JP2000322168A - Method and device for cursor position guidance on screen of electronic display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a method for cursor position guidance on an electronic display device screen which makes it easy to confirm a cursor position by representing the cursor position as X and Y coordinates and generating and outputting an audible tone corresponding to the extent of deviation from X and Y reference points. SOLUTION: A control part 106 generates a frequency control signal X and a frequency control signal Y corresponding to the respective X coordinate and Y coordinate of a position according to a cursor position coordinate signal corresponding to the position inputted from a computer main body 102. A variable frequency oscillator 107a generates an X audible signal corresponding to the frequency signal X and a variable frequency oscillator 107b generates a Y audible signal corresponding to the frequency control signal Y. The X audible signal and Y audible signal are synthesized by an adder 108, amplified by an amplifier 109, and then outputted as an audible sound from a speaker 110. With the audible sound from the speaker 110, the position of the cursor on the screen of a CRT 103 can easily be found.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and a device for notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is well known that a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball is used as a means for providing a user interface between a personal computer or the like and its operator. For example, in the case of a mouse, when the bottom surface of the mouse is slid arbitrarily in the horizontal direction on a desk, the cursor moves on a screen such as a CRT according to the movement. As described above, the pointing device represented by the mouse detects the amount of movement in the X direction and the amount of movement in the Y direction at the pointing position, and the CRT is proportional to the amount of movement.
The cursor moves on the screen of the electronic display device.

[0003]

However, there has been a problem that it has been difficult to find a pointing position of a cursor on a display screen due to an increase in screen size and definition of the electronic display device. Conventionally, various measures have been taken, such as enlarging a cursor and displaying a cursor movement trajectory. However, enlargement of the cursor impairs the convenience associated with the high definition of the electronic display device. This was not effective when the moving amount was small or the moving speed was low. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem that makes it difficult to find a cursor position with an increase in screen size and definition of an electronic display device, and to improve the working efficiency of a computer using a pointing device such as a mouse. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method and a device for notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device which facilitates confirmation of a cursor position by utilizing a hearing of an operator.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cursor position notifying method according to the present invention for notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device added to an electronic computer. Means for moving the cursor position on the screen of the electronic display device to X ·
The position of the cursor on the screen is notified by generating and outputting an audible sound whose frequency or intermittent period changes in accordance with the amount of deviation from each of the X and Y reference points while being represented by the Y coordinate. Constitute. The invention according to claim 2 of the cursor position notifying method according to the present invention is the cursor position notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the audible sound and the audible sound whose frequency changes in accordance with the amount of deviation of the X coordinate. The audible sound whose frequency changes in accordance with the deviation amount of the coordinates is synthesized. The invention according to claim 3 of the cursor position notifying method according to the present invention is the cursor position notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of the audible sound changes in accordance with the amount of deviation of the X coordinate, and the audible sound has a deviation of the Y coordinate. The intermittent cycle of the audible sound changes in accordance with the position. The invention according to claim 4 of the cursor position notifying method according to the present invention is characterized by claim 1
In the cursor position notifying method as described above, the audible sound is X
Two sounds are generated before and after corresponding to each coordinate of Y, and the two sounds change in frequency in accordance with the deviation amounts of the X coordinate and the Y coordinate, respectively. The invention according to claim 5 of the cursor position notification method according to the present invention,
2. The cursor position notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the audible sound is generated by two sounds before and after corresponding to the X and Y coordinates, and the time lengths at which the two sounds occur are X coordinates and It is configured to change in accordance with the deviation amount of the Y coordinate. The invention according to claim 5 of the cursor position notifying method according to the present invention is a virtual screen display system for displaying a large screen virtually on one screen of the electronic display device, wherein the cursor position on the screen of the electronic display device is provided. A cursor position on the screen of the electronic display device represented by X and Y coordinates, and a frequency and an intermittent time corresponding to a deviation amount from each of the X and Y reference points. Is generated to output an audible sound that changes, thereby notifying the cursor position on the screen. The invention according to claim 7 of the cursor position notifying method according to the present invention is the cursor position notifying method according to claim 6, wherein the audible sound is an audible sound whose frequency changes in accordance with the deviation amount of the X coordinate. The audible sound whose frequency changes in accordance with the amount of deviation of the Y coordinate is synthesized. The invention according to claim 8 of the cursor position notifying method according to the present invention is the cursor position notifying method according to claim 6, wherein the audible sound changes in frequency in accordance with the amount of deviation of the X coordinate and changes in the Y coordinate. The intermittent period of the audible sound changes in accordance with the amount of deviation. According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the cursor position notifying method according to the sixth aspect, wherein the audible sound is generated two times before and after the audible sound corresponding to the X and Y coordinates. Then, the two sounds change in accordance with the deviation amounts of the X coordinate and the Y coordinate, respectively. According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the cursor position notifying method according to the sixth aspect, wherein the audible sound is generated before and after two sounds corresponding to the X and Y coordinates. The time lengths at which the two sounds are generated vary in accordance with the deviation amounts of the X coordinate and the Y coordinate, respectively. The invention according to claim 11 of the cursor position notifying device according to the present invention has the following features.
