WO2014028953A1 - Dispositif glissant pour un appareil de saisie mobile destiné à la commande de la position d'un symbole de pointage - Google Patents

Dispositif glissant pour un appareil de saisie mobile destiné à la commande de la position d'un symbole de pointage Download PDF

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WO2014028953A1
WO2014028953A1 PCT/AT2013/000137 AT2013000137W WO2014028953A1 WO 2014028953 A1 WO2014028953 A1 WO 2014028953A1 AT 2013000137 W AT2013000137 W AT 2013000137W WO 2014028953 A1 WO2014028953 A1 WO 2014028953A1
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Manfred Dellemann
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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 sliding device for a movable input device for controlling the position of a pointer symbol on a display surface, in particular for a computer mouse, comprising at least one sliding unit, which comprises a sliding element in particular rolling and a holding device, in or on which the sliding element is movably mounted.
  • Sliding devices for movable input devices for controlling the position of a pointer symbol on a display surface have long been known.
  • the movements of the input device are detected, further processed by a computing unit and displayed in the form of a pointer icon, also called cursor, on a display surface, such as a computer screen.
  • the purpose of such sliding devices is to facilitate moving the input device to the user.
  • Such an input device may for example be a PC mouse, it is irrelevant whether the input device is wired or wirelessly, for example via radio, in communication with the computing unit. It is known to attach flat sliding blocks made of hard plastic on the base surface of such a PC mouse, which is given in thus designed input devices, due to their reduced by the sliding blocks bearing surface, an easier moving the mouse.
  • the preferably shaped housing sliding device has at least one chamber in which at least one sliding unit slidably disposed or can be arranged, wherein the chamber has at least one outlet opening for a sliding element.
  • the minimum height of the sliding unit is greater than the receiving height of the chamber, wherein the receiving height the chamber corresponds to the sum of the internal height of the chamber and the wall thickness of the outlet opening.
  • Such a design of the sliding unit also ensures that no further components are arranged in the chamber except for the sliding unit must be, as would be the case if the minimum height of the sliding unit would be lower than the receiving height of the chamber, since in such a case yes then would have to be ensured by the arrangement of other components that in the use state of the sliding device, the sliding elements of the sliding actually the outlet opening of the chamber protrude.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides that the holding device is formed substantially flat and has at least one bearing element for receiving a sliding element, whereby a particularly compact realization of the sliding unit can be achieved with a low overall height.
  • bearing element tubular preferably cylindrical
  • its longitudinal axis is arranged substantially normal to the main plane of the holding device.
  • a plurality of tubular bearing elements are connected to each other by means of a planar holding device, whereby in particular a production by injection molding is inexpensive to implement.
  • the bearing element has a flange, preferably a peripheral flange, on at least one end face Inner diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the bearing element, wherein a technically easy to implement solution according to a further embodiment is achieved when the flange is conical. A particularly good sliding ability of the sliding device is achieved when, according to a further embodiment of the invention, the sliding element is mounted movably in the bearing element along its longitudinal axis
  • the sliding element is arranged in the bearing element with play, whereby, for example, small bumps on the support surface for the input device, such as dust grains, crumbs or the like, can be at least partially compensated, so that overall a smooth displacement of the input device is made possible.
  • the accumulation of dirt particles on the inner walls of the bearing element can be prevented or at least reduced by such a training, because possibly located in the bearing element dirt particles are repeatedly solved by the movement of the sliding member along the longitudinal axis of the bearing element from the walls, in particular if, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, at least one, preferably all, sliding element (s) is (are) spherical.
  • the sliding unit has a holding device with exactly one sliding element
  • an alternative embodiment provides that the sliding unit has a holding device with a plurality of sliding elements.
  • the sliding device has exactly one chamber in which exactly one sliding unit is arranged.
  • This variant is technically the easiest to implement and therefore the most cost-effective to implement.
  • the sliding device has at least one chamber, in which at least two, preferably interconnected, sliding units are arranged. This variant makes it possible to arrange a correspondingly large number of sliding elements despite the small area size of the holding devices.
  • Sliding device comprises a plurality of chambers, in each of which exactly one sliding unit is arranged. While in the two variants described above, the damage of a sliding unit, for example by breaking the holding device, could lead to a strong impairment of the sliding property of the sliding device, the sliding properties in this last embodiment remain almost equally good even if one of the sliding units is damaged.
