Touch input processor, information processor, and touch input control method

An information processor, comprising:

• a touch panel unit including a touch panel and a touch panel controller configured to detect a touch input on the touch panel and output the touch input as a signal;
• a touch input processing unit configured to process information on a touch input detected by the touch panel unit;
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• a display control unit configured to control data to be displayed on a display device on which the touch panel is provided,
• the touch input processing unit including:
• a touch coordinate acquisition unit configured to acquire the coordinate position of a touch point;
• an area determination unit configured to determine whether or not the coordinate position of a touch point is present within an enlarging operation area on the touch panel, part of the touch panel being defined as the enlarging operation area used to operate an entire area of the touch panel;
• a drag determination unit configured to determine if a touch point has been dragged;
• an operation mode switching unit configured to switch, when the coordinate position of a touch point is present within the enlarging operation area and the touch point has been dragged, the operation mode for touch input to an enlarging operation mode;
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• a touch coordinate transformation unit configured to transform, when the operation mode is switched to the enlarging operation mode, the coordinates of an actual touch point within the enlarging operation area into the coordinates of a virtual touch point for the entire area of the touch panel.

A touch input control method for controlling a touch input on a touch panel, the method comprising:

• acquiring the coordinate position of a touch point on a touch panel;
• determining whether or not the coordinate position of a touch point is present within an enlarging operation area on the touch panel, part of the touch panel being defined as the enlarging operation area used to operate an entire area of the touch panel;
• determining if a touch point has been dragged;
• switching, when the coordinate position of a touch point is present within the enlarging operation area and the touch point has been dragged, the operation mode for touch input from a normal operation mode to an enlarging operation mode;
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• transforming, when the operation mode is switched to the enlarging operation mode, the coordinates of an actual touch point within the enlarging operation area into the coordinates of a virtual touch point for the entire area of the touch panel.

A computer program embedded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, comprising:

• a module configured to acquire the coordinate position of a touch point on a touch panel;
• a module configured to determine whether or not the coordinate position of a touch point is present within an enlarging operation area on the touch panel, part of the touch panel being defined as the enlarging operation area used to operate an entire area of the touch panel;
• a module configured to determine if a touch point has been dragged;
• a module configured to switch, when the coordinate position of a touch point is present within the enlarging operation area and the touch point has been dragged, the operation mode for touch input from a normal operation mode to an enlarging operation mode;
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• a module configured to transform, when the operation mode is switched to the enlarging operation mode, the coordinates of an actual touch point within the enlarging operation area into the coordinates of a virtual touch point for an entire area of the touch panel.