# US 2017/0257933 A1 · Operating device, lighting system and non-transitory computer readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0257933 A1 - Document ID: US20170257933A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/448,330 - Filed: 2017-03-02 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-04 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroshi SUGAWARA; Yuto HIDAKA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170257933A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - H05B 47/195: the transmission using visible or infrared light - H05B 47/1965: {using handheld communication devices} - H05B 47/199: {Commissioning of light sources} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract An operating device includes a display, a detector and a determiner. When the detector detects a designated position, the determiner determines whether or not a position corresponding to the designated position in a first layer is within a display region by first image data. When the position is within the display region, the determiner determines that the display region by the first image data is chosen. When the position is not in the display region, the determiner determines whether or not a position corresponding to the designated position in a second layer is within a display region by second image data. When the position in the second layer is within the display region by the second image data, the determiner determines that the display region by the second image data is chosen. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operating device, comprising: a display configured to display, on one screen, an image represented by at least a first layer and a second layer which the first layer is stacked on, the first layer containing a first image part that is a part of the image formed of first image data, the second layer containing a second image part that is another part of the image formed of second image data; a detector configured to detect a designated position that is a position on the screen designated by a user; and a determiner configured to determine which one of display regions by the first image part or the second image part is chosen by: when the detector detects the designated position, determining whether or not a position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is within the display region of the first image part, when the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is within the display region of the first image part, determining that the display region of the first image part is chosen, when the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is not in the display region of the first image part, determining whether or not a position corresponding to the designated position in the second layer is within a display region of the second image part, when the position corresponding to the designated position in the second layer is within the display region of the second image part, determining that the display region of the second image part is chosen. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operating device of claim 1, wherein: each of the first image data and the second image data includes a first region surrounding one or more symbols representing electric devices, and a second region different from the first region, the first region being composed of opaque pixel elements, the second region being composed of transparent pixel elements; the determiner is further configured to when the first image part has opaque pixel elements at the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer, determine that the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is within the display region of the first image part, when the first image part has transparent pixel elements at the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer, determine that the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is not in the display region of the first image part, and when the second image part has opaque pixel elements at the position corresponding to the designated position in the second layer, determine that the position corresponding to the designated position in the second layer is within the display region of the second image part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A lighting system, comprising: the operating device of claim 2; light fixtures as the electric devices; and a control device configured to receive a determination result by the determiner in the operating device to control the light fixtures in accordance with the determination result. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium storing a computer program to be executed as the determiner in the operating device of claim 1 by at least one processor of the operating device, wherein the computer program comprises: a first processing instruction which causes the determiner to determine whether or not the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is within the display region by the first image data; a second processing instruction which, when the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is within the display region by the first image data, causes the determiner to determine that the display region by the first image data is chosen, a third processing instruction which, when the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is not in the display region by the first image data, causes the determiner to determine whether or not the position corresponding to the designated position in the second layer is within the display region by the second image data; and a fourth processing instruction which, when the position corresponding to the designated position in the second layer is within the display region by the second image data, causes the determiner to determine that the display region by the second image data has be chosen. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) A non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium storing a computer program to be executed as the determiner in the operating device of claim 2 by at least one processor of the operating device, wherein the computer program comprises: a first processing instruction which causes the determiner to determine whether or not the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is within the display region by the first image data; a second processing instruction which, when the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is within the display region by the first image data, causes the determiner to determine that the display region by the first image data is chosen, a third processing instruction which, when the position corresponding to the designated position in the first layer is not in the display region by the first image data, causes the determiner to determine whether or not the position corresponding to the designated position in the second layer is within the display region by the second image data; and a fourth processing instruction which, when the position corresponding to the designated position in the second layer is within the display region by the second image data, causes the determiner to determine that the display region by the second image data has be chosen. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) A computer server system, comprising: a database computer system which is equipped with the non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 4; and a computer server configured to provide the computer program stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium among client computers via a computer network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) A computer server system, comprising: a database computer system which is equipped with the non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5; and a computer server configured to provide the computer program stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium among client computers via a computer network. ### Claim 8 An operating device, comprising: a display configured to display, on a screen, a composite image represented by multiple layers including a first layer and a second layer at least partially underlying the first layer, a detector configured to detect a designated position that is a position on the screen designated by a user; and a control circuit configured to determine which one of an object in the first layer or an object in the second layer is selected by the user, wherein: the first layer includes a first opaque region and a first transparent region, the second layer includes a second opaque region and a second transparent region, the control circuit is configured to: determine that the object in the first layer is selected when the designated position is within the first opaque region, and determine that the object in the second layer is selected when the designated position is within the first transparent region and within the second opaque image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The operating device of claim 8, wherein the object of the first layer and the object of the second layer are associated with different commands for controlling one or more electric devices, respectively. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A lighting system, comprising: the operating device of claim 9; light fixtures as the one more electric devices; and a control device configured to receive a determination result by the control circuit in the operating device and to control the light fixtures in accordance with a command corresponding to the selected object.