The present invention is configured to use the cursor position notification method according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The invention according to claim 12 of the cursor position notification device according to the present invention is configured to use the cursor position notification method described in claim 1 and any one of claims 7 to 10.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a first embodiment of a method of notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device and a cursor position notifying device to which the present invention is applied. Figure 1 shows the mouse 101 and the computer body 102
And a CRT 103 connected to a cursor position notifying device 105. The cursor position notifying device 105 processes a cursor position coordinate signal output from the computer main body 102, and controls a frequency control signal. , A variable frequency oscillator 107a and a variable frequency oscillator 107b whose frequency changes according to a frequency control signal from the control unit 106, and the variable frequency oscillators 107a and 107b.
And an amplifier 109 for amplifying the output signal of the adder 108, and a speaker 110 for converting the output signal of the amplifier 109 into an acoustic signal. The cursor position notification device shown in this example functions as follows. That is, a program is pre-installed in the computer main body 102, and the position of the mouse cursor on the screen is indicated by X ·
A cursor position coordinate signal indicated by the Y coordinate is output from the computer main body 102. When this program operates, a cursor coordinate signal corresponding to the position of the cursor is constantly output from the computer main body 102 every moment in conjunction with the movement of the cursor on the screen of the CRT 103. For example, it is assumed that a cursor is displayed at the site A as shown in FIG. At this time, the control unit 106 controls the frequency control signal X and the frequency control signal Y corresponding to the X coordinate and the Y coordinate of the part A based on the cursor position coordinate signal corresponding to the part A input from the computer main body 102. And sends the frequency control signal X to the variable frequency oscillator 107a, and sends the frequency control signal Y to the variable frequency oscillator 107b. The variable frequency oscillator 107a generates an X audible signal having a frequency fx (A) corresponding to the frequency control signal X, and the variable frequency oscillator 107b generates a frequency fY (A) corresponding to the frequency control signal Y. ) Is generated. The X audible signal and the Y audible signal are combined in an adder 108, amplified by an amplifier 109, and output from a speaker 110 as audible sound. Here, the X audible signal and the Y audible signal change in frequency according to the position of the cursor, and the X audible signal is continuously increased so that the frequency increases in proportion to the amount of deviation of the cursor from the X coordinate. The audible Y sound continuously changes so that the frequency increases in proportion to the amount of deviation of the cursor with respect to the Y coordinate. For example, when the position of the cursor is moved from part A to part B in FIG. 2, the frequency of the X audible signal continuously changes from fx (A) to fx (B) in conjunction with the movement of the cursor,
The frequency of the Y audible signal continuously changes from fY (A) to fY (B). Here, fx (B) and fY (B) are the frequencies of the X audio signal and the Y audio signal corresponding to the cursor at the site B in FIG. As described above, two audible sounds corresponding to the X audible signal and the Y audible signal are heard from the speaker 110, and the frequency of the two audible sounds changes in accordance with the movement of the cursor. The position of the cursor on the screen of the CRT 103 can be easily searched based on the audible sound heard from the user.

Next, a description will be given of a second embodiment of a method and apparatus for notifying a cursor position on an electronic display screen to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the second embodiment. FIG. 3 shows a computer device including a mouse 301, a computer main body 302, and a CRT 303.
A cursor position notification device 305 is connected to a cursor position notification device 305. The cursor position notification device 305 processes a cursor position coordinate signal output from the computer main body 302 and generates a frequency control signal and an intermittent period control signal. Control unit
306 and a frequency variable oscillator 307 whose frequency changes in accordance with a frequency control signal from the control unit 306, and an output signal of the frequency variable oscillator 307 in accordance with the intermittent period control signal.
