Patent ID: 9250791
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A display control device comprising: a detection unit for detecting contact of an operating object on a display surface of a display unit; a position calculation unit for calculating a contact position, on the display surface, of the operating object whose contact has been detected by the detection unit; an operation process determination unit for determining, from a plurality of operation processes associated with a single gesture-type motion of the operating object, one operation process to be performed, according to a length of a contact time of continuously contacting the display surface prior to moving the operating object in the gesture motion, the continuous contact occurring within a first area of the display surface including a reference contact position which is a contact position of the operating object at a time of the operating object being made to initially contact the display surface after a state of separation from the display surface; and an operation processing unit for changing display of the display unit by the operation process that is performed, based on a motion of the operating object that is further continuously in contact with the display surface through completion of the gesture motion, wherein the single gesture-type motion of the operating object is associated with a plurality of different operation processes, and the one operation process to be performed is determined based on the length of the contact time of the operating object being in a state of continuously contacting the display surface within the first area prior to the moving of the operating object in the gesture motion, and wherein the detection unit, the position calculation unit, the operation process determination unit, and the operation processing unit are each implemented via at least one processor.