WO2000063761A1 - Computer having a built-in mouse rack - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an input device for computers, more in particular, to a built-in mouse rack providing a working space for a mouse, allowing the computer user to manipulate a mouse as an input device.
- GUI graphic user interface
- the mouse has proven to be the most popular pointing device for the personal computers due to its convenient and efficient handling capability. Thus, it has become quite natural for desktop computers to come equipped with a mouse. The mouse usually sits to the side of the desktop computer and typically resides on a flat surface .
- Such a flat surface is usually provided with a mouse pad where the mouse moves m accordance with the user's movement to provide input to the computer.
- a mouse pad where the mouse moves m accordance with the user's movement to provide input to the computer.
- a few devices have been developed which allow the mouse to be positioned relative to the computer.
- U. S. Patent Nos. 5,805,139 and 5,861,873 disclose techniques to implement a pointing device to the computers.
- the industrial PC for the control of a system such as m a security system is often embodied m a rack to accommodate a small space
- a workspace is needed for a mouse m order to allow the industrial PC to use a standard mouse as a pointing device since desktop space is not available m a rack
- a computer with a built-in mouse rack and method of operation thereof .
- the computer including the built-in mouse rack of the present invention, comprises a mainframe having housing at the front for storing a mouse and a sliding rack for the accommodation of the mouse in the housing.
- the computer in accordance with the present invention further comprises a cover with a hinge for the protection of the rack from the dust .
- the sliding mouse rack in accordance with the present invention can extend substantially out of the housing of the mainframe, and the planar surface of the rack can provide a workspace on which the mouse is free to move .
- the sliding mouse rack in accordance with the present invention can be kept in a stowed position whereby the mouse rack is retracted within the housing when the mouse is not used and is to be protected from the dusty environment.
- a drawer can be implemented to accommodate a mouse and providing a planar workspace for the movement of the mouse.
- the vertical depth of the drawer should be carefully designed in such a manner that the mouse should not be kept away from the drawer.
- the built-in mouse rack can move back and forth from the housing by a translation.
- the driving force for the translation of the rack can be either a restoring force from a spring or an electric force from an electric motor.
- FIGS. 1A and IB are schematic views illustrating a first embodiment of the built-in mouse rack of a computer in accordance with the present invention.
- FIGS. 2A and 2B are schematic views illustrating a second embodiment of the built-in mouse rack of a computer in accordance with the present invention.
- FIGS. 3A to 3E are detailed diagrams illustrating a second embodiment of the built-in mouse rack of a computer in accordance with the present invention.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B are schematic views illustrating a third embodiment of the built-in mouse rack of a computer in accordance with the present invention.
- FIGS. 5A to 5C are schematic views illustrating preferred embodiments of the built rack for a track ball, touch pad, and track point, respectively, m accordance with the present invention.
- FIGS. 1A and IB are schematic views illustrating a first embodiment of a built-m mouse rack of a computer m accordance with the present invention.
- housing 10A is formed at the front of the computer mainframe 10.
- the housing 10A is a separable room, which is isolated from the mam unit side the computer. Therefore, the housing 10A keeps the mam unit from the external environment such as dust s .
- the geometry of the housing 10A snould be carefully designed m such a way that it should be adequate for the movement of the mouse simultaneously even within a minimum space. Further, a rack 12 for accommodating the mouse M in the housing 10A of the mainframe 10 should be built such that it can slide back and forth for allowing the user to access the mouse.
- a plastic can be employed.
- a guide rail can be used to protect the damage of the mainframe 10 due to the friction by the repetitive sliding movement of the rack 12.
- a handler can be installed at the front side of the rack 12. It is also preferable to make the vertical depth of the rack 12 lower than that of the entrance of the housing 10A.
- the depth of the rack 12 should be optimized such that the mouse M should be kept in the rack even without the operational inconvenience. More preferably, the vertical depth of the rack should be chosen with consideration that a mouse pad would be placed on it .
- the electrical connection of the mouse M to the mainframe is made internally through the space of the rack 12 is accordance with the present invention.
- a cover can be installed with a hinge m order to protect the rack 12 as well as the ma parts of the computer from the external environment like dusts.
- the mam parts of the computer can comprise any I/O devices, including disc drives 11
- the cover 13 should be large enough to cover the mam parts of the computer and should be implemented with a guide rail and a hinge .
- FIG. IB is a magnified cross - sec t lonal view illustrating the hinge of the mouse rack m accordance with the present invention.
- the cover 13 m accordance with the present invention is opened under the guidance of the guide 15.
- the guide 15 is implemented m such a way that the circled hinge 14 can be assembled to it
- a stopper 24 is set to one side of the hinge 24, while a latch 14A with a shape of a half-circle is formed at the other side of the hinge 24.
- a sphere 25 and a spring 26 are assembled to the guide 15, and then encapsulated by a cap 27.
- the sphere 25 generates an appropriate restoring force to the hinge 14.
- cap 27 is formed with a screw- type structure, it is possible to adjust the restoring force of the sphere 25.
- the cover is maintained vertical when the sphere 25 is placed in the latch 14A for the closed condition.
- the cover is wide open to be horizontal because the stopper 24 is contacted to one side of the guide 15.
