Patent ID: 9047046
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a first touch panel that displays a first object and detects a first touch operation of a user on the first object on a first area of the first touch panel; a second touch panel that displays a second object and detects a second touch operation of the user on the second object on a second area of the second touch panel, wherein each of the first object and the second object is displayed at a same time as part of a third object; a sensor disposed between the first touch panel and the second touch panel that detects an item that is present within a predetermined distance range above the sensor; and a controller that, when the second touch operation and the first touch operation are detected within a predetermined time period of each other, determines that a user is performing the touch operations with two fingers of a same hand across the two panels on the first area of the first touch panel and the second area of the second touch panel when the item is detected by the sensor, and determines that the user is performing the touch operations with a finger of one hand on the first area of the first touch panel and a finger of another hand on the second area of the second touch panel when the item is not detected by the sensor.