Mouse Pointer Auto-Follow Cursor System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users often inadvertently input text at incorrect locations due to the independent movement of the mouse pointer and cursor, leading to poor user experience, especially when the cursor is accidentally relocated to a different text input box.

Innovation Solution

A system that automatically sets the mouse pointer to follow the cursor within a predetermined distance, ensuring that the cursor remains at the correct input location even if the user accidentally clicks or touches the mouse or touch panel.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the mouse pointer and cursor are allowed to move independently, then the user can flexibly control both elements for different operations, but the user may accidentally input text at the wrong location due to misoperation

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility in controlling mouse pointer and cursorVSAvoidaccuracy of text input location

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the control of the mouse pointer with the cursor position by making the mouse pointer automatically follow the cursor. When the cursor moves to a new position, the mouse pointer automatically relocates to maintain a predetermined distance relationship, ensuring that accidental clicks occur at the correct text input location rather than at the previous pointer position

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If the mouse pointer automatically follows the cursor, then text input accuracy is improved, but the system complexity increases due to additional coordination mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of text input locationVSAvoidsystem coordination mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by having the mouse pointer automatically track and follow the cursor position without requiring additional user input or complex coordination mechanisms. The predetermined distance relationship is maintained automatically through the system's own coordinate tracking capabilities, which already exist for cursor management

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If the mouse pointer remains at the last operation coordinates, then the user can quickly perform sequential operations at different locations, but the user may relocate the cursor to the wrong position due to accidental clicks

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of sequential operationsVSAvoidcorrectness of cursor position

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the positional information of the cursor and mouse pointer by making them follow the same trajectory with a fixed offset. This ensures that when the user accidentally clicks, both the cursor and pointer are at the intended location, preventing wrong-position input while maintaining quick navigation capabilities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS10073586B2Method and system for mouse pointer to automatically follow cursor

Publication Date: 2018.09.11 ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD

AI summary

Embodiments of the present application disclose a method for controlling a mouse pointer to automatically follow a cursor. During operation, the system detects whether the cursor is in a currently active window displayed on a screen of a computing device. In response to detecting that the cursor is in the currently active window, the system obtains coordinates of the cursor. The system then calculates follow coordinates according to the coordinates of the cursor and a predetermined distance value. The system subsequently sets coordinates of the mouse pointer to the follow coordinates.