Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input method using a pointing device capable or precisely recognizing the latch state of the pointing device and eliminating the erroneous operation in a transition to the latch state, and a portable information terminal equipped with the function thereof. SOLUTION: In this input method using the pointing device, an application is made to recognize the ON state of the pointing device by ON-operation and the OFF state of the pointing device by OFF operation. The input method comprises a step for realizing the latch state for keeping the ON state in the application even if the OFF operation of the pointing device is performed in response to the continuation of the ON operation of the pointing device for a given length of time, and a step for executing a program for making a user recognize the realization of the latch state.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-monitor system having improved operability of a mouse in an extension desk top environment. SOLUTION: When a screen M1 of a primary monitor 11 is shifted from a screen M2 of a secondary monitor 21, and connected thereto in a predetermined section B2-D1, a mark window 50 is displayed adjacently to the predetermined section B2-D1 on the screen M1 of the primary monitor 11 and the screen M2 of the secondary monitor 21 so that the predetermined section B2-D1 in which a mouse pointer MP is movable can be precisely and rapidly grasped. As options, when the mouse pointer MP is moved onto the mark window 50 or to the vicinity thereof, the mark window is shielded, or the mouse pointer MP is temporarily stopped in a predetermined section, and when the mouse pointer MP is moved to the other screen, the monitor number of the moving destination is displayed on the screen of the moving source. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI