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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. 21, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Applicant:
Susumu Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Susumu Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information apparatus includes a display unit which displays an icon, a pointer, and the like, and a pointing device. When the pointer executes predetermined movement and stop in an icon-selection effective region formed in a periphery of the icon, the information apparatus determines that the pointer has selected the above-described icon. It is possible to apply a menu item in place of the icon. It is possible to set plural conditions for determining that the icon has been selected. It is possible for an operator to easily select the icon and the like on a small display unit by using the pointing device.