It has a changeover switch 308 that turns off, an amplifier 309 that amplifies the output signal of the changeover switch 308, and a speaker 310 that converts the output signal of the amplifier 309 into an acoustic signal.
The cursor position notification device shown in this example functions as follows. That is, similarly to the first embodiment, the computer main body 3
02 is pre-installed with a program.
The cursor position coordinate signal indicating the position of the cursor on the screen is constantly output from the computer main body 302. For example, it is assumed that a cursor is displayed at the site A as shown in FIG. At this time, the control unit 306 generates a frequency control signal and an intermittent cycle control signal corresponding to the X coordinate and the Y coordinate of the part A based on the cursor position coordinate signal corresponding to the part A input from the computer main body 302. A frequency variable oscillator for generating and controlling the frequency control signal.
307, and switches the intermittent cycle control signal
Send to The variable frequency oscillator 307 generates an audible signal having a frequency of fx (A) according to the frequency control signal and sends it to the changeover switch 306. The changeover switch 308 repeats the ON-OFF operation with the intermittent cycle of TY (A) in accordance with the intermittent cycle control signal, generates an intermittent audio signal intermittently with the audible signal, and sends the intermittent audio signal to the amplifier 309. . The intermittent audible signal is amplified by the amplifier 309 and then output as an audible sound that repeats intermittent through the speaker 310. Here, the intermittent audible signal has a frequency and an intermittent cycle that change in accordance with the position of a cursor, and the frequency of the intermittent audible signal increases in proportion to the amount of deviation of the cursor from the X coordinate. The intermittent period of the intermittent audible signal changes continuously in proportion to the amount of deviation of the cursor with respect to the Y coordinate so that the intermittent period decreases. For example, in FIG. 2, when the position of the cursor is moved from the part A to the part B, the frequency of the intermittent audible signal continuously changes from fx (A) to fx (B) in conjunction with the movement of the cursor, and The intermittent cycle changes continuously from TY (A) to TY (B). Here, fY (B) and TY (B) are the frequency and the intermittent period of the intermittent audible signal corresponding to the cursor at the part B in FIG. The intermittent audible sound is heard from the speaker 310,
Further, since the frequency and the intermittent period of the audible sound change in conjunction with the movement of the cursor, the position of the cursor on the screen of the CRT 303 can be easily searched based on the audible sound heard from the speaker 310.

Next, a description will be given of a third embodiment of a method and an apparatus for notifying a cursor position on an electronic display screen to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing a third embodiment. FIG. 4 shows a computer device including a mouse 401, a computer main body 402, and a CRT 403.
404 is connected to a cursor position notifying device 405. The cursor position notifying device 405 processes a cursor position coordinate signal output from the computer main body 402 and generates a frequency control signal and a switching control signal. Part 406
And the variable frequency oscillator 407a and the variable frequency oscillator 40 whose frequency changes according to the frequency control signal from the control unit 406.
7b and a switch 408 for switching the output signals of the variable frequency oscillator 307a and the variable frequency oscillator 307b according to the switching control signal, an amplifier 409 for amplifying the output signal of the switch 408, and converting the output signal of the amplifier 409 into an acoustic signal. And a speaker 410. The cursor position notification device 405 shown in this example functions as follows. That is, as in the first embodiment, a program is pre-installed in the computer main body 402, and a cursor position coordinate signal indicating the position of the cursor on the screen of the CRT 403 is constantly output from the computer main body 402. For example, it is assumed that a cursor is displayed at the site A as shown in FIG. At this time, based on the cursor position coordinate signal corresponding to the part A input from the computer main body 402, the control unit 406 controls the frequency control signal X and the frequency control signal Y corresponding to the X coordinate and the Y coordinate of the part A, respectively. And sends the frequency control signal X to the frequency variable oscillator 407a,
The frequency control signal Y is sent to the variable frequency oscillator 407b. The variable frequency oscillator 407a receives the frequency control signal X
Generates an X audible signal whose frequency becomes fx (A) and sends it to the changeover switch 408, and the variable frequency oscillator 407b changes the frequency to fX (A) according to the frequency control signal Y.
