Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display peripheral interface input device
Patent
1994-04-05
1995-01-10
Brier, Jeffery
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display peripheral interface input device
395600, 395161, G09G 500
Patent
active
053811585
ABSTRACT:
An information retrieval apparatus features a three-dimensional display unit for displaying a set of indexes controlling attributes of a database in a three-dimensional image space in sight of a user with index display images so as to allow the user to visually recognize the set of indexes. An input unit detects motion patterns of the user's body against the index display images as input information and displays the motion patterns in the three-dimensional image space. An arithmetic operation unit recognizes the input information of the motion patterns received through the input unit and performs set logical operations of selected images in accordance with the motion patterns so as to collate and retrieve information from the database. The user can further directly operate index display images in a three-dimensional image space or a two-dimensional image space without the necessity of a keyboard and recognize input information with his body's motion patterns. The arithmetic operation unit performs set logical operations of indexes displayed with predetermined index display images so as to retrieve desired information from a database. Thus, even if the user does not have enough experience in operating conventional input and output units, such as a keyboard, he can readily and accurately retrieve desired objects from a medium such as a database.
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Kawamoto Atsuko
Suzuki Takao
Takahara Kenichi
Brier Jeffery
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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