CURSOR MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, CURSOR MOVEMENT CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 20150084863A1
• Filed: 12/20/2012
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eizo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Eizo Corporation
• Inventors: Hirata, Naoaki, Arai, Ikumi
• Granted Patent: US 10,459,532 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A problem is to provide a cursor movement control method by which labor necessary for a movement of a cursor can be reduced and convenience of a user can be improved even when a plurality of screens is displayed on one display device, a computer program, a cursor movement control device, and an image display system. A technical solution is such that a display image creation unit (13) sets a region in a display image corresponding to a display region A to a region a and a region in the display image corresponding to a display region B to a region b, and allocates the regions a and b into the display image. An input unit (12) receives an instruction for whether or not to superposedly display the display region B on the display region A on the display screen (54). A cursor movement control unit (15) controls the movement of the cursor between the region a and the region b according to the received instruction for a superposed display.

Claims

1. A cursor movement control method performed by a cursor movement control device which controls a movement of a cursor position in a display image including a plurality of regions to be allocated into a plurality of display regions displayed on a display screen of an image display device, the cursor movement control method comprising:

a reception step of receiving an instruction for a display or a non-display of another display region simultaneously displayed with one display region on the display screen; and

a control step of controlling the movement of the cursor position between one region corresponding to the one display region and another region corresponding to the other display region according to the instruction received in the reception step.

2. The cursor movement control method according to claim 1, wherein

in the control step, the cursor position on the one region is moved onto the other region when the instruction for the display is received in the reception step.

3. The cursor movement control method according to claim 2, wherein

in the control step, the cursor position is moved onto the other region such that a position of a cursor on the display screen is not changed when the cursor on the one display region is in a superposed position on the other display region.

4. The cursor movement control method according to claim 1, wherein

in the control step, the cursor position on the other region is moved onto the one region when the instruction for the non-display is received in the reception step while the one display region and the other display region are simultaneously displayed on the display screen.

5. The cursor movement control method according to claim 4, wherein

in the control step, the cursor position is moved onto the one region such that the position of the cursor on the display screen is not changed.

6. A cursor movement control method performed by a cursor movement control device which controls a movement of a cursor position in a display image including a plurality of regions to be allocated into a plurality of display regions displayed on a display screen of an image display device, the cursor movement control method comprising:

a specification step of specifying, in the display image, boundary information indicating a boundary between one display region and the other display region for a case where the one display region and the other display region are simultaneously displayed on the display screen;

a reception step of receiving a movement manipulation of a cursor;

a determination step of determining whether or not the cursor position according to the movement manipulation received in the reception step exceeds the boundary;

a creation step of creating movement information of the cursor position between the one region and the other region based on position information of the cursor position when it is determined that the cursor position exceeds the boundary in the determination step; and

a control step of controlling the movement of the cursor position between the one region and the other region based on the movement information created in the creation step.

7. The cursor movement control method according to claim 6, further comprising:

an acquisition step of acquiring arrangement information of the other display region simultaneously displayed with the one display region from the image display device, wherein

in the creation step, the movement information of the cursor position is created based on the arrangement information acquired in the acquisition step and the position information of the cursor position.

8. (canceled)

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10. A cursor movement control device which controls a movement of a cursor position in a display image including a plurality of regions to be allocated into a plurality of display regions displayed on a display screen of an image display device, the cursor movement control device comprising;

instruction reception means for receiving an instruction for a display or a non-display of another display region simultaneously displayed with one display region on the display screen; and

movement control means for controlling the movement of the cursor position between one region corresponding to the one display region and another region corresponding to the other display region according to the instruction received in the reception means.

12. An image display system comprising:

the cursor movement control device according to claim 10; and

an image display device including a display screen on which a cursor is displayed by the cursor movement control device.

11. A cursor movement control device which controls a movement of a cursor position in a display image including a plurality of regions to be allocated into a plurality of display regions displayed on a display screen of an image display device, the cursor movement control device comprising:

specification means for specifying, in the display image, boundary information indicating a boundary between one display region and the other display region when the one display region and the other display region are simultaneously displayed on the display screen;

manipulation reception means for receiving a movement manipulation of a cursor;

determination means for determining whether or not the cursor position according to the movement manipulation received in the reception means exceeds the boundary;

creation means for creating movement information of the cursor position between the one region and the other region based on position information of the cursor position when it is determined that the cursor position exceeds the boundary in the determination means; and

movement control means for controlling the movement of the cursor position between the one region and the other region based on the movement information created in the creation means.

13. An image display system comprising:

the cursor movement control device according to claim 11; and

an image display device including a display screen on which a cursor is displayed by the cursor movement control device.