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Data input device and method

  • US 5,990,893 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1997
  • Issued: 11/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data inputting device, comprising;

  • pointer position inputting means for causing a computer to input position data of a pointer displayed on a screen;

    pointer position accumulating means for causing the computer to accumulate the pointer position data applied by said pointer position inputting means;

    pointer region pass detecting means for causing the computer to control start and stop operations of said pointer position accumulating means, and for causing said pointer position accumulating means to execute the position accumulation operation only when the pointer position data satisfies a predetermined relationship with respect to a predetermined region defined in association with an object on the screen;

    gesture recognizing means for causing the computer to discriminate whether a pointer locus represented by the pointer position data applied by said pointer position accumulating means is a predetermined gesture or not; and

    a processing section for causing a computer to execute an operation related to the object in association with the pointer locus, whenever said gesture recognizing means recognizes the pointer locus as a predetermined gesture.

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