TWM635618U - Mouse device having a button arranged a plurality of touch zones - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation provides a mouse device. The mouse device includes a touch panel, a push switch and a button cover. The touch panel is designed with a plurality of touch areas, and triggers a corresponding touch signal when one of the touch areas is pressed. Press the switch to trigger the switch signal when it is pressed. The key cover is used for accepting a pressing operation of pressing the pressing switch through the touch panel. This creation combines a touchpad and a push switch to provide a touch click with a sense of feedback, which can solve the technical problem that a general touch mouse cannot produce a sense of feedback like a mechanical switch.

Description

Mouse device with multi-touch areas on the buttons

The invention is related to a mouse device, in particular to a mouse device with multi-touch areas on the buttons.

Existing mechanical mice trigger input events through mechanical switches, that is, the number of mechanical switches is equal to the number of input events that can be triggered.

The click operation of the aforementioned mechanical switch has a sense of feedback (such as a sense of depression and rebound), which allows the user to clearly judge whether the click operation is completed.

In order to trigger a greater number of input events, the mechanical mouse must be provided with a greater number of mechanical switches.

The above situation greatly increases the manufacturing cost of the mechanical mouse. Moreover, when there are too many mechanical switches, users are likely to accidentally touch undesired buttons, resulting in poor user experience.

At present, another kind of touch mouse has been proposed. The aforementioned touch mouse uses a touchpad to replace the mouse buttons. Users can make different gestures (such as single click, continuous click, single finger slide) , multi-finger swipe, etc.) to trigger different kinds of input events.

However, the touch mouse triggers the input event through the change of resistance or capacitance, which cannot produce the feedback feeling like a mechanical switch. This makes it impossible for the user to judge whether the click operation is completed when the user clicks on the existing touch mouse. good.

Moreover, compared to directly clicking on the mechanical switch, inputting gestures is too time-consuming, making the touch mouse unsuitable for applications that need to quickly trigger input events such as e-sports, document editing, and image editing.

Therefore, the above-mentioned problems exist in the existing mouse device, and a more effective solution is urgently needed to be proposed.

The main purpose of this creation is to provide a mouse event, which can be used to trigger different mouse events by using different areas of the same button.

In one embodiment, a mouse device with multiple touch areas on the buttons includes a touchpad, a push switch and a button cover. The touch panel is used for triggering a touch signal corresponding to the pressed touch area when one of the touch areas is pressed. The push switch is arranged on an inner side of the touch panel, and is used for triggering a switch signal when pressed. It is arranged on an outer side of the touch panel, and is used for receiving a pressing operation of pressing the push switch through the touch panel.

In one embodiment, the multiple touch areas include a first touch area corresponding to a mouse event and a second touch area corresponding to a first key combination event.

In an embodiment, the plurality of touch areas include a third touch area corresponding to a second key combination event.

In one embodiment, the first touch area is a right mouse button area or a left mouse button area, and the mouse event is a right button event or a left button event.

In one embodiment, the mouse device further includes a control board electrically connected to the touch panel and the push switch, and the control board is used to trigger the pressed button when receiving the touch signal and the switch signal. An input event corresponding to the touch area.

In one embodiment, the mouse device further includes a touch circuit electrically connected to the touch panel and the control panel, and the touch circuit is used to sense the pressing of each of the touch areas and send out the corresponding Touch signals to the control board.

In one embodiment, the mouse device further includes a side touch pad electrically connected to the control board, and the side touch pad is used to trigger the pressed side touch area when one of the side touch areas is pressed. A side touch signal of the side touch area, wherein the plurality of side touch areas respectively correspond to a plurality of the input events, and the control board is set to trigger the pressed side when receiving the side touch signal The input event corresponding to the touch area.

In one embodiment, the control board further includes a control firmware, which is used to control the control board to recognize the touch area corresponding to the received touch signal after being executed, and trigger the The input event corresponding to the touch area.

