JP2009211283A - Cursor management device and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate visualization of the display of a document after a cursor position is moved according to the designating operation of the cursor position by a user, and to achieve the smoothing and quickening of the designating operation of the cursor position. <P>SOLUTION: A cursor management device 1 stores cursor position information at a point of time when a user performs a cursor position registering operation, the display configuration information of a document, and the page number of a document in which the cursor position is included in a cursor information storage part 12. When the user performs a cursor position designating operation, the cursor management device 1 displays a menu in which the page number stored in the cursor information storage part 12 is described as the index of the cursor position shown by the cursor position information. When the user performs the cursor position designating operation, the cursor management device moves the current cursor position to the cursor position shown by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage part 12, and changes the current display configurations of the document to the display configurations shown by the display configuration information stored in the cursor information storage part 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cursor management apparatus and a computer program for managing a cursor displayed on a display screen of a computer, for example.

  The cursor is a mark for indicating a position to be an input operation such as character input on a display screen of a personal computer, for example.

  For example, when a user (document creator) creates a document by executing a document creation software program using a personal computer, the cursor is displayed at one place in the document displayed on the display screen of the personal computer. Indicates that the location is the position to be entered.

  In general, the cursor points to the current position that is the target of the input operation, and the cursor points to one position. For example, if the user moves the cursor in a document displayed on the display screen, the cursor points to the position after the movement, and the locus of the position pointed to by the cursor before the movement does not remain.

  However, such a property of the cursor is inconvenient when creating the document while going back and forth between a plurality of locations in the document. For example, when creating a document while going back and forth between the first page and the third page of the document, the user (1) moves the cursor to the character input position in the first page and moves the character. (2) the operation of scrolling the display screen from the first page to the third page, (3) the operation of moving the cursor to the character input position in the third page, and (4) the A series of operations including scrolling the display screen from the third page to the first page must be repeated.

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-127306 (Patent Document 1), a plurality of cursor positions are stored in, for example, a storage element of a personal computer, and the stored cursor positions are designated (selected) by a user, whereby the current cursor position is stored. Describes a cursor management method for automatically moving the cursor to the cursor position designated by the user. According to this technique, for example, when creating the document while going back and forth between a plurality of locations in the document, by storing the plurality of locations in the document as cursor positions, the user can By simply specifying the stored cursor position, it is possible to input characters while easily going back and forth between a plurality of locations in the document.
JP 2006-127306 A

  However, the cursor management method described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-127306 (hereinafter referred to as “conventional cursor management method”) has the following problems.

  First, in the conventional cursor management method, when the user designates a desired cursor position from among a plurality of stored cursor positions, the current cursor position is automatically moved to the cursor position designated by the user. However, it is not possible to automatically change the display mode (for example, display magnification) of the document displayed on the screen as the cursor moves. As a result, there is a problem that it may be difficult to see characters and images in the document displayed on the screen after the cursor is moved.

  For example, a user creates a document by executing a document creation software program on a personal computer, the user creates the first page of the document with a font size of 8 points, and the third page with a font size of 16 points. Suppose that In addition, when the user is creating the first page of the document, the cursor position included in the first page is stored, and when the user is creating the third page, it is included in the third page. Assume that the cursor position is stored. In this case, the cursor position included in the first page and the cursor position included in the third page are stored in the storage element of the personal computer. Then, the user can arbitrarily designate any one of these stored cursor positions.

  When the user specifies the cursor position included in the first page, the current cursor position is automatically moved to the cursor position included in the first page. As a result, all or part of the first page is displayed on the display screen so that the cursor position is included, and the cursor is placed at the cursor position included in the first page. At this time, the font size of characters in the document displayed on the screen is 8 points.

  If the user inputs a 16-point character on the third page of the document with the document display magnification reduced, the user designates the cursor position included in the first page. The 8-point characters in the first page of the displayed document are too small to be seen easily.

  On the other hand, when the user designates the cursor position included in the third page, the current cursor position is automatically moved to the cursor position included in the third page. As a result, all or part of the third page is displayed on the display screen so that the cursor position is included, and the cursor is placed at the cursor position included in the third page. At this time, the font size of characters in the document displayed on the screen is 16 points.

  If the user has entered an 8-point character on the first page of the document with the document display magnification increased, and the user specifies the cursor position included on the third page, The 16 point characters in the third page of the displayed document are too large to be seen.

  Second, in the conventional cursor management method, when the user designates a plurality of stored cursor positions, the user cannot grasp which page of the document the cursor position is included in. As a result, there is a problem that the user cannot specify the cursor position smoothly or quickly.

