WO2021261694A1 - Dispositif d'entrée permettant de transmettre une entrée tactile - Google Patents

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WO2021261694A1
WO2021261694A1 PCT/KR2021/000171 KR2021000171W WO2021261694A1 WO 2021261694 A1 WO2021261694 A1 WO 2021261694A1 KR 2021000171 W KR2021000171 W KR 2021000171W WO 2021261694 A1 WO2021261694 A1 WO 2021261694A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/20—Input arrangements for video game devices
    • A63F13/21—Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
    • A63F13/214—Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
    • A63F13/2145—Input arrangements for video game devices characterised by their sensors, purposes or types for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/20—Input arrangements for video game devices
    • A63F13/24—Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
    • A63F13/245—Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles specially adapted to a particular type of game, e.g. steering wheels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/45—Controlling the progress of the video game
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/55—Controlling game characters or game objects based on the game progress

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  • the present disclosure relates to an input device transmitting a touch input, and more particularly, to an input device for an electronic device transmitting a touch input.
  • An input device for an electronic device includes: a fixing unit mounted on the electronic device to fix the input device to the electronic device; a first bar having one end fixed to the fixing unit and having a length greater than or equal to a critical length; a second bar having one end connected to the other end of the first bar and having a length greater than or equal to the critical length; a third bar having one end connected to the middle of the first bar and having less than the critical length; and a fourth bar having one end connected to the other end of the third bar and the other end connected to the middle of the second bar, the fourth bar having less than the critical length, the other end of the second bar and the other end of the third bar and the fourth bar Any one of the connecting ends is a gripping part whose movement is controlled by the user, and the other end of the second bar and the other of the connecting ends of the third bar and the fourth bar are brought into contact with the touch screen of the electronic device and the user It is a touch contact that transmits a touch input according to the movement by
  • the gripper in the input device for the electronic device, may be positioned outside the touch screen of the electronic device, and the touch contact may be positioned on the touch screen of the electronic device.
  • a first magnetic body is fixed to a connection end of the third bar and the fourth bar, a second magnetic body is fixed to a rear surface of the electronic device, and the first magnetic body and the When there is no movement of the connecting end by the user due to the attractive force between the second magnetic bodies, a central regression characteristic to be located at a reference position may occur.
  • the first bar, the second bar, the third bar, and the fourth bar may be located on a side of the electronic device on which the touch screen is disposed.
  • the first bar is located on a side where the touch screen of the electronic device is not disposed, and the second bar, the third bar, and the fourth bar are the electronic device
  • a connection point located on a side on which the touch screen is disposed and connecting each of the second bar and the third bar to the first bar may have a length greater than a thickness of the electronic device.
  • one end of the first bar, the other end of the second bar, and the connecting end of the third bar and the fourth bar may be located on an imaginary straight line.
  • the touch screen may correspond to a capacitive touch screen, and may be formed of a conductive material from the grip part to the touch contact point.
  • a low-cost accessory including only a simple device without additional sensors, circuits, and communication modules for a computing device having at least one of a touch screen and a magnetic field measurement sensor, such as a smartphone or tablet You can effectively perform input using .
  • a touch screen already provided in the portable computer is used, and the accessory uses a simple magnet or touch screen input without any electronic sensor, circuit, or power supply.
  • FIGS. 1 to 11 are diagrams for explaining a pantograph-based input device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the upper side of a drawing may be referred to as “upper” or “upper side”, and the lower side thereof may be referred to as “lower side” or “lower side” of the configuration shown in the drawing.
  • a portion between the upper part and the lower part or the part other than the upper part and the lower part of the illustrated configuration may be referred to as a “side” or a “side”.
  • Relative terms such as “upper” and “upper” may be used to describe the relationship between the components shown in the drawings, and the present disclosure is not limited by such terms.
  • a direction toward the inner space of a structure may be referred to as “inside”, and a direction protruding into the open outer space may be referred to as “outside”.
  • Relative terms such as “inside” and “outside” may be used to describe the relationship between the components shown in the drawings, and the present disclosure is not limited by such terms.
