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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2020
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For the purpose of improving the usability of an electronic whiteboard in, for example, setting work by a user, an electronic whiteboard () of the present invention includes: an event acquisition unit () configured to acquire information indicating an object coming into contact with a display () and event information such as the coordinates of a contact location; an identifying unit () configured to identify whether the contact object is an electronic pen () or a user's hand, and identify the event type, such as stroke drawing, UI operation, or gesture operation, from the coordinates of a contact location and the model name of an electronic whiteboard; and a processing unit () configured to perform processing on the event the type of which has been identified.