JPS63306491A - Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a terminal device, and particularly to a terminal device equipped with a cursor control unit that controls the positions of a plurality of cursors that specify data input positions on a display screen. The present invention relates to a technique that can reduce the cursor positioning time for data input by specifying the input position of data input from a keyboard on a display screen using a plurality of cursors.

[Conventional technology]

When inputting data in terminal devices for various systems, it is necessary to specify the data input position using a cursor on the display screen. For this reason, a cursor control unit is provided to control the position of the cursor that specifies the data input position on the display screen.1 Normal cursor control automatically moves one character to the right by pressing the key for one character. It is designed to move. In addition, the cursor can be moved to a predetermined position independently using the cursor movement keys.The position of the cursor on the 0 display screen indicates the position of the next character to be input on the display screen. ing.

By the way, when inputting data to multiple different positions on the display screen, in order to specify the data input position using the cursor, move the cursor sequentially using the cursor movement key to the position where you want to input data, and then Enter data. Therefore, in order to input data efficiently,
It is desirable to perform cursor movement operations efficiently.

1, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-513
As described in Japanese Patent Application No. 44, there are some devices that have a special cursor movement mode.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in the conventional terminal device, there is usually only one cursor for specifying the data input position on one display screen, so when data is input at multiple different positions on the display screen, You have to move the cursor sequentially to the position where you want to input data and then enter data.

There was a problem with inefficient data entry.

As an input unit 1 For example, when inputting data into multiple areas on the display screen one by one in a state where one input unit such as a keyboard or mouse is connected, or when multiple input units are connected, No consideration is given to the case where multiple data inputs are performed for each area in multiple areas on the display screen when a keyboard, mouse, etc. are connected. In addition, in such a terminal device, there is only one cursor for specifying the input data position, so in the former case, the cursor must be sequentially moved between each data input area; Although there are a plurality of input units, only one input unit can be used, so there is a problem in that it takes time to move the cursor and data input is inefficient.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device equipped with a cursor control unit that controls the positions of a plurality of cursors that specify data input positions on a display screen.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a technique that can improve the efficiency of data input by efficiently performing a cursor movement operation for specifying a data input position on a display screen.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

(Means for Solving Interlayer Points) Among the present inventions made to achieve the above-mentioned objects, a brief overview of typical ones is as follows.

That is, in a terminal device equipped with a cursor control unit that controls the position of a cursor that specifies a data input position on a display screen, a cursor coordinate system that stores a plurality of pieces of cursor coordinate information in an information storage section of the cursor control unit. Information storage means and means for selecting cursor coordinate information to be used from among the cursor coordinate information stored in the cursor coordinate information storage means are provided, and any cursor can be selected and used from a plurality of cursors. This is the main feature.

[Effect]

According to the means, the cursor coordinate information storage means stores a plurality of pieces of cursor coordinate information in the information storage section of the cursor control unit, and the cursor coordinate information to be used from among the cursor coordinate information stored in the cursor coordinate information storage means. By providing a means for selecting the coordinate information of the cursor and selecting any cursor from the plurality of cursors, the cursor information in use for data input and the cursor coordinate information of the cursor in use can be transferred to the cursor from the input section. Set or update according to selection instructions and cursor movement instructions, display each cursor according to the contents of the Conocursor management information area, and use the cursor closest to the desired input position as necessary when inputting data.

Additionally, you can select a different cursor for each input section and enter data simultaneously using multiple input sections.
Cursor movement time can be reduced.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described using the drawings.

In addition, in all the times for explaining the example.

Components having the same functions are given the same reference numerals, and repeated explanations thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, this terminal device includes a display part using a CRT display 1, an input part each having a plurality of keyboards 2, mice 3, etc., and a CRT display 1.
a display data control unit 5 that controls data displayed on the screen; an input data control unit 6 that controls input data from input units such as a keyboard 2 and a mouse 3; and a cursor that specifies data input positions on the screen. The cursor control unit 7 controls the position of the cursor, and the communication control unit 8 controls communication.

The display data control unit 5. Input data control unit 6, cursor control unit 7 and communication control unit 8
are connected by one data bus 4.

The detailed configuration of the cursor control unit 7 is shown in FIG.

