CN100504738C - Fast cursor positioning method - Google Patents

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CN100504738C
CN100504738C CNB2005101080502A CN200510108050A CN100504738C CN 100504738 C CN100504738 C CN 100504738C CN B2005101080502 A CNB2005101080502 A CN B2005101080502A CN 200510108050 A CN200510108050 A CN 200510108050A CN 100504738 C CN100504738 C CN 100504738C
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A method for quickly positioning cursor includes receiving selection signal by system to select touch positioning device control modes with relative displacement control mode and absolute position control mode, implying one of two modes if selection is not done, controlling cursor to move to relevant direction in relevant distance by touch positioning device according to movement direction and distance of finger or touch pen if relative displacement control mode is selected and positioning cursor at display screen position corresponding to contact position of finger or touch pen on touch positioning device if absolute position control mode is selected.

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Cursor is the method for location fast
Technical field
The present invention relates to graphic user interface, relate in particular to the cursor method for rapidly positioning of graphic user interface.
Background technology
Touching positioning equipment is present widely used graphic user interface positioning equipment, is characterized in that the user can move the mobile control and the location of realizing cursor with finger or stylus on positioning equipment, mainly comprise touch pad and touch-screen.Touch positioning equipment and use simply, only need finger touch to touch positioning equipment, cursor will be along with moving.In notebook computer and other portable set, touch the positioning equipment graphic user interface positioning equipment of mouse as an alternative, obtain to use widely.
When prior art used the touch positioning equipment to carry out cursor control, finger or stylus moved on touch positioning equipment plane, and cursor is that starting point relatively moves with its current position.Suppose the current screen upper right corner that rests on of cursor, when the operator need move to the lower left corner with cursor, just need operation to touch positioning equipment repeatedly, cursor is moved very long distance could realize.For the situation that extended screen shows, the longest needs of cursor move two cornerwise length of display, not only lose time but also inconvenient.
In addition, also there is following problem in the touch positioning equipment cursor control of prior art: when user's certain interval of time operating computer, often be not easy to find cursor, have to do no purpose on the touch positioning equipment and slide, cursor is moved, so that see the position of cursor.After knowing cursor position, can further do autotelic location.
At above problem, prior art is providing some solutions aspect the instructs cursor position.The touch positioning equipment (TRACKPAD) that provides such as SYNAPTICS company is the instructs cursor position in the following way: press Ctrl, cursor will flash again and again, reminds the position of user's cursor.But this kind technology does not provide a kind of solution of quick location, but also necessary specialized operations is therefore still inconvenient to seek cursor position.
Summary of the invention
At above-mentioned defective, the technical matters that the present invention solves is to provide a kind of cursor method of location fast, and this method can make the operator that cursor is navigated to desired location at once, and finds cursor.
The method of quick positioning cursor provided by the invention is used to have the digital display circuit of the employing graphic user interface that touches positioning equipment, comprises step:
1) system receives and selects signal, and this selection signal is used to select to touch the control mode of positioning equipment, comprises relative displacement control mode and absolute position control mode; If do not do any selection, then be defaulted as a kind of in two kinds of control modes;
2) if described selection signal is the relative displacement control mode, when then the contact of finger or stylus touches positioning equipment, system control cursor rests on the position at place behind the moving cursor last time, when finger or stylus are touching on the positioning equipment when mobile, system is according to the finger that touches the positioning equipment detection or the moving direction and the displacement of stylus, and the control cursor is done moving of respective direction and distance;
3) if described selection signal is the absolute position control mode, when then the contact of finger or stylus touched positioning equipment, system positioned a cursor over the corresponding indicator screen position of contact position that touches positioning equipment with finger or stylus contact.
Preferably, described step 3) contact position is corresponding with indicator screen, specifically be that the touch positioning equipment is divided into several regions, and indicator screen is divided into several regions equally, and will touch a specific region of the corresponding indicator screen in each specific region on the positioning equipment.
Preferably, cursor is positioned in the center of corresponding region on the indicator screen.
Preferably, described step 3) contact position is corresponding with indicator screen, specifically be according to the dimension scale relation that touches positioning equipment and indicator screen, the contact position that finger or stylus contact is touched positioning equipment is scaled the position of indicator screen, and positions a cursor over this position.
Preferably, the selection signal of described step 1) can perhaps be provided with special operating key input by the function key Fn input of keyboard on keyboard, perhaps adopt the software mode setting.
