The present invention relates to the field of input apparatuses, and in particular, to a mouse device.
Technologies develop rapidly, and the era of multimedia and computer has come. In a computer system, input apparatuses connecting computer hosts and users play a very important role. The input apparatuses include mouse devices, keyboard devices, trackball devices, and the like. The mouse device may be held in hands by a user to control a cursor of a mouse to move, and manipulated by fingers of the user to click on and select an image or perform a function, so that the mouse device becomes a most common input apparatus.
Under a trend of being simple, convenient, and light, a volume and a size of the mouse device are gradually decreased, thereby increasing portability and operability. However, sizes of hand portions of people are not completely the same, so a mouse device of a fixed volume and size cannot accurately meet requirements of each people. Consequently, the hand portions of some users cannot be effectively supported when operating the mouse device, causing discomfort to the users and reducing the working efficiency during long time use of the mouse device.
In view of this, for the moment, a mouse device that may deform according to a size of a hand portion of a user is proposed, as disclosed in the US Patent Publication No. US2017/0192536. A volume and a size of the mouse device are changed mainly by rotating or moving outer components of the mouse device. However, in structure design, a gap between the outer components is relatively large, and an appearance of the mouse device is not flat. Consequently, a touch sense of the user for operating the mouse device is affected, and components within the mouse device cannot be protected neither. Therefore, the conventional mouse device may be improved.
A main objective of the present invention is to provide a mouse device, and in particular, to a mouse device that may enable a user to adjust a volume and a size thereof while remaining flat in appearance.
In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a mouse device, including:
a housing, including an opening;
a flexible film, covering the opening;
a support structure, abutting against the flexible film in a direction towards outside of the housing;
a linking structure, one side thereof being connected to the support structure; and
a motor, disposed in the housing and connected to another side of the linking structure, and configured to enable the linking structure to move to change an abutting state that the support structure abuts against the flexible film, thereby enabling the flexible film to deform.
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Further, in this preferred embodiment, the flexible film 12 of the mouse device 1 is made of a silicone material. Moreover, the support structure 13 of the mouse device 1 is a flexible structure, and is made of, for example, a thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) material. The processing unit 16 may be a hardware component, a software component, or a firmware component, but is not limited thereto.
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Certainly, the foregoing is merely an embodiment, and a person skilled in the art may make any equivalent modification or design according to the actual application requirements. For example, the mouse device may be modified and designed to be that the housing 11 has an opening 111 at the above and an opening 111 at a side edge at the same time, or the opening 111 at the above and the opening 111 at the side edge together form an opening 111 having a larger range; moreover, two motors 15, two linking structures 14, and two support structures 13 are disposed within the housing 11, or the two linking structures 14 share a power provided by a same motor 15. In this way, the user may adjust the maximum width W and the maximum height H of the mouse device by operating the control portion 17 of the mouse device, so as to be fit for the size of the hand portion of the user.
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In this preferred embodiment, the mouse device 1C further includes a memory unit 18. The memory unit 18 may be a hardware component, a software component, or a firmware component, and is connected to the processing unit 16. When the user records the current volume and size of the mouse device 1C by operating the control portion 17, the control portion 17 may generate and output a recording instruction S2 to the processing unit 16; and the processing unit 16 subsequently records state data I of the mouse device 1C at this time (for example, state data of the motor 15 and/or position data of the linking structure 14, but is not limited thereto) into the memory unit 18 in response to the recording instruction S2, so as to record the abutting state that the support structure (not shown in
However, the foregoing is merely an embodiment. The specific implementation manner of recording the volume and the size of the mouse device 1C and the specific implementation manner of restoring the mouse device 1C to the recorded volume and size are not limited to the above, and a person skilled in the art may make any equivalent modification or design according to the actual application requirements.
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In detail, in this preferred embodiment, in a process that the user adjusts the volume and the size of the mouse device 1D by operating the user interface of the control program 19, the control program 19 may enable the computer host 31 to generate and output a corresponding instruction signal S1 to the processing unit 16 of the mouse device 1D; and the processing unit 16 subsequently drives the motor 15 to rotate in response to the instruction signal S1, so as to enable the linking structure 14 to move to change the abutting state that the support structure (not shown in
Further, when the user records the volume and the size of the mouse device 1D by operating the user interface of the control program 19, the control program 19 enables the computer host 31 to generate and output a recording instruction S2 to the processing unit 16; and the processing unit 16 subsequently records the state data I of the mouse device 1 at this time (for example, the state data of the motor 15 and/or the position data of the linking structure 14, but is not limited thereto) into the memory unit 18 in response to the recording instruction S2, so as to record the abutting state that the support structure abuts against the flexible film.
Further, when the user restores the mouse device 1D to the volume and the size fitting for the user by operating the user interface of the control program 19 in the future, the control program 19 may enable the calculator device to generate and output a restore instruction S3 to the processing unit 16; and the processing unit 16 subsequently drives, according to the state data I recorded in the memory unit 18, the motor 15 to rotate in response to the restore instruction S3, so as to restore the abutting state that the support structure abuts against the flexible film to a state memorized by the user.
However, the foregoing is merely an embodiment. The specific implementation manners of adjusting the volume and the size of the mouse device 1D, recording the volume and the size of the mouse device 1D, and restoring the mouse device 1D to the recorded volume and size by operating the control program 19 are not limited to the above, and a person skilled in the art may make any equivalent modification or design according to the actual application requirements.
For example, the state data I of the mouse device 1D (for example, the state data of the motor 15 and/or the position data of the linking structure 14, but is not limited thereto) is not defined to be recorded in the memory unit 18 of the mouse device 1 by using the processing unit 16 of the mouse device 1. It may alternatively be modified and designed that the state data I of the mouse device 1D is recorded in the computer host 31 by using the control program 19 installed in the computer host 31. When the user restores the mouse device 1D to the volume and the size fitting for the user by operating the user interface of the control program 19 in the future, the control program 19 may enable the computer host 31 to generate and output the restore instruction S3 and the related state data I to the processing unit 16; and the processing unit 16 subsequently drives the motor 15 to rotate in response to the restore instruction S3 and the related state data I, so as to restore the abutting state that the support structure abuts against the flexible film to the state memorized by the user.
According to the foregoing description, in a process of adjusting the volume and the size of the mouse device in the present invention, the appearance still keeps flat. Therefore, a touch sense of the user for operating the mouse device is not affected. Moreover, components within the mouse device are also protected, so as to achieve waterproof, dust-proof, and anti-static effects. Therefore, the mouse device has industrial value
The foregoing is merely the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, any other equivalent replacement or modification made without departing from the spirit disclosed by the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention.
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106128125 | Aug 2017 | TW | national |