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Cursor positioning via voice recognition

  • US 8,139,025 B1
  • Filed: 04/01/2006
  • Issued: 03/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cursor positioning system operatively connected to a cursor control rendering subsystem for controlling the cursor position on an aircraft cockpit computer display system, comprising:

  • a) a coarse positioning subsystem for providing a coarse positioning signal to a cursor control and rendering subsystem of a computer display system, said computer display system comprising a plurality of displays of an aircraft cockpit, said coarse positioning subsystem comprising a voice recognition system, said coarse positioning signal for providing coarse positioning of a cursor in a discontinuous manner to a named region of interest (ROI) on a computer display of the computer display system only in response to an operator'"'"'s voice, said ROI defining a plurality of items; and

    ,b) a fine positioning subsystem operatively associated with said coarse positioning subsystem for providing a fine positioning signal to the cursor control and rendering subsystem, said fine positioning signal for providing fine positioning of the cursor after said coarse positioning, for selecting said items within said ROI on the computer display, said fine positioning subsystem being operatively associatable with a non-voice actuated cursor control device.

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