JPH02188820A - Mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the repetition of an operation where a mouse is moved and held up to be set again at its original position, then moved again in order to input the information on a large shift in the single direction by providing a holding means which holds the direction information received from a sensor part. CONSTITUTION:A sensor part 1 supply the moving direction information on a mouse to a holding means 2 and a selection means 4 via a signal line 11 and also supplies the shift value information to the means 2 and a process part 5 via a signal line 12. Then a direction information fixing instruction means 3 supplies the signals to both means 2 and 4 to acquire the valid direction information fixing instruction. Thus the means 2 holds the moving direction information received from the line 11 and supplies it to the means 4 via a signal line 21. At the same time, the means 2 selects the moving direction information received from the means 4 and the line 21 and supplies it to the part 5. Thus it is possible to input the necessary shift value with the movement carried out in a free direction after moving once the mouse in its original moving direction in case the information on a large shift of the single direction is inputted. Then the troublesome operations can be omitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a mouse used in an information processing device or the like.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of mouse, as shown in FIG. 3, the direction in which the mouse was physically moved, sensed by the sensor section, was directly provided to the processing section 5 as direction information.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional mouse described above, the direction information always corresponds one-to-one with the direction of the physical movement of the mouse, so in order to input large movement information in the same direction, you have to move the mouse and lift it up. It is necessary to repeat the operation of returning to the previous position and moving it again, which has the disadvantage that the operation is troublesome.

[Means to solve the problem]

The mouse of the present invention includes a sensor unit that outputs direction information and movement amount information based on movement of the mouse, a direction information fixing instruction unit that instructs fixing of the direction information, and a holding unit that holds the direction information from the sensor unit. and a selection means for selecting either the direction information from the sensor section or the direction information held in the holding means in accordance with the output of the direction information fixing instruction means.

The mouse of the present invention includes a sensor unit that outputs direction information and movement amount information based on movement of the mouse, a direction information fixing instruction unit that instructs fixing of the direction information, and a holding unit that holds the direction information from the sensor unit. It is characterized by comprising the following.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

When the mouse is moved, the sensor section 1 transmits the movement direction information to the holding means 2 and the selection means 4 through a signal line 11.
and provides movement amount information to the holding means 2 and the processing section 5 via the signal line 12.

In this embodiment, the direction information fixing instruction means 3 is realized by a push button switch, and while the push button is pressed, a signal for validating the direction information fixing instruction is sent to the holding means 2 and the selection means via a signal line 31. Give to 4.

When the direction information fixing instruction given from the signal line 31 changes from an invalid state to a valid state, the holding means 2 retains the movement given from the signal line 11 at the time when the movement amount information is given from the signal line 12 for the first time. It holds direction information and supplies it to the selection means 4 via a signal line 21. The moving direction information held in the holding means 2 continues to be held until the direction information fixing instruction becomes invalid. That is, even if new moving direction information is given, if the direction information fixing instruction is still valid, this moving direction information is ignored.

The selection means 4 selects the moving direction information given from the signal line 11 when the moving direction fixing instruction is in an invalid state, and selects the moving direction information given from the signal line 21 when the direction information fixing instruction is in a valid state, Signal 1fA41. It is given to the processing section 5 by.

The processing unit 5 receives the movement amount information given from the signal line 12 and
The movement direction information given from the signal line 41 is formatted as a set of information and is sent to the host device 7 via the host interface section 6.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the invention.

When the mouse is moved, the sensor unit 1 provides movement direction information to the holding means 8 via a signal line 11 and movement amount information to the processing unit 5 via a signal line 12.

In this embodiment, the direction information fixing instruction means 3 is realized by a push button switch, and while the push button is pressed, a signal for validating the direction information fixing instruction is given to the holding means 8 via a signal line 31.

The holding means 8 transfers the movement direction information to the signal line 1 while the direction information fixing instruction given from the signal line 31 is in an invalid state.
constantly updated with the movement direction information given by 1,
While the direction information fixing instruction given through the signal line 31 is in a valid state, the held moving direction information is not updated even if the moving direction information given through the signal line 11 changes. Holding means 8
gives the held movement direction information to the processing section 5.

The processing unit 5 receives the movement amount information given from the signal line 12 and
The movement direction information given from the signal line 21 is formatted as a set of information and is sent to the host device 7 via the host interface section 6.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention fixes the movement direction information with a means to hold it regardless of the physical movement direction of the mouse, so that when inputting large movement information in the same direction, the mouse moves once in the original movement direction. After that, the necessary amount of movement can be entered by moving in any direction, which has the effect of eliminating the troublesome operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional example. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Sensor section, 2... Holding means, 3... Direction information fixing instruction means, 4... Selection means, 5... Processing section, 6... Upper interface section, 7... Host device, 8... Holding means, 11... Signal line, 12... Signal line, 21... Signal = 5- quantity line, 31... Signal line, 41... Signal line.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) a sensor unit that outputs direction information and movement amount information due to mouse movement; a direction information fixing instruction unit that instructs fixing of the direction information; a holding unit that holds the direction information from the sensor unit; A mouse comprising a selection means for selecting either direction information from a sensor section or direction information held in the holding means in accordance with an output from the direction information fixing instruction means. (2) A sensor unit that outputs direction information and movement amount information based on mouse movement, a direction information fixing instruction unit that instructs to keep the direction information constant, and a holding unit that holds the direction information from the sensor unit. A mouse characterized by: