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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Soshi Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are an information processing apparatus provided with a display unit including a touch panel, and a method for controlling the same. The information processing apparatus detects a plurality of touch points on a display object displayed on the display unit, and, if the number of the detected plurality of touch points is a predetermined number or more, divides this display object into a plurality of display objects in response to at least some of the plurality of touch points moving in an opposite direction on the touch panel to other of the plurality of touch points.