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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1987
Filed:
May. 29, 1985
Yoshitsugu Sato, Kuwana, JP;
Satoshi Furukawa, Suzuka, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for entering coordinate data for moving a cursor ona screen of a CRT display in response to movements of a manually movable unit on a planar board, comprising a detecting device disposed on the manually movable unit to detect amounts of movement of the manually movable unit in X- and Y-axis directions on the planar board, a magnification selector for selecting one of plural values of magnification of the detected amounts of movement of the movable unit, and a data processor for obtaining distances of movements of the cursor on the display screen, by multiplying the detected amounts of movement of the movable unit by the selected value of magnification.