WO2005010743A9 - Peripherique d'entree pour ordinateur ou similaire - Google Patents
Peripherique d'entree pour ordinateur ou similaireInfo
- Publication number
- WO2005010743A9 WO2005010743A9 PCT/FR2004/001946 FR2004001946W WO2005010743A9 WO 2005010743 A9 WO2005010743 A9 WO 2005010743A9 FR 2004001946 W FR2004001946 W FR 2004001946W WO 2005010743 A9 WO2005010743 A9 WO 2005010743A9
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- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- shell
- base
- input device
- slider
- connecting element
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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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- 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
- G06F3/0338—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks
Definitions
- Input device for computer or similar
- the invention relates to a computer input device which can be used for on-screen manipulation of virtual objects in fields as varied as computer-aided design (CAD), computer graphics, video games, or the like.
- CAD computer-aided design
- medical imaging and also usable for the manipulation of real objects such as surveillance cameras, robots, or three-dimensional measuring machines.
- mice There are known input peripherals for computers, commonly called mice, which comprise a shell on which the hand of the operator is based and which is fixed on a base able to slide on a flat surface.
- Such a mouse is equipped with electrical sensors able to generate electrical signals destina ⁇ tion of the computer in response to movements of the mouse, to discriminate movements in two distinct directions, which is sufficient for most office applications, but is insufficient to allow manipulation of an object (virtual or real) in space, requiring control of six degrees of freedom.
- US Pat. No. 6,333,733 discloses, for example, input peripherals which consist of a fixed base and a shell connected to the base by a kinematic link allowing three degrees of freedom of movement. translation and three degrees of freedom of rotation of the shell relative to the base. The operator moves the shell in space according to the movements he wants to im ⁇ primer to the manipulated object, and can simultaneously mobilize several degrees of freedom.
- the software which uses the signals of the sensors equipping such an input peripheral is advantageously programmed in such a way that the movements of the controlled object faithfully reproduce. movements of the hull.
- one of the degrees of freedom corresponds to a movement of the hull in a direction perpendi ⁇ cular to the support plane on which the base of the device rests.
- This feature prevents the hand from resting on the hull and involves carpal support (ie on the heel of the hand) with wrist extension, which may cause a musculoskeletal disorder over time. known as carpal tunnel syndrome.
- the object of the invention is to provide an input device which has the comfort of using a mouse, while allowing the manipulation of a significant number of degrees of freedom.
- the invention more specifically relates to an input device for a computer or the like, comprising a mobile part manipulated by the operator and equipped with electric sensors capable of generating electrical signals. to the computer in response to movements of the mobile part imposed by the operator, wherein, according to the invention, the mobile part comprises a shell connected to a fixed base by means of a kinematic link arranged to allow any movement of the shell relative to the base with the exception of a movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to a bearing plane of the base.
- the shell can then be manipulated in five degrees of freedom corresponding to two translations in directions substantially parallel to the support plane of the base and three rotations, which can be matched with the five corresponding degrees of freedom. of the manipulated object.
- the sixth degree of freedom missing it can be controlled by a control device equipping the device.
- a control device equipping the device it is possible to control at least five degrees of freedom of the manipulated object, while maintaining the hand in support, and while keeping a very instinctive correspondence between the displacement of the shell and the movements of the object handled.
- FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an input device according to a first embodiment of FIG. invention
- FIG. 2 is a view from above of FIG. 1, the shell of the input device having been partially cut along the line II-II of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 1 of an input device according to a second particular embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 1 of an input device according to a third particular embodiment of the invention.
- the input device 1 of the invention comprises a base 2 placed on a support plane 3, for example the operator's table.
- the input device 1 comprises a shell 4 having an ergonomic curved shape adapted to facilitate handling.
- the shell 4 is connected to the base 2 by means of a kinematic connection, here produced by a liai ⁇ son element 5 which extends between the base 2 and the shell 4.
- the connecting element 5 has a spherical upper end 6 which is received in a spherical cavity 7 homologous to the shell 4, and a flat bottom end 8 which extends against a flat surface 9 of the base 2, here parallel to the support plane 3.
- flat surface 9 is here parallel to the support plane 3. Alternatively, it could extend with an angle with respect to said support plane.
- the scroll wheel 100 is a simple sector mounted pivoting on the shell 4 in a specific angular range.
- the input device 1 is equipped with displacement sensors, not shown for the sake of clarity of the figures.
- the input device 1 is equipped with auxiliary parts, namely a first slider 10 and a se ⁇ slider 15, which facilitate the installation of position sensors.
