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Title:
入力方法および入力装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4161814
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A touch panel 47 is constructed by a display/sensor unit 51 a which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD 46 and a sensor unit 51 b which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger 52 of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit 51 a and vertically moved on the sensor unit 51 b. A selection display 53 constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the right side of the display screen by the LCD 46. A button beside the finger 52 is highlighted and when the finger 52 is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger 52, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger 52 is released, the state is not changed. When finger 52 is moved to the display/sensor unit 51 a, the selection display 53 disappears.

Inventors:
Koichi Goto
Mikiko Sakurai
Akio Yoshioka
Rikoda Tatsushi
Application Number:
JP2003170493A
Publication Date:
October 08, 2008
Filing Date:
June 16, 2003
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ソニー株式会社
International Classes:
G06F3/041; G06F3/0482; G06F3/0488; H04N5/445; H04N21/41; H04N21/422; H04N21/462; H04N21/4782; H04N21/482; H04N21/485
Domestic Patent References:
JP8077493A
JP2002157086A
JP8002748Y2
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatomo Sugiura
Koichi Mori