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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Takeshi Morimura, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Tadashi Watanabe, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yuichi Fukui, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
When a user touches a tablet with a pen, a coordinate pointed with a nib of a pen and a tool force on this coordinate are detected, and a cursor is displayed at a position corresponding to the coordinate in a display device. Furthermore, the shape, color and size, etc., of the cursor can be varied according to a change in coordinate, tool force. This permits the user to recognize a level of the tool force which he actually applies at a glance. Additionally, an operational mode is switched according to an amount of change in detected coordinate and the tool force. As a result, the user is permitted to control an operational mode of the document processing device with ease only by a pen operation, thereby improving an operability.