KR20110119639A - Mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

The mouse includes a housing having a first housing surface shaped to fit a user's hand and a second housing surface in a plane facing the first housing surface, at least one movement tracking member at least partially positioned in the housing, and the housing And at least one display unit located at least partially. The display unit is configured to display an image representing at least a portion of the image displayed on the main display of the computer.

Description

Mouse {Mouse}

The present invention claims priority based on US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 143,702 filed on January 9, 2009, the contents of the above-mentioned US provisional patent application It is used here as a reference.

The present invention relates to a positioning device for a computer, and more particularly to an electromechanical mouse input device for a computer.

Computer mouse input devices are well known in the art. In general, moving a mouse in the X-Y plane drives a mechanical, optical, or electrical device within the mouse to generate position signals for X and Y, and deliver them to the computer. Computers use the X and Y position signals of the mouse to manipulate the display of the computer screen and typically allow the user to control the program. Computer mice also typically have one or more buttons to help the user further control the computer program. The mouse and mouse buttons allow the user to move the cursor or other positioning device to a specific point on the computer screen and press one or more buttons to run specific computer program functions. Pressing the button down drives the mouse button.

Computer mice are one of the indispensable peripherals for computer control. Computer mice include conventional roller type mice, trackball type mice, touchpad sensitive type mice, and optical mice.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a mouse comprising a display configured to display at least a portion of an image shown on a main display of a computer.

A mouse provided with a touch sensitive surface is disclosed. The mouse is one of a laser mouse, an optical mouse, a mechanical ball mouse and other mice. In a preferred embodiment, the top of the mouse consists of a display.

In one embodiment, the mouse is configured such that the display at the mouse base can be magnified on the touch-sensitive surface of the mouse. The mouse provides general mouse functionality and the touch sensitive surface is configured to operate as a touch screen.

In one embodiment, the mouse constitutes a magnifying glass. If the screen position indication corresponding to the mouse indicates somewhere on the computer screen, that portion is enlarged and displayed on the mouse.

In another embodiment, the mouse functions as a secondary display. Keys can be dragged from the keyboard to the mouse, improving the input method for programmers, gamers, or graphic designers. For example, delete and insert keys, arrow keys, and the like can be dragged with a mouse to function as virtual keys.

In one embodiment, the mouse is equipped with a transparent cover to protect the touch sensitive surface when the mouse only functions as a mouse and / or secondary display.

In one embodiment, the mouse displays one or more web pages and preferably plays the one or more pages all day. For example, a stock investor can choose a stock price graph that will be kept on the mouse all day, and the stock investor can track the stock all day, whatever is displayed on the home screen.

Many screensavers can be used with the mouse, including a photo album screensaver that cycles through the pictures at rest.

The touch screen mouse can be used as an excellent password storage device. All of the user passwords are entered via the mouse, and the mouse enters the user password. In one embodiment, the password may be stored in accordance with biometric data.

In one embodiment, the touchscreen mouse is configured to be used as a notepad and the memo can be transferred to the main screen. The mouse can be used as an alarm clock to vibrate itself or cause the computer to generate sound.

In one embodiment, the mouse can be wired or wireless and have a USB port therein. In another embodiment, the device includes software for using an optical element, a built-in laser or a sensor of the mobile phone to provide the mobile phone with the ability to convert the mobile phone into a touch screen mouse with a USB connection.

Mice have interrelationships that allow for smooth transmission from computer to mobile, such as documents, calendars, and the like.

In one embodiment, the mouse has a number of buttons and scroll wheels, such as right and left mouse buttons. The touch sensitive surface of the mouse can be configured to mimic the actual shape of the buttons and scroll wheel.

In one embodiment, the surface of the mouse is a touch sensitive LCD display. In another embodiment, the surface of the mouse is touch sensitive and the overall shape allows the display at the base of the mouse to be enlarged. In another embodiment, the mouse is not touch-sensitive but provides a display. The display is an LCD display, a plasma display or other display. The user can see the display device or the display can be projected onto the mouse body. All or part of the mouse body is configured to project the display there. Otherwise, the mouse body becomes the display portion.

