JP2002014764A - Pointing device event input system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a pointing device event input system which can arithmetically process and output the input from a pointing device equally to the input from a keyboard without remodeling a key input arithmetic means of user AP level. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a notification destination switching means 60 which switches a notification destination according to the kind of a pointing device event detected by a pointing device event detecting means 40 and a pointing device event converting means 70 which converts the pointing device event having its notification destination switched by the means 60 into input information equal to the key input, and receives the output of the pointing device event converting means 70 and makes the key, put arithmetic means 30 perform arithmetic processing as if the key input were received.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for inputting information from a pointing device,
The present invention relates to a pointing device event input system for calculating, outputting, and displaying as input information such as characters from a keyboard.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A computer system which does not use a pointing device is composed of a computer (central processing unit; processor; data processing unit) 100 as shown in FIG.
, A keyboard 1 and a display 3. A conventional computer system having such a configuration and not using a pointing device operates as follows. First, there is an input from the keyboard 1, and the key input detecting means 10 detects the input. Next, the key input detecting means 10 notifies the key input notifying means 20 of the input, and subsequently, the key input notifying means 20 notifies the key input calculating means 30 of this. Then, finally, the key input calculation means 30 displays the calculation result on the display 3. The key input operation means 30 is designed and created to process an input from the keyboard 1.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, a computer system using a pointing device includes a computer (central processing unit; processor; data processing unit) 1
00, keyboard 1 and pointing device 2
And a display 3. The computer system using the conventional pointing device 2 having such a configuration operates as follows. The pointing device event must be specially calculated unlike the key input. Therefore, the key input calculating means 30 must be modified to add the pointing device event converting means 70, or the pointing device event calculating means 80 must be created. I had to. That is, the key input is calculated only by the key input calculation means 30,
The pointing device event is calculated only by the pointing device event calculation means 80.

[0004]

However, when a pointing device is introduced into a conventional computer system, there is a problem that a dedicated pointing device event calculating means 80 must be newly created. Further, when the pointing device event conversion means 70 is added as described above, there is a problem that the key input operation means 30 must be modified.

On the other hand, a computer system capable of inputting characters from a keyboard and a mouse is disclosed in, for example,
76218. This is because, in a character input by a user of a computer system, a plurality of key input characters are stored in advance in an output character storage unit, and the output characters stored by mouse input are output in the same manner as in the case of key input. By causing the input means to output, a plurality of characters can be input in a short time. However, this prior art includes:
Since the notification destination switching function is not provided, the key input operation means 30 must be modified, and therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to add a function corresponding to the pointing device operation means 80 which is an event driven type processing. Was.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and does not modify the key input operation means at the user AP level, but performs an arithmetic operation on an input from a pointing device in the same manner as an input from a keyboard. It is an object to obtain a pointing device event input system capable of outputting.

[0007]

To achieve the above object,
A pointing device event input system according to the present invention includes a key input detecting means for detecting a key input from a keyboard, a key input detected by the key input detecting means, and a processing result displayed on a display. Key input calculation means, pointing device event detection means for detecting a pointing device event from the pointing device, notification destination switching means for switching the notification destination according to the type of pointing device event detected by the pointing device event detection means, A pointing device event converting means for converting a pointing device event whose notification destination has been switched by the notification destination switching means into input information equivalent to a key input; and an output of the pointing device event converting means. Receiving and, in the key input operation means,
The arithmetic processing is executed as if there was a key input.

According to this aspect, a pointing device can be introduced without modifying the key input operation means, and the key input operation means can be designed without being conscious of the presence or absence of the pointing device, and an application which does not use the pointing device can be used. It is portable to the environment where the pointing device is used.

Further, the pointing device event input system of the present invention is provided with a pointing device event calculating means for directly processing the pointing device event whose notification destination has been switched by the notification destination switching means.

According to this aspect, the event-driven processing inherent to the pointing device event is executed.

In the pointing device event input system according to the present invention, the notification destination is switched by the notification destination switching means in accordance with which GUI component has caused the pointing device event from the pointing device. It was made.

According to this aspect, it is possible to automatically and smoothly perform the notification destination switching processing according to the GUI component that generates the pointing device.

Further, in the pointing device event input system of the present invention, switching of the notification destination of the pointing device event by the notification destination switching means is executed for each GUI component according to a user program.

According to this aspect, the switching between the key input notification destination and the pointing device event notification destination can be automatically performed according to a predetermined program.

Further, the pointing device event input system of the present invention receives the input information obtained by converting the pointing device event into the same as the key input information by the pointing device event conversion means, and performs the key input operation as if the key input was made. Key input notifying means for notifying the key input to the means.

According to this aspect, the key input is notified to the key input calculating means as if the key input notifying means has received the key input, and the key input notifying means can behave as if there was a key input.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a pointing device event input system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes a computer (central processing unit; processor; data processing unit); 1, a keyboard; and 2, a pointing device. Further, in the computer 100, 10 is a key input detecting means for detecting an input from the keyboard 1, 20 is a key input notifying means for notifying a key input detected by the key input detecting means 10, 30
Is a key input calculating means for calculating the key input notified by the key input notifying means 20.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a pointing device event detecting means for detecting an input from the pointing device 2. Reference numeral 50 denotes a pointing device event conversion means for converting the pointing device event detected by the pointing device event detecting means 40 through a notification destination switching means 60. Pointing device event notifying means for notifying the means 70 or the pointing device event calculating means 80. The notification destination switching means 60 switches so as to notify the pointing device event to the key input calculation means 30 or the pointing device event calculation means 80. Which is notified is determined based on which GUI component is the pointing device event. Also, it is possible to set which of the GUI components is notified from the user program for each GUI component.

