Illuminted human-machine interface device
An illuminated human-machine interface device does not need prepare electric energy by itself to supply power for a light source and can operate by taking advantage of the brightness of a screen of a monitor without any extraordinary illuminating equipment. It can be a keyboard and the positions on which the fluorescent light emits from the keyboard can be chosen on plural key caps. Secondly, it can be a keyboard and the position on which the fluorescent light emits from the keyboard can be chosen on an upper cover. The printed symbols on the key caps and the upper cover can both be formed by positive or negative plate printing with fluorescent ink, or the key caps and the upper cover can both be mixed with fluorescent material therein. Thirdly, it can be a keyboard with a fluorescent plate thereon to emit fluorescent light to make the keyboard a fluorescent keyboard. Fourthly, it can be a mouse having a housing with fluorescent material therein.
The present invention is related to a human-machine interface device, and especially to a human-machine interface device without preparing electric energy by itself to supply power for a light source, and it can operate by taking advantage of the brightness of a screen of a monitor without an extraordinary illuminating equipment, the human-machine interface device can be a keyboard or a mouse.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONIn prior arts, a U.S. patent publish No. 2,003,103,359 titled “ILLUMINATED KEYBOARD” using a backlight device for supplying light source, a U.S. Pat. No. 6,217,183B1 titled “KEYBOARD HAVING ILLUMINATED KEYS” using light emitting members such as LED's or LCD's for supplying light source. These prior arts inevitably use electric energy to afford electric power required for emitting light of the backlight device or the light emitting members; only under the condition that electric energy can keep on supplying, the backlight device or the light emitting members can work, and the keyboard can be operated in a darker environment only having weak light. If power supplying get lost, such light emitting keyboards having the backlight device or the light emitting members will be totally unable to operate under a darker environment only having weak light. And more, for those consumers getting severe and severe in requesting environmental protection, electronic devices are given with a requesting to satisfy the requirement of saving energy under the specification of industrial safety, the above stated conventional keyboards having the backlight device or the light emitting members evidently are contrary to the tendency of environmental protection.
In view of the above defects to be solved pressingly of the prior arts, the inventor of the present invention provides a human-machine interface device completely without the need of a backlight device, and it can operate by taking advantage of the brightness of a screen of a monitor without an extraordinary illuminating equipment, the human-machine interface device of the present invention can be a keyboard or a mouse.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary object of the present invention is to provide a human-machine interface device without the need of preparing electric energy by itself to supply power; the human-machine interface device can operate by taking advantage of the brightness of a screen of a monitor without any extraordinary illuminating equipment.
Therefore, in order to get the abovementioned object, the present invention provides an illuminated human-machine interface device, wherein the illuminated human-machine interface device is a keyboard, and includes a plurality of key caps having therein fluorescent material, the fluorescent material is used to make the printed symbols on the caps recognizable under a weak light source.
Moreover, in order to get the abovementioned object, the present invention provides an illuminated human-machine interface device, wherein the illuminated human-machine interface device is a keyboard; it includes an upper cover having therein fluorescent material, which fluorescent material is used to make the printed symbols on the upper cover recognizable under a weak light source.
Further, in order to get the abovementioned object, the present invention provides an illuminated human-machine interface device, wherein the illuminated human-machine interface device is a keyboard; it includes an upper cover with a plurality of hole regions for keys and includes a fluorescent plate, wherein the fluorescent plate has thereon a plurality of hole regions in corresponding by position respectively to the hole regions for keys, and the fluorescent plate is placed on the upper cover.
And further, in order to get the abovementioned object, the present invention provides an illuminated human-machine interface device, wherein the illuminated human-machine interface device is a mouse; it includes a housing having fluorescent material therein.
The present invention will be apparent in its objects, features and functions after reading the detailed description of the preferred embodiment thereof in reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The embodiments of the illuminated human-machine interface device of the present invention can be keyboards or mice; the followings disclose a detailed specification about a first embodiment of the present invention. The first embodiment of the present invention is an illuminated keyboard, the positions on which the fluorescent light emits from the keyboard can be chosen on plural key caps 10, referring to
The second embodiment of the present invention is an illuminated keyboard, the position on which the fluorescent light emits from the keyboard can be chosen on an upper cover 30, referring also to
The third embodiment of the present invention is an illuminated keyboard, the position on which the fluorescent light emits from the keyboard can be chosen on an additional fluorescent plate 40 with fluorescent material therein, the fluorescent plate 40 has thereon a plurality of hole regions 40a in corresponding by position respectively to a plurality of hole regions 30a for keys; in assembling the keyboard of the present invention, the fluorescent plate 40 is placed on the upper cover 30. The fluorescent plate 40 of the present invention can have its surface contacting with the upper cover 30 applied with fluorescent ink, please refer to
Whether the illuminated human-machine interface device of the present invention is a keyboard or a mouse, the fluorescent material therein is preferably fluorescent material capable of being effective for use for a long time such that fluorescence can exist to emit for a long time, thereby the illuminated human-machine interface device can be more sustained for operation in an environment of using same as that stated before.
In addition to that the illuminated human-machine interface device of the present invention needs no extraordinary illuminating equipment, but it (especially when it is a keyboard) directly takes advantage of the brightness of a screen of a monitor to afford operation of the illuminated human-machine interface device; the illuminated human-machine interface device of the present invention can similarly work under an environment lack of illuminating equipment or provided with no illuminating equipment.
It will be apparent to those skilled in this art that various equivalent modifications or changes can be made to the elements of the present invention without departing from the spirit and conception of this invention. Accordingly, all such equivalent modifications and changes shall fall within the scope of the appended claims.
Claims
1-18. (canceled)
19. An illuminated human-machine interface device, said illuminated human-machine interface device is a pointing input device, said pointing input device comprises: a housing having therein fluorescent material.
20. The illuminated human-machine interface device as in claim 19, wherein said pointing input device is a mouse.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 25, 2006
Publication Date: Dec 21, 2006
Inventors: Ching-Chiang Yu (Taipei), Chih Su (Taipei)
Application Number: 11/509,656
International Classification: F21V 9/16 (20060101);