JPH01180618A - Position controller for mouse pointer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of a mouse by using a position register and a pointer position setting device. CONSTITUTION:A mouse main body 10 contains a coordinate input device 11 and three mouse buttons 12-14. A controller 20 contains an instruction deciding device 21 which receives the output of the button 12, a position register 22 which registers the coordinate value, a coordinate memory 23 which stores the registered coordinate value, and a pointer position setting device 24 which sets the position of a mouse pointer. When the coordinate value given from a mouse is supplied together with reception of a 1st instruction, the input coordinate value is stored in the memory 23. Then the position of the mouse pointer is set at the position of the coordinate value stored in the memory 23 when a 2nd instruction is received. As a result, the mouse operability is improved.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a mouse pointer position control device.

(Prior Art) Mouses have become popular as input devices for computers. Normally, coordinate values are input by moving this mouse on a table, and manual input in a binary state can be performed by operating a mouse button equipped on this mouse. The characteristic of a mouse is that a mouse pointer is displayed on the screen of the display device to indicate the position of the mouse.
This is the point at which the mouse pointer moves based on the movement of the mouse. By moving the mouse while looking at the screen of the display device, the operator can move the mouse pointer to a desired position, and can easily specify any position on the screen.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional device, the only way to move the mouse pointer was to move the mouse itself, so there was a problem of poor operability. for example,
If it is necessary to alternately specify the upper right corner and the lower left corner on the screen, it is necessary to repeatedly move the mouse over a long distance on the table. Furthermore, when specifying an accurate position, delicate positional adjustments of the mouse are required, but with conventional devices, even if the exact same position is repeatedly specified, delicate positional adjustments must be made repeatedly each time. The work required a considerable amount of time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a mouse pointer position control device that can improve mouse operability.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a device for controlling the position of a mouse pointer that moves on the screen of a display device based on movement of the mouse. a command discriminator for determining commands; a coordinate storage device for storing coordinate values given from the mouse; and a coordinate storage device for storing coordinate values given from the mouse; a position register that stores values in a coordinate storage device; and a pointer position setter that sets the position of the mouse pointer to the position of the coordinate values stored in the coordinate storage device when a second command is given. , a display device that displays a mouse pointer on the screen at the position set by the pointer position setting device and a registered position pointer at the position corresponding to the coordinate values stored in the coordinate storage device; be.

(Function) By using the mouse pointer position control device according to the present invention, a position specified by moving the mouse can be registered by giving a first command. - Once registration is performed, no matter where the mouse pointer is located, the mouse pointer can be immediately moved to the registered position by giving a second command. Therefore, the operability of the mouse is significantly improved.

(Example) The present invention will be described below based on an illustrative example. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a mouse pointer position control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the mouse body 10 includes a coordinate manual device 11 and three mouse buttons 12. It is equipped with 13°14. The coordinate input device 11 is a device that provides coordinate values indicating the relative position of the mouse on the table.
Outputs two digital quantities as coordinate values. Additionally, the mouse buttons 12, 13, and 14 output binary data indicating whether or not the operator is pressing each button. The outputs of the coordinate input device 11 and the mouse buttons 13, 14 are connected to a host computer to which this mouse is connected, and are processed by software within this host computer.

The output of the coordinate input device 11 is also received by the control device 20. Control device 20 is also provided with output from mouse button 12 . The control device 20 is an embodiment of the mouse pointer position control device according to the present invention, and the control device 20 improves the operability of the mouse.

The control device 20 includes a command discriminator 21 that receives the output of the mouse button 12, a position register 22 that registers coordinate values, a coordinate storage device 23 that stores the registered coordinate values, and a mouse pointer position setting device. A pointer position setter 24 that performs
is provided.

The display device 30 is a display device such as a CRT, and displays a mouse pointer.

Next, the operation of this device will be explained with reference to the operation explanatory diagram of FIG. 2. In FIG. 2(a), the mouse body 1
0 is provided with three mouse buttons 12°, 13, and 14. A coordinate input device 11 is built into the mouse body 10 and is not shown in this figure. This mouse body 10 is connected to a console 40. The console 40 incorporates the control device 20 shown in FIG. 1 and a host computer. On the console 40,
A display device 30 consisting of a CRT display is provided, and a mouse pointer 31 is displayed on the screen.

When the operator moves the mouse body 10 on the table, the mouse pointer 31 moves on the screen based on this movement. By moving the mouse body 10 in this way, the operator can move the mouse pointer 31 to a desired position on the screen and press the mouse button 13 or mouse button 14 to give a desired instruction to the host computer.

In this embodiment, the mouse button 12 is a dedicated button for operating the mouse pointer position control device according to the present invention. By operating this mouse button 12, a first command and a second command can be given. The command discriminator 21 shown in FIG. 1 has a function of receiving a signal from the mouse button 12 and determining whether it is a first command or a second command. In this embodiment, when the mouse button 12 is double-clicked, that is, pressed twice in succession, this is determined to be the first command, and when it is single-clicked, that is, pressed only once, this is determined as the first command. is determined to be the second command. For example, such a determination can be made using 1
If there is no second click within a predetermined time period after the first click input, this is determined to be a single click, and if there is a second click within the predetermined time period, this is determined as a single click. All you have to do is build a circuit that recognizes this as a double click.

