JPH05197475A - Input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an input device which easily indicate a correct input position to a document processor. CONSTITUTION:The input device is constituted of a contact sensor part 1 which is provided with a surface where an original 5 is set on so as to output a signal expressing the coordinate of touch position at the time of touching on the surface, a position detecting part 2 which detects the touch position based on the signal and an detected position output part 3 which inputs the detected result of the detecting part 2 to the document processor 4. When the original 5 is placed on the contact sensor part 1 and touched with a part of the original 5, the touch position is detected by the detecting part 2 and the cursor of the document processor 4 is moved to a place corresponding to the touch position on an input screen 41.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device such as a word processor or a microcomputer, and more particularly, it enables input of characters or the like at an accurate position on a display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an input device of a document processing device such as a word processor or a microcomputer,
Keyboards and pointing devices are used,
The input position is specified by moving the cursor on the screen by operating the keyboard, or the input position is determined by touching the screen with a pointing device.

[0003]

However, in the conventional input device, it is necessary to indicate the input position with reference to the information previously displayed on the screen. Therefore, when inputting characters and figures on the screen in the same arrangement as the original, or when creating a document to be printed on standard size paper in which the entry position is specified, the input position cannot be specified easily. ..

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an input device which can easily indicate a correct input position to a document processing device.

[0005]

Therefore, in the present invention, there is provided a surface on which a document is placed, and a contact sensor section which outputs a signal indicating the coordinates of the contact position when the surface is contacted, and the contact sensor section. An input device is configured by a detection unit that detects the contact position based on the detection unit and an output unit that outputs the detection result of the detection unit.

[0006]

Therefore, when a document is placed on the contact sensor unit and a part of the document is contacted, the contact position is detected by the detection unit,
The detection result is input to the document processing device or the like, and the cursor on the input screen moves to the position corresponding to the contact position.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, the input device of the present invention is a plate-shaped contact sensor having a large number of conducting wires 11 and 12 extending in the X direction and the Y direction intersecting in a matrix at a slight interval. The position detection unit 2 that detects the contact position by detecting the X-direction and Y-direction conductive wires 11 and 12 that are in contact with each other in the contact sensor unit 1 and are in conduction, and the position detection unit 2.
And the detected position output unit 3 that outputs the position information detected by.

The conductors 11 and 12 of the contact sensor unit 1 are arranged at equal intervals, and the upper surface of the contact sensor unit 1 is
If necessary, place the manuscript paper 5
A soft sheet or the like is placed. When the manuscript paper 5 is placed on the contact sensor unit 1 and touches one position on the manuscript paper 5, that part is pushed down, and the X-direction conducting wire 11 and the Y-direction conducting wire 12 at the contact position are formed. Contact and conduct. In the position detection unit 2, by detecting the line that has been conducted,
The coordinates of the touched position are detected.

Next, the operation when the word processor 4 creates a document in which characters are arranged at the designated positions on the fixed form paper 5 using this input device will be described.

The fixed-form paper 5 is placed on the contact sensor unit 1, and first, the fixed-form paper 5 is brought into contact with the upper left edge A of the paper which is the reference position of the placed fixed-form paper 5. The position detector 2 detects the coordinates (x ₀ , y ₀ ) of the contacted position A and stores it as matrix information of the reference position.

Next, the character writing position B on the fixed form 5 is contacted. The position detection unit 2 detects the coordinates (x, y) of the contacted position B and calculates the relative position of the contacted position B by taking the difference from the coordinates (x ₀ , y ₀ ) of the reference position A. .. The calculated relative position information is sent from the detected position output unit 3 to the word processor 4. In the word processor 4 to which the relative position information is input, the cursor on the input screen 41 moves to the position on the screen corresponding to the character entry position on the fixed form 5.

From this position, characters can be input by the keyboard 42 in the usual manner to create a document in which the characters are arranged at the positions specified on the fixed form paper 5.

The contact sensor unit 1 may be of any type as long as it can specify the coordinates of the contact position.

[0014]

As is apparent from the description based on the above embodiments, in the input device of the present invention, the input position of the document processing device is set when the document in which the characters and figures are arranged is specified. It can be specified accurately and easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an input device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Contact sensor 11 and 12 Conductor 2 Position detector 3 Detection position output 4 Word processor 41 Input screen 42 Keyboard 5 Original

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A contact sensor unit having a surface on which a document is placed, which outputs a signal indicating the coordinates of the contact position when the surface is contacted, and a detection unit which detects the contact position based on the signal. And an output unit that outputs a detection result of the detection unit.