  That is, in the conventional cursor management method, in order to allow the user to specify a plurality of stored cursor positions, a cursor number list in which a plurality of cursor numbers respectively corresponding to the plurality of stored cursor positions is listed is generated. Is displayed on the display screen. However, unless the user remembers the correspondence between the cursor number and the page containing the cursor position in the head, the user can see which page the cursor position is included just by looking at the cursor number. I can't figure out. For this reason, the user must specify the cursor position while checking the page that includes each cursor position. As a result, the task of specifying the cursor position becomes complicated and it takes time to specify the cursor position. End up.

  Thirdly, in the conventional cursor management method, when the user designates a plurality of stored cursor positions, the user cannot grasp the content of the part of the document including the cursor position. . As a result, there is a problem that the user cannot specify the cursor position smoothly or quickly.

  That is, in the conventional cursor management method, in order to allow the user to specify a plurality of stored cursor positions, a cursor number list in which a plurality of cursor numbers respectively corresponding to the stored plurality of cursor positions is listed is displayed on the display screen. . However, as long as the user does not memorize the correspondence between the cursor number and the contents of the document part that contains the cursor position, just looking at the cursor number will show what kind of document part contains the cursor position. I can't figure out if it's content. For this reason, the user designates the cursor position while confirming the contents of the document part including each cursor position. As a result, the task of designating the cursor position becomes complicated, and the cursor position is designated. It takes time.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, for example, and a first problem of the present invention is that the display mode of the document after the cursor position is moved in accordance with the cursor position designation operation by the user is It is to provide a cursor management device and a computer program that can be displayed easily for a user.

  A second object of the present invention is to provide a cursor management device and a computer program capable of smoothly or quickly performing a cursor position designation operation.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a first cursor management device according to the present invention includes cursor position storage means for storing cursor position information indicating a cursor position at the time when a user performs a cursor position registration operation; Display mode storage means for storing display mode information indicating the display mode of the document in association with the cursor position information, and a cursor stored by the cursor position storage means for causing the user to perform a cursor position specifying operation. Menu display means for displaying a menu describing an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the position information, and the user performs a cursor position designation operation based on the index described in the menu displayed by the menu display means Sometimes, in accordance with this designation operation, the cursor stored by the cursor position storage means Cursor position specifying means for specifying the position information, cursor position moving means for moving the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified by the cursor position specifying means, and the current display mode of the document Is stored in the display mode storage unit and is changed to the display mode indicated by the display mode information associated with the cursor position information specified by the cursor position specifying unit.

  In order to solve the above problem, a second cursor management device according to the present invention includes cursor position storage means for storing cursor position information indicating a cursor position at the time when a user performs a cursor position registration operation, and the cursor position. Page number storage means for storing the page number of the page of the document containing the text in association with the cursor position information, and the cursor stored by the cursor position storage means for causing the user to perform a cursor position specifying operation. Menu display means for displaying a menu describing an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the position information, and the user performs a cursor position designation operation based on the index described in the menu displayed by the menu display means Sometimes, according to this designation operation, stored by the cursor position storage means Cursor position specifying means for specifying the cursor position information; cursor position moving means for moving the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified by the cursor position specifying means; The page number stored by the page number storage means is described in the menu as an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a third cursor management device according to the present invention shows the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means in addition to the components of the second cursor management device according to the present invention described above. Preview image display means for displaying a preview image of a predetermined range of the document including the cursor position together with the menu is provided.

  In order to solve the above problems, a first computer program according to the present invention includes a cursor position storing step for storing cursor position information indicating a cursor position at a time when a user performs a cursor position registration operation, and a document at the time A display mode storage step for storing display mode information indicating the display mode in association with the cursor position information, and a cursor position stored in the cursor position storage step for causing the user to perform a cursor position designation operation. A menu display step for displaying a menu describing an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the information, and when the user performs a cursor position specifying operation based on the index described in the menu displayed in the menu display step In the cursor position storing step according to the designation operation, A cursor position specifying step for specifying the specified cursor position information, a cursor position moving step for moving the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified in the cursor position specifying step, and a current position of the document Causing the computer to execute a display mode changing step of changing the display mode to the display mode indicated by the display mode information stored in the display mode storage step and associated with the cursor position information specified in the cursor position specifying step .

  In order to solve the above problem, a second computer program according to the present invention includes a cursor position storing step of storing cursor position information indicating a cursor position at the time when a user performs a cursor position registration operation, and the cursor position includes: A page number storing step for storing the page number of the page of the document included in association with the cursor position information, and the cursor position stored in the cursor position storing step for causing the user to perform a cursor position specifying operation. A menu display step for displaying a menu describing an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the information, and when the user performs a cursor position specifying operation based on the index described in the menu displayed in the menu display step In accordance with this designation operation, the cursor position storing step is performed. A computer executes a cursor position specifying step for specifying stored cursor position information and a cursor position moving step for moving the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified in the cursor position specifying step. In the menu display step, the page number stored in the page number storage step is used as an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage step. Describe in.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a third computer program of the present invention provides a predetermined range of a document including the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage step in the second computer program described above. The computer further executes a preview image display step of displaying the preview image together with the menu.

