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USER INTERFACE DEVICE WITH TOUCH PAD ENABLING ORIGINAL IMAGE TO BE DISPLAYED IN REDUCTION WITHIN TOUCH-INPUT SCREEN, AND INPUT-ACTION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

  • US 20140160073A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2012
  • Published: 06/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A user interface device operable to perform a display function of displaying an image on a display screen, and a touch panel function of outputting successive locations of the user'"'"'s finger touch point on a touch screen over time, comprising:

  • a screen-pad controller configured to display a reference image on the display screen to form a screen pad, such that the reference image is a reduced duplicate of an original image being displayed on the display screen;

    a touch determining unit configured to determine whether or not the finger has been touched to the screen pad;

    a pointer displaying unit configured to be operable in response to the touch determining unit determining that the finger has been touched to the screen pad, to display a pointer on the original image being displayed on the display screen, to indicate a location on the display screen, which corresponds to a position at which the user has touched the finger to the screen pad; and

    an operation controller configured to invoke an operation associated with the location that the pointer is indicating.

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