Button-type device for three dimensional rotation and translation control
First Claim
1. A button-type device for three-dimensional rotation or translation control, in which an application program runs to rotate and to translate a predetermined three-dimensional object on a display screen, the button-type device comprising:
- a) a button-part including 9 buttons of a 3×
3 array and having combinations of buttons on horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines, corresponding to the direction of rotation or translation of a three-dimensional object on the three-dimensional axis of rotation or along the axis of translation; and
b) a microcomputer for recognizing the depressed combination of buttons, the order of the button depressed, and the key-depressing time and outputting a control signal so as to rotate or to translate a portion of or whole configuration of the three-dimensional object on the display screen.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a device for rotating or translating a three-dimensional object using a 3×3 button array, in which an application program runs to rotate and to translate a predetermined three-dimensional object on a display screen. The device comprises a button-part including 9 buttons of a 3×3 array and having combinations of buttons on horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines, corresponding to the direction of rotation or translation of a three-dimensional object on the three-dimensional axis of rotation or along the axis of translation; and a microcomputer for recognizing the depression combination of buttons, the order of the button depressed, and the key-depressing time and outputting a control signal so as to rotate or to translate a portion of or whole configuration of the three-dimensional object on the display screen. Without using a pointing method through an additional device like a mouse, the direction of rotation, the angle of rotation, and the direction of translation can be assigned, furthermore partial/whole rotation on the more than three axes and translation are easily controlled, so that a program controlling the rotation and the translation of a three-dimensional object can be applied to any device which has a 3×3 button array, thereby enhancing the applicability.
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1. A button-type device for three-dimensional rotation or translation control, in which an application program runs to rotate and to translate a predetermined three-dimensional object on a display screen, the button-type device comprising:
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a) a button-part including 9 buttons of a 3×
3 array and having combinations of buttons on horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines, corresponding to the direction of rotation or translation of a three-dimensional object on the three-dimensional axis of rotation or along the axis of translation; and
b) a microcomputer for recognizing the depressed combination of buttons, the order of the button depressed, and the key-depressing time and outputting a control signal so as to rotate or to translate a portion of or whole configuration of the three-dimensional object on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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