JPH11353088A - Device and method for controlling cursor display position - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cursor display position controller for speedily moving a cursor to a previously designated cursor coordinate position through keyboard operation. SOLUTION: Concerning the cursor display position controller provided with a data processor 14 for performing control from an input device 10 or control of judging processing or the like, storage device 16 for storing one or plural pieces of information defined in advance and output device 18 such as a display, allocation keys and coordinates are previously stored by key operation. In this case, when the cursor is lost in the middle of application software working or the like, the cursor is moved to the designated position by performing the predetermined key operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cursor display position control device and method, and more particularly to a cursor display position control device and method for displaying a cursor at a designated coordinate on a display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional cursor display position control method described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-208719 discloses a display device, a pointing device, an input device, a display unit, a window operation detection processing means, And home position return means. In this cursor display position control method, the window operation detection processing means detects the window update operation at the time of generation, deletion, or switching of the foreground display, and notifies the home position return means of the event. However, the cursor is moved to the home position only when the window is switched.

For example, when running software on a computer, when performing an operation such as switching a window appearing on a display device using a mouse, the cursor is often lost. This tendency is particularly remarkable in the case of a liquid crystal display.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional cursor position control method is designed so that the movement of the cursor to the home position is executed only when the window is switched. There is a problem in that even if you lose the cursor during some other work, the function by this method does not work. Therefore, it has been demanded to move the cursor to a predetermined area of the display in order to prevent the cursor from being lost, thereby facilitating the next operation.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to move the cursor to the home position not only when switching windows, but also when the user loses his / her cursor while working on a computer. Cursor display position control apparatus and method capable of moving a cursor to a designated position by using one or more methods such as key operation in advance by defining one or more display positions on a display device Is to provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a program for executing the above method is recorded.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a cursor display position control device for controlling a display position of a cursor on a display, comprising: an input device such as a keyboard; An assignment key that is a key for executing a movement command, a storage device that can store a plurality of cursor coordinates for specifying a cursor movement location, and an assignment key and a cursor for executing the cursor movement command by input from an input device. An information defining means for defining information in which a cursor coordinate for specifying a moving location is stored in a storage unit in advance; and an assignment key input from an input device is monitored. Key input monitoring means for reading the cursor coordinates to be read, and a cursor for moving the cursor to the read cursor coordinates Characterized in that it comprises a data processing device having a location correlating means.

According to the present invention, in a cursor display position control method for controlling a display position of a cursor on a display, an assignment key which is a key for executing a cursor movement command, and a cursor for specifying a cursor movement position A step of pre-storing coordinates and a step of monitoring an assigned key and reading a corresponding cursor coordinate if the key is a stored assigned key, and moving a cursor to the read cursor coordinates. Characterized by

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a cursor display position control device of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a cursor display position control device according to the present invention includes an input device 10 such as a keyboard, a pointing device 12 such as a mouse, and an operation for executing a program end event, an information definition event, and a key press event. It comprises a data processing device 14 for performing control, a storage device 16 for storing information such as information definitions, and an output device 18 such as a display. Such a cursor display position control device can be realized by, for example, a personal computer. In this case, the data processing device 14 is configured by a CPU. In the figure, the configuration of the data processing device is shown in a functional block diagram functionally expressing. The data processing device 14 includes an information defining unit 24 and a key input monitoring unit 26.
And a cursor positioning means 28. Note that the data processing device 14 does not display the function block, but has a function of determining whether or not an event has been input and determining whether the input event is an end event, an information definition event, or a key press processing event. Have.

The information defining means 24 is activated when the input event is an information defining event. The information definition event causes the storage device 16 to store the coordinates of the assignment key and the destination of the cursor input from the input device 10. The assignment key corresponds to an instruction key for moving the cursor to a designated position on the screen of the output device 18. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the assignment keys and the cursor coordinates are stored in the storage device 16. The N assigned keys are paired with the corresponding cursor coordinates (X, Y), and are stored in the storage areas 16-1, 1 and 1.
6-2,..., 16-N.

The key input monitoring means 26 is activated when the input event is a key press event. The key press event is for the assigned key input from the input device 10.
It is checked whether or not the key is stored in the allocation key 20 of the storage device 16. If the allocated key is pressed, its coordinate position is obtained from the allocation key 20 and the cursor coordinates 22, The cursor positioning means 28 is activated. The cursor positioning unit 28 moves the cursor according to the cursor coordinate position information provided by the key input monitoring unit 26 and outputs the cursor to the output device 18.

The functions of the data processing device 14 described above can be actually realized by a program. Such a program can be input to a computer through a storage medium. FIG. 1 shows a CDROM 30 as an example of a program storage medium.

Next, the operation of the cursor display position control device shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
A cursor display position control method according to the present invention comprises a CD ROM
The program is executed by a non-resident program read by 30. 3 to 5 are flowcharts showing the operation. With the start of the program, necessary initial settings on the operating system are first performed as shown in FIG. 3 (step A1). Next, an event detected by this program is monitored (step A2).
The event in this case is generated by an operation of a worker, and the types thereof include setting operation conditions of the program and stopping the program. If there is an event, it is determined whether or not the event is an end event (step A3). If it is not an end event, it is determined whether or not the event is an information definition event (step A4). If the event is an information definition event, the information definition means 24 executes an information definition process (step A).
5).

