WO1998021645A1 - Computer input device and controller therefor - Google Patents
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- G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
- G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
- G06F3/0481—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
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- the present invention relates generally to the field of input pointing devices and controllers therefor.
- Computer pointing devices such as mice, are among the most popular devices for interfacing with a digital computer. This is especially true in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment.
- GUI graphic user interface
- a GUI environment the position of the cursor on the computer screen
- U.S. Patent No. 5,298,890 ofKanamarv. et al. teaches the technique of evaluating the direction of motion of the cursor by looking at two successive positions separated by a short time interval. From this information a direction vector is established and the cursor is automatically placed at the next possible target along that linear direction.
- Several problems exist with this method primarily because more than one button may exist along a given linear direction, giving the resulting cursor movement a "jumpy" feel.
- a user may not always desire to or actually go in a straight line direction to reach the intended target.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,508,717 of Miller discloses another approach wherein different speed factors are used for certain predetermined screen locations, so that for a given mouse speed the cursor moves more quickly when remote from certain screen objects and moves more slowly in areas near the screen objects. This, however, causes the user to experience inconsistent cursor speeds even when merely crossing a button with no intention of engaging it. This not only wastes the user's time but can be very frustrating, especially in screen areas crowded with numerous potential targets. Accordingly, a need still exists for an input device and a method of cursor control which allows a user to engage the intended screen target quickly, easily, and smoothly, without having to temporarily engage and subsequently release unwanted targets. It is to the provision of such a device and method that the present invention is primarily directed.
- the invention comprises a method of operating a computer pointing device, such as a mouse, which allows the user to move the cursor to a desired screen location quickly, easily, and naturally using the mouse.
- a computer pointing device such as a mouse
- the location of the cursor at various times on the screen is detected. From these various positions a path of travel and a rate of travel of the cursor are computed. Display objects, such as buttons, which exist along or near the path of travel are identified and designated as potential targets. The rate of change in the rate of travel is also computed. This information is used to decide if a user is slowing down in approach of a specific display object.
- the present invention comprises a computer system including a display for displaying screen objects and a pointer, and a pointing device which operates in conjunction with the display for changing the pointer's position on the display.
- the computer system further comprises control means for moving the pointer to a selected display object in response to a detected decrease in speed of the pointer as the pointer approaches the selected display object.
- the computer system's control means also maintains the pointer on the selected display object despite small movements by the pointing device and further the control means releases the pointer from the selected display object when the movements of the pointing device exceed a predetermined threshold value.
- the present invention allows the user to engage a desired screen target easily. Also, the user is able to move the cursor quickly and easily across large areas of empty screen. Unlike the prior art, the user is able to move equally quickly over unintended targets and is able to engage the desired target directly, even if that target exists in a target-rich area of the screen.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a computer system according to the present invention in one preferred form.
- Fig. 2 is a flow chart depicting steps carried out in a method of operating the computer system of Fig. 1.
- Fig. 3 shows one aspect of one of the steps according to the method of Fig. 2.
- Fig. 1 shows a computer system 10 embodying the present invention.
- the computer system 10 includes a display 11 and an input device in the form of a keyboard 12.
- the computer system is provided with a graphic user interface (GUI).
- GUI graphic user interface
- the CPU, keyboard, and display on the computer system 10 are widely known and can take numerous forms.
- the display 11 displays various screen objects, such as window 13, pull down menus indicated generally at 14, and screen buttons 16 and 17.
- the display also displays a cursor 15.
- the cursor depicted is in the form of an arrow pointer, but other shapes of cursors or pointing indications can be employed.
- the computer system 10 also includes a second input device in the form of a mouse 18 connected to the computer system by a cable 19.
- the mouse can be a single button unit, two button unit, three button unit, etc. Such a mouse is widely known and commercially available. As is common in the prior art, movements of the mouse in two dimensions on a flat surface are monitored to generate movements of the cursor or pointer 15 on the display 1 1. Movement of the cursor 15 on the screen 11 corresponds generally to the movement of the mouse 18 by the following relationship:
- x ⁇ y,,, represents the speed of the mouse 18 in the x(y) directions on the two-dimensional flat surface
- xjy c represents the speed of the cursor 15 on the screen 1 1.
