WO2000008593A2 - Combined mouse - Google Patents
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- WO2000008593A2 WO2000008593A2 PCT/DE1999/002358 DE9902358W WO0008593A2 WO 2000008593 A2 WO2000008593 A2 WO 2000008593A2 DE 9902358 W DE9902358 W DE 9902358W WO 0008593 A2 WO0008593 A2 WO 0008593A2
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- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
- G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
- G06F3/0304—Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means
- G06F3/0317—Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means in co-operation with a patterned surface, e.g. absolute position or relative movement detection for an optical mouse or pen positioned with respect to a coded surface
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
- G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
- G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
- G06F3/0354—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
- G06F3/03543—Mice or pucks
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- the invention relates to a combination mouse for detecting movement and for reading in and visualizable information, such as alphanumeric characters, graphics and photographic images.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to create a combination mouse for detecting movement and for reading in information, in which the data from the movement detection can be used to display the position in a visual system.
- a combination mouse for detecting movement and for reading in information with a movement detector which continuously or at predetermined time intervals detects its respective position relative to a surface during a movement and into electronic signals containing information about the movement converts, with a computer unit that converts the electronic signals of the motion detector into position displays in a two- and / or three-dimensional visual system, for example into the positioning of a cursor on a screen, and with an optical unit that can be visualized by one Information, such as alphanumeric characters, graphics or photographic images, captures the reflected surface of reflected light from a radiation source and images it on an image sensor, which converts the light into a sequence of electronic signals and feeds it to a signal processing unit for further electronic processing listen
- the device unit of the combi-mouse also has a display with which the optical unit or the image sensor detects it, which is input by means of the input unit or by means of remote data transmission.
- Data transmitted from an external computer can be visualized promptly.
- online monitoring of the information just acquired can take place via the display.
- the display is initially used to define the desired section and to position the combination mouse accordingly in relation to the detection level. Then the information can be tracked on the display, true to the principle known from word processing, "what you get is what you see".
- the object of the invention is therefore to convert the information about the movement of the motion detector relative to a surface or the movement of the surface relative to the motion detector in a computer unit in such a way that it can be used for position indication in a visual system which is data-connected to the computer unit.
- the visual system can allow a two- or three-dimensional position display.
- the visual unit and the image sensor can be used to record visualizable information, such as alphanumeric characters, graphics and / or photographic images, which are displayed on a surface and fed to a signal processing unit for further electronic processing.
- the information obtained from the image sensor can be transmitted to the visual system which is data-connected to the computer unit and processed there.
- the surface to be scanned by the optical unit can be identical to or different from the surface to be detected by the motion detector.
- the radiation source used for the optical detection a built-in optical unit radiation source can be used, or it can be an external radiation source or overall homely daylight 'are used.
- the motion detector can also expediently be used to generate synchronization signals for describing a movement of the motion detector with respect to the marked area and thus the relative position of information which can be visualized on the marked area.
- the motion detector is in a data connection with the image-processing signal processing unit.
- the synchronization signals are generated simultaneously or promptly with the image acquisition of the optical unit during a movement relative to the marked area and serve to supply the visualizable information of a freely selectable part of the marked area to electronic processing while maintaining the location information.
- a series of images consisting of partially overlapping images of a predeterminable size, is first recorded and stored and then, while determining and suppressing the overlapping image parts, the image formation obtained is temporarily stored, for example for further processing in an image or word processor.
- This process is called image assembly
- the movement detector has means for contactless detection of the movement relative to the surface. This is particularly advantageous because it has been shown that mechanical parts used for motion detection, such as, for example, the roller-shaped scanning elements known from conventional computer mice, become dirty over a longer period of use, which considerably improves the suitability of the motion detector is reduced. Likewise, contact-free movement detection is advantageous if mechanical scanning is not possible due to the sensitivity of the surface to be scanned or a strongly relief-like surface structure.
- suitable motion detectors work with the help of light or other electromagnetic radiation, sound waves or by means of electrical or magnetic fields.
- a particularly suitable movement detector has a matrix of optical detection means arranged next to one another in a surface, by means of which a movement which is relative to the surface can be converted into a sequence of electronic signals.
