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Display apparatus, display method, and program

  • US 9,244,556 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2012
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A display apparatus comprising:

  • a display unit detecting contact and proximity of operating means with respect to a display range of the display unit; and

    a controller determining a position where an item designated by contact is to be displayed, based on the position of contact and the position of proximity which are detected by said display unit,wherein;

    an xy coordinate system for identifying said position of contact and said position of proximity is established in the display range of said display unit;

    said controller judges a direction of a straight line segment that originates from a contact point representing the position where the contact is detected and that passes through a proximity point representing the position where the proximity is detected, as the direction of said operating means in said xy coordinate system, and determines a position where said item is to be displayed in an area in a direction that originates from said contact point and that is different from the direction of said operating means; and

    said controller establishes, in said xy coordinate system, a first division line passing through said contact point parallel to an x-axis of said xy coordinate system and a second division line passing through said contact point parallel to a y-axis of said xy coordinate system, thereby dividing said display range into four subranges, and determines the position where said item is to be displayed in one of said subranges which does not include said proximity point.

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