TWM568419U - Audio to haptic effect mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

An audio to haptic effect mouse includes an upper cover, a force sensor, an audio processing unit, and a vibration motor. The force sensor is disposed below the upper cover to measure a pressing force and output a pressure signal. The audio processing unit is disposed below the upper cover to receive a sound signal and output a driving signal, and the vibration motor is connected to the audio processing unit and the force sensor to simulate a corresponding tactile vibration according to the pressure signal or the driving signal.

Description

Sound vibration mouse

The invention discloses a sound vibration mouse, in particular to a sound vibration mouse with a pressure sensing function.

The input device of the computer product is usually based on a mouse or a keyboard. The main function of the mouse is to control the direction, manipulate the cursor or click input, in addition to the operation requirements of the computer product, how to enhance the added value of the mouse, Not only the goals that computer gamers hope to achieve, but also the expectations of computer equipment manufacturers and users.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a sound vibrating mouse is disclosed, including an upper cover, a power sensor, an audio processing unit, and a vibration motor. The power sensor is disposed under the upper cover to measure a pressing force and output a pressure signal. The audio processing unit is disposed below the upper cover to receive an audio signal and output a driving signal, and the vibration motor is connected to the audio signal. The processing unit and the force sensor generate a corresponding tactile vibration according to the pressure signal or the driving signal.

In summary, the sound vibrating mouse can be based on the power of the user pressing the mouse button, and the audio data played by the computer and the like, in the touch mouse, the mechanical button mouse, the wired mouse, The wireless mouse and other mouse provide tactile feedback, and can generate the left and right button presses and the middle button wheel vibration sense, further improve the feedback feeling when pressing, and can effectively increase the experience of the game and enhance the sense of presence of the video game.

100‧‧‧Sound vibrating mouse

110‧‧‧Mouse signal transmission line

120‧‧‧Source input line

130‧‧‧Upper cover

132‧‧‧ Mouse left button

134‧‧‧The middle mouse button

136‧‧‧ right mouse button

138‧‧‧Touch input area

140‧‧‧Power Sensor

150‧‧‧Optical Processing Unit

160‧‧‧Vibration motor

170‧‧‧Battery

180‧‧‧Battery

190‧‧‧Auxiliary module

310‧‧‧left mouse button

311‧‧‧Wokey left button switch

312‧‧ ‧ spring

313‧‧‧Power Sensing Unit

320‧‧‧Smool middle button

321‧‧‧Mouse wheel

322‧‧ ‧ spring

323‧‧‧Power Sensing Unit

330‧‧‧Smooth right

331‧‧‧Smooth right switch

332‧‧‧ Spring

333‧‧‧Power Sensing Unit

410‧‧‧Light Processing Unit

510‧‧‧Source input device

520‧‧‧Preprocessor

530‧‧‧Character Extractor

540‧‧‧Sound training module

550‧‧‧Sound Module Generator

610‧‧‧Source Input

620‧‧‧Preprocessor

630‧‧‧Character Extractor

640‧‧‧Sound classification and identification module

650‧‧‧Tactile signal output

The above and other objects, features, advantages and embodiments of the present disclosure will be more apparent and understood. The description of the drawings is as follows: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sound vibrating mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention. schematic diagram.

2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a sound vibrating mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a sound vibration mouse according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a sound-absorbing vibrating mouse according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an audio processing unit of a sound vibrating mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is another schematic diagram of an audio processing unit of a sound vibrating mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following is a detailed description of the embodiments, but the embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, and the description of the structural operation is not intended to limit the order of execution, and any components are recombined. The structure and the device with equal efficiency are all covered by the disclosure. In addition, the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and are not drawn to the original dimensions. For the sake of understanding, the same or similar elements in the following description will be denoted by the same reference numerals.

In addition, the terms used in the entire specification and the scope of the patent application, unless otherwise specified, usually have the usual meaning of each word used in the field, in the content disclosed herein and in the special content. . Certain terms used to describe the disclosure are discussed below or elsewhere in this specification to provide additional guidance to those skilled in the art in the description of the disclosure.

The terms “first”, “second”, etc. used in this document are not specifically intended to refer to the order or order, nor to limit the present invention, but merely to distinguish components described in the same technical terms. Or just operate.

Secondly, the terms "including", "including", "having", "containing", and the like, as used herein, are all open terms, meaning, but not limited to.

1 is a perspective view of a sound vibrating mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a sound vibrating mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, an acoustic vibrating mouse 100 includes an upper cover 130, a force sensor 140, an audio processing unit 150, and a vibration motor 160. The upper cover 130 can be a plastic upper cover, a glass upper cover or a metal upper cover, which are not separated from the protection of the present invention. range.

In one embodiment, via the mouse signal transmission line 110, the sound vibrating mouse 100 can transmit a mouse signal for controlling a computer device. And via the audio input line 120, the sound vibrating mouse 100 can receive the sound effect from the computer device and transmit it to the audio processing unit 150 for processing.

