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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling movements of a pointer through computer processing, where the pointer is displayed on a display device, includes the steps of: dividing a display area in which the pointer is movable into a predetermined number of regions, acquiring a current position of the pointer, determining in which of the divided regions the pointer is present (hereinafter referred to as a present region), computing a speed scale-factor for the pointer based on an image characteristic in the present region, and setting, as a moving speed in the present region, a normal moving speed of the pointer multiplied by the speed scale-factor.