  The first cursor management device of the present invention stores the cursor position information indicating the cursor position at the time when the user performs the cursor position registration operation (during the cursor position registration operation) by the cursor position storage means. Furthermore, the first cursor management device stores display mode information indicating the display mode of the document at the time of cursor position registration operation by the display mode storage unit in association with the cursor position information. Thereafter, when the user performs a cursor position designation operation, the first cursor management device follows the designation operation to change the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means. At the same time, the current display mode of the document is changed to the display mode indicated by the display mode information stored in the display mode storage unit and associated with the cursor position information. That is, when the user performs a cursor position designation operation, the current cursor position automatically returns to the cursor position at the time of the cursor position registration operation, and the current display mode of the document automatically changes to the display mode at the time of the cursor position registration operation. Go back.

  Therefore, if the user performs the cursor position registration operation while creating a document in a display mode that is easy for the user to view, then the user moves the cursor to another page of the document, and the document Even if the display mode is changed, the user can automatically return the current cursor position to the cursor position at the time of the cursor position registration operation by performing the cursor position designation operation, and the current display of the document. The mode can be automatically returned to the display mode that is easy to see at the time of the cursor position registration operation.

  As described above, according to the first cursor management device of the present invention, the display mode of the document after the cursor position is moved according to the cursor position specifying operation by the user can be changed to a display mode that is easy for the user to see. .

  The second cursor management device of the present invention stores the cursor position information indicating the cursor position at the time when the user performs the cursor position registration operation by the cursor position storage means, and the document data page including the cursor position. Are stored in association with the cursor position information by the page number storage means. Thereafter, when the user performs the cursor position designation operation, the second cursor management device displays a menu for allowing the user to perform the cursor position designation operation, and is stored in this menu by the page number storage means. The page number is described as an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means.

  Thus, when the user performs the cursor position designation operation, the user can see which page of the document the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage means by looking at the page number described in the menu. You can easily grasp whether it is included. Therefore, the user can perform the cursor position designation operation smoothly or quickly.

  The third cursor management device of the present invention provides a preview image of a predetermined range of a document including the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means (cursor position at the time of cursor position registration operation) to the user. Displayed together with a menu for specifying the cursor position.

  As a result, when the user performs the cursor position designation operation, the contents of the portion of the document including the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means is the content by looking at the preview image. Can be easily grasped. Therefore, the user can perform the cursor position designation operation smoothly or quickly.

  According to the first computer program of the present invention, as in the first cursor management device of the present invention described above, the display mode of the document after the cursor position is moved according to the cursor position designation operation by the user is It is possible to make the display mode easy for the user to see.

  According to the second computer program of the present invention, similarly to the above-described second cursor management device of the present invention, it is possible to facilitate or speed up the cursor position designation operation by the user.

  According to the third computer program of the present invention, as with the above-described third cursor management device of the present invention, it is possible to facilitate or speed up the cursor position designation operation by the user.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Outline of cursor management device)
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the cursor management apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a cursor management device 1 is implemented by installing a computer program for causing a computer to function as a cursor management device in a personal computer and executing the computer program on the personal computer.

  The cursor management device 1 stores in the cursor information storage unit 12 cursor position information indicating a cursor position at the time when a user performs an operation for registering a cursor position (cursor position registration operation). Furthermore, the cursor management apparatus 1 displays the display mode information indicating the display mode of the document at the time of the cursor position registration operation, the page number of the page of the document including the cursor position at the time of the cursor position registration operation, and the cursor. A preview image of a predetermined range of the document including the cursor position at the time of the position registration operation is stored in the cursor information storage unit 12. The cursor position information, display mode information, page number, and preview image are stored in association with each other.

  When the user performs an operation for specifying the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 (cursor position specifying operation), the cursor management device 1 causes the user to perform a cursor position specifying operation. The cursor position designation menu 33 (see FIG. 5) for displaying is displayed on the screen of the display 23. The cursor position designation menu 33 includes a page number stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 in association with the cursor position information as an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12. Described.

  When the user performs a cursor position specifying operation, the cursor management apparatus 1 displays a preview image 34 of the document associated with the cursor position information and stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 together with the cursor position specifying menu 33 on the screen. .

