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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsShunichi KASAHARA, Ritsuko Kano, Tomoya Narita
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An apparatus is provided that includes a first detection unit configured to determine whether or not a user control member is within a first threshold distance of the touch panel. The apparatus also includes a second detection unit configured to determine a direction of movement of the user control member with respect to a touch panel when the user control member is not in contact with the touch panel, and a display control unit configure to, when the user control member is determined to be moving within the threshold distance and in a predetermined direction, generate signals to alter a first displayed object such that the altered first displayed object appears to move closer to the user control member.
An apparatus comprising:
A method comprising:
A tangibly embodied non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.