Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715858000 | Automatic position adjustment | 13 |
20080256493 | Techniques for Choosing a Position on a Display Having a Cursor - Techniques are provided for choosing a position on a display having a cursor. In one aspect, an exemplary method, which can be computer-implemented, includes the steps of automatically moving the cursor in a predetermined during-selection mode in response to a first user-initiated action, and, responsive to a second user-initiated action when the cursor is at a first location, ceasing the moving of the cursor in the predetermined during-selection mode, and causing a choosing action to be performed at the first location, such that the first location is chosen as the position | 10-16-2008 |
20090007023 | Method And System For Automatically Linking A Cursor To A Hotspot In A Hypervideo Stream - Automatically linking a cursor to a hotspot in a hypervideo stream comprising a plurality of video frames that are associated with at least one selectable hotspot include receiving a hypervideo stream of a first video frame associated with a selectable hotspot in a first activiation region of the first video frame, and determining whether a first position of a cursor is substantially within the first activiation region corresponding to the selectable hotspot. The cursor is associated with the selectable hotspot when the first position of the cursor is substantially within the first activiation region corresponding to the selectable hotspot in the first video frame. The hypervideo stream of a second video frame associated with the selectable hotspot in a second activation region different from the first activation region is received, and the cursor is automatically moved to a second position in the second video frame based on the association. | 01-01-2009 |
20090083678 | Navigation system for a 3D virtual scene - A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system provides cursor wrapping around the view id the 3D scene with continued motion of the cursor in the direction of movement by the user. | 03-26-2009 |
20090172605 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND POINTER DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a pointer display method thereof are provided. The pointer display method includes displaying a pointer on the screen of a mobile terminal, hiding the pointer from view if the pointer is moved into a pointer-containing zone, and notifying a user that the pointer is contained in the pointer-containing zone. In this manner, it is possible to effectively hide the pointer from view according to user input. | 07-02-2009 |
20090210829 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A GRAPHICAL POINTER ON A WORK AREA OF A COMPUTER DISPLAY - The present invention concerns a device for controlling at least one graphical pointer on a work area of a computer display, comprising at least one element, corresponding to said at least one graphical pointer, capable to move on an area included in a tablet, and sensor means capable to detect the position of said at least one element in said area of the tablet, a one-to-one relationship existing between the position of said at least one element within said area of the tablet and the position of said at least one graphical pointer on said work area of the display, wherein said at least one element is movable by means of motion means according to at least two degrees of freedom with respect to the tablet, and in that the means for sensing the position of said at least one element sends one or more signals to processing means capable to process them for determining the position of said at least one graphical pointer corresponding one-to-one with the position of said at least one element. The present invention further concerns a computer incorporating such controlling device. | 08-20-2009 |
20090249257 | CURSOR NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE - A system and method include transitioning a cursor on a display towards a target, detecting an active cursor navigation control field around the target, and automatically positioning the cursor in a center region of the target when the cursor reaches the cursor navigation control field. | 10-01-2009 |
20100017757 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO REDUCE WORKLOAD AND SKILLS REQUIRED IN USAGE OF MOUSE OR OTHER POINTING DEVICES - A method and system are disclosed for controlling operation of a cursor on a display screen of a computer system. In the operation of the computer system, one or more areas on the display screen are designated as user interface areas for receiving input from a user via a Graphical User Interface. The preferred method of this invention comprises the steps of, for each of the user interface areas, designating an area on the display screen as an associated cursor-auto area; and the user applying input to the computer system to move the cursor on the display screen and into one of the cursor-auto areas. When the cursor moves into said one of the cursor-auto areas, the computer system automatically performs a predefined operation to associate visually the cursor with the user interface area associated with said one of the cursor-auto areas. | 01-21-2010 |
20100199225 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SYNCHRONIZING CURSOR EVENTS - An apparatus for synchronizing cursor events may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive an indication of a cursor event of a cursor presented within and associated with a sourcing window of a user interface that also includes a sourced window, wherein the cursor of the sourcing window indicates a geographical location within the geographical area presented by the sourcing window. Additionally, the processor may be configured to communicate information reflecting the cursor event to the sourced window. The processor may further be configured to subject the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event reflected by the information to thereby synchronize a cursor event of the cursor of the sourced window with the cursor event of the cursor of the sourcing window, wherein the cursor of the sourced window indicates the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window. | 08-05-2010 |
20100229128 | Input Apparatus and Input System - An input apparatus includes an operating portion, a display screen portion capable of displaying a first screen having a first selection region selected when a state where the pointer is overlapped is held for a first time and a second screen having a second selection region selected when a state where the pointer is overlapped is held for a second time, and a control portion performing control of moving a display position of the pointer in a first direction so that the pointer does not overlap the second selection region, when the first selection region is selected to be switched to the second screen. | 09-09-2010 |
20110072399 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI WHICH GENERATES GRAVITY MAP TO MOVE POINTER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) in which a pointer is controlled to move to a specific location if the pointer approaches an area at which a GUI element, capable of being selected by the pointer, is displayed on the GUI. | 03-24-2011 |
20130305193 | GUI POINTER AUTOMATIC POSITION VECTORING - A method and computer system for rapid and accurate automatic vectoring of a graphical user interface pointer to a selectable item on a display. Based upon pointer movement input from a pointing device (e.g., a mouse, touchpad or specially configured keyboard), a direction of travel vector from an initial anchor position towards a target item is determined. The location of the target item is extrapolated and the pointer is automatically moved to that target item. To ensure that the pointer moves to the intended target item, the location of the target item is extrapolated based upon the direction of travel vector and default and/or user defined parameters. Optional user defined parameters include initial pointer anchor position, vector sensitivity, automatic selection of target item, and user defined pointer limitations. | 11-14-2013 |
20140109017 | Precise Selection Techniques For Multi-Touch Screens - A unique system and method is provided that facilitates pixel-accurate targeting with respect to multi-touch sensitive displays when selecting or viewing content with a cursor. In particular, the system and method can track dual inputs from a primary finger and a secondary finger, for example. The primary finger can control movement of the cursor while the secondary finger can adjust a control-display ratio of the screen. As a result, cursor steering and selection of an assistance mode can be performed at about the same time or concurrently. In addition, the system and method can stabilize a cursor position at a top middle point of a user's finger in order to mitigate clicking errors when making a selection. | 04-17-2014 |
20160062594 | Boundary Limits on Directional Selection Commands - A user interface for a computer processes a directional selection command for selecting display data between a start cursor location and an end cursor location. Given a current end cursor location in the display data, a boundary in the display data of content which contains the current end cursor location is identified. When selecting display data in response to a directional selection command, the computer searches within the display data in the designated direction from a current end cursor location for a next instance of a pattern in the display data. The pattern depends on the command. If the identified boundary is reached before the next instance of the designated pattern, then the current end cursor location is moved to the identified boundary. | 03-03-2016 |