As a result of the switching, the key input operation means 3
When the notification is made to 0, the notification is made via the pointing device event conversion means 70. On the other hand, when notifying the pointing device event calculation means 80, the pointing device event is notified as it is. The pointing device event calculating means 80
Functions to calculate the pointing device event notified from the pointing device event notification means 50. Further, the pointing device event conversion means 70 functions to convert the pointing device event notified from the pointing device event notification means 50 into key input information, and notify the key input calculation means 30 of the information.

Next, the operation will be described in detail. Normally, the key input is a sequential input process.
And the pointing device event is calculated by the pointing device calculation means 80 which is an event-driven type process as described above. In addition, in the present invention, the pointing device event is processed in the same manner as the key input by converting the pointing device event into an input equivalent to a key input. First, when there is an input from the pointing device 2, the pointing device event detection means 40 detects this input as a pointing device event. The pointing device event is transmitted to the pointing device event notifying means 50 and the notification destination switching means 60.
Is notified to the key input calculation means 30 or the pointing device calculation means 80 via

Here, when notifying the key input calculating means 30, the pointing device event converting means 7
Via 0. The pointing device event conversion means 70 converts the pointing device event into input information equivalent to a key input, and
Notify. As a result, the key input operation means 30 performs the operation as if there was a key input. On the other hand, when the pointing device event is notified to the pointing device event calculating means 80, the pointing device event is calculated as it is. Which is notified is determined based on which GUI component has caused the pointing device event as described above.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which there are a plurality of GUI parts. In the figure, using the pointing device 2, G
When the UI component 5 and the GUI component 7 are operated, the generated pointing device event is notified to the key input calculation unit 30 via the pointing device event conversion unit 70 by the setting of the notification destination switching unit 60. . On the other hand, using the pointing device 2, G
When the UI component 6 and the GUI component 8 are operated, the generated pointing device event is notified to the pointing device event calculation unit 80 by the setting of the notification destination switching unit 60.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, pointing device 2
When there is an input from the pointing device event detecting means 4 as a pointing device event
0 is detected. The pointing device event is notified to the key input calculation means 30 or the pointing device calculation means 80 via the pointing device event notification means 50 and the notification destination switching means 60. Which is notified is determined based on which GUI component has caused the pointing device event as described above. Further, it can be set for each GUI component from a user program.

Here, when the pointing device event is notified to the pointing device event calculating means 80, the pointing device event is calculated as it is. On the other hand, when the notification is sent to the key input operation means 30, the notification is made via the pointing device event conversion means 70. At this time, the pointing device event converting means 70 converts the pointing device event into an input equivalent to a key input, and notifies the key input notifying means 20 of the input. For this reason, the key input notifying means 20 notifies the key input calculating means 30 of the key input as if there was a key input, and behaves as if there was a key input.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the key input calculating means is modified by inputting the information to the pointing device event detecting means and notifying the key input calculating means 30 of the pointing device event as a key input. The key input operation means can be designed without being aware of the presence of the pointing device, and the key input operation means at the user AP level can be changed without using the pointing device. The effect is obtained that the application can be ported to the environment using the pointing device.

Also, by dynamically changing the setting of the notification destination switching means, it is possible to input both key information and pointing device event information.
It is also possible to provide the I component with a plurality of functions, and by providing a notification destination switching unit, by separating the notification destination of the key input and the notification destination of the pointing device event,
An advantage is obtained in that the key input operation means having the sequential processing function and the pointing device event operation means having the event-driven processing function can be separated into different modules and executed simultaneously.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a pointing device event input system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a pointing device event input system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a pointing device event input system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional pointing device event input system.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing another conventional pointing device event input system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Keyboard 2 Pointing device 10 Key input detecting means 20 Key input notifying means 30 Key input calculating means 40 Pointing device event detecting means 60 Notification destination switching means 70 Pointing device event converting means 80 Pointing device event calculating means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. Key input detecting means for detecting a key input from a keyboard, key input calculating means for performing arithmetic processing on a key input detected by the key input detecting means, and displaying the processing result on a display. Pointing device event detection means for detecting a pointing device event from a pointing device, notification destination switching means for switching a notification destination according to the type of pointing device event detected by the pointing device event detection means, and notification destination switching means Pointing device event converting means for converting a pointing device event whose notification destination has been switched to input information equivalent to a key input, receiving the output of the pointing device event converting means, and But A pointing device event input system for executing arithmetic processing as if it were warm. 2. The pointing device event input system according to claim 1, further comprising a pointing device event calculating means for directly processing the pointing device event whose notification destination has been switched by said notification destination switching means. 3. The pointing device according to claim 1, wherein the switching of the notification destination by the notification destination switching means is performed according to which GUI component has caused the pointing device event from the pointing device. Device event input system. 4. The pointing device event input system according to claim 1, wherein the switching of the notification destination of the pointing device event by the notification destination switching means is performed for each GUI component according to a user program. 5. A key input for receiving input information obtained by converting a pointing device event equivalent to key input information by the pointing device event conversion means, and notifying the key input calculation means of the key input as if there was a key input. 2. The pointing device event input system according to claim 1, further comprising a notification unit.