DEVICE FOR CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS BY MANIPULATION OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS ON A MULTICONTACT TOUCH SCREEN
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Abstract
A device for controlling an electronic apparatus by handling graphic objects. The device includes a visualisation screen, a transparent multi-contact touch sensor for acquiring multi-contact touch information generated by a plurality of pointing devices, and an electronic control circuit for generating control signals based on the touch information and for generating graphic objects on the visualisation screen. Each of the graphic objects is associated with at least one specific processing rule. Each piece of touch information is subjected to a specific processing determined by the location thereof relative to the position of the graphic objects. A first series of main graphic objects and a second series of subordinate graphic objects respectively have main and subordinate complementary functions associated respectively with at least one main specific processing rule and at least one subordinate specific processing rule. All the graphic objects are arranged such that the first series is handled by a first set of pointing devices and the second series is handled by a second set of pointing devices different from the first set, the handling of at least one of the subordinate graphic objects resulting in modifications of the properties of at least one of the main graphic objects.
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19. A device for control of an electronic equipment item by manipulation of graphical objects, the device comprising:
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a display screen; a transparent multicontact touch sensor for acquisition of multicontact touch information items produced by a plurality of pointing means; and an electronic control circuit configured to generate control signals according to the touch information items and to generate graphical objects on the display screen, each of the graphical objects being associated with at least one specific processing rule, each of the touch information items being an object of a specific processing determined by its location relative to the position of the graphical objects; a first series of main graphical objects and a second series of subordinate graphical objects, each of the main graphical objects having a main function and being associated with at least one main specific processing rule, each of the subordinate graphical objects having a subordinate function and being associated with at least one subordinate specific processing rule, the functions of the subordinate graphical objects being complementary to the functions of the main graphical objects, the subordinate graphical objects being disposed on the display screen at locations different from those of the main graphical objects, wherein the graphical objects are organized such that the first series is manipulated by a first set of pointing means and the second series by a second set of pointing means distinct from the first set of pointing means, and wherein manipulation of at least one of the subordinate graphical objects leads to modifications of properties of at least one of the main graphical objects. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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