JP2017097753A - Information processing device and cursor control method in the information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cursor control method in an information processing device for automatically returning a cursor controlling a display position on a display by a mouse operation to an original position controlled by a mouse operation after the end of a touch operation on a touch panel.SOLUTION: The cursor control method is for an information processing device including two kinds of pointing devices: a pointing device independent of a display, and a touch panel configured to be united with the display into a single body. When an operation C2 for touching a B position of a display screen 10 (a single body with the touch panel) is performed when the cursor is displayed at an A position on the display screen 10 by an operation C1 (S4), the cursor is once displayed at the B position (S6), but the cursor is automatically moved (S8) and is displayed at the A position (S9) without needing an operation of a mouse when the touch is ended (operation C3).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having two devices, which are a pointing device (position input device), such as a mouse and a trackball independent from the display, and a touch panel integrated with the display, and information processing therefor The present invention relates to a cursor control method in an apparatus.

  A pointing device is a device that selects graphics representing a desired action from graphics (images) such as windows, menus, icons, and buttons displayed on a computer screen (graphics is computer graphics). Also called). For example, when a mouse is used as a pointing device, when the mouse is moved on a desk or the like, a cursor (also referred to as a pointer) moves on the screen in response to a change in the relative position of the mouse. Then, by moving the cursor by operating the mouse, placing the cursor on graphics such as an icon representing the target action, and clicking the mouse button, the target action can be performed on the computer.

  Specific icons, data, and the like are associated with the icons in advance. For example, when a cursor is placed on an icon and clicked, a computer program running on the CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the computer executes a command associated with the clicked icon. The use of a trackball as a pointing device is the same as when a mouse is used. While the mouse moves the main body, the trackball moves the cursor on the screen by rotating the ball with your finger, etc., overlays the cursor on graphics such as icons displayed on the screen, and presses the button. Clicking can cause the computer to perform the desired operation. When the cursor is moved according to the movement of the pointing device, graphics such as icons are displayed on the screen, or the cursor is overlaid on the graphics, when the button of the pointing device is clicked, it is associated in advance. The mechanism for causing the application program to execute the command being executed is performed by a graphical user interface (GUI) program operated by the CPU.

  When a touch panel is used as a pointing device, a graphic (for example, an icon) displayed on the screen is touched (touched or lightly pressed) with a finger so that the graphic is associated with the graphic in advance. Certain operations can be performed by a computer. The operation of touching graphics on the touch panel has the same meaning as the operation of moving the cursor with the mouse, overlaying the cursor on the graphics, and clicking the mouse button. The command corresponding to the graphics by the GUI program is given. It will be executed by the application program.

  As described above, a mechanism for selecting graphics on a screen by operating a pointing device such as a mouse or a touch panel and causing a computer to perform a desired operation is a typical example of GUI, Windows (registered trademark) ) And Mac OS (Mac OS) are widely used in general-purpose operating systems. By adopting the GUI, a desired operation can be selected using graphics and a pointing device. As described above, the graphical user interface is excellent in visibility and operability and enables intuitive operation. Therefore, the graphical user interface has been widely used, and is now a mainstream man-machine interface.

  Of the pointing devices described above, the mouse, the trackball, and the like are devices independent of the display, whereas the touch panel is integrated with the display screen of the display. Touch panels are widely used in digital information devices such as ATMs of banks and other financial institutions, vending machines, mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), digital audio players, portable game machines, copiers, fax machines, car navigation systems, etc. It is also used in many devices that require high safety and accuracy, such as ships, aircraft and manufacturing equipment. As described above, the touch panel is used for various applications because the pointing device (position input device) and the display (display device) are integrated, so that the entire device can be easily downsized. The reasons are given first, but not only.

  In the touch panel, a target operation (that is, content (command or data) to be input) and an operation target (graphics such as an icon to be touched) are integrated into one. Therefore, when viewing the graphics on the screen, the operator can immediately determine where on the screen should be touched, so commands and data can be quickly obtained with only a simple operation of touching the graphics. You can enter. This is because the touch panel has such characteristics.

  However, when touching the touch panel with a finger, the tip of the finger has a certain extent, and when multiple graphics are displayed adjacent to each other at a short distance, the position information of the unintended adjacent graphics is displayed. It may be input to the touch panel. That is, among the plurality of graphics displayed on the touch panel, graphics position information not intended by the operator may be sent to the CPU, which may result in an erroneous input. On the other hand, to move the cursor with the mouse, place the cursor on the graphics, and click the mouse button, the desired graphics can be selected by setting the cursor to an arrow or cross. Since the area of the arrow tip and the center of the cross are so small that they can be regarded as almost points, when selecting one of the graphics adjacent to a narrow area, you can select a specific graphic without error There is.

