Methods and devices for object selection in a computer

An object selection device for selecting an object displayed on a display device of a computer including the display device, a storage device, and a processor configured to:

• move a movable pointer in the display device in response to a user input;
• determine whether the pointer is in a predetermined temporary selection state;
• based on a determination that the pointer is in the temporary selection state, acquire an object pointed to by the pointer and store the object in the storage device as a temporarily selected object;
• acquire an second object pointed by the pointer in response to the user performing a predetermined object selection operation;
• compare the second object with the temporarily selected object;
• and
• based on a determination that the second object is identical to the temporarily selected object, determine that the second object is selected.

A computer program product for creating a classification rule by combining classifiers, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor to:

• move a movable pointer in the display device in response to a user input;
• determine whether the pointer is in a predetermined temporary selection state;
• based on a determination that the pointer is in the temporary selection state, acquire an object pointed to by the pointer and store the object in the storage device as a temporarily selected object;
• acquire an second object pointed by the pointer in response to the user performing a predetermined object selection operation;
• compare the second object with the temporarily selected object;
• and
• based on a determination that the second object is identical to the temporarily selected object, determine that the second object is selected.