JP2001142615A - Remote control transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote control transmitter capable of moving, a point in the direction of a center among buttons when a plurality of buttons are depressed and moving the point in many directions. SOLUTION: This remote control transmitter for performing moving operation of a point on the screen of an electric appliance such as a personal computer, is provided with a plurality of buttons 2 of even numbers starting with zero on a circular or elliptic track on the surface of a transmitter main body 1. When one button 2 is depressed, the point is made to move in a direction corresponding to the number of the button 2. In the case a plurality of buttons 2 are depressed, the point is made to move in the direction corresponding to the number of the middle button 2 when the number of depressed buttons 2 is an odd number, and the point is made to move in the direction of the middle between two middle buttons 2 among pressed buttons 2 when the number of the pressed buttons 2 is an even number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control transmitter for moving a point on a screen of an electric device such as a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of remote control transmitter,
For example, there is one provided with a cross button, but this has a problem that the point cannot be moved diagonally.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-284871 discloses a remote control transmitter having a different structure from the above-mentioned one. As shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4 and 5, the key contacts 134 are formed on the printed circuit board 133, and the carbon contacts 136 corresponding to the key contacts 134 are formed. Is attached to the printed wiring board 133, and the direction control key 137 corresponding to the position of the carbon contact 136 is attached.
Are integrally formed with the cabinet 131, and a dome-shaped operation sheet 145 is attached to the direction control keys 137 to form a flat direction control switch 150.

However, in this case, the point can be moved only in the direction of the direction control key 137, and when a plurality of direction control keys 137 are pressed, the point is moved in the direction of the original direction control key 137. There is a problem that the point cannot be moved in the center direction between the keys of the plurality of direction control keys 137.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems. When a plurality of buttons are pressed, the point can be moved in the direction of the center between the buttons.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote control transmitter capable of moving points in multiple directions.

[0006]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control transmitter for moving a point on a screen of an electric device such as a personal computer. On the surface of the transmitter body, there are provided an even number of buttons starting from 0 on a circular or elliptical orbit, and when one button is pressed, the point moves in a direction corresponding to the number of the button, When a plurality of buttons are pressed, if the number of pressed buttons is an odd number, the point moves in a direction corresponding to the number of the center button, and the number of pressed buttons is an even number. In the case of an individual, the point moves in the direction of the center of the two pressed buttons.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the button near the last number and the button of the 0-number among the plurality of even-numbered buttons are simultaneously pressed,
In the direction of the numerical value obtained by adding a numerical value obtained by adding 2 to the button of the last number, adding the numerical value obtained by adding the numerical value obtained by adding the numerical value in the vicinity of the last number, and the number obtained by dividing the number of buttons pressed The point is configured to move. The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the button is provided with a total number of 16 and the point can be moved in 32 directions.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a remote control transmitter according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a remote control transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Is an external view of the whole, (b) is an enlarged plan view of a main part thereof,
FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C are flowcharts showing a procedure for moving points in the remote control transmitter according to the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the remote control transmitter according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of buttons 2 for moving a point on the screen of an electric device such as a personal computer on a hand of the transmitter body 1. It is provided on an elliptical orbit, and a determination button 3 is provided at the center thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, in the vicinity of the outside of the plurality of buttons 2,
The numbers 0 to 30 of the plurality of buttons 2 are printed. Then, when one of these buttons 2 is pressed,
The point is moved in the direction of the button number.

When a plurality of buttons 2 are pressed and the number of pressed buttons 2 is an odd number, the point moves in a direction corresponding to the number of the center button 2. Button 2 being pressed
When the number is an even number, the point moves in the direction of the center of the pressed two button 2.
For example, when number 2, number 4, and number 6 are pressed at the same time, the point is moved in the direction of button 2 of number 4, which is the center button 2, and number 2 and number 4 are pressed at the same time. When you are
The point is moved in the direction of the center 3 between the numbers 2 and 4. When the buttons of number 30 and number 0 are pressed at the same time, a value obtained by adding 30 and 2 plus 32 and 30 is 62.
The point is moved in the direction of 31 which is a numerical value obtained by dividing by 2.