  As described above, since a mouse and a touch panel have advantages and disadvantages, an information processing apparatus including both pointing devices may be required. As a technique of an information processing apparatus including two pointing devices, a mouse and a touch panel, Japanese Patent No. 2601024 discloses a “computer work content instruction method”.

  Regarding the method of instructing the work contents of the computer of Patent Document 1, in the description of the embodiment in FIG. When the operator 11 operates the mouse 4 and moves the cursor position 10 from the mouse invalid area to the mouse valid area 9 while the work contents 11 such as “single mode” and “HELP” are displayed, the CPU 2 moves to the cursor position. The mouse 4 is enabled and the touch panel 3 is disabled from the XY value of 10. In this state, even if the operator touches the work content 1 displayed on the screen 6a with the touch panel 3, the touch panel 3 is disabled. Therefore, the screen 6a remains as it is. "(The bottom paragraph on the right column of the second page of the publication).

Japanese Patent No. 2601024

  In the method described in Patent Document 1 described above, the display screen is divided into a mouse valid area and a mouse invalid area (an area outside the mouse valid area), so that it corresponds to the program or instruction to be executed. It is necessary to visually recognize in which area the graphics such as icons (namely, the graphic to be selected) are located, and determine whether to input using the mouse or the touch panel according to the area. There is a complicated input operation. The work contents 11 such as “editing mode”, “automatic mode”, “single mode”, “HELP” and the like in this patent document 1 are a kind of graphics. In order to eliminate this complexity, a graphical user interface (GUI) computer capable of selecting graphics at an arbitrary position on the entire screen using any pointing device such as a mouse or a touch panel is desired.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the operation of the mouse or touch panel and the cursor position on the display screen in a computer operating with a conventional GUI program. FIG. 5A shows the change in the relationship between the operation and the cursor position. Are shown in time series, and FIG. 5B illustrates the positions on the display screen. As shown in FIG. 3, the computer has a touch panel display 1, a CPU 2, a memory 3, and a mouse 4. The touch panel display 1 includes a touch panel on the surface of the display screen 10 and has two functions of displaying an image and inputting positional information on the display screen 10. Therefore, in the touch panel display 1, the position on the display screen 10 is synonymous with the position on the touch panel. When the display screen 10 is touched with a finger or the like, position information on the touched display screen 10 is detected by the touch panel. The touch panel outputs the detected position information, and the CPU 2 inputs the position information. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the window 10 a and the cursor 11 are displayed on the display screen 10. The window 10a is an example of graphics.

  Graphics such as a window 10a at any position on the display screen 10 using either the mouse 4 or the touch panel (not shown in FIG. 3, but graphics such as menus, icons, buttons, etc. other than the window 10a are also included. Can be selected). When trying to select the graphics displayed on the display screen 10 with the mouse 4, the cursor 11 on the display screen 10 is moved by moving the mouse 4 on the desk or the like and displayed on the display screen 10. The cursor 11 is moved to the graphics such as the window 10a and the button of the mouse 4 is clicked. When the cursor 11 is an arrow as shown in FIG. 3, the tip of the arrow is aligned with some position in the area where the graphic is displayed, and the graphic is selected by clicking the button of the mouse 4. The On the other hand, when trying to select a graphic displayed on the display screen 10 with a touch panel, the graphic is selected by touching the graphic with a finger. Regardless of whether the mouse 4 or the touch panel is used as a pointing device for selecting graphics, the position information of the selected graphics is input to the CPU 2 by the GUI program.

  In FIG. 5A, S1 to S10 indicate the display state that changes sequentially on the display screen 10 with a focus on the cursor 11 over time. C1 to C4 indicate mouse or touch panel operations for moving the cursor 11 on the display screen 10.

  Now, the GUI program is always operating in the CPU 2, an application in which this GUI program is incorporated is started up by the CPU 2, and an image is displayed on the display screen 10 (state S 1). Subsequently, the cursor 11 is displayed on the display screen 10. (State S2). By operating the mouse 4 in this state, mouse operation information is input from the mouse 4 to the CPU 2 (C1), and the CPU 2 operating the GUI program moves the cursor 11 in accordance with the operation (state S3). ), The cursor 11 is displayed at the position A (FIG. 5B) (state S4).

