US 12,032,338 B2
Pointer display apparatus and pointer operation control method
Chiharu Shiratori, Ome (JP); Shuto Oikawa, Tachikawa (JP); Tomoki Ishikawa, Ome (JP); and Hitoshi Tanaka, Hino (JP)
Assigned to CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/176,323.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-029160 (JP), filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0263476 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. G04C 17/00 (2006.01); G04B 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC G04C 17/0091 (2013.01) [G04B 19/048 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A pointer display apparatus comprising:
a plurality of pointers comprising a first pointer and a third pointer which rotate around the same axis in an operation range; and
at least one processor which controls an operation of rotation of the first pointer and the third pointer,
wherein, in a first display mode in which the processor displays first information on a display, the processor temporarily evacuates both the first pointer and the third pointer from a pointing range and stops the operation of the rotation,
wherein, in a second display mode that displays second information different from the first information, the first pointer is evacuated from the pointing range and the operation of the rotation is stopped, and the third pointer is controlled to continue the rotation,
wherein the at least one processor evacuates each of the plurality of pointers to a specific position in the first display mode, and
wherein the specific position for each of the plurality of pointers is the same position for all of the plurality of pointers.