Next, the basic operation of the remote control transmitter according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 (a), 2 (b) and 2 (c). First, when the scan key is input by pressing the button 2 from the start of FIG. 2A, as shown in FIG. 2B, it is determined whether or not a key input has been performed. , The number of the input key is written into a register in the transmitter body 1. Next, it is determined whether or not the number of the button 2 corresponding to the input key is 0 to 8;
Plugs are set for .about.8, and if NO, the process is terminated as it is (shown in steps 1 to 7).

As shown in FIG. 2A, it is determined whether or not the scan key has been double-pressed. In the case of YES, it is determined whether or not the button 2 of number 0 has been pressed. You. Further, it is determined whether or not the button 2 of the number 30 has been pressed. If YES, the numerical value of 32 is added to all the target plugs, and the direction calculation is performed here (shown in steps 8 to 12). ing). In this direction calculation, as shown in FIG. 2C, a value obtained by dividing the sum of the input direction values by the number of input keys, that is, the number of pressed buttons 2 is calculated, and the process is completed (steps 12 to 12). 14).

Next, as shown in FIG. 2A, it is determined by the direction calculation whether or not the direction value is 32 or more.
In the case of (2), 32 is subtracted from the direction value to determine the moving direction of the correct point, and the processing is terminated (shown in steps 15 to 17).

As described above, the remote controller transmitter according to the present embodiment can move the point toward the center between the buttons 2 when a plurality of buttons 2 are pressed, and can set the points in multiple directions. Things that can move. In the above-described embodiment, the case in which 16 buttons on which even-numbered values from number 0 to number 30 are printed is provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, even-numbered values of number 0 to number 48 are provided. It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a device provided with a plurality of buttons on which is printed.

[0015]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of even-numbered buttons starting from 0 are provided on the surface of the transmitter body on a circular or elliptical orbit. When the button is pressed, the point moves in the direction corresponding to the button number, and when multiple buttons are pressed, if the number of pressed buttons is odd, the point moves to the center button. The point moves in the direction corresponding to the number, and when the number of pressed buttons is an even number, the point is moved in the direction of the center of the two pressed buttons, so that When one of the buttons is pressed, the point can be moved also in the direction of the center between the buttons, and there is an effect that the point can be moved in multiple directions.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a button near the last number and a 0-number button among the plurality of even-numbered buttons are simultaneously pressed, the last-number button is pressed. So that the point moves in the direction of the number divided by the number of buttons pressed, plus the number obtained by adding 2 to the number added, and the number obtained by adding the number added to the number near the last number With this configuration, even when the button near the last number and the button with the number 0 are pressed at the same time, the point can be moved in the correct direction near the button with the number 0.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the total number of buttons is 16, a total of 16 buttons is provided.
The point can be moved in 32 directions, which is a double numerical value.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a remote control transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention;
(A) is an external view of the whole, and (b) is an enlarged plan view of a main part thereof.

FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C are flowcharts illustrating a procedure for moving points in the remote control transmitter according to the embodiment.

FIGS. 3 (a), (b), (c), and (d) are each hierarchical diagrams showing a configuration of a main part of a remote control transmitter for a conventional car navigation device.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a conventional remote control transmitter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Transmitter body 2 button

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A remote control transmitter for moving a point on a screen of an electric device such as a personal computer, comprising a plurality of even numbers starting from 0 on a circular or elliptical orbit on a surface of a transmitter body. When one button is pressed, the point moves in a direction corresponding to the number of the button, and when a plurality of buttons are pressed, the number of pressed buttons is an odd number. When, the point moves in the direction corresponding to the number of the center button, and when the number of pressed buttons is an even number, the point moves in the direction of the center of the two pressed buttons. A remote control transmitter characterized by being configured to move. 2. The plurality of even number buttons.
If the button near the last number and the button with the number 0 are pressed at the same time, add the number obtained by adding 2 to the button with the last number, and add the added number and the number near the last number. The remote control transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the point is moved in a direction of a numerical value obtained by adding the total numerical value and dividing by the number of pressed buttons. 3. The remote control transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the button is provided with a total count of 16, and the point can be moved in 32 directions.