INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a touch panel that detects a contact operation and a contactless operation of an operation element by detecting an electrostatic capacitance of an operation surface of the touch panel; and
a controller thatdetermines whether an application activated at the information processing apparatus supports contactless operations;
controls the application based only on contact operations detected at the touch panel when is determined that the application does not support contactless operations; and
controls the application based on both contact operations and contactless operations detected at the touch panel when it is determined that the application supports contactless operations.
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus comprising: a touch panel that detects a contact operation and a contactless operation of an operation element by detecting an electrostatic capacitance of an operation surface of the touch panel; and a controller that determines whether an application activated at the information processing apparatus supports contactless operations; controls the application based only on contact operations detected at the touch panel when is determined that the application does not support contactless operations; and controls the application based on both contact operations and contactless operations detected at the touch panel when it is determined that the application supports contactless operations.
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19 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a touch panel that detects a contact operation and a contactless operation of an operation element by detecting an electrostatic capacitance of an operation surface of the touch panel; and a controller that determines whether an application activated at the information processing apparatus supports contactless operations; controls the application based only on contact operations detected at the touch panel when is determined that the application does not support contactless operations; and controls the application based on both contact operations and contactless operations detected at the touch panel when it is determined that the application supports contactless operations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus including a touch panel that detects a contact operation and a contactless operation of an operation element by detecting an electrostatic capacitance of an operation surface of the touch panel, the method comprising:
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determining whether an application activated at the information processing apparatus supports contactless operations; controlling the application based only on contact operations detected at the touch panel when is determined that the application does not support contactless operations; and controlling the application based on both contact operations and contactless operations detected at the touch panel when it is determined that the application supports contactless operations.
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus including a touch panel that detects a contact operation and a contactless operation of an operation element by detecting an electrostatic capacitance of an operation surface of the touch panel, cause the information processing apparatus to perform a method, the method comprising:
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determining whether an application activated at the information processing apparatus supports contactless operations; controlling the application based only on contact operations detected at the touch panel when is determined that the application does not support contactless operations; and controlling the application based on both contact operations and contactless operations detected at the touch panel when it is determined that the application supports contactless operations.
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Specification