Patent ID: 7461356

Claim:
A function control unit comprising: an operating position detector for detecting a plurality of first operating positions at which a first operation is respectively conducted on an operation face on which operation is received from the outside and detecting a positional relation of the first operating positions, wherein the first operation includes operation for pointing a position on the operation face, and the operating position detector detects the pointed position on the operation face as one of the first operating positions, the first operation of pointing at least one position on the operation face is operation in which a plurality of fingers simultaneously touch a plurality of positions on the operation face, and the operating position detector detects a region and a periphery thereof, which the plurality of fingers touch, or the operating position detector detects either the region or the periphery thereof, which the plurality of fingers touch, as one of the first operating positions; a function correspondence making section for setting a predetermined function to the positional relation of the first operating positions detected by the operating position detector respectively, in response to each of one or more detection of the first operating positions; an operation detector for detecting a second operation corresponding to the positional relation of the first operating positions; and a function execution controller for controlling the execution of the function set to one of the first operating positions on which the second operation is conducted, wherein the operation face includes a touch panel including finger positions on the touch panel corresponding to controllable functions.