Preferably, the selection signal of described step 1), can adopt a kind of in following two kinds of input patterns:
First kind of pattern when this selection signal exists, enters selecteed control mode; When this selection signal does not exist, then enter the control mode of acquiescence; Perhaps
Second kind of pattern receives this selection signal, then enters selecteed control mode; When this selection signal does not exist, continue to keep this selecteed control mode.
Preferably, when described digital display circuit has extended screen, also comprised the double-click touch apparatus before described step 1), system receives this signal, and determines to double-click the position of touch apparatus, on the screen of this position correspondence that system positions a cursor over.
The present invention provides the another kind of method of positioning cursor fast simultaneously, is used to the digital display circuit that adopts graphic user interface and have keyboard, comprising:
1) system receives the selection signal, and this selection signal is used for selecting whether adopt keyboard to carry out cursor and locatees fast;
2) if described selection signal is located fast for adopting keyboard to carry out cursor, striking keyboard then, cursor appear at indicator screen position that should button.
Preferably, described cursor specifically is that keyboard integral body is hinted obliquely at indicator screen with the corresponding of indicator screen, and with the corresponding corresponding indicator screen zone of each button.
Preferably, the selection signal of described step 1) can perhaps be provided with special enter key input by the function key Fn input of keyboard on keyboard, perhaps adopt the software mode setting.
The absolute fix that method provided by the invention can realize cursor combines with relatively moving, and both can switch easily.With respect to prior art, the present invention has following beneficial effect:
At first, owing to the invention provides the function of cursor absolute fix, make the user can be with the fastest speed positioning cursor, when having overcome employing relative position control making method, cursor move long apart from the time need the inconvenience of multi-pass operations.
Secondly, technical solution of the present invention is with the cursor absolute fix and relatively move and combine, and the user can be as required in selection easily between the two, thereby can realize input, the control of graphic user interface more flexibly, has better operability.Prior art only provides a kind of cursor control mode, and operability is relatively poor.
At last, technical solution of the present invention has solved the user when not using computer for a long time, is difficult to find fast the problem of cursor.Adopt the absolute fix method of cursor, the desired location that the user can move cursor in moment, and at this position discovery cursor, therefore, can not occur needing not have the problem that the purpose moving cursor is found cursor position in the prior art.
In addition, preferred implementation provided by the invention does not need to increase hardware, and therefore, cost is low, and it is convenient to realize.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 touches positioning equipment sensing mode synoptic diagram;
Fig. 3 is that first embodiment of the invention touches positioning equipment and the corresponding synoptic diagram of indicator screen employing ratio mode;
Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the synoptic diagram of second embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the synoptic diagram of third embodiment of the invention.
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Please, be the synoptic diagram of first embodiment of the invention referring to Fig. 1.
This illustrates one and has the notebook computer that touches positioning equipment, comprises display 11; The main frame 12 that is combined as a whole with keyboard 13; Also has the positioning equipment 14 of touch on this main frame 12.
Described main frame 12 has storer, is used to store data and program; This main frame 12 also has data processor, can read the content of described storer, and according to the program of memory stores, carries out operation accordingly.
Described touch positioning equipment 14 is used to realize cursor control.Touch on the positioning equipment mobile with finger or stylus at this, the cursor that can control on display 11 screens is made corresponding mobile, and direction and distance that cursor moves on screen, corresponding with direction and distance that finger or stylus move on the touch positioning equipment.
This touch positioning equipment sensing finger or stylus touches and the mode that moves have many kinds, Fig. 2 illustrates wherein a kind of sensing mode, the principle of this kind sensing mode is: the surface attachment at described touch positioning equipment 14 has sensor, and this sensor is one and is imprinted on the lip-deep finger trace transmission line of touch pad (screen).When finger or stylus contact touch positioning equipment 14, form electric capacity on this sensing matrix surface, or the appearance value of this electric capacity changes along with the contact dynamics of finger stylus, the big more then capacitance of contact dynamics is big more; Sensing matrix senses the variation of this capacitance, and it is passed to special chip, thereby finds out the position at finger or stylus place.When finger or stylus are touching the positioning equipment surface when mobile, the track of capacitance variations is through the sensing matrix sensing, and by described special chip, send this variation track to data processor (as CPU (central processing unit)), data processor is variation track in view of the above, according to internal processing program, the cursor positioning of graphic user interface is finished in moving of control screen cursor.
