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Autonomic control of calibration for pointing device

  • US 7,986,300 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2005
  • Issued: 07/26/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for calibrating a rate of movement of a cursor displayed by a computer in response to a pointing device connected to the computer comprising the steps of:

  • requesting a user to operate the pointing device to indicate a natural range of motion of the user while operating the pointing device;

    receiving pointing device events from the pointing device while the user is operating pointing device;

    defining the natural range of motion of the user from the pointing device events;

    calculating a dimension from the defined natural range of motion;

    defining the rate of movement of the cursor using the dimension;

    receiving additional pointing device events from the pointing device;

    detecting a less-than-optimal calibration indicator for the additional pointing device events; and

    autonomously modifying the rate of movement of the cursor based upon the detected indicator.

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