Patent ID: 8832597
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A menu selection system, comprising: a display displaying a menu including a radial marking menu portion simultaneously displayed with a linear menu portion; a pointing device configured to indicate a type of selection as being one of making a stroke pattern having a direction and designating a location based on an input; and a computer connected with said display and said pointing device, and determining selection criteria for the type and a menu item selection based on selection information from the one of the stroke pattern and the location, and wherein an item from the linear menu portion is selected when an end location of the input corresponds to a location defined by the item, otherwise an item from the radial marking menu portion is selected when determining the stroke pattern towards the direction of the input occurred within an angular range of the item from the radial marking menu portion while a moving operation is being implemented.