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Electronic sketching device

US4887968A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 1988
Grant dateDec 19, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2009/0661
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An electronic sketching device. The electronic sketching device includes a display for providing a visual representation of a sketch on a display area. The electronic sketching device also including a cursor controller for moving a cursor on the display and a sketch controller for selectively storing the placement of the cursor on the display area as a pixel to create a sketch on the display area. A storage device, which is coupled to the sketch controller, stores a plurality of sketches. The electronic sketching device also contains a sketch memory for creating and storing a sequence of sketches which is coupled to the storage device. An animater, coupled to the storage device, sketch memory and the display, causes the stored sequence of sketches to be sequentially displayed on the display.

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