JPH0546311A - Mouse pointing operation control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To move a mouse cursor by judging a rectangular area of a moving destination intended by a user from the moving direction of the mouse cursor. CONSTITUTION:When a mouse 10 is moved, a moving direction calculating means 5 calculates the moving direction of a mouse cursor on a display 2 by referring to mouse cursor information 8 stored in a memory 3, a rectangular area specifying means 6 specifies a rectangular area on the display 2 being the nearest from the present mouse cursor position toward the calculated moving direction by referring to rectangular area information 9 stored in the memory 3, a center position calculating means 7 derives a center position of the specified rectangular area, and a mouse cursor moving means 4 moves a mouse cursor to the derived center position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a user interface for operating a data processing apparatus such as a personal computer, and more particularly to a mouse pointing operation control system for improving pointing operation when a mouse is used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional mouse pointing operation control system, it is necessary to move the mouse on the desk from the current position of the mouse cursor on the display to the target position to be moved in proportion to the moving amount.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional pointing motion control system is very useful when it is necessary to accurately point at an arbitrary position on the display in 1-dot units as in graphic processing. However, when a finite number of rectangular areas exist on the display like the menu selection found in the window system and an item is selected by pointing at one point in a specific rectangular area, There was such a problem.

Since it is necessary to move the mouse on the desk to the target position in proportion to the distance on the display, the operation becomes complicated.

When pointing outside the rectangular area, the pointing becomes invalid, but since the mouse cursor can move outside the rectangular area, an operation error may occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide a mouse pointing operation control system for moving a mouse cursor by determining a moving destination rectangular area intended by the user from the moving direction of the mouse cursor. To do.

[0007]

A mouse pointing operation control system of the present invention is a data processing device equipped with a mouse which is a pointing device on a display.
Storage means for storing the current coordinates of the mouse cursor indicating the position of the mouse on the display and the coordinates after a certain period of time and the coordinates of a plurality of rectangular areas set on the display, and the storage means A moving direction calculating means for calculating the moving direction of the mouse cursor from the current coordinates of the mouse cursor and the coordinates after a certain time has passed, and a rectangle closest to the current mouse cursor position in the moving direction calculated by the moving direction calculating means. A rectangular area specifying means for specifying an area by referring to the coordinates of a plurality of rectangular areas of the storage means; and a center position calculating means for obtaining the center position of the rectangular area specified by the rectangular area specifying means,
And a mouse cursor moving means for moving the mouse cursor to the position calculated by the center position calculating means.

[0008]

In the mouse pointing operation control system of the present invention, the storage means stores the current coordinates of the mouse cursor indicating the position of the mouse on the display and the coordinates after a predetermined time has passed, and a plurality of rectangular areas set on the display. The moving direction calculating means calculates the moving direction of the mouse cursor from the current coordinates of the mouse cursor stored in the storing means and the coordinates after a lapse of a certain time, and the rectangular area specifying means calculates by the moving direction calculating means. The rectangular area closest to the current mouse cursor position in the specified moving direction is specified by referring to the coordinates of a plurality of rectangular areas of the storage means, and the center position calculation means is specified by the rectangular area specifying means. The center position of the mouse is calculated, and the mouse cursor moving means moves the mouse cursor to the position calculated by the center position calculating means. .

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a data processing apparatus to which a mouse pointing operation control system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. This data processing device includes a data processing device control unit 1, a display 2, a memory 3 as a storage unit, and a mouse cursor moving unit 4.
A moving direction calculating means 5, a rectangular area specifying means 6, a center position calculating means 7, mouse cursor information 8 stored in the memory 3, rectangular area information 9 also stored in the memory 3, It is composed of the mouse 10.

The data processing device controller 1 controls the entire data processing device.

The display 2 displays data processed by the data processing device controller 1, a plurality of rectangular areas and a mouse cursor.

The memory 3 stores mouse cursor information 8 and rectangular area information 9.

The mouse cursor moving means 4 is means for moving the mouse cursor to a designated position.

The moving direction calculating means 5 is means for calculating the moving direction of the mouse cursor from the current coordinates of the mouse cursor and the coordinates after a certain time has elapsed.

The rectangular area specifying means 6 is means for specifying the closest rectangular area from the current mouse cursor position in the moving direction of the mouse cursor.

