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INPUT DEVICE, INPUT ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM

  • US 20150062033A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Published: 03/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An input device, comprising:

  • a display section which displays data in a prescribed screen;

    a touch panel which detects proximity of a finger to the screen;

    a proximity coordinate extracting section which extracts proximity coordinates corresponding to a position of the finger in the proximity of the screen;

    a pointer coordinate calculating section which calculates, when proximity of a plurality of fingers is simultaneously detected, a position in the screen corresponding to a middle point of positions of the plurality of fingers as pointer coordinates on the basis of proximity coordinates of the plurality of fingers;

    a display controlling section which controls to display an indicator corresponding to the pointer coordinates in the calculated position in the screen; and

    an event detecting section which detects an event for executing prescribed processing when a finger distance between the plurality of fingers has become equal to or smaller than a prescribed distance.

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