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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Nobuyuki Nakano, Toyonaka, JP;
Ryotaro Iwami, Kobe, JP;
Tomohiro Terada, Neyagawa, JP;
Susumu Ibaraki, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Kuwabara, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiko Kurosaki, Kobe, JP;
Nobuyuki Nakano, Toyonaka, JP;
Ryotaro Iwami, Kobe, JP;
Tomohiro Terada, Neyagawa, JP;
Susumu Ibaraki, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Kuwabara, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiko Kurosaki, Kobe, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
First through third light reception elementsreceive infrared data D from an operation input transmission section, and output the received data to an operation input permission determination section. The operation input permission determination sectiondistinguishes among the first through third infrared light reception elements, thereby determining in which space an operation input has been performed, and analyzes the description of the operation input, thereby determining whether to accept the operation input. A calculation processing sectionperforms various processes based on the description of the operation input from the operation input permission determination section, a processing result of a position detection section, and map data stored in a map data storage section. A drawing processing sectionperforms a process of outputting a processing result of the calculation processing sectionto first and second displaysand