  In this state S4, when the B position (FIG. 5B) on the touch panel integrated with the display screen 10 is touched with a finger (lightly pressing the touch panel), touch panel operation information is output from the touch panel to the CPU 2 (C2 ). When the finger starts to press the surface of the touch panel, the touch panel detects that the touch has been made and immediately outputs touch panel operation information to the CPU 2. When the touch panel operation information is input, the CPU 2 determines that the B position on the touch panel has been touched and the graphics at the B position have been selected, and executes a command associated with the graphics in advance. When the CPU 2 determines that the graphics at the B position have been selected, the cursor 11 displayed at the A position is automatically moved regardless of the intention of the operator (state S5) and displayed at the B position. (State S6). At this time, the CPU 2 does not save the information on the A position.

  When the operator stops pressing the touch panel with his / her finger and releases the finger from the surface of the touch panel, the touch operation is completed, and the touch panel operation information is output from the touch panel to the CPU 2 (C3). When the CPU 2 inputs the touch panel operation information, the CPU 2 determines that the state where the B position on the touch panel is touched ends, but the cursor 11 remains displayed at the B position (state S7). When the operator wants to select the graphics at the original A position, the mouse 4 is moved again, and mouse operation information for moving the cursor 11 to the A position is input from the mouse 4 to the CPU 2. (C4) is required. With this mouse operation C4, the CPU 2 moves the cursor 11 from the B position (state S8), displays the cursor 11 at the A position (S9), and enters a state where a series of operations is completed (S10).

  As described above, the cursor control method for moving the position of the cursor 11 on the display screen 10 by the operation of the mouse and the touch panel in the computer operating with the conventional GUI program has been described with reference to FIG. In the cursor control method shown in FIG. 5, the cursor 11 displayed at the A position by the operation of the mouse 4 is automatically operated regardless of the operator's intention by the touch panel operation of touching the B position of the touch panel. Even if it moves to the B position and ends the operation of the touch panel, it stays at the B position. Therefore, if the user tries to select the original graphic at the A position with the cursor 11 controlled by the operation of the mouse 4 following the operation of the touch panel for selecting the graphic at the B position, the cursor 11 is moved to the B position. It is necessary to perform the operation of the mouse 4 for moving from the position A to the position A again.

  Thus, a conventional pointing device having two types of pointing devices, that is, a pointing device independent of a display such as a mouse and a trackball (hereinafter referred to as “independent pointing device”) and a touch panel integrated with the display. In the information processing apparatus (computer) and the cursor control method in the information processing apparatus, the cursor controlled by the mouse operation is moved to the touch position by the touch operation of the touch panel, and remains at the touch position after the touch operation is finished. In order to return the cursor to the original position controlled by the mouse operation, there is a complicated operation that requires a new mouse operation to move the cursor from the touch position to the original position.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to have two types of pointing devices, that is, an independent pointing device and a touch panel integrated with the display, in order to solve such a problem. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus in which the controlled cursor returns to the original position controlled by the mouse operation after the touch operation on the touch panel is completed, and a cursor control method in the information processing apparatus.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention and the cursor control method in the information processing apparatus mainly adopt the following characteristic configuration.

(1) An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus having two types of pointing devices: an independent pointing device provided independently of a display and a touch panel configured integrally with the display. ,
While controlling the display position of the cursor on the display based on the operation information of the independent pointing device, and controlling the display position of the cursor on the display based on the operation information of the independent pointing device, from the touch panel A CPU that outputs a display position of the cursor when the touch operation information is input; and
A memory for storing the display position of the cursor output from the CPU;
The CPU temporarily moves the cursor to a position on the display indicated by the touch position information in the touch operation information at the same time as or immediately after the output of the display position of the cursor, and the touch operation information When the touch end is detected by the step, the cursor is returned to the display position stored in the memory.

  (2) The cursor control method in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing having two types of pointing devices, that is, an independent pointing device provided independently of a display and a touch panel configured integrally with the display. A cursor control method in an apparatus, wherein when touch display information is input from the touch panel when controlling a display position of a cursor on a display based on operation information of the independent pointing device, the touch operation is performed. The cursor display position at the time of inputting the information is stored, and at the same time or immediately after storing the cursor display position, the cursor is positioned at the position on the display indicated by the touch position information in the touch operation information. And move the touch operation When detecting a touch terminated by multicast, and returning the cursor to the display position that has been the storage.

