Information processing apparatus
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus capable of performing a plurality of processes and having a display/input device, said display/input device comprising a display device having a screen for displaying an image, a transparent tablet device superposed on the display device for detecting coordinates of a pointed location, and a stylus pen for pointing out a location on the tablet device, wherein an operator points out, using the stylus pen, an icon corresponding to input data and included in a display image on the display device thereby inputting the input data,wherein a first part of a coordinate detection area of the transparent tablet device overlaps the screen of the display device, and a second part of the coordinate detection area of the transparent tablet device extends beyond a periphery of the screen of the display device, andsaid information processing apparatus further includes execution means, responsive to the transparent tablet device, for executing a first predetermined process corresponding to the input data when a predetermined region in said second part of the coordinate detection area of the transparent tablet is pointed out by using the stylus pen, and for executing a second predetermined process corresponding to the input data when a locating outside the coordinate detection area of the transparent tablet device is pointed out by using the stylus pen.
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Abstract
A display/input device is constituted by superposing a display device and a transparent tablet on each other. An operator points an icon included in an image displayed on a screen of the display device by means of a stylus pen, thereby inputting data. A central part of a coordinate detection area of the tablet overlaps the screen of the display device, and a peripheral part of the coordinate detection area is situated outside the screen. When the stylus pen points a predetermined region within the peripheral part of the coordinate detection area, predetermined processing ("cancel", "previous page", "next page") corresponding to a command allocated to the pointed predetermined region is carried out.
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11 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus capable of performing a plurality of processes and having a display/input device, said display/input device comprising a display device having a screen for displaying an image, a transparent tablet device superposed on the display device for detecting coordinates of a pointed location, and a stylus pen for pointing out a location on the tablet device, wherein an operator points out, using the stylus pen, an icon corresponding to input data and included in a display image on the display device thereby inputting the input data,
wherein a first part of a coordinate detection area of the transparent tablet device overlaps the screen of the display device, and a second part of the coordinate detection area of the transparent tablet device extends beyond a periphery of the screen of the display device, and said information processing apparatus further includes execution means, responsive to the transparent tablet device, for executing a first predetermined process corresponding to the input data when a predetermined region in said second part of the coordinate detection area of the transparent tablet is pointed out by using the stylus pen, and for executing a second predetermined process corresponding to the input data when a locating outside the coordinate detection area of the transparent tablet device is pointed out by using the stylus pen.
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2. An information processing apparatus capable of performing a plurality of processes and having a display/input device, said display/input device comprising a display device having a screen for displaying an image, and a coordinate detection device superposed on the screen of the display device and having an area over which coordinates can be detected, wherein a center part of said area of the coordinate detection device overlaps the screen of the display device and a periphery part of said area of the coordinate detection device extends beyond an outer periphery of the screen, said information processing apparatus comprising:
execution means for executing a predetermined one of the processes in response to the detection of coordinates on predetermined regions within said periphery part of said area, and wherein said execution means includes input means for inputting data indicating one of the predetermined regions and process allocation means for allocating one of the processes to one of the predetermined regions in response to data input by the input means, thereby allowing a user to allocate arbitrary processes to the respective predetermined regions. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. An information processing apparatus capable of performing a plurality of processes and having a display/input device, said display/input device comprising display means for displaying an image, coordinate detection means for detecting coordinates of a pointed location, and location pointing means for pointing out the pointing location, said information processing apparatus comprising:
execution means, responsive to the location pointing means and the coordinate detection means, for recognizing a pointing action by the location pointing means when the location pointing means has pointed out a location outside a coordinate detection area of the coordinate detection means, thereby executing a predetermined one of the processes. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. An information processing apparatus capable of performing a plurality of processes, comprising:
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a display device having a screen for displaying an image including an icon for instruction input; location pointing means for pointing out a location, said location pointing means including indication means for indicating that a location has been pointed out and coordinate detection means for detecting coordinates of the pointed location; comparison means for comparing the location pointed out by the location pointing means with the location of the icon displayed on the screen and for generating a comparison result, said comparison means including determining means for determining whether the location pointed out by the location pointing means is within a prescribed region outside said screen and for generating a determination result; first execution means, responsive to the comparison result of the comparison means, for executing a one of the processes corresponding to the icon when the location pointed out by the location pointing means coincides with the location of the icon displayed on the screen; and second execution means, responsive to the comparison result of the comparison means, for executing a one of the processes corresponding to a predetermined command when the location pointed out by the location pointing means does not coincide with the location of the icon displayed on the screen and for executing, using the determination result, the one of the processes corresponding to a predetermined command when the location pointed out by location pointing means is within said predetermined region and for executing another one of the processes corresponding to a predetermined command when the indication means has indicated that the location has been pointed out and the coordinate detection means has detected no coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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