JP2000148350A - Information processor, cursor display controlling method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor capable of improving the operability to a cursor. SOLUTION: This information processor judges whether a cursor 23 after movement processing exists in an A display area 22 or in a B display area 21, sets ten to a count value CONT 10 when the cursor 23 is located in the A area 22 and sets twenty to the count value CONT when the cursor 23 is located in the B area 21. The number of continuous inputting times of a cursor move key which are needed to move a cursor by one move unit is set by setting the count value CONT. Therefore, the larger a value set to the count value CONT, the more the number of continuous inputting times of the cursor move key which are needed to move the cursor by one move unit so that the moving speed of the cursor can be controlled to be slow.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display means into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. The present invention relates to a cursor display control method and a storage medium used therein.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display means into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to the divided display areas, A cursor is used for an input operation such as selecting information displayed for each display area. For example, some Internet homepages display character data indicating functions in a left area of a display screen and display icons in a right area of the display screen. In this case, one cursor is displayed on the display screen. Here, when selecting an icon displayed on the display screen, the cursor is moved to a desired position on the display screen by a key operation on the keyboard, and a selection operation is performed on the icon designated by the cursor. Become. When the cursor moves on the display screen, the cursor is immediately moved each time a keyboard key input interrupt occurs.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional information processing apparatus, the cursor is immediately moved every time a key input interrupt of the keyboard occurs. The cursor continuously moves at a high speed, and the moving speed of the cursor may be too high to deteriorate the operability related to the mobility of the cursor. For example, there is a display area in which a large number of icons are displayed in a plurality of display areas, and when a key is continuously input to move a cursor to a desired icon display position in this display area, a continuous input is performed. Since the cursor continuously moves at a high speed due to a typical key input, the operability relating to the movement of the cursor is poor, for example, it is necessary to perform a key input to return the cursor again after passing the desired position. When the cursor is moved by a continuous key input in one of the plurality of display areas, the cursor moves continuously at a high speed, so that the cursor is moved from one display area to another display area. In this case, it is necessary to perform key input for returning the cursor to one display area again.

As described above, when an operation is performed using the cursor in each of the divided display areas, the operability of the cursor may be reduced.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, a cursor display control method, and a storage medium that can improve the operability of a cursor.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display unit into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to the divided display areas, a cursor is displayed on the display screen of the display unit. Cursor display control means for performing, a cursor position instructing means for instructing a position of a cursor on a display screen of the display means, and the position instructing means while displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display means. A cursor moving means for moving the cursor to a designated position, and a cursor moving speed control means for controlling the cursor moving means so as to change the moving speed of the cursor for each of the divided display areas.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the cursor moving speed control means includes a cursor position detecting means for detecting a position of the cursor, and a detection result of the cursor position detecting means. Cursor moving speed changing means for changing the moving speed of the cursor according to

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect, the cursor moving speed changing means is provided within one of the divided areas of the cursor by the cursor position detecting means. When detecting that it is located near the boundary between the one area and another adjacent area, the moving speed of the cursor is further changed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display means into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. Cursor display control means for displaying a cursor on the display screen of the display means, cursor position instructing means for instructing the position of the cursor on the display screen of the display means, and on the display screen of the display means A cursor moving means for moving the cursor to a position instructed by the position indicating means while displaying the cursor; a cursor position detecting means for detecting the position of the cursor; and each of the areas divided by the cursor by the cursor position detecting means. When it is detected that the cursor is located in one area and near the boundary between the one area and another adjacent area, the cursor is moved. Characterized in that it comprises a cursor moving velocity controlling means for changing the degree.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display means into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. In the cursor display control method used, a step of displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display unit, a step of designating a position of the cursor on the display screen of the display unit, and a step of displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display unit The method includes a step of moving the cursor to the designated position while displaying the image, and a step of controlling the moving speed of the cursor for each of the divided display areas.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the cursor display control method according to the fifth aspect, the position of the cursor is detected, and the moving speed of the cursor is changed according to the detection result.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the display control method according to the sixth aspect, the cursor is in one of the divided areas and near a boundary between the one area and another adjacent area. When detecting that the cursor is located at the position, the moving speed of the cursor is further changed.

