JPH06314168A - Pointer control system of pointing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of the pointing device as to the system which automatically moves a pointer to an optional position on a transition- destination screen at the time of screen transition for transaction processing utilizing the pointing device. CONSTITUTION:Screen identifiers of respective process screens and the logical initial coordinate values of the pointer ate stored in the storage device 13 in the figure 1 and each time the screen transition is made, a pointer control part 23 reads coordinate values corresponding to the screen identifier at a transition destination out of the storage device 13 and then sends a coordinate setting instruction to a pointing device control part 22 to move the pointer. Consequently, the pointer can be moved at the time of the screen transition without operating the pointing device, so the pointer movement time between screens is shortened and the operation efficiency is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pointer moving method for an information processing apparatus equipped with a pointing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in information processing devices such as document processing devices and graphic processing devices, CRT display devices have been used as output devices, and pointing devices have been used as input devices in CRTs. The current position of the pointing device is displayed as a pointer on the CRT and is recognized by the operator. In the process of information processing, the operator moves the screen when the screen transitions or the dialogue right moves from one screen to another.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication Nos. 3-242722 and 4-4
Japanese Patent Publication No. 306723 describes pointer display control in which one of the buttons of a pointing device is assigned exclusively for pointer movement.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional technique, when the screen is switched to another screen (B) as a result of some processing on the screen (A), the display position of the pointer is designated on (B). In order to do so, the operator needs to perform an operation of moving the pointer to (B), which causes a reduction in work efficiency in the processing in which screen transition frequently occurs.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and improves the operability of a pointing device by providing a control system for automatically positioning a pointer on a transition destination screen during screen transition. It is intended to be realized by adding software without any hardware changes or functional deterioration.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the following may be done. First, the screen identifier of each screen and the relative coordinate value on the screen are registered in the storage unit in advance. The initial coordinate value of the pointer of the transition destination screen can be obtained by reading the coordinate value corresponding to the screen identifier of the transition destination screen from the storage unit.

In order to move the pointer, the relative coordinate value on the transition destination screen read from the storage unit is converted into the absolute coordinate value on the physical screen in the CRT display device, and the coordinate setting command for the pointing device control program is sent. This is possible by converting the format and transmitting the coordinate setting command to the pointing device control program.

[0008]

According to the present invention, by registering the initial coordinate value of the pointer for each screen in the storage unit, the pointer is automatically moved to an arbitrary position on the screen of the transition destination when the screen is transited to a specific screen. Can be moved to.

[0009]

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus in the embodiment. 11 is C
It is an RT display device and displays a screen. Reference numeral 12 is a pointing device, and the pointer is displayed on the CRT display device 11. A storage device 13 stores information on the pointer movement position. Reference numeral 14 is a keyboard device. Reference numeral 15 denotes a system control device, which controls the entire system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of software operating inside the system controller 15. 21 is a business processing unit. A pointing device control unit 22 controls the pointing device 12. Reference numeral 23 is a pointer control unit that performs pointer movement processing. A screen processing unit 24 displays a business screen and a pointer.

FIG. 3 shows a specific example of registration information of the movement destination pointer coordinates in the storage device 13. A screen identifier 31 stores a unique character string. Reference numeral 32 denotes a pointer movement position, which stores an integer in which the vertical direction on the screen is the Y coordinate and the horizontal direction on the screen is the X coordinate. Reference numeral 33 is a flag for designating whether or not to move the pointer, and stores either "1" or "0".

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a specific operation of the present invention. Based on this, the relationship between the respective units in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 will be described. When a screen transition occurs in a certain business process, the business processing unit 21 requests the screen display processing unit 24 to display a business screen (step 41) and notifies the pointer control unit 23 of the screen identifier (step 42). The pointer control unit 23 searches the storage device 13 for a screen identifier 31 that matches the screen identifier received from the work processing unit 21 (step 43), checks the flag 33 (step 44), and acquires the pointer moving position 32 (step 43). 45), the coordinates are converted into coordinates on the physical screen of the CRT display device 11 (step 46), and converted into a pointer movement command recognizable by the pointing device controller 22 (step 47), and the command is sent to the pointing device controller 22. Execute (step 48). The pointing device control unit 22 requests the screen processing unit 24 to display a pointer according to an instruction from the pointer control unit 23 (step 49). As a result, the pointer is positioned at the coordinates on the screen stored in the storage device 13 each time a new screen is displayed.

FIG. 5 shows an example of screen display in the window system to which the present invention is applied. The "execute" button 52, which is a screen component on the screen 51 of the user, is selected from the pointer 55. As a result, the screen (53) of 53 is displayed, and at the same time, the pointer 55 is moved to the “confirm” button of 54 which is a screen component.

In this embodiment, the registration information of the pointer position in the storage device 13 is described as the screen identifier and the logical coordinate value stored in one logical table. However, the screen identifier and the logical coordinate value are stored. Is also associated with information such as screen component name or screen component number and divided and stored in two logical tables, the same effect can be obtained, and this method is also included in the present invention.

[0015]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, according to the present invention, the pointer movement at the time of screen transition can be performed without operating the pointing device, so that the pointer movement time between screens can be shortened and work efficiency can be improved. Can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information processing device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of software in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a specific example of registration information of destination pointer coordinates in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of pointer movement in the embodiment.

[Figure 5] Screen display example

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 display device 12 pointing device 13 storage device 14 keyboard device 15 system control device 21 business processing unit 22 pointing device control unit 23 pointer control unit 24 screen processing unit 31 screen identifier 32 pointer destination coordinate 33 flag 51 screen (instep) 52 " Execute button 53 Screen (Otsu) 54 Confirm button 55 Pointer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pointer control method comprising a storage unit for storing initial coordinate values of a pointer on a specific screen. 2. A pointer control method comprising a control unit for automatically moving the pointer based on an initial coordinate value of the pointer stored in the storage unit when a specific screen is displayed.