INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT METHOD AND PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A device comprising:
- a display configured to display a plurality of objects;
at least one sensor configured to detect a contact; and
circuitry configured todetect a position and pressure of the contact,select one of the plurality of objects based on the position of the contact,conduct a first process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds a first threshold in a first process mode,switch, from the first process mode to a second process mode, if the pressure exceeds a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold, andconduct a second process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds the first threshold in the second process mode.
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Abstract
There is provided an input apparatus including: a pressure detecting unit which detects press pressure of an operational body applied to a virtual key having one or more input candidates allocated selectively; and an input control unit which varies a selection state of the one or more input candidates selectively allocated to the virtual key for every pressing operation having, as a single time of pressing operation, timing that the press pressure detected by the pressure detecting unit exceeds a predetermined selection threshold value or timing that the press pressure becomes smaller than the selection threshold value as being attenuated after exceeding the selection threshold value.
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12 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
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a display configured to display a plurality of objects; at least one sensor configured to detect a contact; and circuitry configured to detect a position and pressure of the contact, select one of the plurality of objects based on the position of the contact, conduct a first process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds a first threshold in a first process mode, switch, from the first process mode to a second process mode, if the pressure exceeds a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold, and conduct a second process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds the first threshold in the second process mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An input method, comprising:
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displaying a plurality of objects; detecting a position and pressure of a contact; selecting one of the plurality of objects based on the detected position of the contact; conducting a first process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds a first threshold in a first process mode; switching, from the first process mode to a second process mode, if the pressure exceeds a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold; and conducting a second process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds the first threshold in the second process mode.
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of objects; detecting a position and pressure of a contact; selecting one of the plurality of objects based on the detected position of the contact; conducting a first process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds a first threshold in a first process mode; switching, from the first process mode to a second process mode, if the pressure exceeds a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold; and conducting a second process related to the selected object if the pressure exceeds the first threshold in the second process mode.
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