CN1555003A - Combined keyboard and mouse and realizing method - Google Patents

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CN1555003A
CN1555003A CNA2003101217690A CN200310121769A CN1555003A CN 1555003 A CN1555003 A CN 1555003A CN A2003101217690 A CNA2003101217690 A CN A2003101217690A CN 200310121769 A CN200310121769 A CN 200310121769A CN 1555003 A CN1555003 A CN 1555003A
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The present invention provides a kind of keyboard-mouse device and its realizing method. The keyboard-mouse device includes keys with at least one function each; mouse locator for determining mouse position change; key and mouse identifier for identifying the location of keys and mouse; key switching unit for determining the function of key operation; and combining unit for combining the mouse position change and key operation to determine the user required operation. The method includes the following steps: reading the parameter of each key click; reading mouse locating parameter; determining the switching between key and mouse; combining the key click parameter and mouse locating parameter; and determining the user required operation. The present invention can realize single hand operation and realize simultaneous input and locating to raise work efficiency.

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Integral keyboard mouse and implementation method
Technical field
The present invention relates to electronic equipment and computer installation, be specifically related to integral keyboard mouse and implementation method.Be specifically related to a kind of keyboard and mouse of one-handed performance, can be used in PC, mobile phone, PDA, intelligent terminal, instrument and meter etc. needs in the system of input characters input and location positioning.
Background technology
Continuous development along with computing machine and electronic technology, the speed capabilities performance of computing machine has had the breakthrough of advancing by leaps and bounds, but the input equipment of personal computer, but never too big variation of keyboard and mouse development, we have continued to use mouse-keyboard for many years always, in keyboard arrangement, the never too big improvement of aspects such as input mode, this is because present computing machine qwerty keyboard is come from the english typewriter continuity, because typewriter is to the consideration on the location positioning, the defective that causes some aspects, location, invented mouse again, but keyboard and mouse are also never organically in conjunction with mistake, though an input technology is arranged recently, the pen input has solved the marriage relation of input and location preferably, but the restriction of pen input makes this technology not be widely used, and ten finger collaborative process are fast because the input of a pen is far from, and is to be exactly at least one letter by one.English typewriter has improved the speed of typewriting gradually after 1872, if be at the beginning of the design for the written historical materials that the makes commercial intercourse words of standard more, the typewriting of this moment has been write soon than pen and has been howed, and the keyboard input develops into now, and wanting to allow pen import than the keyboard input has been unlikely soon.
What continue to use is the english typewriter keyboard--QWERTY formula keyboard (preceding 6 letters that are this design are set to QWERTY) is that a slip-stick artist who is Christopher Si Kulesi was in design in 1873.Exactly because design can reduce people's typing speed like this, because typewriter technology at that time also not too reaches a standard, if typing speed is too fast, mechanical arm can get stuck.And after, because people get used to using this keyboard from the beginning, cause keyboard production to have to adopt the QWERTY formula always.
Some shortcomings of present qwerty keyboard mouse: bimanualness, keyboard and mouse separates, a hand must frequently switch between keyboard and mouse in the time of the operation mouse, and a hand is when stopping, the another hand also can only be in armed state, can't finish input service alone, and number of keys is many, location difficulty, these factors cause traditional keyboard work efficiency low.And behind the bimanualness keyboard, can't be in kbhit make other thing of hand, such as page turning, the word that drinks water, answers the call, writes with a pen, do gesture etc.
Have in the notebook product of companies such as present IBM mouse is nested in the keyboard, but also whether easily, can't import when mainly being the location, can't locate in the time of input.And in the location, an other hand also must stop work and wait the location end, and same, has no idea to accomplish that location and input all are that one hand is finished.
