Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing method for use with an information processing apparatus having a touch-sensitive part, said information processing method comprising the steps of:

• detecting the position of an object touching said touch-sensitive part as a touched position;
• recognizing the type of a finger touching said touch-sensitive part based on said touched position and on an image of said touch-sensitive part;
• searching through a function table defining correspondences between the touched position of at least one finger and the type thereof on the one hand and a function assigned to the combination of the touched position and the type of the finger on the other hand, said function table being searched for the function corresponding to said touched position detected in said detecting step and to the finger type detected in said recognizing step;
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• executing said function detected through the search in said searching step.

A program for causing a computer to execute a procedure comprising the steps of:

• detecting the position of an object touching a touch-sensitive part as a touched position;
• recognizing the type of a finger touching said touch-sensitive part based on said touched position and on an image of said touch-sensitive part;
• searching through a function table defining correspondences between the touched position of at least one finger and the type thereof on the one hand and a function assigned to the combination of the touched position and the type of the finger on the other hand, said function table being searched for the function corresponding to said touched position detected in said detecting step and to the finger type detected in said recognizing step;
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• executing said function detected through the search in said searching step.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a detection section configured to detect the position of an object touching a touch-sensitive part as a touched position;
• a recognition section configured to recognize the type of a finger touching said touch-sensitive part based on said touched position and on an image of said touch-sensitive part;
• a search section configured to search through a function table defining correspondences between the touched position of at least one finger and the type thereof on the one hand and a function assigned to the combination of the touched position and the type of the finger on the other hand, said search section searching said function table for the function corresponding to said touched position detected by said detection section and to the finger type detected by said recognition section;
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• an execution section configured to execute said function detected through the search by said search section.