Method of using a mouse to carry out multimedia adjustments

• US 20060244723A1
• Filed: 04/28/2005
• Published: 11/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chic Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Chic Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Chien-Pei, Chen, Ching-Tzu
• Application Number:
  US11/116,240
• Publication Number:
  US 20060244723A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/163
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A method of using a mouse to carry out multimedia adjustments is disclosed. A conversion program is used to define and switch between at least two key function sets so as to allow a user to use the mouse to carry out adjustments on the selected multimedia files without moving the cursor.

Claims

1. A method of using a mouse to carry out multimedia adjustments, wherein the method comprises a mouse connected with a computer, and a multimedia program and a conversion program are installed in the computer, and wherein the mouse have a plurality of function keys and one or more switching keys, which may be used to activate the conversion program, the conversion program defines at least two key function sets so that the function keys of the mouse may correspond to the adjustment functions of the multimedia program, and wherein after we turn on a computer, we may use the mouse to activate the multimedia program to carry out adjustments according to the following procedure:

(a) First, after the computer is turned on, the function keys of the mouse correspond to the adjustment functions of the regular window operating system;

(b) Press the switching key to activate the conversion program so as to switch to the second key function set;

(c) Check whether the multimedia program is activated;

if the multimedia program is activated, we may press a function key of the mouse to select a multimedia file;

if the multimedia program is not activated, we may press the left key to activate the multimedia program;

(d) Click on a key of the mouse to play the selected files;

we may use the keys of the mouse to carry out adjustments/controls;

(e) After the files are played, we may select other files;

if we do not want to play more multimedia file, we may press the switching key to close the conversion program and switch back to the regular mode, which corresponds to the regular functions of the window operating system;

now, the playing ends.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein, if a file to be selected is from a CD/VCD, while under the multimedia mode, we may press one key of the mouse so that the disc holder may slide out, we may then place a CD/VCD on the holder and press another key of the mouse to play the file.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein, if a file to be selected is from a data storing medium, we may press the switching key to switch to the regular mode and then select one or more multimedia files from the hard disk or memory.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein the data storing medium is a hard disk installed in the computer.

5. A method as in claim 1, wherein the data storing medium is a memory installed in the computer.

6. A method as in claim 1, wherein the function keys of the mouse are ordinary keys.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein the function keys of the mouse are ball type keys.

8. A method as in claim 1, wherein the function keys of the mouse are stick type keys.

9. A method as in claim 1, wherein the conversion program may be used to switch between the first key function set and the second key function set, and a user may use a switching key of the mouse to carry out such switch.

10. A method as in claim 9, wherein the keys of the mouse correspond to the adjustment functions of the regular window operating system under the regular mode and correspond to the adjustment functions of the multimedia program under the multimedia mode.

11. A method as in claim 10, wherein the number of the keys of the mouse may be increased or decreased.

12. A method as in claim 10, wherein a key of the mouse may correspond to several adjustment functions of the window operating system under the regular mode and may correspond to several adjustment functions of the multimedia program under the multimedia mode.

13. A method as in claim 10, wherein two of the function keys of the mouse may be used together to send out a single command under the regular mode or the multimedia mode.

14. A method as in claim 10, wherein the mouse has at least two function keys, and the two keys have the predetermined/default left key and right key functions under the regular mode and have the functions of the activation of the multimedia program/play/pause and stop, respectively.

15. A method as in claim 10, wherein the mouse has eight function keys:

a left key, a right key, a ball type key, a middle key, a fourth key, a fifth key, a seventh key and an eighth key, the mouse also has a sixth key, which may be used to activate the conversion program and switch between the regular mode and the multimedia mode.

16. A method as in claim 15, wherein the eight function keys, under the regular mode, have the predetermined/default left key function, predetermined/default right key function, predetermined/default ball type key function, predetermined/default middle key function, predetermined/default fourth key function, predetermined/default fifth key function, document enlargement function and document reduction function, respectively, and wherein the eight function keys, under the multimedia mode, have the functions of the activation of the multimedia program/play/pause, stop, volume adjustment, mute, last song, next song, full screen/not full screen and ejection, respectively.

17. A method as in claim 1, wherein the multimedia program is Media Player.

18. A method as in claim 1, wherein the multimedia file is a video file.

19. A method as in claim 1, wherein the multimedia file is an audio file.