- the movement along the surface carried out by the detector is thus easy to understand on the basis of the chronological sequence of the electronic signals emitted by the individual optical detection means.
- An array of photodiodes or selected pixels of a CCD image sensor comes as a matrix.
- the motion detector has a rotationally symmetrical scanning element that is rotatably mounted about at least one axis. This results in a particularly simple handling of the combination mouse according to the invention.
- the motion detector has a Hall element with a scanning element, the scanning element being surrounded by an inhomogeneous magnetic field.
- the rotary movement of the scanning element causes a periodic change in the Hall voltage.
- the motion detector has an optical detector with a scanning element, the surface of the scanning element being designed to be optically inhomogeneous in such a way that, when the scanning element rotates, electrical signals are generated in cooperation with the optical detector, which signals the respective Rotational movement can be clearly assigned.
- the device unit is provided with an input unit, by means of which control signals can be transmitted to the computer unit and / or to the signal processing unit.
- a particularly simple and efficient handling results if the input unit for the phonetic input of control commands is provided with a microphone and a conversion electronics connected to it, which translates the phonetic signal of given sounds or words into predetermined control signals.
- a keyboard can be considered as an advantageous input unit, by means of which the input of further information or of processing programs is also made possible.
- the keyboard can be designed in the form of an arrangement of hard or soft keys.
- the combi-mouse is provided with a — preferably serial — interface.
- the device unit has digital storage elements. This makes it possible to save imported text or complex visual information.
- the equipment of the combi-mouse according to the invention with a microprocessor extends the functional possibilities to that of a computer and enables the complex processing of recorded, entered, calculated and / or transmitted information.
- the combi-mouse represents a portable pocket PC.
- the device unit comprises a distance meter, by means of which the distance of the device unit can be determined at a predetermined position relative to the marked area and converted into electronic signals that can be used as information about a real or virtual position indication.
- a distance meter can, on the one hand, be used to enable non-contact detection of information which can be visualized even when the distance between the device unit and the area provided with this information varies.
- the detection of the distance as a third coordinate also enables a three-dimensional position specification in the visual system connected to the computer unit.
- Fig. 4b the principle of distance measurement in a
- the combi-mouse 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a non-contact device with a motion detector 2 and with a detection unit 3 for detecting visualizable information, for example alphanumeric characters, graphics, photographic images, located on a surface 4 , Relief structures or other two- and / or three-dimensional representations.
- the motion detector 2 and the detection unit 3 are integrated in a compact device unit 5, which at the same time, as explained in more detail below, devices for input, Data transmission, processing and visualization as well as an internal power supply.
- the contact-free motion detector 2 shown in FIG. 3 has - integrated in a microchip 10 - a semiconductor emitter 11 and a total of five photodiodes 12, 12 ', 12 ", 12"', 13.
- the photodiodes 12, 12 ', 12 ", 12"' serve to detect motion components parallel to a plane, while the photodiode 13 measures the vertical distance of the motion detector allowed from the surface 4.
- the mode of operation of the non-contact movement detector 2 can be described as follows:
- the semiconductor emitter 11 is actuated by suitable control electronics as soon as the intended movement detection begins.
- the light focused by the lens 14 from the semiconductor emitter 11 in the direction of the surface 4 is reflected by the latter and imaged by the lens 14 onto the microchip 10.
- the photodiodes 12, 12 ', 12 ", 12'" and 14 at least partially detect the reflected light.
- the electrical pulses of the photodiodes 12, 12 ', 12 ", 12'” are amplified in an A / D converter 15 and used as a digital signal from a computer unit 16 of the further electronic see processing fed. These signals can be used, in particular, for position display or for cursor control in a visual system, such as a computer screen, which is data-connected to the device unit 5 but not shown here.
- the detecting unit 3 includes an optical unit 21 and an image sensor 22.
- the image sensor 22 it is preferably a high resolution CCD image sensor 10 of some 5 to 10 6 pixels / cm 2 or more.
