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Apparatus for the interactive handling of objects

  • US 5,943,039 A
  • Filed: 08/06/1998
  • Issued: 08/24/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A graphical user interface displayed on a view screen, the interface comprising:

  • a plurality of position dependent election opportunities displayed along at least one internal curved path upon said screen, a curve of said internal curved path being such that normals to the curvature of said internal curved path appear to lie within a surface of the display, the election opportunities being selectable by motion of an external pointing action, the external pointing action pointing at corresponding areas, each corresponding area being associated with one of the election opportunities, the corresponding areas being positioned in at least one external curved path, the external curved path being curved similarly to the internal curved path,whereby the external curved path can be traced easily with lifting motion of a wrist of a user and the curve of the internal curved path suggests such a motion to the user.

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