Operation picture displaying apparatus and method therefor
First Claim
1. An operation picture displaying apparatus, comprising:
- operation picture displaying means for displaying two or more operation pictures on a display screen, each of said operation pictures being correlated to an operation of a computer;
pointer picture displaying means for displaying a pointer at a pointed position on said display screen in response to an external input pointing to an arbitrary position on said display screen;
moving direction/speed detecting means for detecting the direction and the speed of movement of said pointer on said display screen; and
operation picture selecting means for automatically selecting one of said operation pictures displayed on said display screen based on said detected moving direction and moving speed before the pointer reaches said selected operation picture.
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Abstract
An icon/window which a user is selecting is precisely predicted to improve the operability of a GUI. This invention displays a GUI picture, including an icon/window and a pointer of a mouse or the like in a display screen of a computer, predicts an icon which the user is selecting based on the moving speed and the direction of movement of the pointer, and displays a tool tip or the like which indicate the function of the icon. This invention also predicts an operation which the user is effecting on the window based on the moving speed of the pointer and a distance between the pointer and a window, changes the display of the pointer from a conventional arrow head during the movement to a bidirectional arrow head appearing in changing the size of the window, for example, depending on the prediction, and further assists an operation to change the size of the window in response to clicking by the user.
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19 Claims
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1. An operation picture displaying apparatus, comprising:
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operation picture displaying means for displaying two or more operation pictures on a display screen, each of said operation pictures being correlated to an operation of a computer;
pointer picture displaying means for displaying a pointer at a pointed position on said display screen in response to an external input pointing to an arbitrary position on said display screen;
moving direction/speed detecting means for detecting the direction and the speed of movement of said pointer on said display screen; and
operation picture selecting means for automatically selecting one of said operation pictures displayed on said display screen based on said detected moving direction and moving speed before the pointer reaches said selected operation picture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An operation picture displaying apparatus comprising:
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operation picture displaying means for displaying two or more operation pictures on a display screen, each of said operation pictures being correlated to an operation of a computer;
pointer picture displaying means for displaying a pointer at a pointed position on said display screen in response to an external operation pointing to an arbitrary position on said display screen;
moving speed/distance detecting means for detecting a moving speed of said pointer on said display screen and a pointer distance between said pointer and each of said operation pictures displayed on said display screen; and
operation picture selecting means for automatically selecting one of said operation pictures displayed on said display screen based on said detected moving speed and said pointer distance before the pointer reaches said selected operation picture. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An operation picture displaying method, comprising the steps of:
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displaying two or more operation pictures on a display screen, each of said operation pictures being correlated to an operation on a computer;
displaying a pointer at a pointed position on said display screen in response to an external input;
detecting a moving direction and a moving speed of said pointer on said display screen or a moving speed of said pointer on said display screen and a pointer distance between said pointer and each of said operation pictures displayed on said display screen; and
automatically selecting one of said operation pictures displayed on said display screen based on said detected moving speed and either said moving direction or said pointer distances before the pointer reaches said selected operation picture.
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11. A computer readable recording medium storing a program which causes a computer to execute:
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an operation picture displaying step of displaying on a computer screen two or more operation pictures each of which is correlated to an operation on a computer;
a pointer picture displaying step for displaying a pointer at a pointed position on said display screen in response to an external operation pointing to an arbitrary position on said display screen;
a moving direction/speed detecting step for detecting a moving direction and a moving speed of said pointer on said display screen; and
an operation picture selecting step for automatically selecting one of said operation pictures displayed on said display screen based on said detected moving direction and moving speed before the pointer reaches said selected operation picture. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable recording medium storing a program which causes a computer to execute:
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an operation picture displaying step of displaying two or more operation pictures on a display screen, each of which is correlated to an operation of a computer;
a pointer picture displaying step of displaying a pointer at a pointed position on said display screen in response to an external operation pointing to an arbitrary position on said display screen;
a moving speed/distance detecting step of detecting a moving speed of said pointer on said display screen and a pointer distance between said pointer and each of said operation pictures displayed on said display screen; and
an operation picture selecting step for automatically selecting one of said operation pictures displayed on said display screen based on said detected moving speed and pointer distances before the pointer reaches said selected operation picture. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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