  When the user performs a cursor position specifying operation based on the index described in the cursor position specifying menu 33, the cursor management device 1 selects from among the plurality of cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12. Then, one piece of cursor position information corresponding to the cursor position designated by the cursor position designation operation is specified. Then, the cursor management device 1 moves the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the specified cursor position information. Furthermore, the cursor management apparatus 1 changes the current display mode of the document displayed on the screen of the display 23 to the display mode indicated by the display mode information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 in association with the specified cursor position information. change.

  The “document” includes, for example, a document (document data) handled by document creation software such as word processor software, a chart (chart data) handled by spreadsheet software, an image (image data) handled by drawing software, a web This includes web pages (web page data) handled by the browser, information handled by software that can display information on the screen, and the like.

  The cursor is a mark for indicating a position that is a target of an input operation such as character input. When the user performs a character input operation in a state where the cursor is placed in the document displayed on the screen, a character is input from the position where the cursor is placed.

  The cursor position means the position in the document where the cursor is placed. When the user performs a cursor position registration operation, the cursor position means a position in the document where the cursor is placed when the user performs the cursor position registration operation. The cursor position information is information indicating the position in the document where the cursor was placed when the user performed the cursor position registration operation.

  The display mode of the document includes, for example, a document display magnification (zoom value), a document display direction (rotation angle), and the like. In this case, the display mode information includes a numerical value indicating the display magnification of the document, a numerical value indicating the display direction of the document, and the like.

(Configuration of cursor management device)
As shown in FIG. 1, the cursor management device 1 includes a storage control unit 11, a cursor information storage unit 12, a menu display control unit 13, a preview image display control unit 14, a cursor position specifying unit 15, a cursor display control unit 16, a display. A mode changing unit 17, an input / output interface 18, a hard disk drive 19, and a general control unit 20 are provided. Further, a mouse 21, a keyboard 22 and a display 23 are connected to the cursor management device 1.

  The storage control unit 11 is a specific example of cursor position storage means, display mode storage means, and page number storage means. When the user performs a cursor position registration operation, the storage control unit 11 (1) cursor position information indicating the cursor position at that time, (2) display mode information indicating the display mode of the document at that time, (3) The page number of the page of the document including the cursor position at that time and (4) a preview image of a predetermined range of the document including the cursor position at that time are stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cursor position information, display mode information, page number, and preview image are associated with each other and stored in the cursor information storage unit 12. A cursor identification number is assigned to the cursor position information, display mode information, page number, and preview image associated with each other.

  The cursor information storage unit 12 in FIG. 1 is preferably a nonvolatile rewritable storage element or storage device such as an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), a flash memory, a hard disk, or the like, but a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory). Or a volatile rewritable memory element.

  The menu display control unit 13 is a specific example of menu display means. When the user performs a cursor position specifying operation, the menu display control unit 13 displays a cursor position specifying menu 33 (see FIG. 5) for allowing the user to perform a cursor position specifying operation on the screen of the display 23. The menu display control unit 13 describes the page number stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 in the cursor position specification menu 33 as an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12.

  The menu display control unit 13 also has a cursor management menu 31 (see FIG. 3) for allowing the user to select one of three processes related to cursor management, that is, a cursor position registration process, a cursor position deletion process, and a cursor position designation process. Is displayed on the screen. Furthermore, the menu display control unit 13 displays a cursor position deletion menu 32 (see FIG. 4) for allowing the user to perform an operation (cursor position deletion operation) for deleting the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12. Display on the screen. Details of each menu will be described later with reference to FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG.

  The preview image display control unit 14 is a specific example of preview image display means. The preview image display control unit 14 displays a preview image 34 in a predetermined range of the document including the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 together with the cursor position designation menu 33 (see FIG. 5). . Specifically, the preview image display control unit 14 displays the preview image 34 stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 in association with the cursor position information together with the cursor position designation menu 33.

  The predetermined range of the document including the cursor position is, for example, a part of the document centered on the cursor position, one page of the document including the cursor position, or the screen of the display 23 during the cursor position registration operation. This is the part that was displayed. The display of the preview image 34 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The cursor position specifying unit 15 is a specific example of cursor position specifying means. When the user performs a cursor position specifying operation based on an index (page number or the like) described in the cursor position specifying menu 33 displayed by the menu display control unit 13, the cursor position specifying unit 15 According to the designation operation, the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 is specified. Specifically, the cursor position specifying unit 15 specifies one cursor position information corresponding to the cursor position specified by the cursor position specifying operation from the plurality of cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12. To do.

  The cursor display control unit 16 is a specific example of cursor position moving means. The cursor display control unit 16 moves the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified by the cursor position specifying unit 15. Specifically, the cursor display control unit 16 displays a portion of the document including the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified by the cursor position specifying unit 15 on the screen of the display 23, and places the cursor at the cursor position. To do.

