JPH1040002A - Wireless multi-mouse system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a cooperated mouse operation even in the same window by arranging painters in respective windows in multiwindow environment and enabling multitask processing. SOLUTION: Indication signals from transmission parts 30A and 30B when wireless mice 3A and 3B and respective indication buttons are operated are received by reception parts 10A and 10B, and mouse control circuits 11A and 11B cooperate pointers in windows with the wireless mice. An input detecting circuit 12 processes input signal from a keyboard 2 and the wireless mice 3A and 3B and a signal control circuit 13 which inputs its result monitors the operation state of the keyboard 2, etc., with the process signal of the input detecting circuit 12 and inputs information conforming to respective instructions to a CPU 14. A painter control circuit 15 calculates the positions of the wireless mice 3A and 3B and the movement quantities of the pointers and sends them to an image forming circuit 16, so that output data of a painter control circuit 15 is outputted as an image to a display 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless multi-mouse input system, and more particularly to a personal computer having a plurality of wireless mice for inputting information.
The present invention relates to a wireless multi-mouse input method in an information processing device such as a word processor and an engineering workstation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional information processing apparatus, a mouse is directly attached to a mouse connection terminal of a main unit through a pin jack, or an adapter having a receiving unit corresponding to a transmitting unit of a wireless mouse is provided in the main unit. It was connected to the mouse connection terminal through a pin jack.

[0003] Further, since only one mouse is connected, in a multi-window environment, a task is performed by moving a pointer over individual work windows to create a task.

[0004]

In a conventional information processing apparatus in which the main unit does not have a built-in receiving unit corresponding to the transmitting unit of the wireless mouse, the adapter having the receiving unit is connected to the mouse connection terminal of the main unit. Since the connection was made through a pin jack, there was a problem that the installation place of the adapter was restricted.

Also, the main unit does not have a plurality of receiving units for receiving signals from a plurality of wireless mice,
Because the software that gives operation instructions does not support multitasking environments, it is not possible to place a pointer on individual work windows in a multi-window environment to achieve multitasking, and to cooperate on the same window There was a problem that mouse operation could not be performed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to form a circuit having a plurality of receiving sections in a main body device so that information can be efficiently input by a plurality of wireless mice and a plurality of pointers on a display. It is to provide a multi-mouse input method.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a plurality of wireless mice for operating an application on a window displayed on a display and a signal transmitted from a transmitting unit of each wireless mouse are received. A wireless multi-mouse input method is provided, comprising: a main body device having a receiving unit; and a plurality of pointers that move in synchronization with the movement of the wireless mouse provided on the window.

Further, a wireless multi-mouse input method is provided, wherein a plurality of the pointers are individually arranged on each of the plurality of windows displayed on the display.

Further, there is provided a wireless multi-mouse input system having a configuration in which a plurality of the pointers are arranged on one window displayed on the display.

[0010] Furthermore, the main unit includes a receiving unit, a mouse control circuit for associating the pointer on the window being worked with the wireless mouse by a signal received from the receiving unit, and a keyboard control unit. An input detection circuit that determines and processes an input signal and an input signal from the wireless mouse as independent signals, and monitors operation states of the keyboard and the wireless mouse with the signal processed by the input detection circuit. A signal control circuit for converting information in accordance with each instruction as needed into data, a CPU for executing an instruction of an application according to a processing procedure based on data from the signal control circuit, a position of the wireless mouse and a pointer for the pointer. A pointer control circuit for calculating a movement amount and outputting data of the calculation result; Wireless multi mouse input mode, characterized in that by imaging the output data of the circuit and an imaging circuit for outputting to the display are obtained.

[0011]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are a system block diagram and a perspective view, respectively, showing an embodiment of the wireless multi-mouse input system of the present invention.

First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
A keyboard 2 for inputting information to the main unit 1 by a user operation, and two wireless mice 3A and 3B
And a display 4 capable of displaying a plurality of windows under the control of the main unit 1.

Each wireless mouse 3A, 3B
Have transmission units 30A and 30B for transmitting instruction signals, respectively.

The main unit 1 includes receiving units 10A and 10B for receiving instruction signals from the transmitting units 30A and 30B of the wireless mice 3A and 3B, and receiving units 10A and 10B.
Control circuit 1 for associating the pointer on the work window with the wireless mouse by the signal received from the
1A, 11B, an input detection circuit 12 that determines an input signal from the keyboard 2 and an input signal from the wireless mouse 3A, 3B as independent signals and processes the signals, and a keyboard 2 based on the signals processed by the input detection circuit 12. And a signal control circuit 13 for monitoring the operation state of the wireless mouses 3A and 3B and converting information according to each command as needed into data, and instructing an application according to a processing procedure based on data from the signal control circuit 13. A CPU 14 to be executed, a pointer control circuit 15 for calculating the positions of the wireless mice 3A and 3B and the amount of movement of the pointer and outputting data of the calculation result, and outputting the output data of the pointer control circuit 15 to the display 4 And an output imaging circuit 16.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

An instruction signal when the user moves the wireless mouse 3A, 3B and when the instruction button 31A, 31B is pressed is transmitted from the transmission units 30A, 30B, and the reception units 10A, 10B receive this instruction signal. .

The mouse control circuits 11A and 11B respond to signals received from the receiving units 10A and 10B, respectively, as shown in FIG.
Pointers 41A and 41B on the work window 40 shown in FIG.
And the wireless mouse 3A, 3B.

