International Business Machines Corporation

Minako Matsuda

Yohsuke Kinoe

Toshiyuki Hama

Kohsuke Okamoto

Tsukasa Takemura

Naofumi Muranaka

Norimasa Uchiyama

Method and apparatus for executing a function within a composite icon and operating an object thereby

A method and a system precisely selects a three-dimensional object hidden inside complex objects. A retrieval object is disposed in the proximity of a pointer to retrieve a three-dimensional object, all three-dimensional objects included within or touching the retrieval object are retrieved, a sub-window is displayed, an area in the sub-window is divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to the number of retrieved three-dimensional objects and, in response to the pointer being positioned within one of said plurality of regions within said sub-window, a corresponding three-dimensional object within a main window is displayed distinctively over other three-dimensional objects within said main window. After a desired object is selected, the selection is finalized by a click operation of the pointer, etc.

Method of selecting an object and system thereof

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Zama, Japan

Minako Matsuda