JP2000181615A - Pointing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the usability of a flat pad by considering the double-click operation of a mouse input device to have been done at the time of deciding double-click operation. SOLUTION: When a 1st-finger/2nd-finger deciding means 12 decides that an indication made by a pointing indication means 11 corresponds to a 1st finger (2nd finger), the indicated position of a cursor is stored as the cursor position of the 1st (2nd) finger in a 1st (2nd) finger operation position storage means 13 (14). A tap operation deciding means 15 decides whether operation done with the 2nd finger is tap operation or double-click operation. A right/left operation deciding means 16 decides whether a clock or double clicks are made with the right or left button of the mouse input device from the position relation between coordinates stored in the 1st-finger and 2nd-finger operation storage means 13 and 14. A mouse operation replacing means 17 converts the tap operation and double-click operation to the click operation and double-click operation of the mouse to perform conversion to the operation of the right and left buttons of the mouse according to the judgement that the right and left buttons of the mouse are regarded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pointing device for improving a user's convenience by performing a tap operation and a double tap operation of a flat pad with a second finger.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Double tap operation with a flat pad
It is known that the operation with a finger is described in JP-A-9-146708. It is generally known that a mouse in a personal computer has a plurality of buttons. However, when applied to a flat pad mounted on a personal computer, it is not possible to support multiple buttons of a mouse at present. It is assigned to only one specific action specified by the user.

[0003]

In the tap operation and the double tap operation of the flat pad, it is required that the second finger has a function similar to a plurality of buttons of a mouse.

An object of the present invention is to realize a tap operation and a double tap operation in which a flat pad incorporates the same functions as a mouse and is compatible with a plurality of buttons to improve the user's operability in operating the flat pad.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a pointing instructing means for indicating the position of a cursor of a conventional flat pad, and a determination as to whether the cursor is a first finger or a second finger. First finger second finger determination means, first finger movement position storage means for storing the current cursor position when the first finger is determined by the first finger second finger determination means, and first finger movement position storage When the cursor position of the first finger is stored in the means, a tap operation determining means for determining a tap operation of the second finger and a double tap operation, and a click of the mouse input device when the tap operation determining means determines the tap operation. When the tap operation determination means determines that a double-tap operation has occurred, the mouse operation device determines that a double-click operation of the mouse input device has occurred. Means for storing the operation position of the second finger, a second finger operation position storage means for storing the operation position of the second finger, and a positional relationship between the two coordinates stored in the first finger operation position storage means and the second finger operation position storage means. It comprises left and right motion determining means for determining which left or right click or double click is considered.

Thus, when the operation of performing pointing (moving a finger on the pad) is completed, a tap operation is performed with another finger without releasing the finger, thereby recognizing a mouse click. Furthermore, it is possible to determine whether a right click or a left click is performed based on the positional relationship between the two fingers (for example, whether the second finger is the right position or the left position of the first finger on the flat pad). .

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a pointing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes pointing instruction means, 12 denotes first finger / second finger determination means, 13 denotes first finger operation position storage means, 14 denotes second finger operation position storage means, and 15 denotes tap movement determination means. , 16 are left and right motion determining means, and 17 is a mouse motion replacing means.

The pointing instructing means 11 detects that an operation position on the flat pad has been instructed.

The first finger / second finger determination means 12 determines whether the pointing instruction means 11 has given an instruction to the first finger or the second finger, and determines that the instruction is the first finger. In this case, the cursor position indicated by the pointing instruction means 11 is stored as the cursor position of the first finger in the first finger operation position storage means 13, and if it is determined that the instruction is the second finger, the second finger is moved. This is stored in the operation position storage means 14 as the cursor position of the second finger.

The tap operation determining means 15 determines whether the operation performed by the second finger is a tap operation or a double tap operation. When the tap operation is determined, a click operation of the mouse input device occurs. When it is determined that a double tap operation has been performed, it is determined that a double click operation of the mouse input device has occurred. The determination as to whether the operation is a tap operation or a double tap operation is performed using a conventional method.

The left / right movement determining means 16 determines which of the left and right buttons of the mouse is considered to be the movement performed by the second finger. The first finger movement position storage means 13 and 2
From the positional relationship between the two coordinates stored in the finger-eye movement position storage means 14, it is determined which of the left and right buttons of the mouse input device is a click or a double click.

The mouse movement replacing means 17 converts the tapping action and the double tapping action determined by the tapping action determining means 15 into a mouse click and a double click action, respectively. The operation is converted into the operation of the left and right buttons of the mouse according to the determination as the left and right buttons.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the processing procedure of the pointing device according to the embodiment, and illustrates the operation after the first finger is moved to a target position.

After the first finger is moved to the target position in step 61, the coordinates at that time are stored in the first finger operation position storage means 13. After the operation of the second finger, the coordinates at that time are stored in the second finger operation position storage means 14. If the left / right motion determining means 16 determines that the second finger is on the left side of the first finger, the process proceeds to step 62. If the second finger is determined on the right side of the first finger, the process proceeds to step 63.

