Device for inputting information

• US 20080084394A1
• 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: Kang, Eung-Cheon
• Application Number:
  US11/905,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20080084394A1
• 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

An information input device is disclosed. A device for inputting information, which includes: an integrated board coupled inside a flat main body; a rotary input module that includes a maneuver part, which is rotatably supported by a support part secured to the board, 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; and an optical module secured to the board such that the optical module is adjacent to the rotary input module and exposed at the other side of the main body, where the optical module generates signals in correspondence with the movement of the main body, allows a small volume for convenient use and portability, and does not require FPCB'"'"'s, so that costs may be reduced and assembly may be facilitated.

Claims

1. An information input device comprising:

an integrated-type board coupled inside a flat main body;

a rotary input module comprising a maneuver part rotatably supported by a support part secured to the board, 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; and

an optical module secured to the board such that the optical module is adjacent to the rotary input module and 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.

2. The information input device of claim 1, further comprising a winding device secured to the board such that the winding device is adjacent to the optical module, the winding device configured to automatically wind by elastic force a wire, the wire connected to an external device and configured to transmit a signal generated by the rotary input module and the optical module to the external device.

3. The information input device of claim 2, wherein a circuit pattern is formed on the board, the circuit pattern electrically connecting the rotary input module and the optical module and the wire.

4. The information input device of claim 2, 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 winding device.

5. The information input device of claim 2, wherein one end portion of the wire is connected with a USB connector, the USB configured to enable connection to the external device.

6. The information input device of claim 1, wherein the board is formed to have a shape corresponding to an appearance of the rotary input module and the optical module.

7. The information input device of claim 6, wherein a portion of the board facing the optical module is removed such that a portion of the optical module is exposed at the other side of the main body.

8. The information input device of claim 1, wherein the maneuver part comprises a wheel, and a multi-pole ring-shaped magnet coupled to the wheel facing the detector part.

9. The information input device of claim 8, wherein the detector part comprises a Hall sensor configured to detect changes in polarity of the magnet and generate a signal.