  In addition, the cursor display control unit 16 is a cursor position already registered by the cursor position registration operation (cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12) by an operation other than the cursor position specifying operation by the user (for example, a scroll operation). When the portion of the document including the cursor position indicated by () is displayed on the screen, the cursor position registration mark 41 (42) (see FIG. 3) indicating the cursor position already registered by the cursor position registration operation is displayed. Display at the cursor position. The shape or color of the mark 41 (42) is preferably different from the current shape or color of the cursor 43.

  The display mode changing unit 17 is a specific example of display mode changing means. The display mode changing unit 17 stores the current display mode of the document displayed on the screen in the cursor information storage unit 12 and indicates the display mode information associated with the cursor position information specified by the cursor position specifying unit 15. Change to display mode.

  The input / output interface 18 is an interface for connecting the cursor management apparatus 1 to the mouse 21, the keyboard 22 and the display 23 and communicating information between them.

  The hard disk of the hard disk drive 19 stores a computer program for causing the computer to function as the cursor management device 1, an operating system program, and the like.

  The comprehensive control unit 20 comprehensively controls the cursor management device 1.

  The storage control unit 11, the menu display control unit 13, the preview image display control unit 14, the cursor position specifying unit 15, the cursor display control unit 16, the display mode changing unit 17, and the general control unit 20 are a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a RAM. Etc. That is, the storage control unit 11, the menu display control unit 13, the preview image display control unit 14, the cursor position specifying unit 15, the cursor display control unit 16, the display mode change unit 17, and the general control unit 20 The present invention is realized by reading a computer program for functioning as the management apparatus 1 from the hard disk and executing it. The RAM is used as a working memory when the CPU executes this computer program.

  The mouse 21 and the keyboard 22 are input devices for the user to input various information to the cursor management device 1. The user uses the mouse 21 or the keyboard 22 to perform cursor position registration operation, cursor position designation operation, document creation, and the like.

  The display 23 is a liquid crystal display, for example. On the screen of the display 23, a document, a cursor, a mouse pointer, a cursor management menu 31, a cursor position deletion menu 32, a cursor position designation menu 33, and the like are displayed.

(Menu display)
FIG. 3 shows a state where the cursor management menu is displayed on the screen of the display 23. As shown in FIG. 3, when the user operates the mouse 21 and clicks “tool” displayed on the screen of the display 23, a cursor management menu 31 is displayed on the screen. In the cursor management menu 31, three items of “cursor increase”, “cursor deletion”, and “cursor designation” are described.

  When the user clicks “Increase Cursor”, cursor position registration processing is executed. The operation of clicking “Increase Cursor” corresponds to the cursor position registration operation. When the user clicks “delete cursor”, a cursor position deletion process is executed. When the user clicks “cursor designation”, cursor position designation processing is executed.

  Note that the computer program of the cursor management apparatus 1 of this embodiment is a plug-in of a document creation software program, and the cursor management menu 31, and the cursor position deletion menu 32 and the cursor position designation menu 33 described later are a document creation software program. It is displayed in a form incorporated in the form (screen layout) formed by the above.

  FIG. 4 shows a state where a cursor management menu and a cursor position deletion menu are displayed on the screen of the display 23. When the user clicks “delete cursor” in the cursor management menu 31, a cursor position deletion menu 32 is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. In the cursor position deletion menu 32, items ("cursor 1 P.1", "cursor 2 P.2", "cursor 3 P.7", items corresponding to the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 are included. …) Is described.

  In each item in the cursor position deletion menu 32, an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 is described. Specifically, the cursor identification number (“cursor 1”, “cursor 2”, “cursor 3”,...) Corresponding to the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 and the cursor information storage unit 12 are stored. The page number (“P.1”, “P.2”, “P.7”,...) Associated with the cursor position information is described in each item in the cursor position deletion menu 32. For example, when the user clicks “cursor 2 P.2”, the cursor position information corresponding to the cursor identification number 2 is deleted from the cursor information storage unit 12.

  FIG. 5 shows a state where a cursor management menu, a cursor position designation menu, and a preview image are displayed on the screen of the display 23. As shown in FIG. 5, when the user clicks “cursor designation” in the cursor management menu 31, a cursor position designation menu 33 is displayed on the screen. In the cursor position designation menu 33, items corresponding to the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 ("cursor 1 P.1", "cursor 2 P.2", "cursor 3 P.7", …) Is described.

