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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Mishio, Hino, JP;
Hiroki Koyama, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihisa Ogata, Hachioji, JP;
Naohisa Nakada, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operating terminal operates an external device for projecting and retracting a part of the external device, and includes: a display unit that displays an image; a touch panel on the display unit, and configured to detect a touched area of an object and to receive a position signal in response to the touched area; a determining unit that determines a change of the touched area on the touch panel, based on the position signal; a detecting unit that detects a boundary of areas having different features in the touched area in the image; and a signal generating unit that generates a drive signal indicating a drive amount for causing the part of the external device to be projected and retracted, based on a determination result by the determining unit and a detection result by the detecting unit, and outputs the drive signal to the external device.