JPH07160428A - Coordinate input system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a coordinate input system suitable for reducing the command processing operation and the inevitable cursor movement operation of the operator. In a coordinate input system having an arbitrary number of cursor movable areas on a screen of a data processing device and moving a cursor displayed on the screen to the area, a means for detecting a moving amount of cursor coordinates, , A means for storing and controlling the detected movement amount, a means for monitoring the movement of the cursor, a means for predicting and determining the movement area of the cursor, and a means for controlling the movement of the cursor are provided at the current position (starting point) of the cursor. The moving speed or acceleration and moving direction that are set as above are detected, the target cursor moving area is predicted and determined based on the moving speed or acceleration and moving direction, and the cursor is forcibly moved to the predicted cursor moving area. The forced movement amount is detected and stored, and the cursor is forcibly moved to the starting point based on the stored movement amount.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing device, and a coordinate input system in a data processing system for controlling the data processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pop-up menu or the like is available as a means for improving the operability of coordinate input for command processing in software or the like. Further, in the device for inputting coordinates, the arbitrarily set origin position and the position immediately before moving to the origin position are stored, and the origin return switch is used to forcibly move the cursor to the origin position and the position immediately before returning. A position input device (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 41180120) is proposed.

[0003]

In order to move the cursor displayed on the screen of the data processing device from the current display position to an arbitrary position, the operator needs to use a cursor moving device such as a mouse. It is necessary to keep moving to get the amount of movement. In general, when moving a cursor on software, when performing a reciprocating operation between arbitrary regions or performing an arbitrary process, the cursor is often moved according to a substantially fixed procedure to perform the process. Further, on the screen of the data processing device, when an arbitrary object is designated by the cursor and the cursor is moved to an area such as a command menu from an arbitrary cursor position in order to perform command processing for the designated object, It monitors the movement of the cursor for command processing and forces the cursor to move to the command menu area. Next, the cursor is sequentially moved to the position or area where the coordinate input is required next according to the processing procedure of the command designated by the cursor, and the redundant cursor moving operation in the standard command processing is performed. Further, if the resolution is increased to improve the accuracy of the screen, the movement amount of the cursor also increases accordingly. It is an object of the present invention to provide a coordinate input system suitable for reducing the command processing operation and the inevitable cursor movement operation of the operator standing on the user side in such an environment.

[0004]

The above object is to provide a coordinate input system which has an arbitrary number of cursor movable areas on the screen of a data processing device and moves the cursor displayed on the screen to the area. A means for detecting the movement amount of the cursor coordinates, a means for storing and controlling the detected movement amount, a means for monitoring the movement of the cursor, a means for predicting and determining the movement area of the cursor, and a means for controlling the movement of the cursor. Detect the moving speed or acceleration and moving direction set at the current position (starting point) of the cursor, predict and determine the target cursor moving area based on this moving speed or acceleration and moving direction, and predict the cursor While forcibly moving to the determined cursor movement area, this forced movement amount is detected and stored, and the cursor is started based on the stored movement amount. By forcing movement is achieved.

[0005]

[Function] By forcibly moving the cursor, the command processing operation and the cursor moving operation of the operator can be greatly reduced. In addition, the operator sets the operation speed or acceleration and the moving direction with the mouse toward the area of the command menu or the like to which the cursor moves, so that the cursor is forcibly moved, and the operator can operate efficiently with few mouse operations. It is possible to move the cursor well and improve the operability of the operator.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the coordinate input system of the present invention is applied to a general workstation. In FIG. 1, 1 is a CPU, 2 is a main storage device connected to the CPU 1, 3 is a keyboard, 4 is a coordinate input system device, 5 is an input device control circuit for controlling the coordinate input system device 4,
6 is a file device, 7 is a file control circuit for controlling the file device 6, 8 is a D / A converter, 9 is a CRT, 1
Reference numeral 0 is a graphic control circuit for controlling display of the CRT 9 via the D / A converter 8, 11 is a communication control circuit, 12 is various networks, and 13 is a system bus.

Next, an embodiment of the coordinate input system of the present invention is shown in FIG. The coordinate input system device 4 includes a detection circuit unit 41 for detecting the movement amount of cursor coordinates, a storage control circuit unit 42 for the detected movement amount, and an input data control circuit unit 4.
3, the output control circuit unit 44, the output control circuit unit 44
The output from is input from the input device control circuit 5 shown in FIG. 1, passes through the graphic control circuit 10 and the D / A converter 8, and is displayed on the CRT 9.