A Y audible signal serving as Y (A) is generated and sent to the changeover switch 408. The control unit 406 generates a switch control signal and sends the switch control signal to the switch 408. The changeover switch 408 alternately switches the audible signal X and the audible signal Y at predetermined time intervals and at predetermined intervals in accordance with the switching control signal. In this manner, the changeover switch generates a repetitive audible signal at its output such that the audible signal X and the audible signal Y have a predetermined interval and alternately repeat with a predetermined time. The repetitive audible signal is amplified by an amplifier 409 and then output as two audible sounds at a speaker 410. Here, the frequencies of the audible signal X and the audible signal Y constituting the repetitive audible signal change in accordance with the position of the cursor, and the frequency of the audible signal X is shifted with respect to the X coordinate of the cursor. The frequency changes continuously so that the frequency increases in proportion to the amount, and the frequency of the audible signal Y changes continuously so that the frequency increases in proportion to the amount of deviation of the cursor with respect to the Y coordinate. For example, in FIG.
When the cursor is moved to the part B, the frequency of the audible signal X continuously changes from fx (A) to fx (B) in conjunction with the movement of the cursor, and the frequency of the audible signal Y is fY (A).
To fY (B) continuously. Where fY (B) and fY
(B) is the frequency of the audible signal X and the audible signal Y corresponding to the cursor at the part B in FIG. In this way, two audible sounds generated before and after are heard from the speaker 410, and the frequency of the two audible sounds changes in accordance with the movement of the cursor. The position of the cursor on the screen of the CRT 403 can be easily searched.

Next, a description will be given of a fourth embodiment of the method and system for notifying a cursor position on an electronic display screen to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing a fourth embodiment. FIG. 4 shows a computer device including a mouse 501, a computer body 502, and a CRT 503.
504 is connected to a cursor position notification device 505, wherein the cursor position notification device 505 processes a cursor position coordinate signal output from the computer main body 502 and generates a switching control signal and an oscillator. 507a, an oscillator 507b, and the oscillators 507a, 507b according to the switching control signal.
Switch 508 for switching an output signal of the amplifier, an amplifier 509 for amplifying an output signal of the switch 508, and the amplifier
And a speaker 510 for converting the output signal of the 509 into an audio signal. The cursor position notification device shown in this example functions as follows. That is, similarly to the first embodiment, a program is pre-installed in the computer main body 502, and a cursor position coordinate signal indicating the position of the cursor on the screen of the CRT 503 is constantly output from the computer main body 502. For example, it is assumed that a cursor is displayed at a site A in FIG. 2 as shown in FIG. At this time, the control unit
506 generates a switching control signal based on the cursor position coordinate signal corresponding to the part A input from the computer main body 502 and sends it to the switch 508. The oscillator 507a and the oscillator 507b generate an audible signal X and an audible signal Y oscillating at a predetermined fixed frequency, respectively, and send them to the switch 508. The changeover switch 5
08 switches the audible signal X and the audible signal Y alternately after a predetermined interval time in accordance with the switching control signal. The audible signal X and the audible signal Y, which have been switched by the changeover switch 508, are transmitted to the changeover switch 50.
8, the audible signal X and the audible signal Y are output alternately with respect to time, and the durations at which the audible signal Y appears at the output of the changeover switch 508 are respectively controlled according to the changeover control signal. Control is performed such that the respective continuation times are TX (A) and TY (A) corresponding to the position. The audible signal X and the audible signal Y are amplified by an amplifier 509 via the changeover switch 508, and then output as two audible sounds which are temporally delayed by a speaker 510. Here, the audible signal X and the audible signal Y constituting the two audible sounds have different durations according to the position of the cursor, and the duration of the audible signal X is relative to the X coordinate of the cursor. The duration of the audible signal Y continuously changes so as to become shorter in proportion to the amount of deviation of the cursor with respect to the Y coordinate. . For example, in FIG. 2, when the position of the cursor is moved from the part A to the part B, the duration of the audible signal X continuously changes from TX (A) to TX (B) in conjunction with the movement of the cursor. The duration of the audible signal Y is from TY (A) to T
Continuously changes to Y (B). Where TY (B) and TY (B) are
An audible signal X corresponding to the cursor at site B in FIG.
