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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2004
Koichi Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikiko Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Yoshioka, Saitama, JP;
Tatsushi Nashida, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikiko Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Yoshioka, Saitama, JP;
Tatsushi Nashida, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A touch panelis constructed by a display/sensor unitwhich is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCDand a sensor unitwhich is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A fingerof the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unitand vertically moved on the sensor unit. A selection displayconstructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the right side of the display screen by the LCD. A button beside the fingeris highlighted and when the fingeris released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger, the button is not highlighted. Even if the fingeris released, the state is not changed. When fingeris moved to the display/sensor unit, the selection displaydisappears.