Information processing apparatus, program and coordinate input method
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a unit for detecting a first touch at a first coordinate and, within a predetermined time period after said first touch, a second touch at a second coordinate being apart a predetermined distance or more from said first coordinate, and following said second touch, a third touch at a third coordinate near said first coordinate;
a unit for performing a first processing in accordance with said first coordinate if said detecting unit does not detect said third touch at said third coordinate; and
a unit for performing a second processing different from said first processing in accordance with said first coordinate, if said detecting unit detects said third touch at said third coordinate.
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Abstract
An apparatus, program product and method of detecting, within a predetermined time period after an input of a first coordinate, an input of a second coordinate being apart a predetermined distance or more from a first coordinate, or detecting, within a predetermined time period after an input of the first coordinate, an input of the second coordinate being apart a predetermined distance or more from the first coordinate and the following input of a third coordinate near the first coordinate, whereby a first processing in accordance with the first coordinate or a second processing in accordance with the first coordinate is performed depending on the detected result.
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a unit for detecting a first touch at a first coordinate and, within a predetermined time period after said first touch, a second touch at a second coordinate being apart a predetermined distance or more from said first coordinate, and following said second touch, a third touch at a third coordinate near said first coordinate; a unit for performing a first processing in accordance with said first coordinate if said detecting unit does not detect said third touch at said third coordinate; and a unit for performing a second processing different from said first processing in accordance with said first coordinate, if said detecting unit detects said third touch at said third coordinate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program residing on a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions causing a computer to:
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detect a first touch at a first coordinate; detect within a predetermined time period after said first touch, a second touch at a second coordinate being apart a predetermined distance or more from said first coordinate and a third touch at a third coordinate near said first coordinate; perform a first processing in accordance with said first coordinate if said third touch is not detected; and perform a second processing different from said first processing in accordance with said first coordinate, if said third touch is detected. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A coordinate input method comprising:
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touching a coordinate input unit a first time to input a first coordinate, wherein the coordinate inputunit is capable of making the coordinate input in accordance with a touched position to enable an information processing apparatus to perform a first processing in accordance with said first coordinate; and touching the coordinate input unit a second time to input, within a predetermined time period after an input of said first coordinate, a second coordinate being apart a predetermined distance or more from said first coordinate; and touching the coordinate input unit a third time to input a third coordinate near said first coordinate in this order, employing said coordinate input unit, to enable said information processing apparatus to perform a second processing different from said first processing in accordance with said first coordinate. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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