JP2951454B2 - Cursor movement processing method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cursor movement processing method for positioning a cursor on elements scattered on a display screen, and in particular, it is possible to position a cursor on an element without using a mouse. This is related to a cursor movement processing method to be performed.

2. Description of the Related Art In a data processing apparatus, elements such as buttons are scattered on a display screen and data processing is executed by positioning a cursor on the elements in order to realize a dialogue with a user. ing. Such movement of the cursor needs to be realized according to a method that can be easily executed by the user in order to increase the efficiency of data processing.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cursor is moved by providing four cursor movement keys for instructing the movement of the cursor, and when the user presses the cursor movement key, the cursor is pushed in the direction indicated by the cursor movement key. While moving, the cursor was moved and executed.

However, according to such a method, when the elements on the display screen are prepared in a fixed size or a size of an integral multiple thereof and are arranged at regular matrix positions, the cursor can be efficiently moved to each of the positions. Although it is possible to position the elements, if the elements are scattered on the display screen, an extremely large load is imposed on the user. If those elements have an arbitrary size, an even greater load is imposed.

Therefore, a recent data processing apparatus employs a configuration including a mouse, and specifies an element to which a cursor is to be moved by clicking the mouse, and positions the cursor at the specified element. Has been adopted.

[0006]

However, mouse operation is more complicated than key operation, and it is quite difficult for the user to position the cursor on elements scattered on the display screen. The problem of becoming a problem remained.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a new cursor movement processing method capable of positioning a cursor on elements scattered on a display screen without using a mouse. It is the purpose.

[0008]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a data processing device equipped with the present invention, and 2 denotes a man-machine interface device connected to the data processing device 1.

The man-machine interface device 2 includes a display device 20, a keyboard device 21, and a mouse 22. The display device 20 displays a plurality of elements 23 on the display screen in a scattered manner in accordance with an instruction of the data processing device 1,
A cursor 24 positioned on one of the elements 23 is displayed. The keyboard device 21 includes four cursor movement keys 25 for instructing movement of the cursor 24 in the up, down, left, and right directions.
Is provided. The mouse 22 instructs the cursor 24 to move to an arbitrary position.

On the other hand, the data processing apparatus 1 includes an input / output control means 10, an element information management means 11, an element display control means 12, and a cursor display control means 13. The input / output control means 10 executes an interface process with the man-machine interface device 2. The element information management unit 11 manages display position information of the element 23 displayed on the display screen and attribute information of the element 23. The element display control means 12 displays the element 23 on the display screen of the display device 20 according to the management data of the element information management means 11.

The cursor display control means 13 determines which of the four cursor movement keys 25 has been designated, and the first judgment means 14 determines the designation of the cursor movement key 25. Sometimes, the element 23 to be moved from among the elements 23 located on the cursor moving direction side
, A setting unit 16 for positioning the cursor 24 on the element 23 specified by the specifying unit 15, and whether or not the element 23 of the movement source of the cursor 24 is included in the element 23 of the movement destination And the second determining unit 17 determines the inclusion state by associating with the cursor moving process and determining whether the inclusion element 2 is included.
And a movement flag means 18 for starting a display process of a non-execution instruction of the cursor movement process from the third element 3 to the included element 23.

When the difference between the judgment value of the element 23 to be specified as the movement destination and the judgment value of the element 23 of the next rank is smaller than the specified value, the specification means 15 considers another judgment criterion, and become and Ikuko to identify the 23. When the movement flag means 18 displays the non-execution instruction, the specific processing as the cursor movement destination of the element 23, which is the cursor movement processing from the included element 23 to the included element 23, is eliminated. become.

[0013]

According to the present invention, when the user presses the cursor movement key 25, the first determination means 14 determines which cursor movement key 25 has been designated. Is the element 23 that has the closest correspondence to the element 23 on which the cursor 24 is positioned from among the elements 23 located on the cursor moving side.
Is specified, and in response to the specified result, the setting unit 16 moves the cursor 24 by positioning the cursor 24 on the specified element 23.

