JPH02220125A - Information input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To secure the correspondence between the push pressure information and the selection information and to attain the real time change of the selection information with change of the push pressure by providing a detection means in a pointing device to detect the button push pressure. CONSTITUTION:A user inputs the button position information via a pointing device 2. These input information are sent to an input part 7. At the same time, a button pressure detection means 3 detects the button push pressure of a user an reports this information to the part 7. An input information analyzing means 9 receives those information via an input control means 8 and calculates the degree of pressure from the pressure information to convert it into the output control information. An output control means 10 controls the output of the information stored in an output information memory part 11 to an output device 4 based on the output control information. As a result, the selection contents of the selection information sent to the device 4 are changed in accordance with the button push pressure.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information input device, and particularly to an information input device using a pointing device such as a mouse or stylus pen for inputting information into a computer.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in a computer device equipped with a pointing device of an information processing device and an output device, when inputting information that changes step by step within a certain range using the pointing device, the user points to selected information displayed on the screen of the output device. This was done by selecting instructions on the device.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Inputting changing information using the conventional pointing device described above involves instructing the degree of change by selecting a plurality of selections of information displayed on an output device using the pointing device, so it takes time to select information. However, it has the disadvantage that selection information cannot be changed in real time.

[Means to solve the problem]

The information input device of the present invention includes a pointing device connected to an information processing device, a detecting means for detecting the pressing pressure of a button attached to the pointing device, and a detecting means for detecting the pressing pressure of a button attached to the pointing device. It is characterized by changing the selection content of selection information input to the information processing device.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a computer device using an embodiment of the present invention. This device includes an information processing device 1, a storage device 5 connected to the information processing device 1, a printer 6, and a pointing device. The pointing device 2 includes a device (for example, a mouse) 2, an output device 4, and a button press pressure detection means 3 for detecting the pressure with which a user presses a button attached to the pointing device 2.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration for controlling output to the output device 4 according to the operation of the pointing device 2 of this embodiment. The pointing device 2 is equipped with an input section 7 in addition to the button press pressure detection means 3,
The information processing device 1 includes an input control means 8, an input information analysis means 9, an output control means 10, and an output information storage section 11.

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 2. A user of the computer system shown in FIG. 1 operates the pointing device 2 and inputs button and position information. This information is transmitted to the input section 7. At the same time, the button pressure detection means 3 detects the pressure with which the user presses the button, and notifies the input section 7 of this information. The input information analysis means 9, which receives this information via the input control means 8, calculates the degree of pressure from the pressure information and converts it into output control information. The output control means 10 controls the output of information from the output information storage section 11 to the output device 4 based on this output control information. That is, the output device 4 responds to the pressure with which the button is pressed.
Change the selected content of the selection information output to.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, by providing the pointing device with a detection means that detects the pressing pressure of a button, pressing pressure information and selection information are associated with each other, and by changing the pressing pressure, the pointing device can detect the button pressing pressure. It has the effect of changing selection information.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows a 1912 computing device using an embodiment of the present invention.
2 are block diagrams of the main parts of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Information processing device, 2... Pointing device, 3... Button press pressure detection/shortcut means, 4... Output device, 5... Storage device, 6... Printer, 7...・
Input unit, 8... Input control means, 9... Input information analysis means, 10... Output control means, 11... Output information storage section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a pointing device connected to the information processing device;
The pointing device includes a detection means for detecting the pressing pressure of a button attached to the pointing device, and a selection of selection information input to the information processing device by the button is changed based on the pressing pressure detected by the detection means. information input device.