Patent ID: 9001069
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An input method using a sensor unit, in which the sensor unit is located to an outside of one side of a display screen, an instruction according to a touching position of a finger or a touch pen onto said sensor unit is given, and a controller generates a control signal on the basis of said instruction, comprising the steps of: displaying a selection display, comprising a plurality of selection menu items, on said display screen; highlighting one of said selection menu items in a position of a same height as that of the finger or the touch pen when the finger or the touch pen is vertically moved while keeping a state where the finger or the touch pen is touched onto the sensor unit; and automatically selecting said highlighted selection menu item upon lifting the finger or the touch pen, from constant contact with said sensor unit, in the position of the same height as that of the position of the highlighted selection item, wherein a single press and release contact operation of the finger or the touch pen with the sensor unit executes a combined operation (a) to highlight the selection, menu item and (b) to select the selection menu item on the selection display.