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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Yusuke Chihara, Funabashi, JP;
Hiroki Urashima, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Chihara, Funabashi, JP;
Hiroki Urashima, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus inputs a coordinate value of a position designated on a screen which displays one or a plurality of objects, compares an input locus expressed by the input coordinate value string with a second locus, which is defined in advance as a locus used to give the instruction to execute a process for an object, and determines whether the input locus is a first locus or the second locus. When it is determined that the input locus is the first locus, the apparatus selects an object from the one or plurality of objects based on the display positions of the input locus and the object on the screen. When it is determined that the input locus is the second locus, the apparatus executes a process designated by the input locus with respect to the selected object.