JP3138512B2 - Mouse input method on touch panel - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pointing input system of a personal computer having a touch panel on an LCD screen, and more specifically, an input which enables operation equivalent to a mouse operation by a touch pen when executing application software of the personal computer. About the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mouse is widely used as one of pointing input devices for specifying a position on a screen of a CRT display such as a personal computer. A mouse is so called because its shape resembles a mouse,
The XY position information is read by electrically detecting the rotation angle of a sphere attached to the bottom surface. Can be operated with fingertips near the tip of the rat shape
It has buttons. For example, the mouse button having two buttons is "execute" when the first button is pressed, "cancel" when the second button is pressed, and the first and second buttons.
By pressing the buttons at the same time, processing such as "next instruction" can be performed. The mouse is characterized by high accuracy and good operability for small size and low cost. For this reason, computer equipment such as a personal computer is provided as a standard or an option.

[0003]

By the way, it is convenient to be able to perform the same operation as a mouse without actually connecting the mouse to a computer device or the like provided with a touch panel on the LCD screen. As one of the methods, it is conceivable to provide keys on the left and right separately from the touch panel and to specify a position with a touch pen. However, this method has a disadvantage that operations other than the touch pen must be performed, and the operation becomes complicated. Considering the conventional A Purikesho <br/> Nsofuto mouse emulation during the touch panel to realize the function of double-clicking the left and right buttons, it is necessary to realize a simultaneous depressing functions of left and right buttons. An object of the present invention is based on the above consideration, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mouse input method in a touch panel that can perform an operation equivalent to a mouse operation only by operating a touch pen.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a mouse input method in a touch panel according to the present invention employs a mouse operation method around a valid display area of an LCD which exists as an area for recognizing a position pointed by a touch pen. When an area for recognizing an equivalent operation is provided, and when the touch pen is pointed at a side area of the surrounding area, a cursor is moved corresponding to upper, lower, left, and right sides, and the pointer is pointed at a corner area of the surrounding area. Recognizes and processes one operation of the plurality of buttons of the mouse corresponding to the corner area, and performs an upper side area, a lower side area,
When you point to the left side area and the right side area respectively
Moves the cursor up, down, left, and right
Each of them is moved to a first corner of the four corners.
Area, the second corner area and the third corner area, respectively.
When the mouse button is pressed, the first button of the mouse is pressed down,
Depressing a second button and first and second buttons
Are configured to recognize the simultaneous depression of
Have been.

[0005]

According to the above arrangement, the mouse can be emulated only with the touch pen without performing another operation.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a mouse input type touch panel in the touch panel according to the present invention. LCD in the effective area 1 of the touch panel 14
An effective display area 2 is included. LCD effective display area 2 when pointing not shown pen their
The display showing the position of appears. This LCD effective display area 2
Is set in the LCD screen area 3 that includes the inside. L
By pointing the area other than the LCD effective display area 2 in the CD screen area 3, that is, the surrounding invalid display area 3a, an operation equivalent to a mouse operation is realized.

FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram showing the inside of the LCD screen area for explaining the surrounding area. The surrounding area is divided into an upper side area 5, a lower side area 6, a left side area 8, a right side area 7, an upper left corner area 9, an upper right corner area 10, and a lower left corner area 11. When the upper side area 5 is pointed with a touch pen (not shown), the screen scrolls upward.
And the cursor 2a moves upward. Similarly, when the lower side area 6, the left side area 8 and the right side area 7 are pointed, the screen scrolls down, left and right, and moves down, left and right respectively. Also, the upper left corner area 9
Is recognized as depressing a first button of a mouse (not shown). Furthermore, in the case of the upper right corner area 10, the depression of the second button is recognized, and in the case of the lower left corner area 11, the simultaneous depression of the first and second buttons is recognized.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit employing a mouse input method in a touch panel according to the present invention. Touch pen driver software for implementing a mouse operation with a touch panel and a touch pen when executing the MS-DOS application software is stored in the ROM 16. When the touch panel 13 is pointed by the touch pen 13, the information is transmitted to the CPU 15. CPU
When the position information sent from the touch panel 14 is the surrounding area, the unit 15 recognizes that the operation is a mouse operation corresponding to the position, and executes the processing. ROM1
6, MS-DOS application in RAM 17, W
The WINDOWS application software is stored.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of emulating mouse operation by this method.
It is a figure showing an example of the above-mentioned touch pen driver software.
Hereinafter, the specific operation of FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIG. With the activation of the touch pen driver, the CPU 15 determines whether or not there is an input from the touch pen 13 (step 1). If there is no input, no processing is performed (step 2). If there is an input, it is determined whether it is position information in the LCD effective display area or position information in the surrounding area (step 3). If it is determined that the information is the position information in the LCD effective display area, a process of displaying a dot at the corresponding position is performed (step 4). If it is determined that the area is the surrounding area, it is determined which part of the surrounding area is next (step 5). If it is a side area, proceed to step 6 and move the screen to the left, right,
Scroll up or down and move the cursor left, right, up, and down. In the case of the corner area, the process proceeds to step 7, where it is recognized that the left button is depressed, the right button is depressed, and the left and right buttons are simultaneously depressed corresponding to the upper left, upper right, and lower left corner areas, and the processing is performed.

[0010]

As described above, in the mouse input method in the touch panel according to the present invention, an area for recognizing an operation equivalent to a mouse operation is provided around the LCD effective display area, and the side area of the area is touched with the touch pen. When the pointing is performed, the cursor is moved in a direction corresponding to the side, and when a corner area of the area is pointed with a touch pen, one operation of a plurality of buttons of a mouse corresponding to the corner is recognized. Therefore, all mouse operations can be emulated by touch panel and touch pen operations. In addition, existing MS-DOS
The mouse operation can be emulated without changing the application and the WINDOW application.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a mouse input type touch panel in a touch panel according to the present invention;
(B) is a schematic diagram showing the inside of the LCD screen area for explaining the surrounding area.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit employing a mouse input method in the touch panel according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of emulating a mouse operation according to the present method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Touch panel effective area 2 ... LCD effective display area 3 ... LCD screen area 5 ... Upper side area 6 ... Lower side area 7 ... Right side area 8 ... Left side area 9 ... Upper left corner area 10 ... Upper right corner area 11 ... Lower left corner area 13 ... Touch pen 14 ... Touch panel 15 ... CPU 16 ... ROM 17 ... RAM

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-60-201425 (JP, A) JP-A-62-298823 (JP, A) JP-A-3-5806 (JP, A) JP-A-1- 306916 (JP, A) JP-A-5-46315 (JP, A) JP-A-2-42130 (JP, U) JP-A-2-38630 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ^7, DB name) G06F 3/00 G06F 3/03 - 3/033

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An area for recognizing an operation equivalent to a mouse operation is provided around an effective display area of an LCD which exists as an area for recognizing a position pointed by a touch pen, and the touch pen is placed on a side of the peripheral area. When pointing to the area, the cursor is moved corresponding to the upper, lower, left and right sides, and when pointing to the corner area of the surrounding area, one operation of the plurality of buttons of the mouse is recognized corresponding to the corner area. so as to be processed, the upper side region, lower side region of the side area, the left side region and right side
When you point to each area, move the cursor up
, Downward, left, and right, respectively , and the first corner region, the second corner region, and the like of the four corners of the corner region.
And when pointed to the third corner area,
Press the first button of the mouse, press the second button
Lowering and simultaneously pressing the first and second buttons
It is configured to recognize each
Mouse input method on touch panel.