Electronic device

• US 20030080972A1
• Filed: 09/27/2002
• Published: 05/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Gerstner, Robert
• Application Number:
  US10/255,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20030080972A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

The invention pertains to an electronic device with a graphic surface, such as a display, on which image contents of programs are displayed in windows. If the image content is too large for the window of the application program, scroll bars are arranged on the side of the window.

According to the invention, the device can be switched to a mode which allows for any movable image content in a window to be grabbed and moved with a pointer device.

Claims

1. Electronic device with a graphic surface on which the displayed image content is movable, characte riz ed by the fact that the device can be switched to a mode in which all image contents that are movable and can be displayed on the device can be moved in any direction by means of a pointer device.

2. Electronic device according to claim 1, characte riz ed by the fact th at moving the image content is achieved by fixing a point in the image with the pointer device and moving the pointer device.

5. Electronic device according to claim 1, characte riz ed by the fact th at the switching is activated by a software- and/or a hardware button.

3. Electronic device according to claims I or 2, characteriz ed by the fact that the ability to move the image contents is achieved by means of a pointer device and additional software.

4. Electronic device according to claim 3, characte riz ed by the fact th at the additional software does not require any adjustment of the user programs on the electronic device.