In one embodiment, the plurality of touch areas are adjustable, and the control firmware is used to define a range of each of the touch areas.

In one embodiment, the control firmware is used to define a boundary of each touch area.

In one embodiment, the mouse device further includes an application program installed in a computer device connected to the mouse device, and the application program is used to display an operation through the computer device after being executed an interface for accepting an area adjustment operation for adjusting a range of each touch area through the operation interface, and setting a control firmware based on each of the adjusted touch areas, and the application program is used for accepting and setting the touch area through the operation interface An input setting operation of the plurality of input events corresponding to the plurality of touch areas, and setting the control firmware based on the adjusted plurality of input events, and the application program is used to transmit the control firmware through the computer device to the mouse device.

This invention can increase the number of input events that can be triggered quickly, and can provide touch clicks with a sense of feedback, thereby improving user experience.

1:Mouse device

10: Control panel

11:Touchpad

12: Press the switch

2:Mouse device

20: Control panel

21:Touchpad

22: Side touch panel

23: Touch circuit

24: Press the switch

25: Side push switch

26: pointing to the module

27: Wheel sensor

28: Communication interface

29: Instruction interface

3: Computer device

40:Control Firmware

41: Apps

5:Mouse device

50: shell

500:Left button cover

501:Roller

502: Right button cover

503: The first side key

504: Second side key

505: side cover

510: left touchpad

511: Right touchpad

520: side touch panel

521: side support plate

530: left press switch

531: Right press switch

532: Left pressing plate

533: Right pressing plate

54:Touch circuit

55: Control panel

56: base

570: Wheel sensor

571: Middle press switch

R11, R12, R13, R21, R22, R23, R31, R32, R33: touch area

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an operation interface of an application program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

With regard to one of the preferred embodiments of this creation, in conjunction with the drawings, the detailed description is as follows.

This creation mainly proposes a mouse device with multi-touch areas on the buttons, and the buttons of the mouse device are provided with a touch panel. The user can trigger different input events by pressing different positions of the same button (ie, different touch areas).

In this way, the present invention enables different regions of a single button to be used to trigger different input events.

Please refer to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the mouse device 1 may include a touch panel 11 , a push switch 12 and a control panel 10 electrically connected to the above elements.

The touch panel 11 is defined with a plurality of touch areas, and is used for triggering a touch signal corresponding to the pressed touch area when any one of the plurality of touch areas is pressed.

The touch panel 11 can be, for example, a capacitive touch panel, a resistive touch panel, or other thin film touch panels, without limitation.

In one embodiment, the touch signal can be used to locate the pressed position on the touch panel 11 , so that the control panel 10 can know the touch area pressed by the user.

In one embodiment, multiple touch areas can be defined to correspond to multiple input events respectively. The input event can be, for example, a single key event such as a left key event, a middle key event, a right key event, a key "E" event, a key "S" event, or a combination of a left key event and a middle key event, or a left key event and a key "e" event. Combination of "events, combination of key "ctrl" event and key "c" event and other key combination events.

The push switch 12 (such as a micro switch) can be disposed on the inner side of the touch panel 11 , so that the user can push the touch panel 11 toward the inside to press the push switch 12 after pressing the touch panel 11 . The push switch 12 is used for triggering a switch signal when pressed.

In one embodiment, the aforementioned switch signal and the aforementioned touch signal can be binary signals (for example, there are only two states of on and off).

The control board 10 is used to control the mouse device 1 to trigger corresponding input events based on the pressing operation of the user.

In one embodiment, when the control board 10 receives a touch signal and a switch signal located on the same button, it can identify the pressed touch area and trigger an input event corresponding to the touch area.

In one embodiment, the multiple touch areas can be connected to the control board 10 through different lines, so that the control board 10 can identify the pressed touch area based on the line receiving the touch signal.