Present cell phone keyboard, be subjected to the influence of mobile phone volume, the mobile phone key number is few, one key multipotency, a key has a variety of by method, press such as short, long pressing, fast double hit etc. all has different functions, can one-handed performance, also can import kinds of words in many ways, but repeat key is many, location difficulty is when showing as the input short message, because of repeated code appears in input characters, select difficulty, can only move up and down with directionkeys, four direction single step is up and down moved on positioning action, and mobile phone is a hand-held device lattice one lattice, be subjected to other fingers need arrest the influence of mobile phone, therefore can only one or two finger button operation during general operation, this also is to influence a slow factor of mobile phone input characters, this factor causes considerable people not use SMS.Write pen and address this problem although the smart mobile phone of part adopts to touch, write pen and must adopt bimanualness but adopt to touch, this is very inconvenient to any personnel who go out, think that the migrant person generally can be with bag, so bimanualness is very inconvenient.
Need the keyboard and mouse of bimanualness also very inconvenient in addition to one-handed person scholar.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to overcome shortcoming of the prior art, take all factors into consideration the characteristics of cell phone keyboard, computer keyboard and mouse, design a kind of can be for the keyboard and mouse of one-handed performance, in conjunction with the software intelligent input technique, take into full account the characteristics of ergonomics, required bond number lacks a lot than common keyboard, but it is more than the regular handset keyboard, easy to operate, can in the location, implement input operation, can be applied in the needs input of common computer, mobile phone, PDA, intelligent terminal, instrument and meter etc. and the equipment of location.
The invention provides a kind of keyboard and mouse device, comprising:
A plurality of buttons, each of described a plurality of buttons have at least one function;
Mouse pointing device is used for determining the variation of mouse location;
Button and mouse recognition device are used to discern the variation of button and mouse location;
The button switching device shifter is used for determining its function according to the operation of button;
Composite set is used for the variation of Combined mouse location and user's button operation, determines the operation that the user needs.
Alternatively, device also comprises: many literal switching control and/or capital and small letter switching device shifter, be used between many literal, switching, and/or be used for determining capital and small letter according to the output of button counting assembly according to the output of user key-press and button and described mouse recognition device.
Preferably, described button and mouse recognition device comprise: the button counting assembly is used to count the number of times that certain button in the given time is pressed continuously.
Alternatively, described button and mouse recognition device comprise: the button time set is used for the time that the timing button is pressed continuously.
Preferably, device also comprises: recognition device, be used to discern speech and phrase, and with according to the output of button and mouse recognition device and the counting or the time of button, determine the speech of identification and the operation of phrase; The length metering device is used for the length that definite cursor moves, and with according to the output of button and mouse recognition device and the counting or the time of button, determines the position of cursor.
Alternatively, described a plurality of button be positioned at described device front, side or above; Described mouse pointing device is positioned at the bottom or the back of described device.
Preferably, described a plurality of key arrangement is allocated as follows:
Thumb: f, p, y, g, w, space, backspace, number, esc
Forefinger: e, t, a, I, n, o, s, (mouse Left), roller
Middle finger: r, l, d, h, c, u, (mouse right)
Nameless: m, v, b, k, x, Del,
Little finger of toe: j, q, z, Insert, shift, enter, cap.
Alternatively, utilize described mouse pointing device, button and mouse recognition device, button switching device shifter and composite set to realize: the DEL key, once delete a letter by hitting, word of twice deletion of double hit or a phrase; The BACKSAPCE key is by hitting once Hui Yige, twice a time word of deletion of double hit or a phrase; SPACE is by hitting one in a sky, the position of twice empty TAB of double hit; The capital and small letter of letter switches.
Preferably, also comprise button weight recognition device so that the button of band letter heavily by in become capitalization, be small letter in the time of flicking.
A kind of method that realizes the keyboard and mouse device of the present invention comprises step:
Read the parameter of each button, described parameter comprises: number of times, weight in time, the schedule time;
Read the parameter of mouse location, be used for determining the variation of mouse location;
According to the parameter of described button and the parameter of mouse location, determine the switching of button and mouse;
Make up the parameter of described button and the parameter of mouse location;
According to the parameter of described combination, determine the operation that the user needs.
Utilize the present invention, can realize one-handed performance, realize importing and locating and carry out simultaneously, increase work efficiency.
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Fig. 1 is the mouse-keyboard structural representation of embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 2 is that the computer keyboard mousebutton of embodiments of the invention is arranged synoptic diagram;
Fig. 3 is the cell phone keyboard mouse synoptic diagram of embodiments of the invention.