  According to the present invention, there are two types of pointing devices, that is, an independent pointing device provided independently of the display and a touch panel configured integrally with the display, and the display position on the display can be operated by a mouse operation. After the touch operation on the touch panel is completed, the information processing apparatus that automatically returns to the original position controlled by the mouse operation and the cursor control method in the information processing apparatus can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the relationship between operation of the mouse | mouth or touchscreen in the computer which operate | moves with the cursor control method of one Embodiment of this invention, and the cursor position on a display screen. It is a figure which shows notionally and contrasts the cursor control method which is embodiment of this invention, and the conventional cursor control method. It is a figure which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows another example of the display screen displayed by the cursor control method which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the relationship between operation of the mouse | mouth or touchscreen in the computer which operate | moves with the conventional GUI program, and the cursor position on a display screen.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an information processing apparatus and a cursor control method in the information processing apparatus according to the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following, preferred embodiments of the cursor control method in the information processing apparatus will be mainly described. However, such a cursor control method is incorporated in a GUI program and executed by a computer (information processing apparatus). The cursor control program for executing the cursor control method may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. In addition, it is needless to say that the drawing reference numerals attached to the following drawings are added for convenience to the respective elements as an example for facilitating understanding, and are not intended to limit the present invention to the illustrated embodiments. Yes.

  First, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between an operation of a mouse or a touch panel and a cursor position on a display screen in a computer operating with the cursor control method of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cursor control method according to the embodiment and FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a conventional cursor control method, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an information processing apparatus that operates according to the cursor control method of the embodiment.

  A cursor control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is executed by a computer program. A computer program for executing the cursor control method, that is, a cursor control program is incorporated in the GUI program and executed as a part of the GUI program. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a relationship between an operation of a mouse or a touch panel and a cursor position on a display screen in a computer (an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention) operating with a GUI program in which the cursor control program is incorporated. It is.

  FIG. 1A shows a change in the relationship between the operation and the cursor position in time series, and FIG. 1B illustrates the position on the display screen. As shown in FIG. 3, the computer has a touch panel display 1, a CPU 2, a memory 3, and a mouse 4. The touch panel display 1 includes a touch panel on the surface of the display screen 10 and has two functions of displaying an image and inputting positional information on the display screen 10. Therefore, in the touch panel display 1, the position on the display screen 10 is synonymous with the position on the touch panel. When the display screen 10 is touched with a finger or the like, position information on the touched display screen 10 is detected by the touch panel. The touch panel outputs the detected position information, and the CPU 2 inputs the position information. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the window 10 a and the cursor 11 are displayed on the display screen 10. The window 10a is an example of graphics.

  Graphics such as a window 10a at any position on the display screen 10 using either the mouse 4 or the touch panel (not shown in FIG. 3, but graphics such as menus, icons, buttons, etc. other than the window 10a are also included. Can be selected). When trying to select the graphics displayed on the display screen 10 with the mouse 4, the cursor 11 on the display screen 10 is moved by moving the mouse 4 on the desk or the like and displayed on the display screen 10. The cursor 11 is moved to the graphics such as the window 10a and the button of the mouse 4 is clicked. When the cursor 11 is an arrow as shown in FIG. 3, the tip of the arrow is positioned at some position in the graphics area to be selected, and then the button of the mouse 4 is clicked to display the graphics. Is selected. On the other hand, when trying to select a graphic displayed on the display screen 10 with a touch panel, the graphic is selected by touching the graphic with a finger. Regardless of whether the mouse 4 or the touch panel is used as a pointing device for selecting graphics, the position information of the selected graphics is input to the CPU 2 by the GUI program.

  In FIG. 1A, S1 to S10 indicate the display state that changes sequentially on the display screen 10 with the cursor 11 being observed over time. C1 to C3 indicate mouse or touch panel operations for moving the cursor 11 on the display screen 10.

  Now, the GUI program is always operating in the CPU 2, and an application linked with this GUI program is started up by the CPU 2, and an image is displayed on the display screen 10 (state S 1). Subsequently, the cursor 11 is displayed on the display screen 10. It is assumed that it is displayed at an arbitrary position (state S2). By operating the mouse 4 in this state, mouse operation information is output from the mouse 4, this mouse operation information is input to the CPU 2 (C1), and the CPU 2 operating the GUI program responds to the operation information. The cursor 11 is moved (state S3), and the cursor 11 is displayed at the position A (FIG. 1B) (state S4).

