Multi-Touch Mouse Button With Click Feedback for Fast Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mechanical mice require multiple switches for input events, increasing cost and risk of accidental button presses, while touch mice lack feedback and are slow for quick input needs.
Innovation Solution
A mouse device with a touch panel divided into multiple touch areas, each triggering distinct input events, combined with a press switch for tactile feedback, using a control panel to identify and execute these events.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple mechanical switches are used to trigger more input events, then the number of input events increases, but the manufacturing cost increases and the risk of accidental button presses increases
Solution Approach 1:
The button is divided into multiple touch areas (first touch area, second touch area, third touch area) that can be independently detected. Each touch area corresponds to different input events, allowing one button structure to replace multiple mechanical switches while maintaining the ability to trigger multiple input events.
Solution Approach 2:
A single button assembly with multiple touch areas serves multiple functions that previously required separate mechanical switches. The button can trigger different input events based on which touch area is pressed, providing multi-functionality while reducing the overall number of components.
2Device complexity
If touch panel is used to replace mechanical switches, then the number of components is reduced, but tactile feedback is lost making it impossible to determine whether click operation is completed
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the touch panel detection capability with a mechanical press switch structure. The button assembly includes both the touch panel for detecting touch areas and the press switch for providing tactile feedback, combining the advantages of both technologies in a single integrated component.
Solution Approach 2:
The press switch acts as an intermediary between the touch panel and the user's finger. When the user presses a touch area, the force is transmitted through the touch panel to the press switch, which provides tactile feedback and confirms the click operation is completed.
3Device complexity
If gestures are used on touch panel to trigger input events, then component count is reduced, but input time increases making it unsuitable for quick input needs
Solution Approach 1:
The button is segmented into multiple touch areas that can be independently pressed to trigger different input events. This allows users to quickly select different functions by pressing different areas of the same button, eliminating the need for time-consuming gesture sequences while maintaining reduced component count.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables quick and accurate triggering of multiple input events with tactile feedback, improving user experience and reducing manufacturing costs.
Implementation Method 1
The touch mouse uses a touch panel to replace the mouse buttons. A user is allowed to make different gestures on the touch panel (such as single click, consecutive clicks, single-finger swipe, multi-finger swipe, etc.) to trigger different types of input events.
Implementation Method 2
the touch mouse uses a touch panel to replace the mouse buttons. A user is allowed to make different gestures on the touch panel
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments provide a mouse device that includes with a plurality of touch areas on one or more mouse buttons. The mouse device includes a touch panel, a press switch, a button cover and a control panel. The touch panel triggers a corresponding touch signal when any one of the plurality of touch areas respectively corresponding to a plurality of input events is pressed. A switch signal is triggered when the press switch is pressed. The button cover is used to receive a pressing operation of pressing, toward inside, the touch panel, and press the press switch via the touch panel. When receiving the touch signal and the switch signal, the control panel triggers the input event of the pressed touch area.