Manually controllable cursor in a virtual image
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1. Portable electronics equipment with manually controllable cursor comprising:
- a hand held electronic device;
a virtual display including display electronics having a two-dimensional array of pixels providing a small real image of a complete frame of alphagraphics and magnifying optics for providing a magnified perceivable virtual image of the complete frame of alphagraphics in the virtual display, the virtual display being mounted in the hand held electronic device for viewing of the magnified perceivable virtual image by an operator;
cursor electronics mounted in the hand held electronic device and connected to the display electronics for producing a manually controllable cursor virtual image in the virtual display; and
manual controls mounted on the hand held electronic device and externally accessible by the operator, the manual controls being connected to the cursor electronics for controlling the position and function of the cursor virtual image within the magnified perceivable virtual image of the complete frame of alphagraphics.
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Abstract
Portable communication equipment having a virtual image display including display electronics and optics for providing a virtual image in the display, cursor electronics connected to the display electronics for producing a manually controllable cursor virtual image in the display, and manual controls mounted on the portable communication equipment and externally accessible by an operator. The manual controls are connected to the cursor electronics for controlling the position and function of the cursor virtual image to provide functions such as pull-down menus and image selection.
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1. Portable electronics equipment with manually controllable cursor comprising:
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a hand held electronic device; a virtual display including display electronics having a two-dimensional array of pixels providing a small real image of a complete frame of alphagraphics and magnifying optics for providing a magnified perceivable virtual image of the complete frame of alphagraphics in the virtual display, the virtual display being mounted in the hand held electronic device for viewing of the magnified perceivable virtual image by an operator; cursor electronics mounted in the hand held electronic device and connected to the display electronics for producing a manually controllable cursor virtual image in the virtual display; and manual controls mounted on the hand held electronic device and externally accessible by the operator, the manual controls being connected to the cursor electronics for controlling the position and function of the cursor virtual image within the magnified perceivable virtual image of the complete frame of alphagraphics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 19)
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7. A portable communication receiver with virtual display and manually controllable cursor comprising:
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a hand held communication receiver; and a miniature virtual image display electrically connected to and mounted in the hand held communications receiver and having a viewing aperture, the virtual image display including image generation apparatus having a two-dimensional array of pixels with each pixel including at least one light emitting device and driving electronics connected to the array for providing a real image of a complete frame of alphagraphics, cursor electronics connected to the image generation apparatus for producing a manually controllable cursor image in the real image of the complete frame of alphagraphics, manual controls mounted on the hand held communication receiver and externally accessible by an operator, the manual controls being electrically connected to the cursor electronics for controlling the position and function of the cursor image within the complete frame of alphagraphics, and an optical system mounted adjacent the image generation apparatus to receive the real image of the complete frame of alphagraphics and the cursor image therefrom, magnify the real image of the complete frame of alphagraphics and the cursor image and produce a virtual image including a manually controllable cursor and the complete frame of alphagraphics at the viewing aperture, the optical system producing a magnification sufficient to easily perceive the virtual image of the complete frame of alphagraphics and the manually controllable cursor through the viewing aperture. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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