JP3284272B2 - Data input method and device / data input program recording medium - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, inputting data by moving a cursor displayed on a display screen of a display device using a pointing device such as a mouse when inputting data to a computer. The present invention relates to a data input method and apparatus thereof, and a recording medium storing a program to be executed by a computer using the present invention.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a keyboard is used to input characters, numbers, symbols, and the like to a computer.

[0003] In recent computer systems,
Data entry through a graphical user interface has also been used. For example, using a pointing device such as a mouse, move the cursor displayed on the display screen to a desired position, and press and release the mouse button with a finger, so-called click operation, or with the mouse button pressed with a finger A data input method and a data input device for inputting data by an intuitive and easy operation such as moving a cursor to a desired position and releasing a finger, that is, a so-called drag operation, have also been developed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the operator moves the input lever 51 displayed on the display screen to the position of the numerical scale 53 by a drag operation using a mouse. Further, the input value can be increased or decreased in display dot units by clicking on the increase / decrease buttons 52 displayed at both ends.

[0005] As shown in FIG. 14, the operator positions the cursor on the position of the input button 61 displayed on the display screen by using a mouse, and clicks the mouse to operate the input button 61 displayed at that position. It is configured to input data corresponding to 61.

[0006]

The keyboard input which is generally used requires skill in operation and is not suitable for elderly people. However, when inputting a lot of data, the keyboard is used. Is reality. Further, the above conventional graphical user interface data input method and a data input apparatus using a continuous de
Data input requires time and effort and has the following problems.

That is, in FIG. 13, for example, when the inputtable numerical value range is 0 to 100 and the display dot of the moving range of the input lever 51 is 101, the minimum unit of the inputtable numerical value is 1, and the integer value input is performed. Becomes When it is desired to input a numerical value below the decimal point, it is necessary to move the input lever 51 after directly inputting the data to the data display unit 54 using a keyboard or after changing the minimum unit of the numerical value. Therefore, it is necessary to frequently use the mouse operation and the keyboard operation according to the minimum unit of the numerical value, and the operation is complicated, and much time and labor are required for data input.

In FIG. 14, the operator positions the cursor at the position of the input button 61 displayed on the display screen using a mouse, and clicks the mouse to input numbers and the like to the data display section 62 sequentially. However, since such an operation is repeated by the number of digits of the input value, it takes a long time to input, and finger fatigue due to a click operation has been a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. By moving a cursor displayed on a display screen and inputting data, the operation of a mouse or the like can be performed easily. An object of the present invention is to significantly improve the operability and input efficiency of data input without fatigue.

A data input method according to the present invention is a data input method for displaying a cursor for position indication on a display screen and inputting data by moving the cursor in response to an external operation. One or more data display areas indicating one or more data to be input are displayed on the display screen in association with the indicated data, and invalid data input overlapping at least a part of the one or more data display areas is displayed. Arranging one or more regions, when the cursor on the display screen moves from inside to outside across the boundary of the data display region, or when moving from outside to inside, If the user does not move inside the data input invalid area, the user inputs data corresponding to the data display area of the crossed boundary.

However, in the data input method according to the present invention, when the cursor on the display screen moves from inside to outside across the boundary of the data display area, or when the cursor moves from outside to inside. In either case, and when moving within the data input invalid area, no data is input.

Further, the data input device according to the present invention displays a cursor for indicating a position on a display screen of a display device, and inputs data by moving the cursor according to an external operation. An area display means for displaying, on the display screen, one or more data display areas indicating one or more data to be input in association with the data, and one or more data displays A layer area display means for arranging one or more data input invalid areas overlapping at least a part of the area, and when the cursor on the display screen moves from inside to outside across a boundary of the data display area, Alternatively, the data table of the boundary line crossed when either one of when moving from the outside to the inside and when not moving inside the data input invalid area. Data input means for inputting data corresponding to an area; input data storage means for storing one or more data input by the data input means as input data in a predetermined storage area; Input data display means for displaying a result of data on the display screen.

However, in the data input device according to the present invention, the data input means is provided when the cursor on the display screen moves from the inside to the outside across the boundary of the data display area or from the outside to the inside. No data is input when one of the movements is made and when the movement is made inside the data input invalid area.

Further, in the data input device according to the present invention,
Input data storage means for storing one or more data input by the data input means as input data in a predetermined storage area, and input data display for displaying a result of the one or more input data on the display screen Means.

