Patent ID: 8188984

Claim:
An input reception device that receives an input via a touch panel that is disposed on a display unit, comprising: an area memory unit ( 103 ) that stores area information about an area on the touch panel, the area being a variable reception area corresponding to a predetermined target image displayed on the display unit; a detecting unit ( 104 ) that, in response to a touching operation to the touch panel, detects a touch position; a determining unit ( 105 ) that determines whether the detected touch position is within or outside a range of the stored reception area; and an area control unit ( 107 ) that sets, in the area memory unit ( 103 ), a reception area that matches an area on which the target image is displayed, and when a touch position is detected and determined to be within the range, expands the reception area to a predetermined range, and when a touching operation is not given to the expanded reception area within a predetermined time period, reduces the expanded reception area back to the reception area before being expanded.