Input apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsJunichi Ujii, Megumi Kuwabara
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Abstract
An input apparatus capable of receiving inputs of a plurality of levels in accordance with pressed area varied in each operation by an operator is provided. An input apparatus 10 configured to receive the inputs of a plurality of levels in accordance with the pressed area has a area detection unit 40 configured to detect a pressed area of a pressing input and a control unit 20 configured to control to set a second standard area for receiving a second level input every time the area detection unit 40 detects the pressed area satisfying a first standard area for receiving a first level input.
Claims10
An input apparatus configured to receive inputs at a plurality of levels in accordance with a pressed area, comprising:
- an area detection unit configured to detect the pressed area of a pressing input;
- and
- a control unit configured to set, when the area detection unit detects the pressed area satisfying a first standard area for receiving a first level input,
- a second standard area for receiving a second level input.
An input method using an input apparatus configured to receive inputs at a plurality of levels in accordance with pressed area, comprising:
- an area detection step for detecting the pressed area of a pressing input;
- and
- a step for controlling to set, when the pressed area satisfying a first standard area for receiving a first level input is detected at the area detection step, a second standard area for receiving a second level input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.