The storage section of the cursor control unit 7 consists of a cursor management information area 9, as shown in FIG. The cursor management information area 9 is composed of an in-use cursor information storage section 10 and a cursor coordinate information storage section 11. The in-use cursor information storage unit 10 stores in-use cursor information 12 that indicates (points) which cursor stored in the cursor coordinate information storage unit 11 is used for data input for each input unit. The number of input units that can be connected to this terminal device is stored. Here, when the in-use cursor information 12 is lO##, it indicates that the keyboard 2, mouse 3, etc. are not connected to the corresponding input section.

Furthermore, if the corresponding input section is connected, the in-use cursor information 12 stores "cursor 1" as an initial value.The cursor indicated by the in-use cursor information 12 is not displayed on the display screen. For example, make it blink (make it shine) so that you can distinguish it from other cursors.

The cursor coordinate information storage section 11 contains cursor display coordinate information 13 indicating the position where the cursor is to be displayed for each cursor unit, cursor display color information 14 indicating the display section when the cursor is to be displayed, and whether the cursor is to be displayed. The cursor display cylinder/non-display information IS indicating whether the cursor is displayed or not is stored for the number of cursors used in this terminal device. Also, here, the cursor display color information 14 is as follows.

41 Rgg is "red J", "13" is "blue",'
G" indicates that the cursor is displayed in green, and 1" indicates that the cursor display tube/non-information 15 is "displayed".
.

II. Orl indicates "not displayed" t).

Further, the cursor management information area 9 can freely update various kinds of stored information in accordance with a change request from the input section.

The update of the cursor management information area 9 is performed by software, and the broach yard of this software is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the method for updating the cursor management information area 9 is as follows: First, data is input from the input section (step 100), and it is set from which input section the input data comes from. Data input source identification code (ID)
) (step 101), and thereafter determine whether a cursor movement request is made (step 102), whether a cursor selection request is made (step 103), and whether or not the cursor can be displayed on the display screen.
A determination is made as to whether the request is rejected (step 104) and a request for changing the cursor display color is determined (step 105).・Step 107), update cursor display cylinder/no information (step 10)
8) Or update the cursor display color (step 109), and if not applicable, return to data input (step 100) to input the next data. Constantly execute 0 or more processes in a constant cycle. Then, the cursor management information area 9 is updated.

Next, the cursor operation of this embodiment will be explained.

(1) The cursor operation will be described when one keyboard 2 is used to input data sequentially and alternately from top to bottom at both left and right ends of the CRT display l.

4 and 5 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the cursor operation when one keyboard 2 is used. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the display screen of the CRT display 1, and FIG. It is a partially enlarged view.

As shown in FIG. 4, a first cursor 22. Second cursor 23 and third cursor 2
Three cursors 4 are displayed. It is assumed that the first cursor 22 is initially set as the data input cursor on the keyboard 2.

First, when inputting data using the data keys 17 shown in FIG.
is selected (for example, to blink), so CR
Data is input to the upper left of the display screen of the T-display 1.

Next, use the function key 16 to change the data input cursor from the first cursor 22 to the second cursor 23 (for example, by blinking), and then use the cursor movement key 18
to move the second cursor 23 to the upper right corner of the display screen of the CRT display l. Then, the data key 17 is used to input data. In this case, after selecting the second cursor 23 as the data input cursor, it was moved to the upper right of the display screen of the CRT display 1, so the CR
Data is input into the upper right corner of the display screen of the T-display 1.

Next, if you want to input data again to the upper left of the display screen of the CRT display 1, use the function key 16 to change the data input cursor from the second cursor 23 to the first cursor 22 (for example, make it blink). .

Next, input data using the data key 17. In this case, the cursor selected as the data input cursor is
Since we have not moved the data to the upper left of the display screen of the CRT display 1 earlier, it remains in the same place. By moving the cursor slightly using the cursor movement key 18, we can input data as it is. Can be used.

In this way, data is input using the function key 16 while sequentially selecting the first cursor 22 and the second cursor 23 as data input cursors.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 19 indicates the movement trajectory of the first cursor 22, 20 indicates the movement trajectory of the second cursor 23, and 21 indicates the data input order.

(2) 0 Next, a description will be given of the cursor operation when data is input independently and simultaneously to both the left and right ends of the CRT display 1 using two keyboards 2.

