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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:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Kirk, Guildford, GB;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention concerns an interface for inputting data, the interface comprising two manually operable direction buttons, and microprocessor means for outputting signals generating a visual display comprising a menu, and in response to operation of the buttons enabling a user to make selections from the menu and to cause relative movement between the menu and a cursor, and wherein the microprocessor is adapted to respond to intermittent pressure of a single button to step the cursor relative to the menu in either a first or a second direction in dependence upon the button depressed.