  In each item in the cursor position designation menu 33, an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 is described. Specifically, the cursor identification number (“cursor 1”, “cursor 2”, “cursor 3”,...) Corresponding to the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 and the cursor information storage unit 12 are stored. The page numbers (“P.1”, “P.2”, “P.7”,...) Associated with the cursor position information thus described are described in each item in the cursor position designation menu 33. For example, when the user clicks “Cursor 2 P.2”, the cursor position information corresponding to the cursor identification number 2 is specified by the cursor position specifying unit 15. An operation of clicking one of the items described in the cursor position specifying menu 33 corresponds to the cursor position specifying operation.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 5, when the user moves the mouse pointer over an item in the cursor position specification menu 33 (does not click), a preview of a predetermined range of a document including the cursor position corresponding to the item is displayed. An image 34 is displayed on the screen. For example, when the user moves the mouse pointer over “cursor 2 P.2”, a preview image 34 of a predetermined range of a document including the cursor position corresponding to the cursor identification number 2 is displayed on the screen.

(Cursor position registration process)
FIG. 6 shows cursor management processing by the cursor management device 1. As shown in FIG. 3, when the user operates the mouse 21 and clicks “tool” displayed on the screen of the display 23, the cursor management process is started.

  As shown in FIG. 6, first, the menu display control unit 13 displays the cursor management menu 31 on the screen of the display 23 (step S1). In the cursor management menu 31, three items of “cursor increase”, “cursor deletion”, and “cursor designation” are described (see FIG. 3).

  When the user clicks “Increase Cursor” in the cursor management menu 31 (that is, when a cursor position registration operation is performed) (step S2: YES), the overall control unit 20 performs cursor position registration processing (step S2). S3 to S6) are started.

  In the cursor position registration process, first, the storage control unit 11 stores the cursor position information indicating the cursor position at the time when the user clicks “Increase Cursor” (when the cursor position registration operation is performed) in the cursor information storage unit 12. Store (step S3: cursor position storage step).

  Subsequently, the storage control unit 11 stores the display mode information indicating the display mode of the document at the time when the cursor position registration operation is performed in the cursor information storage unit 12 in association with the cursor position information stored in step S3. (Step S4: Display mode storage step).

  Subsequently, the storage control unit 11 stores the page number of the page of the document including the cursor position at the time of the cursor position registration operation in the cursor information storage unit 12 in association with the cursor position information stored in Step S3 (Step S3). S5: Page number storage step).

  Subsequently, the storage control unit 11 stores a preview image of a predetermined range of the document including the cursor position at the time of the cursor position registration operation in the cursor information storage unit 12 in association with the cursor position information stored in step S3 ( Step S6).

(Cursor position deletion processing)
On the other hand, when “delete cursor” in the cursor management menu 31 is clicked by the user in step S2 (step S2: YES), the overall control unit 20 starts cursor position deletion processing (steps S7 to S9).

  In the cursor position deletion process, first, the menu display control unit 13 displays the cursor position deletion menu 32 (step S7). In the cursor position deletion menu 32, items corresponding to the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 are described (see FIG. 4).

  When the user clicks on any item in the cursor position deletion menu 32 (step S8: YES), the overall control unit 20 causes the cursor position information, display mode information, page number, and page number corresponding to the item clicked by the user. The preview image is deleted from the cursor information storage unit 12 (step S9).

(Cursor position specification processing)
On the other hand, when “cursor designation” in the cursor management menu 31 is clicked by the user in step S2 (step S2: YES), the overall control unit 20 starts cursor position designation processing (steps S10 to S16).

  In the cursor position designation process, first, the menu display control unit 13 displays the cursor position designation menu 33 (step S10: menu display step). In the cursor position designation menu 33, items corresponding to the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 are described (see FIG. 5).

  Subsequently, the overall control unit 20 determines whether or not the mouse pointer has moved over any item in the cursor position designation menu 33 (step S11).

  When the mouse pointer moves over any item in the cursor position designation menu 33 (step S11: YES), the preview image display control unit 14 determines that the cursor position corresponding to the item where the mouse pointer is located. A preview image 34 of a predetermined range of the included document is displayed on the screen (step S12: preview image display step). Specifically, the preview image display control unit 14 reads the preview image 34 associated with the cursor position information corresponding to the item where the mouse pointer is located from the cursor information storage unit 12, and displays the preview image 34 on the screen. indicate.

  Subsequently, the overall control unit 20 determines whether any item in the cursor position designation menu 33 has been clicked by the user (whether a cursor position designation operation has been performed) (step S13).

  When the user clicks on any item in the cursor position specifying menu 33 (when the cursor position specifying operation is performed) (step S13: YES), the cursor position specifying unit 15 stores the information in the cursor information storage unit 12. One cursor position information corresponding to the item clicked by the user is specified from the plurality of cursor position information that has been clicked (step S14: cursor position specifying step).

