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Three-dimensional input device with displayed legend and shape-changing cursor

US5801704A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1995
Grant dateSep 1, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2203/014
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an image processing apparatus for performing image processing of a processed object by displaying the processed object and an operating cursor on an image display device, and by operating the operating cursor according to three-dimensional actions of the hand and the fingers of an operator, a processing function and a shape of the operating cursor are changed by judging the meaning of the three-dimensional actions of the hand and the fingers to support understanding of the processing function.

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