JPH08297540A - Mouse cursor control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make it possible to know who operates mouse cursor on a screen when plural persons operate one mouse cursor. CONSTITUTION: The signal of a mouse 1A is inputted to a mouse signal detection part 3 through a multiple-tap part 2 to detect mouse movement, a button click, etc., and a cursor data calculation part 4 calculates coordinate data and button information. The signal from the mouse 1A is inputted to an input mouse discrimination part 5, which discriminates the mouse 1A with a signal outputted prior to the mouse signal, and data on the cursor color and shape of the mouse 1A are read out of a storage part 6 and added to the data from the cursor data calculation part, and they are outputted from an output part 7 to a display device. When a mouse 1B, etc., is operated during the operation of the mouse 1A, a control part 8 sends a signal to the multiple-tap part according to the discrimination of the input mouse discrimination part and performs switching so that the signal from the mouse 1B is outputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mouse cursor control method for inputting data to a computer, and more particularly to controlling one cursor with a plurality of mice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a single cursor is operated by a plurality of people on a computer screen, it is possible to connect a plurality of mice via a multi-tap and move the cursor by operating each mouse. There is a problem that when a person operates a mouse, it is not possible to know who is operating the mouse.

[0003]

In view of such a point, the present invention sets a different display color or cursor shape for each mouse, and if the cursor on the screen is looked at, it is determined which mouse is operated. It is to be able to understand by the color or shape of.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a multi-tap for connecting a plurality of mice,
A mouse signal detection unit that detects a mouse movement signal or a button signal that is input via a multi-tap, a cursor data calculation unit that calculates cursor data based on the signal from the mouse signal detection unit, and a signal input The input mouse identification unit for identifying the mouse, the storage unit for storing the display color of the cursor set for each mouse, the multi-tap, the mouse signal detection unit, the cursor data calculation unit, the input mouse identification unit and the storage unit. And a control unit for controlling the mouse, wherein the cursor data from the cursor data calculation unit is attached to the display device with the data of the display color corresponding to the signal from the input mouse identification unit read from the storage unit. A cursor control method is provided.

[0005]

With the above-described structure, in the mouse cursor control method according to the present invention, the mouse to which a signal is input is identified, and the cursor color or cursor shape set for the mouse is read from the storage unit, and the mouse is read. The data representing the display color or the data representing the cursor shape is attached to the cursor data calculated on the basis of the signal to be sent to the display device. If another mouse signal is input while the mouse signal is being input, the mouse is switched to the signal input later (interruption), and at the same time, the mouse color or shape of the mouse attached to the cursor data is interrupted. Switch to one.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a mouse cursor control method according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of a mouse cursor control method according to the present invention. In the figure, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D are mice, which are respectively connected to the multi-tap 2. The multi-tap 2 switches to a mouse that is later input with a signal from a control unit 8 described later. A mouse signal detection unit 3 detects a signal of mouse movement or a signal of button click operation from the signal from the multi-tap 2. Four
Is a cursor data calculation unit that calculates based on a mouse movement signal from the mouse signal detection unit 3 to calculate coordinate data and button information based on a button click signal. Reference numeral 5 is an input mouse identification unit for identifying a mouse to which a signal is input. Reference numeral 6 denotes a storage unit which stores data of cursor display color or cursor shape set for each mouse. An output unit 7 attaches the cursor data from the cursor data calculation unit 4 to the data corresponding to the signal from the input mouse identification unit 5 read from the storage unit 6 and sends it to the display device. A control unit 8 controls each unit.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of the mouse cursor control method according to the present invention, which is for transmitting the data of the mouse cursor through a communication line when there is a distance between the mouse unit and the display unit. It is a thing. Reference numeral 11 in the figure is a mouse cursor control device, which accommodates each part of FIG. Reference numeral 12 is a modem / NCU (line control unit) which performs required processing of data from the mouse cursor control device 11 and sends out the data via the communication line 13 by the NCU. A modem / NCU 14 processes data received via the communication line 13, inputs the data to the display device 15, and displays a cursor on the screen.

Next, the operation of the mouse cursor control method according to the present invention will be described. The figure shows an example in which four mice are used, and each of the mice 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D is connected to the multi-tap 2. For example, the first person is a mouse
When 1A is operated, the signal from the mouse 1A is input to the mouse signal detection unit 3 via the multi-tap 2 in response to the signal from the mouse 1A, and the movement of the mouse or the click of a button is detected. The signal from the mouse signal detection unit 3 is transferred to the cursor data calculation unit 4, and the coordinate data of the cursor is calculated based on the movement signal of the mouse, and the button information is calculated based on the click signal of the button. Meanwhile, mouse 1A
Is input to the input mouse identifying unit 5 via the control unit 8 and, for example, the identification code output from the mouse prior to the mouse operation identifies the signal input from the mouse 1A. Then, from the storage unit 6 via the control unit 8,
The cursor display color or cursor shape data set for each mouse 1A to 1D is read out, the data corresponding to the mouse 1A to which a signal is input is identified, transferred to the output unit 7 via the control unit 10, and the cursor is transferred. The cursor data from the data calculator 4 is attached to the cursor and sent to the display device. This allows
The cursor 21 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed in red (display color of the mouse 1A) or the like on the screen of the computer device.