- the optical unit comprises optics known per se, as described in detail, for example, in DE 196 25 767 AI. It essentially comprises a light source, for example a light-emitting diode 27, a focusing lens unit 28 and an adjustable slit diaphragm 29.
- the detection unit 3 When the detection unit 3 is used as intended, the light emitted by the light-emitting diode 27 is focused by the lens unit 28 onto the surface 4 which is provided with information which can be visualized.
- the adjustability of the light emitted by the light-emitting diode 27 is focused by the lens unit 28 onto the surface 4 which is provided with information which can be visualized.
- Slit diaphragm 29 enables the illumination of a more or less large section of the area 4.
- the light reflected from the area 4 is wholly or partially projected onto the image sensor 22, in which the light is converted in a known manner into a sequence of electronic signals and for amplification
- a / D converter 15 is supplied.
- the amplified electronic signals of the motion detector 2 are converted into synchronization signals in a signal processing unit 31.
- These synchronization signals which contain the information about the movement of the motion detector and thus the device unit 5, are fed together with the amplified image signals of the image sensor 22 to a signal processing unit 33 and converted into digital information packets which contain the full information about the image recording and about the movement.
- the information packets can be stored in a storage unit 34.
- the intended use of a combination mouse 1 working with a non-contact motion detector 2 also includes the case that the distance between the device unit 5 and the surface 4 is variable.
- the motion detector 2 has means for distance detection for this purpose, the mode of operation of which is described below with reference to FIGS. 4 a and b.
- a light signal 38 in the example a sinusoidally modulated wave, is emitted by the semiconductor emitter 11 in the direction of the surface 4.
- the light signal 38 is reflected on the marked area and reaches the photodiode 13.
- the light propagation time t is determined by comparing the phase of the modulation signal 39 with the phase of the received light signal 38.
- the amplitudes of the two signals 38, 39 are plotted as a function of time in FIG. 4b.
- the method described is not limited to light in the visible frequency range. For this reason, emitters which emit in the infrared or ultraviolet frequency range can also be used as light sources.
- the electronic components used for the distance measurement are shown in FIG. 5.
- the emitted light of the semiconductor radiator 11 is modulated with the sine wave signal generated in the oscillator 41 and amplified in the signal amplifier 42.
- the photodiode 13 receives the modulated light signal 38 reflected on the surface 4, converts it into a modulated photovoltaic signal and feeds it to the amplifier 43.
- the phase positions of the generated sine wave signal 39 and the photovoltaic signal 38 are compared in a discriminator 44.
- the discriminator signal passes via the signal amplifier 45 to the computer unit 16, in which it is combined with the corresponding signals from the photodiodes 12, 12 ', 12 ", 12'” to form a digital information package and, if necessary, is fed to the image signal of the image sensor 22 in the signal processing unit 31.
- the signal can also be used to control sensor motors 47, 48, by means of which the focal length of the lens arrangement 28 or the lens 14 can be set in accordance with the determined distance.
- a laser can be used instead of the light emitting diode 14 and sufficiently smooth surfaces 4, the distance can be determined approximately by means of optical triangulation.
- the determination of the distance L enables, on the one hand, the variation of the distance ' L of the detection unit 3 to the marked surface 4, and on the other hand, the distance L represents an additional parameter by means of which, in conjunction with the areal, from the signals of the photodiodes 12 , 12 ', 12 ", 12"' data, a three-dimensional position indication is made possible in a visual system connected to the device unit.
- the data obtained from the motion detector 2 or the detection unit 3 are fed to a central control electronics 50, which is arranged on a circuit board 51 inside the device unit.
- the central control electronics have a microprocessor 54 and one or more storage units 34, 55.
- the storage units 34, 55 comprise working and / or permanent storage locations.
- the central control electronics 50 is in data connection with further peripheral units: this includes an interface 57, an input unit 58 and a display 59.
- a battery unit with — preferably rechargeable — batteries 60, 60 ′ is used for the autonomous power supply of the device unit 5.
- Text, table or graphic programs, for example, can be evaluated directly in the central control electronics 50.
- the programs, like any reference information, are stored in the memory unit 55 so that they can be called up.
