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    • 专利摘要:
    Mouse capable of communication with a software application of a computer, comprising a sole (2) and a housing (3) connected to each other by a connecting element (6) allowing the housing (3) to inclining relative to the sole (2), so that the mouse is provided with at least four degrees of freedom, characterized in that the mouse comprises at least one vibration device.
    公开号:FR3025902A1
    申请号:FR1458757
    申请日:2014-09-16
    公开日:2016-03-18
    发明作者:Lionel Chataignier；Geoffrey Chataignier
    申请人:Concept E；
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    专利说明:

    [0001] The invention relates to a mouse such as a mouse with six axes for controlling a three-dimensional software application and more generally a pointer for controlling such an application. Such a mouse with six axes is described in the patent documents FR2858072 and FR2881238. It comprises a sole carrying a casing to constitute an assembly movable in translation in a plane along two perpendicular horizontal axes, as standard so-called bidimensional mice. But the housing of such a mouse is movable relative to the sole, so as to be inclined by turning about a horizontal longitudinal axis, and rotating about a horizontal transverse axis, which constitutes two additional axes . This mouse is intended for the manipulation of three-dimensional digital virtual objects presented by a software application, such as a computer-aided design application. It can thus control the application so as to couple the movements of a three-dimensional object presented by the application on the computer screen to the actual movements of the mouse housing. The movements that the user imposes on the mouse casing as well as the actuation of a wheel carried by the casing, are then translated by corresponding displacements of the object that he manipulates. It can also be used to evolve in a digital three-dimensional space. The actual movements of the case result in displacements and changes in the orientation of the point of view from which this three-dimensional space is presented by the application. Such a mouse is advantageous in that it allows more varied uses than a simple two-dimensional traditional mouse. However, it remains insufficient for certain applications, such as in the field of video games. The object of the present invention is to provide an improved mouse for interacting with a software application, especially a video game. For this purpose, the invention is based on a mouse capable of communicating with a software application of a computer, comprising a sole and a housing connected to each other by a connecting element allowing the housing 10 to be connected. inclining relative to the sole, so that the mouse is provided with at least four degrees of freedom, characterized in that the mouse comprises at least one vibration device. The mouse may comprise at least two vibration devices arranged in different parts of the mouse, especially at the front and back or right and left. At least one vibration device of the mouse may be fixed on the housing and / or on a printed circuit inside the mouse, in particular near the housing. The mouse may comprise at least one lighting device, in particular one or more LEDs.
    [0002] The mouse housing may carry at least one accelerometer and the soleplate may carry at least one other accelerometer, the measurements of these accelerometers being used to derive the inclination of the housing. The invention also relates to a computer device comprising a computer and a screen, characterized in that it comprises a mouse as defined above.
    [0003] The invention also relates to a method implemented by a software application on a computer of a computing device, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: reception of orders of movements in space by the intermediate movement of a mouse with at least four degrees of freedom; returning information by triggering the vibration of a vibration device within the mouse.
    [0004] The information may be of a spatial nature, in particular related to an area of a screen connected to the computer. The method may comprise the following steps: displaying information on a first area of a screen and triggering the vibration of a first mouse vibrating device; Display of other information on a second area of a screen and triggering vibration of a second vibration device of the mouse. The method may include a step of illuminating one or more lighting devices of the mouse, flashing or not, depending on a parameter of the software application.
    [0005] These objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in detail in the following description of a particular, non-limiting embodiment in connection with the accompanying figures, in which: FIG. overall view and perspective from above of a mouse according to one embodiment of the invention. Figure 2 is an overall and perspective view from below of the mouse according to the embodiment of the invention. Figure 3 is a view showing the sole sole of the mouse with its electronic card according to the embodiment of the invention.
    [0006] Fig. 4 is a view showing the single housing of the mouse with its electronic card according to the embodiment of the invention. FIG. 5 represents a screen coupled to the mouse according to the embodiment of the invention.
