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INPUT RECEPTION DEVICE, AREA CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM

  • US 20110199312A1
  • Filed: 08/06/2008
  • Published: 08/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An input reception device that receives an input via a touch panel that is disposed on a display unit, comprising:

  • an area memory unit (103) that stores area information about an area on the touch panel, the area being a variable reception area corresponding to a predetermined target image displayed on the display unit;

    a detecting unit (104) that, in response to a touching operation to the touch panel, detects a touch position;

    a determining unit (105) that determines whether the detected touch position is within or outside a range of the stored reception area; and

    an area control unit (107) that sets, in the area memory unit (103), a reception area that matches an area on which the target image is displayed, and when a touch position is detected and determined to be within the range, expands the reception area to a predetermined range, and when a touching operation is not given to the expanded reception area within a predetermined time period, reduces the expanded reception area back to the reception area before being expanded.

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