INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, INFORMATION INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
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Abstract
The present invention provides an information input device, in which information is inputted by easy operations, even if a display unit size is limited. An information input device of the present invention has: a display unit displaying a plurality of figures; a detecting unit arranged in front of the display unit or behind the display unit, and detecting whether a physical contact from an outside exists or not and a contacted position at which the physical contact exists; and a control unit deciding a figure displayed on the display unit and a position at which the figure is displayed, and inputting information based on a signal from the detecting unit, and when the detecting unit detects the physical contact exists, the control unit determines a first figure displayed at a nearest position to the contacted position in the plurality of figures based on the contacted position and decides a second figure displayed at a position surrounding the contacted position based on a kind of the first figure.
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41 Claims
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22. An information input device comprising:
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a display unit displaying a plurality of figures; a detecting unit arranged in front of the display unit or behind the display unit, and detecting whether a physical contact from an outside exists or not and a contacted position at which the physical contact exists; and a control unit deciding a figure displayed on the display unit and a position at which the figure is displayed, and inputting information based on a signal from the detecting unit, wherein when the detecting unit detects the physical contact exists, the control unit determines a first figure displayed at a nearest position to the contacted position in the plurality of figures based on the contacted position and decides a second figure displayed at a position adjacent to the first figure based on a kind of the first figure. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37)
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26. An information input device comprising:
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a display unit displaying a plurality of figures; a detecting unit arranged in front of the display unit or behind the display unit, and detecting whether a physical contact from an outside exists or not and a contacted position at which the physical contact exists; and a control unit deciding a figure displayed on the display unit and a position at which the figure is displayed, and inputting information based on a signal form the detecting unit, wherein when the detecting unit detects the physical contact exists, the control unit determines a first figure displayed at a nearest position to the contacted position in the plurality of figures based on the contacted position and decides a second figure displayed at a position surrounding the contacted position based on a kind of the first figure, and directs the display unit to display the second figure, and then directs the display unit to display a third figure at the position surrounding the contacted position based on a kind of the second FIG. 1 f a figure which is displayed at the nearest position to the contacted position based on the contacted position is the second figure. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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36. An information input device comprising:
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a display unit displaying a plurality of figures; a detecting unit arranged in front of the display unit or behind the display unit, and detecting whether a physical contact from an outside exists or not and a contacted position at which the physical contact exists; and a control unit deciding a figure displayed on the display unit and a position at which the figure is displayed, and inputting information based on a signal form the detecting unit, wherein when the detecting unit detects the physical contact exists, the control unit to determines a first figure displayed at a position nearest to the contacted position in the plurality of figures based on the contacted position, decides a second figure displayed at a position adjacent to the first figure based on a kind of the first figure, and inputs information based on a kind of the first figure and a relative position of the contacted position at a time just before when the contact is released to a position at which the first figure is displayed, if the detecting unit detects the contact exists and then the contact is released.
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38. An information input method comprising:
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deciding a figure to be displayed and a position at which the figure is displayed; displaying a plurality of the figures; detecting whether a physical contact from an outside exists or not and a contacted position at which the physical contact exists; determining a first figure displayed at a position nearest to the contacted position in the plurality of figures based on the contacted position, when existence of the physical contact is detected; deciding a second figure displayed at a position adjacent to the first figure based on a kind of the first figure; and inputting information based on the contacted position. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. An information input device comprising:
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a display means for displaying a plurality of figures; a detecting means arranged in front of the display means or behind the display means, and for detecting whether a physical contact from an outside exists or not and a contacted position at which the physical contact exists; and a control means for deciding a figure displayed on the display means and a position at which the figure is displayed, and inputting information based on a signal form the detecting means, wherein when the detecting means detects the physical contact exists, the control means determines a first figure displayed at a nearest position to the contacted position in the plurality of figures based on the contacted position and decides a second figure displayed at a position adjacent to the first figure based on a kind of the first figure.
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Specification