Apparatus for the interactive handling of objects

Details Apparatus for the interactive handling of objects Apparatus for the interactive handling of objects

1994-07-20

1998-10-27

Liang, Regina

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display peripheral interface input device

Light pen for fluid matrix display panel

345902, 345352, G09G 508

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058283609

ABSTRACT:
In an apparatus for handling objects such as documents and tools a menu of options (30) is displayed, which options (31a . . . 31h) are placed in a curved band (31) around the position of the cursor at the moment of activating the menu. The shape of the curved band is optimized for the movement of a hand-held pointer device, such as a stylus, and allows easy movement of the pointer device along the options. The band (31) may follow part of the circumference of a circle of which circle inner portions (32, 33) may be used for the display of several sets of sub-options.

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patent: 4656603 (1987-04-01), Dunn
patent: 4763356 (1988-08-01), Day, Jr. et al.
patent: 4896291 (1990-01-01), Gest et al.
Jack Callahan "An Empirical Comparison of Pie vs. Linear Menus". Sep. 1987, pp. 1-14.
"Directional Selection is Easy as Pie Menus|", Don Hopkins University of Maryland, Fourth USENIX Computer Graphics Workshop, Cambridge, MA, Oct. 8-9, 1987; p. 103 of the minutes.

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