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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
Yoichi Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Yamauchi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Kojima, Hyogo, JP;
Tomonari Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Kumi Harada, Osaka, JP;
Yoichi Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Yamauchi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Kojima, Hyogo, JP;
Tomonari Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Kumi Harada, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation.