it.

The first input button 24 plays the same role as the left button of a conventional hand mouse, and selects a menu, that is, clicks, double-clicks, and drags. It is pressed by the user's big toe force using the lever principle. This is because the user's foot is inconvenient to move each finger separately, such as fingers, the first input button 24 is installed corresponding to the position of the big toe.

The second input button 26 of the lower body 44 plays the same role as the right button of the conventional hand mouse, and performs an operation such as menu unfolding. When the second input button 26 slightly lifts the heel of the user, the switch unit 72 operates to perform a command such as menu open.

Referring to FIG. 7, the second input button 26 is installed below the lower body 44. The second input button 26 is moved up and down by a predetermined elastic force by the lever principle. A switch unit 72 is installed below the second input button 26, and the two protrusions 76 protruding from the second input button 26 are formed on the stepped portion on the upper surface of the lower body 44. 78).

Accordingly, when the heel placed on the user's second input button 26 is lifted, the switch 73 is dropped, and the foot mouse 40 serves to open a menu.

To this end, the switch 73 of the switch unit 72 is provided with a spring 71 having a predetermined elastic force and an inverter (not shown). The spring 71 transmits an elastic force to the second input button 26, and the inverter serves to click the second input button 26 only when the user's foot 100 is lifted from the second input button 26. Do it.

Due to the inverter installed in the second input button 26, the user slightly lifts the heel and clicks in a comfortable state. As a result, fatigue of the user's foot 100 is minimized.

In addition, the height of the switch 73 is adjusted by the user in order to adjust the degree of click as the user's foot 100 is lifted. This prevents a click when the user's foot 100 moves finely.

The length adjusting frame 50 is fixed to the upper body 42 as shown in FIG. 8, and a plurality of screw holes 54 are formed at both sides in order to fasten the lower body 44. In addition, one hole 56 is formed on both side surfaces of the lower body 44, respectively. Such, the spacing of the screw holes 54 is preferably formed to the interval of at least about 5mm.

In addition, the length adjustment frame 50 is made to make a minimum step with the surface of the body 46 in order to prevent fatigue of the foot 100 due to the distance difference caused by the length adjustment.

Accordingly, after adjusting the position of the lower body 44 according to the length of the user's foot 100, the length adjusting screw 52 through the hole 56 formed on both sides of the lower body 44 to adjust the length It is fastened to one of the plurality of screw holes 54 formed in the frame 50. Accordingly, the lower body 44 is fixed to the upper body 42 so that the length of the foot mouse 40 is adapted to the length of the foot 100 of the user.

The ball 36 moves the mouse pointer on the X and Y axes of a screen (not shown) according to the movement of the foot 100 of the user. The ball 36 is installed close to the toes so that the user can move the foot 100 comfortably in a sitting position to move the mouse pointer.

As the ball 36 rotates in the X-axis direction, the rotation axis X rotates, and the X-axis teeth 33 installed at the end of the rotation axis X rotate, and the rotation axis Y as the ball 36 rotates in the Y-axis direction. Is rotated so that the Y-axis teeth 33 installed at the end of the rotation axis Y rotates. Holes are formed in the end portions of the X and Y axis teeth 31 and 33, and photodiodes 32 and 34 are provided with the X and Y axis teeth 31 and 33 interposed therebetween. The photodiodes 32 and 34 detect light leakage emitted from the holes.

Signals corresponding to the movement of the X-axis and the Y-axis detected from the photodiodes 32 and 34 are supplied to the position calculating section 30.

The position calculator 30 counts the electrical signals supplied from the photodiodes 32 and 34 as the ball 36 of the foot mouse 40 rotates, calculates coordinates of the mouse pointer on the screen, and calculates the calculated signal. The RF transmitter / receiver 38 is supplied.

The RF transmitter / receiver 38 plays a role of transmitting and receiving data between the foot mouse 40 and the computer main body 20 by radio, and the mouse part transmits the movement of the foot mouse 40 and a user's command. Receives information about the main body 20, the computer body portion receives the position information of the foot mouse 40 and the user's command from the transmission unit of the foot mouse 40 and receives information about the computer main body 20 It transmits to the foot mouse 40.

In detail, the RF transmitter / receiver 38 converts the electrical signal supplied from the position calculator 30 into a high frequency signal and transmits the signal. In addition, the computer main body 20 receives a high frequency signal indicating that the coordinates of the mouse pointer is at the edge and supplies it to the position calculation unit 30.

On the other hand, the foot mouse 40 is further provided with a vibration actuator (Actuator) 28 for applying a vibration to the body 46 to inform the user according to the screen deviation signal of the mouse pointer received from the computer main body 20 .

The vibrating actuator 28 rotates when the mouse pointer is positioned at the edge of the screen to vibrate the foot mouse 40 to inform that the foot mouse 40 is out of the screen. At this time, when the user moves the mouse pointer into the screen by moving the foot 100, the rotation of the vibration actuator 28 is stopped and the vibration is stopped.

As such, the foot mouse 40 is placed on the foot mouse 40 so that the ball 36 moves on the X-axis and the Y-axis according to the cloud by moving the foot 100. At this time, the user presses the first input button 24 with the user's big toe or clicks or double-clicks to select a menu. When the heel is slightly lifted, the second input button 26 is pressed to expand the selected menu to execute a user command. You can tell.

On the other hand, since the user's hand does not need to operate the foot mouse 40, information and data are typed using a keyboard (not shown). That is, there is no need to select or open various menus while typing.

