Patent ID: 8803818

Claim:
An input apparatus comprising: a display capable of displaying images on a plurality of display screens; and a processor coupled to the display and configured to: detect a first input by a user on a first display screen, a second input by the user on the first display screen, and a third input by the user on a second display screen; acquire a first position on the first display screen where the first input is detected, a second position on the first display screen where the second input is detected, and a third position on the second display screen where the third input is detected, estimate a start position of a second operation on the second display screen, the second operation associated with a first operation including the first input and the second input on the first display screen, based upon an input vector calculated on basis of the acquired first position and a position close to the second position on the first display screen for varying the input vector depending on a trajectory of the first operation including the first input and the second input, the position close to the second position on the first display screen detected according to a certain time before the second input when the first operation is terminated and/or within a certain distance from the second position when determined that the first operation is terminated, and on basis of a first elapsed time from the first input to the second input on the first display screen, and determine whether the third input is associated with the first operation based upon the estimated start position of the second operation on the second display screen.