TWM560052U - Control device - Google Patents

Abstract

A control device for controlling a personal computer includes a touch unit and a control unit. The touch unit includes a touch panel for sensing an external touch behavior. The control unit includes a control module electrically connected to the touch panel, and a memory module electrically connected to the control module. The memory module is configured to store at least one initial coordinate. The control module obtains an external touch behavior sensed by the touch panel to generate a touch coordinate. The control module analyzes the position of the touch coordinates based on the initial coordinates to generate a control command for controlling the personal computer.

Description

Control device

The present invention relates to a control device, and more particularly to a control device suitable for controlling a personal computer and a control method thereof.

The mouse and the keyboard are devices that are very familiar to the average person to control a personal computer. Many computer games are also controlled by a mouse and a keyboard, and are a very popular computer control device.

There is also a computer control device which is a touchpad. The main function is a mouse device to control the mouse in the personal computer, but the operation mode of the touchpad is inconvenient, and the average person only has no mouse device. Replace the mouse device with a touchpad.

Therefore, many PC games do not support the control of the touchpad. They simply connect the touchpad control commands with the control commands of the mouse device to control the mouse in the personal computer. Therefore, the touchpad cannot be effectively controlled. In general PC games, the average player does not use the touchpad as a control device for controlling personal computer games.

Therefore, how to make the touchpad can simulate a variety of game control devices to support the control of personal computer games, players can use the touchpad to completely control the game of the personal computer, which is the goal of the relevant technical personnel.

In view of this, one of the purposes of the present invention is to provide an operation The control device controls the personal computer to sense an external touch behavior, and includes a setting step, an initial step, a sensing step, a comparison step, and a control step.

First perform this setting step and select the analog control mode according to the user definition.

The initial step is then performed, and the control device virtualizes at least one initial coordinate.

The sensing step is then performed, and the manipulation device senses the external touch behavior to generate a touch information, and records the location of the touch information to generate a touch coordinate.

Then, the comparison step is performed, and the position of the touch coordinates is analyzed based on the initial coordinates, and a control command is generated.

Finally, the control step is executed to control the personal computer with the control command.

Another technical means of the present invention is that the control method of the above-mentioned control device further comprises a repeating step after the control step, and the sensing step is performed again at intervals.

Another technical means of the present invention is that in the comparison step, the touch coordinates may also be the initial coordinates, and the control command is generated based on the initial coordinates, and in the control step, the mouse command is simulated by the control command. mode.

A further technical means of the present invention is that in the initial step, the initial coordinate is a center point coordinate, and in the comparing step, the touch coordinate relative to the center point coordinate is marked as the control command, control In the step, the joystick manipulation mode is simulated by the control command.

Another technical means of the present invention is that in the initial step, the initial coordinate is a central axis coordinate, and in the comparing step, the touch coordinate relative to the central axis coordinate is marked as the control command. In the control step, the steering command manipulation mode is simulated by the control command.

Another technical means of the present invention is that in the setting step described above, the user selects one of a mouse manipulation mode, a joystick manipulation mode, and a steering wheel manipulation mode by the personal computer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a control device suitable for the above control method of a control device, which is electrically connected to a personal computer for sensing an external touch behavior, and includes a touch unit, and a control unit.

The touch unit includes a touch panel for sensing the external touch behavior.

The control unit includes a control module electrically connected to the touch panel, and a memory module electrically connected to the control module, wherein the control module obtains an external touch behavior sensed by the touch panel to generate a Touching the coordinates, the memory module is configured to store at least one initial coordinate, the initial coordinate is one of the touch coordinate, a center point coordinate, and a center axis coordinate, and the control module analyzes the initial coordinate as a base point The position of the touch is touched to generate a control command to operate the personal computer.

A further technical means of the present invention is that the control device further includes a keyboard unit, and the keyboard unit includes a keyboard matrix electrically connected to the control module, the keyboard matrix is configured to sense the external touch behavior. So that the control module controls the personal computer.

Another technical means of the present invention is that the control device further includes an auxiliary unit, the auxiliary unit includes at least one auxiliary button electrically connected to the control module, and an auxiliary roller electrically connected to the control module, and An auxiliary rocker electrically connected to the control module, the auxiliary button, the auxiliary roller, and the auxiliary rocker are used to sense the external touch behavior, so that the control module controls the personal computer.

The beneficial effect of the present invention is that the initial coordinates stored in the memory module are one of the touch coordinates, a center point coordinate, and a center axis coordinate, so that the control module can initiate the initial mode in different modes. The coordinate is a base point analysis of the position of the touch coordinate to generate the manipulation command to provide the user to select one of a mouse manipulation mode, a joystick manipulation mode, and a steering wheel manipulation mode to control the personal computer.