  In this state S4, when the B position (FIG. 1B) on the touch panel integrated with the display screen 10 is touched with a finger (lightly pressing the touch panel), touch panel operation information is output from the touch panel and input to the CPU 2. (C2). When the finger starts to press the surface of the touch panel, the touch panel detects that the touch has been made and immediately outputs touch panel operation information. When the touch panel operation information is input, the CPU 2 determines that the B position on the touch panel has been touched and the graphics at the B position have been selected, and executes a command associated with the graphics in advance. When the CPU 2 determines that the graphics at the B position have been selected, the CPU 2 stores the information at the A position in the memory 3 and automatically displays the cursor 11 displayed at the A position regardless of the operator's intention. Move (state S5) and display at position B (state S6).

  When the operator stops pressing the touch panel with a finger and the touch operation is finished by releasing the finger from the surface of the touch panel, touch panel operation information is output from the touch panel and input to the CPU 2 (C3). When the CPU 2 inputs the touch panel operation information, the CPU 2 determines that the B position on the touch panel has been touched, refers to the memory 3, and moves the cursor 11 toward the A position stored in the memory 3. (State S8), the cursor 11 is displayed at the A position (State S9), and a series of operations is completed (S10).

  When the operator wants to select the graphics at the original position A, the operation of moving the mouse 4 again (operation C4 in FIG. 5 described in the above-described conventional technique) is not required, and the mouse 4 is simply used. Simply click on the button to select the desired graphics.

  The relationship between the mouse or touch panel operation and the cursor position on the display screen in the computer operating with the cursor control method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference mainly to FIGS. As described above, the cursor control method according to the present embodiment will be described in detail by comparing the cursor control method according to the embodiment and the conventional cursor control method with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2A shows a state in which the cursor displayed on the display screen 10 in the computer operating with the cursor control method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 moves by operating the touch panel. On the other hand, FIG. 2B shows a state in which the cursor displayed on the display screen 10 in the computer operating with the conventional cursor control method shown in FIG. 5 is moved by the operation of the touch panel and the mouse.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, in the computer operating with the cursor control method according to the embodiment of the present invention, before the touch operation (before touching the touch panel with a finger), the cursor 11 at the A position is in the state of D1. During the touch operation on the B position (while the finger is touching the B position of the touch panel), the position moves to the B position, and after the touch operation (when the finger is released from the touch panel), the original A position is displayed on the D3. Return to.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2B, in a computer that operates with a conventional GUI program (ie, a computer that operates with a conventional cursor control method), the state of D1 before a touch operation (before a finger touches the touch panel) Then, the cursor 11 located at the A position moves to the B position during the touch operation on the B position (while the finger is touching the B position on the touch panel) and after the touch operation (when the finger is released from the touch panel). ) D13 also remains in the B position. In order to return the cursor 11 to the original A position, a mouse operation (D4) for moving the cursor 11 from the B position to the A position is required.

(Effect of embodiment)
As described above, with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the mouse and the touch panel are operated in the cursor control method according to the embodiment of the present invention, that is, the computer operating with the GUI program incorporating the cursor control program for executing the cursor control method. Thus, the method of moving the position of the cursor 11 on the display screen 10 has been described. In the cursor control method described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the cursor 11 displayed at the A position by the operation of the mouse 4 is temporarily moved to the B position by touching the B position of the touch panel. Although it moves, it automatically returns to the original position A when the operation of the touch panel is finished. Therefore, if the cursor control method of the present embodiment is adopted, the user can move the mouse to select the original graphics at the A position following the operation of the touch panel to select the graphics at the B position. No need to move the cursor, just click a mouse button.

  That is, in the conventional cursor control method, it is necessary to perform the cursor position control operation by the mouse to return the mouse 4 from the B position to the A position while watching the movement of the cursor 11 following the touch panel operation. By adopting the form of the cursor control method, the cursor position control operation with the mouse becomes unnecessary. As described above, in the cursor control method according to the present embodiment, immediately after the touch panel operation, by clicking the mouse button (without requiring the cursor position control operation by the mouse), the original A It is possible to obtain an excellent effect that the graphics at the position can be selected.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus (computer) according to the embodiment of the present invention includes two types of pointing devices, that is, an independent pointing device independent of a display such as a mouse and a trackball, and a touch panel integrated with the display. In the cursor control method in the information processing apparatus, even if the cursor controlled by the mouse operation is moved to the touch position by the touch operation on the touch panel, after the touch operation is finished, the original The cursor automatically returns to the position, no mouse operation is required to move the cursor from the touch position to the original position, and the cursor can be positioned quickly and error-free in the required graphics, making the operation complicated Can be eliminated. Therefore, according to the information processing apparatus (computer) and the cursor control method in the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the cursor can be controlled quickly and the target graphics can be selected quickly. there were.