The input detection circuit 12 is connected to the keyboard 2
And the input signals from the wireless mice 3A and 3B are determined as independent signals and processed, and the processing result is input to the signal control circuit 13.

The signal control circuit 13 uses the signal processed by the input detection circuit 12 to control the keyboard 2 and the wireless mouse 3.
The operation states of A and 3B are monitored, and information according to each command is converted into data as needed and input to the CPU 14.

The CPU 14 executes an application instruction in accordance with the processing procedure based on the data from the signal control circuit 13, and the pointer control circuit 15 calculates the position of the wireless mouse 3A, 3B and the amount of movement of the pointer. When the data of the calculation result is output, the imaging circuit 16 converts the output data of the pointer control circuit 15 into an image and outputs the image to the display 4, and an image is displayed on the display 4.

Next, FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a state in which an application is operated on a window in the present embodiment.

The user moves the pointer 41A to the window 40 (shown in FIG. 3) using the wireless mouse 3A, and moves the pointer 31A by moving the wireless mouse 3A.
Pressing A causes an input state, and similarly, moving the wireless mouse 3B and pressing the instruction button 31B causes an input state, so that the user can perform an input operation independent of the wireless mice 3A and 3B.

FIG. 3 shows a work window 4 of the display 4.
The operation of drawing a straight line on the line 0 is shown, and the user selects the command "Draw a line" from the menu 42, inputs the writing position using the wireless mouse 3A and the pointer 41A, and furthermore, the wireless mouse 3B and the pointer 41B. And shows the state where the end point is input and a line is drawn.
As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to perform a coordinated operation using two mice on the same window.

Next, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a state in which an application is operated on the multi-window according to the present embodiment.

In a multi-window environment, the user uses the wireless mouse 3A and 3B to move the pointer 4
1A and 41B respectively to move window 40A
And on the window 40B. Thus, on operation screens with different applications, the user can give independent instructions using the wireless mice 3A and 3B.
You can create and edit data at the same time.

In this embodiment, two sets of wireless mice and pointers are shown, but the number of sets is not limited to two, and it goes without saying that three or more sets may be provided.

[0028]

As described above, the present invention provides a plurality of wireless mice for operating applications on windows displayed on a display, and a receiving unit for receiving a signal transmitted from a transmitting unit of each wireless mouse. And a plurality of pointers that move in synchronization with the movement of the wireless mouse provided on the window, and that a plurality of pointers are individually provided on each of the plurality of windows displayed on the display. By having a configuration in which a plurality of pointers are disposed on one window displayed on the display, the main unit further includes a receiving unit and a signal received from the receiving unit. Between the pointer on the active window and the wireless mouse Mouse control circuit, an input detection circuit that determines and processes the input signal from the keyboard and the input signal from the wireless mouse as independent signals, and operates the keyboard and the wireless mouse by the signal processed by the input detection circuit A signal control circuit that monitors the state and converts information according to each instruction as needed, a CPU that executes an application instruction according to a processing procedure based on data from the signal control circuit, and a position of a wireless mouse And a pointer control circuit that calculates the amount of movement of the pointer and outputs data of the calculation result, and an imaging circuit that images output data of the pointer control circuit and outputs the data to a display. The mouse can be used at the same time, and multiple windows opened on the display Since the task by being placed a pointer corresponding to the number has the effect that the efficiency can be improved operation instruction.

Further, there is an effect that the cooperative work can be performed by each wireless mouse by pointing to the individual pointers on the same window.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a wireless multi-mouse input method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a wireless multi-mouse input method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an application is operated on a window in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an application is operated on a multi-window according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 main unit 2 keyboard 3A, 3B wireless mouse 4 display 10A, 10B receiving unit 11A, 11B mouse control circuit 12 input detection circuit 13 signal control circuit 14 CPU 15 pointer control circuit 16 imaging circuit 30A, 30B transmission unit 31A, 31B Instruction buttons 40, 40A, 40B Window 41A, 41B Pointer 42 Menu

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A main unit comprising: a plurality of wireless mice for performing application operations on windows displayed on a display; and a receiving unit for receiving a signal transmitted from a transmitting unit of each wireless mouse; A wireless multi-mouse input method, comprising: a plurality of pointers that move in synchronization with the movement of the wireless mouse provided above. 2. The wireless multi-mouse input method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said pointers are individually arranged on each of said plurality of windows displayed on said display. 3. The wireless multi-mouse input method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said pointers are arranged on one of said windows displayed on said display. 4. The main unit comprises: a receiving unit; a mouse control circuit for associating the pointer on the window being operated with the wireless mouse by a signal received from the receiving unit; and an input from a keyboard. A signal and an input signal from the wireless mouse are determined as independent signals and processed by an input detection circuit, and the signals processed by the input detection circuit are used to monitor operation states of the keyboard and the wireless mouse to monitor each signal. A signal control circuit for converting information according to the command as needed into data, a CPU for executing an application instruction in accordance with a processing procedure based on data from the signal control circuit, a position of the wireless mouse, and movement of the pointer A pointer control circuit for calculating an amount and outputting data of the calculation result; and an output of the pointer control circuit. The wireless multi-mouse input method according to claim 1, further comprising: an imaging circuit that images data and outputs the data to the display.