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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
May. 17, 1995
Masaharu Itoh, Yamato, JP;
Shichiro Miyashita, Yamato, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A data processing apparatus for generating a desired color image by use of an easy user interface. The user interface includes a screen and an input apparatus having at least a pointer control apparatus. The pointer control apparatus is used for controlling the position of a pointer on the screen, coloring the pointer in a first color in response to the input apparatus, moving the pointer to a desired position on the screen in response to the pointer control apparatus, and changing the color of an area pointed by the pointer, in response to the input apparatus, into the color which is under the influence of the first color.