Patent ID: 9110529
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display information including a character string; a touch panel unit disposed in front of the display unit and configured to receive a contact operation by a pressing object to the character string displayed on the display unit; a tactile sensation providing unit configured to provide a tactile sensation to the pressing object contacting the touch panel unit; and a control unit configured to control the display unit, the touch panel unit and the tactile sensation providing unit, wherein the control unit includes: a character determination unit configured to determine, when it is determined that a contact position of the contact operation received by the touch panel unit is located on the character string that represents any one of the text, clause, phrase or the word displayed on the display unit, a character type of a character at the contact position; and an area specifying unit configured to specify an area of the character string by determining a start point and an end point on the character string based on the contact operation to the touch panel unit, and wherein the control unit, when the area specifying unit specifies the area of the character string by determining a start point and an end point on the character string, controls the tactile sensation providing unit based on a determination result obtained from the character determination unit.