The power sensor 140 is disposed under the upper cover 130 to measure a pressing force, for example, a user pressing the power of the mouse button, and outputting a pressure signal. The upper cover 130 includes a left mouse button 132, a middle mouse button 134, and a right mouse button 136. The upper cover 130 is located in three areas of the left button, the middle button and the right button of the mouse, so that the user can operate the sound shake. Rat 100.

In one embodiment, taking a touch mouse as an example, the left mouse button 132, the middle mouse button 134, and the right mouse button 136 may correspond to three regions of the power sensor 140, respectively.

In one embodiment, the sound vibrating mouse 100 may further include a touch input area 138 disposed on the other side of the upper cover 130 relative to the middle middle button 134 or covering the entire surface of the upper cover 130 to provide user touch. The method of control, for example, is a handwritten method for inputting data.

In one embodiment, the audio processing unit 150 is coupled to the power sensor 140 to receive the sound source signal, and is processed to output a driving signal. The vibration motor 160 is connected to the audio processing unit 150 to generate a corresponding tactile vibration according to the driving signal. In addition, the audio processing unit 150 can also receive the pressure signal and the sound source signal, and is processed to output the driving signal, so that the vibration motor 160 generates a corresponding tactile vibration according to the driving signal. Again, shaking the horse The up to 160 can also be coupled to the force sensor 140 to generate a corresponding tactile shock based on the pressure signal, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the sound vibrating mouse 100 can also include a battery 170 and a battery 180 to provide the power required to vibrate the mouse 100. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the mouse signal transmission line 110 and/or the audio source input line 120 can also be utilized to provide the power required for the sound vibrating mouse 100 without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the sound vibrating mouse 100 further includes an auxiliary module 190 connected to the audio processing unit 150. The auxiliary module 190 may include an optical module to detect the position of the mouse, a Bluetooth module to communicate with the computer device, a wireless module to communicate with the computer device, and/or a wireless charging module. For the wireless charging function of the sound vibration mouse 100. Therefore, the sound vibrating mouse 100 can be a wired mouse, a wireless mouse, a Bluetooth mouse, and a mouse with a wireless charging function, all without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In an embodiment, the vibration motor 160 of the sound vibrating mouse 100 may be a rotor motor, a linear motor or a piezoelectric motor to simulate a corresponding tactile sensation according to a user pressing a mouse button. The corresponding vibration is simulated according to the sound signal to increase the user's touch on the mouse, thereby increasing the experience of, for example, a video game.

Further, referring to FIG. 3, it is a partial cross-sectional view of a sound vibrating mouse according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the left mouse button 310 includes a left mouse button switch 311 and a spring 312 coupled to the left mouse button switch 311. The mouse button 320 includes a mouse wheel 321 and a The spring 322 is coupled to the mouse wheel 321, and the right mouse button 330 includes a mouse right switch 331 and a spring 332 coupled to the mouse right switch 331.

In addition, the power sensor includes a power sensing unit 313, a power sensing unit 323, and a power sensing unit 333, which are respectively connected to the left mouse button 310, the middle mouse button 320, and the right mouse button 330.

When the sound effect vibrates the mouse, the spring 312, the spring 322, and the spring 332 respectively provide the force of resetting the left button switch 311, the mouse wheel 321, and the right button switch 331 of the mouse. The force sensing unit 313, the force sensing unit 323, and the force sensing unit 333 respectively measure the pressing force of the user pressing the left mouse button switch 311, the mouse wheel 321, and the right mouse button 331, and transmit the corresponding pressure. Signal to the audio processing unit 150.

Referring to FIG. 4, it is a partial cross-sectional view of a sound vibrating mouse according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a middle portion of the battery 170 and the battery 180 is provided with a vibration motor 160, and a light processing unit 410 is disposed beside the sound processing unit 150, and is connected to the audio processing unit 150 to cause the sound effect to vibrate the mouse according to the emitted signal. 100, display different brightness and color, increase the visual effect when operating video games, and provide color changes corresponding to the sound signal, and more alert to the user in the event of danger or abnormality. The light processing unit 410 and the audio processing unit 150 can also be integrated into a light audio processing unit without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention.

Further, referring to FIG. 5, it is a schematic diagram of an audio processing unit of a sound vibrating mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention. The audio processing unit 150 includes a sound source input device 510, a preprocessor 520, a feature extractor 530, a sound effect training module 540, and a sound effect module generator 550.

The audio source input device 510 is configured to receive the sound source signal, and the pre-processor 520 is connected to the sound source input device 510 to process the sound source signal, and the frequency domain and the time domain filtering are used to remove the noise and enhance the original input sound source signal to obtain pure sound. Audio signal input. Next, the pre-processor 520 re-uses the probability filter to establish a background sound model, and extracts a specific sound range, such as a sound range of interest, through the background model, and outputs the specific sound range to the features connected to the pre-processor 520. The skimmer 530. The feature extractor 530 captures features of a particular sound range of the source signal. The feature extractor 530 scans a specific sound range through the window to be decomposed into sub-windows, and processes the sound signal of interest through frequency and spatial signals to obtain frequency and spatial signals, and then outputs the frequency of the features of the sound of interest. Domain and time domain signals.

