US 2010/0245277 A1 · INPUT DEVICE OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

Abstract

To enable performance of blind operation despite user's input operation for a touch panel. An input operation identification section 200 outputs to an application 100 a control signal for instructing execution of a corresponding command based on an operation signal input from an input signal control section 300 along with performance of a touch panel 10. On this occasion, when there is detected input operation involving movement of input coordinates over an input surface resultant from user's continual operation, the size of a movement trajectory of the input operation is determined. Input operation whose movement trajectory is smaller than a predetermined value is recognized as ordinary operation, and execution of a first command is instructed. Input operation whose movement trajectory is equal to or greater than the predetermined value is recognized as a special operation and execution of a second command is instructed.

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Dependent claims

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An input device of portable electronic equipment, comprising:

a touch panel having an input function by a contact operation on an input surface;
a display section superimposed on the input surface of the touch panel and operable to display visual information pertaining to input operation;
and
an input control section commanding a processing that is responsive to the input operation based on an input signal from the touch panel;
wherein the input control section instructs an execution of a command allocated to predetermined processing set for input coordinates and specifics of operation on the input surface of the touch panel;
and
the input control section has a function of instructing performance of determining size of a movement trajectory of the input operation when an input operation involving movement of the input coordinates is detected as input operation for the touch panel caused by a touch, executing a first command in response to first input operation whose movement trajectory is smaller than a predetermined value, and executing a second command differing from the first command in response to second input operation whose movement trajectory is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Input device of portable electronic equipment, and portable electronic equipment

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Input device of portable electronic equipment, and portable electronic equipment

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Abstract

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