The center position calculating means 7 is means for calculating the center point of the rectangular area.

The mouse cursor information 8 holds the current coordinates of the mouse cursor and the coordinates after a certain time has elapsed.

The rectangular area information 9 holds the coordinates of the four corners of each of the plurality of rectangular areas displayed on the display 2.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a display state of the display 2. Point A is the current position of the mouse cursor. A group of n (positive integer) rectangular areas R1 to Rn displayed on the upper part of the display 2 is a menu bar, and the user positions the mouse cursor at one point in any of these rectangular areas. By pointing with the mouse 10 with the mouse, the corresponding items I1 to In can be selected.

Next, the operation of the mouse pointing operation control system of the present embodiment thus constructed will be described. Note that, here, an operation when the user moves the mouse cursor from the point A in FIG. 2 to the midpoint B of the rectangular area R3 and further to the midpoint C of the rectangular area R2 will be described.

The current position of the mouse cursor is point A.

First, when the user moves the mouse cursor from the point A at the current position in the direction of the rectangular area R3 for a certain period of time to reach the point A ', the data processing device controller 1
Activates the moving direction calculating means 5 to calculate the moving direction of the mouse cursor.

Next, the data processing device control section 1 operates the rectangular area specifying means 6 and moves the mouse cursor from the calculation result of the moving direction of the mouse cursor and the rectangular area information 9 stored in the memory 3. The closest rectangular area existing in the direction is specified as the rectangular area R3.

Subsequently, the data processor control unit 1 determines the rectangular area R3 from the rectangular area information 9 stored in the memory 3.
The coordinates of the four corners are searched and the center position calculating means 7 is operated to calculate the center point B of the rectangular region R3.

Next, the data processing device controller 1 operates the mouse cursor moving means 4 to move the mouse cursor to the center point B of the rectangular area R3.

As described above, the mouse cursor can be moved from the point A outside the menu bar to the point B inside the menu bar.

Next, when the user moves the mouse cursor from the point B toward the rectangular area R2 for a certain period of time to reach the point B ', the data processing device control section 1 operates the movement direction calculation means 5. Then, the moving direction of the mouse cursor is calculated.

Next, the data processing device control unit 1 activates the rectangular area specifying means 6 to move the mouse cursor from the calculation result of the moving direction of the mouse cursor and the rectangular area information 9 stored in the memory 3. The closest rectangular area existing in the direction is specified as the rectangular area R2.

Subsequently, the data processor control unit 1 determines the rectangular area R2 from the rectangular area information 9 stored in the memory 3.
The coordinates of the four corners are searched, the center position calculation means 7 is activated, and the center point C of the rectangular region R2 is calculated.

Finally, the data processing device controller 1 activates the mouse cursor moving means 4 to move the mouse cursor to the center point C of the rectangular area R2.

As described above, the mouse cursor can be moved from the point B to the point C in the menu bar.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, the amount of movement of the mouse on the desk is determined by moving the mouse cursor by judging the rectangular area of the destination intended by the user from the moving direction of the mouse cursor. The effect is that it can be reduced.

Further, it is possible to prevent accidental movement to a region other than the rectangular area, so that pointing errors can be reduced.
This has the effect of freeing the user from the hassle of pointing operations.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mouse pointing operation control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a positional relationship between a mouse cursor and a rectangular area on the display in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 data processing device control unit 2 display 3 memory (storage means) 4 mouse cursor moving means 5 moving direction calculating means 6 rectangular area specifying means 7 center position calculating means 8 mouse cursor information 9 rectangular area information 10 mouse

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data processing device comprising a mouse, which is a pointing device on a display, wherein the current coordinates of a mouse cursor indicating the position of the mouse on the display and the coordinates after a lapse of a predetermined time and a plurality of coordinates set on the display. And a moving direction calculating means for calculating the moving direction of the mouse cursor from the current coordinates of the mouse cursor stored in the storing means and the coordinates after a lapse of a certain time, and the moving direction. Rectangular area specifying means for specifying the rectangular area closest to the current mouse cursor position in the moving direction calculated by the calculating means by referring to the coordinates of the plurality of rectangular areas in the storage means; The center position calculating means for obtaining the center position of the rectangular area specified by Mouse Pointing operation control method characterized by having a cursor moving means for moving the mouse cursor to the calculated position Ri.