In the present embodiment, described touch positioning equipment 14 is divided into several regions, A1-A4 as shown in Figure 1; B1-B4; C1-C4 etc.; Simultaneously corresponding with these zones, the screen of display 11 also is divided into same zone, as a1-a4 among the figure; B1-b4; C1-c4.The effect of above-mentioned corresponding relation is, after touching positioning equipment and sensing finger or stylus position, this position can be corresponded on the relevant position of screen of display 11.
This touch positioning equipment 14 has relative displacement control and two kinds of patterns of absolute position control.Under the default situations, this touch positioning equipment is in the relative displacement control model, and touching positioning equipment surface moveable finger or stylus this moment, and screen cursor will be done move corresponding with distance of direction thereupon.If select the absolute position pattern, when then finger or stylus striking touch certain position of positioning equipment 14, touch positioning equipment 14 and sense this position, and know the touch positioning equipment zone at its place.After this information was sent to data processor, data processor was positioned on the screen center corresponding to the screen area in this touch positioning equipment zone to cursor position at once, thereby realized the control to the cursor absolute position.
The method of described selection absolute position pattern can be taked various ways.Each is useful to consider two kinds of control models, and the user needs often to switch; In addition, had better not increase hardware,, therefore, in the present embodiment certain function selecting key Fn on the keyboard is defined as the operating key of two kinds of control models of conversion in order to avoid increase cost.Concrete conversion method can be a kind of in the following dual mode: 1, presses function selecting key Fn, carries out move operation touching on the positioning equipment simultaneously, then adopt absolute control model, otherwise, adopt relative control model.2, with Fn as switch key, click Fn, then transform mode control.
Above-mentioned system of selection is a preferable methods, and the switching that special-purpose button is realized two kinds of control models also can be set; In addition, also can adopt the mode of software, realize switching by software setting.
The position of described touch positioning equipment and screen relation, method that also can the usage ratio correspondence by calculating finger touches in the position that touches on the positioning equipment, proportionally calculates corresponding light and is marked on display position and display highlighting on the screen.At this moment, according to the shape and the size of described touch positioning equipment 14, determine coordinate system.Simultaneously, determine the coordinate system of screen, further set up two corresponding relations between the coordinate system according to the size of indicator screen.As shown in Figure 3, the cursor positioning algorithm on the display screen is X=x *(A/a), Y=y *(B/b).In the formula, X, Y are screen coordinate; X,, y is for touching the positioning equipment coordinate; A, B are screen size, and a, b are for touching the positioning equipment size.When sensing finger or stylus when touching position on the positioning equipment, just determined its place touch positioning equipment coordinate (x, y), determine respective coordinates (X on screen according to above-mentioned formula again, Y), and with cursor positioning to (X, Y) position of calculating.
Please, be the process flow diagram of first embodiment of the invention referring to Fig. 4.This illustrates the step that present embodiment is realized the cursor method for rapidly positioning.
Step S41, current cursor control model is read in beginning.
Step S42 receives the cursor control model and selects signal.
This step realizes the selection of cursor control model, and concrete selection mode can be taked multiple mode as mentioned above, and preferred mode is to adopt function selecting key.
Step S43 judges whether current cursor control model is the absolute position control model; If then enter step S44; If not, then enter step S45.
Described cursor control model comprises relative displacement control model and absolute position control model, under the default situations, adopts the relative displacement control model.If select the absolute position control model, then enter this pattern.
Step S44 carries out absolute position control.
Under this kind pattern, when finger or stylus contact touched positioning equipment, system positioned a cursor over the corresponding indicator screen position of contact position that touches positioning equipment with finger or stylus contact.
Step S45 carries out relative displacement control.
Under this kind pattern, when finger or stylus contact touch positioning equipment, system control cursor rests on the position at place behind the moving cursor last time, when finger or stylus are touching on the positioning equipment when mobile, system is according to the finger that touches the positioning equipment detection or the moving direction and the displacement of stylus, and the control cursor is done moving of respective direction and distance.
Please, be the synoptic diagram of second embodiment of the invention referring to Fig. 5.This embodiment provides a kind of method that realizes the technical program on multi-display.
In notebook computer, often need use expanded scope.At this moment, can make location area too small, therefore, should make to touch positioning equipment, need judge and select the display that touches the positioning equipment correspondence this moment corresponding to a display with corresponding two displays of touch positioning equipment.For this reason, present embodiment provides following solution.
When notebook computer except that the display B that carries, during an external expanded scope A, two zones about the touch positioning equipment of notebook computer is divided into, each zone is corresponding to a display.When double-click in a zone therein, then will touch positioning equipment to should the corresponding display in zone, and position a cursor over the middle position of this display.After this, touch positioning equipment and can adopt relative control mode and absolute control mode to carry out the cursor positioning and the input of graphic user interface, embodiment is identical with first embodiment.