The data input device according to the present invention has a pointing device, and moves the cursor on the display screen according to the operation of the pointing device.

In the recording medium according to the present invention, a program for inputting data by displaying a cursor for indicating a position on the display screen and moving the cursor in response to an external operation is recorded. Displaying one or more data display areas indicating one or more data to be input on the display screen in association with the indicated data; and displaying one or more of the data. Arranging at least one data input invalid area overlapping at least a part of the area, and when the cursor on the display screen moves from inside to outside across the boundary of the data display area, or from outside. Data display of the border line that crossed if either one of the inward movements and if it did not move inside the data input invalid area Enter the data corresponding to the frequency, when moving within said data input disable region records a program to execute the steps do not enter a data, to the computer.

[0017]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data input device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the computer 1 has a display device 2 connected to a CPU 11, a memory 12, and a display control unit 13, and an input / output control unit 14
Is connected to the mouse 3 as a pointing device. The memory 12 has an operating system (O
S), the software of the data input program and the calling program according to the present invention using the graphical user interface is stored.

In addition to a mouse, a touch panel and an input tablet can be used as the pointing device. In addition, the computer 1 may include an external storage device, an input device such as a keyboard, a communication device, and the like in addition to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 1, but components that are directly related to the description of the present invention. And others are omitted.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the basic principle of the first data input method according to the present invention. The data display area 21 displayed as “1” corresponds to the data “1”,
The data display area 21 displaying “2” is the data “2”.
It corresponds to. Now, when the cursor 27 moves from the position A to the position B, data “1” is input. Also, when the cursor 27 moves from the position A to the position C, the data “1” is input. That is, the cursor 27
Moves from the inside to the outside across the boundary of the data display area 21, the data display area 2 of the boundary
This is a data input method for inputting data corresponding to 1.
However, a plurality of cursors 27 are not shown on the actual display screen as shown in FIG.

The CPU 11 of the computer 1
2 are sequentially executed.
First, the data input screen 20 and the image of each area are displayed on the display device 2 via the display control unit 13. By performing the control processing, data corresponding to each area is input when the cursor 27 crosses the boundary of the data display area 21 or when a mouse click operation is performed at the position of each area. The result of the input data is displayed on the display device 2 via the display control unit 13, and the input data is stored in a predetermined storage area of the memory 12, so that the input data becomes the input value of the calling program. Hereinafter, the data input program according to the present invention in software will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the data input screen 20 displayed on the display screen in the present embodiment. When the computer 1 starts executing, the data input screen 20 is displayed on the display screen. The data input screen 20 includes eleven data display areas 21, seven input button areas 22, a data input invalid area 23, a data display part 24, a title bar 25, and an end button 26. Note that FIG.
In FIG. 5, each data display area 21 is shown only by an outline in order to make the drawing easy to see, but it may be displayed on an actual input screen so that it looks three-dimensional.

On the data input screen 20, data display areas 21 are arranged in two horizontal rows at intervals without being adjacent to each other. An input button area 22 is disposed at the center and right end thereof. The data input invalid area 23 is formed in the entire horizontal direction of the data input screen 20 and the lower half of the upper data display area 21 and the upper half of the data display area 21. It is a rectangular area that covers half, and the data display area 21 included in the area is
The input button area 22 is set to overlap.

The data display area 21 is an area for inputting data corresponding to each data display area 21 by moving the cursor 27 based on the first data input method (FIG. 2) according to the present invention. is there. Also, cursor 2
7 is moved to the position of the data display area 21 and clicked, even if that position is included in the data input invalid area 23, the data display area 2 at that position
Data corresponding to 1 is input. Of course, a plurality of data display areas 21 may be arranged adjacent to each other.

The input button area 22 is an area for moving the cursor 27 to the position of the input button area 22 and, when a click operation is performed, inputting data corresponding to the input button area 22 at that position. Even when the clicked position is in the data input invalid area 23, data is input.

The data input invalid area 23 is an area in which no data is input, and enables the data display area 21 to be freely selected. That is, the cursor
When 27 moves inside the data input invalid area 23, no data is input. However, in the case of an input by a click operation of the mouse 3, the data input invalid area 23 is ignored.