According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display means into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. In the cursor display control method used, a step of displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display unit, a step of designating a position of the cursor on the display screen of the display unit, and a step of displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display unit Moving the cursor to the designated position while displaying, detecting the position of the cursor, and setting the cursor within one of the divided regions and
Changing the moving speed of the cursor when detecting that it is located near the boundary between one area and another adjacent area.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display means into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. A storage medium storing a program for constructing a cursor display system, wherein the program is based on a cursor display control module for displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display means, and an instruction input from a cursor position instruction means. A cursor position indicating module for indicating a position of a cursor on a display screen of the display means, and a cursor movement for moving the cursor to a position indicated by the position indicating module while displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display means Module and the cursor so as to change the moving speed of the cursor for each of the divided display areas. And having a cursor speed control module for controlling the Le movement module.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium of the ninth aspect, the cursor moving speed control module includes a cursor position detecting module for detecting a position of the cursor and a detection result of the cursor position detecting module. A cursor moving speed changing module for changing the moving speed of the cursor in response to the change.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the tenth aspect, the cursor moving speed changing module is provided in one of the divided regions of the cursor by the cursor position detecting module. 1
When it is detected that the cursor is located near the boundary between one area and another adjacent area, the moving speed of the cursor is further changed.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display means into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. A storage medium storing a program for constructing a cursor display system, a cursor display control module for displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display means, and a display on the display means based on an input from a cursor position designating means. A cursor position indicating module for indicating a position of a cursor on a screen; a cursor moving module for moving the cursor to a position indicated by the position indicating module while displaying the cursor on a display screen of the display means; A cursor position detection module for detecting the position of When detecting that the cursor is located within one of the divided areas and near the boundary between the one area and another adjacent area, the cursor movement is performed so as to change the movement speed of the cursor. A cursor movement speed control module for controlling the module.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The information processing apparatus, as shown in FIG.
U1 is provided. The CPU 1 operates in the PRG area 7a of the ROM 7
In accordance with the program stored in the program, corresponding processing such as document processing and image processing is executed. ROM7 contains P
A FONT area 7b storing font data is provided together with the RG area 7a. The PRG area 7a stores a data display control program and a cursor display control program, which will be described later, in addition to the programs for the various processes. The RAM 8 is used for work associated with each process by the CPU 1. The RAM 8 has a CPU
1, a WORK area 8a serving as a work area, a TEXT area 8b storing document data and image data generated by the processing of the CPU 1, and a CONT area 8c storing a count value CONT used for cursor display control described later. Is provided.

The CPU 1 includes the ROM 7 and RAM
8 together with a keyboard (KB) 2 via a bus line (BL) 6 and a liquid crystal display (LCD) capable of color display
3, a VRAM 4, a hard disk drive (HD) 5, and a printer (PRT) 9 are connected.
1 is controlled. The keyboard 2 has various keys for setting various environments such as data input, processing, and operation in each processing, and up, down, left, and right cursor movement keys for moving a cursor in up, down, left, and right directions, respectively. Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the up, down, left, and right cursor movement keys will be simply referred to as cursor movement keys.

The VRAM 4 stores data such as document data and image data generated by various processes of the CPU 1, and the stored data is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4 as a font pattern or image data.
The hard disk device 5 stores data such as document data and image data generated by various processes of the CPU 1. The printer 9 prints out data such as document data and image data generated by various processes of the CPU 1.

Next, the data display program and the cursor display control program will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display in the information processing apparatus of FIG.

The data display program is executed by the liquid crystal display 3
Is a program for dividing the display screen into a plurality of display areas and displaying data (characters, images, icons, etc.) corresponding to each of the divided display areas. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, two display areas, an A display area 22 and a B display area 21, are generated on the display screen (display area C) of the liquid crystal display device 3, and the A display area 22 and the B display area 21 displays corresponding data.

The cursor display control program is a program for displaying one cursor on the display screen of the liquid crystal display device 3, and includes a program for controlling the liquid crystal display device 3 based on an input operation of a cursor movement key of the keyboard 2. A cursor position indicating module for indicating the position of the cursor on the display screen; a cursor moving module for moving the cursor to the position indicated by the position indicating module while displaying the cursor on the display screen of the liquid crystal display device 3; A cursor movement speed control module for controlling the cursor movement module so as to change the movement speed of the cursor for each area. Specifically, the cursor movement speed control module detects in which display area the cursor is located in each of the divided display areas, and determines the movement speed of the cursor according to the detection result. For example, FIG.
As shown in (2), a moving speed of the cursor that is faster than the moving speed of the cursor in the B display area 21 is set for the A display area 22 of the liquid crystal display device 3. The change of the cursor moving speed is performed by changing the count value of a counter that counts the number of interrupts of the cursor moving key.

