JPH0772976A - Mouse inputting system in touch panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize operation equivalent to mouse operation through the use of only a touch pen by executing processing by moving a cursor when the point of the touch pen is in a side area and by recognizing the operation equal to a mouse at the time of a corner area. CONSTITUTION:When the touch pen points an LCD valid display area 2 included in the valid area 1 of a touch panel 14, display to show this position is displayed. When it points an upper side area 5 in a circumferential display area 3a excepting the LCD valid display area 2 in an LCD display screen area 3, the cursor 2a moves in the upward direction. Similarly, when a lower side area 6, a left side area 8 and a right side area 7 are pointed, it moves in the downward, a leftward and a rightward directions respectively. Besides, when a left upper corner area 9 is pointed, it is recognized to be the push-down of the first button of the mouse, and in the case of a right upper corner area 10, the push-down of a second button is recognized, and in the case of a right lower corner area 11, the simultaneous push-down of the first and the second buttons is recognized, and the processing of those is executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pointing input system for a personal computer in which a touch panel is attached on an LCD screen, and more specifically, when executing application software of MS-DOS of the personal computer, an operation equivalent to a mouse operation is performed with a touch pen. Regarding the possible input method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mouse is widely used as one of pointing input devices for designating a position on a screen of a CRT display of a personal computer or the like. The mouse is so called because its shape resembles a mouse,
The XY position information is read by electrically detecting the rotation angle of a sphere attached to the bottom surface. Can be operated with fingertips near the mouse-shaped tip 1-3
It has one button. As for the button of this mouse, for example, the one provided with two buttons, "execute" by pressing the first button, "cancel" by pressing the second button, the first and second
By pressing the buttons at the same time, processing such as "next instruction" can be performed. The mouse is characterized by high accuracy and good operability despite its small size and low cost. Therefore, it is attached as standard or optional to computer equipment such as a personal computer.

[0003]

By the way, it is convenient that the same operation as the mouse can be performed without actually connecting the mouse to the device such as a computer device having a touch panel on the LCD screen. As one of the methods, it is conceivable to provide keys on the left and right separately from the touch panel and specify the position with a touch pen. However, this method has a drawback that operations other than the touch pen must be performed, and the operations become complicated. Considering the mouse emulation on the touch panel while running the conventional MS-DOS application software, it is necessary to realize the functions of double-click left and right buttons and the simultaneous pressing of left and right buttons. An object of the present invention is based on the above consideration, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mouse input method in a touch panel that can perform an operation equivalent to a mouse operation by only operating a touch pen.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a mouse input method in a touch panel according to the present invention is such that a mouse operation is performed around an effective display area of an LCD existing as an area for recognizing a position pointed by a touch pen. When an area for recognizing an equivalent operation is provided and the touch pen is pointed to the side area of the surrounding area, the cursor is moved corresponding to the upper, lower, left, and right sides, and the corner area of the surrounding area is pointed to. Is configured to recognize and process one operation of the plurality of buttons of the mouse corresponding to the corner area.

[0005]

According to the above construction, the mouse can be emulated with only the touch pen without any other operation.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a mouse input type touch panel in the touch panel according to the present invention. LCD in the effective area 1 of the touch panel 14
The effective display area 2 is included. The LCD effective display area 2 is an area where dots are inverted when a touch pen (not shown) is pointed. An LCD screen area 3 including the LCD effective display area 2 is set. By pointing the areas other than the LCD valid display area 2 in the LCD screen area 3, that is, the surrounding invalid display area 3a, an operation equivalent to a mouse operation is realized.

FIG. 1B is a schematic view showing the inside of the LCD screen area for explaining the surrounding area. The peripheral area is divided into an upper side area 5, a lower side area 6, a left side area 8, a right side area 7, an upper left corner area 9, an upper right corner area 10 and a lower left corner area 11. When the upper side area 5 is pointed with a touch pen (not shown), the cursor 2a moves upward. Similarly, when the lower side area 6, the left side area 8 and the right side area 7 are pointed, they move downward, left and right respectively. When the upper left corner area 9 is pointed, it is recognized that the first button of the mouse (not shown) is pressed. Further, in the case of the upper right corner area 10, the pressing of the second button is recognized, and in the case of the lower left corner area 11, the simultaneous pressing of the first and second buttons is recognized.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit adopting the mouse input method in the touch panel according to the present invention. Touch pen driver software for realizing a mouse operation with a touch panel and a touch pen when the application software of MS-DOS is executed is stored in the ROM 16. When the touch panel 14 is pointed by the touch pen 13, it is transmitted to the CPU 15. CPU
When the position information sent from the touch panel 14 is the surrounding area, the device 15 recognizes that the operation is a mouse operation corresponding to the position, and executes the process. ROM1
6, RAM-MS-DOS application, W
WINDOWS application software and the like are stored.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of emulating a mouse operation according to this method.
It is a figure which shows an example of the said touch pen driver software.
The specific operation of FIG. 2 will be described below with reference to FIG. With the activation of the touch pen driver, the CPU 15 determines whether or not there is an input from the touch pen 13 (step 1). If there is no input, no processing is performed (step 2). If there is an input, it is determined whether it is the position information in the LCD effective display area or the position information in the surrounding area (step 3). If it is determined that the position information is within the LCD effective display area, a dot display process is performed at the corresponding position (step 4). When it is determined that the area is the surrounding area, it is next determined which part of the surrounding area (step 5). In the case of the side area, the process proceeds to step 6, and the cursor is moved to the left, right, up and down directions respectively corresponding to the left side, right side, upper side and lower side areas. In the case of the corner area, the process proceeds to step 7, and the processing is performed by recognizing that the left button is pressed, the right button is pressed, and the left and right buttons are simultaneously pressed, corresponding to the upper left, upper right, and lower left corner areas, respectively.