  • references to “A and/or B” in this disclosure means A, or B, or A and B.
  • a certain part when it is said that a certain part is connected to another part, it includes not only a case in which it is directly connected, but also a case in which it is connected through another configuration in the middle.
  • FIGS. 1 to 11 are diagrams for explaining a pantograph-based input device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the electronic device 110 is a device controlled by a user, and may include, for example, various computing devices such as a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop, and a personal computer.
  • the electronic device 110 may display the currently played game screen and the virtual joystick 120 in the lower left corner on the touch screen.
  • the virtual joystick 120 is touched by a user's finger and then dragged in any one direction, such as up, down, left, and right, so that a character in the game can be controlled.
  • the virtual joystick 120 is controlled with a finger, the screen is covered by the user's hand, tactile feedback cannot be provided for manipulation of the virtual joystick 120 , and the user's finger directly touches the electronic device 110 . Fatigue due to heat or friction generated in the electronic device 110 by contact may be accumulated, and an input device for solving this may be used by being mounted on the electronic device 110 . Such an input device will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
  • FIG. 2 an example for explaining the pantograph principle applied to the input device according to an embodiment is shown.
  • the pantograph shows that the four bars shown in FIG. 2 (eg, the first bar AP, the second bar TA, the third bar BF, the fourth bar CF) are connected to the connection points A, C, F, B. They are connected to form a quadrangle (especially, in many cases, a parallelogram) ACFB, and two bars (ie, the first bar AP and the second bar AT) may have a structure that more protrudes out of the quadrangle.
  • the ends of the bar, P is fixed and either T or F is moved, the other can move in parallel at a predetermined distance ratio.
  • the inner quadrangle ACFB is a parallelogram and the TFP is controlled to be positioned on a single straight line, the trajectories of F and T will be exactly enlarged/reduced similarities. Even in a structure where these conditions are not completely satisfied, T and F draw trajectories that are quite similar even if they are not exactly similar.
  • an input device eg, a joystick
  • the input device consists of four bars and connection points as in the pantograph shown in FIG. 2 , in which one of T and F of the pantograph is a grip part pushed by the user's finger, and the other one causes a touch input to the touch screen. It can be a touch contact.
  • the touch contact when the touch screen is capacitive, the touch contact must have conductivity, and T and F are connected with a conductive material, so that a touch can occur by connecting from the hand to the touch screen with a conductive material.
  • the touch screen when the touch screen is a static pressure type, the contact may be formed of various shapes and materials that press the touch screen to generate pressure. In this case, since the grip part is disposed on the outside of the touch screen, the touch screen may not be covered by the user's hand controlling the grip part.
  • the gripper is pressed with a finger, the touch contact may come into contact with the touch screen by the pressing force, and if the finger is removed from the gripping portion, the touch contact may also be separated from the touch screen. This can be easily implemented by using an elastic member such as a spring or silicone, or a magnetic material having attractive or repulsive force.
  • FIG. 3 an input device according to an exemplary embodiment is illustrated.
  • the symbols shown in FIG. 3 may be the same as those described in FIG. 2 , but the structure may be opposite to that of FIG. 2 .
  • the user may move the gripping part F by sliding it with a finger.
  • the touch contact T moves in parallel to the gripper F and provides a touch input (eg, touch move input) to the touch screen, and the lower end of the touch contact T may be made of conductive silicone, etc.
  • the fixing part P may be fixed to the attachment frame.
  • the attachment frame may be configured in a 'C' shape including an upper arm and a lower arm that are attached to and fixed to the electronic device. Through this structure, the fixing part P may be fixed to the electronic device.
  • a moving magnet (or ferromagnetic material) may be disposed at the lower end of the gripper F, and a fixed magnet (or ferromagnetic material) may be disposed behind the corresponding attachment frame.
  • An attractive force is generated between the moving magnet and the fixed magnet, and when the user pushes the gripper F, the gripper F transmits a force to return to the center of the joystick to the user's finger, thereby generating tactile feedback.
