To measure a line width of a linear portion of a digital image maintaining a precision finer than a picture element, a digital linear cursor pattern represented by digital picture elements is generated, the pattern is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction by an angle which maximizes the measuring precision, and the pattern is fitted to a linear portion to be measured, to thereby measure the width of a line.

A display system has cursor definition memory for storing data defining a graphics cursor, and a cache for the temporary storage of a portion of the graphics cursor for display on a display device, the cache being such that its data rate is sufficient to support the display of the graphics cursor, and control logic for updating the cache from the cursor definition memory at a slower data rate. The cache need only be large enough to store a portion of the cursor at any one time as the graphics cu...

The invention provides for protecting floating blocks of text or other portions of a shared data object in collaborative computer based system from simultaneous manipulation originating with two or more users. The collaborative computer based system includes a network connecting a plurality of terminals for communication. Each terminal includes an output display device and a user input device. A shared data object simultaneously accessible by a plurality of users of the system. Responsive to a u...

A mounting structure including a clip portion embraces the nose of a computer keyboard housing with tabs that snap into the space between housing and keys for securing a toggle assembly over the cursor keys in an inverted "T" array cursor pad. A toggle assembly with radiating arms is held over the "DOWN" key with fingers resting on or in close proximity to all four cursor keys and joined through an elastomeric toroid to the mounting structure for resilient articulable motion in response to manua...

The present invention is related to a cursor control device which includes a ball housing for accommodating therein a ball, a grid wheel device driven by the ball for intermittently passing therethrough a light to control a movement of a cursor, a wheel shaft device engaged with the grid wheel device and driven by the ball for transmitting the grid wheel, and an urging device engaged with the wheel shaft device for urging the wheel shaft device against the ball to assure that the grid wheel devi...

A cursor control system where the starting x-axis pixel position of the cursor pattern is determined by decoding the last two bits of the preloaded x-axis address (as determined by a manual control manipulated by the operator). This decoded data produces a signal for controlling the transmission gate multiplexer so as to determine the position where the cursor data stream is inserted into the video data stream.

A cursor display system causes a cursor to move on a screen in the same direction as that of a pointing device, such as a mouse, operated by an operator viewing the screen, even if the display on the screen is inverted, i.e. turned round through 180 degrees. To display the cursor, which is moved by operating the pointing device, on a display device which is capable of inverting the display on the screen, a display status holding device is provided for memorizing whether the screen displayed on t...

A cursor manipulation system and method provides for interrogation of the most recently displayed cursor location upon the occurrence of a user-generated event, such as actuation of a mouse button, to avoid errors of input to an application due to delays in rendering of cursor images. The coordinates of a displayed cursor location are stored as an acknowledgment of completion of display of a cursor image at a new location. Specification of cursor display location is determined by a graphic input...

A cursor form is created for linking parts of a displayed image with corresponding entries of a table. When setting a link by designating a cursor on the display screen, a cursor for designating the location where a link is to be set surely and quickly is provided. Table data of the table (for example, a residents information table) consisting of image data (for example, a map) and a plurality of entries for setting links to this image data are displayed on the output device, and a mark which is...

A cursor for a digitizer is selectively made to adhere to the digitizing surface by the controlled application of a vacuum to the underside of the cursor. The control can reside either in a manually activated switch on the cursor, or in commands issued to the digitizer by its controlling device.