INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

• US 20150160854A1
• Filed: 12/04/2014
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: HOSAKA, Kenta, NIWA, Takamasa, INOUE, Masayuki, YAMAGUCHI, Yasuhiko, HYODO, Keiichiro, SHIBATA, Tetsuhiro
• Application Number:
  US14/560,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20150160854A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04106 Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An input apparatus includes: a held state detection unit configured to detect a held state of an own apparatus; an input detection unit including a detection surface configured to detect an input performed by contact with an input member; a determination unit configured to perform determination related to the input detected by the input detection unit; and a determination reference setting unit configured to set, according to the held state detected by the held state detection unit, a determination reference used by the determination unit for the determination.

Claims

1. An input apparatus comprising:

a held state detection unit configured to detect a held state of an own apparatus;

an input detection unit including a detection surface configured to detect an input performed by contact with an input member;

a determination unit configured to perform determination related to the input detected by the input detection unit; and

a determination reference setting unit configured to set, according to the held state detected by the held state detection unit, a determination reference used by the determination unit for the determination.

2. The input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input detection unit detects a load value received on the detection surface from the input member, and

the determination reference setting unit sets the load value as the determination reference.

3. The input apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determination unit performs the determination by using, as the determination reference, determination whether the load value detected by the input detection unit is within a predetermined range.

4. The input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination reference setting unit sets the determination reference according to the held state detected by the held state detection unit and a position where the input is detected.

5. The input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines a kind of the input member as determination related to the input.

6. The input apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the determination unit performs, as the determination related to the input, at least one kind of determination among determination whether the input member is a pen, determination whether the input member is a finger, and determination whether the input member is an eraser.

7. The input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines, as the determination related to the input, a kind of input operation.

8. The input apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the determination unit performs, as the determination related to the input, at least one kind of determination among determination whether the input operation is a swipe, determination whether the input operation is a flick, determination whether the input operation is a tap, and determination whether the input operation is a pinch.

9. The input apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the held state detection unit detects whether the held state is a state in which the input apparatus is held in such a manner that an end part on an opposite side of a dominant hand of a user is grasped, a state in which an upper end part is grasped and the upper end part to a lower end part of a rear surface of the input apparatus is supported and fixed by an arm of the user, a state in which the rear surface of the input apparatus is supported and fixed by a palm of the user, or a state in which the input apparatus is placed on a table

10. An input determination method in an input apparatus configured to detect an input performed by contact with an input member, comprising:

detecting a held state of the input apparatus;

setting, according to the detected held state, a determination reference for determination related to the input;

detecting the input performed with the input member; and

performing determination related to the detected input by using the set determination reference.

11. The input determination method according to claim 10, further comprising detecting a load value received from the input member and setting the load value as the determination reference.

12. The input determination method according to claim 11, further comprising performing the determination based on determination whether the detected load value is within a predetermined range.

13. The input determination method according to claim 10, further comprising setting the determination reference according to the detected held state and a position where the input is detected.

14. The input determination method according to claim 10, further comprising determining a kind of the input member.

15. The input determination method according to claim 14, further comprising performing at least one kind of determination among determination whether the input member is a pen, determination whether the input member is a finger, and determination whether the input member is an eraser.

16. The input determination method according to claim 10, further comprising determining a kind of input operation.

17. The input determination method according to claim 16, further comprising performing at least one kind of determination among determination whether the input operation is a swipe, determination whether the input operation is a flick, determination whether the input operation is a tap, and determination whether the input operation is a pinch.

18. A non-volatile computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a control circuit to function, in an input apparatus including a held state detection unit configured to detect a held state of an own apparatus, an input detection unit including a detection surface configured to detect an input performed by contact with an input member, and the control circuit configured to perform a calculation based on an output from each of the held state detection unit and the input detection unit, to set a determination reference for determination related to the input according to the held state of the input apparatus which state is detected by the held state detection unit and to perform the determination related to the input, which is performed with the input member and is detected by the input detection unit, by using the set determination reference.