  • the central regression characteristic can be generated using magnetic materials that generate attractive force between specific positions of an electronic device or an object fixed to the electronic device, such as the gripper F and the attachment frame, but in addition, elastic members such as silicon and springs are used.
  • a central regression feature may be implemented.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example in which the input device described with reference to FIG. 3 is mounted on the electronic device
  • FIG. 5 shows an example of controlling a virtual joystick through the input device mounted on the electronic device.
  • the gripper F is located outside the touch screen of the electronic device
  • the touch contact T is located on the virtual joystick displayed on the touch screen, so that the joystick can be controlled without blocking the game screen displayed on the touch screen.
  • a touch input may be generated on a virtual joystick on which a touch contact T positioned on the touch screen is displayed.
  • FIG. 6 an input device according to another exemplary embodiment is illustrated.
  • the input device of FIG. 6 is also a device using the pantograph described with reference to FIG. 2 , and includes an attachment frame for fixing to the input device and the electronic device described with reference to FIG. 3 , a gripper whose movement is controlled by a user's finger, and an image on the touch screen of the electronic device It is common to have a touch contact located at , but there are the following differences.
  • the fixing part P may be disposed on the rear surface of the attachment frame, so that the first bar AP may also be fixed to the rear surface of the attachment frame, that is, the rear surface of the electronic device. This may imply that the fixing part P is installed in an area corresponding to the touch screen.
  • F is a gripping part and T is a touch contact.
  • T corresponds to a gripping part. Accordingly, the size of the movement of the touch contact F may be reduced compared to the movement of the gripper T.
  • connection points A and B between the first bar AP and the other bars have a height of at least a certain length.
  • the connection points A and B have lengths longer than the thickness of the electronic device, so that even if the first bar AP is disposed on the back side of the electronic device, the touch contact point F may contact the touch screen on the front side of the electronic device.
  • the lengths of the connection points A and B can be easily checked.
  • FIG. 7 is an example of the input device of FIG. 6 viewed from the rear.
  • FIG. 8 an example in which an input device according to an embodiment is mounted on an electronic device is illustrated.
  • An upper arm and a lower arm of the attachment frame may be mounted on a side surface of the electronic device to fix the input device to the electronic device.
  • FIG. 8 may show the input device fixed to the electronic device from the front part
  • FIG. 9 may show the input device fixed to the electronic device from the rear part.
  • the portion where the central regression characteristic is generated may not be the grip part T but the touch contact F. That is, a moving magnet (or ferromagnetic material) may be disposed on the moving touch contact F, and a fixed magnet (or ferromagnetic material) fixed to the rear surface of the electronic device may be disposed. Due to the attractive force between the moving magnet and the fixed magnet, the touch contact F may have a central regression characteristic to return to a previously known reference position.
  • FIG. 11 an example in which the gripper F according to an embodiment is implemented in the folding method (b) rather than the sliding method (a) described above is illustrated.
  • the gripper F by putting the axis or pivot of the stick-type structure to be bent on the attachment frame, the gripper F (T in another example) slides in the direction that the user bends the stick-type structure, It may be driven in the same manner as the input device described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 10 .

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Est divulgué un dispositif d'entrée permettant de transmettre une entrée tactile. Selon un mode de réalisation de la présente divulgation, le dispositif d'entrée destiné à un dispositif électronique comprend : une unité de fonctionnement destinée à fournir une entrée tactile à un dispositif électronique suite à l'entrée en contact d'un point quelconque, parmi une pluralité de points de contact tactile, avec un écran tactile du dispositif électronique au moyen d'un mouvement provoqué par un utilisateur ; et une unité de fixation fixée au dispositif électronique et fournissant une rétroaction à l'unité de fonctionnement afin de contrer le mouvement provoqué par l'utilisateur. La pluralité de points de contact tactile n'entre pas en contact avec l'écran tactile lorsqu'il n'y a pas de mouvement provoqué par l'utilisateur, et à mesure que l'unité de fonctionnement s'écarte d'une position de référence en raison du mouvement, un point quelconque, parmi la pluralité de points de contact tactile, entre en contact avec l'écran tactile à partir de l'extérieur de l'unité de fixation.
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