Input apparatus, input method and program
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1. A device comprising:
- a display configured to display a plurality of objects;
at least one sensor configured to detect a contact; and
circuitry configured todetect a position and pressure of the contact,select one of the plurality of objects based on the position of the contact,conduct a first process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds a first threshold in a first process mode,switch, from the first process mode to a second process mode that provides selectable functionality different than functionality of the first process mode, if the pressure exceeds a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold, andconduct a second process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds the first threshold in the second process mode, wherein, in the second process mode, another object, which is related to the selected object and which is not displayed in the first process mode, is displayed for selection in the second process mode.
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Abstract
There is provided an input apparatus including: a pressure detecting unit which detects press pressure of an operational body applied to a virtual key having one or more input candidates allocated selectively; and an input control unit which varies a selection state of the one or more input candidates selectively allocated to the virtual key for every pressing operation having, as a single time of pressing operation, timing that the press pressure detected by the pressure detecting unit exceeds a predetermined selection threshold value or timing that the press pressure becomes smaller than the selection threshold value as being attenuated after exceeding the selection threshold value.
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14 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
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a display configured to display a plurality of objects; at least one sensor configured to detect a contact; and circuitry configured to detect a position and pressure of the contact, select one of the plurality of objects based on the position of the contact, conduct a first process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds a first threshold in a first process mode, switch, from the first process mode to a second process mode that provides selectable functionality different than functionality of the first process mode, if the pressure exceeds a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold, and conduct a second process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds the first threshold in the second process mode, wherein, in the second process mode, another object, which is related to the selected object and which is not displayed in the first process mode, is displayed for selection in the second process mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An input method, comprising:
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displaying a plurality of objects; detecting a position and pressure of a contact; selecting one of the plurality of objects based on the detected position of the contact; conducting a first process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds a first threshold in a first process mode; switching, from the first process mode to a second process mode that provides selectable functionality different than functionality of the first process mode, if the pressure exceeds a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold; and conducting a second process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds the first threshold in the second process mode, wherein, in the second process mode, another object which is related to the selected object and which is not displayed in the first process mode, is displayed for selection in the second process mode.
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of objects; detecting a position and pressure of a contact; selecting one of the plurality of objects based on the detected position of the contact; conducting a first process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds a first threshold in a first process mode; switching, from the first process mode to a second process mode that provides selectable functionality different than functionality of the first process mode, if the pressure exceeds a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold; and conducting a second process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds the first threshold in the second process mode, wherein, in the second process mode, another object which is related to the selected object and which is not displayed in the first process mode, is displayed for selection in the second process mode.
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