JP2011028399A - Information processing apparatus, information processing program, recording medium, electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute a plurality of processes with a multi-touch by two fingers without requiring a special stylus pen. <P>SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus, which easily adds a plurality of processes to a main-touch by a first sub-touch, includes: an information creation unit for obtaining touch information indicating a state of the first sub-touch performed on a touch panel; a storage unit for storing correspondence information in which the touch information is associated with a process to be added; and a decision unit for deciding a process corresponding to the touch information in the correspondence information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a multi-touch panel information processing apparatus, an information processing program, a recording medium, and an electronic device that can be input simultaneously.

  As an input interface that allows a user to perform intuitive operations, there is a touch panel that can be operated by a user directly touching a panel. In recent years, multi-touch panels capable of simultaneously inputting coordinates by touch (a user can touch a plurality of locations) have been developed.

  In a multi-touch panel, processing such as enlargement, reduction, and rotation can be performed by pinch-in (operation for reducing the interval between two fingers) and pinch out (operation for increasing the interval between two fingers). Further, the page can be moved by swiping (page turning operation).

  However, conventionally, there is a problem that processing performed by multi-touch is limited. Therefore, in order to extend the processing to be performed, a technique described in Patent Document 1 or 2 below has been proposed.

  The panel input device described in Patent Document 1 includes an input panel and a stylus pen having a plurality of (three or more) pen axes. Then, when the user operates a plurality of pen axes of the stylus pen, the state of the pen tip is changed and the input panel is touched, and processing corresponding to the state is performed.

  The information input / output device of Patent Document 2 performs processing corresponding to the number of touches simultaneously on the large screen of a large monitor with a finger (for example, 3 to 10 points). That is, a maximum of 8 processes can be performed.

JP 2008-204375 A JP 2007-207281 A

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 requires a special stylus pen that can change the state of the pen tip in order to perform processing corresponding to the state of the pen tip as described above. Furthermore, the user must change the state of the nib for each process desired by the user.

  In addition, the technique described in Patent Document 2 has the trouble of having to touch with both hands when touching 6 or more points at the same time.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing program, a recording medium, and an electronic apparatus that can easily execute a large number of processes.

In order to achieve the above object, an information generation unit that obtains touch information indicating a state of a first sub-touch in which coordinates are different from a main touch for selecting a target file displayed on a touch panel;
Information having a storage unit that stores correspondence information in which touch information and processing are associated, and a determination unit that determines processing corresponding to touch information obtained by the information generation unit in the correspondence information A processing device is provided.

  The information processing apparatus, information processing program, recording medium, and electronic device of the present invention do not require a special stylus pen, and can realize a large number of processes by multi-touching with two fingers.

1A is a cross-sectional view of the touch panel, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view when the first electrode substrate is bent. It is the block diagram which showed the function structural example of the information processing apparatus of a present Example. It is the flowchart figure which showed the processing flow of the information processing apparatus of a present Example. It is the figure which showed the touch information of Example 1. FIG. It is the figure which showed an example of the correspondence information of Example 1. It is the figure which showed the touch information of Example 2. It is the figure which showed an example of the correspondence information of Example 2. It is the figure which showed the touch information of Example 4. It is the figure which showed an example of the correspondence information of Example 4. It is the figure which showed the correspondence information of Example 5. It is the figure which showed the corresponding information of another embodiment of Example 5. FIG.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same number is attached | subjected to the process which performs the structure part which has the same function, and the same process, and duplication description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The information processing apparatus of this embodiment is used with a touch panel. There are various types of touch panels, such as a resistance film method, a capacitance method, and an electromagnetic induction method. Hereinafter, a case where the resistance film method is used will be described. The information processing apparatus of this embodiment may be used with a touch panel other than the resistive film type. In the following description, “touch” refers to an act of pressing the touch panel (contacting the touch panel) with an input unit such as a finger or a stylus pen. Moreover, the touch panel used needs to be a multi-touch panel. A multi-touch panel is a touch panel capable of inputting (touching) a plurality of coordinates simultaneously.

  FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view showing an outline of a resistive film type touch panel 10 used in this embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view when the touch panel 10 is touched.

