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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Tatsushi Nashida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsushi Nashida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a display panel for displaying a plurality of objects; an area region detection unit for detecting an operation body positioned on the display panel, and detecting an area region of the display panel corresponding to the operation body; a contacting object detection unit for detecting one or a plurality of objects contacting the area region detected by the area region detection unit; and an object selection unit for setting part of or all of the objects detected by the contacting object detection unit to a selected state.