Next, a procedure for controlling the moving speed of the cursor by the cursor display control program will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for shifting to the key interruption processing in the information processing apparatus in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for the key interruption processing in the information processing apparatus in FIG. Here, description will be made using the example of the display area shown in FIG.

When the information processing apparatus is started, as shown in FIG. 3, first, in step S31, a count value CON for counting the number of interruptions of the cursor movement key is set.
Initialize by setting 1 to T. Next, step S32
To monitor the presence or absence of a key input from the keyboard 2,
When there is a key input from the keyboard 2, the processing shifts to a key interruption processing shown in FIG.

In the key interruption process, as shown in FIG. 4, it is first determined in step S41 whether the input key is a cursor movement key. If the input key is not a cursor movement key, step S48 is performed. To execute other processing. In this other process, a process corresponding to the input key is executed. Then, the process exits from the process and returns to step S32 shown in FIG. 3, and waits for the next key input.

On the other hand, if the input key is a cursor movement key, the process proceeds to step S42, where 1 is subtracted from the count value CONT.
The value of the count value CONT is determined. Here, if the first cursor movement key is input after the activation, the count value CONT after the subtraction becomes 0, and the process proceeds to step S44. As will be described later, a value corresponding to the count value CONT is set. If the count value CONT has not reached 0, the process exits from this processing. After exiting from the key interrupt processing, the process returns to step S32 shown in FIG. 3, and waits for the next key input.

In step S44, a cursor moving process is performed. In this cursor movement key processing, the cursor is moved in the direction indicated by one movement unit. Note that when an instruction to move out of the display area C is given, this instruction is ignored and the cursor is not moved. In a succeeding step S45, it is determined in which display area the position of the cursor after the movement process is located. In this example, as shown in FIG. 2, it is determined whether the position of the cursor 23 after the movement processing is in the A display area 22 or the B display area 21. Proceeds to step S46, sets 10 to the count value CONT, and when the cursor 23 is positioned in the B area 21, proceeds to step S47 to set 20 to the count value CONT.
By setting the count value CONT, the number of continuous inputs of the cursor movement key required to move the cursor by one movement unit is set. Therefore, as the value set as the count value CONT increases, the number of continuous inputs of the cursor movement key required to move the cursor by one movement unit increases, and control can be performed so as to reduce the cursor moving speed. . This count value CO
After setting NT, the process exits from this process. After exiting from the key interrupt processing, the process returns to step S32 shown in FIG. 3, and waits for the next key input.

Here, an example of a method for obtaining the relationship between the cursor position and each area will be described. The upper left corner of the C display area is a point (X0, Y0), the lower right corner is a point (X1, Y1), and the cursor position is (xn, yn). The A display area 22
The upper left point (x1, y1) and the lower right point (x2, y2) can be represented, and the B display area 21 can be represented by the upper left point (x3, y3) and the lower right point (x4, y4). The overlap between the A display area 22 and the B display area 21 is managed by priority information, and in this figure, the A display area 22 has a higher priority.

In order to determine the area where the cursor position exists, it is sufficient to determine whether the cursor position is present in that area in the order of priority.

That is, x1 ≦ xn ≦ x2 and y1 ≦ y
When the relationship of n ≦ y2 is satisfied, the cursor is present in the A display area 22. On the other hand, x3 ≦ xn ≦
If the relationship of x4 and y3 ≦ yn ≦ y4 is satisfied, the cursor is present in the B display area 21. When none of the above conditions is satisfied, the cursor is present in the display area C.

When the next cursor movement key is input after setting the count value CONT (step S32), the key interrupt processing is started again, and it is determined in step S41 that the input key is the movement key. In the subsequent step S42, 1 is subtracted from the count value CONT. In step S43, the value of the count value CONT after the subtraction is determined. Here, assuming that the input cursor movement key is, for example, the right cursor movement key input in the A display area 22, if the right cursor movement key is not input ten times consecutively, the count value CONT becomes zero. Since it has not reached, this processing is exited, and the input of the next right cursor movement key is awaited. Then, when the right cursor movement key is continuously input ten times, the count value CONT reaches 0 and the cursor movement processing is executed in the above step S44, and the cursor is moved rightward by one movement unit. During a period of waiting for input of a right cursor movement key for moving the cursor to the right direction (during a period until the right cursor movement key is continuously input ten times), other keys except the right cursor movement key are used. Is set to be ignored, and a display indicating that the cursor movement process is being performed is performed. When the movement of the cursor is completed, the next key input can be accepted and a display indicating that is made.

The A display area 22 to the B display area 21
Is moved, the count value CONT is set to 20, and the cursor 23 can be moved rightward by one movement unit by continuously inputting the right cursor movement key 20 times.

Although the right cursor movement key has been described here as an example, the movement speed of other cursor movement keys can be controlled in accordance with the display area where the cursor is located.

As described above, the cursor is moved by one for each display area.
By setting, as the count value CONT, a value indicating the number of continuous inputs of the cursor movement keys required to move the cursor by the movement unit, the cursor moving speed in each display area is reduced or increased according to the count value CONT. Operability with respect to the cursor can be improved.

In this embodiment, 30 and 20 are used as the count values CONT set in each display area. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any value other than 1 may be set. It goes without saying that it is good.

Further, in this embodiment, the value indicating the number of continuous inputs of the cursor movement key required to move the cursor by one movement unit for each display area is used as the count value CON.
By setting it to T, the speed of movement of the cursor in each display area is controlled to be slower or faster. Instead, a time corresponding to each display area is set in the timer, and input of the cursor movement key is performed. It is also possible to configure so that the cursor is moved by one movement unit after a lapse of time set from. In this case, the moving speed of the cursor in each display area is controlled according to the time set in the timer.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display according to the second embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a key interruption process in the second embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention. . This embodiment has the same configuration as the first embodiment described above, and the description of the configuration will be omitted.

This embodiment is different from the above-described first embodiment in that when the cursor approaches one of the divided display areas and approaches the boundary between the divided display area and another adjacent display area while the cursor is moving. The difference is that the moving speed of the cursor is changed. The moving speed of the cursor is changed by changing the count value of a counter that counts the number of interrupts of the cursor moving key.

For example, as shown in FIG.
When the user approaches the boundary with the B display area 21 while moving in the A display area 22 on the liquid crystal display device 3, a large value is set to the count value CONT for controlling the moving speed of the cursor 51, and Reduce the moving speed.

Next, the procedure of the key interrupt processing including the above control contents will be described with reference to FIG. Here, a control procedure of the moving speed of the cursor 51 will be described by taking as an example the movement of the cursor 51 in the A display area 22 shown in FIG.

In the key interruption process, as shown in FIG. 6, it is first determined in step S61 whether or not the input key is a cursor movement key. If the input key is not a cursor movement key, step S68 is performed. To execute other processing. In this other process, a process corresponding to the input key is executed. Then, the process exits from the process and returns to step S32 shown in FIG. 3, and waits for the next key input.

On the other hand, when the input key is the cursor movement key, the process proceeds to step S62, where 1 is subtracted from the count value CONT.
The value of the count value CONT is determined. Here, when the first cursor movement key is input after the activation, the count value CONT after the subtraction becomes 0 as described above, and the process proceeds to step S64. Further, a value corresponding to the count value CONT is set, and if the count value CONT has not reached 0, the process exits from this processing. After exiting from the key interrupt processing, the process returns to step S32 shown in FIG. 3, and waits for the next key input.

In step S64, a cursor moving process is executed. In this cursor movement key processing, the cursor is moved in the direction indicated by one movement unit. In a succeeding step S65, it is determined which display area the cursor position after the movement process is located. In this example, as shown in FIG. 5, the cursor 51 after the moving process is moved to the A display area 22.
If the count value CONT is within the range and near the boundary with the B display area 21, the process proceeds to step S66.
Is set to 30 and if the cursor 51 is not positioned near the B area 21, the process proceeds to step S67, where 10 is set to the count value CONT. This count value CONT
With this setting, the number of continuous input of the cursor movement key required to move the cursor by one movement unit is set.

Here, the position where the cursor exists is the same as in the first embodiment, but the distance to the boundary line is obtained, and the obtained distance is set under a predetermined condition (for example, within 5 movement units of the cursor). It is determined whether or not it is near the boundary depending on whether or not the condition is satisfied. This obtaining method can be performed by a known method, and details thereof are omitted.

Therefore, as the value set in the count value CONT increases, the number of continuous inputs of the cursor movement key required to move the cursor by one movement unit increases, and control is performed so that the cursor movement speed is reduced. be able to. That is, when the cursor 51 approaches the vicinity of the boundary with the B display area 21 while moving in the A display area 22, a large value 30 is set to the count value CONT. When moving in the direction approaching the vicinity of the boundary with the cursor, the number of continuous input of the cursor movement key required to move the cursor 51 by one movement unit increases, and the moving speed of the cursor 51 decreases. On the other hand, after the cursor 51 moves in the direction away from the vicinity of the boundary with the B display area 21 in the A display area 22, the count value CONT is changed to a small value 10, so that the moving speed of the cursor 51 becomes ,
It becomes faster than the moving speed near the boundary with the B display area 21.

In this embodiment, the procedure for controlling the moving speed of the cursor 51 in the A display area 22 has been described. However, even when the cursor 51 moves to the B area 21, the moving speed of the cursor is controlled in the same procedure. Will do. However, the value 20 may be set to the count value CONT for controlling the normal cursor moving speed in the B display area 21 as in the first embodiment, and the cursor 51 is moved to the B display area 21. When approaching the vicinity of the boundary with the A display area 22 while moving through the inside, the count value CONT
Is set to the value 30.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the cursor approaches the vicinity of the boundary with the B display area 21 while moving in the A display area 22, this count value CONT is set to a large value and the cursor 51 is set to 1 Since the moving speed of the cursor 51 is controlled to be slowed down by increasing the number of continuous inputs of the cursor moving key necessary for moving the moving unit, the cursor 51 moves from the A display area 22 to the B display area 21. The moving speed at the time of performing can be reduced. The entry of the cursor 51 from the A display area 22 to the B display area 21 due to an incorrect cursor movement key operation can be suppressed, and the operability of the cursor 53 can be improved.

In the present embodiment, the count value CONT is used for controlling the cursor moving speed. Alternatively, the cursor moving speed may be controlled using a timer. It is.

[0052]

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the first aspect, the cursor display control means for displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display means, and the cursor display control means for displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display means. Cursor position indicating means for indicating a position, cursor moving means for moving the cursor to a position specified by the position indicating means while displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display means, movement of the cursor for each divided display area Since the cursor moving speed control means for controlling the cursor moving means so as to change the speed is provided, the operability for the cursor can be improved.

According to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the cursor moving speed control means changes the cursor moving speed according to the detection result of the cursor position detecting means for detecting the position of the cursor and the cursor position detecting means. And a cursor moving speed changing means.

According to the information processing apparatus of the third aspect, the cursor moving speed changing means is arranged so that the cursor position detecting means moves the cursor to one area between the divided areas and another area adjacent to the one area. When it is detected that the cursor is located near the boundary with the area, the moving speed of the cursor is further changed, so that an operation of erroneously moving the cursor into another display area can be avoided as much as possible.

According to the information processing apparatus of the fourth aspect, the cursor display control means for displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display means, and the cursor position for indicating the position of the cursor on the display screen of the display means Pointing means, cursor moving means for moving the cursor to a position designated by the position indicating means while displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display means, cursor position detecting means for detecting the position of the cursor, and cursor When detecting that is located in one of the divided areas and near the boundary between the one area and another adjacent area, the cursor moving speed control means for changing the moving speed of the cursor is provided. The operation of moving the cursor to another display area by mistake can be avoided as much as possible, and the operability for the cursor is improved. Door can be.

According to the cursor display control method according to the fifth and sixth aspects, the operability of the cursor can be improved.

According to the display control method of the seventh aspect, an operation of erroneously moving the cursor into another display area can be avoided as much as possible.

According to the cursor display control method of the eighth aspect, an operation of erroneously moving the cursor into another display area can be avoided as much as possible, and the operability of the cursor can be improved.

According to the storage medium of the ninth and tenth aspects, the operability of the cursor can be improved.

According to the storage medium of the eleventh aspect, an operation of erroneously moving the cursor into another display area can be avoided as much as possible.

