Portable terminal, input control program and input control method

A portable terminal comprising:

• a touchpad configured to detect contact made thereto and output a value indicating a degree of the contact;
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• a target determination unit configured to (i) specify, among one or more contacted areas of the touchpad to which the contact has been made, a first area as a candidate of a target area to which processing to be performed is allocated, based on the value output by the touchpad, and (ii) when contact made to a second area has been detected until the contact made to the first area is released, to determine, as the target area, one of the first area and the second area according to an area contact value indicating a degree of the contact made to the second area, the second area being directly adjacent to the first area in a predetermined direction.

An input control program for use in a portable terminal including a touchpad configured to detect contact made thereto and output a value indicating a degree of the contact, the input control program comprising

• a target determination step of (i) specifying, among one or more contacted areas of the touchpad to which the contact has been made, a first area as a candidate of a target area to which processing to be performed is allocated, based on the value output by the touchpad, and (ii) when contact made to a second area has been detected until the contact made to the first area is released, determining, as the target area, one of the first area and the second area according to an area contact value indicating a degree of the contact made to the second area, the second area being directly adjacent to the first area in a predetermined direction.

An input control method for use in a portable terminal including a touchpad configured to detect contact made thereto and output a value indicating a degree of the contact, the input control program comprising

• a target determination step of (i) specifying, among one or more contacted areas of the touchpad to which the contact has been made, a first area as a candidate of a target area to which processing to be performed is allocated, based on the value output by the touchpad, and (ii) when contact made to a second area has been detected until the contact made to the first area is released, determining, as the target area, one of the first area and the second area according to an area contact value indicating a degree of the contact made to the second area, the second area being directly adjacent to the first area in a predetermined direction.