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EP0203324A2
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Graphic highlight adjacent a pointing cursor
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1986-04-08
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-04-08
Abstract
Abstract A technique is disclosed which facilitates the selection by a user of a graphic object on a display screen. Selection is by means of a pointing cursor which is moved about the display screen by means of a pointing device having a select button. When the pointing cursor is brought within a predetermined distance of a graphic object, the point on the graphic object closest to the pointing cursor is higlighted to show the user that that graphic object would be selected if the select button were pressed. If the user presses the select button when a point on a graphic object is highlighted, the entire graphic object is highlighted to indicate that it has been selected.
Inventors
- 👤 Rex Allen Mccaskill
- 👤 John Shinynan Wang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 20:57
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0484; G06F3/04842; G06F3/04845
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
48 words
A method of selection of graphic. data on a display screen comprising the steps of: pointing to a graphic object displayed on said display screen; and highlighting a portion of said graphic object when pointed to within a predetermined distance to indicate the object that could be selected.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
48 words
A method of selection of graphic. data on a display screen comprising the steps of: pointing to a graphic object displayed on said display screen; and highlighting a portion of said graphic object when pointed to within a predetermined distance to indicate the object that could be selected.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method recited in claim 1 wherein the step of pointing is performed by the following steps: displaying a pointing cursor on said display screen; and, moving said pointing cursor on said display screen by means of a pointing device having a select button.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method as recited in claim 2 wherein the step of highlighting is performed when said pointing cursor is moved to within said predetermined distance of the graphic object to indicate that that graphic object would be selected if said select button were pressed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the step of highlighting is performed by highlighting the point on the graphic object closest to said pointing cursor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as recited in claim 4 wherein highlighting the point is performed by increasing the intensity of the point.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as recited in claim 4 wherein highlighting the point is performed by changing the color of the point.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method as recited in claim 4 wherein high- liting the point is performed by blinking the point on and off.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as recited in claim 4 wherein highlighting the point is performed by displaying a geometric shape at the position of the point.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method as recited in claim 8 wherein the step of displaying is performed by generating a circle surrounding the point.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method as recited in claim 4 further comprising the step of highlighting the entire graphic object having a point thereon highlighted when the select button is pressed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method as recited in claim 10 wherein a selected graphic object can be deselected comprising the steps of: moving said pointing cursor away from the selected and highlighted graphic object; pressing the select button again; and dehighlighting the now deselected graphic object.
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