Coordinate Detecting Device and Operation Method Using a Touch Panel
First Claim
1. A coordinate detecting device comprising:
- a touch panel capable of detecting coordinates of two or more points where the touch panel is touched by a user;
a coordinate storing section which stores the coordinates detected in the touch panel; and
a coordinate detecting section which, when the coordinates of two or more points are detected in the touch panel, uses the coordinates that have been stored in the coordinate storing section to identify an order in which the detected coordinates of two or more points are pressed, and determines what processing is to be performed on a displayed object according to the coordinates of the first point based on a positional relation of the coordinates of the one of subsequent points with respect to the coordinates of the first point.
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Abstract
In a touch panel capable of detecting the coordinates of two pressed-down points individually at the same time, the coordinates detected while one point is pressed are stored and, if a second point is subsequently pressed, the stored coordinates of a first point are used to identify the coordinates closer to the stored coordinates as the first point and the coordinates of another detected point as the second point, thereby identifying an order in which the two points are pressed. Thereafter, what mouse operation has been executed at the coordinates of the first point is detected based on a positional relation between the coordinates of the first point and the coordinates of the second point, and a result of the detection is output to an application operable through a graphical user interface.
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9 Claims
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1. A coordinate detecting device comprising:
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a touch panel capable of detecting coordinates of two or more points where the touch panel is touched by a user; a coordinate storing section which stores the coordinates detected in the touch panel; and a coordinate detecting section which, when the coordinates of two or more points are detected in the touch panel, uses the coordinates that have been stored in the coordinate storing section to identify an order in which the detected coordinates of two or more points are pressed, and determines what processing is to be performed on a displayed object according to the coordinates of the first point based on a positional relation of the coordinates of the one of subsequent points with respect to the coordinates of the first point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An operation method using a touch panel that is capable of detecting coordinates of two or more points where the touch panel is touched by a user, comprising:
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a step for storing coordinates detected in the touch panel in a coordinate storing section; a step for using, when the coordinates of two or more points are detected in the touch panel, the coordinates that have been stored in the coordinate storing section to identify an order in which the detected coordinates of two or more points are pressed; and a step for determining what processing is to be performed on a displayed object according to the coordinates of the first point based on a positional relation of the coordinates of the one of subsequent points with respect to the coordinates of the first point.
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