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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Mamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Mamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input apparatus includes: a motion signal output section to detect a movement of an object for controlling a movement of an image displayed on a screen and output a motion signal corresponding to the movement of the object; a control command generation section to generate a control command corresponding to the motion signal for controlling the movement of the image; an operation signal output section to detect a user operation unintended for the control of the movement of the image and output an operation signal based on the operation; an operation command generation section to generate an operation command based on the operation signal; and a control section to control the control command generation section to generate, in temporal relation with a generation timing of the operation command, the control command with a sensitivity of the movement of the image with respect to the movement of the object changed.