JPH05233144A - Position designation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability at the time of executing a complicated operation on a displayed object on a screen through the use of a mouse by providing a volume button for the container of the mouse. CONSTITUTION:A volume button 1 is added to the container 3 of the mouse. A change quantity detector 2 detects position information by moving the mouse and shift quantity by operating the volume button 1, and information is noticed to a work station 6 by a cord 5. A work station 6-side can control the state of the mouse based on the information. Thus, a state which cannot be controlled by a conventional function is controlled by using obtained information by the function detecting change quantity except for the change quantity of a position since the function is provided. Thus, the direction and the size of a buoy can systematically be controlled without altering an application program or without depending on the application program, and the buoy can be controlled by depending on an operated object.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a position specifying device for specifying a position on a screen of a computer terminal or a workstation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional position specifying device has a function of detecting its own position and making it correspond to a position, a moving direction, and a moving amount of a buoy on a screen, and a function of selecting an object by pushing a push button. It does not have the function of transmitting other information to the workstation. Therefore, controls other than those which can be controlled by these conventional functions can be performed only by the application.

[0003]

Therefore, in the conventional position specifying device, only the information regarding the conventional function can be transmitted to the workstation, and the control other than the control by the conventional function (for example, the orientation of the buoy and The size control) could only be controlled by the window system and application programs.

For this reason, when an attempt is made to perform control other than the information transmitted by the conventional position designation device (for example, the direction of the buoy is changed or the size of the buoy is changed), the application program controls the control. If you don't provide the functionality, you can't control,
In order to have such a function, the program had to be changed for each application program.

Further, even when the application program provides such control, the method of providing varies depending on the application program, so that unified control cannot be performed.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide the position specifying device itself with a function of detecting a change amount other than the change amount of the position of the conventional position specifying device without changing the window system or the application program. ,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a position designation device capable of uniformly controlling the direction and size of a buoy and controlling a state that could not be controlled until now.

[0007]

A position specifying device of the present invention is a position specifying device on a screen of a computer terminal or a workstation having a function of detecting a position on a two-dimensional plane. It has a function of detecting the quantity.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the position specifying device of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, 1 is a volume button, 2 is a volume button change amount detector, 3 is a mouse container, 4 is a ball, 5 is a code for connecting a mouse and a workstation, and 6 is a workstation. There is.

Then, the change amount detector 2 detects the amount of movement by moving the volume button 1, and the information is
Sent to workstation 6, workstation 6
The side can control the state of the mouse based on the information.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an example of the mouse of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, 1 is a volume button, 3 is a mouse container, 7 is a mouse button, and 5 is a code for connecting a mouse and a workstation.

The present invention can be realized and effective with the same function even in the case of an optical mouse.

[0013]

The operation of the position designation device such as a mouse is
It consists of a series of operations in which a buoy is moved to a specific object (for example, an icon) on the screen and the push button of the mouse is used to select it. In the conventional mouse, when the mouse is moved to the object, the information about the mouse can only be obtained visually from the screen, and at that time, the direction and size of the buoy are constant.

For this reason, when a very fine drawing such as CAD is designed on the screen, the buoy of the mouse is overlaid on the operation target object and the information is hidden. There is. In such a case, move the mouse again to check the information hidden by the buoy and perform the work, or the application program provides the control function for the direction, shape and size of the buoy. In some cases, it is necessary to work while controlling the buoy of the mouse using it.

In many cases, application programs that provide such functions do not have uniform control methods, and the buoy control must be performed by a method that depends on the application program used. .

Since the position specifying device of the present invention has a function of detecting a change amount other than the change amount of the position in addition to the conventional function, the information obtained thereby is used in the conventional function. By controlling the state that could not be done, the application program is modified, and the state of the position specifying device is unified without depending on the application program (for example, the direction and size of the buoy).
Can be controlled, and the buoy can be controlled depending on the operation target.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a position specifying device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an example of a mouse of this embodiment.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Volume Button 2 Change Detector 3 Container 4 Ball 5 Code 6 Workstation 7 Button

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A position specifying device on a screen of a computer terminal or a workstation having a function of detecting a position on a two-dimensional plane has a function of detecting a change amount other than a change in position. Positioning device.