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MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD

  • US 20120225698A1
  • Filed: 11/09/2010
  • Published: 09/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A portable communication terminal comprising:

  • a touchpad configured to detect contact made thereto and output a value indicating a degree of the contact;

    a selecting unit configured to select, based on the value output by the touchpad, one area from among areas on the touchpad on which contact is detected, the areas each having processing to be executed allocated thereto;

    a first judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the number of areas on the touchpad on which contact is detected equals or exceeds a predetermined number within a time period from the selection until a specific condition is satisfied, the specific condition including a requirement that contact made to the selected area continues to be detected for a predetermined time period from the selection; and

    an execution control unit configured, when the first judgment unit judges in the negative, to execute processing allocated to the selected area, and when the first judgment unit judges in the affirmative, not to execute the processing.

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