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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Olympus Imaging Corp., Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kensei Ito, Sagamihara, JP;
Kazuhiro Sato, Sagamihara, JP;
Mariko Ushio, Hachioji, JP;
Naoki Fujii, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Nonaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device includes: a display unit capable of displaying a rotational pathway which rotates on a screen and with which an operation of the electronic device is associated according to a position on the rotational pathway; a touch screen that detects a touch from an outside and receives an input of a positional signal according to a position of the touch; a display controller that converts the position of the touch corresponding to the positional signal received by the touch screen into a position on the rotational pathway and causes a mark to be displayed at the position converted; and an operation controller that controls an operation of the electronic device according to a display position of the mark on the rotational pathway.