Virtual force feedback interface
OwnerEric Justin Gould, Paulus W. Trisnad +2inventors
InventorsEric Justin Gould, Paulus W. Trisnad, Tina Chia Ho, S. Todd Wilkins
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Abstract
A method interfacing of a display and a pointing device employing regions of the display, sub-regions and objects with induced motion effects which alter the observed motion on the display of the content related to the pointing device are claimed. Induced motion effects include use of induced motion rules. The display may present one or more views of a 2-D, 3-D, 4-D or higher dimensional virtual space with regions, sub-regions and objects reflecting that dimensionality.
Claims19
A cursor control system comprising:
- a display having a plurality of distinct regions;
- a pointing device influencing a pointer on said display;
- and
- a mapper responsive to said pointing device and to a position of said pointer relative to said distinct regions, and operative to affect a continued movement of said pointer,
- wherein said continued movement is a transform of said pointer in at least one of said regions.
A method for controlling a pointer in an object oriented graphical environment comprising:
- developing a list of objects pertaining to graphical regions in a specified area of a display;
- determining for all of said objects which are pertinent to a location of said pointer on said display;
- and
- modifying a movement on said display based upon properties of said pertinent objects.
A method for controlling a pointer in an operating system having an event queue comprising:
- examining said event queue for original pointer events generated by a pointing device;
- removing said original pointer events from said event queue;
- generating new pointer events based upon said original pointer events;
- and
- inserting said new pointer events into said event queue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.