And the duration of the audible signal Y. In this way, two audible sounds generated before and after are heard from the speaker 510, and the duration of the two audible sounds changes in accordance with the movement of the cursor. You can easily find the position of the cursor on the screen.

Although the embodiment of the present invention described above is configured as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this example and may be configured as shown in FIG. May be. In this case, the configuration is slightly complicated as compared with the first to fourth embodiments, but the embodiment of FIG. 6 performs the same operation as any of the first to second embodiments. It is possible. For example, in order to make the same function as the first embodiment, the changeover switch 608a and the changeover switch 608b in FIG.
May be controlled to be always ON. In order to perform the same operation as in the second embodiment, the changeover switch 6 in FIG.
What is necessary is just to control so that 08b is always OFF. In order to perform the same operation as in the third embodiment, in FIG.
The combination of ON and OFF of the switch 08a and the switch 608b may be controlled to perform the same operation as the switch 408 in FIG. Further, in order to perform the same operation as in the fourth embodiment, in FIG.
a and the frequency of the variable frequency oscillator 607b are fixed, and the ON-O of the changeover switch 608a and the changeover switch 608b
The combination of the FFs may be controlled so as to perform the same operation as the changeover switch 508 in FIG. Thus, the embodiment of FIG. 6 has the advantage that the same operation as any of the first to fourth embodiments can be performed only by changing the control method of the control unit 606.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, two frequency variable oscillators are provided. However, a configuration as shown in FIG. 7 may be employed. In this case, instead of the variable frequency oscillator 607a and the variable frequency oscillator 607b, a plurality of fixed frequency oscillators 707a1 to 707a are used.
and a switching oscillator 709a having a changeover switch 708a and a switching oscillator 709b having a plurality of fixed frequency oscillators 707b1 to 707bn and a changeover switch 708b. 7
07bn corresponds to the position of the cursor and the changeover switch 708a
And the changeover switch 708b.

In the embodiment of the present invention described above, FIG.
Although the case where only one screen is displayed on the CRT as described in the above has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is implemented when a virtual large screen 801 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, for example. can do. In this case, even if the cursor position is at the position A or B in FIG. 8, the reference point 8 on the virtual large screen in FIG.
02 is determined, and the amount of deviation of the cursor with respect to the reference point 802 on the virtual large lower surface is output from the computer main body. If the cursor position is audible corresponding to the cursor position as in the above-described embodiment, Can be reported. Also, some users will find the audible sound annoying to some. In that case, music may be used as an audible sound, and control may be performed so as to change the key and tempo of the music in accordance with the position of the cursor.
The audible sound may be output from the speaker for a certain period of time, and then the notification may be interrupted and the audible sound may be output only while the cursor is being moved. It would also be good to have a function to stop the audible notification when a specific key is pressed on the keyboard connected to the computer.

[0012]

As described above, the present invention is configured such that the cursor notifying device notifies the position of the cursor on the screen of an electronic display device such as a computer by an audible sound whose frequency or intermittent period changes. As a result, the problem that it has been difficult to grasp the position of the cursor by increasing the screen size and the definition of the conventional electronic display device has been solved, and a computer using a pointing device such as a mouse has been solved.
This has the effect of increasing work efficiency in the workplace.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a cursor position notifying device on a screen of an electronic display device according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of a cursor position notifying device on a screen of an electronic display device according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the cursor position notification device on the screen of the electronic display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the cursor position notification device on the screen of the electronic display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a fifth embodiment of a cursor position notification device on an electronic display device screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the cursor position notification device on the screen of the electronic display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device in a virtual large screen system.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... mouse, 102 ... computer body, 103 ... CR
T, 104: Computer device, 105: Cursor position notification device, 106: Control unit, 107a, 107b: Variable frequency oscillator, 108: Adder, 109: Amplifier, 110 ··speaker,
201 ... CRT display screen, 202 ... Reference point on CRT display screen, 203 ... X direction on CRT screen, 204 ... Y direction on CRT screen, 301 ... Mouse, 302 ・ ・ ・ Computer body, 203 ・ ・ ・ CRT, 304 ・ ・ ・ Computer device, 305 ・ ・ ・ Cursor position notifying device, 306 ・ ・ ・ Control unit, 307 ・ ・ ・ Frequency variable oscillator, 308 ・ ・ ・ Changeover switch , 309: Amplifier, 310: Speaker, 401: Mouse, 402: Computer body, 40
3 ... CRT, 404 ... Computer device, 405 ... Cursor position notification device, 406 ... Control unit, 407a, 407b ... Frequency variable oscillator, 408 ... Changeover switch, 409 ... Amplifier, 410 ...