In one embodiment, the touch panel 11 may include multiple sensing points, and the multiple sensing points may be dynamically assigned to multiple touch areas.

For example, if the touch panel 11 includes 30 sensing points. Under the first setting, the 1st-15th sensing points can be assigned to the first touch area, and the 16th-30th sensing points can be assigned to the second touch area. Under the second setting, the 1st-10th sensing points can be assigned to the first touch area, and the 11th-30th sensing points can be assigned to the second touch area. In the third setting, the 1st-10th sensing point can be assigned to the first touch area, the 11th-20th sensing point can be assigned to the second touch area, and the 21st-30th sensing point can be assigned Points are assigned to the third touch area.

In this way, when any sensing point is triggered, the control board 10 can quickly identify the pressed touch area based on the set allocation relationship (for example, using a setting method similar to that shown in FIG. 10 ).

In one embodiment, when the control board 10 only receives a touch signal but does not receive a switch signal of the same key, it can determine that the touch signal is a false touch, and filter out the touch signal.

In this way, the user must press the touchpad 11 until the press switch 12 is triggered to trigger the corresponding input event. The above operation enables the user to obtain the feedback of the mechanical switch when pressing the touchpad 11, and clearly judge whether the click is completed.

In one embodiment, when the control board 10 receives the switch signal and the touch signal of the same button, it can calculate the time difference between the time when the switch signal is triggered and the time when the touch signal is triggered, and when the time difference is less than the preset value (such as 0.1 second, 0.05 second, 0.5 second, etc.), the input event corresponding to the corresponding touch area is triggered.

Please refer to FIG. 3 . FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the mouse device 5 includes a casing 50 .

The housing 50 includes a key cover (a left key cover 500 and a right key cover 502 ), a scroll wheel 501 , side keys (a first side key 503 and a second side key 504 ) and a side cover 505 .

The aforementioned control panel, push switch and touch panel are all disposed in the casing 50 .

In one embodiment, the mouse device 5 has a plurality of touchpads, such as a left touchpad, a right touchpad and a side touchpad.

The left touch pad corresponds to the left mouse button, and can be divided into a touch area R11 and a touch area R12, that is, different areas of the left mouse button can be used to trigger two input events respectively.

The right touchpad corresponds to the right mouse button, and can be divided into a touch area R21 and a touch area R22, that is, different areas of the right mouse button can be used to trigger two input events respectively.

The side touch panel can be divided into a side touch area R31 and a side touch area R32 , that is, different areas of the side panel of the mouse can be used for two kinds of input events respectively.

In one embodiment, the first touch area of the plurality of touch areas of the same key may be corresponding to a mouse event, and the second touch area may be corresponding to a key combination event (first key combination event).

For example, the touch area R11 and the touch area R21 can be respectively corresponding to the left key event and the right key event. The touch area R12 can be corresponding to the combined key event of the left key event and the key “e” event, and the touch area R22 can be corresponding to the combined key event of the right key event and the key “e” event.

In another example, the touch area R12 and the touch area R22 can be respectively corresponding to the left key event and the right key event, and the touch area R11 and the touch area R22 can be corresponding to different combination key events.

Please refer to FIG. 2 . FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the mouse device 2 may include a touch panel 21, a side touch panel 22, a touch circuit 23, a push switch 24, a side press switch 25, a pointing module 26, a scroll wheel sensor 27, and a communication interface 28. An indication interface 29, and a control board 20 electrically connected to the above components.

In one embodiment, the touch panel 21 and the side touch panel 22 are connected to the touch circuit 23 , and are connected to the control panel 20 through the touch circuit 23 .

Specifically, when the touch panel 21 and the side touch panel 22 are pressed, the touch circuit 23 can locate the pressed touch position (such as the aforementioned sensing point), and trigger a touch signal corresponding to the touch position to the control panel. The board 20 is used for the control board 20 to quickly identify the pressed touch area based on the set allocation relationship.

