Patent ID: 6689965
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A digitizer system comprising:a digitizer tablet for writing and drawing, said tablet including a generally flat surface and a plurality of conductive loop coils therein, the generally flat surface including a menu area and a work area, the menu area including a plurality of different menu item sub-areas therein capable of being selected by the user; a pointer for movement by a user over the generally flat surface of said tablet, so that a cursor shape to be shown on a corresponding display in a location on the display that corresponds to a position of the pointer on the digitizer tablet, such that when the pointer travels from the work area to the menu area, the cursor also travels from a position on the display corresponding to the work area to a position on the display corresponding to the menu area; a memory for storing a plurality of different cursor shapes which are for indicating the presence of the cursor over different menu item sub-areas; and wherein said cursor shape to be shown on the display is retrieved from the memory and varies as a function of which menu item sub-area the pointer is positioned over the tablet.