JPH05241730A - Mouse control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of an input control system applying a mouse when a mouse cursor is frequently moved between the areas which are separate from each other on a screen. CONSTITUTION:A drawing mouse cursor 4 and a menu selecting mouse cursor 5 are provided for a drawing area 2 and a menu area 3 where' the operations are carried out by a mouse 7. A switch key 8 designates the cursor 4 or 5 that corresponds to the present mouse operation. Then a cursor switching detecting part 10 switches the function to read the mouse operating state and to carry out the necessary operations based on the state of the key 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input means in a computer system, and more particularly to an input method using a mouse.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the input control system using a mouse, only one mouse cursor indicating the pointing point of the mouse is displayed on the screen of the display device.

Therefore, when inputting a figure or the like, an instruction such as selecting a menu of the figure to be drawn and an instruction of the drawing position must be given by one mouse cursor, and the menu area is changed each time. There is a drawback that the operability is not good because the mouse has to be moved between the drawing areas to give an instruction.

In particular, the menus are often arranged in the peripheral portion of the screen, and the operability has been extremely poor when the menus have to be selected frequently.

[0005]

As described above, in the prior art, since only one mouse cursor indicating the pointing coordinates of the mouse is used and all the instructions are designated by one mouse cursor, the menu selection, There is a problem that the mouse must be moved largely in order to properly use different types of instructions such as designation of the drawing position.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a mouse control system with improved operability.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a mouse control system according to the present invention is an input control system using a mouse in a computer, in which an instruction point is displayed on a screen according to the movement of the mouse. A switch for switching between a plurality of mouse cursors and a mouse cursor corresponding to a plurality of current mouse operations, a means for reading the instruction of the changeover switch, a mouse movement according to the instruction, and a mouse button attached to the mouse It has means for transmitting the pressed state to the function corresponding to the mouse cursor, and means for executing an instruction by the mouse independently for each functional unit.

[0008]

A plurality of mouse cursors are provided on the screen, and a switch for switching the plurality of mouse cursors is provided. By reading the instruction of this changeover switch, it is determined which mouse cursor the current mouse operation corresponds to,
By transmitting the mouse operation to the corresponding function block, each function block enables an independent dedicated mouse operation. As a result, the operation can be performed without significantly moving the mouse cursor on the screen, greatly improving the operability.

[0009]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a graphic processing screen 1 is a display screen of a program for creating various drawings.

The drawing area 2 is an area in which a user writes a figure in order to create an actual drawing.

The menu area 3 is a menu area in which various menus for instructing the type of a figure to be drawn and for specifying operations such as movement and deletion of the figure are displayed.

The drawing mouse cursor 4 is used by the user to indicate the drawing position in the drawing area 2.

The mouse cursor 5 for menu selection is used to select various menus in the menu area 3.

The mouse 7 is used by the user to instruct an operation by moving the drawing mouse cursor 4 or the menu selecting mouse cursor 5 and pressing a button attached to the mouse.

The keyboard 6 is provided with a switching key 8 for instructing switching of the mouse cursor.

The mouse movement detecting section 9 detects the movement of the mouse 7.
And detecting the pressed state of the button attached to it.

The cursor switching detector 10 detects the pressed state of the switching key 8 and detects which mouse cursor the user wants to operate.

The drawing processing unit 11 controls the drawing mouse cursor 4 and performs drawing processing of a graphic according to a user's instruction.

The menu selection processing section 12 controls the mouse cursor for menu selection and performs processing according to the menu selected by the user.

When drawing a figure in the drawing area 2, the user operates the mouse 7 without pressing the switching key 8. This mouse operation is detected by the mouse operation detecting section 9 and transmitted by the cursor switching detecting section 10.

The cursor switching detection unit 10 detects the non-pressing of the switching key 8 and transmits the information from the mouse operation detection unit 9 to the drawing processing unit 11 to perform the drawing operation of the graphic specified by the user. .

Next, when the user wants to select a menu, the user operates the mouse 7 while pressing the switching key 8.
In this case, the output of the mouse movement detection unit 9 is transmitted to the menu selection processing unit 12 by the cursor switching detection unit 10 and the processing related to menu selection is performed.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, a mouse cursor for drawing instruction and a mouse cursor for menu selection are provided, and by using these while switching by operating the switching key, quick operation can be performed. Is possible.

That is, it is possible to draw a graphic and select a menu without moving the mouse cursor between the drawing area and the menu area each time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Graphic Processing Screen 2 Drawing Area 3 Menu Area 4 Mouse Cursor for Drawing 5 Mouse Cursor for Menu Selection 6 Keyboard 7 Mouse 8 Switching Key 9 Mouse Motion Detection Section 10 Cursor Switching Detection Section 11 Drawing Processing Section 12 Menu Selection Processing Section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input control method using a mouse in a computer, which corresponds to which of a plurality of mouse cursors that displays an instruction point on the screen according to the movement of the mouse and which mouse cursor has a plurality of current mouse operations. A switch for changing over or not, a means for reading the instruction of the changeover switch, a means for transmitting the movement of the mouse and the pressed state of the mouse button attached to the mouse to the function corresponding to the mouse cursor according to the instruction, and for each functional unit A mouse control method comprising means for independently executing instructions by a mouse.