(Example of useful usage form of this embodiment)
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of display on the computer in which the cursor control method according to the embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 is performed. The computer according to this embodiment operates with an application program in which a GUI program is incorporated. The display screen 10 is a radar screen, on which objects T1 to T7 are displayed, and icons B1, B2, and B3 are displayed in the window 10a. The objects T1 to T7 are images acquired by radar exploration. The computer of this embodiment handles the objects T1 to T7 as buttons (a type of graphics). The cursor 11 points to the object T1 (the arrow 11 of the cursor 11 is in a state where it overlaps the object T1). FIG. 4 shows a state in which the cursor 11 is set to the object T1 by the mouse 4. At this time, it is assumed that the operator selects the icon B2 and tries to start a command G2 associated with the icon B2 in advance. Therefore, when the finger is touched on the icon B2, the cursor 11 temporarily moves to the icon B2, the icon B2 is selected, and the command G2 is activated. The CPU 2 in this embodiment stores in the memory 3 the position of the cursor 11 pointing to the target object T1 when the icon B2 is touched. Therefore, when the touch of the icon B2 is finished, the original position of the cursor 11 (position where the object T1 was pointed) stored in the memory 3 is read, and the cursor 11 is immediately moved to the original position, and the cursor 11 Returns to the state in which the object T1 is indicated (the state in which the arrow 11 of the cursor 11 overlaps the object T1).

  The objects T1 to T7 in FIG. 4 are treated as buttons that are graphics, and a command is associated with each button in advance. Therefore, when the operator wants to input the command related to the object T1, the mouse 4 does not need to be moved following the touch of the icon B2 (immediately after the touch of the icon B2). By simply clicking the button, it is possible to input a command (for example, a start command for a certain program) associated with the object T1 in advance. As described above, in the usage mode of the present embodiment described with reference to FIG. 4, the object 11 is moved while the cursor 11 is moved from the position of the icon B2 to the position of the object T1 after the touch operation of the icon B2. Since the cumbersome operation of accurately aligning the cursor 11 with the position of T1 is unnecessary, predetermined input can be performed quickly and accurately.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, it should be noted that such embodiments are merely examples of the present invention and do not limit the present invention in any way. Those skilled in the art will readily understand that various modifications and changes can be made according to a specific application without departing from the gist of the present invention.

1 Touch panel display 2 CPU
3 Memory 10 Display screen 10a Window 11 Cursor B1 to B3 Icon G1 to G3 Command T1 to T7 Object

Claims (4)

An information processing apparatus having two types of pointing devices, that is, an independent pointing device provided independently of a display and a touch panel configured integrally with the display,
While controlling the display position of the cursor on the display based on the operation information of the independent pointing device, and controlling the display position of the cursor on the display based on the operation information of the independent pointing device, from the touch panel A CPU that outputs a display position of the cursor when the touch operation information is input; and
A memory for storing the display position of the cursor output from the CPU;
The CPU temporarily moves the cursor to a position on the display indicated by the touch position information in the touch operation information at the same time as or immediately after the output of the display position of the cursor, and the touch operation information When the touch end is detected by, the cursor is returned to the display position stored in the memory.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CPU executes a computer program in which a graphical user interface (GUI) program is incorporated.   A cursor control method in an information processing apparatus having two types of pointing devices, that is, an independent pointing device provided independently of a display and a touch panel integrated with the display, the operation of the independent pointing device When the display position of the cursor on the display is controlled based on the information, when the touch operation information is input from the touch panel, the display position of the cursor when the touch operation information is input is stored. At the same time or immediately after storing the display position of the cursor, the cursor is temporarily moved to the position on the display indicated by the touch position information in the touch operation information, and the touch end is detected by the touch operation information. When you said, remembered the Cursor control method in an information processing apparatus characterized by returning the cursor to indicate the position.   4. The cursor control method in the information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the cursor control method is executed by a computer program in which a graphical user interface (GUI) program is incorporated.

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