  Subsequently, the cursor display control unit 16 moves the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified in step S14 (step S15: cursor position moving step).

  Subsequently, the display mode changing unit 17 changes the current display mode of the document displayed on the screen of the display 23 to the display mode indicated by the display mode information associated with the cursor position information specified in step S14. (Step S16: Display mode changing step).

  As described above, the cursor management device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention associates the cursor position information and the document display mode information at the time when the user performs the cursor position registration operation with each other in the cursor information storage unit 12. Remember. Thereafter, when the user performs a cursor position specifying operation, the cursor management apparatus 1 changes the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 according to the cursor position specifying operation. At the same time, the current display mode of the document is changed to the display mode indicated by the display mode information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 in association with the cursor position information.

  That is, when the user performs a cursor position designation operation, the current cursor position automatically returns to the cursor position at the time of the cursor position registration operation, and the current display mode of the document automatically changes to the display mode at the time of the cursor position registration operation. Return to.

  Therefore, if the user performs the cursor position registration operation while creating a document in a display mode that is easy for the user to view, then the user moves the cursor to another page of the document, and the document Even if the display mode is changed, the current cursor position can be automatically returned to the cursor position at the time of the cursor position registration operation by the user performing the cursor position specifying operation, and the current display mode of the document Can be automatically returned to a display mode that is easy to see during the cursor position registration operation.

  Thus, according to the cursor management device 1, the display mode of the document after the cursor position is moved in accordance with the cursor position specifying operation by the user can be set to a display mode that is easy for the user to view.

  Further, the cursor management device 1 stores the page number of the page of the document including the cursor position at the time when the user performs the cursor position registration operation in the cursor information storage unit 12. Thereafter, when the user performs a cursor position designation operation, the cursor management device 1 displays a cursor position designation menu 33 for allowing the user to perform a cursor position designation operation, and the cursor information is displayed in the cursor position designation menu 33. The page number stored in the storage unit 12 is described as an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12.

  As a result, when the user performs the cursor position specifying operation, the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 is changed to the document by looking at the page number described in the cursor position specifying menu 33. It is possible to easily grasp which page is included. Therefore, the user can perform the cursor position specifying operation smoothly or quickly.

  In addition, the cursor management device 1 stores a preview image of a predetermined range of a document including the cursor position at the time when the user performs a cursor position registration operation in the cursor information storage unit 12. Thereafter, when the user performs a cursor position designation operation, the cursor management device 1 displays the preview image stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 together with the cursor position designation menu 33.

  As a result, when the user performs the cursor position specifying operation, the contents of the portion of the document including the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 is the content by looking at the preview image. Can be easily grasped. Therefore, the user can perform the cursor position designation operation smoothly or quickly.

  The cursor management device 1 described above stores display mode information indicating the display mode of the document at the time of cursor position registration operation in the cursor information storage unit 12. However, the display mode information may be stored at a different timing from the cursor position registration operation. For example, when the user changes the display mode of the document while the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 is included in the screen of the display 23 as the current cursor position, Thereafter, when the user performs an operation for moving the cursor position (including the case where another cursor position is specified by the cursor position specifying operation), the display mode of the document immediately before the operation is changed to the cursor position immediately before the operation. May be stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 in association with the cursor position information.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the user performs the cursor position registration operation several times, cursor position information indicating various different cursor positions and display mode information indicating various different display modes are stored in the cursor information storage unit 12. Is done. Under such circumstances, when the user performs one operation (display mode unification operation), all the display mode information stored in the cursor information storage unit 12 is displayed on the screen of the display 23. A means (display mode unifying means) that changes all at once so as to match the current display mode may be added to the cursor management device 1.

  In addition, when the user stores the cursor position information in the cursor information storage unit 12 and inputs a character at a position before the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information in the document, the cursor position information For example, a means for changing the cursor position information may be added to the cursor management apparatus 1 described above so that the indicated cursor position shifts backward according to the number of characters input by the user. Thereby, even if a user inputs a character into a document, the positional relationship between the cursor position and the character string at the time when the user performed the cursor position registration operation can be maintained.

  Further, after the user stores the cursor position information in the cursor information storage unit 12, when the character is deleted at a position before the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information in the document, the cursor position information For example, a means for changing the cursor position information may be added to the above-described cursor management apparatus 1 so that the cursor position shown is shifted forward according to the number of characters deleted by the user. Thereby, even if the user deletes the character from the document, the positional relationship between the cursor position and the character string at the time when the user performed the cursor position registration operation can be maintained.

