Patent ID: 8446385
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a touch panel to be operated by a pointing means; a position detecting portion that detects, when sensing that the pointing means comes close to a first position away from the touch panel by a first distance, a first coordinate on the touch panel corresponding to the first position, and detects, when sensing that the pointing means comes close to a second position lying closer to the touch panel than the first position, a second coordinate on the touch panel corresponding to the second position; an operating control portion that controls an operation of a controlled portion based on the first coordinate and the second coordinate; and a detection sensitivity control portion that switches, after the position detecting portion senses that the pointing means comes close to the first position, detection sensitivity of the position detecting portion from first sensitivity to the second sensitivity, wherein the position detecting portion is capable of sensing that the pointing means comes close to the first position in the first sensitivity, and the position detecting portion is capable of sensing that the pointing means comes to close the second position in the second sensitivity.