The operation of the coordinate input system device 4 of this embodiment and the related cursor display operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a screen of software or the like displayed on the CRT 9 of FIG. 1, and shows the screen display contents of this embodiment. In FIG. 3, the operation area (arbitrary position) 3 of this display screen
There is a cursor 32 at 1, and the operator moves the cursor 32 to the command menu area 33 with that position as a starting point and designates the command 34. Here, the detection circuit unit 41 detects the amount of movement input from the start of the movement of the cursor 32. The storage control circuit unit 42 stores the actually input movement amount as data in the XY direction and counts and stores the inverted data in the XY direction. The input data control circuit unit 43 outputs the movement amount from the start of the movement of the cursor 32 to the output control circuit unit 44, and the output control circuit unit 44 continues to send the movement data to the input device control circuit 5 in FIG. The graphic control circuit 10 sends a CR to the CR via the D / A converter 8 based on this movement data.
Trajectory 37 of movement of the cursor 32 displayed on T9
Is drawn to display that the cursor 32 has moved from the starting point to the positions of the command menu area 33 and the command 34 thereof. When the cursor 32 moves to the position of the command 34, the processing of the command 34 is executed, and after the processing is completed, the input data control circuit unit 43 activates the forced movement processing of the cursor 32, and starts from the starting point to the current position. The inverted data in the X-Y directions up to the cursor position is output from the storage control circuit unit 42 to the output control circuit unit 44, and the data is continuously output from the output control circuit unit 44 to the input device control circuit 5, 32 is forcibly moved from the position of the command 34 to the starting point. The graphic control circuit 10 draws a locus 37 ′ of the movement of the cursor 32 displayed on the CRT 9 based on the inverted data, and indicates that the cursor 32 has been forcibly moved from the position of the command 34 to the starting point.

FIG. 3 shows a case where the cursor 32 is moved to a plurality of commands and then forcibly moved to the starting point.
For example, the command 3 from the starting point of the cursor 32
The movement to the position 4 is the same as that described above, but after the processing of the command 34 is completed, the cursor 32 is changed from the command 34 to the command 36 of the subcommand menu area 35 in accordance with the preset cursor movement processing procedure. Forcibly move. The movement amount of the cursor 32 is the detection output circuit 41.
Is detected by the storage control circuit unit 42, and the relative movement amount data is stored by calculating the movement amount from the previously inverted data in the X-Y directions. On the other hand, when the cursor 32 moves to the command 36 and the processing of the command 36 is completed, the input data control circuit unit 43 activates the forced movement processing of the cursor 32 and starts from the current cursor position, that is, the position of the command 36. The relative movement amount data up to
From the position of the command 36 to the starting point by continuing to output the data from the output control circuit unit 44 to the input device control circuit 5 shown in FIG. The graphic control circuit 10 draws a locus 38 of movement of the cursor 32 displayed on the CRT 9 based on the relative movement amount data,
Indicates that forcibly moved from the position of command 36 to the starting point. In the present embodiment, the command processing operation and the cursor moving operation of the operator can be significantly reduced by automatically moving the cursor.

Next, another embodiment of the coordinate input system of the present invention is shown in FIG. In the above-described embodiment, the command menu area 3 starts from the position where the operator starts the cursor 32.
The command 34 is specified by moving to 3, and the present embodiment is characterized in that the cursor 32 is automatically forcibly moved from the start point to the command menu area 33. 4, a cursor movement monitoring unit 51 and a movement area prediction determination unit 52 are provided between the detection circuit unit 41 and the input data control circuit unit 43 of FIG. 2, and the other configurations are the same as those of FIG. The features of this embodiment will be described below.

The operation of this embodiment and the related cursor display operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 shows the CR of FIG.
It is a screen of software or the like displayed at T9, and shows the screen display contents of the present embodiment. In FIG. 5, the cursor 32 is located at the position (a) on this display screen, and the cursor 32 is automatically forcibly moved to the command menu area 33 with the position (a) as the starting point and the command 34 is designated. . Here, the cursor movement monitoring unit 51 constantly monitors the mouse operation speed and movement direction of the operator on the software when the operator moves the cursor 32 displayed on the screen with a mouse or the like, and the cursor moves slowly. The speed or the acceleration at the time of the movement or the direction of the movement is detected. In addition, the moving area prediction determination unit 52 determines the moving direction of the cursor, and when the velocity or acceleration is large depending on the direction and the magnitude of the velocity or acceleration, determines that the moving region is going to be moved over a long distance. The area where the cursor 32 exists on the extension of the detected direction, that is, the position of the command menu area 33 in the case of FIG. 5, is designated. Since a plurality of command menu areas 33 'and 33 "are normally set on the screen of the software, the command menu areas 33' and 33" of the destination are previously set based on the speed or acceleration of the cursor 32 and the moving direction. Set it. First, the operator operates the cursor 3 to move the cursor 32 to the command menu area 33.
Move 2 from position (a) to (b). The cursor movement monitoring unit 51 detects the velocity or acceleration and the movement direction of the cursor 32 at this time, and inputs them to the movement region prediction determination unit 52. The movement area prediction determination unit 52 designates a preset command menu area 33 based on the velocity or acceleration and the movement direction. The input data control circuit unit 43 outputs to the output control circuit unit 44 based on this designation, inputs the designated data from the output control circuit unit 44 to the input device control circuit 5, and moves the cursor 32 from the position (A) to the command menu. It automatically moves to the area 33. The graphic control circuit 10 draws a locus 39 of the movement of the cursor 32 displayed on the CRT 9 and displays that the cursor 32 is automatically forcibly moved from the position (a) to the command menu area 33. The subsequent movement of the cursor 32 is similar to that of the above-described embodiment. Further, it goes without saying that the same function is obtained when the cursor 32 is moved to the command menu areas 33 'and 33 ". According to the present embodiment, the area such as the command menu to which the cursor is moved is displayed. To this end, the operator sets the operation speed and movement direction with the mouse, so that the cursor is automatically forcibly moved, and the operator can move the cursor efficiently with a few mouse operations.