In one embodiment, the mouse display functions as a rifle gun telescopic scope or other equipment or device to aid game play. The display unit can also guide a user's finger for complex touch screen operation.

The present invention has the effect of displaying one or more web pages and preferably reproducing the one or more pages all day long.

In addition, the present invention also has an effect of enlarged display of the portion of the mouse when the screen position display corresponding to the mouse indicates somewhere on the computer screen.

The present invention also has the effect of improving the input method for programmers, gamers or graphic designers by allowing keys to be pulled from the keyboard to the mouse.

1 is a plan view showing a mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the mouse of FIG. 1. FIG.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figure 1 or 2 will be described a specific embodiment of a mouse according to the present invention.

1 is a plan view showing a mouse 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the mouse 10 includes a right mouse button 12, a left mouse button 14, and a scroll wheel 16. The right mouse button 12 and the left mouse button 14 can operate as mechanical buttons or touch sensitive buttons. Likewise, scroll wheel 16 can operate as a mechanical scroll wheel or a touch-sensitive scroll wheel. In one embodiment, the mouse further comprises at least one touch sensitive function button or touch sensitive area 22. In a preferred embodiment, the touch sensitive area 22 is user configurable. The cursor control or positioning means 26 for the mouse 10 may be a track ball, laser, optics, CCD element, or the like. Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention is embodied by the mouse 10, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be embodied by a joystick, a track ball, or the like.

The mouse 10 includes a display unit 20. The display unit 20 is one of an LCD display, a plasma display, an LED display, or other displays. The display unit 20 consists of an array of pixels arranged in two orthogonal dimensions to form a two dimensional display, where the X and Y coordinates are used to indicate the position of each pixel in the array. The display unit 20 is configured to display a portion of the image displayed on the main monitor of the computer 100 to which the mouse is connected. In one embodiment, the display unit 20 is disposed at a distance from the surface of the mouse body. Preferably, the mouse body is configured to enlarge the displayed image. The image is enlarged and displayed in the predetermined area 32. In one embodiment, the display 20 is disposed very close to the surface of the mouse 10. At least a portion of the surface of the mouse is a touch panel so that the mouse functions as a touch screen. In one embodiment, the display 20 is adapted to the appearance of the mouse 10. The image displayed on the display unit 20 is enlarged due to the shape and refractive index of the mouse body. Otherwise, a Fresnel lens or other magnifying glass is used.

The mouse 10 is connected to the computer 100 via at least one of a wired connection 18 such as a PS / 2 or USB connection or a wireless connection 24 such as a Bluetooth connection. In addition to image data and mouse button control, mouse positioning data is transferred between the mouse and the computer via the connection. In one embodiment, the mouse 10 comprises a USB port 34. The externally exposed USB port 34 can be used to connect additional devices.

In one embodiment, the mouse 10 is equipped with a memory 28. The memory 28 is configured to store a picture to be used as a screensaver for the display unit 20. The memory 28 may store a button configuration for the touch sensitive area 22. Mouse 10 is preferably provided with a microprocessor (29). The microprocessor 29, together with the memory 28, provides functions for the display unit 20 and various touch sensitive surfaces. The user may set the touch sensitive area 22 of the mouse 10. In one embodiment, the touchscreen may be used for fingerprint recognition or other input means.

The central processing unit (CPU) or the processor 29 of the computer 100 will perform the functions described below. The central processing unit or processor may be one of many known devices. The mouse 10 includes a memory 28, which may be provided with both a RAM and a ROM.

The display device 20 may be set by at least one of the computer 100 and the microprocessor 29 to which the mouse 10 is connected. The user may set the display 20 to display all or part of an image displayed on the main display of the computer 100 to which the mouse 10 is connected.