- the mathematical constant (a speed factor) s is a predetermined ratio.
- a button or switch on mouse 18 is used to signal the computer's CPU to execute that portion of the program associated with soft-button 16.
- the method 20 is executed using the computer system 10 of Fig. 1.
- the location of the cursor 15 at various times on the screen 11 is detected. From these various positions, a path of travel and a rate of travel of the cursor 15 are computed. Display objects, such as the buttons 16 and 17, which may exist along or near the path of travel are identified and designated as potential targets. A rate of change in the rate of travel (acceleration or deceleration) is also calculated. This information is used to decide if a user of the computer system 10 is slowing down in approach of a specific display object. If deceleration criteria is met, then that target display object which the user is approaching is designated as an intended display object or target display object and the cursor 15 is translated smoothly to that target display object.
- the pointer After the pointer has been moved to the target display object, the pointer is maintained at that display object and small movements of the mouse 18 are ignored. This allows the user to maintain the cursor 15 on the desired display object despite small, inadvertent mouse movements. If the movement or acceleration of the mouse 18 exceeds a predetermined threshold, then the "hold" on the cursor 15 at the display object is released.
- the computer system 10 determines an initial position Pj of the cursor 15.
- the initial position is read as a two- dimensional coordinate ( ⁇ y - After a time interval ⁇ t, which can be very small compared to other time intervals in the system, a new cursor position P 2 is determined, as shown in program step 24.
- the linear travel direction of the cursor 15 is determined.
- An angular factor is preset which represents a possible user error in direction. This factor forms a wedge-shaped enclosure around the calculated direction. This is referred to as the
- cone 45 as depicted in Fig. 3.
- the “spread” or angle 47 of the cone 45 can be varied.
- a third cursor position P 3 is computed as depicted in program step 26.
- each possible target can be tested to determine if the cursor 15 is w ⁇ thin some preset distance (relative to each possible target). If no target is within range, P 3 becomes the new P j and the process begins again at program step
- both the speed and acceleration of the cursor 15 are computed using P,, P 2 , and P 3 as shown in program block 34.
- Cursor acceleration is evaluated, as shown in block 36, to determine if it is negative. If acceleration is negative, then the user is decelerating as the cursor 15 approaches the potential target. If the change in velocity is negative, in one embodiment, a speed criteria may also be applied. In such a case, if the cursor speed is above some upper threshold value, as shown in block 38, then the program assumes that the user does not intend to engage that target. If, on the other hand, the velocity is below that threshold and decelerating, then the target is assumed to be the intended one and the cursor 15 is automatically (and smoothly) translated to the target position, as shown in block 40. Similarly, if the cursor acceleration is positive, a lower velocity threshold may be tested, as shown in block 39.
- Fig. 3 shows the "cone" 45 around the linear travel direction of the cursor 15. Buttons 16 and 17 are depicted within cone 45 and are, therefore, designated as possible targets.
- the implementation of these steps can be done in any number of ways.
- the size of the cone could be software-specific.
- the order of evaluating velocity and acceleration can be reversed, or the time intervals can be varied.
- the software could allow the user to maintain forward movement control of the cursor 15 even after the intended target has been identified, but the direction of cursor movement could be fixed in a straight line between the cursor position and the intended target.
- the present invention allows the user to engage a desired screen object easily. Also, the user is able to move the cursor quickly and easily across large areas of empty screen without being slowed down by unintended screen objects.
- the invention also allows the user to directly and easily engage a desired screen object even in areas of the screen that have numerous screen objects.
- the invention also allows the cursor to be held securely on a selected screen object despite small or on intended movements of the mouse. This approach is elegant in its simplicity and should prove to be reliable in operation and economical to manufacture.
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