- the computer user manipulates the mouse with making the cover 13 wide open and pulling the rack 12 out of the housing. Once the user finishes using the mouse in the rack, he can push the rack 12 into the housing and close the cover 13 vertically so that no dust can penetrate into the housing.
- FIGS.2A and 2B are schematic views illustrating a second embodiment of a built-in mouse rack for a computer in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG.2A is a schematic view illustrating the condition when the built-in rack 210 is completely pulled out open from the mainframe 10 of the computer.
- the built-in rack 210 accommodating the mouse M can be pulled out open or pushed closed from the housing 200 by a translation.
- FIG.2B is a schematic view illustrating the condition when the built-in rack with the mouse M is kept mside the housing 200.
- the driving force for the translation of the built- in rack 210 can be provided either by the restoring force of a spring or by the electric power from a motor.
- FIGS.3A to 3D are schematic views illustrating a second embodiment of the built-in rack accordance with the present invention.
- FIGS.3A which is a top view of the built-in rack 210 pulled out from the housing 200, the rack 210 and the housing 200 are connected by a spring 230.
- a mail latch 221 for fixing the rack 210 to the housing when it is pushed back into the housing
- a female latch 220 is formed at the vertical wall mside of the housing 200 to hold the rack 210 with the male latch 221
- the restoring force which tends to push the rack 210 out of the housing 200, is originated from the spring 230 connecting the rack 210 and the housing 200.
- FIG.3B is a schematic bottom view of the rack illustrating the operation of the rack 210 in accordance with the present invention.
- a guide rail 260 can be implemented to the bottom side of the rack 210.
- the guide rail 260 works as a guide for a translation of the rack 210 with a circularly moving means 250 implemented in the housing 200.
- the surface of the guide rail 260 installed in the housing 200 could be of the shape of saw tooth.
- a saw-tooth wheel can be employed as a preferred embodiment for the circularly moving means.
- a spring 230 which is implemented to the side of a housing 200, is connected to the rack 210 through a pulley 240.
- the restoring force of a spring 230 makes the rack 210 move back and forth in a translation mode.
- FIG.3C is a side view illustrating the condition when the rack 210 is taken out from the housing 200.
- the rack 210 is taken out from the housing 200 due to the restoring force of a spring 230, and is kept from being completely taken out of the housing 200 due to the resisting force of the pulley 240
- a computer user can move and click the mouse (not shown) the rack with the rack 210 pulled out from the housing 200.
- a damping means can be added to the guide rail 260 of the rack 210 m order to prevent the instantaneous movement of the rack due to the strong restoring force of a spring 230.
- FIGS.3D and 3E are schematic top-view and side-view, respectively, when the rack is inserted into the housing 200.
- the computer user finishes using the mouse and wants to keep the mouse in the housing 200 he is supposed to push the rack 210 to the direction
- the computer user has to push the rack 210 back to the direction of B-B' until the male latch at the back of the rack is connected to the female latch 220 at the housing 200. In this case, the rack 210 is fixed closed into the housing 200 against the restoring force.
- the female latch 220 can comprise a biting pm and a spring wherein the bitmg pm bites the male latch firmly enough to hold the rack 210 against the restoring force of a spring .
- a restoring force is generated due to the elongation of a spring 230, and the restoring force is balanced by the connection of the female latch 220 and the male latch 221.
- a toggle switch can be employed for the latches 220 and 221.
- FIGS.4A and 4B are schematic views illustrating a third embodiment of a built-in mouse rack in accordance with the present invention. While the second embodiment illustrated in FIGS.3A and 3B relies on the structure with a spring, the third embodiment has a feature of using an electric motor to move the rack in a translation.
- an electric motor 340 for moving the rack 310 in the direction of C-C 1 and a driving circuit 330 are depicted.
- the torque of the electric motor 340 is transferred to the saw-tooth wheel 350, which guides the translation of a rack 310 with being geared to the guide rail 360 installed at the side of the rack 310.
- the rack is taken out from the housing 300 under the guidance of the guide rail 360.
- a stopper switch 321 and a stopper 323 can be employed If the sliding rack 310 starts to move out and reaches at a certain point, the stopper switch 321 installed at the rack 310 is aligned with the stopper 323 implemented at the housing 300
- stopper switch 321 Since the stopper switch 321 is implemented at the rack, which is moving out under the guidance of guide rail 360 by an electric motor 340, it also moves out in the direction of C-C' in accordance with the movement of the rack 310 out of the housing 300.
- stopper switch 321 If the stopper switch 321 is aligned with the stopper 323, the stopper 323 functions as a means protecting an unnecessary translation of the rack to the right once the rack 310 is pulled out from the housing 300 to a certain level .
- the reactive force due to the stopping power is exerted to a stopper switch 321 and then the electricity is toggled off. Accordingly, the torque is not supplied to the saw-tooth wheel 350 of the electric motor 340 any longer, and the rack 310 stops to move further out of housing 300.
- the electricity is supplied to the driving circuit 330 and the electric motor 340 supplies a torque for moving the rack 310 back to the left along the C-C 1 axis under the guidance of the guide rail 360.
- FIGS .5A to 5C are schematic views illustrating another embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
- a track ball 410 is depicted on the surface or the mouse rack.
- a touch pad 420 is depicted on the mouse rack.
- a track point 430 is shown in FIG.5C.
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