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Blunt input device cursor

  • US 6,285,374 B1
  • Filed: 04/06/1998
  • Issued: 09/04/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of controlling acquisition of visual targets with a cursor in a visual display displayed on a screen, comprising:

  • providing a coordinate system associated with the screen;

    providing a pointer associated with the cursor and comprising cursor points in the coordinate system;

    moving the pointer within the coordinate system based on position information from a user input device;

    providing a target region in the coordinate system, the target region corresponding to a visual target and comprising at least one target point in the coordinate system;

    providing, substantially continuously, visual indicia on the visual display indicative of at least some of a plurality of cursor points defining a cursor hot spot; and

    acquiring the target region when any of a plurality of the cursor points defining the cursor hot spot coincides with the at least one target point.

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