Patent ID: 9141268
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An inputting apparatus comprising: a display device; a touch panel that provides a slide-detection area; and one or more processors that determine a first-initial-moving direction of an image displayed on the display device based on a first linear slide movement in a first direction when the first linear slide movement of an input object in the first direction on the touch panel in the slide-detection area is detected, the first linear slide movement of the input object being an initial linear slide movement of the input object in which the input object slides on the touch panel when a touch state between the input object and the touch panel is initiated, wherein the one or more processors move the image in the first-initial-moving direction determined by the one or more processors in response to the first linear slide movement of the input object by a first moving amount on the basis of a moving amount of the input object in the first linear slide movement; and wherein the one or more processors move the image in the first-initial-moving direction, in which the image has been moved by the first linear slide movement, in response to a second slide movement of the input object by a second moving amount on the basis of a moving amount of the input object in the second slide movement, the second slide movement of the input object being a slide movement of the input object in which the input object slides in a second direction on the touch panel in the slide-detection area while the touch state is continuously maintained from the first linear slide movement, the second direction being a direction other than the first direction, wherein the one or more processors determine a second-initial-moving direction of the image displayed on the display device based on a third linear slide movement in a third direction when the input object touches the slide-detection area on the touch panel again, after the input object separates from the slide-detection area on the touch panel in a middle of a movement of the image in the first-initial-moving direction executed by the one or more processors, and the third linear slide movement of the input object in the third direction on the touch panel in the slide-detection area is detected, wherein the one or more processors move the image in the second-initial-moving direction determined by the one or more processors in response to the third slide movement of the input object by a third moving amount on the basis of a moving amount of the input object in the third slide movement; and wherein the one or more processors move the image in the second-initial-moving direction, in which the image has been moved by the third slide movement, in response to a fourth slide movement of the input object by a fourth moving amount on the basis of a moving amount of the input object in the fourth slide movement, the fourth slide movement of the input object being a slide movement of the input object in which the input object slides in a fourth direction on the touch panel in the slide-detection area while the touch state is continuously maintained from the third slide movement, the fourth direction being a direction other than the third direction.