In one embodiment, the touch circuit 23 can sense the pressing of multiple touch regions (including the touch regions R11-R22 and the side touch regions R31-R32), and send corresponding touch signals to the control board 20 .

In one embodiment, the touch circuit 23 can perform signal processing (such as noise filtering, enhancement processing, false touch detection, etc.) on the touch signal, and transmit the processed touch signal to the control board 20 .

In one embodiment, the side touch panel 22 is provided with a plurality of side touch regions, and when any one of the plurality of side touch regions is pressed, a side touch signal of the pressed side touch region can be triggered. The aforementioned multiple side touch areas correspond to multiple input events respectively, and the corresponding relationship can be set by the user according to requirements.

Moreover, the control board 20 is configured to trigger an input event corresponding to the pressed side touch area when receiving the aforementioned side touch signal.

The push switch 24 (such as the microswitch arranged on the left mouse button, the right mouse button and the middle mouse button) and the side push switch 25 (such as the microswitch arranged on the side button) are pressed, triggering the corresponding switch signal to Control panel 20.

The pointing module 26 (such as a trackball sensor, an optical displacement sensor or other pointing sensors) is used to sense the user's moving mouse operation, and trigger a corresponding moving mouse signal to move in the computer device 3 The position of the mouse pointer.

The scroll wheel sensor 27 is used to sense the user's scroll wheel operation, and trigger a corresponding scroll wheel mouse signal (scroll speed and scroll direction).

The communication interface 28 can be a wireless or wired interface, such as a Bluetooth interface or a USB interface. The communication interface 28 is used to connect the computer device 3 to transmit input events to the computer device 3 for execution, or to receive an update of the control firmware 40 from the computer device 3 .

The indication interface 29 (such as an LED indicator light) is used to indicate the status of the mouse device 2, such as power status, connection status, working mode, and the like.

The control panel 20 is used to control the mouse device 2 . In one embodiment, the control board 20 controls each component of the mouse device 2 by executing the control firmware 40 .

In one embodiment, after the controller (not shown in the figure) of the control board 20 executes the control firmware 40, it can detect the triggering of the switch signal and the touch signal, and can identify the touch area corresponding to the received touch signal. And trigger the input event of this touch area.

In one embodiment, the mouse device 2 includes an application program 41 . The application program 41 is used to be installed on the computer device 3 (such as a notebook computer, a personal computer, a tablet computer, etc.) connected to the mouse device 2 .

After the application program 41 is executed by the computer device 3 , the application program 41 can display an operation interface (such as a graphical user interface) through the display of the computer device 3 . The aforementioned operation interface can be used to perform various settings on the mouse device 2 .

In one embodiment, the operation interface can be used to set the range of each touch area and the corresponding input event.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 10 together. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an operation interface of an application program according to an embodiment of the invention.

In this embodiment, each touch panel is divided into three touch areas as an example.

In one embodiment, the control firmware 40 defines the range of each touch area, and can identify the clicked touch area according to the pressed touch position.

In one embodiment, the control firmware 40 defines boundaries of a plurality of touch areas, so as to define the range of each touch area through the boundaries.

In one embodiment, the range of each touch area can be adjusted in the computer device 3 through the application program 41 .

In one embodiment, after the application program 41 is executed by the computer device 3, the computer device 3 can display the operation interface as shown in FIG. operation, and set a new control firmware 40 based on the adjusted multiple touch areas, and transmit the new control firmware 40 to the mouse device 2 through the computer device 3 for execution.

In one embodiment, the application program 41 can accept the input setting operation of setting multiple input events corresponding to multiple touch areas through the operation interface, set a new control firmware based on the adjusted multiple input events, and set the new The control firmware 40 is transmitted to the mouse device 2 through the computer device 3 for execution.

In one embodiment, the above-mentioned operation interface can display the state of the input device (that is, the connected mouse device 2), the boundaries (upper border and middle border) of the three touch areas of the left button, and the three touch areas of the right button. The separation boundary (upper boundary and middle boundary) of the control area, and the separation boundary (upper boundary and middle boundary) of the three touch areas of the side key.

Moreover, the user can manually adjust the positions of the upper border and the middle border of the three touch areas of each key according to usage habits, so as to adjust the touch area to a customary size.

In one embodiment, after installing the control firmware 40 corresponding to the above settings, the control board 20 can redistribute the touch areas to which multiple touch positions belong based on the boundaries of the set touch areas, so as to adjust the touch area. The scope and size of the control area.

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 . FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, each touch panel is divided into three touch areas.

The left touch pad is located in the left button area of the mouse, and is divided into touch areas R11-R13, and used to trigger three input events.

The right touchpad is located in the right mouse button area, and is divided into touch areas R21-R23, and used to trigger three input events.

The side touch pad is located in the side area of the mouse, and is divided into side touch areas R31-R33, and is used to trigger three input events.

In one embodiment, the first touch area of multiple touch areas of the same button can be mapped to a mouse event (such as a left button event, a right button event, or a middle button event), and the second touch area can be mapped to To the key combination event (the first key combination event), the third touch area can be corresponding to the key combination event (the second key combination event), but this is not limited, and the user can change the above correspondence arbitrarily according to needs.

Please refer to FIG. 4 to FIG. 9 together. FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a mouse device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment, the button cover is disposed on the outside of the touch panel, and is used for pressing the touch panel by receiving a pressing operation of pressing inward, and pressing the push switch through the touch panel.

For example, when the user presses the front of the left key cover 500 , the front of the left key cover 500 will press the touch area R13 of the front of the left touchpad 510 inward to trigger a touch signal. Next, the front end of the left key cover 500 continues to press the touch area R13 , and the touch area R13 presses the left press plate 532 to press the lower left press switch 530 to trigger the switch signal. The middle end and the rear end of the left button cover 500 are also based on the same principle, and will not be repeated here.

In another example, when the user presses the middle end of the right key cover 502 , the middle end of the right key cover 502 will press the touch area R21 at the middle end of the right touchpad 511 inward to trigger a touch signal. Then, the middle end of the right key cover 502 continues to press the touch area R21 , and the touch area R21 presses the right press plate 533 to press the lower right press switch 531 to trigger the switch signal. The front end and the rear end of the right key cover 502 are also based on the same principle, which will not be repeated here.

In another example, when the user clicks on the end of the side cover 505 , the end of the side cover 505 will press the touch area R33 at the end of the side touchpad 520 to trigger a touch signal. The front end and the middle end of the side cover 505 are also based on the same principle, which will not be repeated here.

In one embodiment, a press switch and a switch structure can be provided on the inner side of the side touch panel 520 so that the user can obtain a sense of feedback when pressing the side touch panel 520 .

In an embodiment, the inner side of the side touch panel 520 may not be provided with a push switch and a switch structure, so that the user does not get a sense of feedback when pressing the side touch panel 520 .

In one embodiment, when the push switch and the switch structure are not provided on the inner side of the side touch panel 520 , the side support plate 521 can be installed on the inner side of the side touch panel 520 . The side support plate 521 is used to support the side touch panel 520 in film form, so as to prevent the side touch panel 520 from being deformed or damaged due to the user's pressing.

In one embodiment, the left touch pad 510 , the right touch pad 511 and the side touch pad 520 can be connected to the touch circuit 54 and connected to the control board 55 through the touch circuit 54 .

In one embodiment, the mouse device 5 may include any combination of the left touchpad 510 , the right touchpad 511 and the side touchpad 520 .

For example, the mouse device 5 may include a left touchpad 510 and a right touchpad 511 , but does not include a side touchpad 520 .

For example, the mouse device 5 may include the side touchpad 520 but not the left touchpad 510 and the right touchpad 511 .