As described above, in the present invention, when the cursor movement key 25 is pressed, the pressed cursor movement key 2
5 adopts a configuration in which the cursor 24 is skipped to the element 23 having the closest correspondence located on the cursor moving side pointed by the cursor 5, so that the user does not need to use the mouse 22 to move the cursor 24 to the elements 23 scattered on the display screen. Can be positioned.

In this operation, the specifying means 15 determines the position of the element 23 on which the cursor 24 is positioned and the element 23 which has the closest correspondence in terms of position, and the element 23 which has the closest correspondence thereafter. When it is determined that the difference in the closeness of the correspondence between the two elements 23 is smaller than the specified value, another correspondence relation criterion, an attribute value such as the size of the two elements 23, or another corresponding relation criterion According to both the attribute value and the attribute value , one of the two elements 23 is selected, the selected element 23 is identified as the element 23 having the closest correspondence, and the identification result is received. The setting means 16 moves the cursor 24 by positioning the cursor 24 on the specified element 23.

With this configuration, for example, even if the element 23 is located a little farther away than the element 23 to which the cursor is originally moved, if the cursor 23 greatly overlaps the cursor width, the cursor 24 is moved to the element 23. Since it becomes possible to execute such operations, the movement of the cursor 24 that matches the user's visual sense can be realized.

In this operation, the identifying means 15
When the movement flag means 18 displays the non-execution instruction, the process of moving the cursor from the included element 23 to the included element 23 as a cursor destination of the element 23 is excluded. In response to the result, setting means 1
When the cursor 24 is moved from the included element 23 to the included element 23, the processing 6 does not execute the reverse cursor movement processing.

With this configuration, it is possible to prevent an inconvenient operation in which the cursor movement loops between the included element 23 and the included element 23.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to embodiments. FIG. 2 illustrates definitions of terms required in the following description of the embodiment, taking the right cursor movement as an example. As shown in this figure, in the case of the right cursor movement, the element 23
Is defined as a reference line, the rightmost rectangular line is defined as a judgment line, and the extension of the upper and lower rectangular lines is defined as a direction line. Then, the left cursor movement, the up cursor movement, and the down cursor movement are defined similarly.

As described with reference to FIG. 1, according to the present invention, when the cursor movement key 25 is pressed, the cursor 23 is moved to the closest element 23 located on the cursor movement side indicated by the pressed cursor movement key 25. By adopting a configuration in which the cursor 24 is skipped, the cursor 24 is positioned on the elements 23 scattered on the display screen by operating the cursor movement key 25.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the positional relationship definition of the element 23 defining that the cursor can be moved, taking the right cursor movement as an example. The positional relationship definition shown in FIG. 3A is based on an element having a reference line on the moving direction side with respect to the determination line of the element 23 (hereinafter, shown by a broken line in the figure) where the cursor 24 is positioned. Reference numeral 23 indicates that the cursor 24 can be moved. FIG. 3 (b)
In the positional relationship definition shown in FIG. 3, even if the positional relationship definition shown in FIG. 3A is not established, a determination line exists on the movement direction side with respect to the determination line of the element 23 where the cursor 24 is positioned, An element 23 that intersects with the element 23 on which the cursor 24 is located indicates that the cursor 24 can be moved.

In FIG. 4, taking the right cursor movement as an example, an element 23 thus defined as cursor-movable,
FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a definition of a distance between a cursor 24 and an element 23 to which the cursor 24 is positioned. The distance definition shown in FIG. 4A indicates that if there is a reference line of the movable element 23 on the movement direction side of the reference line of the element 23 on which the cursor 24 is positioned, the distance of the cursor 24 is determined. Distance between the reference line of the movable element 23 and the reference line of the movable element 23 is 2
It is defined as a distance between two elements 23.

The distance definition shown in FIG. 4B is based on the element 23 where the cursor 24 is positioned and the movable element 2
In the case where at least one of the positional relationships of the cursor 24 is in the positional relationship definition shown in FIG.
This indicates that the distance between the judgment line No. 3 and the judgment line of the movable element 23 is defined as the distance between the two elements 23.

