# US 2014/0195939 A1 · Information display apparatus

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- Number: US 2014/0195939 A1
- Document ID: US20140195939A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/148,008
- Filed: 2014-01-06
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Kouji MIYAKE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195939A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

Provided is an information display apparatus capable of smoothly carrying out a presentation using a touch panel. The information display apparatus has an edit mode capable of editing an image displayed on the touch panel and a fixing mode for prohibiting editing of the displayed image to maintain the image. The information display apparatus includes a judging portion for judging whether or not a predetermined position of the touch panel is touched, and a mode setting portion for switching the edit mode and the fixing mode each time it is judged that the predetermined position of the touch panel is touched.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information display apparatus having an edit mode capable of editing an image displayed on a touch panel and a fixing mode for prohibiting editing of the displayed image to maintain the image, wherein
a judging portion for judging whether or not a predetermined position of the touch panel is touched, and a mode setting portion for switching the edit mode and the fixing mode each time it is judged that the predetermined position is touched are included.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information display apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein
a cabinet which holds a periphery of the touch panel is included, and the predetermined position of the touch panel is formed into a belt shape along an outline of the cabinet.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The information display apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein
the predetermined position of the touch panel is displayed in a different form between the edit mode and the fixing mode.