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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hikaru Ito, Tokyo, JP;

Takeshi Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a case where a plurality of touch points touching on a touch panel is detected, a touch point changed from a previous state among the plurality of touch points is determined to be valid, whether a touch point not changed is valid is determined, and information regarding the touch point determined to be valid is recognized as an input.


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