- the first slider 10 is mounted on the base 2 to slide in the direction 14 (illustrated in Figure 2) which extends in an equatorial plane of the spherical end 6 parallel to the flat surface 9.
- the first slider comprises slits 11 receiving studs 12 carried by uprights 13 integral with the base 2 and extending opposite one another on the other side and other of the flat surface 9.
- the second slider 15 is mounted in the first slider 10 to slide in a direction 16 which extends in the aforementioned equatorial plane, perpendicular to the direction 14.
- the second slider comprises tenons 17 (one of them is visible in an echorchê in FIG. 2), sliding in grooves 18 of the first slider 10.
- the slides 10, 15 do not participate in the definition of the kinematic link between the shell 4 and the base 2. However, they can be used to limit the amplitude of the displacements of the shell 4 in the directions 14 and 16, by providing stops between the base 2 and the first slider 10, and between the second slider 15 and the first slider 10.
- the spherical end 6 of the connecting element 5 comprises lugs 21 which extend in radial direc ⁇ tions contained in the aforementioned equatorial plane, and which have ends received in circular grooves 20 of the second slide 15 In this way, the second slider 15 is permanently centered on the spherical end 6 of the connecting element 5 and follows it in its movements.
- the second slider 15 moves in the direction 16 by an amount equal to the displacement component of the shell 4 along said direction 16, and causes the first sled 10 to move of an amount equal to the composition of the displacement of the shell 4 parallel to the direction 14.
- the spherical cavity 7 of the shell 4 has grooves 24 (these rai ⁇ nures are visible in section in Figure 2, the game en- being said grooves and the lugs 21 having been exaggerated) letting the pins 21 through the spherical cavity 7 of the shell 4, and allowing an angular displacement of the shell 4 about an axis contained in the aforementioned equatorial plane.
- the connecting element 5 is rotated with the shell 4.
- the connection thus instituted en ⁇ be the shell 4 and the connecting element 5 is similar to a homokinetic connection between two axle shafts con- currents.
- two sensors can be arranged between the second slide 15 and the shell 4, which measure displa ⁇ cements in the transverse direction, and whose indications make it possible to determine the rotations of the co ⁇ around two perpendicular axes. which extends in the aforementioned equatorial plane.
- the software which exploits the signals of the captors of the input device is programmed to move the object manipulated at a speed proportional to the difference between an equilibrium position of the hull (or wheel) and a spread position imposed by the operator.
- the input device 1 is equipped with coil springs 22 which extend between the uprights 13 of the base 2 and the second slide 15.
- the springs 22 work only in tension and exert a return force of the second slider 15 to a central position shown in Figure 2 in which the springs 22 exert all the same effort and extend in substantially concurring di ⁇ rections.
- the return of the second slider 15 also causes the return of the first slider 10 but also the return of the connecting element 5, and finally the return of the hull 4. It should be noted that the return exerted by the springs 22 relates only to the translational movement of the various elements recalled, and none ⁇ the rotational movements of the shell 4 or the connecting element 5.
- a helical spring 23 (visible in Figure 1) extends between the second coulis ⁇ bucket 15 and the shell 4 having ends stopped on each of the aforementioned elements.
- the spring 23 exerts a return force tending to return the shell 4 in an equilibrium angular position.
- the return of the co ⁇ 4 also causes the return of the connecting element 5 to the position shown in Figure 2.
- the springs 22, 23 thus define a unique equilibrium posi ⁇ tion of the shell to which it returns when it is not manipulated.
- the scroll wheel 100 is itself recalled to an equilibrium position cen ⁇ tre its angular range of deflection, by means of a simple leaf spring (not shown).
- a torsion spring can be provided.
- the equilibrium positions of the shell 4 and the wheel 100 make it possible to measure a difference between said equilibrium positions and the positions in which the operator places the shell or the wheel.
- first slider 10 and the second slider 15 never directly undergo the force imposed by the hand of the operator. In particular, they do not undergo any transverse force, transmitted directly from the shell 4 to the base 2 by the connecting element 5.
- the slides 10, 15 undergo only drive forces in a plane parallel to the surface. plane face 9 of the base 2, as well as the efforts of the reminder energies 22,23. They are therefore very little solicited.
- the connecting element 5 'always comprises a first spherical end 6' which cooperates with a homologous cavity 7 'of the shell 4', allowing the transmission of the force of hand support on the co ⁇ 4 'directly to the base 2'.