As will be described later, if there is no movable element 23 within the cursor width on the moving direction side, the distance definition shown in FIG. , The cursor 24 is moved to the element 23 having the closest distance to the direction line
In such a case, the distance between the direction line of the element 23 where the cursor 24 is positioned and the direction line of the element 23 not existing within the cursor width is defined as the distance between the two elements 23. It shows.

Next, the cursor movement processing of the present invention will be described with reference to the two processing flows shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 executed by the cursor display control means 13. Hereinafter, the cursor movement processing according to the processing flow illustrated in FIG. 5 is referred to as a matrix type, and the cursor movement processing according to the processing flow illustrated in FIG. 6 is referred to as an option sheet type.

The cursor display control means 13, when the user instructs to follow the matrix-type cursor movement processing, and when the cursor movement key 25 is pressed, first, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. First, step 1
Search for the element 23 closest to the cursor 24 among the movable elements 23 existing within the cursor width in the moving direction.

Next, in step 2, it is determined whether or not the closest element 23 can be specified by finding the movable element 23 in the search in step 1, and if it is determined that the element 23 cannot be specified. Then, the process proceeds to step 3 to search for an element 23 located at a distance closest to the direction line of the element 23 on which the cursor 24 is positioned. In the subsequent step 4, the cursor 24 is positioned at the searched element 23. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 2 that it has been specified, the process immediately proceeds to step 4 and the cursor 24 is positioned on the element 23 specified in step 1.

In this manner, the cursor display control means 1
3 indicates that, when it is instructed to follow the matrix type cursor movement processing, the cursor 24 is moved to the closest element 23 among the elements 23 located within the cursor width in the movement direction.
By adopting the basic configuration of skipping, it is possible for the user to position the cursor 24 on the elements 23 scattered on the display screen without using the mouse 22.

FIG. 7 shows an example of cursor movement when following this matrix type cursor movement process. FIG. 5 above
According to the processing flow of (1), the cursor 24 positioned at the hatched element 23 in the figure is
Is located at the element 23 when the key is pressed, the element 23 is located when the left cursor movement key 25 is pressed, the element 23 is located at the time the up cursor movement key 25 is pressed, and the down cursor movement key 25 is pressed. It is positioned at the element 23 when it is to be performed.

When the cursor indication control means 13 is pressed by the cursor movement key 25 when the user instructs to follow the option sheet type cursor movement processing, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. First, at step 10, it is determined whether or not the pressed cursor movement key 25 is the cursor movement key 25 in the left-right direction. If it is determined that the cursor is the cursor movement key 25 in the left-right direction, the process proceeds to step 11 to specify the element 23 closest to the cursor 24 among the movable elements 23 existing within the cursor width in the movement direction. Then, in the following step 13, the cursor 24 is positioned on the specified element 23.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 10 that the cursor is the vertical cursor movement key 25, the flow advances to step 12 to move the cursor 24 in the movable element 23 existing in the movement direction regardless of the cursor width. The closest element 23 is specified, and in the following step 13, the cursor 24 is positioned on the specified element 23.

Thus, the cursor display control means 1
3 indicates that when the cursor movement key 25 in the left and right direction is designated when the instruction to follow the option sheet type cursor movement processing is designated, the most movable element 23 within the cursor width in the movement direction is selected. When the cursor 24 is moved to the element 23 which is close to the distance, and the cursor movement key 25 in the up and down direction is designated, the cursor 24 is moved to the element 23 which is closest to the distance among the movable elements 23 in the movement direction. Is adopted, the user can position the cursor 24 on the elements 23 scattered on the display screen without using the mouse 22.

