JPH0713807B2 - Mouse device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a mouse device used as an input instruction device of a cursor display device.

(Prior Art) As a conventional technology, when the mouse is moved on the flat plate 9, the cursor on the screen moves according to the amount and direction of the movement, as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). There are various mouse devices. That is, in this mouse device, FIG.
When the mouse 4 moves from 4a to 4b, as shown in, X is generated by the rotation of the trackball 11 provided on the mouse.
The amount of movement in the axis and Y-axis directions is detected, the amount of movement that is an analog amount is converted by the rotary encoder 6 into the number of pulses that corresponds to the amount of movement that is a digital amount, and is input to the computer main body 1 side, and the pulse The cursor 2 on the screen 10 moves from 2a to 2b according to the number. Therefore, when such a mouse device is used, the movement of the cursor 2 follows the movement of the mouse 4 and is much easier to operate than the operation of the cursor 2 on the screen with a keyboard or the like.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, even in the mouse device in the first half, if the cursor is to be moved for a long distance, for example, the mouse has to be moved on the flat plate by that distance, which takes time and places. If the work efficiency is poor and the space is small,
The mouse had to be moved back and forth many times at the same place, and there was a problem that the repetition was complicated. The present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to freely move the cursor to any place on the screen. The point is to improve the operability of.

(Means for Solving Problems) The gist of the configuration of the present invention is to solve the above problems.
In freely changing the moving speed of the cursor according to the distance between the reference position of the mouse 4 set arbitrarily and the existing position of the mouse 4 moving from the reference position The mouse device is provided with a control means for freely changing the moving speed of the cursor by freely changing the pulse frequency.

(Operation) Therefore, in the mouse device characterized by the above configuration,
The moving speed of the cursor changes freely according to the distance from the reference position to the position where the mouse exists.

That is, if the distance from the reference position to the position where the mouse is present is short, the moving speed of the cursor is slow, and if the distance is long, the moving speed is fast. Furthermore, the moving speed of the cursor has nothing to do with the moving speed of the mouse,
It changes according to the distance from the reference position to the position where the mouse exists. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to constantly move the mouse to move the cursor, and once the mouse is moved, even if the mouse is stopped after that, the position from the existence position of the stopped mouse to the reference position is changed. The cursor keeps moving at a constant speed depending on the distance.

(Example) Hereinafter, the Example of this invention is described based on drawing.

In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the mouse 4 is provided with the pulse generation control device 7 as the control means. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the mouse device of the present embodiment. In the figure, 5 is a changeover switch for selecting the distance mode or the speed mode of the mouse device, and 6 is a trackball 11 of the mouse 4. A rotary encoder for converting the detected movement amount of the mouse into the number of pulses corresponding to the movement amount, and a pulse generation control device 7 for controlling the movement speed of the cursor 2 of the computer main body 1. Here, the distance mode is a mode in which the cursor 2 is moved by a distance proportional to the amount of movement of the mouse 4, and is a function possessed by a conventional mouse device. The speed mode is to change the speed according to the distance from the arbitrarily set reference position to the existing position of the mouse 4, and to freely change the pulse frequency according to the existing distance. Is a mode for moving the cursor 2 by freely changing the moving speed of the cursor, which is a function peculiar to the present invention. Here, the reference position means the existing position of the mouse 4 at the time when the distance mode is switched to the speed mode by the changeover switch 5.

As described above, the mouse device according to this embodiment includes the mouse 4 having the pulse generation control device 7 built therein and the computer main body 1.
Consists of.

FIG. 2 is a functional explanatory diagram of the pulse generation control device 7. As shown in FIG. 2, the pulse generation control device 7 comprises a mode switching control unit 8 and a pulse generation control unit 3.

Next, the operation of the mouse device of this embodiment will be described. First, the pulse generation control device 7 is turned on-of from the changeover switch 5.
The f signal and the output signal from the rotary encoder 6 are input. In the mode switching control unit 8 of the pulse generation control device 7, if the on-off signal is on, the speed mode signal is sent, and if it is off, the distance mode signal is sent to the pulse generation control unit 3.
Send Then, when the speed mode signal is input to the pulse generation control unit 3, the frequency of the pulse output to the computer main body 1 side is changed according to the output signal from the rotary encoder 6 to control the speed of the cursor. When the distance mode signal is input, the output signal from the rotary encoder 6 is directly output to the computer main body 1 side. As a result, if the speed mode is selected, the cursor 2 on the computer main body 1 side continues to move at a speed according to the distance from the reference position of the mouse 4 to the position where the mouse 4 is present, and the distance mode is selected. For example, the mouse 4 moves for a distance proportional to the amount of movement and then stops. The pulse generation control is entirely performed by the microcomputer.

