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A new computer mouse to replace your standard one which has a (or many) pressure sensitive button. With high resolution and precise movement and complete with 255 - 1024 levels of pressure settings you would be able to perform graphical tasks such as variable line width or varying levels of opacity in
the style of a current graphic pad and pens.
Current developments with new pressure sensitive, electrically conductive compounds (undisclosed) would enable manufacturers to keep costs very low indeed. Integration of these buttons with the current mouse electronics would be trivial.
This type of device would be of great interest to the Graphic art sectors for 2D and 3D artwork solutions.
If the mouse button could utilise standard graphic pad pressure tools setups there could be true integration with applications which support pressure input devices. (Photoshop, Mirage, Dabbler, etc). Other uses would soon become apparent. See the following list for other ideas:
1) 2D, traditional brush pressure sensitive drawing. For example if the mouse had two pressure sensitive buttons the left could be used for the drawing and the right could be used as an eraser.
2) New types of games could be invented utilizing the pressure button. e.g. variable speed on driving games, hit strength on fighting games, variable weapon power, jumping style games with variable jump height and lengths, puzzle games where elements are tasked with varying pressure of the mouse button. etc.
3) 3D, Virtual clay type scenarios where a 3D object could be manipulated, punched, pulled with varying forces.
4) Childrens novelty mouse for painting with easy brush sizes and colour opacity. (Kids love using the mouse for drawing)
5) New types of user interface input. Varying pressure on the button could control new navigation features, drop-downs, drag and drop etc!
6) Could have the option to switch between a digital (standard) or analogue (pressure) button. The button click sound may have to be simulated in software and output to speakers.
PS2's and Xbox game controllers already have this type of 'analogue' button so I presume it would be very easy to move this technology into a standard mouse.
Couldn't find any other direct equivalent on Google or through a quick Patent search.
Cord. 2005.
Please give proper credit where due.
Over-functional gaming mouse
https://www.swiftpo...g-mice-swiftpoint-z
Pressure sensitive, multi-button, gyroscope... [neutrinos_shadow, Apr 28 2022]
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You don't need to ask for credit with an idea that merits it in its own.+ |
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awesome.. run with it! make it more than just a half baked idea! :) |
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(-) This won't work. For drawing, I want to use the fine motor control in my fingertips. The mouse, controlled with the wrist, is nowhere near as dextrous; the pressure sensitivity would be wasted. |
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Sorta like a hat switch on a joystick? Or a 3D mouse clitoris? What level of sensitivity are we talking about? You could just put one of those eraser thingys that laptops used to have they gave a X and Y output to the direction of the pressure you put on them. |
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I want one - it would mean one less thing cluttering my desk (my drawing tablet is always in the way). |
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Maybe rather than a pressure sensitive button, it could use a range of motion on a squeeze trigger type button - it would be easier to implement. And if the action was really light (ie very easy to move), it wouldn't cause muscle fatigue as a pressure-sensitive button might. |
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I wonder. Would if the mouse gave feedback, just how annoying it
would be to us old-timers? |
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I would absolutely hate it in my job application. - - you crossed a
line, I must now vibrate. Don't hate me! I'm just the mouse. |
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I'm neutral as i'm not sure I caught your wave |
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I love it when I search for a product and end up here. |
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I'm playing around with a drawing tablet input to markup digital
drawings. I love the pressure sensitivity to control line width,
but I'm good enough at using my mouse (been doing it this way
for years) that I find it easier not to switch to my drawing
tablet. In the end the benefit of the line width isn't worth the
hassle of switching devices. Was hoping to find a mouse with a
sensitive button. |
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Not even all the new interfaces, it would be awesome to not have to push as hard for it to be recognized as a click. |
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[Worldgineer], if you have a tablet, just use it all the time. No
need to be switching back to a silly mouse when a good tablet
has better functionality. I use a Wacom Intuos Pro (small);
been "tablet only" since 2004. I only have a mouse on my desk
(switched off) for if some-one else needs to borrow my
computer. Also, see linky. |
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//a good tablet has better functionality// |
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As far as I'm concerned tablets have worse functionality,
well
worse responsiveness to input, if I click a mouse button it
does what I've told it to every time, when I tap a screen it
doesn't, the number of times I have to multi tap before it
registers or even have to use a different finger is beyond
annoying at
times, maybe it's just me, but touch screen just aint as
good
as
advertised for me. |
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[Reads what he just wrote] |
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[Waits for the potential roasting about touch screen only
working if your screen is made of special materials] |
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[Stops waiting, vaguely disappointed] |
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Curious thing is most days no
problems then every once in a while the screen just doesn't
seem to want to know my fingers. |
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[skewed] - having used tablets for 20 years... i sort of agree. |
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Once nice thing about mice, is that due to friction and weight, mean that you can repeat an exact click in the same area for perfect double-clicking, and the damping of movement reduces overall noise. It is far easier to target very thin lines and minute strips intended for dragging (which get smaller every year, like bikinis) |
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Tablet styluses, hovering in the air, held by twitchy caffeine soaked fingers, rarely land the same place twice. Double clicking risks dragging. They need things to be wide and forgiving, like board shorts. |
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To continue the rant, UX designers already decided not to render edges and moved most of the ui into the title bar. every interaction with a computer is fraught with risk. Can't even move a window anymore. |
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Sorry, when I said "tablet" I meant "digitiser tablet" not "touch-
screen tablet computer". It's annoying how they have the
same name.
I have a stylus button set to "double click" (depending on what
software is in use).
//Can't even move a window anymore//
In Windows (I haven't tried W11), most of the "old" shortcuts
still work. Alt + "space" gives you the window menu, with
minimise, move, etc. |
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I think it's worth mentioning the comfort factor of a mouse as
well. I'm just resting my hand on my desk with a mouse. For a
tablet my arm is hovering over a device unsupported. Fine for a
quick sketch, kind of terrible if you're drawing (or just
interacting with the screen) all day. |
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Anyway, we're slipping into the *why don't use use this other
thing that kind of does what you want but isn't your idea*
conversation we often do here. The idea, as described, is
exactly what I need and searched for. |
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