Patent ID: 9405393
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing device comprising: a detection area determination unit configured to determine whether a contact position of an input object is in a contact determination area of a touch-sensitive detection unit, the contact determination area being included within a detection area of the touch-sensitive detection unit, the touch-sensitive detection unit detecting contact of the input object with a contact detection surface of the detection area to produce a detection signal including position information representing the contact position of the input object on the contact detection surface and contact time information representing time of contact, the detection area determination unit being configured to determine a separation position at which the input object leaves contact with the detection area and separation time information representing time of separation of the input object from the detection area; a manipulation determination unit configured to determine manipulation content from movement of the input object when the detection area determination unit determines that the input object is in contact with an inside of the contact determination area, the manipulation determination unit determining separation of the input object from the contact detection surface and, when separation is determined, the manipulation determination unit determines (a) distance between the contact position and the separation position and (b) contact time duration between the time of contact and time of separation of the input object; and an event issuing unit configured to issue an event according to the manipulation content determined by the manipulation determination unit, including a tap event when the contact time duration is less than a predetermined amount, the distance between the contact position and the separation position is less than a predetermined amount, and the contact position is within the contact determination area even if the separation position is outside the contact determination area.