- Corresponding electronic control elements for the peripheral units are arranged on a second circuit board 61.
- the interface 57 is used for electronic data exchange with external computers and is preferably designed as a serial interface to which the corresponding data transmission means can be permanently but detachably connected. In order to accelerate the processing of even large amounts of data, the interface 57 is designed as a fiber optic connection and is suitable for also being connected to networks of external computers and for being able to exchange data with them.
- the device unit 5 has a transmitting and receiving unit 63, by means of which wireless data exchange with external systems is possible.
- the input unit 58 is used, in particular, for inputting additional information or for inputting control commands to the central control electronics 50 in order, for example, to call up processing programs stored in the storage unit 55.
- the input unit comprises a keyboard and / or a sensor input function.
- the input unit 58 is data-connected to a microphone 68 and a comparator 69.
- the electronic signal sequences obtained from sound signals in the microphone 68 are fed to the comparator 69, where they are compared with predetermined or entered signal sequences, which each represent codes for certain control commands and / or other information. If the two signal sequences match sufficiently, the comparator sends a control signal corresponding to the coding to the input unit 58, from which this signal is passed on to the central control electronics 50.
- the display 59 which can comprise a liquid crystal display, for example, is used to visualize data, for example information that was acquired by the detection unit 3 and / or the motion detector 2, input by the input unit 58 or transmitted by communication with external computers; the display 59 also serves to display the status and to display any error messages.
- the display is used for "online monitoring" during the recording.
- the user recognizes the section that has just been recorded in the display.
- the display thus serves on the one hand to position the combination mouse and on the other hand to control the recording of information.
- the movement detector 75 of the combi-mouse 1 'in FIG. 2 does not operate without contact, but detects the relative movement of the detector via the direct mechanical contact of a scanning element with the surface 4.
- the motion detector 75 has, as a scanning element, a freely rotatable scanning ball 76, on the surface of which small magnetic plates 77 are arranged evenly spaced from one another.
- the magnetic field emanating from these magnetic plates can be detected by a Hall element 78 which is connected to the device unit 5 'and is spaced apart from the scanning ball 76 and has a plurality of Hall detectors 79.
- the movement of the scanning ball 76 relative to the Hall element 78 leads to a periodic change in the magnetic field passing through the Hall element 78, and thus to a periodically changing the Hall voltages generated by the Hall detectors 79.
- at least two Hall detectors 79 arranged in different directions, preferably perpendicular to one another, are required in the Hall element 78.
- the electronic signals emanating from the Hall element 87 are, in the same way as the signals of the contact-free motion detector 2 of the combination mouse 1, an A / D
- Converter 15 fed and fed to an electronic further processing.
- the motion detection of the scanning ball 76 can also take place optically.
- the surface of the scanning ball 76 is provided with a pattern of different color tones, for example with regularly arranged dark points on an overall lighter ball surface.
- the spherical surface is illuminated by one or more light sources, such as light-emitting diodes.
- detection takes place by means of an optical matrix sensor which detects the light from the light sources reflected from the spherical surface. Due to the light-dark sequence of the reflected radiation during the movement of the scanning ball 76, an exact movement image of the scanning ball 76 can be created.
- the other electronic components and peripheral units of the combination mouse 1 'do not fundamentally differ from those of the combination mouse 1.
- the surface 4 to be scanned by the detection unit 3 can be identical to or different from the surface 4 to be detected by the motion detector 2,70.
- the latter is particularly the case, for example, in the case of a combination mouse used as a trackball, in which the surface 4 to be detected by a touching motion detector 70 corresponds to a finger surface of a user, and the marked area to be read by the detection unit 3 on a side of the device unit facing away from this is present.
- the invention in particular expands the possible uses of previous computer mice or trackballs considerably and at the same time represents a powerful device for reading in visualizable information from a correspondingly marked area.
- the combination mouse according to the invention combines a device for cursor control and a device for recording and intermediate storage, in particular of text and / or image information. It is therefore also able to do one of the main applications of a laptop, namely word processing, and therefore makes it unnecessary for a large number of users to purchase a corresponding device.
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