ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL, POSITION DESIGNATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

An electronic apparatus including a display section with a touch panel displays a pointer for position designation on a screen of the display section while an operation mode is switched to a predetermined operation mode, and causes an entire region of the touch panel to function as a virtually transparent touchpad, and executes operation process including controlling a display position of the pointer in the display section in accordance with an input operation to the touch panel. For this reason, it is not necessary to display anything on the screen of the display section in order to indicate the virtual touchpad, and there is no possibility that the screen region that is operable is decreased or a part of a plurality of icons and the like disposed on the screen are hidden.

主权项

1. An electronic apparatus comprising a display section including a touch panel, the electronic apparatus comprising:
a detection section for detecting position coordinates of an input operation on the touch panel as a touch position; a first position designation section for designating a position on the display section in a predetermined process in accordance with an absolute touch position detected by the detection section; and a second position designation section for designating a position on the display section in the predetermined process in accordance with a change of a relative touch position detected by the detection section, wherein both the first position designation section and the second position designation section are possible to designate an arbitrary position on the display section in the same predetermined process in accordance with the touch position or the change of the touch position detected by the detection section, corresponding to the input operation performed at an any position within a same predetermined region on the touch panel.