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Implement and understand the present invention for the ease of persons skilled in the art, now describe the present invention by embodiment in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, should be understood that the embodiment that the present invention is not limited to describe here.
Investigate people's whole hand and upper extremity exercise characteristic, the characteristics of finger are that the joint is many, and a finger has three joints, wherein the thumb scope of activities is bigger, all the other four refer to less relatively, below near first joint of palm two motion latitudes are arranged, promptly up and down and about, side-to-side movement amplitude, thumb maximum, forefinger takes second place, be little finger of toe then, middle finger and nameless minimum, all fingers amplitude that moves up and down is big, flexibly, three joint synergy can realize stretching bending and move.Wherein little finger of toe and nameless congener, promptly little finger of toe is curved downwards when bending, nameless and then curved bending.
The characteristics of upper limbs arm are that the arm of force is long, from takeing on wrist totally three joints, therefore are well suited for the location, and palm and finger participate in the fine adjustments of location certainly.
According to the characteristics of above-mentioned hand and arm, the present invention adopts following rule, to make full use of these characteristics.
1, mouse positioning function and keyboard are integrated, and can participate in positioning action when making the manual manipulation keyboard; Can make full use of the integration function of whole hand and arm like this, promptly finger participates in input operation, and arm and wrist participate in positioning action;
2, the button on original mouse can find the key of identical function on keyboard, therefore can merge;
3, the key of original all identical functions of keyboard all merges;
4, number of keys is as the criterion can satisfy one-handed performance fully, 3-8 key of each finger pipe, wherein thumb and forefinger are big because of scope of activities, can overabsorption some, 7-8 on each finger, little finger of toe 4-5, nameless each 3-4 is individual for middle finger;
5, degree of flexibility, forefinger is best, and the thumb middle finger takes second place, and key assignments therefore commonly used is given this three fingers, and all the other key assignments are given other fingers;
6, each key all has complex function, promptly short by and long pressing, double hit fast, flicking with heavily by all representing different states;
7, if the not enough situation of key, can be multiplexing, discern the meaning of different key combinations by intelligence software
8, consider the finger locating difficulty, button is designed to the mode of a plurality of perception points of button, promptly different can produce different sign indicating numbers by mode of hitting or direction, reduces the difficult and input error that causes of finger locating
9, be connected only cable of needs with main frame, if adopt wireless mode, also only need a passage.
When design device of the present invention, follow following rule.
1, with the mouse localization part, X normally, the displacement control section of Y-axis is placed on the bottom or the back of apparatus of the present invention, buttons such as other inputs, affirmation, cancellation be placed on front, side or above;
2, because of mouse-keyboard information transmitted amount is not very big, so do not need very high bandwidth with host interface, rate request is not high yet, considers two cables of prior art are merged;
3, consider the one-handed performance convenience, be no more than 30 buttons at most;
4, switch key is used in the compound use of numerical key and letter key;
5, because relative small letter is less when writing capitalization, alphabet size is write to switch and is adopted default small letter, heavily by the time become capitalization;
6, heavily by no longer as before keyboard duplicate letter;
7, input modes such as stroke, phonetic are adopted in input in Chinese, and various input modes are switched with switch key;
8, punctuation mark is of little use, and is also multiplexing with letter key;
9, switch key is generally controlled with thumb
10, adopt quick double hit to produce additional function key;
According to these rules, the mouse-keyboard structure of the present invention of design as shown in Figure 1.The first half is the keyboard part, button is fit to hold the surface of shape according to the distribution of shapes of finger at spheroid or other, the shape body is according to the shaped design of slapping in the staff, and making has good assurance sense, and button is an example on the figure, the distribution of concrete button is seen below in detail, the latter half is the mouse localization part, (mechanical track ball, photoelectronic trace ball, the photoelectric reflection plate, make a video recording first-class can).
Below by the present invention of embodiment depicted in greater detail.
