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WO1996030863A2 - Dispositifs d'entree pour ordinateur - Google Patents

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WO1996030863A2
WO1996030863A2 PCT/GB1996/000798 GB9600798W WO9630863A2 WO 1996030863 A2 WO1996030863 A2 WO 1996030863A2 GB 9600798 W GB9600798 W GB 9600798W WO 9630863 A2 WO9630863 A2 WO 9630863A2
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Stephen Oliver Frazer
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
    • G06F3/0487—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
    • G06F3/0488—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/033—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor
    • G06F3/0354—Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor with detection of 2D relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks
    • G06F3/03547—Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

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  • This invention relates to computer input devices.
  • digitising tablets which consist of a touch sensitive plate configured with appropriate electronic circuitry to determine the position at which it is touched relative to notional fixed axes.
  • Some digitising tablets have a cooperative "pen” which is positioned relative to the tablet and which may include one or more actuation buttons.
  • a computer input device consisting of a mounting, two touch- and position-sensitive panels mounted back-to-back on the mounting and means for converting pressure applied at a point on either touch sensitive panel into positional information in a form suitable for being fed to a computer.
  • the data input device in accordance with the invention is positioned with the two panels facing the thumb and a finger respectively of their user.
  • the mounting may be configured to be easily supported in the hand of the user while leaving the thumb and finger free to move relative to one another.
  • the relative positions of the thumb and finger contact can be determined, as can whether the two relative positions are moving relative to one another and/or relative to the mounting.
  • the touch sensitive panels may discriminate between light, medium and heavy pressure applied thereto.
  • the device may have associated with the panels or mounted on the mounting adjacent the panels, one or more function switches.
  • it may even be appropriate to use two side-by-side touch sensitive panels to be contacted in use by two adjacent fingers of the user.
  • the two oppositely facing touch sensitive panels may be the same size or different sizes and may be registered one with another if of the same size or may be staggered slightly one with respect to the other.
  • the input device in accordance with the invention is, of course, designed to act interactively with the computer itself.
  • input devices such as keyboards and mice interact with one or more central processing units in a computer via interface devices, so an appropriate interface device can be used with the input device of the present invention.
  • the exact design and construction of such interface devices may vary widely, but need involve no more than the standard application of known principles.
  • appropriate interface circuitry for converting movement of a finger pressure area across known types of touch sensitive screen is well known, customarily involving analogue position sensing and analog to digital conversion integrated circuitry.
  • the computer may be programmed to discriminate between different inputs from the device in accordance with the present invention, and the approach may well differ depending upon the particular program being operated by the computer at the time.
  • an interactive animated graphics games program may require a different approach from that used with a three- dimensional computer aided design program.
  • the device is of especial value in computer game control, where it can cooperate with a programme to produce proportional control rather than the "on/off" control exercisable using a joystick or cursor keys.
  • the device in accordance with the present invention may be self-standing, powered, e.g., by means of batteries, and transmit data to a computer in wire-less fashion, e.g.
  • a device in accordance with the present invention could be formed as an accessory to a keyboard, e.g. a keyboard may carry an extension piece serving as a mounting and carrying at a convenient height above the surface on which the keyboard is laid, two touch- and position-sensitive panels arranged back-to-back.
  • the device may be set in an appropriate stand adapted to rest on a horizontal working surface and hold the device vertically or suitably inclined, or the device may incorporate such a stand, optionally foldable to a stowed position.
  • Figure 1 shows a diagrammatic view of an input device in accordance with the present invention held by a user's hand
  • Figure 2 shows a diagrammatic plan view of the input device shown in Figure 1
  • Figure 3 shows a schematic section through the device.
  • Figure 4 shows a diagrammatic perspective view of a device with an integral stand
  • FIGS. 5 to 9 show diagrammatically different types of - 6 -
  • Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings show a data input device consisting of a generally rectangular box-like housing or mounting 1 having towards one end of the rectangle members defining essentially two oppositely facing frames 2 in each of which is seated a touch-and position-sensitive panel consisting of an outer layer 3, 5 and an underlying printed circuit board 4, 6 respectively.
  • the layers 3, 5 may be opaque, transparent or translucent depending upon the particular type of panel.
  • the centre of each panel may be provided with a centre marking 15 making it easier for the user to position his finger and thumb appropriately, and may be divided by a ring of dots into an inner zone 13 and outer zone 14. Standard XY-directions are also marked (see Figure 2) .
  • the device includes a number of actuation switches of various sorts.
  • a pressure actuated switch 7 is located between the two panels 5 so that on squeezing the two panels together, the pressure actuated switch 7 is operated.
  • Switch 7 requires much greater pressure on the touch-sensitive panels than that required to actuate the panels themselves.
  • On the underneath of the mounting frame there is a recessed press button switch or key switch 8, positioned conveniently for operation by the fourth or little finger of the user.
  • switches Shown mounted the opposite side from the switch 8 is a line of three function switches in the form of key switches, press buttons or the like 9 which can enable further variations in the data input stream.
  • the switches may incorporate, in known fashion, indicators, e.g. light emitting diodes, indicating by the presence or absence of illumination, or by colour, the current operating state of the device.