In step 62, tap operation determination means 15
Is determined to be a tap operation (64), the mouse operation replacing means 17 regards it as an operation equivalent to a left mouse button click (step 66). When the tap operation determining unit 15 determines that the operation is a double tap operation (65), the mouse operation replacing unit 17 performs an operation equivalent to double-clicking the left mouse button (step 6).
7).

Similarly, in step 63, when the tap operation is judged by the tap operation judging means 15 (64), the mouse operation replacing means 17 regards it as an operation equivalent to right mouse button click (step 68). When the tap operation determining unit 15 determines that the operation is a double tap operation (65), the mouse operation replacing unit 17 regards the operation as equivalent to a double click of the right button of the mouse (step 69).

Next, the operation of the pointing device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Up to the designation of the cursor position of the first finger) FIG. 2
FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram when the first finger is moved to a target position by a cursor. In this example, the first finger is applied to the flat pad 1 by the pointing instruction means 11 and the first finger is moved from the start point 2 of the first finger to the end point 3 of the first finger. At this time, the first finger / second finger determination means 12 determines that the finger is the first finger, and the first finger operation position storage means 13 stores 1
The position coordinates of the end point 3 of the finger are stored.

(After the designation of the first finger, up to the left and right mouse button determination areas) FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an area for determining whether the second finger is a left click or a right click when pointing to the position of FIG.

In a state where the first finger is fixed at the end point 3 of the first finger (the operation of moving the finger is completed), tap operation determining means 15 for determining whether the second finger is a tap operation or a double tap operation is provided. Areas where operation is possible (3-1), (3-
2) is shown. The area 3-1 is an area where the second finger recognizes the left side of the end point 3 of the first finger, and the area 3-2 recognizes the second finger as the right side of the end point 3 of the first finger. If you tap or double-tap within this area,
Determine which area it was acted on, left or right,
It performs the same operation as clicking and double-clicking the left and right buttons of the mouse of the mouse input device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which the left finger of the second finger designates the left area of the first finger is regarded as a click or a double click. First finger cursor position 3 stored in first finger operation position storage means 13
If the tap operation determining unit 15 determines that the tap operation is 4-1 in the area 3-1 on the left side of the mouse, the mouse operation replacing unit 17 determines that the left button click of the mouse input device has occurred. When the tap operation determining unit 15 determines that the double tap operation is 4-2, the mouse operation replacing unit 17 determines that the left button double click of the mouse input device has occurred.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a case where the right finger of the second finger designates the right area of the first finger and a double click. First finger cursor position 3 stored in first finger operation position storage means 13
If the tap operation determining unit 15 determines that the tap operation is the tap operation 4-1 in the area 3-2 on the right side of the mouse, the mouse operation replacing unit 17 determines that the right button click of the mouse input device has occurred. When the tap operation determining unit 15 determines that the double tap operation 4-2 is performed, the mouse operation replacing unit 17 determines that the right button double click of the mouse input device has occurred.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the operation of the second finger on the flat pad can be made to correspond to the same function as a plurality of buttons of the mouse input device, thereby improving the operability for the user. Advantageous effects can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a pointing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of a first finger on a flat pad according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a left / right position determination operation of a second finger on a flat pad according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram when the second finger is pointed to the left position of the first finger on the flat pad according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram when the second finger is pointed to the right position of the first finger on the flat pad according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure of the pointing device according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Pointing instruction means 12 1st finger 2nd finger determination means 13 1st finger movement position storage means 14 2nd finger movement position storage means 15 Tap movement determination means 16 Left / right movement determination means 17 Mouse movement replacement means

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a pointing device such as a flat pad in a portable personal computer or the like, a pointing instructing means for indicating a position of a cursor, and a first finger for judging whether the cursor is a first finger or a second cursor. Second finger determination means; and first finger operation position storage for storing a cursor position pointed by the pointing instruction means when the first finger and second finger determination means determine that the cursor is the first finger. Means, tap operation determining means for determining a tap operation or double tap operation of a second finger when the cursor position of the first finger is stored in the first finger operation position storage means, and When it is determined that a tap operation has occurred, it is considered that a click operation of the mouse input device has occurred, and Tsu pointing device apparatus; and a mouse operation replacement means be regarded as double-click operation of the mouse input device occurs when it is determined that there has been a flop operation. A second finger operation position storage unit for storing an operation position of a second finger; and a mouse based on a positional relationship between two coordinates stored in the first finger operation position storage unit and the second finger operation position storage unit. 2. The pointing device according to claim 1, further comprising left / right operation determining means for determining whether the input device is regarded as a left or right click or a double click. 3. A method for determining an input of a pointing device such as a flat pad in a portable personal computer or the like, comprising: a pointing instruction step of pointing a cursor position; The first finger / second finger determination step of determining the first finger / second finger determination step and the cursor position indicated in the pointing instruction step when it is determined that the cursor is the first finger in the first finger / second finger determination step. A first finger operation position storage step;
A tap operation determining step of determining a tap operation or a double tap operation of the second finger when the cursor position of the first finger is stored in the first finger operation position storing step; When it is determined that there is a click operation of the mouse input device, it is considered that a click operation of the mouse input device has occurred, and when it is determined that there is a double tap operation in the tap operation determination step, a mouse operation replacement step of considering that a double click operation of the mouse input device has occurred. And a pointing device input determination method.