Patent ID: 6128631
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G06F,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for providing a visually perceptible movement of a displayed object depicted on a display device, the display device having a pointer displayed thereon, the pointer being movable on the display device in accordance with operation of a user input device; the method comprising:providing a movement reference frame on the display device, the movement reference frame having at least one object handle set visually provided on the display device;displacing the image of the object from an original location along a displacement direction to a displaced location by dragging a handle of the object handle set in accordance with actuation of the user input device; thenobtaining from the user input device a number of copies of the displaced object which are to be generated;obtaining from the user input device one of a distance and angle by which the number of copies of the displaced object are to be separated along the direction of displacement; andgenerating the number of copies of the displaced object along the direction of displacement, each of the copies being separated by one of the distance and the angle.