In one embodiment of the invention, when the mouse 10 moves the cursor of the computer 100 display, the display area proximate the cursor is enlarged. The enlarged image is displayed on the display unit 20 of the mouse 10 in this manner so that the zoom function can be easily performed without changing the main display of the computer 100.

As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 20 ′ displays a portion of the computer display to which the mouse 10 is connected. For example, the display unit 20 'displays only the stock chart. In the preferred embodiment, the display 20 'is continuously updated or played back. Similarly, display 20 may be configured to display a photo or other image stored in computer or memory 28.

In one embodiment, the mouse 10 may be set to a gaming target field of view. In this case, the target field of view 30 may be displayed on the display unit 20. Preferably, the user moves the field of view 30 using the touch-sensitive surface of the mouse 10 to track the target displayed on the display unit 20 as well. Shooting using the field of view 30 can be achieved by double-clicking the mouse button 12, 14 or the user defined button 22 or the field of view 30.

The display unit 20 for the mouse 10 may be set using the computer 100 or the display unit 20 may be set using the touch menu generated by the microprocessor 29. In one embodiment, the touchscreen may be used to enter a password stored in memory 28. Otherwise, the password is entered using the computer 100. The password may be stored in a USB fob connected to the USB port 34.

In one embodiment of the invention, the mouse 10 is a mobile phone for operating a mouse application. The display of the cellular phone functions as the display unit 20. The user can select a portion of the main screen of the computer 100 to display on the display of the cellular phone. In one embodiment, the camera of the cellular phone is used for cursor control of the computer 100. Otherwise, the cell phone's position sensor can be used for cursor control.

The present invention can be described in terms of functional block elements, code lists, any selectable and various processing steps. It should be understood that the functional block may be realized by several hardware and / or software components configured to perform a specific function. For example, the present invention may use various integrated circuit components, such as memory elements, processing elements, logic elements, lookup tables, etc., which are controlled by one or more microprocessors or other control devices to perform various functions. Done.

Similarly, the software of the present invention may be performed in a programming or scripting language such as C, C ++, C #, Java, COBOL, assembler, PERL, etc., and various algorithms may be combined with data structures, objects, processes, routines or other programming elements. Is performed.

It should also be noted that the present invention can use several conventional techniques for data transmission, signal display, data processing, network control, and the like.

The specific embodiments described herein are intended to illustrate the invention and its best practice, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Indeed, for simplicity, conventional data networking, application development, and other functional aspects of the system (and individual operating elements of the system) are not described in detail herein. In addition, the connecting lines shown in the various figures included herein are intended to indicate exemplary functional relationships and / or actual or virtual connections between the various components. It should be appreciated that many alternative or additional functional relationships or real or virtual connections may be possible in a real electronic data communication system.

As will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art, the present invention may be embodied in methods, data processing systems, data processing devices, and / or computer program creations. Therefore, the present invention can be embodied as an embodiment in the form of software as a whole, an embodiment in the form of hardware as a whole, or an embodiment in which software and hardware are combined. The invention may also be presented in the form of a computer program creation implemented on a storage medium having computer readable program code means. Appropriate computer-readable storage media may be used including hard disks, CD-ROMs, optical storage devices, magnetic storage devices and / or other storage devices.

The present invention is described in the context of block diagrams, apparatus (eg systems) and computer program creations in accordance with various aspects of the present invention. Each of the individual functional blocks of the block diagram, the flowchart illustrations, and the combination of the functional blocks and the flowchart illustrations of the block diagram can be performed by computer program instructions. The computer program instructions may be loaded into a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other program operable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, and the instructions executed in the computer or other program operable data processing apparatus may be a flowchart block or blocks. Create an agency that performs the functions specified in.

The computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable memory capable of instructing a computer or other program operable data processing device to function in a particular manner, the instructions stored in the computer readable memory being a flowchart block. Or to produce an article of manufacture comprising instruction means for performing a function assigned to the blocks. The computer program instructions are also loaded into a data processing device capable of operating a computer or other program to cause a series of operating steps to be performed on the computer or other program operable device, thereby creating a process performed on the computer and operating the computer or other program. Instructions executed in this possible apparatus will provide for performing the functions assigned to the flowchart block or blocks.

Thus, the functional blocks of the block diagram support a combination of components for performing a specific function, a combination of steps for performing a specific function, and computer instruction means for performing a specific function. Individual functional block and flowchart illustrations in a block diagram and functional block and flowchart illustrations in a block diagram may be performed by either a special-purpose hardware-based computer system or a suitable combination of special-purpose hardware and computer instructions that performs a particular function or step. It can be seen that.

Those skilled in the art can also make the database, system or component of the present invention a single location or a combination of databases or components in a single location for security reasons and each database or system can be configured with firewalls, access It will be appreciated that it may comprise access codes, encryption, de-encryption, compression, decompression and / or various other security devices.

The scope of the invention should be determined by the claims and their legal equivalents rather than the examples presented herein. For example, the steps listed in a method claim may be performed in any order and are not limited to the order set forth in the claim. Moreover, no configuration is indispensable in the practice of the present invention unless stated herein as "critical" or "essential."

While the invention has been described in accordance with the preferred embodiments, it will be appreciated that various modifications are possible within the scope of the described creativity. Thus, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, but has a scope of effect permitted by the language of the claims.

10: mouse
12: right mouse button
14: left mouse button
16: scroll wheel
18: wired connection
20: display unit
22: touch sensitive area
24: wireless connection
26: positioning means
28: memory
29 microprocessor
34: USB port
100: computer

Claims (19)

A housing having a first housing surface shaped to fit a user's hand and a second housing surface in a plane facing the first housing surface;
At least one motion tracking member located at least partially within the housing; And
And at least one display portion at least partially located within the housing, wherein the display portion is configured to display an image representing at least a portion of the image displayed on the main display of the computer. The method of claim 1,
And the display unit is configured to display an image by projecting the image onto at least a portion of the housing. The method of claim 2,
At least a portion of the image projected from the housing is configured as a touch sensitive input unit. The method of claim 2,
A right mouse button disposed in the housing;
A left mouse button disposed in the housing; And
And at least one user settable touch sensitive input unit disposed in the housing. The method of claim 2,
And the housing magnifies at least a portion of the image displayed on the main display of the computer. The method of claim 2,
The mouse further comprises a user accessible memory (user accessible memory). The method of claim 6,
And the user access memory is configured to store at least one of a password and an image. The method of claim 7, wherein
And the mouse is configured to display a stored image on a screensaver for a display unit. The method of claim 2,
And the display unit is an LCD display or a plasma display. The method of claim 2,
And the mouse is configured to be connected to the computer by at least one of a USB connection and a wireless connection. The method of claim 10,
The wireless connection is a mouse, characterized in that the Bluetooth connection. The method of claim 1,
And the display unit is disposed proximate to at least a portion of the housing. The method of claim 12,
At least a portion of the housing in which the display unit is disposed comprises a touch sensitive input unit. The method of claim 12,
A right mouse button disposed in the housing;
A left mouse button disposed in the housing; And
And at least one user settable touch sensitive input unit disposed in the housing. A housing having a first housing surface shaped to fit a user's hand and a second housing surface in a plane facing the first housing surface;
At least one motion tracking member located at least partially within the housing; And
And at least one display portion located at least partially within the housing, wherein the display portion is configured to display an image. 16. The method of claim 15,
And said image is at least a portion of an image displayed on a main display of a computer. 16. The method of claim 15,
At least a portion of the image is not displayed on the main display of the computer. 16. The method of claim 15,
At least a portion of the housing is a touch sensitive input unit. The method of claim 18,
And the touch sensitive input unit is a biometric input method.

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