FIG. 8 shows an example of cursor movement in accordance with the option sheet type cursor movement processing. According to the processing flow of FIG. 6 described above, the cursor 24 positioned at the element 23 indicated by oblique lines in the figure is positioned at the element 23 when the right cursor movement key 25 is pressed, and the left cursor movement key 25 is pressed. The element 23 is located at the time, the element 23 is located when the up cursor movement key 25 is pressed, and the element 23 is located at the time the down cursor movement key 25 is pressed.

When executing the above-described cursor movement processing, if there is no movable element 23, the cursor display control means 13 keeps the cursor 24 even if the cursor movement key 25 is pressed. The user needs to execute the process of using the mouse 22 to position the cursor 24 at the desired element 23 because the cursor 24 is held at the position.

In the cursor movement process described above, if the destination element 23 is specified by strictly handling the distance, the element 23 that does not conform to the visual sense of the user
May be disadvantageous in that the cursor 24 is positioned at the next position. Therefore, the cursor display control means 13
In the option sheet type cursor movement process and the cursor movement process in step 1 of the matrix type cursor movement process, the occurrence of such inconvenience is realized by executing the process flow shown in FIG. While preventing it,
In the cursor movement process of step 3 in the matrix-type cursor movement process, the processing flow shown in FIG. 10 is executed to perform processing to prevent occurrence of such inconvenience.

Next, a description will be given of the cursor moving process according to the process flow shown in FIGS. here,
The processing flows shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 are both disclosed assuming a right cursor movement.

The cursor display control means 13 performs the cursor movement process of step 1 of the option sheet type cursor movement process and the matrix type cursor movement process.
As shown in the processing flow of FIG. 9, first, in step 20, the distance between the two elements 23 raised as candidates of the movement destination and the element 23 where the cursor 24 is positioned is calculated. It is determined whether or not the obtained difference Δx between the two distances is smaller than a prescribed determination value ΔD. That is, Δx as shown in FIG. 11A is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the obtained Δx falls within the size of ΔD.

When it is determined in step 20 that Δx is larger than ΔD, the process proceeds to step 21 in which the cursor 24 is positioned at the element 23 whose distance from the cursor 24 is smaller. That is, the cursor is positioned at the closest element 23 in principle, as described in the processing flow of FIGS. 5 and 6, without entering the following processing.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 20 that Δx is smaller than ΔD, the process proceeds to step 22, where
This time, the overlap value between the two elements 23 raised as candidates of the movement destination and the cursor width in the movement direction is obtained, and the difference Δy between the obtained two overlap values is determined by the specified judgment value ΔD.
It is determined whether or not it is smaller than. That is, FIG.
Δy (≡ | Δy2-Δy1 |) as shown in (b) is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the obtained Δy falls within the size of ΔD. Here, Δyi (i = 1, 1)
If 2) is outside the cursor width, Δy is determined with the size being negative.

When it is determined in this step 22 that Δy is larger than ΔD, that is, when there is a clear difference in the overlap between the cursor width of the two elements 23, the process proceeds to step 23, where the overlap is determined. After temporarily increasing the larger element 23 by (ΔD + ΔD ′), the process proceeds to step 21, and the cursor 24 is positioned at the smaller element 23 from the cursor 24. In accordance with the amplification processing in step 23, the cursor 2
Even if the distance from 4 is somewhat large, the cursor 24 moves to the element 23 that largely overlaps the cursor width. Here, increasing by (ΔD + ΔD ′) means increasing in the determination direction, and the same applies to the following.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 22 that Δy is smaller than ΔD, the process proceeds to step 24,
This time, the difference Δz in the horizontal direction between the two elements 23 raised as the destination candidates is determined by the specified determination value ΔD.
It is determined whether or not it is smaller than. That is, FIG.
Δz (≡ | Δz2-Δz1 |) as shown in (c) is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the obtained Δz falls within the size of ΔD.

When it is determined in step 24 that Δz is larger than ΔD, that is, when there is a clear difference in the horizontal size of the two elements 23,
Proceeding to step 25, the element 23 having the smaller size in the left-right direction is temporarily increased by (ΔD + ΔD '), and then proceeding to step 21, the cursor is moved to the element 23 having a smaller distance from the cursor 24. 24 is positioned.
In accordance with the amplification process in step 25, if there is little difference between the distance from the cursor 24 and the overlap with the cursor width, the cursor 24 moves to the smaller element 23 in the left-right direction. Will be.

