JP2000293291A - Multipointer system of mouse - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operation efficiency and operability by eliminating the time loss of the pointer movement by mouse operation by the screen momentary moving and pointer standby function of the multipointer system. SOLUTION: A pointer currently in operation is placed in standby mode at its position, another pointer is moved to complete operation at another work place, and then the pointer which is operated now is placed in standby mode at its position, thereby moving to another pointer. Thus, arbitrary positions (pointer positions in standby mode) are moved one after another to eliminate unnecessary mouse operation and then the inefficiency of movement is corrected to improve the operation efficiency and operability. The work place to be moved to is (1) another work position in the same page (sheet), (2) some work position in another page (sheet) in the same file, (3) some work position in some page (sheet) in another file in the same application, or (4) some work position in some page (sheet) in some file in a different application and the number of other pointers can optionally be set and is not limited.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to mouse operation of a computer, and significantly improves work efficiency and operability.

[0002] The function of a conventional mouse is a method in which one pointer moves on the screen of a computer in accordance with the movement of the mouse and moves the pointer to a position aimed by an operator. In general word processing and spreadsheet operations, when the mouse operation spans multiple pages or sheets, between files, or when the same page (or sheet) has a long moving distance, a pointer to the target Bring a lot of time, and there are many cases where efficient operation is not performed.

[0003] The present invention aims to eliminate the time loss of moving a pointer by mouse operation in a general application of a computer such as a word processor or a spreadsheet, and to dramatically improve work efficiency and operability.

[0004] A multi-pointer method has been devised as a means for achieving this object. In this method, a single mouse has multiple sub-pointers arbitrarily, and by selecting those pointers, it instantly moves to the target location.

To briefly explain the novelty, the pointer that is currently working is in a standby state at that position, moved to another pointer, worked at another work place, and then the pointer that has just been worked is moved to that position. , And move to another pointer. In this way, by successively moving to an arbitrary position (the pointer position in the standby state) and eliminating useless mouse operations, the inefficiency of conventional movement is corrected, and work efficiency and operability are greatly improved. Is done.

[0006] The work place to be moved is a different work position in the same page (sheet), a certain work position in another page (sheet) in the same file, a certain work position in another file (sheet) in the same application. A certain work location, a certain page (sheet) of a certain file of another application
Some working position

The number of other pointers can be set arbitrarily, and there is no limit on the number.

[0008] The realization method is realized by operation of environment setting and execution. Pointers such as pointer setting and deletion can be considered as related to the environment setting operation. Operations related to the execution operation include an operation of putting the currently working pointer in a standby state at that position, an operation of selecting a moving pointer, and the like.

The specific method is related to the environment setting operation. 1) Pointer setting and deletion A sub-pointer setting dialog as shown in FIG. 2 is provided in an edit menu and a shortcut menu of each application to add a sub-pointer and delete a sub-pointer. ,I do.

[0010] Regarding the execution operation 1) Operation to put the currently working pointer in a standby state at that position It is important how to realize this operation, and if it is a complicated operation, it becomes rather inconvenient.

One-key, one-touch operation is the best, but current hardware or software (OS and application)
Is difficult, for example, by Ctrl + clicking the mouse with the right mouse button or by simultaneously performing the right mouse click and the left mouse click, to put the currently working pointer in the standby state at that position, display the pointer menu,
Such a method seems to be optimal.

If the hardware can be changed, a method in which a third switch is provided on the mouse and the switch is clicked can be considered.

2) Operation for selecting a pointer to be activated When a pointer menu as shown in FIG. 1 is displayed by the above-described method, a pointer 3 (hereinafter referred to as a jump pointer) which can be moved in the menu is active. Thus, the selected pointer 1 is the pointer that was in the standby state immediately before.

When the jump pointer 3 is matched with the pointer of the pointer menu, the sub pointer name 4 and, in the case of the standby pointer, the file directory 5 where the pointer is waiting are displayed.

In this state, the user operates the mouse to move the jump pointer to an arbitrary pointer and right-clicks the mouse.

The pointer menu disappears and the currently selected pointer becomes active.

When the pointer is selected for the first time after the setting, the operation is performed from the current position. If the pointer is once selected and is in the standby state, the pointer is instantly moved to the standby position.

The operability is further improved by providing a difference in the display method between the standby pointer and the unused pointer in the pointer display in the pointer menu depending on the symbol color, color density, or type of shape.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an image diagram of a pointer menu

FIG. 2 is an image diagram of a sub-pointer setting dialog box;

FIG. 3 shows a main pointer and a sub pointer that are active, a main pointer that is in a standby state, and a sub pointer.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Selected main pointer 2 Set sub-pointer 3 Jump pointer 4 Name of sub-pointer in standby state 5 File directory where sub-pointer in standby state is waiting (this display is not displayed if not in standby state)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A function for instantaneous movement of a screen and a pointer standby function by adopting a multi-pointer method with respect to a mouse operation of a computer.