6 and 7 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the cursor movement when two keyboards 2 are used, and the 61st!
1 is a diagram showing the display screen of the CRT display 1, and FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of the two keyboards 2.

As shown in FIG. 6, a first cursor 22. Second cursor 23 and third cursor 2
Three cursors 4 are displayed. keyboard 2A
, 2B, the first cursor 22 is initially set as the data input cursor.

First, the data input cursor used on the keyboards 2A and 2B shown in FIG. 7 is set.

The keyboard 2A uses the first cursor 22, and the initial settings can be left as they are, so nothing is done.

The keyboard 2B uses a second cursor 22, and the data input cursor is changed from the first cursor 22 to the second cursor 23 using the function key 16B. This means that individual cursor settings have been made for each of the keyboards 2A and 2B. From then on, the keyboard 2A uses the cursor movement keys 18A and data input keys 17A to input data using the first cursor 22 at the left end of the display screen of the CRT display 1, and the keyboard 2B uses the cursor movement keys 18B and data input keys 17A. It is assumed that data input is performed using the data input key 17B. Note that data input from the keyboards 2A and 2B can be performed simultaneously.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 25 indicates the movement trajectory of the first cursor 22, 26 indicates the movement trajectory of the second cursor 23, and 27 indicates the data input order.

The fifth third cursor 24 is also used in the same manner.

As can be seen from the above description, according to this embodiment, the cursor that can be used for input for each input section can be freely selected from a plurality of cursors, for example by blinking, and The most efficient data input cursor can be selected depending on the data input, so when data is input repeatedly into multiple areas, there is no need to move the cursor between areas, and multiple keyboards can be used as input sections. 2. When a mouse 3 or the like is connected, there is an advantage that data can be input independently and simultaneously for each input unit.

Also, change the display color of the cursor that should be selected.

You can choose whether to display the cursor on the display screen or not.

The present invention has been specifically described above based on examples.
It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist thereof.

For example, although the above embodiment has been described using an example in which three cursors are used, the present invention can also be applied to a case in which four or more cursors are used. It can also be applied when using multiple cursors at the same time.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to one aspect of the present invention, the information storage section of the cursor control unit includes cursor coordinate information storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of cursor coordinate information, and the cursor coordinate information storage means stored in the cursor coordinate information storage means. By providing a means for selecting the coordinate information of the cursor to be used from among the coordinate information, and selecting and using any cursor from multiple cursors, information on the cursor in use for data input and cursor coordinate information of the cursor in use is provided. is set or updated according to cursor selection instructions and cursor movement instructions from the input section, displays each cursor according to the contents of this cursor management information area, and uses the cursor closest to the desired input position as necessary when inputting. In addition, it is possible to select a different cursor for each input section and input data simultaneously using a plurality of input sections, thereby reducing the time required for moving the cursor. Thereby, data input efficiency can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the detailed configuration of the cursor control unit shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining updating of the cursor management information area shown in FIG. 2. Figures 4 and 5 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the cursor operation when one keyboard is used, and Figures 6 and 7 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the cursor operation when two keyboards are used. FIG. In the figure, 1... CRT display, 2... Keyboard, 3... Mouse, 4... Data bus, 5... Display data control unit, 6... Input data control unit, 7... - Cursor control unit, 8... Communication control unit, 9... Cursor management information area, 1o...
- Cursor information storage unit in use, 11... Cursor coordinate information storage unit, 12... Cursor information in use, 13...
・Cursor display coordinate information, 14...Cursor display color information, 15...Cursor display barrel/non-information, 16...Function keys, 1F, 1F A, 17B...Data input key 118, 18A, 18B...Cursor movement key, 19.25...Movement trajectory of first cursor, 20.
26... Movement trajectory of the second cursor, 21.27...
Data input order, 22...first cursor, 23...
Second cursor, 24... third cursor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a terminal device equipped with a cursor control unit that controls the position of a cursor that specifies a data input position on a display screen, an information storage section of the cursor control unit includes:
Cursor coordinate information storage means for storing coordinate information for a plurality of cursors, and means for selecting cursor coordinate information of a cursor to be used from among the cursor coordinate information stored in the cursor coordinate information storage means are provided. A terminal device characterized by selecting and using an arbitrary cursor.