Input device for moving cursor and scrolling image on screen
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsOsamu Hara, Kouichi Ogino, Kazuhito Ooshita, Akihisa Itoh
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Abstract
In the case where the operator is moving the cursor on the computer screen through the use of a mouse, when the cursor display moves to a position which coincides with any of the menu display, a boundary position of the menu display or a position which coincides with the icon display, pressure sensing power generating means within the mouse is actuated to give a shock force or the like to the operator. This enables the operator to recognize the grasp in the operating state by not only visual judgment but also by hand.
Claims9
An input device comprising:
- a display;
- a computer body, in which software for displaying a screen including menu display and/or icon display on the display and software for moving cursor display on the screen have been housed;
- and
- input means for giving an operation input signal for moving the cursor display on the screen to the computer body, wherein
- the input means is provided with sensing power generating means for giving power that an operator feels on his hand, wherein
- in the computer body, there is housed a supervisory program for supervising that the cursor display has moved to a position which coincides with a position which coincides with any of the menu display or a boundary position of the menu display and/or a position which coincides with the icon display, and wherein when it has been supervised through the use of the supervisory program that the cursor display has reached each of the positions, the computer body gives an operation command to the sensing power generating means.
An input device comprising:
- a display;
- a computer body in which software for displaying a screen on the display and software for scrolling the screen have been housed;
- and
- input means for giving an operation input signal for scrolling the screen to the computer body, wherein
- the input means is provided with sensing power generating means for giving power that an operator feels on his hand, wherein in the computer body, there is housed a supervisory program for supervising a state of image data to be displayed on the display and wherein an operation command is given to the sensing power generating means from the computer body in accordance with the state of the image data supervised through the use of the supervisory program to make the state of the sensing power variable.
An input device comprising:
- a display;
- a computer body in which software for displaying a screen on the display and software for scrolling the screen have been housed;
- and
- rotational input means for giving an operation input signal for scrolling the screen to the computer body, wherein
- there is provided load variable means for making a rotational load of the rotational input means variable, wherein
- in the computer body, there is housed a supervisory program for supervising a state of image data to be displayed on the display and wherein an operation command is given to the load variable means from the computer body in response to the state of the image data supervised through the use of the supervisory program to make the load on the rotational input means variable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.