  • a power supply such as a battery.
  • Data is fed from boards 4, 6 via a multi-core lead 10 to an appropriate input of a computer, e.g. to a socket on an interface board mounted on the computer's main information bus.
  • Power may also be fed via such a lead 10, e.g. from the keyboard bus.
  • the device can be easily grasped in one hand of the user, denoted 12, and the tips of thumb and opposed finger used to apply pressure to one or both panels.
  • the user may hold the device away from the touch-sensitive screens in one hand, and use the finger and thumb of the other hand in contact with the screens.
  • the "meaning" of any particular combination of pressure position and movement may be dependent upon appropriate internal programming, but, for example, one can easily envisage the use of the device in accordance with the present invention appropriately programmed to interact with a three-dimensional computer aided design package.
  • Such packages often have features enabling the user cause the image of an object shown, e.g. in perspective or isometric view on a conventional computer monitor screen, about vertical, horizontal or other appropriate axes.
  • the housing has an integral foot 16 which may sit, e.g. on a desk or other surface.
  • the screens may lie in planes inclined to the vertical, e.g. by 25 to 45°, preferably around 30°, enabling easy access to both screens by the thumb and finger of the user.
  • Foot 16 may clip into a suitable shoe, e.g. mounted on the desk or on a keyboard, for increased stability.
  • Figures 5 to 9 show diagrammatically possible approaches suitable for use, for example, with a computer aided design system having a capability of showing on screen an image corresponding to a three dimensional object.
  • one touch sensitive panel is denoted A, and this can, for example, be one contactable by the user's right thumb, i.e. it is panel 3 as shown in Figures 1 to 3, while the underneath oppositely facing panel B (panel 5 in Figures 1 to 3) is contacted by the forefinger.
  • the panels A and B are shown slightly staggered for the sake of clarity and the sides of the screen are parallel to conventional X and Y axes, as shown.
  • screen A carries a dashed circle, which represents the boundary between an inner and an outer zone of the panel.
  • the panel 3 itself physically bears a circular marking corresponding to that division, but as the division of the overall area of each panel into two or more sub areas is carried out electronically rather than physically, this is not necessary, save as a guide to the user.
  • the associated circuitry may discriminate between pressure within the circular area 13 and pressure on the outside area 14.
  • the control programme operating the computer and interface device may translate pressure and/or movement on one or both panels into commands to alter the appearance of the image on the screen of the computer's video display unit.
  • the operational approaches outlined below are ones which can be chosen from an extremely wide range of possibilities.
  • User friendliness is enhanced by having some form of perceptible movement correlation between the thumb and forefinger movements made in contact with the touch sensitive panels and the apparent movement of the simulated three-dimensional image as viewed on the screen.
  • this shows pressure on both panels A and B in the inner circular zone. If, with such pressure applied, the thumb and forefinger are moved in the desired direction, for example X or Y as indicated, the change in the viewed image can correspond to panning left, right, up or down.
  • both panels are subjected to pressure in the outer area, substantially half way along as seen in the drawing, and the fingers together moved towards the centre of the panels, this may effect a zoom action.
  • pressing and moving from +Y in the upper section of the pair of panels may cause the image to enlarge giving a zoom in effect to the viewer, while applying pressure and movement to both sides of the panels in the outer area at the bottom, at -Y as shown in Figure 6, may give a corresponding zoom away effect.
  • both layers are pressed in the inner zone but with a differential rolling movement being applied between thumb and forefinger. This may cause the image to appear to rotate, the direction and axis of rotation being determined by the relative movement of thumb and forefinger.
  • both touch sensitive panels are pressed in the outer zone near a corner and then movement of both occurs in the same direction, this can be arranged to cause the image on screen to rotate in, e.g. a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction relative to an appropriate axis, for example a notional "vertical" axis indicated as Z on Figure 8, and which may correspond to an axis passing up through the centre of the object as it appears on a computer monitor screen.
  • the device is shown used as a simple cursor control or "XY-mouse".
  • a preferred software configuration is to cause the device to operate with general stationary pressure on the upper screen by the thumb with the forefinger moving in contact with the underneath panel B to cause the cursor movement.
  • the device can be switched, e.g. using a suitable switch 9, between operation as described above with reference to Figures 5 to 8 and operation as described with reference to Figure 9.
  • the operational mode of the device in accordance with the invention may also be controlled directly by software rather than needing the user to actuate a switch on the device.
  • a single device in accordance with the present invention may be used with a stand-alone computer or, e.g. computer workstation. It is, however, conceivable to use two such devices, either held in the two hands of a single user or, for example, in games applications, held in the hands of two competing user/players.

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Abstract

Nouveau dispositif d'entrée pour ordinateur consistant en deux panneaux sensibles à la pression et à la position des doigts, se faisant face (5), et étant placés dans une monture adaptée. Généralement ladite monture se tient dans une main tandis que le pouce et un doigt (normalement l'index) de cette même main appuient sur un panneau ou sur les deux. En fonction de la position et des déplacements relatifs des points de contact du pouce et de l'index sur leurs panneaux respectifs, des circuits appropriés permettent de distinguer une grande variété d'instructions et de les transformer par exemple en signaux analogiques modifiant la position de la figuration sur un écran d'ordinateur d'un objet en trois dimensions.
PCT/GB1996/000798 1995-03-31 1996-04-01 Dispositifs d'entree pour ordinateur WO1996030863A2 (fr)

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