The above is any one mouse (mouse 1A)
Although it is the operation when only one mouse is operated, when another mouse, for example, mouse 1B is operated during operation of mouse 1A, interrupt processing is performed based on a signal from mouse 1B, and the cursor on the display screen is moved to mouse 1B. Switch to the operation by. That is, the input mouse identification unit 5 identifies the signal input from the mouse 1B, the control unit 8 outputs a control signal to the multi-tap 2, and the signal sent to the mouse signal detection unit 3 is switched to that from the mouse 1B. At the same time, data is read from the storage unit 6 via the control unit 8 and the cursor display color of the mouse 1B,
Alternatively, the cursor shape is identified, and the cursor data output from the output section 7 via the control section 8 is added with the display color (blue or the like) of the mouse 1B or the cursor shape data and transmitted. Mouse 1A interrupted by mouse 1B
Although the operation of is invalidated, the mouse 1A can be operated again to switch to the cursor operation of the mouse 1A. This allows
The input mouse identifying unit 5 identifies the signal from the mouse 1A, outputs the control signal to the multi-tap 2 via the control unit 8, and switches the mouse signal detecting unit 3 to output the signal from the mouse 1A.

In the case of FIG. 2, the modem / NCU 12 processes the data from the output section 7 of the mouse cursor control device 11 by the modem, and the data is transmitted from the NCU to the modem / NCU 14 through the communication line 13, The NCU 14 demodulates the original signal and inputs it to the display device 15. The operation of the mouse cursor control device 11 is the same as the above-mentioned operation description, and therefore its explanation is omitted.

An input unit for registering a mouse user is provided, and user data from the input unit is stored in the storage unit 6.
For example, "Red: ○○ (mouse 1A), Blue: △△ (mouse 1A
B), Yellow: ▽▽ (Mouse 1C), Green: □□ (Mouse 1D) "
The cursor data is added to the cursor data from the cursor data calculation unit 4, sent to the display device through the output unit 7, displayed in the corner of the screen as shown in FIG. It may be possible to know at a glance who is operating the mouse cursor.

Alternatively, the trajectory of the cursor is displayed as a line based on the data from the cursor data calculation unit 4, and this line is displayed in a color or line type corresponding to the data read from the storage unit 6. You may do it.

[0013]

As described above, according to the mouse cursor control method of the present invention, the mouse cursor is displayed in a predetermined color or shape for each mouse and the mouse cursor can be operated by any mouse (who). Since it can be seen at a glance, it is particularly effective when a plurality of people operate a mouse on the same screen.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an essential part of an embodiment of a mouse cursor control method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of the mouse cursor control method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating cursor display.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D mouse 2 multi-tap 3 mouse signal detection unit 4 cursor data calculation unit 5 input mouse identification unit 6 storage unit 7 output unit 8 control unit 11 mouse cursor control device 12, 14 modem / NCU (line control unit) ) 13 Communication line 15 Display

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A multi-tap for connecting a plurality of mice, a mouse signal detection unit for detecting a mouse movement signal or a button signal input through the multi-tap, and a signal from the mouse signal detection unit. Cursor data calculation unit for calculating cursor data, an input mouse identification unit for identifying a mouse to which a signal has been input, a storage unit for storing the display color of the cursor set for each mouse, the multi-tap, mouse signal detection Part, a cursor data calculation part, an input mouse identification part, and a control part for controlling the storage part, and a display color corresponding to a signal from the input mouse identification part read from the storage part in the cursor data from the cursor data calculation part. Mouse cursor control method for sending to a display device with the data of the above. 2. The cursor shape stored in the storage unit for each mouse, and the cursor shape corresponding to the signal from the input mouse identification unit read from the storage unit in the cursor data from the cursor data calculation unit. The mouse cursor control method according to claim 1, wherein the data is added to the data and transmitted to a display device. 3. An input unit for registering a user of each mouse is provided, and the user from the input unit is registered in the storage unit in association with a cursor display color or a cursor shape.
3. The cursor data from the cursor data calculation unit is attached to the user data corresponding to the signal from the input mouse identification unit read from the storage unit, and is sent to the display device. Mouse cursor control method. 4. When another mouse signal is input during the mouse signal input, the input mouse identifying unit identifies the mouse to which the signal is input later, and the control unit sends a signal to the multi-tap, 4. The mouse cursor control method according to claim 1, wherein the mouse is switched to a signal input later. 5. A modem / line control unit is attached to each of the cursor data transmission unit and the cursor data input unit of the display device, and data from the cursor data transmission unit is processed by the modem / line control unit. It is transmitted via the communication line of and is processed by the modem / line control unit on the display device side.
The mouse cursor control method according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, or claim 4, wherein the mouse cursor is displayed on a display device.