A cursor for use with an X-Y grid tablet comprises a single integral transparent plastic member having a substantially flat face with a circular groove machined or molded therein and crosshairs etched into the area enclosed by the groove. The member is mounted on a rotatable plate and magnet wire is wound inside the channel by using a needle having an eye large enough to allow the wire to pass therethrough. The base is rotated the exact number of times to establish the desired characteristic of ...

A graphic input device for controlling the movement of a cursor upon a visual display. The device includes a number of variable resistance pressure transducers corresponding to the primary orthogonal directions of cursor movement. Each pressure transducer comprises a first electrode for selecting the direction of movement and a second electrode spaced from the first electrode, one of the electrodes being made of an electrically resistive elastomeric material. A manipulable force transmitting dev...

A cursor assembly for use in association with a viewing window of a microfiche viewer consisting of a first guide rail, a slide member and a reader bar projecting outwardly from the slide member. The slide member has U-shaped slipway extending longitudinally thereof. The slipway is substantially wider than the guide rail whereby the slide member may be located on the guide rail with the guide rail extending longitudinally through the slipway. A permanent magnet is carried by the slide member suc...

A controller is provided for manually actuated movement of a cursor in an interactive display wherein overshoot in the positioning of the cursor when rapid movement is involved is compensated employing a factor involving the user's reaction time and the motion rate of the cursor.

A cursor controller used to control displacement direction and speed of a cursor by changing equivalent capacitance comprises a conductive layer, two electrode layers and a press body. The electrode layers are attached to each face of the conductive layer respectively, wherein a plurality of electrode lines is formed on each electrode layer; one end of each electrode line is coupled with a resistor, and a vector zone is formed on each electrode layer at a section without connected resistor to cr...

A cursor which is fixed at a point in a display screen, where navigational controls move the contents of display screen rather than the cursor. Preferably the cursor is used in conjunction with hand held displays.

An apparatus and method is disclosed for displaying a secondary layer of information in a graphical user interface where the second layer of information is revealed when a point on the circumference defined by radius "r" originating at the x,y coordinates of the cursor covers a point in a secondary content of the second layer. The circumference may be set to trigger appearance of secondary content gradually, all at once or to trigger the appearance of all secondary content in a predefined zone.

A cursor controller is installed on a computer keyboard, for the purpose of controlling the direction and speed of movement of the cursor. The cursor controller is shaped somewhat like a post unit; at its bottom is an arched face. On this arched bottom are several protruded-post contact points, each protruded-post contact point corresponding to respective electrical contact point at matching positions on the surface of the circuit board inside the casing of the keyboard. Each protruded-post cont...

First and second pattern data constituting cursor pattern data are stored separately in banks (101a, 101b). A cursor memory body (101) simultaneously outputs the first and second pattern data from the banks (101a, 101b). Therefore, a read circuit (102) can simultaneously output the first and second pattern data through a port (P2) with a simple control. With this configuration, an easy-controllable cursor memory can be provided.

A cursor processor for use in a video adapter includes a location designator for processing a cursor signal to be displayed with a video signal, a reference location value generator for generating location information by sections of a screen, a location control signal generator for generating X- and Y-axes active section signals to set a cursor display location according to the location designation information and location information by sections. A cursor data generator is provided for generati...