    [0007] The mouse according to one embodiment of the invention can integrate a structure as described by the document FR2953609. As can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, the mouse 1 comprises a sole 2 carrying a casing 3 which has a generally convex shape favoring the grip by the user. The sole 2 has a flat bottom face 4 by which it bears on a horizontal plane, such as a table or a mouse pad, marked by the two horizontal perpendicular axes x and y. The mouse 1 is thus mobile in translation on this horizontal plane along the two horizontal axes perpendicular x and y. It is also rotatable about an axis normal to this plane, namely the yaw axis z. The casing can itself be inclined in a rolling motion relative to the sole by pivoting about the horizontal transverse axis x, and it can be inclined in a pitching motion by pivoting about the horizontal longitudinal axis y.
    [0008] The housing 3 of the mouse 1 is connected to the sole 2 by a visible connecting element 6, in particular in FIG. 3, and which is here a solid piece made of rubber or the like having a generally outer shape, referred to as a diabolo or even a biconical shape. . This connecting element 6 or diabolo extends in the vertical direction z and comprises a lower end by which it is rigidly secured to the sole 2, and an upper end by which it is rigidly secured to the upper housing 3. This diabolo 6 is made of an elastic material 3 such as rubber or the like to allow the housing 3 to pivot relative to the sole 2 about the two x and y axes perpendicular to each other and parallel to the lower face 4. In the representation given in the figures, the xy and z axes form the axes of an indirect orthogonal coordinate system, each passing through the center of symmetry C of the diabolo 6. It should be noted that the connection between the sole and the housing prohibits a displacement. housing 15 vertically relative to the sole, and a displacement in rotation about the z axis of the housing relative to the sole. The rotation of the housing 3 relative to the sole 2 around the z axis is prohibited in particular by the fact that the sole 2 and the housing 3 have shapes which partially fit into one another when the assembly is mounted with a certain clearance along the x and y axes, which allows the housing to tilt while preventing it from pivoting relative to the sole around the z-axis. In general, the housing 3 comprises a housing body marked by 5 and carrying a set of actuators and an electronic card 25 said upper, which is rigidly secured to the housing body. The casing body 3 comprises a left lateral flank 7, on which the thumb of a user grasping the mouse rests, and this left lateral flank 7 carries a handle 8, situated in front part and extending in a substantially direction. parallel to the x-axis, so as to be manipulable by the user's thumb. This housing body 5 also comprises a convex upper face 11, which delimits together with the flank 7 a blunt edge 12 carrying two push buttons 13 and 14 located substantially mid-length of the left flank 7, and which are also actuable by the thumb of the user. The upper front portion of the casing body carries, on the one hand, a rotating wheel 16 that can be manipulated by the middle finger of the user having the mouse in the hand, as well as an additional pushbutton 17 situated above the wheel 16, and that the user can also operate with his middle finger.
    [0009] The convex upper face 11 of the housing body 5 is covered by an additional curved and flexible plate 18, whose front portion has two branches 19 and 21 located on either side of the wheel 16 and the push button 17. These two branches 19 and 21 respectively constitute a so-called left-click key and a so-called right-click key operable respectively by the index and by the middle finger of a right-handed user having the mouse in hand. As shown in Figure 1, the two keys 19 and 21 are spaced from the front end of the housing body 5 which is here embodied in particular by a front edge 23 having a curved shape oriented transversely. The edge 23 is thus separated longitudinally from each of these keys 21 and 22 respectively by two bearing zones marked by 24 and 26 these bearing zones forming an integral part of the front of the casing body 5. The fact that the keys of the left and right clicks are separated from the front end of the housing by two support zones 24 and 26 allows the user to tilt the casing in roll 25 exerting direct efforts on these bearing areas 24 and 26, that is to say without risk of clicking unexpectedly. As regards the sole 2, it also includes a sole body 25 carrying a so-called lower circuit board and various components. As can be seen in particular in FIG. 2, the lower face 4 of this sole 30 is equipped with a set of pads 27 facilitating its sliding. It is also equipped with a laser-type displacement sensor, marked 28, and with which the translational movements along the x and y axes relative to the support are measured. Furthermore, this sole 2 comprises at its front part a mini-USB type connector, with which the mouse can be connected to a computer so as to transmit its information, and / or to recharge a battery built into this mouse to allow him to exchange information with the computer over a wireless link.
