Information processing apparatus and method for notifying cause for failure in reception of input operation
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYusuke Aburaya
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a touch panel, a processor configured to detect that the touch panel is being pressed at a first position, acquire a first position coordinate of the first position when the touch panel is detected as being pressed at the first position, and determine whether the touch panel has been continuously pressed at a second position for a reference period or more, and a controller configured to provide a notification if the touch panel has been continuously pressed at the second position for the reference period or more.
Claims14
A point-of-sale terminal, comprising:
- a customer-side display directable to a customer side;
- a clerk-side display directable to a clerk side different from the customer side;
- a touch panel including a touch sensor, the touch panel being overlapped with the customer-side display;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine that the touch panel is being touched at a first position for a reference period or more based on detection of a touch at the first position by the touch sensor;
- acquire a first position coordinate of the first position on the touch panel that is being touched;
- cause the customer-side display to generate a first notification and the clerk-side display to generate a second notification different from the first notification upon determining that the touch panel is being touched for the reference period or more at the first position.
A method for notifying an input failure on a point-of-sale terminal including a customer-side display directed to a customer side, a clerk-side display directed to a clerk side different from the customer side, and a touch panel overlapped with the customer-side display, comprising:
- detecting that touch panel is being touched at a first position for a predetermined reference period or more;
- acquiring a first position coordinate of the first position;
- and
- providing a first notification with the customer-side display and a second notification with the clerk-side display upon detecting that the touch panel is being touched at the first position for the predetermined reference period or more.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.