On the other hand, when it is determined at step 24 that Δz is smaller than ΔD, the routine proceeds to step 26, where
The upper element 23 (the left element 23 when moving in the up-down direction) of the two elements 23 raised as the movement destination candidates is temporarily increased by (ΔD + ΔD ′). Overlap, the element 23 to which the lower number is assigned is temporarily increased by (ΔD + ΔD '), and then the process proceeds to step 21 where the distance from the cursor 24 is smaller. Element 23 of
Cursor 24 is positioned.

As described above, the cursor display control means 1
3 is for the option sheet type cursor movement processing and the cursor movement processing of step 1 in the matrix type cursor movement processing, by executing the processing flow of FIG.
Cursor 2 to element 23 that matches the user's visual sensation
4 is moved.

Next, the processing flow shown in FIG. 10 will be described. The cursor display control means 13 first performs the cursor movement processing in step 3 of the matrix type cursor movement processing, as shown in the processing flow of FIG.
In step 30, two candidates that have been listed as destination candidates
The distance between the two elements 23 and the direction line of the moving direction is determined, and the difference Δy between the two determined distances is determined by a specified determination value Δ
It is determined whether it is smaller than D or not. That is, FIG.
Δy (≡ | Δy2-Δy1 |) as shown in FIG. 2 (a) is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the obtained Δy falls within the size of ΔD.

When it is determined in step 30 that Δy is larger than ΔD, the process proceeds to step 31 in which the cursor 24 is positioned on the element 23 having a smaller distance from the direction line. That is, the cursor is positioned at the element 23 closest to the direction line in principle, as described in the processing flow of FIG. 5 without entering the following processing.

On the other hand, when it is determined at step 30 that Δy is smaller than ΔD, the routine proceeds to step 32, where
This time, the distance between the two elements 23 raised as candidates for the movement destination and the element 23 on which the cursor 24 is positioned is obtained, and the difference Δx between the obtained two distances is determined by the prescribed judgment. It is determined whether the value is smaller than the value ΔD. That is, Δx as shown in FIG. 12B is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the obtained Δx falls within the size of ΔD.

When it is determined in step 32 that Δx is larger than ΔD, that is, when there is a clear difference in the distance from the cursor 24, step 3
3, the element 23 having a smaller distance from the cursor 24 is temporarily increased by (ΔD + ΔD ′), and then the process proceeds to step 31 where the element 23 having a smaller distance from the direction line is determined. Cursor 24 is positioned. In accordance with the amplification process in step 33, the cursor 24 moves to the element 23 closer to the cursor 24 even if the distance between the moving direction and the direction line is somewhat large.

On the other hand, when it is determined at step 32 that Δx is smaller than ΔD, the routine proceeds to step 34, where
This time, the difference Δz in the horizontal direction between the two elements 23 raised as the destination candidates is determined by the specified determination value ΔD.
It is determined whether or not it is smaller than. That is, FIG.
Δz (≡ | Δz2-Δz1 |) as shown in (c) is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the obtained Δz falls within the size of ΔD.

When it is determined in step 34 that Δz is larger than ΔD, that is, when there is a clear difference between the left and right sizes of the two elements 23,
Proceeding to step 35, the element 23 having the smaller size in the left-right direction is temporarily increased by (ΔD + ΔD '), and then proceeding to step 31, the cursor is moved to the element 23 having the smaller distance from the direction line. 24 is positioned. In accordance with the amplification processing in step 35, when there is almost no difference between the distance from the direction line and the distance from the cursor 24, the cursor 24 moves to the smaller element 23 in the left-right direction. Will be.