According to the storage medium of the twelfth aspect, an operation of erroneously moving the cursor into another display area can be avoided as much as possible, and the operability of the cursor can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen display example in the information processing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for shifting to a key interruption process in the information processing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a key interruption process in the information processing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example according to a second embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a key interruption process according to the second embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Keyboard 3 Liquid crystal display device 4 VRAM 5 Hard disk device 7 ROM 8 RAM

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display unit into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas.
A cursor display control unit for displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display unit; a cursor position instructing unit for instructing a position of a cursor on the display screen of the display unit; Cursor moving means for moving a cursor to a position designated by the position indicating means while displaying the cursor, and cursor moving speed control for controlling the cursor moving means so as to change the moving speed of the cursor for each of the divided display areas And an information processing apparatus. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cursor moving speed control means includes a cursor position detecting means for detecting a position of said cursor, and a cursor moving speed changing means for changing a moving speed of said cursor in accordance with a detection result of said cursor position detecting means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The cursor moving speed changing means is arranged such that the cursor is positioned within one of the divided areas by the cursor position detecting means and near a boundary between the one area and another adjacent area. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising changing the moving speed of the cursor when detecting that the cursor is moved. 4. An information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display means into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas.
A cursor display control unit for displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display unit; a cursor position instructing unit for instructing a position of a cursor on the display screen of the display unit; A cursor moving means for moving the cursor to a position designated by the position indicating means while displaying the cursor; a cursor position detecting means for detecting the position of the cursor; and And a cursor moving speed control means for changing a moving speed of the cursor when detecting that the cursor is located in one area and near a boundary between the one area and another adjacent area. apparatus. 5. A cursor display control method used in an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display unit into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. A step of displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display means, a step of specifying a position of the cursor on the display screen of the display means, and the step of displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display means A cursor display control method, comprising the steps of: moving the cursor to a different position; and controlling the moving speed of the cursor for each of the divided display areas. 6. The cursor display control method according to claim 5, wherein a position of the cursor is detected, and a moving speed of the cursor is changed according to a result of the detection. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cursor is positioned at one of the divided areas.
7. The display control according to claim 6, further comprising changing the moving speed of the cursor when detecting that the cursor is located in one area and near a boundary between the one area and another adjacent area. Method. 8. A cursor display control method used in an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display unit into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. A step of displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display means, a step of specifying a position of the cursor on the display screen of the display means, and the step of displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display means Moving the cursor to a predetermined position, detecting the position of the cursor, and positioning the cursor in one of the divided areas and near a boundary between the one area and another adjacent area. Changing the moving speed of the cursor upon detecting that the cursor is moving. 9. A cursor display system is constructed on an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display unit into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. A storage medium storing a program for executing the operation, the program includes a cursor display control module for displaying a cursor on a display screen of the display means, and a display screen of the display means based on an instruction input from a cursor position instruction means. A cursor position indicating module for indicating a position of a cursor on the display, a cursor moving module for moving the cursor to a position indicated by the position indicating module while displaying the cursor on a display screen of the display means, and The cursor movement module is controlled to change the movement speed of the cursor for each display area. And a cursor movement speed control module. 10. A cursor moving speed control module, comprising: a cursor position detecting module for detecting a position of the cursor; a cursor moving speed changing module for changing a moving speed of the cursor according to a detection result of the cursor position detecting module. The storage medium according to claim 9, comprising: 11. The cursor moving speed changing module is arranged such that the cursor is positioned within one of the divided areas by the cursor position detecting module and near a boundary between the one area and another adjacent area. 11. The storage medium according to claim 10, further comprising: changing the cursor moving speed when detecting that the cursor is moved. 12. A cursor display system is constructed on an information processing apparatus capable of dividing a display screen of a display means into a plurality of display areas and displaying information such as characters and images corresponding to each of the divided display areas. And a cursor display control module for displaying a cursor on the display screen of the display means, and a position of the cursor on the display screen of the display means based on an input from the cursor position designating means. A cursor position indicating module for indicating the position, a cursor moving module for moving the cursor to a position specified by the position indicating module while displaying the cursor on the display screen of the display means, and a cursor for detecting the position of the cursor A position detection module, and the cursor is moved by the cursor position detection module. A cursor for controlling the cursor moving module to change the moving speed of the cursor when detecting that the divided region is located in one of the divided regions and in the vicinity of the boundary between the one region and another adjacent region. A storage medium comprising: a moving speed control module.