JPH0713674A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability, and to shorten a time require for the input of a numeric value by changing the numeric value at an arbitrary digit, and inputting the numeric value by a mouse or the like. CONSTITUTION:This device is equipped with a mouse input discriminating part 5 which discriminates data such as the state of a mouse button and a mouse position from a mouse inputting part 3, entire part control part 7 and a numeric value position discriminating part 8 which discriminate whether or not the numeric value part is present at the mouse position, and discriminate the digit of the mouse position when the numeric value is present at the mouse position, and numeric value display part 9 which displays the numeric value on a display part 10 according to the processed result of a window processing part 1.

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 in which a numerical value displayed on a screen is changed and displayed at a position designated by a position input means such as a mouse which is easy to operate, and the numerical value is input.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, information processing devices such as personal computers are equipped with software such as "Windows" (a product name of Microsoft Corporation in the United States) to divide a screen into a plurality of windows and operate an application in each window. We provide a window system that allows you to work separately, and improve the operability by allowing you to easily select and operate parts such as icons on the screen with the mouse and input data using input means other than the keyboard. I am trying.

In the window system as described above, by defining a plurality of parts called a text box for inputting characters and a menu for processing selection on the window, operations in a plurality of windows are made common and a user interface is provided. Are unified. As a method of inputting numerical values in the window system, as shown in Fig. 4, a part called a text box is used to input all digits with a keyboard, and as shown in Fig. 5, a button is arranged at the right corner of the text box. There is a method of changing and inputting the numerical value initially displayed by clicking this button with a mouse.

[0004]

Since the conventional information processing apparatus is as described above, when the user inputs a numerical value with the keyboard, the user has to switch between the mouse input and the keyboard input, and the operation is complicated. become,
Operability is reduced.

Further, the method of changing and inputting a numerical value by clicking the button at the right corner of the text box with the mouse eliminates the complexity of the operation switching as described above, but the one digit is changed to "1" by one click. 1 "at a time, that is," 12345 "
Can be changed only to "12346", there is a problem that it takes a long time to change and input "12345" to "22345".

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and by enabling the designation of a digit of a numerical value and the input of a change for each digit, the time for inputting a numerical value can be greatly shortened. Another object is to provide an information processing device that improves operability.

[0007]

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention, in an information processing apparatus for sequentially changing and displaying numerical values displayed on a screen and inputting numerical values, means for indicating a position on the screen, Means for determining the position indicated above,
It is characterized in that it is provided with means for determining a designated digit position when displaying a numerical value at the designated position, and means for sequentially changing and displaying the numerical value at the designated digit position.

[0008]

In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, when the numerical value is displayed at the position designated on the screen, the digit at the designated position is determined, and the numerical value of only the designated digit position is sequentially changed and displayed.
For example, when the numerical value of the digit being changed and displayed is confirmed, the numerical value of all digits including this digit is input.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing its embodiments. FIG. 1 shows an information processing apparatus according to the present invention (hereinafter,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the device of the present invention). In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a window processing unit for dividing a screen into a plurality of windows and operating an application in each window, and a key input determination unit 4 for determining a key code from a key input through a key input unit 2. And the state of the mouse button from the mouse input via the mouse input unit 3,
A mouse input determination unit 5 for determining the mouse position, a window control unit 6 for controlling the display of windows,
The numerical value display section is composed of an all-parts control section 7 for displaying the parts on the window and performing an input control process, and a numerical position judgment section 8 for judging the display position of each digit of the numerical value displayed on the screen. The numeral 9 displays a numerical value on the display unit 10 such as a CRT according to the processing result of the window processing unit 1.

The operation will be described. The mouse input determination unit 5 determines the state of the mouse button, the mouse position, etc. from the mouse input via the mouse input unit 3 and sends the data to the window control unit 6. The window control unit 6 sends the given mouse information to the all-component control unit 7 to check which component on the window has the mouse input, and the all-component control unit 7 determines whether the position of the mouse input has a numerical value. If the mouse input position is a position with a numerical value, the numerical value to be displayed is sent to the numerical value display unit 9,
The numerical value display section 9 displays a numerical value at a corresponding position on the display section 10.

Next, the procedure for inputting numerical values in the apparatus of the present invention will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. When the mouse button is clicked (S1), it is judged whether or not it is clicked in the range of numerical parts (S2), and when it is clicked in the range of numerical parts, it is judged whether it is above the numerical value of numerical parts or not. Yes (S3). If it is clicked on the numerical value, it is determined which digit it is (S4), and then it is determined whether the currently displayed numerical value of the digit clicked by the mouse button is '9' (S5). ). If the currently displayed numerical value is other than "9", the numerical value is incremented (S6), and the numerical value of the digit where the mouse button is clicked is changed and displayed (S7).

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S5 is that the digit of the digit at which the mouse button is pressed is '9', the digit is set to '0'.
Then (S8), the numerical value of the digit where the mouse button is clicked is changed and displayed (S7). When the numerical value of the changed and displayed digit is confirmed by the user, the numerical value of all digits including this digit is input.

FIG. 3 is an example of a screen display showing a specific procedure for changing a numerical value by the device of the present invention. "1" displayed on the screen
When the mouse cursor 11 is moved to the most significant digit of 2345 "and the mouse button is clicked, the character cursor (indicated by hatching) is displayed at the most significant digit" 1 ". When the mouse button is clicked, only the most significant digit "1" is changed to "2", and "12345" is changed to "22345" and displayed.

In this embodiment, the case where the numerical value is changed and input in the ascending order by clicking the mouse button has been described, but the invention is not limited to the ascending order and may be the descending order, or the ascending / descending order may be selected. Good.

In this embodiment, the mouse is used as the position input means on the screen. However, the position input means such as a light pen or a trackball may be used instead of the mouse.

[0016]

As described above, since the apparatus of the present invention can easily input a numerical value in a short time with a mouse or the like for pointing a position on the screen, it has an excellent effect of greatly improving the operability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of inputting numerical values in the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen display example for explaining a procedure of inputting numerical values in the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen display example of numerical value input in a conventional information processing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display example for explaining a procedure of inputting numerical values in the conventional information processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Window processing unit 2 Key input unit 3 Mouse input unit 4 Key input determination unit 5 Mouse input determination unit 6 Window control unit 7 All component control unit 8 Numerical position determination unit 9 Numerical value display unit 10 Display unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus for sequentially changing and displaying numerical values displayed on a screen and inputting numerical values, means for instructing a position on a screen, means for determining a position instructed on the screen, and an instruction. An information processing apparatus comprising: means for determining a designated digit position when a numerical value is displayed at the designated position; and means for sequentially changing and displaying the designated digit position.