When the first command, ie, a double click, is given, the command discriminator 21 activates the position register 22. The position register 22 receives the coordinate value X given by the coordinate human power device 11 at the time of activation.

Y is stored in the coordinate storage device 23 and this coordinate value is registered. This coordinate value can be registered at any number of locations.

A plurality of registered coordinate values are sequentially stored in the coordinate storage device 23. Moreover, a registered position pointer is displayed on the screen of the display device 30 in correspondence with the coordinate values registered in the coordinate storage device 23. For example, if the operator moves the mouse body 10 to bring the mouse pointer 31 to the position shown in FIG. 23, and a registered position pointer 32a is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 23(b). FIG. 2(b) shows a state in which the operator performs a double-click operation at two additional locations, and the registered position pointers 32b and 32c are displayed.

In this way, the operator can move the mouse pointer 31 to a desired position and register that position by double-clicking the mouse button 12, and the registered position pointer 32 is displayed at the registered position. will be done. In this embodiment, the mouse pointer 31 is displayed as an arrow, and the registered position pointer 32 is displayed as a cross to distinguish them. In this embodiment, the mouse pointer 31 is moved to a position where registration has already been performed (that is, the mouse pointer 31 is moved so as to overlap the registered position pointer 32), and the mouse button 12 is double-clicked here. We have added a function that allows you to cancel your registration if this occurs. For example, in FIG. 2(b), if the mouse pointer 31 is moved to the registered position pointer 32a and the mouse button 12 is double-clicked, the registered position pointer 32a is unregistered, and the registered position pointer 32a is moved to the screen. will be deleted from When adding such a registration deletion function, the coordinate input device 11 must be
What is necessary is to perform an operation of checking whether or not the coordinate values X and Y given from . If the coordinate values X and Y are already stored, delete them; if they are not stored, register them as usual.

In this way, by registering at several locations, the operator can move the mouse pointer 31 to the registered locations at any time. Such movement of the mouse pointer 31 is performed by a single click on the mouse button 12. As mentioned above, when multiple locations are registered, these multiple coordinate values are stored in order in the coordinate storage device 23, but each time a single click is performed, the coordinate values are stored in the stored order. The mouse pointer 31 will move to the coordinate position. For example, as shown in FIG. 2(b), a registered position pointer 32a.

32b and 32c are registered in this order, if the operator single-clicks the mouse button 12 in this state, the mouse pointer 3 will move as shown in FIG.
It instantly moves to the position of the registered position pointer 32a where 1 indicates the first registered position.

Subsequently, one more single click will instantly move to the registered position pointer 32b, and another single click will instantly move to the registered position pointer 32c. Such movement is performed by the pointer position setter 24 referring to coordinate values in the coordinate storage device 23.

As described above, if the mouse pointer position control device according to the present invention is used, the mouse pointer 31 can be moved to a desired position registered in advance by simply operating the mouse button 12 without moving the mouse body 10. It can be moved. Therefore, for example, even if you need to specify the upper right and lower left of the screen alternately, the upper right and lower left will have -d,
Once the registered position pointer 32 is registered, the mouse pointer 31 can be moved by simply operating the mouse button 12. In addition, even when high-precision alignment is required,
- Once you have taken the time to finely align the position and register it, you can move the mouse pointer 31 to the same position the next time by simply pressing the mouse button 12.

In the above-described embodiment, the first command and the second command were distinguished by a double click and a single click, respectively, but the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and the first command and the second command are distinguished by a double click and a single click, respectively. It doesn't matter what form you take as long as it's possible. Further, in this embodiment, three mouse buttons are provided on the mouse body 10, and one of them is used as a dedicated button for giving the first command and the second command, but the number of mouse buttons is not necessarily three. There is no need, and there is no need to dedicate one button. Further, in the above embodiment, the location is registered by double-click input, but depending on the software used, the location may be registered dynamically by a program.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, by using the mouse pointer position control device according to the present invention, the mouse pointer can be easily moved to a pre-registered position, so that the operability of the mouse can be significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system incorporating a mouse pointer position control device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the system shown in FIG. 1. 10...Mouse body, 11...Coordinate human power device, 12
゜13.14... Mouse button, 20... Control device. 21... Command discriminator, 22... Position register, 23.
・・Coordinate storage device, 24 ・・Pointer position setting device, 3
0...Display device, 31...Mouse pointer, 32.
...Registered position pointer, 40...Console. Applicant's agent Mr. Sato Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device for controlling the position of a mouse pointer that moves on a screen of a display device based on the movement of a mouse, the device comprising: a first command and a second command given from the mouse; a command discriminator for discriminating; a coordinate storage device for storing coordinate values given from a mouse; a position register device that stores the coordinates in the coordinate storage device; and a pointer position setter that sets the position of the mouse pointer to the coordinate value stored in the coordinate storage device when the second command is given. and a display device that displays a mouse pointer on the screen at a position set by the pointer position setting device and a registered position pointer at a position corresponding to the coordinate values stored in the coordinate storage device. A mouse pointer position control device characterized by: 2. If a button on the mouse is operated two or more times in a row, the command discriminator determines this as the first command, and even if a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the first operation, the command discriminator determines that this is the first command. 2. The mouse pointer position control device according to claim 1, wherein if there is no operation, this is determined to be a second command.