JP2005128987A - High speed cursor moving device and information determining device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cursor moving device that can be made as thin as possible and that is easy to install, while enabling the user to use the same device whether a cursor is to be moved horizontally or vertically, with the cursor moving quickly to a desired position; and to provide a selective input device and a cellular phone device that uses the device. <P>SOLUTION: The disk-shaped cursor moving device includes a cursor moving means capable of coping with both horizontal and vertical directions; a control means for moving the cursor depending on the amount of physical movement in a desired direction; and an information determining device. This makes it possible to quickly move the cursor to a desired position, while alleviating the burden of fingers and facilitating input selecting operations. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information input device, a cursor moving device, and the device using a device that selects information with a disk-type rotating device (hereinafter referred to as “love dial”) and determines the information by a push switch. The present invention relates to a mobile phone device using the.

In a conventional mobile phone device, four arrow keys are arranged on the top, bottom, left, and right to select information, and the cursor is moved by pressing this arrow key to select and input a desired character or information, Alternatively, there is a method in which selection and input are performed by an apparatus having a cylindrical rotation mechanism called a jog dial (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 10-163953 PR

  A procedure for Kana-Kanji conversion in a conventional mobile phone device will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is an external view of a conventional mobile phone device. As shown in the figure, “numeric”, “hiragana” and “alphabet” are assigned to the numeric keypad, and “reading” is input by using this key.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the kana-kanji conversion procedure of the conventional key input method. Here, the procedure for inputting “Tokyo” to “East” and “Kyo” as single kanji characters will be described. First, press the “Character” key to enter Hiragana mode. (A) When you press the “Ta line (number 4)” key, “Tatsuteto 4” is displayed on the display, and the first “Ta” is selected. become. By pressing the number 4 key four times as it is, the cursor position moves to the positions of “t → t → t → t → and” and “to”, and the next (b) “row (number 1)” When the key is pressed, “to” is confirmed, and at the same time, the next “aiueo 1” is displayed on the display unit and “a” is selected. Press the number 1 key twice to select “U”.

  Next, in order to perform kanji conversion, (c) “conversion key” is pressed. Kanji candidates are displayed vertically, and the cursor is moved with the up and down arrow keys to select "East" from about 72 characters of "Equal Party Tou ... Munto ...". Press to confirm.

  Similarly, when the next kanji character “Kyo” is input, when the key “d” “ka line (number 2)” is pressed in order to input “ki”, “Kakikukeko 2” is displayed. And the first “ka” is selected. By pressing the number 2 key again, the cursor position moves to the positions of “Ka → Ki” and “Ki”, and when the next (e) “Ya (number 8)” key is pressed, “Ki” At the same time as is confirmed, the next “Yayuyo 8” is displayed on the display unit and “Ya” is selected. Press the number 8 key twice to select “yo”, press the “lowercase” key to change it to “yo”, and then press the next (f) “A line (number 1)” key. At the same time as “yo” is confirmed, the next “aiueo 1” is displayed on the display unit and “a” is selected. Press the number 1 key twice to select “U”.

  Next, in order to perform kanji conversion, (g) “conversion key” is pressed. As a result, kanji candidates for “Kyo” are displayed in a vertical column, and the cursor is moved with the up and down arrow keys to select “Kyo” from about 52 characters of “Bukkyo Yoh ... Kyo ...”. Press to confirm.

  In this way, in order to enter the target “Tokyo” in a single kanji, the key operation of “Yomi” is dozens of times, the kanji selection is also several times, if it is not found, “east” is 72 times, “Kyo” is It must be pressed a total of 124 times, 52 times, and if the key is pushed too far, the device that can only operate in the forward direction must operate the key for one more turn, or as a selection key In the device having two, there is annoyance that the key to be pressed has to be changed, and in terms of character input, only a user-friendly operation can be performed.

  In addition, an apparatus having a columnar rotation mechanism (see, for example, Patent Document 1) requires two apparatuses when moving the cursor in the left-right direction or the up-down direction. It did not become the cancellation of. Furthermore, there is a difficulty in installing the cellular phone device within a limited thickness.

  Therefore, the present invention can be made as thin as possible, is easy to install, can be operated with the same device when moving the cursor in either the left, right, up or down direction, and further, a cursor moving device that quickly moves to a target position, and a selection It is an object of the present invention to provide an input device and a mobile phone device using the device.

  The disc type cursor moving device of the present invention includes a disc cursor moving means that can handle both left and right or up and down directions, a control means for moving the cursor based on a physical movement amount in a target direction, and an information confirmation device. (Hereinafter referred to as “cursor movement confirmation device”).

