Instruction input system for electronic processor
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1. An instruction input system for an electronic processor, comprising:
- touch input means having a . .transparent touch panel overlapped.!. .Iadd.touch-operation surface for detecting a touch position .Iaddend.on a display means; and
instruction-analyzing means coupled to said touch input means for simultaneously determining a type of an instruction . .of.!. .Iadd.and .Iaddend.an area of said display means in which said instruction is to be executed, both said type of instruction and said area .Iadd.being .Iaddend.determined in accordance with a locus of operation positions selected by an operator on said . .transparent touch panel.!. .Iadd.touch-operation surface.Iaddend..
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Abstract
An instruction input system for an electronic processor is capable of determining the type of an instruction and an area in which the instruction is to be executed simultaneously, in accordance with a set of touch-operation positions input via an input device having a touch-operation surface (coordinate input surface), thereby significantly improving the operability, input speed, and the like of the processor, and also improving the user interface.
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16 Claims
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1. An instruction input system for an electronic processor, comprising:
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touch input means having a . .transparent touch panel overlapped.!. .Iadd.touch-operation surface for detecting a touch position .Iaddend.on a display means; and instruction-analyzing means coupled to said touch input means for simultaneously determining a type of an instruction . .of.!. .Iadd.and .Iaddend.an area of said display means in which said instruction is to be executed, both said type of instruction and said area .Iadd.being .Iaddend.determined in accordance with a locus of operation positions selected by an operator on said . .transparent touch panel.!. .Iadd.touch-operation surface.Iaddend.. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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- 9. An instruction input method for an electronic processor, comprising the steps of inputting an instruction using touch input means having a transparent touch panel overlapped on a display means, and simultaneously determining a type of said instruction and an area on said display means in which the instruction is to be executed in accordance with a locus of operation positions input on said transparent touch panel.
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11. An instruction input method for an electronic processor comprising the steps of:
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inputting at least one of a set of instructions by touching a locus of operation positions on a transparent touch panel overlapped on a display means, determining from said locus of operation positions the type of said at least one instruction input on the transparent touch panel, and simultaneously with determination of the type of instruction, determining from said locus of operation positions an area of the display means in which the at least one instruction is to be executed.
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12. An instruction input system for an electronic processor, comprising:
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touch input means having a touch-operations surface; and instruction-analyzing means coupled to said touch input means for simultaneously determining a type of an instruction and an area in which said instruction is to be executed in accordance with a locus of operation positions selected by an operator on said touch-operation surface wherein said instruction-analyzing means identifies a pattern of a symbol input . .by finger-activating.!. .Iadd.from .Iaddend.said touch-operation surface of said touch input means, and determines the type of the instruction from said pattern. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. An instruction input system for an electronic processor, comprising:
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touch input means having a touch-operations surface on a display screen of a display means; instruction-analyzing means coupled to said touch input means for simultaneously determining a type of an instruction and an area in which said instruction is to be executed in accordance with a locus of operation positions selected by an operator on said touch-operation surface; wherein said touch input means comprises position-detecting means for receiving an operation position signal on said touch operations surface, said position-detecting means being provided with means for producing the input operation position in the form of intersection coordinates on a first mesh, defined by a plurality of straight lines parallel to an X direction, and a plurality of straight lines parallel to a Y direction which is orthogonal to said X direction; and wherein said processor controls positions of graphic symbols and text characters which are displayed, on said display means, in squares on a second mesh defined by a plurality of straight lines parallel to the X direction, and a plurality of straight lines parallel to the Y direction. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An instruction input system for an electronic processor, comprising:
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touch input means having a touch-operation surface; and instruction-analyzing means, coupled to said touch input means, for simultaneously determining a type of an instruction and an area in which said instruction is to be executed in accordance with a locus of operation positions selected by an operator on said touch-operation surface, wherein said instruction-analyzing means identifies a pattern of a symbol input by touching the surface of said touch input means by said operator, and determines the type of the instruction from said pattern..Iaddend.
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