JPS59119437A - Menu selecting system of display picture by mouth device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To designate exactly a menu area by using a mouth, by providing a control device on the mouth, and applying a brake temporarily when the mouth crosses a boundary of the menu area. CONSTITUTION:A brake device 8 is provided on a mouth 1, a present position signal is sent to a body 7 from the mouth 1, and a damping signal is sent to the mouth 1 from the body 7. The body 7 is provided with a menu position table 3 and a mouth position table 2, and stores a menu area 6 on a display picture 5 and a present position of the mouth 1. When the mouth 1 crosses a boundary of some menu area 6, the damping signal is sent to the mouth 1 from the body 7, and a damping is applied temporarily to the mouth 1. In this way, a user knows that the mouth crosses over the boundary of the menu area.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention is a method for selecting many on a display screen using a mouse device, in which a many area in which commands etc. are written on the display screen is selected using a mouse device. When the cursor on the display screen moves through the menu area in response to the movement of the mouse device and selects a menu item, the display screen is changed by the Max device so that the brake is applied to the Max device at the boundary of the menu area. This relates to the menu selection method.

[Conventional technology and problems]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a conventional menu selection system control program, in which 1 is a mouse, 2 is a mouse position table, 3 is a menu position table, and 4 is a menu position detection device.

Several small windows or panes (
There is a menu selection method in which a many area called (Pa, rLC) is provided, a command is written in this small window, and the written command is selected to issue the command. In this type of system, a Max device is usually used, which is about 5 cm x 5 m in size, has wheels on the bottom so that it can be moved freely, and has several operation buttons on the north side. It will be done. The mouse device is connected to the display device by a cord, and is arranged so that a cursor display position on the display screen moves in response to movement of the mouse.

Generally, as shown in FIG. 1, when the mouse 1 moves, a mouse position table 2 is created based on the movement of the wheels of the mouse 1. Also, a menu position table 3 is created that shows the menu positions of each menu area displayed on the display screen. The starting point and ending point of the menu position table 3 mean the upper left point and the lower right point of the rectangle of the menu position, and the mouse position table 2 means the position of the cursor. The many detection device 4 uses the data of the mouse position table 2 ("m+ym)" and the data of the menu position table 3 ("0 + 3'o)""
``' (x2rL+11 y2yL+1), the menu position is selected. When a command issuance instruction is given, the command is issued according to the menu number sent from the many detection device 4.

If the menu is under the control of an editor, e.g.
A list of commands related to the editor is displayed.

With such conventional menu selection methods, it is difficult to accurately specify a cursor in a small area on the display screen. This is because even if you move the mouse on the desk and try to stop it at the specified coordinates, it may end up entering the next menu area due to subtle differences in your movements.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention is based on the above consideration, and an object of the present invention is to provide a menu selection method on a display screen using a mouse device so that the mouse can be stopped within a desired menu area and accurate menu selection can be made. That is.

[Structure of the invention]

To avoid this, the menu selection method for a display screen using a mouse device according to the present invention includes a display device, a freely movable mouse device having operating means, and a control device, and a control device for moving and operating the mouse device. Based on the operation, the control device displays a cursor at a position corresponding to the position of the mouse device on the screen of the display device, displays a menu area, and selects a menu area based on the position of the mouse device. This is a menu selection method on the display screen using a mouse device, which has become
In addition to providing the mouse device with a braking device, the control device checks whether the position of the mouse device is at a position corresponding to the boundary of the many area, and determines whether the position of the mouse device corresponds to the boundary of the menu area. a braking signal of the braking device is sent to the mouse device on the condition that the mouse device is in a position where the mouse device is in a position where the mouse device is in a position where the mouse device It is characterized by being configured.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a control block of the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the processing of the menu position detection device. In the figure, 1 to 4 (correspond to FIG. 1), 5 is the display screen, 6 is the many area, and 7 is the display screen.
Reference numeral 8 indicates a main body (or terminal control unit), 8 a braking device, and 9 a many boundary detection device.

In FIG. 2, the Max 1 is provided with a control device 8,
A current position signal is sent from the Max 1 to the main body 7, and a control signal is sent from the main body 7 to the Max 1.

The main body 7 includes a menu position table 3 and a mouse position table 2, and stores the menu area 6 on the display screen 5 and the current position of the mouse 1. and mouse 1
When the mouse 1 crosses the boundary of the many area 6 consisting of the mouse 1, a braking signal is sent from the main body 7 to the mouse 1, and the mouse 1 is temporarily braked.

This allows the user to sense that they have crossed the menu boundary.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the control block. Third
In the figure, the current position of the mouse 1 stored in the mouse position table 2 and the start and end points of each many area stored in the many position table 3 are sent to the menu position detection device 9 and compared. Since the start point and end point of the menu area stored in the menu position table 3 indicate the boundaries of the many area, the current position of Mux 1 matches one of the coordinates of the start point and end point stored in the menu position table 3. When it does, it means that it is the boundary of a many region. Therefore, in such a case, the menu boundary detection device 9 outputs a braking signal to the mouse 1 as shown in FIG.
Therefore, the mouse 1 is temporarily braked each time it crosses the border of the menu area.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the mouse is provided with a control device to temporarily apply braking when the mouse crosses the border of the menu area, so a simple configuration is added. You can specify the menu area precisely using the mouse.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a control block of a conventional many selection method, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a system structure to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is a configuration example of a control block of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the processing of the menu position detection device. 1... Mouse, 2... Max position table, 3...
- Many position table, 4... Menu position detection device, 5... Display screen, 6... Menu area, 7... Main body (or terminal control unit), 8... Braking device, 9... - Menu boundary detection device. Column 1 Rooster Monument 3 ω Pu 4 Painting

Claims (1)

[Claims] A display device, a freely movable mouse device having an operation means, and a control device, wherein the control device controls the mouse device on the screen of the display device based on movement of the mouse device and operation of the operation means. A method for selecting a menu on a display screen using a mouse device, which displays a cursor at a position corresponding to the position of the mouse device and displays a menu area, and selects the menu area based on the position of the mouse device, The mouse device is provided with a braking device, and the control device checks whether the position of the mouse device is at a position corresponding to the boundary of the menu area, and the position of the mouse device corresponds to the boundary of the menu area. a braking signal of the braking device is sent to the mouse device on the condition that the mouse device is in the position, and braking is applied to the mouse device each time the mouse device moves across a position corresponding to a boundary of the menu area. It is characterized by being configured with a menu selection method on the display screen using a mouse device.