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Digitizer system with cursor shape changing as a function of pointer location on menu strip and/or physical structure on tablet surface indicating menu strip location

  • US 6,689,965 B1
  • Filed: 06/26/1998
  • Issued: 02/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A digitizer system comprising:

  • a digitizer tablet for writing and drawing, said tablet including a generally flat surface and a plurality of conductive loop coils therein, the generally flat surface including a menu area and a work area, the menu area including a plurality of different menu item sub-areas therein capable of being selected by the user;

    a pointer for movement by a user over the generally flat surface of said tablet, so that a cursor shape to be shown on a corresponding display in a location on the display that corresponds to a position of the pointer on the digitizer tablet, such that when the pointer travels from the work area to the menu area, the cursor also travels from a position on the display corresponding to the work area to a position on the display corresponding to the menu area;

    a memory for storing a plurality of different cursor shapes which are for indicating the presence of the cursor over different menu item sub-areas; and

    wherein said cursor shape to be shown on the display is retrieved from the memory and varies as a function of which menu item sub-area the pointer is positioned over the tablet.

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