Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1994-11-15
1998-08-04
Kim, Matthew M.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
G06F 300
Patent
active
057901228
ABSTRACT:
A method for maximizing the amount of screen display real estate without sacrificing the user's ability to navigate through graphic and other data. The CPU is capable of accessing and executing a computer program which includes a first event handler including events, each of which is selectively paired with a different set of screen coordinates, the set of screen coordinates comprising a first hot spot file. A user moves a pointer around on the screen display by using a pointer control device. The position of the pointer is monitored by the first event handler, which then determines whether the position of the pointer corresponds to a set of screen coordinates in the first hot spot file which, in turn, corresponds to an event, most preferably, the display of a navigation tool. The CPU executes the first event handler thereby causing a navigation tool to appear on the screen display, but only when the position of the pointer corresponds to a set of screen coordinates in the main event table paired with a pre-selected event, most preferably a navigation tool displaying event which launches the navigation tool. Then and only then is the screen display encumbered by the presence of the navigation tool. In accordance with the invention, it is not necessary to press a mouse button to initiate a navigation event.
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Cecchini Albert B. P.
Woodard Matthew
dela Torre Crescelle N.
Kim Matthew M.
Libera, Inc.
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