  The touch panel 10 includes a first electrode substrate 18, a second electrode substrate 20, a dot spacer 22, and the like. The first electrode substrate 18 and the second electrode substrate 20 face each other, and the first electrode substrate 18 is located above the second electrode substrate 20. The first electrode substrate 18 and the second electrode substrate 20 are kept at a certain distance by a spacer (not shown). The first electrode substrate 18 is formed of, for example, a film (PET: polyethylene terephthalate), and the second electrode substrate 20 is formed of, for example, glass.

  A first resistance film 11 and a second resistance film 12 are formed on the opposing surfaces of the first electrode substrate 18 and the second electrode substrate 20, respectively. The first resistance film 11 and the second resistance film 12 are, for example, ITO (indium tin oxide). Further, the dot spacers 22 are provided so as not to make erroneous contact due to the bending of the first electrode substrate 18 due to external factors such as the environment.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the first resistance film 11 and the second resistance film 12, and a block diagram of the information processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment includes a detection unit 101, a voltage application unit 102, a main touch recognition unit 104, an information generation unit 106, a target file recognition unit 107, and a determination. Unit 108, storage unit 110, and communication unit 118.

  In this example, the first resistance film 11 and the second resistance film are both rectangular. The first resistance film 11 and the second resistance film 12 each have an input region 13. The input area 13 is an area in which coordinates are input when the user touches. A first electrode 15 is provided on the periphery of both long sides of the first resistance film 11. Further, the second electrode 16 is provided on the peripheral edge of the second resistance film 12 on both short sides. That is, the first electrode 15 and the second electrode 16 are arranged in directions orthogonal to each other.

  The voltage application unit 102 alternately applies a voltage to the first electrode 15 and the second electrode 16. As shown in FIG. 1B, when the user touches the first electrode substrate 18 with an input means such as a finger, the first electrode substrate 18 bends, whereby the first resistance film 11 and the second resistance film. 12 comes into contact. Then, when a voltage is applied to the first electrode 15, the voltage is divided at the contact point, so that the detection unit 101 can detect the y coordinate of the contact point. When a voltage is applied to the second electrode 16, the voltage is divided at the contact point, so that the detection unit 101 can detect the x coordinate of the contact point.

  Next, the information processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment will be described. The information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment selects a target file displayed on the touch panel by main touch. Then, the desired process for the selected target file is selected by the first sub-touch. The information processing apparatus 100 transmits a control signal for the selected process to the processing apparatus 200. And the processing apparatus 200 performs the process about the transmitted control signal with respect to the object file selected by the main touch.

  In the following description, “target file” means all target files for which the user executes a predetermined process, such as a data file or application software displayed on the display surface of the touch panel. The “main touch” is a touch performed to select a target file displayed on the display surface of the touch panel. The “first sub touch” is a touch for selecting a process to be executed on the target file selected by the main touch. Usually, the “main touch” is the first touch, and the “first sub touch” is a touch after the main touch (for example, the second touch). The “first sub-touch” includes a plurality of touches.

  When the user selects a data file by main touch, the user's desired process is selected from predetermined processes such as "copy data", "cut data", and "delete data". Is selected by the first sub-touch. Then, the processing apparatus 200 is caused to execute the selected process on the data file selected by the first main touch.

  In addition, when the user selects the music playback software by the main touch, for example, “music playback” “music selection” “music stop” “music fast forward” “music rewind” The user's desired process is selected from the processes such as "" by the first sub-touch. Then, the processing device is caused to execute the selected process on the music reproduction software selected by the first main touch. In the following description, a case where a user selects a data file as a target file by main touch will be described.

  FIG. 3 shows a processing flow of the information processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment. First, the detection unit 101 is referred to as information (hereinafter referred to as coordinate information) about the x coordinate and the y coordinate (hereinafter collectively referred to as “positional coordinates”) of the main touch from the voltage input from the touch panel 10. ) Is detected.

  The main touch recognition unit 104 recognizes the position coordinates of the main touch point (step S102). For example, the main touch recognition unit 104 may recognize the coordinates of the main touch if the user continues the main touch on the touch panel 10 by the input means (if the user continues to touch the touch panel 10 with the input means). Alternatively, the user may recognize the main touched position coordinates by making a main touch at substantially the same coordinate position continuously for a predetermined number of times (for example, twice) with the input means. In this case, the recognizing unit functions as a storage unit that stores the position coordinates and the target file of the point touched main times a predetermined time.

