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Method and apparatus customizing a dual actuation setting of a computer input device switch

US5559943A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1994
Grant dateSep 24, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0481
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and computer system present a user with a target icon on a computer screen and instruct the user to place a cursor thereon and twice actuate a mouse switch. The method measures the positions of the cursor on the screen during, and the time between, the two actuations by the user, and uses these measurements to customize, for the given user, the dual actuation speed and cursor movement area used to determine a double-click input command.

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