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JPS61282914A - Position information input device - Google Patents

Position information input device

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Publication number
JPS61282914A
JPS61282914A JP60124688A JP12468885A JPS61282914A JP S61282914 A JPS61282914 A JP S61282914A JP 60124688 A JP60124688 A JP 60124688A JP 12468885 A JP12468885 A JP 12468885A JP S61282914 A JPS61282914 A JP S61282914A
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Prior art keywords
ball
slits
rotation
position information
disc
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JP60124688A
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Japanese (ja)
Inventor
Mamoru Ono
大野 護
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NEC IC Microcomputer Systems Co Ltd
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NEC IC Microcomputer Systems Co Ltd
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Priority to JP60124688A priority Critical patent/JPS61282914A/en
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To detect easily both of subtle position information and rough position information by providing markers on plural circles on a disc which is rotated in accordance with rotation of a ball. CONSTITUTION:Plural slits 3 are arranged on the outer circle having the same center as a disc on the disc 2 to which rotation of a ball 1 provided in a mouse is transmitted through a roll 6, and plural slits 13 are arranged on the inner circle having the same center. The number of slits 3 is larger than that of slits 13. LEDs 4 and photo transistors TRs 5 which detect rotation of the disc 2 are attached for circles on which LEDs 4 and photo TRs 5 are arranged. Rough rotation of the ball 1 is detected easily by slits 13 and the LED 4 and photo TRs corresponding to them, and subtle rotation of the ball 1 is detected easily by slits 3 and the LED 4 and photo TRs 5 corresponding to them.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は、位置情報入力装置に関し、特にパーソナルコ
ンビエータやワークステーション等の操作を行うための
マウスに用いられる位置情報入力装置に関する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a position information input device, and particularly to a position information input device used in a mouse for operating a personal combinator, a workstation, or the like.

〔従来の技術〕[Conventional technology]

従来、マウスの位置情報入力装置は、第2図に示すよう
にマウス内に設けられ机等に転がシ接触するボールlの
回転をボールlに転がシ接触するローラ6を用いてロー
ラ6に連結された一対の円812′につたえ、ボールの
回転情報、すなわちマウスの位置情報を円82’に設け
たスリット3′が間を通るように対向して設けられたL
BD(発光ダイオード)4とフォトトランジスタ5によ
り検出する。それぞれの円板2′に付いているスリット
3′は、円板2′と同心の1つの円周上に並べられてい
た。
Conventionally, a position information input device for a mouse uses a roller 6, which is provided in a mouse and rolls in contact with a desk or the like, to control the rotation of a ball l that rolls into contact with the ball l, as shown in FIG. A slit 3' provided in the circle 82' passes between the pairs of circles 812' that are connected to each other, and information on the rotation of the ball, that is, information on the position of the mouse, is sent to a pair of circles 812' connected to each other.
Detection is performed using a BD (light emitting diode) 4 and a phototransistor 5. The slits 3' attached to each disc 2' were arranged on one circumference concentric with the disc 2'.

〔発明が解決しようとする問題点〕[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

上述した従来の位置情報入力装置は、円板2′に付いて
いるスリット3′ヲ並べた円周が1つのみで、ボールl
の回転を検出するための信号情報は、限られてしまう。
The above-mentioned conventional position information input device has only one circumference in which the slits 3' attached to the disc 2' are lined up, and the ball l
Signal information for detecting the rotation of is limited.

すなわち信号情報が限定されているためボール1の微妙
な動きと大まかな動きの両方を簡単に検出する事ができ
ず、マウスの細かな位置情報と大まかな位置情報の両方
を簡単に検出できないという欠点がある。
In other words, because the signal information is limited, it is not possible to easily detect both the subtle and general movements of the ball 1, and it is not possible to easily detect both the detailed and general position information of the mouse. There are drawbacks.

本発明の位置情報入力装置は、微妙な位置情報と大1か
な位置情報の両方を簡単に検出できる位置情報入力装置
を提供することを目的とする。
It is an object of the present invention to provide a position information input device that can easily detect both subtle position information and large-scale position information.

〔問題点を解決するための手段〕[Means for solving problems]

本発明の位置情報入力装置は、転がって移動するボール
と、このボールの回転が伝えられ少くとも2つの同心の
円周上に標識が並べられた円板と、前記円周それぞれに
対応して設けられ前記標識を検出する検出手段とを含ん
で構成され石。
The position information input device of the present invention includes a ball that rolls and moves, a disk to which the rotation of the ball is transmitted and on which signs are arranged on at least two concentric circles, and a disk that transmits the rotation of the ball and has signs arranged on at least two concentric circles, and and a detection means for detecting the marker.

〔実施例〕〔Example〕

次に、本発明圧ついて図面を参照して説明する。 Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

第1図は、本発明の一実施例の拡大した斜視図である。FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of one embodiment of the invention.

