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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Akio Higashi, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Yamauchi, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Kobayashi, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
The display control device is a display control device which receives a signal from the operating device having a touchpad and generates screen data to be displayed on a screen, the display control device including: a touch information detecting unit () which detects touch information including position information about a position on the touchpad that is touched with a finger of a user during operation of the touchpad; a direction determining unit () which determines a direction intended by the user, using a characteristic which is indicated by the touch information detected by the touch information detecting unit () and which results from the operation on the touchpad with the finger; and a screen data generating unit () which generates the screen data depending on the direction determined by the direction determining unit ().