Cursor positioning device for computer system

• US 6,072,469 A
• Filed: 07/23/1997
• Issued: 06/06/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fu-Kuo Yeh, Mei-Yun Chen
• Original Assignee: Fu-Kuo Yeh, Mei-Yun Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Mei-Yun, Yeh, Fu-Kuo
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOW, DOON Y
• Application Number:
  US08/900,372
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156-167, 345/145, 341/22
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0317 in co-operation with a patterned surface, e.g. absolute position or relative movement detection for an optical mouse or pen positioned with respect to a coded surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03548 Sliders, in which the moving part moves in a plane

Abstract

A cursor control device for controlling the movement and positioning of a cursor on a computer includes a finger controllable member formed on the cursor positioning device. The cursor on the display is controllable either in X-axis or Y-axis direction by means of sliding the finger controllable member on the device. The cursor positioning device includes a displacement detecting structure for detecting the movement of the finger controllable member, and photo encoder detectors for detecting the operating situation of the X-axis and Y-axis photo encoders which are arranged in 90 degrees phase deference in space. In such an arrangement, the displacement of the finger controllable member in X-axis and Y-axis direction may be detected as coordinate date. The detected coordinate data is transmitted to a control circuit for further processes and then sent to a computer device.

Claims

1. A cursor positioning method, comprising the steps of:

(a) Providing a cursor positioning device for detecting movement of the finger and generating digital data;

(b) Setting ratio constants K1, K2, . . . , Kn;

setting maximum values C1, C2, . . . , Cn and initial values of registers V1X1, V2X2, . . . , VnXn corresponding to different speed sections, wherein n>

=2;

(c) Receiving digital data sent from the cursor positioning device;

(d) Determining the speed of the data and which speed section the data corresponds to for each coordinate axis;

(e) Adding the data value to the register corresponding to said speed section; and

(f) Positioning the cursor based on the sum of the multiples of the respective ratio constants and values in registers as display value K1*V1X1+K2*V2X2+ . . . +Kn*VnXn.

2. A cursor positioning method as claimed in claim 1, wherein step (e) comprises the step of adding the data value to the register until a resultant value is at least equal to the maximum value and adding a remainder value to the other registers in any order.

3. A cursor positioning method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of causing a data value in registers V1X1 approach to C1/2 when the speed of receiving data is within the higher speed section for each axis.

4. A cursor positioning method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step is causing a data value in register V1X1 to approach C1/2 by adding N to register V1X1while subtracting N from the registers responding to higher speed section, wherein N is integer.

5. A cursor positioning method comprising the steps of:

(a) Providing a cursor positioning device for detecting movement of the finger and generating digital data;

(b) Setting ratio constants K1, K2, . . . , Kn;

setting maximum values C1, C2, . . . , Cn and initial values of variables V1X1, V2X2, . . . , VnXn corresponding to different speed sections, wherein n>

=2;

(c) Receiving digital data sent from the cursor positioning device;

(d) Determining the speed of the data and which speed section the data corresponds to for each coordinate axis;

(e) Adding the data value to the variable corresponding to said speed section; and

(f) Positioning the cursor based on the sum of the multiples of the respective ratio constants and variables as display value, K1 * C1+K2 * C2+ . . . +Kn * Cn.