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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Kohji Akasaka, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Fukutomi, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A display device () includes: a sensor section () detecting a hover state; a position detecting section () for specifying a position in the hover state; a selection guide creating section () for detecting objects within a predetermined range from the position thus specified; a selection guide display processing section () for displaying pieces of object information corresponding to the objects thus detected; and an object processing section () for carrying out, when any of the pieces of object information is selected, the same process(es) as a process(es) that is/are to be carried out if an object(s) corresponding to the any of the pieces of object information is/are selected.