Input device and display
First Claim
1. An input device that, while a first panel component of the input device is placed adjacent to a second panel component of a counterpart device, accepts an input of a continuous track made through contact of a target object or approach thereof, the continuous track extending from the first panel component to the second panel component, the input device comprising:
- the first panel component and the second panel component that are capacitive touch panels that detect contact of the target object or the approach thereof;
a central processing unit (CPU) that;
at an occurrence of contact of the counterpart device with the input device or approach thereof to the input device, determines a first adjacent region and defines in the first adjacent region, an input coordinate system that is in common with the counterpart device, the first adjacent region being a region located in the first panel component to be adjacent to the second panel component;
upon detection of a user operation performed in the first adjacent region, determines first detection coordinates indicating a position of the user operation in the input coordinate system; and
transmits, to the counterpart device, the first detection coordinates; and
a casing in which the first panel component is located, whereina minimum distance between the first panel component and an end surface of the casing is no longer than a detectable distance within which the first panel component is capable of detecting the contact of the target object with the end surface or the approach thereof to the end surface, andthe first panel component transmits a pulse signal to the second panel component when the counterpart device has contacted or approached the end surface.
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Abstract
An input device (2a) includes: a position/angle determining section (505) for determining an adjacent region (F1) and defining, in the adjacent region (F1), an input coordinate system that is in common with a counterpart device; a detection position control section (701) for determining first detection coordinates indicating a user operation performed in the adjacent region (F1) in the input coordinate system; and a data transmitting and receiving section (506) for transmitting the first detection coordinates to the counterpart device.
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10 Claims
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1. An input device that, while a first panel component of the input device is placed adjacent to a second panel component of a counterpart device, accepts an input of a continuous track made through contact of a target object or approach thereof, the continuous track extending from the first panel component to the second panel component, the input device comprising:
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the first panel component and the second panel component that are capacitive touch panels that detect contact of the target object or the approach thereof; a central processing unit (CPU) that; at an occurrence of contact of the counterpart device with the input device or approach thereof to the input device, determines a first adjacent region and defines in the first adjacent region, an input coordinate system that is in common with the counterpart device, the first adjacent region being a region located in the first panel component to be adjacent to the second panel component; upon detection of a user operation performed in the first adjacent region, determines first detection coordinates indicating a position of the user operation in the input coordinate system; and transmits, to the counterpart device, the first detection coordinates; and a casing in which the first panel component is located, wherein a minimum distance between the first panel component and an end surface of the casing is no longer than a detectable distance within which the first panel component is capable of detecting the contact of the target object with the end surface or the approach thereof to the end surface, and the first panel component transmits a pulse signal to the second panel component when the counterpart device has contacted or approached the end surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An input device that, while a second panel component of the input device is placed next to a first panel component of a counterpart device, accepts an input of a continuous track made through contact of a target object or approach thereof, the continuous track extending from the first panel component to the second panel component, the input device comprising:
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the first panel component and the second panel component that are capacitive touch panels that detect contact of the target object or approach thereof; a central processing unit (CPU) that; at an occurrence of contact of the counterpart device with the input device or approach thereof to the input device, determines a second adjacent region and defines, in the second adjacent region, an input coordinate system that is in common with the counterpart device, the second adjacent region being a region located in the second panel component so as to be adjacent to the first panel component; receives first detection coordinates, determined by the counterpart device, indicating, in the input coordinate system, a position of a user operation performed in a first adjacent region, the first adjacent region being a region located in the first panel component so as to be adjacent to the second panel component; upon detection of a user operation performed in the second adjacent region, determines second detection coordinates indicating a position of the user operation in the input coordinate system; judges whether the second detection coordinates having been determined by the match the first detection coordinates having been received or whether the second detection coordinates is present in a predetermined range where the second detection coordinates are deemed to match the first detection coordinates; and in a case where the CPU has judged that the second detection coordinates match the first detection coordinates or that the second detection coordinates are present in the predetermined range, judges the second detection coordinates as being the input of the continuous track; and a casing in which the second panel component is located, wherein a minimum distance between the second panel component and an end surface of the casing is no longer than a detectable distance within which the second panel component is capable of detecting the contact of the target object with the end surface or the approach thereof to the end surface, and the second panel component receives a pulse signal from the first panel component when the counterpart device has contacted or approached the end surface. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A first display device that displays an image related to an image displayed on a counterpart device, the first display device comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU) that; determines a position of the counterpart device in relation to the first display device at an occurrence of contact of the counterpart device with the first display device or approach thereof to the first display device; generates, according to the position of the counterpart device which position has been determined, a first image to be displayed on a display screen of the first display device and generating image generation information required for the counterpart device to generate, according to the position of the counterpart device, a second image, related to the first image, to be displayed on a display screen of the counterpart device; and transmits, to the counterpart device, the image generation information having been generated; a capacitive touch panel that detects contact of a target object or approach thereof; and a casing in which the capacitive touch panel is located, wherein a minimum distance between the capacitive touch panel and an end surface of the casing is no longer than a detectable distance within which the capacitive touch panel is capable of detecting the contact of the target object with the end surface or the approach thereof to the end surface, the capacitive touch panel transmits a pulse signal to a touch panel of the counterpart device when the counterpart device has contacted or approached the end surface. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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Specification