Proportional pointer transition between multiple display devices

摘要

An approach is provided for automatically calculating and delivering proportional pointer locations during transition between multiple visual display devices (e.g., in regard to their characteristics, which may be heterogeneous, homogenous, or a mixture thereof). Specifically, the approaches described herein provide a solution for finding proportional locations of a pointer's on-screen graphic as the pointer is being transitioned/moved between multiple display devices (e.g., controlled by a single computer or controller).

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for proportional transition between multiple display devices, comprising:
determining an initial position of a pixel corresponding to a location of a pointer graphic on a first display device; calculating a corresponding position of the pixel on a second display device as the pointer graphic is moved from the first display device to the second display device, wherein the corresponding position is calculated based on a proportion of a set of dimensions of the first display device to a set of dimensions of the second display device; and placing the pointer graphic at the corresponding position when the pointer graphic has been moved to the second display device, wherein a particular movement of a pointer controller causes the pointer graphic to travel a first distance when the pointer graphic is on the first display device and to travel a second distance calculated based on the first distance and the proportion when the pointer graphic is on the second display device.