    [0010] As can be seen in FIG. 3, the soleplate 2 bears a so-called lower printed circuit which is marked by 29, which is rigidly secured to this soleplate by means that are not shown, and which itself carries various components including a so-called lower accelerometer identified by 31 rigidly secured to this printed circuit. This lower printed circuit also carries components specific to the mini-USB connector, the laser sensor 28, and other components. Similarly, and as shown in FIG. 4, the housing 3 carries another printed circuit, said upper and marked by 32, which is rigidly secured to the housing body 5. This upper printed circuit carries an accelerometer said upper 33 identified by 33 , also rigidly secured to the printed circuit which carries it, and a set of components such as the wheel 8 cliquante 16, the handle 8 and the switch of the push button 17. These two printed circuits are electrically connected one to the other by a not shown connector, such that the information from the upper printed circuit 25, such as the depressed state of one or other of the left and right clicks, the position of the wheel 16 or the position of the handle 8 is transmitted to the lower printed circuit 29. The two accelerometers 31 and 33 are operated jointly by a computing unit (not shown), such as a microcontroller, which equips For example, the lower printed circuit for determining the inclination of the housing 3 relative to the baseplate 2. The two accelerometers are advantageously identical electronic components so as to simplify the processing of the signals they deliver. Advantageously, these are accelerometers in the form of MEMS electronic components of the LIS331DLH type marketed under the trademark ST. Each accelerometer provides signals representative of the accelerations it undergoes along three orthogonal axes 10 of its own, and these signals are addressed to the microcontroller fitted to the lower printed circuit 31. The signals from the accelerometers 31 and 33 are processed by the microcontroller for determine the inclination of the housing 3 relative to the sole 2, on the one hand around the x axis, and on the other hand around the y axis. For this purpose, the microcontroller retrieves at each instant the signals representative of the acceleration experienced by the upper accelerometer and the lower accelerometer along the x axis. On the other hand, the mouse 1 is equipped with two vibration devices 51, 52 respectively positioned at the front and rear part of the mouse 1, as shown schematically in FIG. 3, the front and rear positions hearing in the opposite direction to the direction y, and substantially corresponding to the direction of the hand of the operator affixed to the mouse. Each vibration device 51, 52 comprises a motor and an electrical connection for connecting it to one of the mouse circuit boards for power supply and communication with the software application, the motor being physically attachable to the housing 3 and / or one of the printed circuits of the mouse. Advantageously, the vibration generating motor is attached to one of the printed circuits inside the mouse, while being in proximity to the housing to promote the perception of vibration by the hand affixed to the outside on the mouse. The operation of these two vibration devices 51, 52 is coupled to a software application of the computer to which the mouse is connected, so that each vibration is triggered to transmit particular information to the mouse operator, according to the progress of the software. In particular, each vibration may be related to a spatial information defined by the software, to improve the understanding of the three-dimensional information that a software application can present to an operator on a screen. As an illustrative example, Fig. 5 shows a screen 60 on which a software application displays two complementary information, respectively in the high 61 and low 62 portions of the screen, which is thus divided into two display areas. In particular, the software application may consist of a video game, which has in the upper part 61 a character seen from the front or more generally a landscape according to a first view said face, and in the lower part 62 the same character seen from the back or the same 20 landscape seen in an opposite direction called rear. During a game event coming from the front with respect to the definition chosen above, more particularly visible in the upper part 61 of the screen, the software application can trigger a vibration of the mouse 1 by the front vibration device. 51. Similarly, during a gaming event originating from the rear, more particularly visible in the lower part 62 of the screen, the software application can trigger a vibration of the mouse 1 by the rear vibration device. 52. Thus, the vibration device transmits feedback information to a player on an event of the game, and draws his attention to a certain space of the game, and at the same time an associated area of the screen 60.