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a procedure for inputting Chinese characters will be described by applying the cursor movement confirmation device of the present invention to a mobile phone device.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile phone device to which the cursor movement confirmation device of this embodiment is applied.

  FIG. 2 shows an external configuration of a mobile phone device to which the present invention is applied.

  The cursor movement confirmation device is configured as shown in FIG. 3, for example. One cursor moving device is constituted by a ring-shaped disk that rotates left and right and is arranged outside two information confirmation keys (hereinafter referred to as “confirmation keys”). The 1-cursor moving device is integrated with 6 anti-slip, and the 6 anti-slip surface is rubbed with a finger to rotate.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the 1 cursor moving device has 3 marks engraved, and the marks are slightly shifted on the inside and outside. By reading this mark with two 4 sensors A and 5 sensors B, an output corresponding to the rotation can be obtained.

  FIG. 4 is a signal waveform diagram showing an output waveform from the sensor. As shown in FIG. 4A, when the cursor moving device is rotated to the right, the sensor B is in the ON state when the sensor A rises to ON, whereas as shown in FIG. When rotated counterclockwise, sensor B is in an OFF state when sensor A rises to ON.

  Thereby, the direction of rotation can be detected by discriminating the signal of the sensor B at the rising edge of the sensor A signal. The amount of rotation can be detected by counting the pulses of the sensor A signal.

  Next, a case where Kana-Kanji conversion is performed using a mobile phone to which the information input device of the present invention is applied will be described. FIG. 5 shows a procedure for inputting a single kanji character in the above-described “Tokyo”. As shown in the figure, in order to input “east”, first, the “character” key is pressed to enter the hiragana mode. This character string has up to “A-an”, and is configured to go around the last “n” and “a”. Also, the numeric keypad will allow you to cue up the next step of the Japanese syllabary.

  First, (a) the love dial is rotated to the right to select “TO”, and the “ENTER” key is pressed. Next, (b) rotate the love dial counterclockwise to select “U” and press the “confirm key”.

  Next, in order to perform kanji conversion, (c) “conversion key” is pressed. As a result, about 72 characters of the candidate for the Chinese character “Equal Party Blade ... Munto ...” are displayed vertically. Here, rotate the love dial to select “East” and press the “Enter” key.

  Next, (d) the love dial is rotated to the right to move the selection position to the “ki” position, and the “confirmation key” is pressed to confirm “ki”. (E) Rotate the love dial to the right or left as it is, select “Yo”, press the “lowercase” key to change it to “」 ”, and press the“ OK ”key. (F) Next, rotate the love dial to the right to select “U” and press the “OK” key.

  Next, (g) “conversion key” is pressed to perform kanji conversion. As a result, approximately 52 characters of “Kyo” kanji candidate “Kyokyo Yohashi ... Kyo ...” are displayed vertically. Rotate the love dial to move the cursor to select “K” and press “OK” key to confirm.

  As described above, according to the cursor movement confirmation device of the present invention, the disk of the cursor movement device is rotated by the frictional force of the finger, so that the burden on the finger can be greatly reduced compared to pressing a large number of keys. There is an effect.

  In addition, according to the cursor movement confirmation device of the present invention, the amount of pulses generated and the direction of movement can be freely adjusted by rotating the disk of the cursor movement device large, small or reverse. The cursor can be quickly moved to the target position.

  Furthermore, according to the cursor movement confirmation device of the present invention, in a series of kanji input operations, it is possible to quickly shift to the next input operation without releasing the finger from the device, and the operation with one hand becomes easy. In addition, there is an effect that the operation is also simplified.

  Furthermore, the cursor movement confirmation device of the present invention has an effect that the structure is flat and thin, and it can be easily installed in a mobile phone device.

Block diagram of a mobile phone device to which the present invention is applied External view of a mobile phone device to which the present invention is applied Structure of love dial and information confirmation key of the present invention Sensor signal waveform diagram Kanji input with love dial External view of a conventional mobile phone Traditional kanji input

Explanation of symbols

1 Cursor movement device (love dial)
2 Information confirmation key 3 Mark 4 Sensor A
5 Sensor B
6 Non-slip

Claims (4)

  A cellular phone and an information input device characterized in that the cursor moving means uses a disk disposed on the key operation surface as a rotation mechanism.   A cellular phone and an information input device configured to have two of the rotation mechanism and a pressing mechanism for determining information.   A mobile phone and an information input device, characterized in that the mechanism comprises a ring-shaped rotation mechanism and a pressing mechanism inside the ring, the ring rotation mechanism is a cursor movement mechanism, and the pressing mechanism is an information confirmation mechanism.   A mobile phone and an information input device having a function of reading a mark linked to the rotating unit with a sensor and determining a moving amount and a moving direction.

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