Patent ID: 8255002
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile information terminal comprising: an electrostatic capacitance sensor including a thin film arranged with a plurality of electrodes, and detecting an electrostatic capacitance of each of said electrodes; an operating position detecting means detecting an operating position of a user on a basis of an output of said electrostatic capacitance sensor; direction input control means sensing movement of said detected operating position on a basis of an output of said operating position detecting means, and generating a direction input signal indicating a direction of the movement; a key input means detecting a pressing operation of the user on a pressing face, and generating a key input signal; a display means having a display screen for displaying image information; and a display control means controlling a display position of said image information in said display screen on a basis of said direction input signal, wherein a part of said thin film of said electrostatic capacitance sensor is formed with overlapping with at least a part of said pressing face of said key input means, and said direction input control means generates said direction input signal when the detected operating position upon start of the movement is outside an input start forbidden area formed on said thin film in relation to said pressing face, and does not generate said direction input signal when the detected operating position is inside said input start forbidden area.