Example one: personal computer keyboard mouse, keyboard are arranged stretch-out view (with right hand keyboard and mouse is example, and the left hand keyboard type seemingly) as shown in Figure 2.Table 1 is a key letter usage frequency table, letter frequency table headed by the table 2, and table 3 is a last letter frequency table; Table 4 is the most frequently used English alphabet order digram; Table 5 is the most common English alphabet three word sequential combination.When design, determine the position of key according to these tables.
Table 1,
General?Letter?Frequencies
E 0.124167
T 0.0969225
A 0.0820011
I 0.0768052
N 0.0764055
O 0.0714095
S 0.0706768
R 0.0668132
L 0.0448308
D 0.0363709
H 0.0350386
C 0.0344391
U 0.028777
M 0.0281775
F 0.0235145
P 0.0203171
Y 0.0189182
G 0.0181188
W 0.0135225
V 0.0124567
B 0.0106581
K 0.00393019
X 0.00219824
J 0.0019984
Q 0.0009325
Z 0.000599
Ten letters that the most frequently used as can be seen from Table 1 frequency is the highest are E, T, A, I, N, O, S, R, L, D.
Table 2
Table 3
Table 4
th,he,in,en,nt,re,er,an,ti,es,on,at,se,nd,or,
ar,al,te,co,de,to,ra,et,ed,it,sa,em,ro.
Table 5
the,and,tha,ent,ing,ion,tio,for,nde,has,nce,edt,
tis,oft,sth,men
Consider some above factors, therefore keyboard arrangement be allocated as follows:
Thumb: f, p, y, g, w, space, backspace, number, esc
Forefinger: e, t, a, I, n, o, s, (mouse Left), roller
Middle finger: r, l, d, h, c, u, (mouse right)
Nameless: m, v, b, k, x, Del,
Little finger of toe: j, q, z, Insert, shift, enter, cap
More than only consider that English input and Chinese spelling import, about Chinese stroke input and other input modes, can realize in the present invention that also Chinese stroke input can be considered and the QWERTY keyboard sharing mode, therefore part is not an emphasis of the present invention, does not talk so omit.
Totally 42 of numerical key character keys are all shared with letter key, and numeral and character come switching controls by NUMBER key and shift key respectively.
When design, read the pushing of each key of keyboard and mouse by prior art, and reach the combination function, in device of the present invention by the design recognition device, comprise: the button counting assembly is used to count the number of times that certain button in the given time is pressed continuously.Recognition device is used to discern speech and phrase, and the length metering device is used for the length that definite cursor moves, as TAB length.The capital and small letter switching device shifter is used for determining capital and small letter according to the output of button counting assembly.Roller identification composite set is used for the combination according to roller and button, determines combination function; Many literal switching control is used for switching between many literal.
● the DEL key, once delete a letter by hitting, word of twice deletion of double hit or a phrase,
● the BACKSAPCE key, by hitting once Hui Yige, twice a time word of deletion of double hit or a phrase
● SPACE, by hitting one in a sky, the position of twice empty TAB of double hit
● the button of band letter, heavily by the time become capitalization, be small letter (default setting) in the time of flicking
Double hit can also be extended to other function keys twice
● DEL+ roller deletion delegation, the moving lattice of roller are deleted delegation
● the CONTROL+ roller turns over one page up and down, and the moving lattice of roller turn over one page,
● the SHIFT+ roller is equal to HOME and END
● can also add Chinese stroke input
● in position fixing process, also can implement input, the input of limit gulde edge.
Describe example two below: cell phone keyboard mouse, Fig. 3 are the cell phone keyboard mouse synoptic diagram of embodiments of the invention.This is on ready-made cell phone keyboard, in the back part increase mouse localization part mechanism of mobile phone.Wherein, comprise the mouse positioning and recognizing device, be used for location moving cursor according to mouse.Treating apparatus is used for the input according to the mobile and key of mouse location, determines the operation of mobile phone, moves Right Arrow 5 lattice as what locate according to mouse; Judgment device is used to determine to accept the operation of mouse or keyboard, and in an embodiment of the present invention, the move operation mouse has precedence over keyboard.