The cursor 27 can be moved to an arbitrary position in the data input screen 20 or the display screen according to the operation of the mouse 3. Of course, the cursor 27 can be moved using a pointing device other than the mouse 3 or another input device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the movement of the cursor 27 in the embodiment of the present invention. However, in order to make the input method easy to understand, the arrangement of the data display area 21 in FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of each data input state when the cursor 27 moves as shown in FIG. Now, when the cursor 27 is located at the position D, and the area detected before the movement is not the data display area 21 but moves from the position D of the cursor 27 to the position E, the area “1” existing at the current cursor 27 position is changed. To detect.

When the cursor 27 moves from the position E to the position F, an area "2" existing at the current cursor 27 position is detected. At this time, data “1” is not input because the range in which the cursor 27 has moved from inside to outside across the boundary of the data display area 21 is inside the data input invalid area 23.

When the cursor 27 moves from the position F to the position G, an area "2" existing at the current position of the cursor 27 is detected. At this time, since the cursor 27 is moving inside the area “2”, it has nothing to do with data input.

When the cursor 27 moves from the position G to the position H, the data display area 21 does not exist at the current cursor 27 position, and the area before the movement is "2". Since data has moved from the inside to the outside across the boundary line 21, the data "2" is input.

When the cursor 27 moves from the position H to the position I, an area "1" existing at the current cursor 27 position is detected. At this time, since the area before the movement is not the data display area 21, it does not relate to data input.

When the cursor 27 moves from the position I to the position J, the data display area 21 does not exist at the current cursor 27 position, and the area before the movement is "1". Since data has moved from the inside to the outside across the boundary line 21, the data "1" is input.

As described above, the cursor 27 is used to input data by moving the data display area 21 of the data input screen 20. The input data is displayed on the data display unit 24.

In the present embodiment, the input button area 22 is used for inputting numbers other than numbers 0 to 9. For example, a control code such as “BS” for deleting the last data displayed on the data display unit 24 or the input data is stored in the storage area of the memory 12 for storing the input data, and the input is terminated. And "OK". By moving the cursor 27 to each of these input button areas 22 and performing a click operation of the mouse 3, data corresponding to the area is input and processed.

A cursor 27 is displayed on the data display area 21.
And when the mouse 3 is clicked,
Data corresponding to the data display area 21 is input.

Next, the data input operation according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the data input operation according to the embodiment of the present invention. The operation of FIG. 6 is started by the CPU 11 of the computer 1. The CPU 11 initializes each data in the memory 12 (S1). First, the data display area 21,
Each area range of the input button area 22 and the data input invalid area 23 is set. The current position of the cursor 27 is the position on the data input screen 20 shown in FIG. Then, an area existing at the position of the cursor 27 becomes a detection area.

In step 2 (S2), the display device 2
The data input screen 20 shown in FIG. This data input screen 20 includes a data display area 2
1, an input button area 22 and a data input invalid area 23 are displayed. Further, the data input screen 20 displayed on the display screen can be moved to an arbitrary position in the display screen, and it is desirable that the data input screen 20 be displayed in different colors for each area.

In step 3 (S3), the previous position information for storing the previous position is updated. However, in the early case,
The initially set current position becomes the previous position information, and thereafter, the detected current position is stored as the previous position in the previous position information and updated.

In step 4 (S4), the previous area information for storing the previous area is updated. However, in the early case,
The initially set detection area becomes the previous area information, and thereafter, the detected area is stored as the previous area in the previous area information and updated.

In step 5 (S5), an operation signal input to the CPU 11 from the input / output control unit 14 by mouse operation is processed. At this time, if it is not a click operation of the mouse 3, the process proceeds to S6.

In step 6 (S6), the current position of the cursor 27 on the data input screen 20 of the display screen is detected.

In step 7 (S7), the cursor 2
It is determined whether or not 7 has moved. Specifically, the current position of the cursor 27 and the previous position information detected in S6 are compared with each other, and if they are different from each other, it is determined that the cursor 27 has moved. If the cursor 27 has not moved, the process returns to S5.

In step 8 (S8), the cursor 2
7 is detected at the current position. In particular,
A search is performed to determine whether the current position of the cursor 27 is in the data display area 21 or the input button area 22.
Detect the result.

In step 9 (S9), it is determined whether or not the previous area information for storing the previous area is the data display area 21. At this time, if it is determined that it is not the data display area 21, the process returns to S3.