FIG. 6 shows a flow of cursor control processing of the coordinate input system according to the present invention. Arbitrary position (starting point)
When the operator starts the movement of the cursor displayed in, using the coordinate input device such as a mouse, the operator uses the mouse to set the operation speed and movement direction toward the area such as the command menu to which the cursor is moved. Set. In step 01, the speed or acceleration of the cursor and the moving direction by the operation of the mouse are detected, and in step 02, an area such as a command menu which is set in advance corresponding to the speed or acceleration of the cursor and the moving direction is referred to. Then, the target command menu area or the like is predicted and determined from the velocity or acceleration of the cursor and the moving direction detected in step 01. Subsequently, in step 3, the cursor is forcibly moved to the area of the command menu or the like for which the prediction is determined. Next, the operator moves the cursor to the position of the command or the like in order to specify the position of the target command or the like, and in step 04, the process by the command or the like is executed.
Press to move the cursor to the starting point and end. Or
In step 04, when there are a plurality of positions for commands to move the cursor, etc., the cursor is sequentially moved in step 05 according to a preset cursor movement processing procedure, processing by commands etc. is executed, and cursor movement in step 04 is performed. When the processing is completed, the cursor is forcibly moved to the starting point in step 06, and the processing ends. In the flow of this cursor control processing, step 04 to step 06 correspond to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and step 01
~ Step 03 corresponds to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, respectively.

[0013]

According to the present invention, it is possible to greatly reduce the command processing operation and the cursor moving operation of the operator in the software having a lot of cursor moving operations and their various kinds of steady data processing. In addition, the operator sets the operation speed or acceleration and the moving direction with the mouse toward the area of the command menu or the like to which the cursor moves, so that the cursor is forcibly moved, and the operator can operate efficiently with few mouse operations. It is possible to move the cursor well and improve the operability of the operator.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the coordinate input system of the present invention is applied to a general workstation.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a coordinate input system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows screen display contents of an embodiment of the coordinate input system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the coordinate input system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows screen display contents of another embodiment of the coordinate input system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows a flow of cursor control processing of the coordinate input system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 Main storage device 4 Coordinate input system device 5 Input device control circuit 9 CRT 10 Graphic control circuit 41 Detection circuit unit 42 Storage control circuit unit 43 Input data control circuit unit 44 Output control circuit unit 44 51 Cursor movement monitoring unit 52 Move Area prediction judgment unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A coordinate input system having an arbitrary number of cursor movable areas on a screen of a data processing device and moving a cursor displayed on the screen to the area, detects a moving amount of cursor coordinates. Means and
A means for storing and controlling the detected movement amount and a means for controlling the movement of the cursor are provided, and the movement amount from the current position (starting point) of the cursor to the target cursor movement area is detected and stored. A coordinate input system characterized by forcibly moving a cursor from a target cursor movement area to a starting point based on an amount. 2. A coordinate input system having an arbitrary number of cursor movable areas on a screen of a data processing device and moving the cursor displayed on the screen to the area, and means for monitoring the movement of the cursor. A means for predicting and determining the moving area of the cursor and a means for controlling the movement of the cursor are provided, and the moving speed or acceleration and the moving direction set at the current position (starting point) of the cursor are detected, and this moving speed or acceleration is detected. A coordinate input system characterized by predicting and determining a target cursor movement area based on the movement direction and forcibly moving the cursor to the predicted cursor movement area. 3. A coordinate input system having an arbitrary number of cursor movable areas on a screen of a data processing device and moving a cursor displayed on the screen to the area, detects a moving amount of cursor coordinates. Means and
Means for storing and controlling the detected movement amount, means for monitoring the movement of the cursor, means for predicting and determining the movement area of the cursor, and means for controlling the movement of the cursor are provided, and at the current position (starting point) of the cursor. Detects the set moving speed or acceleration and moving direction, predicts and determines the target cursor moving area based on this moving speed or acceleration and moving direction, and forcibly moves the cursor to the predicted and determined cursor moving area, A coordinate input system characterized by detecting and storing the amount of forced movement and forcibly moving the cursor based on the stored amount of movement. 4. The cursor moving process according to any one of claims 1 to 3, when the cursor moves in a plurality of cursor movable areas,
A coordinate input system characterized in that a cursor is forcibly moved sequentially in those cursor movable areas.