Device for electing a figure from among figures depicted on a display device
First Claim
1. A figure electing device for designating an elected figure which is elected by a pointer from among figures displayed in a figure display image plane, said pointer setting an indicating point in said figure display image plane and providing point information concerning said indicating point, said device comprising:
- coordinates detecting means for receiving said point information and computing and providing coordinates of said indicating point;
figure detecting means for receiving said coordinates, detecting figures located in the vicinity of said indicating point, and providing figure information on individual detected figures;
figure determining means for receiving said figure information, determining said elected figure relying on said figure information, and providing election information concerning a figure that has been determined to be said elected figure; and
criteria providing means for holding and providing possibility information for election of a figure which is located at a relative position with respect to said indicating point, said possibility information being calculated by fuzzy inference based on fuzzy rules used in determining one figure among vicinal figures,wherein, if said figure detecting means detects plural figures, said figure determining means receives possibility information for each of said plural figures and determines said elected figure from among said plural figures on the basis of which of said plural figures is located at a relative position having the most probable possibility of being elected.
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Abstract
A figure electing device permits an operator to use a pointing device such as a mouse to elect a figure from among one or more figures located in the vicinity of a point that is indicated on a figure display image plane by the pointing device, so that the elected figure can be subjected to figure processing. The figure electing device computes the possibility of being elected for every figure by fuzzy inference based on fuzzy rules, and determines the figure designated by the pointing device based on the possibilities allocated to positions relative to the point designated by the pointing device.
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12 Claims
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1. A figure electing device for designating an elected figure which is elected by a pointer from among figures displayed in a figure display image plane, said pointer setting an indicating point in said figure display image plane and providing point information concerning said indicating point, said device comprising:
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coordinates detecting means for receiving said point information and computing and providing coordinates of said indicating point; figure detecting means for receiving said coordinates, detecting figures located in the vicinity of said indicating point, and providing figure information on individual detected figures; figure determining means for receiving said figure information, determining said elected figure relying on said figure information, and providing election information concerning a figure that has been determined to be said elected figure; and criteria providing means for holding and providing possibility information for election of a figure which is located at a relative position with respect to said indicating point, said possibility information being calculated by fuzzy inference based on fuzzy rules used in determining one figure among vicinal figures, wherein, if said figure detecting means detects plural figures, said figure determining means receives possibility information for each of said plural figures and determines said elected figure from among said plural figures on the basis of which of said plural figures is located at a relative position having the most probable possibility of being elected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A figure election device for electing a figure displayed on a figure display image plane which additionally displays a movable pointer, the pointer having a pointing direction and establishing an indicating point which lies along the pointing direction, said figure election device comprising:
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coordinates detecting means for determining coordinates of the indicating point; figure detecting means for receiving the coordinates of the indicating point and detecting figures located in the vicinity of the indicating point, each of the detected figures having a probability of being the elected figure; means for ascertaining the probability that each of the detected figures is the elected figure on the basis of a plurality of election factors, the election factors including the distance between the indicating point and the detected figures and the positions of the detected figures with respect to the pointing direction; and figure determining means for selecting the detected figure having the highest probability as the elected figure. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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