An approach for ergonomic design of mouse wheel

• 作 者: Gao Sande Nakana Keijiro and H
• 机 构: Department of Science and Engineering,Department of Mechanical Engineering,School of Engineering
• 出 处: 计算机辅助绘图．设计与制造：英文版
• 发表日期: 2004年期
• 关键词: 鼠标滚轮 人体工学设计 人体工程学设计 人体工程学原理 OpenGL 高速摄像机 视频分析 语言编码 mouse wheel movement analysis

A new method for ergonomic design of a computer mouse is proposed in this paper. In the method, the movements of joints and tip of the forefinger during operating a mouse was captured by a high-speed video camera. The captured videos were ana- lyzed and an algorithm was developed to decide the size and location of the mouse wheel according to ergonomic principles. The al- gorithm was then coded in a software package with Visual C＋＋ and OpenGL languages. Results of the calculation and simulation agreed well with those of the experiments. The software can also be used for shape design of mouse body, buttons and their layouts.