In one embodiment, the control board 55 is disposed on the base 56 , and the touch circuit 54 is disposed above the control board 55 . In this way, the wiring length from the touch panel to the touch circuit 54 can be reduced, and the wiring of the mouse device 5 can be simplified.

In one embodiment, a roller sensor 570 is disposed under the roller 501 .

In one embodiment, a middle press switch 571 corresponding to the middle button is disposed under the scroll wheel 501 . When the user presses the scroll wheel 501 so that the middle button switch 571 triggers the switch signal, an input event of the middle button can be triggered.

It is worth mentioning that the existing touch mouse senses the user's touch gestures, and requires a high-resolution touch panel and a controller with high processing performance.

The mouse device of this invention only needs to sense whether the touch panel is touched and pressed, and does not need to sense the user's touch gesture, which can greatly reduce the amount of calculation, and can use low-resolution touch panel and low processing efficiency control device.

It is worth mentioning that although the single touch panel is divided into two touch areas or three touch areas in the foregoing embodiments, it should not be limited thereto.

In one embodiment, the number of touch areas of each touch panel can be planned and designed by the user according to requirements. Moreover, changing the number and range of touch areas can be quickly implemented by updating the control firmware 40 without redesigning the hardware.

The above is only a better specific example of this creation, and does not limit the scope of patent application for this creation. Therefore, all equivalent changes made by using the content of this creation are also included in the scope of this creation. Chen Ming.

1:Mouse device

10: Control panel

11:Touchpad

12: Press the switch

Claims (11)

A mouse device with multiple touch areas on the button, including: a touch panel, when one of the touch areas is pressed, a touch signal corresponding to the pressed touch area is triggered ; a push switch, arranged on an inner side of the touch panel, for triggering a switch signal when pressed; and a press cover, arranged on an outer side of the touch panel, for receiving the A push operation of pressing the push switch. The mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of touch areas include a first touch area corresponding to a mouse event and a second touch area corresponding to a first key combination event. The mouse device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of touch areas include a third touch area corresponding to a second key combination event. The mouse device according to claim 2, wherein the first touch area is a right mouse button area or a left mouse button area, and the mouse event is a right button event or a left button event. The mouse device as described in claim 1, further comprising a control board electrically connected to the touch pad and the push switch, for triggering the pressed touch when receiving the touch signal and the switch signal An input event corresponding to the region. The mouse device as described in claim 5, further comprising a touch circuit, electrically connected to the touch panel and the control panel, for sensing the pressing of each of the touch areas and sending corresponding touch signals to the control panel. The mouse device as described in claim 5, further comprising a side touch panel electrically connected to the control panel for triggering the pressed side touch when one of the multiple side touch areas is pressed A side touch signal of the region, wherein the plurality of side touch regions respectively correspond to a plurality of the input events; wherein the control board is set to trigger the pressed side touch region when receiving the side touch signal The corresponding input event. The mouse device as described in claim 5, wherein the control board further includes a control firmware; wherein, after being executed, the control firmware is used to control the control board to identify the corresponding touch signal received the touch area, and trigger the input event corresponding to the touch area. The mouse device as described in claim 1, wherein the plurality of touch areas are adjustable, and the mouse device further includes a control firmware for defining a range of each of the touch areas. The mouse device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the control firmware is used to define a boundary of each of the touch areas. The mouse device as described in claim 1, which further includes an application program for being installed in a computer device connected to the mouse device; wherein, after being executed, the application program is used to pass through the computer The device displays an operation interface, accepts a region adjustment operation for adjusting a range of each of the touch regions through the operation interface, and sets a control firmware based on each of the adjusted touch regions; Wherein, the application program is used to accept an input setting operation of setting a plurality of input events corresponding to the plurality of touch areas through the operation interface, and set the control firmware based on the adjusted plurality of input events; wherein, The application program is used for sending the control firmware to the mouse device through the computer device.

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