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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2002
Satoshi Sakurai, Shinagawa, JP;
Nobuo Yatsu, Shinagawa, JP;
Michiko Endo, Shinagawa, JP;
Yuriko Nishiyama, Shinagawa, JP;
Ryoji Kikuchi, Shinagawa, JP;
Norio Endo, Shinagawa, JP;
Satoshi Sakurai, Shinagawa, JP;
Nobuo Yatsu, Shinagawa, JP;
Michiko Endo, Shinagawa, JP;
Yuriko Nishiyama, Shinagawa, JP;
Ryoji Kikuchi, Shinagawa, JP;
Norio Endo, Shinagawa, JP;
Fujitsu Component Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device that transmits, to a host device having a display displaying a pointer, information relating to the pointer and includes a sensor detecting contact information, and further includes an area extracting part and a control part. The area extracting part extracts a contact area of the sensor and a finger based on the contact information detected by the sensor. The control part controls the pointer based on the contact area extracted by the area extracting part.