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Gesture-modified diagram for retrieval of image resembling diagram, with parts selectable for further interactive retrieval

  • US 5,010,500 A
  • Filed: 01/26/1989
  • Issued: 04/23/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An information retrieval system comprising:

  • presenting means for providing presentations to a user, the presenting means comprising display means for providing visual presentations to the user;

    selection input means for providing signals indicating user selections within visual presentations provided by the display means;

    gesture input means for providing data basaed on gestures of the user;

    memory for storing a plurality of interactive items, the display means being capable of providing a respective interactive presentation based on each of the interactive items;

    the respective interactive presentations of a first one of the interactive items including a first image, the first image including a plurality of parts including a first part;

    the memory further being for storing, for each of the parts of the first image, a respective set of related information items based on each of which the presenting means can provide a respective presentation for providing information to the user;

    the respective set of related information items of the first part including a first information item;

    the first image further including, for each of the parts, a respective selectable bounded area that is selectable by the user with the selection input means in requesting presentations based on information items from the respective set of related information items;

    first means for using visual feature data from the gesture input means to determine whether the first image includes features resembling a desired set of visual features and, if so, for causing the display means to provide the first interactive item'"'"'s respective interactive presentation that includes the first image;

    the visual feature data being based on a gesture indicating the desired set of visual features;

    the visual feature data indicating the gesture'"'"'s path of motion; and

    second means for receiving a request signal requesting the first information item'"'"'s respective presentation and for responding to the request signal by causing the presenting means to provide the first information item'"'"'s respective presentation for providing information to the user;

    the request signal including a selection signal from the selection input means, the selection signal indicating user selection of the first part'"'"'s respective selectable bounded area.

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