Communication device, input control method, and recording medium
AssigneeNEC Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Matsumoto
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Abstract
A communication device includes: communication means that performs communication; an input means that receives input by detecting the proximity or contact of an object; and a control unit that sets, in the input area of the input means, a first area in which input related to control of the communication means is received, and a second area that differs from the first area, and that controls the operation of the input means based an object's proximity to or contact with the second area.
Claims8
A communication device comprising:
- a communication unit that performs communication;
- an input unit that receives input by detecting proximity to or contact of an object;
- and
- a control unit that sets, in an input area of said input unit, a first area in which input relating to control of said communication unit is received and a second area that differs from said first area, and that controls an operation of said input unit based on an object's proximity to or contact with said second area.
An input control method in a communication device that includes a communication unit that performs communication, comprising:
- receiving input by detecting proximity to or contact of an object;
- and
- setting, in an input area in which input is received, a first area in which input relating to control of said communication unit is received and a second area that differs from said first area, and controlling reception of said input based on an object's proximity to or contact with said second area.
A computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded that causes a computer, which is connected to a communication unit that performs communication, to execute:
- an input procedure for receiving input by detecting proximity to or contact of an object;
- and
- a control procedure of setting, in an input area in which input is received, a first area in which input that relates to control of said communication unit is received and a second area that differs from said first area, and controlling said input procedure based on an object's proximity to or contact with said second area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.