On the other hand, when it is determined at step 34 that Δz is smaller than ΔD, the routine proceeds to step 36, where
The upper element 23 (the left element 23 when moving in the up-down direction) of the two elements 23 raised as the movement destination candidates is temporarily increased by (ΔD + ΔD ′). Overlap, the element 23 to which the smaller number is assigned is temporarily increased by (ΔD + ΔD ′), and then the process proceeds to step 31 where the distance from the direction line is smaller. The cursor 24 is positioned on the element 23 of.

Thus, the cursor display control means 1
3 is an element 23 adapted to the visual sense of the user by executing the processing flow of FIG. 10 for the cursor movement processing of step 4 in the matrix type cursor movement processing.
The processing is performed to move the cursor 24 to.

As described above, when the cursor movement key 25 is pressed, the cursor display control means 13 of the present invention establishes the closest correspondence located on the cursor movement side indicated by the pressed cursor movement key 25. By adopting a configuration in which the cursor 24 is skipped over a certain element 23, it is possible for the user to position the cursor 24 on the elements 23 scattered on the display screen without using the mouse 22.

In adopting such a configuration, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, (B) is placed inside the element 23 shown in (A).
When one or a plurality of elements 23 indicated by are included, inconvenience may occur.

That is, the outer element 23 shown in FIG.
(Hereinafter, it may be referred to as an inclusive element 23) to an inner element 23 shown in FIG.
The user may select the right cursor movement key 25 when defining that the cursor movement is enabled.
Is pressed, the cursor 24 positioned at the element 23 of (A) moves to the element 23 of (B), and then, when the user presses the right cursor movement key 25, the element 2 of (B)
The cursor 24 positioned at 3 is changed to the element 2 of (A).
After that, even if the user presses the right cursor movement key 25 to move the cursor 24 to the element 23 of (C) outside the element 23 of (A), The cursor 24 loops and the element 23 of FIG.
Inconvenience, such as moving to a location, occurs.

Therefore, the cursor display control means 13 executes the processing flow shown in FIG. 14 so as to perform processing to prevent occurrence of such inconvenience. That is, first, at step 40, the current cursor 2
It is determined whether there is an overlapping element 23 with the element 23 positioned at No. 4. If it is determined in step 40 that there is an overlapping element 23, the process proceeds to step 41, where it is determined whether or not the element 23 where the cursor 24 is currently positioned is completely included in the element 23.
That is, it is determined whether or not the element 23 currently positioned by the cursor 24 is an included element 23. When it is determined in step 41 that the element 23 is an included element 23, the process proceeds to step 42, in which a movement flag that is set to ON in step 44 described later is turned on.
It is determined whether or not is set.

Then, in step 40, the overlapping element 23
When it is determined that there is no cursor, when it is determined that the element 23 is not the included element 23 in Step 41, and when it is determined that the movement flag is set to OFF in Step 42, the process proceeds to Step 43 and the cursor movement is performed in a prescribed manner. The cursor 24 is moved to the element 23 corresponding to the designation of the cursor movement key 25 in accordance with the processing procedure, and in the following step 44, it is determined whether or not this cursor movement is a movement from the included element 23 to the included element 23. I do. If it is determined in step 44 that the movement is not from the included element 23 to the included element 23, that is, if it is determined that the movement is not from the inner element 23 to the outer element 23, the process ends. Conversely, when it is determined that the movement is from the included element 23 to the included element 23, the process proceeds to step 45, in which the movement flag is set to ON, and the process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 42 that the movement flag is set to ON, the process proceeds to step 46, where the movement flag is set to OFF, and the following step 47
Then, the cursor 24 is moved to the element 23 outside, that is, the element 23 outside the inclusion element 23, and the processing ends.

Thus, the cursor display control means 1
3 is to execute the processing flow of FIG. 14 so that once the cursor 24 is moved from the included element 23 to the included element 23, control is performed so that the reverse cursor movement is not performed. . If the user presses the right cursor movement key 25 according to the example of FIG. 13 according to this control process, the cursor 24 positioned at the element 23 of (A) moves to the element 23 of (B), Next, when the user presses the right cursor movement key 25, the cursor 24 positioned at the element 23 of (B) moves to the element 23 of (A), and then the user presses the right cursor movement key 25. When pressed, the cursor 24 positioned at the element 23 in (A) moves to the element 23 in (C) without looping to the element 23 in (B).