A‧‧‧External touch behavior

2‧‧‧Personal Computer

31‧‧‧Touch unit

311‧‧‧ Trackpad

32‧‧‧Control unit

321‧‧‧Control Module

322‧‧‧Memory Module

33‧‧‧Key unit

331‧‧‧Keyboard Matrix

34‧‧‧Auxiliary unit

341‧‧‧Auxiliary button

342‧‧‧Auxiliary wheel

343‧‧‧Auxiliary rocker

41‧‧‧ initial coordinates

42‧‧‧Touch information

43‧‧‧Touch coordinates

44‧‧‧Control instructions

45‧‧‧Center coordinates

46‧‧‧Center axis coordinates

901~906‧‧ steps

1 is a schematic view of a preferred embodiment of a control device of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a device for illustrating a control unit of the preferred embodiment; FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating the preferred embodiment FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the simulated mouse state of the preferred embodiment; FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the simulated rocker aspect of the preferred embodiment; and FIG. 6 is a schematic view illustrating Analog steering mode of the preferred embodiment kind.

The details of the related patents and the technical contents of the present invention will be clearly shown in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that before the detailed description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, a preferred embodiment of a control device of the present invention is electrically coupled to a personal computer 2 for sensing an external touch behavior A to operate the personal computer 2, the control device A touch unit 31, a control unit 32, a keyboard unit 33, and an auxiliary unit 34 are included.

The external touch behavior A is a behavior of the user touching, pressing, or moving the control device to control the personal computer 2 .

The touch unit 31 includes a touch panel 311 for sensing the external touch behavior A. When the external touch behavior A touches the touch panel 311 or moves on the touch panel 311, the circuit in the touch panel 311 can react to detect the external touch behavior A. The position of the touchpad 311. Since the computer technology is controlled by touch, it has been known to the industry and widely used in commercially available products, and will not be described in detail herein.

The control unit 32 includes a control module 321 electrically connected to the touch panel 311 , and a memory module 322 electrically connected to the control module 321 . The control module 321 obtains the external touch behavior A sensed by the touch panel 311 to generate a touch coordinate 43. The memory module 322 is configured to store at least one initial Starting coordinates 41. The initial coordinate 41 is one of the touch coordinates 43, a center point coordinate 45, and a center axis coordinate 46. The control module 321 analyzes the position of the touch coordinates 43 based on the initial coordinates 41 to generate a control command 44 for controlling the personal computer 2.

When the control module 321 analyzes the position of the touch coordinate 43 based on the initial coordinate 41 and generates the control command 44, the touch coordinate 43 is stored in the initial coordinate 41, and the new touch is detected again. The coordinate 43, the touch panel 311 can be simulated in a mouse manipulation mode.

When the initial coordinate 41 is used as the base point coordinate 45 as a base point, analyzing the position of the touch coordinate 43 generates the control command 44, so that the touch panel 311 can simulate a rocker control mode (Thumbstick).

When the initial coordinate 41 is the base axis coordinate 46 as a base point, analyzing the position of the touch coordinate 43 generates the control command 44, so that the touch panel 311 can simulate a steering wheel.

The control module 321 can receive the user's operation to perform parameter setting on the control device or select a control mode.

The keyboard unit 33 includes a keyboard matrix 331 electrically connected to the control module 321 . The keyboard matrix 331 is configured to sense the external touch behavior A so that the control module 321 controls the personal computer 2 . The keyboard matrix 331 is a general keyboard, and a text command can be input to the personal computer 2.

The auxiliary unit 34 includes at least one auxiliary button 341 electrically connected to the control module 321 , an auxiliary roller 342 electrically connected to the control module 321 , and an auxiliary rocker 343 electrically connected to the control module 321 . The The auxiliary button 341, the auxiliary roller 342, and the auxiliary rocker 343 are used to sense the external touch behavior A, so that the control module 321 controls the personal computer 2.

Preferably, the auxiliary button 341 is two buttons disposed under the touch panel 311 for simulating the left and right buttons of the mouse, and is matched with the touch panel 311 as a simulated mouse. . The auxiliary roller 342 can issue an instruction to slide up and down the personal computer 2, and the auxiliary rocker 343 can issue a movement instruction to the personal computer 2. In actual implementation, the control device can directly set the touch panel 311 to operate the computer device 2, and should not be limited to the examples of the preferred embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, the control method of the preferred embodiment is configured to cause the control device to sense the external touch behavior A to operate the personal computer 2, and includes a setting step 901, an initial step 902, and a sensing step 903. A comparison step 904, a control step 905, and a repeating step 906.

First, the setting step 901 is executed to select an analog manipulation mode according to a user definition. In the preferred embodiment, the control mode 321 can select an analog control mode including an analog mouse control mode, an analog joystick control mode, and an analog steering wheel control mode.

