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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Ronaldus Hermanus Theodorus Oosterholt, Eindhoven, NL;
Handoko Kohar, Eindhoven, NL;
Ronaldus Hermanus Theodorus Oosterholt, Eindhoven, NL;
Handoko Kohar, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for controlling a highlighting of one of a plurality of operational objects on a display. A spatially continuous movement of a pointing position on the display, which is provided by a user by means of a user input interface is converted in the highlighting of one of the plurality of objects. If the pointing position coincides with one of the plurality of objects, this object is highlighted (). When the pointing position is on empty space between the objects, an appropriate one of the plurality of objects is highlighted (). The parameter used to determine the object to be highlighted is at least the distance from the pointing position to the objects.