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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2019
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Shigeru Akamatsu, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Koichi Asano, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
An input apparatus is provided that includes a determiner that determines a reference plane, which has a plurality of virtual keys, based on fingertip positions of at least three fingers from among fingertip positions of a plurality of fingers in an initial state; a virtual key setter that sets on the reference plane, a plurality of detection ranges that respectively correspond to the plurality of virtual keys and that each detect a pressing of a corresponding virtual key based on a fingertip position of a specific finger from among the fingertip positions; and a pressed key specifier that specifies a virtual key that is pressed, from among the plurality of virtual keys, according to a positional relationship between the fingertip positions of the plurality of fingers in an input operation, and the plurality of detection ranges set on the reference plane for each of the plurality of virtual keys.