INPUT DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An input device which inputs information, said device comprising:
- an operation unit which is operated by a user;
a movement sensing unit configured to sense a physical amount related to a movement of an object in contact with a surface of said operation unit, or a physical amount related to a movement of said operation unit;
a pressing sensing unit configured to sense that the surface of said operation unit is pressed;
an information set storage unit configured to store a plurality of information sets constituting a hierarchical structure with at least three layers;
a selection unit configured to select unit information from among the information sets, depending on the physical amount which is sensed by said movement sensing unit; and
a confirmation unit configured to confirm the selection of the unit information, when it is sensed by said pressing sensing unit that said operation unit is pressed or that the pressing on said operation unit is released,wherein when the selection of unit information in an information set of an n-th layer is confirmed by said confirmation unit, said selection unit is configured to shift to a state in which unit information is selected from among an information set of an m-th layer between a highest layer and the n-th layer.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an input device (2) in which a user can efficiently find target information.
The input device (2) includes: an operation unit (8) which is operated by the user; a movement sensing unit which senses a physical amount related to a movement of an object in contact with a surface of the operation unit (8), or a physical amount related to a movement of the operation unit (8); a pressing sensing unit which senses that the surface of the operation unit (8) is pressed; an information set storage unit which stores a plurality of information sets constituting a hierarchical structure with at least three layers; a selection unit which selects unit information from among the information sets, depending on the physical amount; and a confirmation unit which, when it is sensed that the operation unit (8) is pressed or that the pressing on the operation unit (8) is released, confirms the selection of the unit information, wherein when selection of unit information in an information set of an n-th layer is confirmed, the selection unit shifts to a state in which unit information is selected from among an information set of an m-th layer between a highest layer and the n-th layer.
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27 Claims
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1. An input device which inputs information, said device comprising:
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an operation unit which is operated by a user; a movement sensing unit configured to sense a physical amount related to a movement of an object in contact with a surface of said operation unit, or a physical amount related to a movement of said operation unit; a pressing sensing unit configured to sense that the surface of said operation unit is pressed; an information set storage unit configured to store a plurality of information sets constituting a hierarchical structure with at least three layers; a selection unit configured to select unit information from among the information sets, depending on the physical amount which is sensed by said movement sensing unit; and a confirmation unit configured to confirm the selection of the unit information, when it is sensed by said pressing sensing unit that said operation unit is pressed or that the pressing on said operation unit is released, wherein when the selection of unit information in an information set of an n-th layer is confirmed by said confirmation unit, said selection unit is configured to shift to a state in which unit information is selected from among an information set of an m-th layer between a highest layer and the n-th layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An input method for inputting unit information from among a plurality of information sets constituting a hierarchical structure with at least three layers, using an input device including an operation unit which is operated by a user, based on an operation of the operation unit, said method comprising:
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sensing a physical amount related to a movement of an object in contact with a surface of the operation unit, or a physical amount related to a movement of the operation unit; sensing that the operation unit is pressed; selecting unit information from among the information sets, depending on the physical amount which is sensed in said sensing that the operation unit is pressed; and confirming the selection of the unit information, when it is sensed, in said sensing that the rotary body is pressed, that the operation unit is pressed or that the pressing on the operation unit is released, wherein, when selection of unit information in an information set of an n-th layer is confirmed in said confirming, said selecting shifts to a state in which unit information is selected from among an information set of an m-th layer between a highest layer and the n-th layer.
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27. A program for inputting unit information from among a plurality of information sets constituting a hierarchical structure with at least three layers, using an input device including an operation unit which is operated by a user, based on an operation of the operation unit, said program causing the input device to execute:
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sensing a physical amount related to a movement of an object in contact with a surface of the operation unit, or a physical amount related to a movement of the operation unit; sensing that the operation unit is pressed; selecting unit information from among the information sets, depending on the physical amount which is sensed in said sensing that the operation unit is pressed; and confirming the selection of the unit information, when it is sensed, in said sensing that the rotary body is pressed, that the operation unit is pressed or that the pressing on the operation unit is released, wherein, when selection of unit information in an information set of an n-th layer is confirmed in said confirming, said selecting shifts to a state in which unit information is selected from among an information set of an m-th layer between a highest layer and the n-th layer.
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