Patent ID: 9539505
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06F

Claim:
1. A game device which has a touch panel, and accepts an input by a flick operation according to a contact operation and a slide operation on the touch panel to execute a game, the device comprising: an instruction unit which instructs a flick operation by displaying on the touch panel a screen that instructs a flick operation from a predetermined position in a predetermined direction on the touch panel at a predetermined timing; a position detection unit which detects a contact start position on the touch panel by the flick operation; a direction detection unit which detects the slide direction from the contact start position on the touch panel by the flick operation; a timing detection unit that detects the contact timing on the touch panel by the flick operation; and a determination unit that determines whether to accept or reject the flick operation based on a comparison between the detected contact start position and the predetermined position, a comparison between the detected slide direction and the predetermined direction, and a comparison between the detected contact timing and the predetermined timing.