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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 27, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Takaaki Kawase, Tokyo, JP;

Satoko Kinoshita, Yokohama, JP;

Yoshio Horiuchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Daisuke Maruyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Tetsuya Yanagawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aspect of the invention includes a display device that operates controls on a display surface independent of a size of the display surface. A touch panel displays a screen on a display surface and inputs a user operation point on the display surface. An extracting part extracts controls that receive a touch operation of a user from content to be displayed on the display surface. A display controller displays auxiliary buttons for providing instructions for input of an extracted control, together with the content on the display surface.


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