INPUT APPARATUS HAVING TOUCH PANEL OPERATION ACCEPTING METHOD, AND OPERATION ACCEPTING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An input apparatus comprising:
- a pointing device having an operation-accepting surface and detecting a position on the operation-accepting surface designated by a user;
an operating object discriminating portion to discriminate types of operating objects based on the number of positions on said operation-accepting surface simultaneously detected by said pointing device;
an operation system determining portion to determine one of a plurality of predetermined operation systems based on said discriminated type of the operating object; and
an operation accepting portion to accept an operation in accordance with said determined one of said plurality of operation systems based on the position detected by said pointing device.
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Abstract
In order to facilitate an operation, an MFP includes a touch panel which has an operation-accepting surface and detects a position on the operating-accepting surface designated by a user, an operating object discriminating portion to discriminate types of operating objects based on the number of positions on the operation-accepting surface simultaneously detected by the touch panel, an operation system determining portion to determine one of a plurality of predetermined operation systems based on the discriminated type of the operating object, and an operation accepting portion to accept an operation in accordance with the determined one of the plurality of operation systems based on the position detected by the touch panel.
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12 Claims
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1. An input apparatus comprising:
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a pointing device having an operation-accepting surface and detecting a position on the operation-accepting surface designated by a user; an operating object discriminating portion to discriminate types of operating objects based on the number of positions on said operation-accepting surface simultaneously detected by said pointing device; an operation system determining portion to determine one of a plurality of predetermined operation systems based on said discriminated type of the operating object; and an operation accepting portion to accept an operation in accordance with said determined one of said plurality of operation systems based on the position detected by said pointing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An operation accepting method carried out in an input apparatus having a pointing device, comprising the steps of:
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detecting a position on an operation-accepting surface of said pointing device designated by a user; discriminating types of operating objects based on the number of positions simultaneously detected in said detecting step; determining one of a plurality of predetermined operation systems based on said discriminated type of the operating object; and accepting an operation in accordance with said determined one of said plurality of operation systems based on the position detected in said detecting step. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An operation accepting program embodied on a computer readable medium, the program being executed by a computer having a pointing device, the program causing the computer to perform the steps of:
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detecting a position on an operation-accepting surface of said pointing device designated by a user; discriminating types of operating objects based on the number of positions simultaneously detected in said detecting step; determining one of a plurality of predetermined operation systems based on said discriminated type of the operating object; and accepting an operation in accordance with said determined one of said plurality of operation systems based on the position detected in said detecting step. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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