In step 10 (S10), it is determined whether or not the cursor 27 has moved in the data display area 21. Specifically, the area detected in S8 and the previous area information are compared with each other, and if they are different from each other, the cursor 2
7 is determined to have moved from inside the data display area 21 to the outside. At this time, the movement of the cursor 27 is interpreted as a command to input data. However, the process proceeds to S11 because the data input invalid area 23 exists. Also, cursor 2
If 7 has not moved in the data display area 21, the process returns to S3.

In step 11 (S11), it is determined whether or not the movement of the cursor 27 is outside the data input invalid area 23. That is, when the current position and the previous position information of the cursor 27 exist inside the data input invalid area 23, the process returns to S3.

In step 12 (S12), the previous area
Enter the data corresponding to the information area . The input numbers, symbols and control data are subjected to processing such as addition or deletion with respect to the input data stored in the memory 12 and stored.

In step 13 (S13), the result of the input one or more data is displayed on the data display section 24 of the data input screen 20.

In step 14 (S14), it is determined whether or not an input termination operation has been performed by the operator. That is, when the mouse 3 is clicked on the input button area 22 in which the input data is displayed as “OK”, the process proceeds to S15. Otherwise, the process proceeds to S16.

In step 15 (S15), one or more of the input data are stored in the memory 12 as input data.
And the data input is terminated.

In step 16 (S16), it is determined whether or not an operation to stop the input has been performed by the operator. That is, if the mouse 3 is clicked at the input button area 22 where the input data is displayed as “ESC” or at the position of the end button 26 of the title bar 25, the data input ends. In other cases, the process returns to S3 and data input is continued.

FIG. 7 shows that the operation signal in S5 of FIG.
6 is a flowchart showing an operation of data input by a click operation of a mouse 3. Input button area 2 in FIG.
2, or by moving the cursor to the data display area 21 and inputting data corresponding to each area when the mouse 3 is clicked.

In step 21 (S21), it is determined whether or not the operation signal from S5 in FIG. If this operation signal is other than the click operation of the mouse 3, this routine ends, and the process returns to S3 of FIG. 6 to continue the data input.

In step 22 (S22), the current position of the cursor 27 on the data input screen 20 of the display screen is detected.

In step 23 (S23), an area existing at the current position of the cursor 27 is detected. Specifically, the current position of the cursor 27 is displayed in the data display area 21,
A search is performed to determine which of the input button areas 22 is present, and the result is detected.

In step 24 (S24), it is determined whether or not the detected area is the data display area 21. If the detected area is the data display area 21, the process proceeds to S26.

In step 25 (S25), it is determined whether or not the detected area is the input button area 22. If the detected area is the input button area 22, the process proceeds to S26. In other cases, this routine ends, and the process returns to S3 in FIG. 6 to continue data input.

In step 26 (S26), the detected area is stored in the previous area information and updated. Then, the process proceeds to S12 of FIG.

As described above, by operating the mouse 3, the cursor 27 displayed on the data input screen 20 of the display device 2 is displayed.
However, desired data can be visually input simply by moving from inside to outside across the boundary of the data display area 21. Therefore, it is very suitable for numerical input work in design, manufacturing, analysis and the like using a computer. Each of these application programs calls the program in the above-described embodiment to execute data input, accepts input data stored in the memory 12 as input values, and can perform a target operation. It also has a great effect on all other data input operations.

Further, the data input screen 20 of the above embodiment is used.
, The data display area 21, the input button area 22, and the like may be arranged in the vertical direction.

In the above embodiment, when the cursor 27 on the display screen moves from the outside to the inside across the boundary of the data display area 21 by using another data input method of the present invention, You may comprise so that the data corresponding to the data display area 21 may be input. FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a basic principle of a second data input method according to the present invention. First, when the cursor 27 moves from the position A to the position B, data “1” is input. Also, when the cursor 27 moves from the position C to the position B, data “1” is input. However, a plurality of cursors 27 are not shown on the actual display screen as shown in FIG.

Next, FIG. 9 shows a plurality of data display areas 21.
Is an explanatory diagram of data input using a combination in which a data input invalid area 23 is superimposed on an adjacent area. When the cursor 27 moves from the position A to the position B, data “1” is input. Also, the cursor 27 is
When moving from the position A to the position C, no data is input because the movement is within the data input invalid area 23.
That is, in the plurality of data display areas 21 on which the data input invalid areas 22 are superimposed, no data is input even if the cursor 27 moves, so that the desired data display area 2
1 and data can be input.