Speaker, 501 ... mouse, 502 ... computer body,
503: CRT, 504: Computer device, 505: Cursor position notification device, 506: Control unit, 507a, 507b: Oscillator, 508: Changeover switch, 509: Amplifier, 510 ・ ・ ・ Speaker, 601 ・ ・ ・ Mouse, 602 ・ ・ ・ Computer, 603 ・ ・ ・
CRT, 604: Computer device, 605: Cursor position notification device, 606: Control unit, 607a, 607b: Oscillator, 608
a, 608b: changeover switch, 609: adder, 610: amplifier, 611: speaker, 701: mouse, 702: computer body, 703: CRT, 704 ...・ Computer equipment, 70
5: cursor notification device, 706: control unit, 707a1, 707a2,
... 707an ... oscillator, 707b1, 707b2, ... 707bn ... oscillator, 708a, 708b ... switch, 709a, 709b ... switch oscillator, 710a, 710b ... switch, 711 ... Adders, 712
... Amplifier, 713 ... Speaker, 801 ... Virtual large screen, 802 ...
Reference point on virtual large screen, 803: X direction on virtual large screen, 804: Y direction on virtual large screen, 805: Display screens 1, 8
06 ・ ・ ・ Display screen 2,

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A means for notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device added to an electronic computer,
The cursor position on the screen of the electronic display device is X
Notifying the cursor position on the screen by generating and outputting an audible sound whose frequency or intermittent period changes in accordance with the amount of deviation from each of the X and Y reference points while representing the Y coordinate. A method of notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device, characterized in that: 2. The audible sound is obtained by synthesizing an audible sound whose frequency changes according to the amount of deviation of the X coordinate and an audible sound whose frequency changes according to the amount of deviation of the Y coordinate. 2. The method of notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The audible sound has a frequency that changes according to the amount of deviation of the X coordinate, and the intermittent period of the audible sound changes according to the amount of deviation of the Y coordinate. 2. The method for notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device according to claim 1. 4. The audible sound has two sounds which are generated before and after corresponding to the X and Y coordinates, respectively, and the two sounds have frequencies corresponding to the deviation amounts of the X and Y coordinates, respectively. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cursor position is changed. 5. The audible sound has two sounds which occur before and after corresponding to the respective coordinates of X and Y, and the time lengths at which the two sounds occur are the amounts of deviation of the X and Y coordinates, respectively. 2. The method of notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device according to claim 1, wherein the cursor position is changed in response to the following. 6. A method of notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device in a virtual screen display system for displaying a large screen virtually on one screen of the electronic display device, the electronic display device comprising: The cursor position on the device screen is represented by XY coordinates, and X
Frequency corresponding to the amount of deviation from each of the Y reference points,
A method of notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device, wherein the cursor position on the screen is notified by generating and outputting an audible sound with a change in intermittent time. 7. The audible sound is obtained by synthesizing an audible sound whose frequency changes according to the amount of deviation of the X coordinate and an audible sound whose frequency changes according to the amount of deviation of the Y coordinate. 7. The method for notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device according to claim 6, wherein: 8. The audible sound has a frequency that changes according to the amount of deviation of the X coordinate, and the intermittent period of the audible sound changes according to the amount of deviation of the Y coordinate. 6. The method of notifying the cursor position on the screen of the electronic display device according to 6. 9. The audible sound is generated two times before and after the audible sound corresponding to the respective coordinates of X and Y, and the two sounds change in accordance with the deviation amounts of the X coordinate and the Y coordinate, respectively. 7. The method of notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device according to claim 6, wherein: 10. The audible sound has two sounds that occur before and after corresponding to the X and Y coordinates, and the time lengths at which the two sounds occur are the deviation amounts of the X coordinate and the Y coordinate, respectively. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein
The method of notifying a cursor position on a screen of an electronic display device as described in the above. 11. A cursor position notifying device using the cursor position notifying method according to any one of claims 1 and 2 to 5. 12. A cursor position notifying device using the cursor position notifying method according to any one of claims 6 and 7 to 10.