Patent ID: 8542201
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An inputting apparatus comprising: a detecting portion configured to detect a movement of an input object relative to a detecting area; a first judging section configured to judge that the movement of the input object which is detected by the detecting portion is a first-directional movement in which the input object is moved from a detecting start point in a first direction, and that the movement of the input object is a second-directional movement in which the input object is moved in the first direction after being moved in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a first performing section configured to perform a processing according to the movement in the first direction where the first judging section has judged that the movement of the input object is the first-directional movement; a second performing section configured to regard the movement in the first direction in the second-directional movement as the movement in the second direction and to perform a processing according to the movement in the second direction, where the first judging section has judged that the movement of the input object is the second-directional movement; and a displaying portion configured to display a plurality of items and an item specifying portion which displays a specified one of the plurality of items in a manner different from a manner in which the other of the plurality of items is displayed, wherein the item specifying portion is configured to be moved in accordance with the movement of the input object which is detected by the detecting portion, wherein the first performing section is configured to move the item specifying portion in the first direction on the basis of the movement of the input object in the first direction and display the moved item specifying portion on the displaying portion, wherein the second performing section is configured to move the item specifying portion in the second direction or an opposite second direction opposite to the second direction on the basis of the movement of the input object in the first direction and display the moved item specifying portion on the displaying portion, wherein the first performing section is configured to move the item specifying portion in the first direction by a moving amount corresponding to a moving amount of the input object in the first direction and display the moved item specifying portion on the displaying portion, wherein the second performing section is configured to move the item specifying portion in the second direction by the moving amount corresponding to the moving amount of the input object in the first direction and display the moved item specifying portion on the displaying portion, wherein the detecting area includes a plurality of first-directional detecting areas arranged in the first direction and each configured to detect a position of the input object in the first direction, wherein a plurality of the items are disposed in each of the first direction and the second direction, wherein the first performing section is configured to move the item specifying portion in the first direction by one or ones of the plurality of items whose number is the same as that of one or ones of the plurality of first-directional detecting areas by which the input object has been moved in the first direction and display the moved item specifying portion on the displaying portion, and wherein the second performing section is configured to move the item specifying portion in the second direction by one or ones of the plurality of items whose number is the same as that of one or ones of the plurality of first-directional detecting areas by which the input object has been moved in the first direction and display the moved item specifying portion on the displaying portion.