The sound effect training module 540 is coupled to the feature extractor 530 to train and establish a sound effect classification model according to the frequency domain and time domain signals of the characteristics of the sound of interest, that is, the characteristics of the sound source signals. The sound training module 540 first receives the frequency domain and time domain signals of the features of the sound of interest, and builds and trains the sound effect classification model according to the characteristics of the sounds of interest, and can pass through the characteristics of the plurality of sounds of interest and multiple times. Train, build and enhance multiple sound classification models.

The sound module generator 550 is coupled to the sound effect training module 540 to record related information of the sound effect classification model.

Further, FIG. 6 is another schematic diagram of an audio processing unit of a sound vibrating mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention. After completing the establishment and training of the foregoing sound effect classification model, the audio processing unit 150 may further generate a corresponding haptic output according to the training result. Audio office The unit 150 includes a sound source input device 610, a preprocessor 620, a feature extractor 630, a sound classification and recognition module 640, and a haptic signal output device 650.

The audio source input device 610 is configured to receive the sound source signal, and the preprocessor 620 is connected to the sound source input device 610 to process the sound source signal, and the frequency domain and the time domain filtering are used to remove the noise and enhance the original input sound source signal to obtain pure sound. Audio signal input. Then, the pre-processor 620 uses the probability filter to establish a background sound model, extracts a sound range through the background model, and outputs the sound range to the feature extractor 630 connected to the pre-processor 620. The feature extractor 630 captures the characteristics of the sound range of the sound source signal. The feature extractor 630 scans the sound range through the window to be decomposed into sub-windows and processes the frequency and spatial signals to obtain frequency and spatial signals, and outputs frequency and time domain signals of the characteristics of the sound.

The sound classification and recognition module 640 is connected to the feature extractor 630 to identify and classify the received sound characteristics according to the training results of the sound effect classification model. The haptic signal outputter 650 is connected to the sound effect classification and recognition module 640, and outputs a driving signal according to the sound effect classification model to drive the vibration motor to simulate the tactile vibration.

In summary, the sound vibrating mouse can be based on the power of the user pressing the mouse button, and the audio data played by the computer and the like, in the touch mouse, the mechanical button mouse, the wired mouse, The wireless mouse and other mouse provide tactile feedback, and can generate the left and right button presses and the middle button wheel vibration sense, improve the feedback feeling when pressing, and more effectively increase the game experience, and further enhance the sense of presence of the video game.

The present disclosure has been disclosed in the above embodiments, and is not intended to limit the disclosure. Any one of ordinary skill in the art can make various changes and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. The scope of protection is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application.

Claims (10)

A sound vibration mouse includes: an upper cover; a force sensor disposed under the upper cover to measure a pressing force and outputting a pressure signal; an audio processing unit disposed under the upper cover to Receiving a sound source signal and outputting a driving signal; and a vibration motor connected to the audio processing unit and the power sensor to generate a corresponding tactile vibration according to the pressure signal or the driving signal. The sound effect vibrating mouse according to claim 1, wherein the upper cover comprises a left mouse button, a middle mouse button, and a right mouse button. The sound effect vibrating mouse according to claim 2, wherein the power sensor comprises a plurality of power sensing units, respectively connected to the left mouse button, the middle mouse button, and the right mouse button. The sound effect vibrating mouse according to claim 3, wherein the left mouse button comprises a mouse left button switch and a spring is connected to the mouse left button switch, the mouse middle button includes a mouse wheel and a spring Connected to the mouse wheel, and the mouse right button includes a mouse right button switch and a spring is connected to the mouse right button switch. The sound effect vibrating mouse according to claim 2, wherein the upper cover further comprises a touch input area, and the upper cover is disposed on the middle cover relative to the middle key of the mouse The other side. The sound effect vibrating mouse according to claim 1 further includes an auxiliary module connected to the audio processing unit. The sound effect vibrating mouse according to claim 6, wherein the auxiliary module comprises an optical module, a Bluetooth module, a wireless module or a wireless charging module. The sound effect vibrating mouse according to claim 1, wherein the vibration motor comprises a rotor motor, a linear motor or a piezoelectric motor. The sound effect vibrating mouse according to claim 1, wherein the audio processing unit comprises: a sound source input device for receiving the sound source signal; a preprocessor connected to the sound source input device to process the sound source signal; a picker is connected to the preprocessor to capture the characteristics of the sound source signal; a sound effect training module is connected to the feature extractor to train a sound effect classification model according to the characteristics of the sound source signal; The sound module generator is connected to the sound effect training module to record the sound effect classification model. The sound effect vibrating mouse according to claim 1, wherein the audio processing unit comprises: a sound source input device for receiving the sound source signal; a preprocessor connected to the sound source input device to process the sound source signal; a feature extractor coupled to the preprocessor to capture the characteristics of the sound source signal; An audio classification and identification module is coupled to the feature extractor to identify a sound effect classification model from the characteristics of the sound source signal; and a haptic signal outputter coupled to the sound effect classification and recognition module, according to the sound effect The classification model outputs the drive signal.