  • the invention further relates to a movable input device for controlling the position of a pointer symbol on a display surface with a housing and a sensor unit arranged at least partially in the housing for detecting movements of the input device and a sliding device according to the invention.
  • the input device is an optical mouse, wherein according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the preferably battery-powered input device for wireless data transmission is formed.
  • FIG. 1 shows an application example for a movable input device with a sliding device according to the invention
  • FIG. 1 shows in general a possible use of a movable input device 2 with a sliding device 1 according to the invention.
  • the position of a pointer symbol 13 is controlled on a display surface 12.
  • Display area 12 is, as well as the movable input device 2, with a
  • Input device 2 is connected via a cable to the computing unit 14 in communication or is designed for wireless data transmission.
  • To control the position of the pointer symbol 13 is by means of a suitable scanning mechanism, for example by means of laser, LED, a ball (also called track ball) or GPS navigation, the movements of the movable
  • the movable input device 2 which is arranged on a sliding device 1 or in which the sliding device 1 is an integral part of the input device 2, on a flat support element 15, for example a mouse pad is moved.
  • a flat reference surface for the scanning mechanism is available through the flat surface of the support element 15 and on the other hand, in this way the underside of the sliding device 1 or the movable input device 2 when pushed back and forth against mechanical damage protected.
  • the input device 2 for example, as an optical
  • Wireless mouse can be designed as a remote control or smart phone, its own power supply, for example in the form of batteries.
  • batteries or a battery increases the weight of the movable input device 2, so that in particular when you work longer and often moving the input device 2 times the user fatigue phenomena to pain in the wrists can adjust.
  • the sliding device 1 is an integral part of the housing 1 1 of the input device 2, which is formed in this case as a PC mouse.
  • the sliding device 1 forms in this preferred
  • Embodiment the base element or the bottom plate of the input device. 2
  • the input device 2 is a smart phone or a remote control that is placed on the sliding device 1 for controlling the pointer symbol 13.
  • the input device 2 is a smart phone or a remote control that is placed on the sliding device 1 for controlling the pointer symbol 13.
  • Input device 2 releasably connect, for example via snap-in connections or a hook and loop fastener.
  • the construction of a sliding device 1 according to the invention is shown in FIGS. 3a to 3d.
  • the housing-shaped sliding device 1 shown in FIG. 3a has a chamber 6 in which a sliding unit 3 is displaceably arranged in the direction of the arrow.
  • the sliding unit 3 is formed in this embodiment of a holding device 5, are mounted on the two sliding elements 4 movable.
  • FIG. 3b only the housing 18 of the sliding device 1 is shown.
  • the housing encloses a chamber 6 and has on its underside two outlet openings 7 for sliding elements 4.
  • 19 schematically indicates a passage opening for a scanning mechanism (not shown) of the input device 2.
  • a plurality of locking means 20 are arranged on the outer peripheral edge of the housing 18.
  • a sliding layer 17 is arranged in this embodiment shown, which is to facilitate the sliding along the input device 2 and the associated movement of the holding device 5, the sliding along the sliding elements 4 on the top surface of the chamber 6.
  • This sliding layer 17 may also be antistatic, for example, to prevent the adhesion of dirt particles.
  • two bearing elements 8 are arranged on the planar holding device 5 and are cylindrical in shape, the longitudinal axis a of the bearing elements 8 extending essentially at right angles to the main plane E of the planar holding device 5.
  • sliding elements 4 are arranged, which are formed in the illustrated embodiment as balls. The sliding elements 4 are rotatably mounted both in the bearing elements 8 about its own axis and along the longitudinal axis a of the bearing elements 8 slidably.
  • FIG. 3d shows the principle of a first exemplary embodiment of a bearing of a sliding element 4 in a sliding device 1.
  • the sliding element 4 in turn arranged in a cylindrical bearing element 8, wherein the
  • Bearing element 8 on its surface facing the support surface has a circumferential flange 10, whose inner diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the bearing element 8, so falling out or slipping of the sliding element 4 from the bearing element 8 is reliably prevented.