FIG. 10 shows another example using a combination.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of one data input. When the cursor 27 moves from the position A to the position B, data “1” is input. When the cursor 27 moves from the position C to the position B, no data is input because the movement is within the data input invalid area 23.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of a data input screen 20 for alphabets in another embodiment. A to N
And data input screens 20 for O to Z are displayed in a superimposed manner, and the data display area 21 is associated with alphabets. The characters are not limited as long as they can be handled as data, such as hiragana, katakana, and symbols. Further, when data corresponding to “Repeat” in the data display area 21 is input, the currently stored data is input. However, since it is for inputting repeated data, data corresponding to “repeated” is not stored.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of a data input screen 20 arranged in a ring in another embodiment. By arranging the plurality of data displays 21 and the input button areas 22 in a ring shape, the distance from the center of the ring to each data display area 21 is equal, and the entire data display area 21 and the like are easy to see.

In addition, by using the present invention for the selection menu displayed on the display screen of the computer, the operation by the computer can be easily performed only by moving the cursor 27.

[0067]

As described above, according to the data input method and apparatus according to the present invention, data can be input visually and by a single operation, so that the input operation is easy and no skill is required. Also, since there is no need to perform a click operation with a mouse or the like, the user does not feel tired and minimizes the movement of the mouse. It enables input and greatly improves the operability and input efficiency of data input.

[0068]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a basic principle of a first data input method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a data input screen displayed on a display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing movement of a cursor 27 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of each data input state when the cursor moves as shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a data input operation in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of data input by a mouse click operation in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a basic principle of a second data input method according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of data input in which a data input invalid area is superimposed on a plurality of data display areas.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of another data input in which a data input invalid area is superimposed on a plurality of data display areas.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a data input screen for alphabets in another embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a data input screen arranged in a ring according to another embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen in a conventional data input device.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen in another conventional data input device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 computer 2 display device 3 mouse 11 CPU 12 memory 13 display control unit 14 input / output control unit 20 data input screen 21 data display area 22 input button area 23 data input invalid area 24 data display unit 25 title bar 26 end button 27 cursor

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cursor for position indication is displayed on a display screen of a display device, and a cursor for position indication is displayed on a display screen of the display device.
A data input method for inputting data by moving a cursor, wherein one or more data display areas indicating one or more data to be input are displayed on the display screen in correspondence with the data indicating the data. Arranging one or more data input invalid areas overlapping at least a part of one or more of the data display areas, wherein the cursor on the display screen crosses a boundary of the data display area from inside to outside When you move to
Or, when either one of when moving from the outside to the inside, and when not moving inside the data input invalid area, input data corresponding to the data display area of the crossing boundary line, and enter the data A data input method comprising not inputting data when moving inside an invalid input area. 2. A data input device for displaying a cursor for indicating a position on a display screen of a display device and inputting data by moving the cursor in accordance with an external operation, wherein the data input device includes: Area display means for displaying one or more data display areas indicating one or more data to be input in association with the indicated data; and data overlapping at least a part of the one or more data display areas A layer area display unit for arranging one or more input invalid areas, and when the cursor on the display screen moves from inside to outside across a boundary of the data display area,
Or, when either one of when moving from the outside to the inside, and when not moving inside the data input invalid area, input data corresponding to the data display area of the crossing boundary line, and enter the data Data input means for not inputting data when moved inside the input invalid area; input data storage means for storing one or more data input by the data input means as input data in a predetermined storage area; Data input means for displaying a result of one or more data on the display screen. 3. The data input device according to claim 2, further comprising a pointing device, wherein the cursor on the display screen is moved in accordance with an operation of the pointing device. 4. A recording medium in which a cursor for pointing a position is displayed on a display screen of a display device, and a program for inputting data by moving the cursor according to an external operation is recorded. And displaying, on the display screen, one or more data display areas indicating one or more data to be input, in association with the indicated data; and at least one of the one or more data display areas. Arranging one or more data input invalid areas overlapping the part, and when the cursor on the display screen moves from inside to outside across the boundary of the data display area,
Or, when either one of when moving from the outside to the inside, and when not moving inside the data input invalid area, input data corresponding to the data display area of the crossing boundary line, and enter the data A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute a step of not inputting data when moved inside an input invalid area.