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Information processing device, method of processing information, and computer program storage device

  • US 9,250,790 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2011
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing device comprising:

  • a sensor; and

    a processing circuit configured to;

    control the sensor to detect a contact state of an external object, wherein in the contact state the external object is in contact with a surface of the information processing device;

    control the sensor to detect an adjacent state of the external object, wherein in the adjacent state the external object is within a predetermined non-zero distance above the surface but not in contact with the surface;

    switch an operation mode of the information processing device between a first operation mode and a second operation mode,wherein the first operation mode is a mode in which the information processing device is operated by a first object, wherein in the first operation mode the sensor detects the contact state when the first object is in contact with the surface, and the second operation mode is a mode in which the information processing device is operated by a second object, wherein in the second operation mode the sensor does not detect the contact state when the second object is in contact with the surface, whereinin the first operation mode, a first process corresponding to a touch event is performed based on detection of the contact state and a second process, different from the first process, corresponding to a hover event is performed based on detection of the adjacent state, andin the second operation mode, the first process corresponding to the touch event of the first operation mode is performed based on detection of the adjacent state.

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