Please referring to Fig. 6, be the third embodiment of the present invention, present embodiment provides a kind of method of using keyboard to determine the cursor absolute position.This method not only can be used to touch pointing device graphical user interface input mode, and can be used for mouse graphic user interface input mode, realizes fast moving and definite cursor position.
With each button of keyboard specific coordinate position corresponding to screen.Simultaneously, set up trigger mechanism, for example functions of use key Fn makes the user can enter the state that uses keyboard to carry out cursor positioning easily.When enter use keyboard to carry out the state of cursor positioning after, press certain button on the lower keyboard, cursor will be positioned on the screen in the zone corresponding to the position of this button.Then, use to touch positioning equipment or alternate manner, accurately the positioning cursor position.
For the user can determine the keyboard position of screen position correspondence easily, can do a mapping with indicator screen with keyboard is whole, the user can determine the position of cursor at screen by keyboard intuitively like this.
Technique scheme provided by the invention, be mainly used in touch-screen or touch pad graphic user interface as positioning equipment, but, the use keyboard that technical solution of the present invention proposes carries out the cursor embodiment of location fast, can be used to use the graph user interface system of mouse or other positioning equipment equally.
The above only is a preferred implementation of the present invention; should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the invention; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be considered as protection scope of the present invention.

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1, a kind of method of quick positioning cursor is used to have the digital display circuit of the employing graphic user interface that touches positioning equipment, and this method is characterised in that, comprises step:
1) system receives and selects signal, and this selection signal is used to select to touch the control mode of positioning equipment, comprises relative displacement control mode and absolute position control mode; If do not do any selection, then be defaulted as a kind of in two kinds of control modes;
2) if described selection signal is the relative displacement control mode, when then the contact of finger or stylus touches positioning equipment, system control cursor rests on the position at place behind the moving cursor last time, when finger or stylus are touching on the positioning equipment when mobile, system is according to the finger that touches the positioning equipment detection or the moving direction and the displacement of stylus, and the control cursor is done moving of respective direction and distance;
3) if described selection signal is the absolute position control mode, when then the contact of finger or stylus touched positioning equipment, system positioned a cursor over the corresponding indicator screen position of contact position that touches positioning equipment with finger or stylus contact.
2, method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described step 3) contact position is corresponding with indicator screen, specifically be that the touch positioning equipment is divided into several regions, and indicator screen is divided into several regions equally, and will touch a specific region of the corresponding indicator screen in each specific region on the positioning equipment.
3, method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, cursor is positioned in the center of corresponding region on the indicator screen.
4, method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described step 3) contact position is corresponding with indicator screen, specifically be according to the dimension scale relation that touches positioning equipment and indicator screen, the contact position of finger or stylus contact touch positioning equipment is scaled the position of indicator screen, and positions a cursor over this position.
5, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the selection signal of described step 1) can perhaps be provided with special operating key input by the function key Fn input of keyboard on keyboard, perhaps adopt the software mode setting.
6, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the selection signal of described step 1) can adopt a kind of in following two kinds of input patterns:
First kind of pattern when this selection signal exists, enters selecteed control mode; When this selection signal does not exist, then enter the control mode of acquiescence; Perhaps
Second kind of pattern receives this selection signal, then enters selecteed control mode; When this selection signal does not exist, continue to keep this selecteed control mode.
7, method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, when described digital display circuit has extended screen, before described step 1), also comprise the double-click touch apparatus, system receives this signal, and the position of determining to double-click touch apparatus, on the screen of this position correspondence that system positions a cursor over.
8, a kind of method of quick positioning cursor is used to the digital display circuit that adopts graphic user interface and have keyboard, and described method is characterised in that, comprising:
1) system receives the selection signal, and this selection signal is used for selecting whether adopt keyboard to carry out cursor and locatees fast;
2) if described selection signal is located fast for adopting keyboard to carry out cursor, striking keyboard then, cursor appear at indicator screen position that should button.
9, method according to claim 8 is characterized in that, described cursor specifically is that keyboard integral body is hinted obliquely at indicator screen with the corresponding of indicator screen, and with the corresponding corresponding indicator screen zone of each button.
10, method according to claim 7 is characterized in that, the selection signal of described step 1) can perhaps be provided with special enter key input by the function key Fn input of keyboard on keyboard, perhaps adopt the software mode setting.
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