Next, the movement of the cursor 2 when the mouse device of this embodiment is used will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (e). FIG. 3A shows a state in which both the mouse 4 and the cursor 2 are stationary. First, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), when the changeover switch 5 is turned on and the mouse 4 is moved slightly rightward on the flat plate 9 from 4c to 4d, the cursor 2 is accelerated and on the screen 10. Begins to move to the right with a uniform motion of speed a1. Then, as shown in FIG.
When the mouse 4 is moved to 4e with the state of being on, the cursor is further accelerated and moves to the right with the uniform motion of the speed a2. Next, once the switch 5 is turned off, the mouse 4 and the cursor 2 are both stationary, and then the switch 5 is turned on as shown in FIG. When you move 4f → 4g → 4h, cursor 2 moves diagonally to the upper right while increasing the speed to a3 → a4 → a5. Then, as shown in FIG. 3 (e), if the mouse 4 is returned to the original position 4f with the switch 5 kept in the on state, the cursor 2 will stop. If the switch 5 is turned off midway, the mouse device switches to the distance mode at that point.

In this embodiment, the mouse 4 is provided with the distance mode / speed mode changeover switch 5 and the pulse generation control device 7 is built in the mouse 4. However, the present invention is not limited to this method. Not limited to this, the point is to have each function of the distance mode and the speed mode and an arbitrary switching function capable of arbitrarily switching these functions, and in the speed mode, the frequency of the pulse is freely changed according to the existing distance. Therefore, the mouse device may have any form as long as it has the pulse generation control device 7 for controlling the moving speed of the cursor 2.

As described above, the speed control of the cursor 2 is performed by the pulse generation control device 7 in the embodiment. However, the speed control of the cursor 2 is not limited to this means, and the point is that the mouse moving speed is arbitrarily set. The form of the mouse device is not limited as long as it is provided with control means for freely changing the pulse frequency according to the distance between the reference position 4 and the position where the mouse 4 moves from the reference position. .

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, in the present invention, the moving speed of the cursor can be freely changed by providing the mouse device with the control means.

That is, in order to decrease the cursor movement speed, the distance from the reference position of the mouse may be shortened, and conversely, to increase the speed of the cursor, the distance may be increased from the reference position of the mouse. Furthermore, once the mouse is moved from the reference position, the cursor moves at a constant speed even if the mouse is stopped thereafter, and it is not necessary to keep moving the mouse. Therefore, when the mouse device is used, the speed of the cursor can be easily controlled, and it is not necessary to continuously move the mouse as in the conventional case, and a large space for moving the mouse is not required, which improves the workability of the user. It brought a special effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

(Means for Solving Problems) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mouse device as one embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional explanatory diagram of the pulse generation control device. FIGS. 3A to 3E are diagrams showing the relationship between the movement of the mouse and the movement speed of the cursor. FIG. 4 (a) and FIG. 4 (b) are views showing an embodiment of a conventional mouse device. 1 ... Computer body, 2 ... Cursor, 4 ... Mouse, 7 ... Pulse generation control device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A function of arbitrarily setting a reference position of a mouse 4, and a moving speed of a cursor according to a distance between the reference position and a position where the mouse 4 moves from the reference position (hereinafter referred to as existence distance). In freely changing, the control means of the function of freely changing the moving speed of the cursor by freely changing the frequency of the pulse according to the existing distance (hereinafter, speed mode) and the mouse 4 A function to move the cursor according to the distance moved (hereinafter, distance mode),
A mouse device having an arbitrary switching function capable of arbitrarily switching between the speed mode function and the distance mode function. 2. The arbitrary setting function functions to set the existing position of the mouse 4 at that time as the reference position when the distance mode in the arbitrary switching function is switched to the speed mode. The mouse device according to item 1. 3. The distance mode function is a distance mode signal by switching from the speed mode to the distance mode by the arbitrary switching function, and the output signal from the rotary encoder 6 of the mouse 4 is passed through to the computer main body 1 side. The mouse device according to claim 1 or claim 2, which functions to output to the mouse device. 4. The mouse device according to claim 1, wherein the control means is a pulse generation control device 7 provided on the mouse 4 side or the computer main body 1 side.