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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hikaru Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control method for an information processing apparatus configured to acquire position information of one or more touched points one by one detected according to a predetermined detection period on a touch panel includes holding the position information of each of the one or more touched points in a holding unit, acquiring a number of the touched points whose position information is held in the holding unit, determining at each predetermined detection period that latest position information of all the touched points whose position information is held in the holding unit is specified, in a case where the number of the acquired touched point is two or more, and deciding the multi-touch operation performed to the information processing apparatus after the determination.