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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Mitsuru Nishibe, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Hisanaga, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuru Nishibe, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Hisanaga, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a display screen including a touch-sensitive panel generating position signals representing a set of positions of a single continuous touch activation between a first time and a second time; and a processor coupled to the panel. The processor configured to: process the signals to detect first and second characteristics of the set; and generate output signals causing a display screen to initiate first and second operations corresponding to the first and second characteristics.