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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1985
James C Wickstead, Mendham, NJ (US);
Gerald P Selden, Blairstown, NJ (US);
The Ohio Art Company, Bryan, OH (US);
Abstract
An electronic sketching device. The electronic sketching device includes a display for providing a visual representation of a sketch on a display area. The electronic sketching device also including a cursor controller for moving a cursor on the display and a sketch controller for selectively storing the placement of the cursor on the display area as a pixel to create a sketch on the display area. A storage device, which is coupled to the sketch controller, stores a plurality of sketches. The electronic sketching device also contains a sketch memory for creating and storing a sequence of sketches which is coupled to the storage device. An animater, coupled to the storage device, sketch memory and the display, causes the stored sequence of sketches to be sequentially displayed on the display.