INPUT DEVICE USING TOUCH PANEL, CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable accurate and various input operations without displaying operation buttons on a screen in an input device using a touch panel.

SOLUTION: The input device comprises: position detection means 321 which detects a contact position of a user on a touch panel surface; button generation means 322 which generates virtual buttons used for input operations of the user to arrange them on the touch panel surface; and feedback control means 323 which allows the user to sense the contact with the virtual buttons on the touch panel surface. The button generation means 322 defines a position on the touch panel contacted by the user first in the input operations as a reference point and determines the positions of the virtual buttons based on the reference point.

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