Patent ID: 8421767

Claim:
An input device of an electronic device, comprising: an input section having an input function having input position information; and an input control section configured to give a command of processing for input operation based on an input signal of said input section, wherein said input control section includes: an input position detection section configured to detect an input position in said input section; a command execution control section configured to execute a first command concerning a first function assigned to a first said input section and a second command concerning a second function different from the first function assigned to a second area different from the first area; an input signal analysis section configured to give a command of execution of the first command if input operation to the first area is detected and giving a command of execution of the second command if input operation to the second area is detected based on the input position detected by the input position detection section; and an input operation cancel control section configured to execute cancel processing to cancel the effect of an immediately preceding executed first command in response to detection of continuous input operation for a predetermined time period to the second area after execution of the immediately preceding first command with detection of input operation to the first area by the input signal analysis section.