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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Hayato Uenohara, Yamato, JP;
Satoshi Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); H04N 13/0452 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract
A contact state of a finger with respect to an object displayed on a first layer is detected. The object is moved onto a second layer and displayed on the second layer in response to detecting that the finger has moved from the contact state to a proximity state with respect to the object and in response to the finger reaching a second layer displayed nearer than the first layer.