[0060]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the cursor movement key is pressed, the cursor is skipped to the element having the closest correspondence located on the cursor movement side pointed to by the pressed cursor movement key, so that the user does not need to use the mouse. It is possible to position the cursor on elements scattered on the display screen. Then, in this processing, the movement of the matched cursor can be realized by the visual sense of the user. Moreover, in this processing, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of an inconvenient operation in which the cursor movement loops.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of terms used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an embodiment of a positional relationship definition of a cursor movable element.

FIG. 4 is an example of a distance definition between elements that can move a cursor.

FIG. 5 is an example of a processing flow of a cursor moving process.

FIG. 6 is an example of a processing flow of a cursor moving process.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a cursor moving process according to the process flow of FIG. 5;

8 is an explanatory diagram of a cursor moving process according to the process flow of FIG.

FIG. 9 is an example of a processing flow of a cursor moving process.

FIG. 10 is an example of a processing flow of a cursor moving process.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a cursor moving process.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a cursor moving process.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of an element in a contained state.

FIG. 14 is an example of a processing flow of a cursor moving process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 data processing device 2 man-machine interface device 10 input / output control means 11 element information management means 12 element display control means 13 cursor display control means 14 first judgment means 15 specifying means 16 setting means 17 second judgment means 18 move Flag means 20 display device 21 keyboard 22 mouse 23 element 24 cursor 25 cursor movement key

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cursor movement processing method for positioning a cursor on elements scattered on a display screen, wherein a determination is made to determine which of four cursor movement keys for instructing movement of a cursor has been designated. Means (14), when the determination means (14) determines the designation of the cursor movement key, from among the elements located on the cursor movement direction side,
A specific means (15) is positioned is the by that element viewed positionally that identifies the element at the most close correspondence cursor, when said determining means (14) to determine the specification of the cursor movement keys, Setting means (16) for positioning the cursor at the element specified by the specifying means (15); and an element at the movement destination of the cursor being included in the element at the movement destination.
Determining means (17) for determining whether or not the cursor is included, when the determining means (17) determines the inclusion state,
Associated with the move process of the
Enter display process of non-execution instruction of cursor movement process to element
Moving flag means (18), and the specifying means (15) is not executed by the moving flag means (18).
When instructions are displayed, the inclusion
Cursor destination of element to be used for cursor movement to element
A cursor movement processing method characterized in that processing is performed so as to eliminate the specific processing . 2. A cursor movement processing method for positioning a cursor on elements scattered on a display screen, wherein a determination is made to determine which of four cursor movement keys for instructing movement of the cursor has been designated. Means (14), when the determination means (14) determines the designation of the cursor movement key, from among the elements located on the cursor movement direction side,
Identify the element that has the closest correspondence from the element where the cursor is positioned, and identify the element that has the closest correspondence and the element that has the closest correspondence thereafter. when it is determined that the difference in the tightness of the relationship is less than the specified, another relationship criterion as a criterion for measuring the corresponding relationship,
Alternatively, by specifying one of the two elements according to the attribute values of the two elements or the correspondence determination criterion and the attribute value, specifying the element in the closest correspondence relationship Means (15); setting means (16) for positioning the cursor at the element specified by the specifying means (15) when the determining means (14) determines the designation of the cursor movement key; and Judgment means (17) for judging whether or not the source element is included in the destination element, and when the judging means (17) judges the inclusion state, in association with the cursor movement processing, A movement flag means (18) for displaying a non-execution instruction of the cursor movement processing from the included element to the included element; and When instructions are displayed, the containing element A cursor movement processing method characterized in that processing is performed so as to exclude a specific processing as a cursor movement destination of an element which is a cursor movement processing to an element of conjugation.