Input device, input support method, and program
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorMasatoshi Nakao
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Abstract
An input device includes a display unit which displays data on a screen, a proximity detection unit which detects proximity of a finger to the screen and outputs a proximity detection signal, a manipulation judging unit which discriminates between a valid manipulation and a return manipulation of successive movement manipulations of the finger on the basis of proximity detection signals in accordance with the successive movement manipulations of the proximity detected finger, and a control unit which invalidates proximity detection signals corresponding to the discriminated return manipulation.
Claims10
An input device comprising:
- a display unit which displays data on a screen;
- a proximity detection unit which detects proximity of a finger to the screen and outputs a proximity detection signal;
- a manipulation judging unit which discriminates between a valid manipulation and a return manipulation of successive movement manipulations of the finger on the basis of proximity detection signals in accordance with the successive movement manipulations of the proximity detected finger;
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- a control unit which invalidates the proximity detection signal corresponding to the discriminated return manipulation.
An input support method of an input device which displays data on a screen, comprising the steps of:
- detecting proximity of a finger to the screen and outputting a proximity detection signal;
- receiving successive movement manipulations of the proximity-detected finger;
- discriminating between a valid manipulation and a return manipulation of the successive movement manipulations of the finger on the basis of proximity detection signals;
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- invalidating the proximity detection signal corresponding to the discriminated return manipulation.
A program for causing a computer which is an input device including a display unit for displaying data on a screen, to execute the steps of:
- detecting proximity of a finger to the screen and outputting a proximity detection signal;
- receiving successive movement manipulations of the proximity-detected finger;
- discriminating between a valid manipulation and a return manipulation of the successive movement manipulations of the finger on the basis of proximity detection signals;
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- invalidating the proximity detection signal corresponding to the discriminated return manipulation.
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