The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for exploring a graphical object (2) on a screen (3) of a graphics interface (4) through the movement of a pointing device (5A) for a user. Particularly, the apparatus (1) comprises an electronic device (6) having a buffer (7) for storage of information to be presented to said user; the pointing device (5A) is operatively associated to said electronic device (6) to generate an input signal for addressing said buffer (7) and is characterized in that the pointing device (5A) can define a one-to-one correspondence between the position of the pointing device (5A) and the position of at least one portion of said graphical object (2) for a given movement of the pointing device (5A) controlled by said user and in that it comprises programmed means (11) operating in said electronic device (6) for producing a signal perceptible by said user, as a function of said correspondence between the position of the pointing device (5A) and the position of at least one portion of said graphical object (2).

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXPLORING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS FOR USERS

SBATTELLA, LICIA;
2006-01-01

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for exploring a graphical object (2) on a screen (3) of a graphics interface (4) through the movement of a pointing device (5A) for a user. Particularly, the apparatus (1) comprises an electronic device (6) having a buffer (7) for storage of information to be presented to said user; the pointing device (5A) is operatively associated to said electronic device (6) to generate an input signal for addressing said buffer (7) and is characterized in that the pointing device (5A) can define a one-to-one correspondence between the position of the pointing device (5A) and the position of at least one portion of said graphical object (2) for a given movement of the pointing device (5A) controlled by said user and in that it comprises programmed means (11) operating in said electronic device (6) for producing a signal perceptible by said user, as a function of said correspondence between the position of the pointing device (5A) and the position of at least one portion of said graphical object (2).
2006
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
Testo domanda di brevetto nazionale MI2005A001043.pdf

Accesso riservato

: Altro materiale allegato
Dimensione 1.22 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
1.22 MB Adobe PDF   Visualizza/Apri
EP200600513.pdf

Accesso riservato

: Altro materiale allegato
Dimensione 162.32 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
162.32 kB Adobe PDF   Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11311/757633
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact