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Granted Patent B2
US 9,557,832 · App. 14/468,053 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Cursor control apparatus and cursor control method thereof

Inventor: Ching-Chuan Chen (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Getac Technology Corporation
G06F3/03543G06F3/03547
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Patent No.
US 9,557,832
App. No.
14/468,053
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cursor control apparatus and a cursor control method thereof are provided. Adjust a displacement value according to a DPI ratio of an extending display unit to a benchmark display unit in an axial direction to generate a modified displacement value, and move a cursor on the extending display unit according to the modified displacement value, so that the velocities of the cursor on the extending display unit and the benchmark display unit are substantially equal.

Claims (14)

1. A cursor control apparatus, adapted to adjust a velocity of a cursor displayed on a benchmark display unit and an extended display unit such that the velocities of the cursor on the extended display unit and the benchmark display unit are substantially equal, the cursor control apparatus comprising:

a cursor control unit for generating a displacement value when moved on the benchmark display unit; and

a processing unit coupled to the benchmark display unit, the extended display unit, and the cursor control unit to calculate a resolution (dots per inch, DPI) ratio of the extended display unit to the benchmark display unit in a same axial direction, wherein the DPI ratio in the same axial direction comprises a first DPI ratio of the extended display unit to the benchmark display unit in a first axial direction and a second DPI ratio of the extended display unit to the benchmark display unit in a second axial direction;

wherein the processing unit multiplies a first displacement value of the cursor control unit in the first axial direction by the first DPI ratio so as to obtain a first modified displacement value in the first axial direction, multiplies a second displacement value of the cursor control unit in the second axial direction by the second DPI ratio so as to obtain a second modified displacement value in the second axial direction, moves the cursor on the extended display unit according to the first and second modified displacement values, and moves the cursor on the benchmark display according to the first and second displacement values, such that the velocities of the cursor on the extended display unit and the benchmark display unit are substantially equal.

2. The cursor control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cursor control unit comprises a mouse and a touch panel.

3. A cursor velocity adjustment method, adapted to adjust a velocity of a cursor displayed on a benchmark display unit and an extended display unit such that the velocities of the cursor on the extended display unit and the benchmark display unit are substantially equal, the cursor velocity adjustment method comprising the steps of:

calculating a resolution (dots per inch, DPI) ratio of the extended display unit to the benchmark display unit in a same axial direction, wherein the DPI ratio in the same axial direction comprises a first DPI ratio of the extended display unit to the benchmark display unit in a first axial direction and a second DPI ratio of the extended display unit to the benchmark display unit in a second axial direction;

detecting a displacement value of a cursor control unit, wherein the displacement value comprises a first displacement value in the first axial direction and a second displacement value in the second axial direction;

generating a modified displacement value by multiplying the first displacement value in the first axial direction by the first DPI ratio so as to obtain a first modified displacement value in the first axial direction, and multiplying the second displacement value in the second axial direction by the second DPI ratio so as to obtain a second modified displacement value in the second axial direction;

when the cursor is on the benchmark display unit, moving the cursor on the benchmark display according to the first and second displacement values; and

when the cursor is on the extended display unit, moving the cursor displayed on the extended display unit according to the first and second modified displacement values.

4. The cursor velocity adjustment method of claim 3 , wherein the cursor control unit includes a mouse and a touch panel.

5. The cursor control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when the extended display unit and the benchmark display unit are adjacent in the first axial direction, the processing unit further adjusts a location of the cursor on the extended display unit according to a distance between a boundary of a display region of the extended display unit and a boundary of a display region of the benchmark display unit in the second axial direction when the cursor moves the extended display unit from the benchmark display unit.

6. The cursor velocity adjustment method of claim 3 , further comprising a step of adjusting a location of the cursor on the extended display unit according to a distance between a boundary of a display region of the extended display unit and a boundary of a display region of the benchmark display unit when the extended display unit and the benchmark display unit are adjacent in the first axial direction, and the cursor moves the extended display unit to the benchmark display unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2014
From: CHEN, CHING-CHUAN
To: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033614/0204 →
Continuity (1)
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