Preferably, the control module 321 has a setting interface of the personal computer 2, which can provide a parameter setting by the user for the operating device, and can also provide an operation mode for the user to select the operating device. The personal computer 2 selects one of the mouse manipulation mode, the joystick manipulation mode, and the steering wheel manipulation mode. In actual implementation, the control module 321 can also be a physical selection button, which directly provides an operation mode for the user to select the touch panel 311, and should not be limited thereto.

This initial step 902 is then performed, at least one initial coordinate 41 being virtualized by the manipulation device.

When the user selects the simulated mouse manipulation mode, the initial coordinate 41 is used to store the previous touch coordinate 43 as a base point for determining the external touch behavior A to move on the touch panel 311.

When the user selects the analog joystick control mode, the initial coordinates 41 are used to store a center point coordinate 45 for discriminating the distance and direction of the external touch behavior A from the center point coordinates 45.

When the user selects the analog steering wheel control mode, the initial coordinate 41 is used to store a central axis coordinate 46 for discriminating the distance or angle of the external touch behavior A from the central axis coordinate 46.

The sensing step 903 is then performed. The control device senses the external touch behavior A to generate a touch information 42. The control module 321 generates a touch coordinate 43 by using the touch information 42.

When the user selects the simulated mouse control mode, the analyzed touch coordinate 43 value is stored in the initial coordinate 41, so that the initial coordinate 41 can determine that the external touch behavior A is instantaneously moved by the touchpad 311.

When the user selects the analog joystick control mode, the external touch behavior A touches the coordinates of the touchpad 311 for the first time as the initial coordinate 41, that is, the center point coordinate 45. The center coordinates of the touch panel 311 are used as the initial coordinates 41, and should not be limited thereto.

When the user selects the analog steering wheel control mode, the external touch behavior A touches the coordinates of the touch panel 311 for the first time, and the coordinate of the vertical line serves as the initial coordinate 41, that is, the central axis coordinate 46, as a point. The base point of the touch coordinate 43 is analyzed. In actual implementation, the center coordinate of the touch panel 311 can also be used as the initial coordinate 41, and should not be limited thereto.

Then, the comparison step 904 is executed, and the simulated mouse manipulation mode, the analog joystick manipulation mode, and the simulated steering wheel manipulation mode both analyze the relative position of the touch coordinates 43 based on the initial coordinates 41, and generate control of the individual. The control command 44 of the computer 2.

For example, when the user selects the simulated mouse manipulation mode, the initial coordinates 41 of the previous touch coordinates 43 can be analyzed to analyze the direction and distance of the new touch coordinates 43 to generate the control command 44.

When the user selects the analog joystick control mode, storing the external touch behavior A touches the initial coordinate 41 of the coordinate of the touch panel 311 for the first time, that is, the center point coordinate 45, and can analyze the new touch coordinate The direction and distance of 43 to generate the control command 44.

When the user selects the analog steering wheel control mode, the external touch behavior A is first touched by the initial coordinate 41 of the coordinate of the touch panel 311, that is, the central axis coordinate 46, and the new touch coordinate 43 can be analyzed. The angle or distance to generate the control command 44.

The control step 905 is then executed to control the personal computer 2 with the control command 44. For example, you can use the analog mouse control mode to control the mouse on the computer, or control the movement of the computer screen, you can use the analog joystick control mode, simulate the joystick (Thumbstick) to control the game of the PC 2, you can use The steering wheel control mode is simulated, and a steering wheel is simulated to control the game of the personal computer 2.

Finally, the repeating step 906 is performed, at intervals, and then The sensing step 903 is performed a second time. The interval time must be fixed to discriminate the moving distance or the turning angle per unit time for issuing a control command 44 to the personal computer 2. The shorter the interval time, the higher the game manipulation resolution of the personal computer 2, which enables the control device to control the personal computer 2 more precisely.

When the user selects the simulated mouse manipulation mode, the compared touch coordinates 43 are stored in the initial coordinate 41 as a reference for the next comparison, when the user selects the analog joystick manipulation mode or the analog steering wheel manipulation mode. The initial coordinates 41 are that the external touch behavior A touches the coordinates of the touch panel 311 for the first time until the external touch behavior A leaves the touch panel 311.

Referring to FIG. 4, a schematic diagram of the simulated mouse control mode is selected for the user. In the comparison step 904, the touch coordinate 43 may also be the initial coordinate 41, and the control command 44 is generated based on the initial coordinate 41, that is, The compared touch coordinates 43 are stored in the initial coordinates 41 to analyze the new touch coordinates 43 after a period of time. In control step 905, the mouse manipulation mode is simulated by the control command 44.

Referring to FIG. 5, a schematic diagram of an analog rocker control mode is selected for the user. In the initial step 902, the initial coordinate 41 is the center point coordinate 45, and in the comparison step 904, especially the external touch. The touch behavior A touches the coordinates of the touch panel 311 for the first time as the initial coordinates 41, and analyzes the touch coordinates 43 with the center point coordinates 45, so that the distance and orientation of the touch coordinates 43 relative to the center point coordinates 45 are The control command 44, in the control step 905, simulates the joystick manipulation mode by the control command 44.

With reference to Figure 6, select the analog steering wheel for the user. A schematic diagram of the control mode. In the initial step 902, the initial coordinate 41 is the central axis coordinate 46. In the comparison step 904, the touchpad 311 is touched for the first time, in particular, by the external touch behavior A. The coordinate is used as the initial coordinate 41 for the central axis coordinate 46 to analyze the touch coordinate 43 such that the touch coordinate 43 relative to the central axis coordinate 46 is the control command 44, and in particular, the touch coordinate 43 is analyzed relative to the coordinate The angle and direction of the central axis coordinate 46. In control step 905, the steering command manipulation mode is simulated by the control command 44.

It is worth mentioning that in the simulated mouse manipulation mode, the compared touch coordinates 43 are stored in the initial coordinates 41, so when the external touch behavior A does not move, the touch coordinates 43 and the initial The value of the coordinate 41 will be the same, that is, the mouse position of the personal computer 2 will not move. When the external touch behavior A moves, the value of the touch coordinates 43 and the initial coordinates 41 will be different to change the mouse position of the personal computer 2 in real time.

In the analog joystick control mode and the analog steering wheel control mode, the initial coordinate 41 is fixed such that the external touch behavior A touches the coordinates of the touchpad 311 for the first time until the external touch behavior A leaves the touch. At the time of the board 311, the initial coordinates 41 are not changed. Therefore, when the touch coordinate 43 is not equal to the initial coordinate 41, and the external touch behavior A continues on the touch panel 311, the control command 44 can continuously manipulate the individual even if the position of the touch coordinate 43 is not changed. Computer 2, changing the direction of the game in the PC 2.

It can be seen from the above description that the novel control device and its control method have the following effects:

First, the analog rocker:

After the touch panel 311 virtualizes the center point coordinates 45, the control module 321 analyzes the orientation and distance of the touch coordinates 43 relative to the center point coordinates 45, so that the control module 321 generates the control command. 44, used to simulate the joystick to control the personal computer 2.

Second, the analog steering wheel:

After the touch panel 311 virtualizes the central axis coordinate 46, the control module 321 analyzes the angle or distance of the touch coordinate 43 relative to the central axis coordinate 46, so that the control module 321 generates the control command. 44, used to simulate the steering wheel to control the personal computer 2.

Third, simulate the mouse:

The control module 321 obtains the moving coordinate of the touch information 42 on the touch panel 311, and generates the control command 44 to make the screen of the personal computer 2 move with the touch information 42 or simulate sliding. The mouse controls the mouse position of the personal computer 2.

Fourth, choose the control mode:

The control module 321 can perform parameter setting, and the user can select the control mode of the control device by the control module 321 so that the touch panel 311 of the control device can select a mouse to simulate the mouse. The control mode of the Thumbstick and the steering wheel is used to control the personal computer 2.

In summary, the control module 321 can provide a user-selected control mode, and the initial coordinates 41 of the touch panel 311 are stored in the memory module 322. The touch panel 311 senses the external touch behavior A. The touch information 42 is generated, and the touch coordinates 43 are generated by the control module 321 . The control module 321 analyzes the relative position and relative distance between the touch coordinate 43 and the initial coordinate 41 according to the control mode selected by the user, and generates the control command 44 to control the personal computer 2, so that the present invention can be achieved. purpose.

However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention cannot be limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent change and modification made by the novel patent application scope and the novel description content, All remain within the scope of this new patent.

Claims (3)

An operating device is electrically connected to a personal computer to sense an external touch behavior, and includes: a touch unit including a touch panel for sensing the external touch behavior; and a control unit including the same a control module electrically connected to the touch panel, and a memory module electrically connected to the control module, the control module obtains an external touch behavior sensed by the touch panel to generate a touch coordinate, the memory module For storing at least one initial coordinate, the initial coordinate is one of the touch coordinate, a center point coordinate, and a center axis coordinate, and the control module analyzes the position of the touch coordinate based on the initial coordinate, A control command to manipulate the personal computer is generated. The control device of claim 1, further comprising a keyboard unit, comprising a keyboard matrix electrically connected to the control module, wherein the keyboard matrix is configured to sense the external touch behavior, so that the control module Control the PC. The control device according to claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary unit, comprising at least one auxiliary button electrically connected to the control module, an auxiliary roller electrically connected to the control module, and a control device The auxiliary rocker of the module is electrically connected, the auxiliary button, the auxiliary roller, and the auxiliary rocker are used to sense the external touch behavior, so that the control module controls the personal computer.