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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2012
Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuo Yamano, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihito Sawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Shigeta, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Komori, Tokyo, JP;
Nariaki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuo Yamano, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihito Sawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Shigeta, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Komori, Tokyo, JP;
Nariaki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus may include a touchpad, a hardware processor, and a storage medium coupled to the processor. The storage medium may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing apparatus to receive a proximity signal indicative of whether a user is providing input to the touchpad; receive a movement signal indicative of whether the input includes movement of an object relative to the touchpad and/or whether the input includes movement of the object from an outer area surrounding an inner area of the touchpad to the inner area of the touchpad; and select one of a pointing user input mode or a scrolling user input mode based on the signals.