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3D pointing method, 3D display control method, 3D pointing device, 3D display control device, 3D pointing program, and 3D display control program

US7880726B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 12, 2005
Grant dateFeb 1, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04815
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A three-dimensional pointing method is disclosed. In the three-dimensional pointing method of the present invention, a desired point in a three-dimensional space represented on a display apparatus is pointed at based on two-dimensional coordinates of a position that is pointed at by a pen tip of an input pen on a predetermined detection plane, and, based on pen pressure that is pressure applied to the pen tip of the input pen, time for continuing to point or operation of an operation means provided in the input pen. In addition, in the three-dimensional pointing method of the present invention, a depth direction coordinate of a three-dimensional pointer to be displayed in the three-dimensional space is changed according to the pen pressure of the input pen, the time for continuing to point or the operation of the operation means provided in the input pen, and the three-dimensional pointer is displayed.

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