マウスに設けられたボール1の回転がローラ6を介して
伝えられる円板2に複数のスリット3を円板2と同心の
外側の円周上に並べ、複数のスリン)13を同心の内側
の円周上に並べてあける。スリット3の数は、スリット
13に比べて多くあけておく。そしてスリン)3.13
を並べた円周それぞれに対し円板2の回転すなわちボー
ル1の回転を検出するためのLED4とフォトトランジ
スタ5を取フ付けておく。円板2の回転によるスリン)
3.13の移動距離は、外側のスリット3に比べて内側
のスリット13の方が短かく、LED4とフォトトラン
ジスタ50間を通過するスリットの数は内側のスリン)
13の方が少ないのでボールlの大まかな回転は、スリ
ン)13および対応するLED 4、フォトトランジス
タ5で簡単に検出できる。逆にスリン)3.13の移動
距離は、内側のスリット13に比べて外側のスリット3
の方か長<、LED4とフォトトランジスタ50間を通
過するスリットの数は外側のスリット3の方が多いので
、ボールlの細かな回転は、スリット3および対応する
LED4.7オトトランジスタ5で簡単に検出できる。
A plurality of slits 3 are arranged on the outer circumference concentric with the disk 2 in a disk 2 through which the rotation of a ball 1 provided in the mouse is transmitted via a roller 6, and a plurality of slits 13 are arranged on the inner circumference concentric with the disk 2. Arrange them on the circumference and open them. The number of slits 3 is larger than the number of slits 13. And Surin) 3.13
An LED 4 and a phototransistor 5 for detecting the rotation of the disk 2, that is, the rotation of the ball 1, are attached to each of the circumferences of the circles arranged. Surin due to rotation of disk 2)
3. The moving distance in 13 is shorter for the inner slit 13 than for the outer slit 3, and the number of slits passing between the LED 4 and the phototransistor 50 is smaller than that for the inner slit 3).
13 is smaller, so the rough rotation of the ball l can be easily detected by the slider 13 and the corresponding LED 4 and phototransistor 5. On the other hand, the moving distance of 3.13 is the outer slit 3 compared to the inner slit 13.
Since the number of slits passing between the LED 4 and the phototransistor 50 is larger than that of the outer slit 3, fine rotation of the ball l is easy with the slit 3 and the corresponding LED 4.7 phototransistor 5. can be detected.

つtbボール10回転すなわちマウスの位置情報が粗か
密かによυスリット3か13かのいずれかによる信号情
報を用いることによシ細かな位置情報と大まかな位置情
報の両方を簡単に検出できる。
10 rotations of the ball, i.e., whether the mouse position information is coarse or secret, by using the signal information from either υ slit 3 or 13, both fine and rough position information can be easily detected. .

なお、第1図では一方の図示を省略したが、ボール1に
対し第2図と同様に互いに直角をなす向きに一対の円板
2、ローラ6が設けられている。
Although one of them is omitted in FIG. 1, a pair of disks 2 and rollers 6 are provided to the ball 1 in directions perpendicular to each other, as in FIG. 2.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

以上説明したように本発明は、ボールの回転に従って回
転する円板上の複数の円周上に標識を設けておくことに
よシ、微妙な位置情報と大まかな位置情報の画情報を簡
単に検出することができる効果がある。
As explained above, the present invention makes it possible to easily obtain image information of subtle position information and general position information by providing markers on a plurality of circumferences on a disk that rotates as the ball rotates. There are effects that can be detected.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は本発明の一実施例の斜視図、第2図は従来の位
置情報入力装置の斜視図である。 1・・・・・・ボール、2.2’・・・・・・円板、3
.3’、13・・・・・・スリット、4・・・・・・L
ED、5・・・・・・フォトトランジスタ。
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a conventional position information input device. 1...Ball, 2.2'...Disc, 3
.. 3', 13...Slit, 4...L
ED, 5...Phototransistor.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 転がって移動するボールと、このボールの回転が伝えら
れ少くとも2つの同心の円周上に標識が並べられた円板
と、前記円周それぞれに対応して設けられ前記標識を検
出する検出手段とを含むことを特徴とする位置情報入力
装置。
A ball that rolls and moves, a disk to which the rotation of the ball is transmitted and on which signs are arranged on at least two concentric circles, and a detection means provided corresponding to each of the circumferences and detecting the signs. A location information input device comprising:
JP60124688A 1985-06-07 1985-06-07 Position information input device Pending JPS61282914A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP60124688A JPS61282914A (en) 1985-06-07 1985-06-07 Position information input device

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP60124688A JPS61282914A (en) 1985-06-07 1985-06-07 Position information input device

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
JPS61282914A true JPS61282914A (en) 1986-12-13

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Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP60124688A Pending JPS61282914A (en) 1985-06-07 1985-06-07 Position information input device

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH02176817A (en) * 1988-05-30 1990-07-10 Kogo Denno Kofun Yugenkoshi Encoder and encoder assembly

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH02176817A (en) * 1988-05-30 1990-07-10 Kogo Denno Kofun Yugenkoshi Encoder and encoder assembly

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