Referring to Figure 9 describes the operation of the mouse driven by the foot according to the present invention.

First, the user adjusts the lower body 44 to fit the length adjusting part 50 of the foot mouse 40 to fit the size of his foot 100. Then, sitting on the chair will put the foot 100 on the foot mouse (40).

The user generates the drag signal of the mouse 40 by using the foot 100 during the operation, and also generates the left / right click signal by using the big toe and the heel of the foot 100, that is, the foot ( By moving the ball 100 to rotate the ball 36 installed on the back of the foot mouse (40).

The second step of generating the movement coordinates and the click command of the mouse pointer according to the drag signal and the left / right click signal, that is, as the ball 36 rotates, the position calculator 30 is supplied from the photodiodes 32 and 34. The coordinates of the screen of the mouse pointer are calculated by counting the X and Y axes, respectively. The calculated movement coordinates and click command of the mouse pointer are converted into a high frequency signal, and the radio frequency signal is received and converted into an electrical signal to execute a mouse pointer displayed on the screen or a command according to the click command.

A third step of determining which point of the screen of the detected mouse pointer is pointing.

When the mouse pointer does not leave the screen, the computer body 20 receives the screen position signal of the mouse pointer supplied from the position calculating unit 30 through the RF transmitter / receiver 38 in the upper body 42 of the foot mouse 40. It transmits to the RF transmitter / receiver 38 installed in the network. In addition, when the user presses the first input button 24 with the user's big toe, or slightly lifts the heel, the second input button 26 is pressed and clicked through the computer RF 20 through the mouse RF transmitter / receiver 38. Is sent. (Step 4)

The computer main body 20 receives the screen position signal of the mouse pointer, moves the mouse pointer on the screen, and selects a menu on the screen by input signals from the first and second input buttons 24 and 26 to display corresponding information. Or expand the menu (Step 5).

On the other hand, when the mouse pointer on the screen is off the screen and positioned at a specific position of the screen, that is, the edge of the screen, the vibration actuator 28 is rotated. (Step 6) The foot is rotated by the vibration actuator 28. Since the mouse 40 is vibrated, the user knows that the mouse pointer is off the screen. (7th step)

As such, the mouse driven by the foot according to the present invention can be used more easily and conveniently for the handicapped person with discomfort, thereby improving the working environment. Since the function of the hand mouse is implemented as it is, it gives the same work result as the hand mouse and the handicapped person can easily operate it without difficulty.

In addition, in the case of general users who are not disabled, there are frequent movements between the hand mouse and the keyboard at the time of work, and thus the work flow is interrupted and work efficiency is reduced. However, the present invention improves work efficiency because the hands and feet share the keyboard and the mouse because the mouse is operated using the foot. As a result, fatigue of the upper body generated during computer work for a long time can be reduced.

On the other hand, the mouse driven by the foot according to the present invention can be carried out by a wire rather than a wireless using a wire instead of the RF transmitter and receiver 38.

Referring to FIG. 10, the mouse driven by a foot according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a cable 70 for transmitting data between the foot mouse 40 and the computer main body 20 instead of the RF transmitter / receiver 38. do. Through the cable 70, data on the position of the mouse pointer is transmitted to the computer main body 20 from the position-oriented unit 30.

The cable 70 is connected to the USB port to the computer main body 20 using a USB (Universal Serial Bus) to transmit the mouse pointer position information of the foot mouse (40).

The mouse driven by the foot according to the present invention can be applied to an optical mouse using an optical sensor instead of the ball 36.

Referring to FIG. 11, an optical mouse typically includes a light emitting diode 62, a CMOS light sensor 64 for detecting an amount of light emitted from the light emitting diode 62, a light emitting diode 62, and a light sensor 64. And a lens 64 for guiding light to the optical sensor 64. Here, the optical mouse is installed close to the toe so that the user can move the foot 100 comfortably in a sitting position.

The optical mouse detects the position of the mouse pointer according to the amount of light emitted from the light emitting diode 62 and emitted by the optical sensor 64 through the lens 62 according to the movement of the foot 100. .

The optical mouse using the optical sensor 64 is also applied to the wireless mouse shown in FIG. 6 and the wired mouse using the cable and USB port shown in FIG.

As described above, the foot-driven mouse according to the present invention improves the use and improvement of the computer working environment of the handicapped person who has a disability of using the mouse due to the inconvenience of the hand and improves the use of the computer. It can improve convenience and work efficiency.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the utility model registration claims.

Claims (3)

A body on which the upper and lower parts are detachable and the user's feet are placed, A first input button positioned above the body and clicked by a force of the big toe, A second input button positioned below the body and clicked by lifting of the heel; A length adjusting unit for connecting the upper and lower portions of the body to adjust the length of the body according to the length of the foot of the user; A ball which is installed to expose a part of the back of the body and rolls by the movement of the foot, A position calculator for calculating coordinates of a mouse pointer to be displayed on a screen according to the movement of the ball; And a high frequency transmitter / receiver for converting the calculated coordinate signal into a high frequency signal for transmission. The method of claim 1 And a motor installed on the body to further include a motor which vibrates to inform the user when the coordinates of the mouse pointer are coordinates of edges of the screen. The method of claim 1, The body is a mouse driven by the foot, characterized in that the surface and the edge has a predetermined step, irregularities are formed on the surface of the body to prevent the slip of the foot on the body.