Device for inputting information

• US 20080084393A1
• Filed: 10/05/2007
• Published: 04/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Joung, Ho-Chul, Kang, Eung-Cheon
• Application Number:
  US11/905,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20080084393A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/166
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0338 with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03543 Mice or pucks G06F3/03541 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts

Abstract

In an information input device, which includes: a flat main body; a rotary input module that includes a maneuver part, which is rotatably supported by a support part, and a detector part, which generates signals in correspondence to the rotation of the maneuver part, where the maneuver part is exposed at one side of the main body; an optical module installed on the board such that the optical module is exposed at the other side of the main body, where the optical module generates signals in correspondence with the movement of the main body; and a memory device housed within the main body, a HDD may be mounted in a slim type mouse, which has a small volume for convenient use and portability, so that an effect comparable to using a portable auxiliary memory device can be obtained simply by connecting the mouse.

Claims

1. An information input device comprising:

a flat main body;

a rotary input module comprising a maneuver part rotatably supported by a support part, and a detector part configured to generate a signal in correspondence to a rotation of the maneuver part, the maneuver part being exposed at one side of the main body;

an optical module installed on the board such that the optical module is exposed at the other side of the main body, the optical module configured to generate a signal in correspondence with a movement of the main body; and

a memory device housed within the main body.

2. The information input device of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the main body is in correspondence with a maximum value among thicknesses of the rotary input module or the optical module or the memory device.

3. The information input device of claim 1, wherein the memory device comprises a hard disk drive (HDD).

4. The information input device of claim 1 connected to an external device, and further comprising a signal transmitter part configured to transmit a signal generated from any one or more of the detector part or the optical module or the memory device to the external device.

5. The information input device of claim 4, wherein the signal transmitter part comprises a conductor connected to one or more of the detector part or the optical module or the memory device, and a USB connector connected to the external device.

6. The information input device of claim 4, wherein data processed in the external device is transmitted through the signal transmitter part to the memory device.

7. The information input device of claim 1, wherein a supplementary switch is coupled to the main body, the supplementary switch configured to control an operation of the memory device.