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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ian T Blackie, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Ferranti plc, Cheshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340705 ; 340706 ; 340709 ;
Abstract
The apparatus includes alignment means (13, 14) for determining the direction of a sight-line (12) extending from an observer (11) to a display surface (10), projection means (15, 16) for projecting an image of a graticule into the sight-line for movement therewith, and control means (17) operable to cause the display of a movable cursor on the display surface (10) when the sight-line (12) intersects the display surface.