- the lugs and grooves of the previous embodiment are replaced by curved flanks 30 worn at the first end cooperating with compatible grooves 31 carried by the shell 4 '.
- These grooves 30,31 enable the rotation connection of the shell 4 and the connecting element 5 'about an axis, while allowing the shell to be deflected according to directions contained in the equatorial plane.
- the second slider 15 ' To center the second slider 15 'permanently on the connecting element 5', the second slider 15 'comprises a spherical cavity 32 which cooperates with a spherical bearing 33 homologous to the shell 4, the spherical cavity and the homologous bearing having even center as the spherical end 6 '.
- the connecting element 5 '' is here a diabolo made of anisotropic elastomer material, which can be elastically deformed under the action of torsion forces around an axis. Z symmetry of revolution, and bending about axes perpendicular to said axis symé ⁇ trie.
- the diabolo 5 '' is arranged so that the axis Z of revolution symmetry of the diabolo extends in the transverse direction.
- Diabolo 5 '' has a first end - S '' which is embedded in the shell 4 '' and a second end 8 7 'which is embedded in a base 40 of the se ⁇ cond slide 15' which is common support against the flat surface 9 '' of the base 2 ''.
- the connecting element 5 '' is therefore no longer directly in contact with the plane surface surface 9 '', but remains in abutment against it via the base 40, this support providing a connection allowing the diabolo to slide on the flat surface 9 '', so that the second end of the connecting element is slidably received on the base in a manner similar to the preceding examples.
- the shell 4 '' can thus be dé ⁇ placed in two directions parallel to the flat surface 9 '.
- the diabolo 5 '' thus realizes a kinematic connection between the base 2 '' and the shell 4 '' allowing five degrees of freedom, while allowing a hand support on the shell 4 '', this support being transmitted via the diabolo 5 '' and the base 40 of the second slider 15 '' towards the base 2 ''.
- the diabolo has a significant stiffness in compression in the Z direction, much greater than its flexural stiffness and torsion.
- the scrolling mechanism is illustrated as being positioned on the shell, the wheel can be placed on the fixed base.
- the base may be to be an integral part of a chassis, a desk or a keyboard.
- the return means may alternatively consist of elastomer elements, such as for example a tubular element. which extends between the second slider and the hull.
- control element of the sixth degree of freedom has been illustrated as being a scroll wheel, it will also be possible to use other control members, such as a mini-stick, or a button of the type used for the control of the sixth degree of freedom. control of car windows.
- the control member may be installed on the shell as illustrated, or on the base. If necessary, it will be possible to add other control members to control additional degrees of freedom (useful for manipulating robot arms for example), or other functionalities (selection buttons for example).
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Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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CA002532558A CA2532558A1 (fr) | 2003-07-23 | 2004-07-22 | Peripherique d'entree pour ordinateur ou similaire |
US10/564,285 US20060176275A1 (en) | 2003-07-23 | 2004-07-22 | Input unit for computer or the like |
EP04767748A EP1646934A1 (fr) | 2003-07-23 | 2004-07-22 | Peripherique d'entree pour ordinateur ou similaire |
HK07102832A HK1095403A1 (en) | 2003-07-23 | 2007-03-15 | An input peripheral for a computer |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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FR0308981A FR2858072B1 (fr) | 2003-07-23 | 2003-07-23 | Peripherique d'entree pour ordinateur ou similaire |
FR03/08981 | 2003-07-23 |
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WO2005010743A1 WO2005010743A1 (fr) | 2005-02-03 |
WO2005010743A9 true WO2005010743A9 (fr) | 2006-04-20 |
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US (1) | US20060176275A1 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP1646934A1 (fr) |
CN (1) | CN100399248C (fr) |
CA (1) | CA2532558A1 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2858072B1 (fr) |
HK (1) | HK1095403A1 (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2005010743A1 (fr) |
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- 2004-07-22 CN CNB2004800212349A patent/CN100399248C/zh not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2004-07-22 US US10/564,285 patent/US20060176275A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2004-07-22 CA CA002532558A patent/CA2532558A1/fr not_active Abandoned
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CA2532558A1 (fr) | 2005-02-03 |
CN1898632A (zh) | 2007-01-17 |
EP1646934A1 (fr) | 2006-04-19 |
FR2858072B1 (fr) | 2005-09-16 |
HK1095403A1 (en) | 2007-05-04 |
CN100399248C (zh) | 2008-07-02 |
US20060176275A1 (en) | 2006-08-10 |
WO2005010743A1 (fr) | 2005-02-03 |
FR2858072A1 (fr) | 2005-01-28 |
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