JPH0477912A - Touch panel system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily emulate a mouse function processing by providing click instruction means which click-instruct a screen content that a stick member instructs and a control means which emulation-sets coordinate information which is screen-instructed, and a click instruction in a register. CONSTITUTION:The stick member 1 instruction a touch panel 6, the click instruction means 2 and 3 clicking the screen content which the stick member 1 instructs and the control means 9 which emulation-sets coordinate information that is screen-instructed by the touch panel 6 and the click instruction by the click instruction means 2 and 3 by the stick member 1 are provided. Thus, the touch panel system which can easily emulate the mouse function processing by the touch panel 6 can be obtained by providing the click instruction parts 2 and 3 for the member 1 instructing the touch panel.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application J] The present invention relates to a touch panel, and more particularly to a touch panel system that emulates click processing for information instructed by a touch panel with a mouse.

[Prior Art J] Conventionally, mice, touch panels, trackballs, and the like have been put to practical use as pointing devices in information processing apparatuses, and function as effective means for executing various application software.

In particular, the touch panel is arranged so as to transparently cover the screen of the display means, and has a one-to-one correspondence with the coordinates on the screen.
The device is configured such that by pressing one point on the touch panel, one point on the screen can be specified.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] A mouse is commonly used as a pointing device in such information processing devices, but if the application software can mix the use of a mouse and a touch panel, for example, one coordinate instruction and one click can be used. In order to execute a process, it is necessary to use two pointing devices, which results in a problem that the operation becomes slower and the characteristics of the touch panel cannot be used effectively.

This invention was made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel system that can emulate mouse machine processing using a touch panel by providing a click instruction section on a member that instructs the touch panel. do.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A touch panel system according to the present invention includes a stick member for instructing a touch panel, a click instructing means for instructing a click on screen content indicated by the stick member, and a touch panel system having a stick member for instructing a screen content to be clicked by the touch panel. and control means for emulating and setting in the register the coordinate information and the click instruction by the click instruction means.

[Operation J] In this invention, when the touch panel is instructed by the stick member and further a click instruction is given by the click instruction means, the control means registers the click instruction by the click instruction means and the coordinate information instructed on the screen by the stick member. It is possible to make emulation settings and pass the contents to application software.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the external configuration of a touch panel system showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a stick for controlling the touch panel, 2 is a first button constituting click instruction means, and 3 is a A second button 4 constituting the click instruction means corresponds to each first button 2.4 of the stick 1. A cable 5 connects the contents of the second button 3 to the system bus 13 (see Figure 2), and 5 is a display device, in which a touch panel 6 is arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the coordinate values of the screen in front of the screen. There is. Reference numeral 7 denotes a personal computer main body (information processing device), which houses a control section to be described later. 8 is a keyboard.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the control configuration of the information processing device 7 shown in FIG. 1, and the same components as in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.

In the figure, 21 is a control unit, CPU9. ROM10.
It is composed of a RAMI 1 and controls each part based on a control program stored in a ROM 10. Reference numeral 12 denotes an external storage device, which is composed of, for example, a floppy disk unit using a floppy disk as a recording medium or a hard disk unit using a jard disk as a recording medium.

In the touch panel system configured in this way,
When the touch panel 6 is instructed by a stick member (in this embodiment, the control stick 1) and further a click instruction is made by the click instruction means (in this embodiment, the first button 2 and the second button 3), the control means (the control stick 1 in this embodiment) In this embodiment, the CPU 9 emulates and sets the click instruction by the click instruction means and the coordinate information indicated on the screen by the stick member in a register (in this embodiment, a predetermined area of RAM II), and passes the contents to the application software.

Hereinafter, the touch panel processing operation in the touch panel system according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a touch panel processing procedure in the touch panel system according to the present invention. Note that (11 to (4)) indicate each step.

Further, in the procedure shown in this flowchart, when the application software calls a function for obtaining mass information, this emulation processing is started.

First, the control unit 21 determines whether or not the touch panel 6 is pressed (1). If No, the process proceeds to step (4); if YES, the control unit 21 determines whether any button is pressed. 2) If No, proceed to step (4); if YES, press the first button 2. Second
To recognize which button 3 has been pressed 3),
When the touch panel 6 is pressed, the pressed coordinate value is set in the flag register 14, and when the touch panel 6 is not pressed, the last designated coordinate value is set in the flag register 14, and the first button 2. Set the information of the second button 3 in the flag register 14 (provided in RAMI l) 4)
Return to return processing to the application.

Thereafter, the application resident in the application resident area 15 executes various processes based on the contents of the flag register 14.

In addition, in the above embodiment, a case was explained in which a normal two-button pointing device (a so-called mouse) is emulated, but the number of buttons is not limited to the two mentioned above, and for example, a pointing device made by Apple Inc. The present invention can be applied to a type that has one click button and performs a click process depending on the number of times it is clicked within a certain period of time, and it can also be easily applied to a type that has three click buttons. Needless to say.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention includes a stick member for instructing a touch panel, a click instructing means for instructing to click the screen content indicated by the stick member, and coordinate information indicated by the touch panel on the screen using the stick member. and a control means for emulating and setting the click instruction by the click instruction means in the register.
So-called mouse function processing can be easily emulated simply by instructing the touch panel with a stick member and executing a content click instruction in parallel with screen touch processing.

Therefore, when setting up a system environment that uses a touch panel, the operator is freed from the constraint of having to use a mouse and can use the stick like a virtual mouse, facilitating smooth information input processing to the touch panel system. It has the effect that it can be carried out.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the external configuration of a touch panel system showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the control configuration of the information processing device main body shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. is a flowchart illustrating an example of a touch panel processing procedure in the touch panel system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a control stick, 2 is a first button, 3 is a second button, 4 is a cable, 5 is a display device, 6 is a touch panel, 7 is a personal computer main body, 14
15 is a flag register, 15 is an application resident area, and 21 is a control unit. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an information processing device having a display device capable of displaying a screen using a touch panel, a stick member for directing a touch panel, a click instruction means for instructing a click on screen content indicated by the stick member, and a click instruction means for instructing a click on screen content indicated by the stick member; 1. A touch panel system comprising: control means for emulating and setting coordinate information and a click instruction from a click instruction means in a register.