  In addition, when the user deletes a character string including the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information in the document, the cursor management apparatus 1 described above includes means for automatically deleting the cursor position information from the cursor information storage unit 12. May be added to Thereby, cursor position information unnecessary for the user can be efficiently deleted from the cursor information storage unit 12.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the cursor position designation menu 33 or the like is displayed in a form incorporated in a form formed by the document creation software program is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. A form independent of the form formed by the document creation software program may be formed by the menu display control unit 13, and the cursor position designation menu 33 or the like may be displayed in the form.

  Further, the present invention can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist or concept of the invention that can be read from the claims and the entire specification, and a cursor management device and a computer program accompanied by such a change are also included in the present invention. Included in technical thought.

It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the cursor management apparatus of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the cursor position information, display mode information, page number, preview image, etc. which were memorize | stored in the cursor information storage part of a cursor management apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state by which the cursor management menu was displayed on the screen of a display. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state by which the cursor management menu and the cursor position deletion menu were displayed on the screen of a display. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state by which the cursor management menu, the cursor position designation | designated menu, and the preview image of the document were displayed on the screen of a display. It is a flowchart which shows the cursor management process by a cursor management apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cursor management apparatus 11 Storage control part (cursor position storage means, display mode storage means, page number storage means)
13 Menu display controller (menu display means)
14 Preview image display control unit (preview image display means)
15 Cursor position specifying part (cursor position specifying means)
16 Cursor display control unit (cursor position moving means)
17 Display mode changing unit (display mode changing means)
33 Cursor position specification menu 34 Preview image

Claims (6)

Cursor position storage means for storing cursor position information indicating the cursor position at the time when the user performs a cursor position registration operation;
Display mode storage means for storing display mode information indicating the display mode of the document at the time point in association with the cursor position information;
Menu display means for displaying a menu describing an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means in order to cause the user to perform a cursor position specifying operation;
When the user performs a cursor position designation operation based on the index described in the menu displayed by the menu display means, the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means is obtained according to the designation operation. A cursor position specifying means to be specified;
Cursor position moving means for moving the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified by the cursor position specifying means;
Display mode changing means for changing the current display mode of the document to the display mode indicated by the display mode information stored in the display mode storage unit and associated with the cursor position information specified by the cursor position specifying unit; A cursor management device comprising: Cursor position storage means for storing cursor position information indicating the cursor position at the time when the user performs a cursor position registration operation;
Page number storage means for storing the page number of the page of the document including the cursor position in association with the cursor position information;
Menu display means for displaying a menu describing an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means in order to cause the user to perform a cursor position specifying operation;
When the user performs a cursor position designation operation based on the index described in the menu displayed by the menu display means, the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage means is obtained according to the designation operation. A cursor position specifying means to be specified;
Cursor position moving means for moving the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified by the cursor position specifying means,
The menu display means describes the page number stored in the page number storage means in the menu as an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage means. Cursor management device.   3. A preview image display unit for displaying a preview image of a predetermined range of the document including the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored by the cursor position storage unit together with the menu. The cursor management device described. A cursor position storing step for storing cursor position information indicating a cursor position at the time when the user performs a cursor position registration operation;
A display mode storage step of storing display mode information indicating a display mode of the document at the time point in association with the cursor position information;
A menu display step for displaying a menu describing an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage step in order to allow the user to perform a cursor position specifying operation;
When the user performs a cursor position designation operation based on the index described in the menu displayed in the menu display step, the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage step is stored according to the designation operation. A cursor position identifying step to be identified;
A cursor position moving step of moving the current cursor position to the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified in the cursor position specifying step;
A display mode changing step of changing a current display mode of the document to a display mode indicated by the display mode information stored in the display mode storage step and associated with the cursor position information specified in the cursor position specifying step; A computer program for causing a computer to execute. A cursor position storing step for storing cursor position information indicating a cursor position at the time when the user performs a cursor position registration operation;
A page number storage step of storing a page number of a page of the document including the cursor position in association with the cursor position information;
A menu display step for displaying a menu describing an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage step in order to allow the user to perform a cursor position specifying operation;
When the user performs a cursor position designation operation based on the index described in the menu displayed in the menu display step, the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage step is stored according to the designation operation. A cursor position identifying step to be identified;
A computer program for causing a computer to execute a cursor position moving step of moving a current cursor position to a cursor position indicated by the cursor position information specified in the cursor position specifying step,
In the menu display step, the page number stored in the page number storage step is described in the menu as an index indicating the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage step. Computer program.   The computer according to claim 5, further causing a computer to execute a preview image display step of displaying a preview image of a predetermined range of a document including the cursor position indicated by the cursor position information stored in the cursor position storage step together with the menu. Computer program.

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