The most cursor of present mobile phone moves up and down and moves lattice one lattice, operate very inconvenient, the mouse controller of mobile phone has been arranged after, locate very convenient, and can operate with adept machine finger behind, normally forefinger does not influence the operation of thumb.Mobile phone operation can be easily finished in the operation of mouse positioning combination keyboard.Keyboard arrangement can be arranged according to common cell phone keyboard, only needs to increase mouse action and partly gets final product.
The present invention can one-handed performance, realizes that input and location carry out simultaneously, increases work efficiency; The present invention can solve one-handed performance, separate emit an other hand can finish other the operation, receive calls in the time of such as operating computer, turn over data, the books page turning is drunk water etc. to have to interrupt the action that operation just can be finished originally, provides very big convenience to the user; The present invention rearranges the button of keyboard and places, and has dwindled volume greatly, and is easy to carry; Each key of the present invention all has multiplexing function.Finger locating is accurate, is fit to touch system.Only need a cable to be connected, or only use passage wireless connections with main frame.Can substitute all common keyboard at present, cell phone keyboard.Also can be fit to one-handed person scholar uses.
Though described the present invention by embodiment, those of ordinary skills know, the present invention has many distortion and variation and do not break away from spirit of the present invention, therefore, wish that appended claim comprises these distortion and variation and do not break away from spirit of the present invention.

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1. keyboard and mouse device comprises:
A plurality of buttons, each of described a plurality of buttons have at least one function;
Mouse pointing device is used for the variation of determining that mouse position moves;
Button and mouse recognition device are used to discern the variation that button and mouse position move;
The button switching device shifter is used for determining its function according to the operation of button;
Composite set is used for the variation of Combined mouse location and user's button operation, determines the operation that the user needs.
2. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described button and mouse recognition device comprise: the button counting assembly is used to count the number of times that certain button in the given time is pressed continuously.
3. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described button and mouse recognition device comprise: the button time set is used for the time that the timing button is pressed continuously.
4. as claim 2 or 3 described devices, wherein, also comprise: many literal switching control and/or capital and small letter switching device shifter, be used between many literal, switching according to the output of user key-press and button and described mouse recognition device, and/or be used for determining capital and small letter according to the output of button counting assembly, and/or capital and small letter is determined in the output that is used for pinning according to calculating the time set of key time length.
5. device as claimed in claim 4 also comprises: recognition device, be used to discern speech and phrase, and with according to the output of button and mouse recognition device and the counting or the time of button, determine the speech of identification and the operation of phrase; The length metering device is used for the length that definite cursor moves, and with according to the output of button and mouse recognition device and the counting or the time of button, determines the position of cursor.
6. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described a plurality of buttons be positioned at described device front, side or above; Described mouse pointing device is positioned at the bottom or the back of described device.
7. device as claimed in claim 6, wherein, described a plurality of key arrangement are allocated as follows:
Thumb: f, p, y, g, w, space, backspace, number, esc
Forefinger: e, t, a, I, n, o, s, (mouse Left), roller
Middle finger: r, l, d, h, c, u, (mouse right)
Nameless: m, v, b, k, x, Del,
Little finger of toe: j, q, z, Insert, shift, enter, cap.
8. as claim 6 or 7 described devices, wherein, utilize described mouse pointing device, button and mouse recognition device, button switching device shifter and composite set to realize: the DEL key, once delete a letter by hitting, word of twice deletion of double hit or a phrase; The BACKSAPCE key is by hitting once Hui Yige, twice a time word of deletion of double hit or a phrase; SPACE is by hitting one in a sky, the position of twice empty TAB of double hit; The capital and small letter of letter switches.
9. device as claimed in claim 8 wherein, also comprises button weight recognition device so that the button of band letter heavily by in become capitalization, be small letter in the time of flicking.
10. method that realizes the keyboard and mouse device comprises step:
Read the parameter of each button, described parameter comprises: number of times, weight in time, the schedule time;
Read the parameter of mouse location, be used for determining the variation of mouse location;
According to the parameter of described button and the parameter of mouse location, determine the switching of button and mouse;
Make up the parameter of described button and the parameter of mouse location;
According to the parameter of described combination, determine the operation that the user needs.
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