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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345156 ; 395355 ;
Abstract
A manipulation target such as a lever or button is displayed in a three-dimensional virtual space using three-dimensional computer graphics. The positions of a thumb and an index finger are detected. A manipulation instruction is interpreted, using interpretation rules described on the basis of a relationship between the detected positions and the thumb and the index finger and the three-dimensional coordinates of a display device.