User interactive cursor control system with a programmable scale of orthogonal user movements to cursor movements
First Claim
1. In a computer controlled user interactive display, a system for controlling cursor movement on the display screen comprising:
- a user activated cursor control device connected to said computer movable in the four orthogonal directions,means in said computer for converting said user activated orthogonal movements into cursor movements in said four orthogonal directions on said display screen,user interactive means in said computer for scaling said cursor movements in each of said four orthogonal directions relative to the corresponding movements in said cursor control device, andmeans in said computer for defining regions on said display screen wherein cursor movements in one orthogonal direction have different scaling values from the scaling values of movements in the same one orthogonal direction in regions adjacent to said defined regions.
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Abstract
In a computer controlled user interactive display, a system is provided for controlling cursor movement on the display screen involving a user activated cursor control device connected to said computer movable in the four orthogonal directions. The system has conventional means for converting the user activated orthogonal movements into cursor movements in said orthogonal directions on said display screen and user interactive means for scaling said cursor movements in each of said four orthogonal directions relative to the corresponding movements in said cursor control device. The invention is particularly directed to such cursor movement rate scaling in respective windows.
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1. In a computer controlled user interactive display, a system for controlling cursor movement on the display screen comprising:
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a user activated cursor control device connected to said computer movable in the four orthogonal directions, means in said computer for converting said user activated orthogonal movements into cursor movements in said four orthogonal directions on said display screen, user interactive means in said computer for scaling said cursor movements in each of said four orthogonal directions relative to the corresponding movements in said cursor control device, and means in said computer for defining regions on said display screen wherein cursor movements in one orthogonal direction have different scaling values from the scaling values of movements in the same one orthogonal direction in regions adjacent to said defined regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a computer controlled user interactive display with a user activated cursor control device connected to said computer movable in the four orthogonal directions, a method for controlling cursor movement on the display screen comprising:
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converting said user activated orthogonal movements into cursor movements in said four orthogonal directions on said display screen, scaling said cursor movements in each of said four orthogonal directions relative to the corresponding movements in said cursor control device, and defining regions on said display screen wherein cursor movements in one orthogonal direction have different scaling values from the scaling values of movements in the same one orthogonal direction in regions adjacent to said defined regions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program having data structures included on a computer readable medium for controlling cursor movement on a computer controlled display with a user interactive cursor control device connected to said computer and movable in the four orthogonal directions comprising:
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means for converting said user activated orthogonal movements into cursor movements in said four orthogonal directions on said display screen, user interactive means for scaling said cursor movements in each of said four orthogonal directions relative to the corresponding movements in said cursor control device, and means for defining regions on said display screen wherein cursor movements in one orthogonal direction have different scaling values from the scaling values of movements in the same one orthogonal direction in regions adjacent to said defined regions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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