The information definition process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The key assignment is input from the input device 10 (step B1). One input data is registered in the storage device 16 in the storage device 16 in the storage device 16 (step B2). If the key is already assigned (step B3), the data is input again. After the input of the assignment key 20, the input device 10 assigns the cursor coordinates corresponding to the assignment key (step B).
4). The coordinate information of one cursor coordinate 22 is registered for one assignment key 20 (step B5). Confirm the next input, and if there is an input, repeat the above steps,
If there is no input, the process ends. In this information definition process, one or more assigned keys and cursor coordinates are stored in the storage device 16.
Is stored in the storage area 16. In each storage area of the storage device 16, an assignment key 20 and cursor coordinates 22 are stored in association with each other. For example, in the storage area 16-1,
Assignment key 1 and associated cursor coordinates (X, Y) 1
Are stored. It is assumed that N sets of allocation keys and cursor coordinates have been stored as shown in FIG.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG.
If the event is not the information definition event in step 4, the key press event processing (step A6) is executed by the key input monitoring means 26 assuming that the event is a key press event. The key press event process will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, it is determined whether an assignment key has been input (step C1). If there is no input of the assignment key, the process is terminated. If there is an input of the assignment key, it is determined which one of the assignment keys 1 to (N-1) is stored in the storage device 16 (step C2). If the assignment key 20 stored in the device 16 matches, the assignment key coordinate setting process is performed (step C).
3) If there is no match in step C2, it is determined that the input allocation key is the allocation key (N) stored in the storage device 16, and the allocation key coordinate setting process is performed (step C2).
4), end the process. For example, if it is determined that the input assignment key matches the assignment key 2 of the storage device 16 (step C2 (2)), the cursor coordinates (X, Y) 2 corresponding to the assignment key 2 are read, and the coordinates are read. It is set (step C3 (2)). The data of the cursor coordinate position set by the above processing is sent to the cursor positioning means 28.

Upon receiving the data of the set cursor coordinates, the cursor positioning means 28 performs a cursor positioning process (FIG. 3, step A7). In the cursor positioning process, the cursor is moved according to the set cursor position coordinates. A cursor movement instruction to be performed is created and output to an output device 18 such as a display.

The output device 18 instantaneously moves the cursor to a set coordinate position on the screen according to a cursor movement instruction.

In order to stop the above program, if the input event is the end event in the flowchart of FIG. 3 (step A3), the end system instructs and notifies the operating system to stop the program in the end processing (step A8). .

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is possible.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the cursor can be moved by performing a specific key operation when the cursor is lost when operating various application softwares, not only when switching windows. In other words, it is possible to move to specified coordinates and quickly return to work.

Also, when using an application that does not require cursor position adjustment using a pointing device, the cursor can be instantaneously moved to a specific fixed position by a key input instruction, so that the trouble of routine cursor movement can be eliminated. It is in.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a cursor display position control device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a storage state of an assignment key and cursor coordinates in a storage device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the cursor display position control device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating information definition processing.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a key press event process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Input device 12 Pointing device 14 Data processing device 16 Storage device 18 Output device 20 Assigned key storage area 22 Cursor coordinate storage area 24 Information definition device 26 Key input monitoring means 28 Cursor positioning means 30 CDROM

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A cursor display position control device for controlling a display position of a cursor on a display, comprising: an input device such as a keyboard; an assignment key which is a key for executing a cursor movement instruction in advance; A storage device capable of storing a plurality of cursor coordinates to be executed, and an assignment key for executing the cursor movement instruction and cursor coordinates for specifying a cursor movement position in the storage unit in advance by input from the input device. Information defining means for defining information to be assigned, and a key input monitoring means for monitoring an assigned key input from the input device and reading a corresponding cursor coordinate if the assigned key is stored in the storage device, Cursor positioning means for moving the cursor to the read cursor coordinates. Cursor display position control unit, characterized in that it comprises a processing device. 2. The cursor display position control device according to claim 1, wherein said information defining means, said key input monitoring means, and said cursor positioning means are realized by a program. 3. A cursor display position control method for controlling a display position of a cursor on a display, wherein an allocation key which is a key for executing a cursor movement command and cursor coordinates for specifying a cursor movement position are stored in advance. Step, monitor the input assignment key, and if the stored assignment key, read the corresponding cursor coordinates,
Moving the cursor to the read cursor coordinates. 4. A cursor display position control method for controlling a display position of a cursor on a display, the method comprising: determining whether an input event is an information event or a key press processing event; If the event is an event, a step of storing in advance an assignment key which is a key for executing a cursor movement command and cursor coordinates for specifying a cursor movement location. ,
Monitor the input layout key, if the stored layout key, read the corresponding cursor coordinates,
Moving the cursor to the read cursor coordinates. 5. A recording medium storing a program for executing a cursor display position control for controlling a display position of a cursor on a display, comprising: an assignment key for executing a cursor movement instruction; And storing in advance the assigned coordinates, and monitoring the input assignment key, and if the assigned assignment key is the stored assignment key, reads the corresponding cursor coordinates;
Moving the cursor to the read cursor coordinates; and a recording medium recording a program for executing the steps. 6. A recording medium recording a program for executing cursor display position control for controlling a display position of a cursor on a display, wherein an input event is an information event or a key press processing event. A step of determining; and, in a case where the input event is an information defining event, a step of storing in advance an assignment key which is a key for executing a cursor movement instruction, and a cursor coordinate for specifying a cursor movement position; Is a key press processing event,
Monitor the input layout key, if the stored layout key, read the corresponding cursor coordinates,
Moving the cursor to the read cursor coordinates; and a recording medium recording a program for executing the steps.