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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
Gerhard Lengeling, Hamburg, DE;
Chris Adam, Norderstedt, DE;
Gerhard Lengeling, Hamburg, DE;
Chris Adam, Norderstedt, DE;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of controlling movement of a cursor on a screen and a computer readable medium containing such a method as a program code. When using a graphic program which displays data in a graphical manner, it is often difficult to maintain control of the cursor. In particular, when a user attempts to draw a straight line using the cursor, it is difficult to control the cursor sufficiently accurately. The consequence is often not a straight line but one with steps of one or more pixels. Thus, the present invention is related to a method of controlling movement of a cursor on a screen, comprising: