JPH02278325A - Mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To move a mouse cursor for a long distance without taking up a mouse at the time of handling the mouse on a narrow plane by providing a moving direction data inversion means at the internal part of the mouse and providing a changing over switch selecting whether data is to be inputted to the moving direction data inversion means or not at the outer surface of the mouse. CONSTITUTION:The changing over switch 14 is connected to a contact B only while a depression button is depressed, and connected to a contact A except for above-mentioned case. When the mouse is moved without depressing the depression button, data on a moving amount and on a moving direction are transmitted from a sampling timer part 12 to a data format part 15 as they are, and the mouse cursor on a display surface moves as it is. When the mouse is moved while the depression button is depressed, data in the moving direction, in which a code is inverted, and data of the unchanged direction are transmitted to the data format part 15 through the moving direction data inversion part 13, and the mouse cursor on the display surface moves in the opposite direction to the movement of the mouse. Thus, an action taking up the mouse can be omitted in the case of operating the mouse on the narrow plane.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a mouse used as an input device for an information processing device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of mouse has a movement amount detecting section 11, as shown in a block diagram in FIG. Consisting of a sampling timer section 12 and a data formatting section 13, the amount of movement detected by the amount of movement detecting section 11 is counted by the sampling timer section 12 at regular time intervals, formatted into an output data format by the data formatting section 15, and outputted. be done.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional mouse described above moves the mouse cursor on the display surface of the input device by a distance proportional to the direction and distance in which the mouse is moved on the flat surface. To move the distance, 1
After each movement, the user has to lift the mouse to disable the movement amount detection unit, return the mouse to the starting position, and then move the mouse in the same direction as the previous movement, which results in poor operability. It has its drawbacks.

An object of the present invention is to provide a mouse that can omit the operation of lifting and moving the mouse when operating the mouse on a narrow flat surface by providing the mouse with movement direction data inversion means.

[Means to solve the problem]

The mouse of the present invention is a mouse that is used as an input device of an information processing device and outputs a moving distance and a moving direction.
It is constituted by having a moving direction data reversing means for outputting data with the sign of the moving distance inverted, and a changeover switch for selecting whether or not to output the detected data via the moving direction data reversing means. .

〔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.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a movement amount detection unit that detects the movement amount and direction of the mouse body, 12 a sampling timer unit that sets the detection time interval of the movement amount, and 13 a movement direction that inverts the data of the movement direction. 14 is a changeover switch; and 15 is a data formatting section for adjusting the output data format. Note that the changeover switch 14 is connected to the B contact only while the push button is being pressed, and otherwise connected to the A contact.

In this embodiment, when the mouse is moved without pressing a button, the data on the amount of movement and the direction of movement is sent directly from the sampling timer section 12 to the data formatting section 15, and the mouse cursor on the display screen moves accordingly. . On the other hand, when the mouse is moved while pressing the button, the moving direction data with the sign reversed and the unchanged direction data are transmitted to the data formatting section 15 via the moving direction data reversing section 13. As a result, the mouse cursor on the display surface moves in the opposite direction to the movement of the mouse. Therefore, when moving long distances on a narrow flat plate,
First, move the mouse in the direction you want the mouse cursor to move without pressing the push button.Then, by pressing the push button and moving the mouse in the opposite direction, the mouse cursor can be moved in the direction you want it to move.

From the above, in this embodiment, when moving the mouse cursor over a long distance on a narrow flat board, there is no need to perform unnecessary operations such as lifting the mouse and returning it to the starting position, improving operability. become.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the invention. Third
In the figure, 11 is a movement amount detection unit, 12 is a sampling timer unit, 31 is a reversal direction selector that determines which movement direction to reverse, 32 is a selector switch for controlling the reversal direction selector 31, and 13 is a movement The direction data inversion section 15 is a data formatting section.

In this embodiment, in order to move the mouse cursor over a long distance, for example from the lower left to the upper right of the screen, the selector switch 32 is used to select the left direction or the downward direction. After this, when the mouse is moved to the upper right, the direction is not selected by the selector switch 32, so the data from the sampling timer section 12 is transmitted as is to the data formatting section 15, and the mouse cursor is moved accordingly. Next, when the mouse device is moved to the lower left on the flat board, the sampling timer section 12
The data from is transmitted to the moving direction data inversion section 13 and then sent to the data format 15. As a result,
Move the mouse cursor towards the top right. By repeating these operations, you can move the mouse cursor over a long distance even on a narrow flat surface without having to make unnecessary movements such as lifting the mouse device and returning it to the starting position, improving operability. is improved.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a mouse having a movement amount detection mechanism, which has a movement direction data reversal means inside the mouse, and selects whether or not to input data to the movement direction data reversal means on the outer surface of the mouse. The provision of the changeover switch has the effect that when moving the mouse on a narrow flat surface, the mouse cursor can be moved over a long distance without having to perform unnecessary operations such as lifting and moving the mouse.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional mouse, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11... Movement amount detection part, 12... Sampling timer part, 13... Movement direction data inversion part, 14... Changeover switch, 15... Data format part, 31...
- Reverse direction selection section, 32... selector switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a mouse that is used as an input device of an information processing device and outputs a moving distance and a moving direction, a moving direction data inverting means outputs data with the sign of the moving distance inverted, and the moving direction data inverting means converts detected data into the moving distance. A mouse characterized in that it has a changeover switch for selecting whether or not to output the output via the mouse.