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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method for specifying a position through touch input in a screen displayed on a touch panel display. The position is specified by acquiring an initial contact position with the touch panel display, displaying a position displaying cursor in a position according to the initial contact position, displaying the position displaying cursor in the position according to the initial contact position during the period for which the contact position sensing continues until the distance from the initial contact position to the contact position reaches a predetermined distance and terminating the display of the position displaying cursor where the contact position sensing is terminated before the distance reaches the predetermined distance, and displaying the position displaying cursor in such a way that the position displaying cursor follows movement of the contact position after the distance reaches the predetermined distance.