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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2010
Tetsuo Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Ryu Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiko Tsurumi, Tokyo, JP;
Shoichiro Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Fuminori Homma, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Ryu Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiko Tsurumi, Tokyo, JP;
Shoichiro Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Fuminori Homma, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a display unit on which an object is displayed, a position detector for detecting a position of an operating tool that is made to contact a surface of the display unit, a reference position determination unit for determining as a reference position a position of an operating tool that is detected first by the position detector when a plurality of operating tools are made to contact the display unit, a display change operation specifying unit for specifying, according to a moving direction of a position of an operating tool that is detected N-th (N≧2) by the position detector, a specific display change operation associated with the direction, and a display controller for performing on the object the display change operation specified by the display change operation specifying unit with the reference position determined by the reference position determination unit as a reference.