# US 2010/0164886 A1 · Electronic apparatus and input control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0164886 A1 - Document ID: US20100164886A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/607,849 - Filed: 2009-10-28 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-26 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Toshikatsu NAKAMURA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100164886A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface} - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/169: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes (G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033)} - G06F 3/038: Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry - G06F 2203/0382: Plural input, i.e. interface arrangements in which a plurality of input device of the same type are in communication with a PC - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract According to an embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first pointing device and a second pointing device, a first detection module configured to detect a first operation of the first pointing device, a second detection module configured to detect a second operation of the second pointing device, and a controller configured to execute a control procedure determined in accordance with a combination of the first operation and the second operation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic apparatus comprising: a first pointing device and a second pointing device; a first detection module configured to detect a first operation of the first pointing device; a second detection module configured to detect a second operation of the second pointing device; and a controller configured to execute a control procedure determined in accordance with a combination of the first operation and the second operation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a setting module configured to set one of a plurality of control procedures determined in accordance with a combination of the first operation and the second operation, wherein the controller is configured to execute the control procedure, when there is the combination corresponding to the control procedure set by the setting module. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein each of the first operation and the second operation comprises an operation of moving a position which is pointed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first operation comprises an operation of selecting one of a plurality of predetermined areas, and the second operation comprises an operation of moving a position which is pointed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first operation comprises an operation of locking a position which is pointed, and the second operation comprises an operation of moving a position which is pointed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first pointing device and the second pointing device comprises a touch pad. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first pointing device comprises a first touch pad, and the second pointing device comprises a second touch pad, and the controller is configured to execute the control procedure by setting a tap operation on the first touch pad as a right click operation, and setting a tap operation on the second touch pad as a left click operation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first pointing device and the second pointing device comprises an associated button, and the controller is configured to execute a control procedure determined in accordance with a combination of the first operation, the second operation and an operation on the button. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein at least one of the first pointing device and the second pointing device comprises a touch pad, and the button is under a pad surface of the touch pad. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first pointing device and the second pointing device are different kinds of devices, and the electronic apparatus further comprises a determination module configured to determine the combination of the first operation and the second operation. ### Claim 11 An input control method for an electronic apparatus comprising a first pointing device and a second pointing device, the method comprising: detecting a first operation of the first pointing device and a second operation of the second pointing device; and executing a control procedure determined in accordance with a combination of the first operation and the second operation.