Control device, electronic apparatus and medium for outputting information in accordance with an operation relative to an input device

• US 7,495,658 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2001
• Issued: 02/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Client Computing Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kubo, Takeshi, Endo, Naoya, Kimoto, Akinori, Kuribayashi, Tsuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hjerpe; Richard
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shapiro; Leonid
• Application Number:
  US09/814,834
• Publication Number:
  US 20020063696A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,895 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-175, 345177-179, 345156-157, 345/163, 345/169, 178/18.01
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an accurate positioning function with respect to an object and program generating an operation by depression and its depression release. The present invention provides a control device (1) for outputting an information in accordance with an operation with respect to an input device. The control device (1) comprises: a detection unit (8) for detecting a release of depression with respect to the input device; and an output unit (8) for outputting an information indicative of a depression with respect to the input device and an information indicative of a depression release when detecting a release of the depression.

Claims

1. A control device outputting information in accordance with an operation with respect to an input device, comprising:

a detection unit detecting a depression and a release of the depression with respect to the input device;

an output unit outputting information indicative of the depression with respect to the input device and information indicative of the depression release when detecting the depression release; and

a timer unit setting a time of an interval from the detection of the depression to the information output indicative of the depression release,

wherein the information indicative of the depression with respect to the input device and the information indicative of the depression release are the information corresponding to the position of the depression release, and when 0 is set into the timer unit, the output unit immediately invalidates the information output indicative of the depression when detecting the depression, and when a predetermined interval time other than 0 is set into the timer unit, the output unit invalidates the information output indicative of the depression after the predetermined interval time when detecting the depression.

2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects the depression with respect to the input device, and the output unit invalidates the information output indicative of the depression and outputs information of a movement operation with respect to the input device when the depression with respect to the input device is detected.

3. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects a movement operation with respect to the input device, and the output unit outputs a position on a screen of a display device corresponding to the movement operation.

4. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the output unit decides whether or not the information indicative of the depression is outputted at a time selected among a time when a release of the depression is detected or a time when a depression is made with respect to the input device, in accordance with a mode of controlling the information output indicative of the depression.

5. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the input device is a tablet.

6. An electronic apparatus including an input device, comprising:

a detection unit detecting a depression and a release of the depression with respect to the input device;

an output unit outputting information indicative of the depression with respect to the input device and information indicative of the depression release when detecting the depression release; and

a timer unit setting a time of an interval from the detection of the depression to the information output indicative of the depression release,

wherein the information indicative of the depression with respect to the input device and the information indicative of the depression release are the information corresponding to the position of the depression release, and when 0 is set into the timer unit, the output unit immediately invalidates the information output indicative of the depression when detecting the depression, and when a predetermined interval time other than 0 is set into the timer unit, the output unit invalidates the information output indicative of the depression after the predetermined interval time when detecting the depression.

7. A control method for an input device, comprising:

detecting a depression and a release of the depression with respect to an input device;

outputting information indicative of the depression and information indicative of the release of the depression when the release of depression is detected; and

setting a time of an interval from the detection of the depression to the information output indicative of the depression release,

wherein the information indicative of the depression with respect to the input device and the information indicative of the depression release are the information corresponding to the position of the depression release, and when 0 is set as the time, the information output indicative of the depression is immediately invalidated when detecting the depression, and when a predetermined interval time other than 0 is set, the information output indicative of the depression is invalidated after the predetermined interval time when detecting the depression.

8. A computer readable recording medium recording a program executing which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute the functions comprising:

detecting a depression and a release of the depression with respect to an input device by a computer connected with the input device;

outputting information indicative of the depression and information indicative of the release of the depression when the release of the depression is detected; and

setting a time of an interval from the detection of the depression to the information output indicative of the depression release,

wherein the information indicative of the depression with respect to the input device and the information indicative of the depression release are the information corresponding to the position of the depression release, and when 0 is set as the time, the information output indicative of the depression is immediately invalidated when detecting the depression, and when a predetermined interval time other than 0 is set, the information output indicative of the depression is invalidated after the predetermined interval time when detecting the depression.