[0010]

As described above, in the mouse input method for the touch panel according to the present invention, an area for recognizing an operation equivalent to a mouse operation is provided around the LCD effective display area, and the side area of the area is touched with a touch pen. It is configured to move the cursor in the direction corresponding to that side when pointing, and to recognize one operation of multiple mouse buttons corresponding to that corner when pointing the corner area of the area with the touch pen. Therefore, all mouse operations can be emulated by operating the touch panel and touch pen. In addition, existing MS-DOS
The mouse operation can be emulated without changing the application and the WINDOW application.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a mouse input type touch panel in a touch panel according to the present invention,
(B) is a schematic diagram showing the inside of the LCD screen area for explaining the surrounding area.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit adopting a mouse input method in a touch panel according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of emulating a mouse operation according to this method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Effective area of touch panel 2 ... LCD effective display area 3 ... LCD screen area 5 ... Upper side area 6 ... Lower side area 7 ... Right side area 8 ... Left side area 9 ... Upper left corner area 10 ... Upper right corner area 11 ... Lower left corner area 13 ... Touch pen 14 ... Touch panel 15 ... CPU 16 ... ROM 17 ... RAM

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] November 15, 1991

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[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pointing input system for a personal computer in which a touch panel is attached on an LCD screen, and more specifically, for executing application software of the personal computer, an input that enables a touch pen to perform an operation equivalent to a mouse operation. Regarding the scheme.

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[0003]

By the way, it is convenient that the same operation as the mouse can be performed without actually connecting the mouse to the device such as a computer device having a touch panel on the LCD screen. As one of the methods, it is conceivable to provide keys on the left and right separately from the touch panel and specify the position with a touch pen. However, this method has a drawback that operations other than the touch pen must be performed, and the operations become complicated. Considering the conventional A Purikesho <br/> Nsofuto mouse emulation during the touch panel to realize the function of double-clicking the left and right buttons, it is necessary to realize a simultaneous depressing functions of left and right buttons. An object of the present invention is based on the above consideration, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mouse input method in a touch panel that can perform an operation equivalent to a mouse operation by only operating a touch pen.

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[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a mouse input type touch panel in the touch panel according to the present invention. LCD in the effective area 1 of the touch panel 14
The effective display area 2 is included. LCD effective display area 2 when pointing not shown pen their
A display showing the position of appears. This LCD effective display area 2
The LCD screen area 3 including the inside is set. L
By pointing the areas other than the LCD effective display area 2 in the CD screen area 3, that is, the surrounding invalid display area 3a, an operation equivalent to a mouse operation is realized.

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FIG. 1B is a schematic view showing the inside of the LCD screen area for explaining the surrounding area. The peripheral area is divided into an upper side area 5, a lower side area 6, a left side area 8, a right side area 7, an upper left corner area 9, an upper right corner area 10 and a lower left corner area 11. When you point the upper area 5 with a touch pen (not shown), the screen scrolls upward.
And the cursor 2a moves upward. Similarly, when the lower side area 6, the left side area 8 and the right side area 7 are pointed, the screen scrolls downward, left and right, and moves downward, left and right, respectively. Also, the upper left corner area 9
When is pointed at, it is recognized that the first button of the mouse (not shown) is pressed. Further, in the case of the upper right corner area 10, the pressing of the second button is recognized, and in the case of the lower left corner area 11, the simultaneous pressing of the first and second buttons is recognized.

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FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of emulating a mouse operation according to this method.
It is a figure which shows an example of the said touch pen driver software.
The specific operation of FIG. 2 will be described below with reference to FIG. With the activation of the touch pen driver, the CPU 15 determines whether or not there is an input from the touch pen 13 (step 1). If there is no input, no processing is performed (step 2). If there is an input, it is determined whether it is the position information in the LCD effective display area or the position information in the surrounding area (step 3). If it is determined that the position information is within the LCD effective display area, a dot display process is performed at the corresponding position (step 4). When it is determined that the area is the surrounding area, it is next determined which part of the surrounding area (step 5). If it is an edge area, move to step 6 and move the screen left and right corresponding to the left edge, right edge, top edge and bottom edge area, respectively.
Scroll up or down and move the cursor left, right, up and down. In the case of the corner area, the process proceeds to step 7, and it is recognized that the left button is pressed, the right button is pressed, and the left and right buttons are simultaneously pressed, corresponding to the upper left, upper right, and lower left corner areas, and the processing is performed.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An area for recognizing an operation equivalent to a mouse operation is provided around an effective display area of an LCD existing as an area for recognizing a position pointed by the touch pen, and the touch pen is a side of the surrounding area. When you point to the area, move the cursor corresponding to the upper, lower, left, and right sides, and when you point to the corner area of the surrounding area, recognize one operation of the multiple buttons of the mouse corresponding to the corner area. A mouse input method for a touch panel, which is configured to be processed. 2. An upper side area, a lower side area, of the surrounding area,
When the left side area and the right side area are pointed, the cursor is moved upward, downward, leftward and rightward, respectively, and the first corner area and the second corner area among the four corners of the surrounding area are moved. And pointing to the third corner area respectively, it is recognized that the first button of the mouse is pressed, the second button is pressed, and the first and second buttons are pressed simultaneously. The mouse input method for the touch panel according to claim 1.