    [0011] Naturally, the previous approach could also be based on two vibration devices distributed differently in the internal volume of the mouse, for example right and left, or up and down. In addition, there could be more than two engines, three or four. According to a simplified version, a single vibration device could be used, which would no longer allow to distinguish several different information of spatial nature.
    [0012] According to another embodiment, advantageously combined with the preceding embodiment, the mouse comprises several lighting devices 71, advantageously in the form of LEDs arranged in openings of the upper surface of the casing 3, as represented in FIG. 1 , and electrically connected to at least one of the printed circuits of the mouse 1. As previously, these lighting devices can operate in a controlled manner by a software application, in order to visually inform an operator of certain parameters of the software application, in addition to or in replacement of the information transmitted by a screen 60. Notably, in the case of video games, these lighting devices can inform a player on a standard of living of a game character, a level of danger, etc. . As a variant, the lighting information can multiply the information transmitted by flashing colors according to different frequencies.
    [0013] The invention is not limited to the mouse described in the preceding description, but can be applied to any mouse with a multitude of possible displacements to allow two-dimensional superior spatial information, while remaining linked to a plane. to allow user-friendly and durable handling without pain by an operator. In particular, the mouse is advantageously provided with translational movements in two directions, and with several rotational movements, in particular around the x and y and / or z axes, thus according to at least four degrees of freedom, for example five. Alternatively, a wheel can be used to add a degree of freedom, to reach for example the six degrees of freedom allowing all the movements in space. Advantageously, the mouse is wireless. The invention also relates to a method implemented by a software application using a mouse according to the invention, which can comprise the following steps: - Reception of orders of movements in space by the intermediate of a mouse with at least four degrees of freedom; 15 - Returning information by triggering the vibration of a vibration device within the mouse. This information can be spatial in nature, allowing. the user of the mouse to deduce a position or a movement related to an event generated by the software application.
    [0014] The method may further comprise the steps of: displaying information on a first area of a screen and triggering the vibration of a first mouse vibrating device; Displaying information on a second area of a screen and triggering the vibration of a second vibration device of the mouse. In addition, the method may include illuminating one or more mouse lights, flashing or not.
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    Claims (10)
    [0001]
    REVENDICATIONS1. Mouse capable of communication with a software application of a computer, comprising a soleplate (2) and a housing (3) connected to each other by a connecting element (6) allowing the housing (3) to inclining relative to the sole (2), so that the mouse is provided with at least four degrees of freedom, characterized in that the mouse comprises at least one vibration device.
    [0002]
    2. Mouse according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it comprises at least two vibration devices arranged in different parts of the mouse, in particular at the front and back or right and left.
    [0003]
    3. Mouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a vibration device of the mouse is fixed on the housing and / or on a printed circuit inside the mouse, in particular near the housing.
    [0004]
    4. Mouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises at least one lighting device, including one or more LEDs. 25
    [0005]
    5. Mouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the housing carries at least one accelerometer and in that the sole carries at least one other accelerometer, the measurements of these accelerometers being used to derive the inclination of the housing . 20 3025902 13
    [0006]
    6. Computer device comprising a computer and a screen, characterized in that it comprises a mouse according to one of the preceding claims. 5
    [0007]
    7. A method of controlling a software application using a mouse according to one of claims 1 to 5 implemented by a software application on a computer of a computing device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: receiving space movement commands by the software application of the computer via the movement of the mouse with at least four degrees of freedom; return of information by the software application of the computer 15 by triggering the vibration of a vibration device within the mouse.
    [0008]
    8. Method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the information is of a spatial nature, in particular linked to an area of the screen connected to the computer.
    [0009]
    9. The method of claim 7 or 8, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: Displaying information on a first zone (61) of a screen (60) and triggering the vibration of a first vibration device (51) of the mouse; Displaying further information on a second area (62) of a screen (60) and triggering the vibration of a second vibrating device (52) of the mouse. 3025902 14
    [0010]
    10. Method according to one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that it comprises a step of illuminating one or more lighting devices (71) of the mouse, flashing or not, depending a parameter of the software application. 5
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