  • Bearing element 8 is in turn substantially at right angles to the planar
  • Holding device 5 is arranged, which in turn is displaceably mounted in the chamber 6 of the housing-shaped sliding device 1, as already shown in Figure 3a. Characterized in that the minimum height HG min of the sliding member 4 is greater than the receiving height HK A of the chamber 6, which is formed by the sum of the inner height HKi of the chamber 6 and the wall thickness HW of the outlet opening 7, it is ensured that the sliding device 1 to Every time about this
  • Embodiment spherical sliding elements 4 rolls there and a contact of the underside of the holding device 1 is avoided with the support surface, whereby a slight displacement of the sliding device 1 is given.
  • a sliding layer 17, which additionally facilitates the displacement of the holding device 5 in the chamber 6, can be arranged on the cover side of the chamber 6.
  • FIGS 4a to 4c show different embodiments of
  • the sliding device 1 comprises precisely one chamber 6, in which exactly one sliding unit 3 is displaceably arranged in the direction of the arrow.
  • the sliding unit 3 consists of a holding device 5, arranged on the plurality, advantageously four, cylindrical bearing elements 8 or
  • the chamber 6 has only one outlet opening 7, which extends over the entire base element or the bottom plate of the sliding device 1.
  • Embodiment of Figure 4a essentially in that the chamber. 6 a plurality of outlet openings 7, preferably for each sliding element 4 one. These outlet openings may be circular or elliptical, but also rectangular and polygonal shapes are suitable for implementing the invention.
  • the sliding device 1 shown in FIG. 4 c has more than one chamber 6, wherein a sliding unit 3 with a holding device 5 and a sliding element 4 is arranged in each chamber 6.
  • the sliding device 1 does not lie on the support surface, so that the sliding elements 4 slide downwards in the bearing elements 8 in the direction of the support surface 15 and move away from the cover surface 17 of the chamber 6.
  • the slider 1 easier to move and is prevented on the other hand that accumulate on the top surface 17 of the chamber 6 deposits.
  • the bottom view of the housing 18 of a sliding device 1 shown in FIG. 5a corresponds to the sliding device 1 according to FIG. 4a.
  • the outlet 7 occupies almost the entire base of the slider 1, and the width of the remaining peripheral edge should not be less than 0.5 cm in practice.
  • the bottom view of the housing 18 of a sliding device 1 shown in FIG. 5b corresponds to a sliding device 1 according to FIG. 4b or 4c. It serves the
  • FIG. 6a shows the arrangement of four sliding units 3 in a sliding device 1 according to FIG. 4c.
  • each slide unit 3 has exactly one holding device 5 and a sliding element 4.
  • the sliding unit 3 shown in FIG. 6b comprises a holding device 5 on which four sliding elements 4 are arranged.
  • Such a sliding unit 3 is suitable for use in a sliding device 1 according to FIGS. 4a and 4b.
  • FIGS. 7a to 12b Different embodiments of the invention or different combinations of housings 18 with sliding units 3 are shown by way of example in FIGS. 7a to 12b.
  • the representation corresponds to a plan view of the sliding units 3 in the direction of the support surface and along a running in the chamber sectional area, so that the top surface of the chamber is not visible.
  • the sliding device 1 is substantially diamond-shaped.
  • FIGS. 7a and 7c a sliding unit 3 with a holding device 5 with four is shown
  • the sliding device 1 has a substantially triangular base surface, wherein in the embodiment of Figure 8b, the two holding device are connected via a common bearing element 8 hinged together.
  • FIGS 12a and 2b show the same slider 1 in different displacement positions. It goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif glissant (1) pour un appareil de saisie mobile (2) destiné à la commande de la position d'un symbole de pointage (13) sur une surface d'affichage (12), en particulier pour une souris d'ordinateur, ledit dispositif comprenant au moins une unité glissante (3) qui comporte un élément glissant (4) particulièrement capable de rouler et un système de retenue (5) dans lequel ou contre lequel l'élément glissant (4) est logé de manière mobile. Le dispositif glissant (1), réalisé de préférence sous la forme d'un boîtier, comporte au moins une chambre (6) dans laquelle au moins une unité glissante (3) est disposée ou peut être disposée de manière à pouvoir être déplacée, la chambre (6) comportant au moins une ouverture de sortie (7) pour un élément glissant (4).
PCT/AT2013/000137 2012-08-24 2013-08-21 Dispositif glissant pour un appareil de saisie mobile destiné à la commande de la position d'un symbole de pointage WO2014028953A1 (fr)

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