  When the main touch recognition unit 104 recognizes the position coordinates of the main touch (Yes in step S102), the process proceeds to the next step S104. When the main touch recognition unit 104 does not recognize the position coordinates of the main touch (No in step S102), the process does not proceed to the next step S102 until it can be recognized.

  Next, when the first sub-touch is made (Yes in step S104), the detection unit 101 detects the coordinate information of the first sub-touch by the above method. The difference determination unit 112 determines whether or not the position coordinates of the main touch and the position coordinates of the first sub-touch are different (Step S106). If it is determined that the position coordinates of the main touch and the position coordinates of the first sub-touch are the same (NO in step S106), the process returns to step S104. In this case, it is determined that the first sub touch has not been made.

  When the difference determination unit 112 determines that the position coordinates of the main touch and the position coordinates of the first sub-touch are different (Yes in step S106), the information generation unit 106 indicates touch information indicating the state of the first sub-touch. (Parameter) is generated (step S108). Here, although there are various touch information, in the first embodiment, it is assumed that the number of times of the first sub-touch. Further, the difference determination unit 112 transmits result information indicating that the position coordinates of the main touch and the position coordinates of the first sub-touch are different to the determination unit 108.

  The target file recognition unit 107 also generates type information of the target file (selected by the user) corresponding to the position coordinate selected by the main touch. In this example, since the target file selected by the main touch by the user is a data file, type information indicating that the file is a data file is transmitted to the determination unit 108.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram when the touch information is the number of times of the first sub-touch. In this case, the information generation unit has counting means 1062. The counting means 1062 counts the number of first sub touches. As a method for measuring the number of touches of the counting means, for example, the counting means 1062 holds a predetermined first threshold time T1 (for example, 1 second). When the time interval between the first touch time of the first sub-touch and the second touch time of the first sub-touch is shorter than the first threshold time T1, the touch is continuously performed. Recognize that The counting means 1062 outputs the number of times this is continuously touched as touch information.

  In the example of FIG. 4, the number of first sub-touches is three. Accordingly, the touch information indicating that “the number of times of the first sub-touch is 3” is transmitted to the determination unit 108.

  The storage unit 110 stores in advance correspondence information in which touch information is associated with processing determined by the determination unit 108 (described later). Correspondence information means, for example, a table. Correspondence information exists for each type of target file, and is stored in advance in the storage unit 110 in correspondence with the type information. FIG. 5 shows an example of correspondence information when the target file is a data file. As described above, the touch information is the number of first sub-touches. In the correspondence information shown in FIG. 5, the process corresponding to the first sub-touch number “1” is “copy”, the process corresponding to the first sub-touch number “2” is “cut”, and the first sub-touch number is “first”. The process corresponding to the number of times “3” is “deleted”.

  Further, as described above, the correspondence information when the type of the target file is music reproduction software is not particularly illustrated, but for example, the process corresponding to the first sub-touch number “1” is “music reproduction”. The process corresponding to the first sub-touch number “2” is “music selection”, the process corresponding to the first sub-touch number “3” is “stop music”, and the first sub-touch number is The process corresponding to “4” may be “music fast-forward”, and the process corresponding to the first sub-touch number “5” may be “music rewind”.

  The determination unit 108 includes result information indicating that the position coordinates of the main touch from the difference determination unit 112 are different from the position coordinates of the first sub-touch, type information from the target file recognition unit 107, and information from the information generation unit 106. Receive touch information. The determination unit 108 extracts correspondence information corresponding to the type information. The determining unit 108 refers to the extracted correspondence information and determines a process corresponding to the touch information from the information generating unit 106 (step S110). Then, the determination unit 108 generates a control signal for causing the processing device 200 to execute the determined processing, and the communication unit 118 transmits this control signal to the processing device 200. In the above example, since the number of times of the first sub-touch is “3”, the determination unit 108 determines the process of “deleting” the main touched data file, and the control signal for “deleting” Is transmitted to the processing apparatus 200 via the communication unit 118. Then, the processing apparatus 200 deletes the data file selected by the main touch based on the transmitted control signal for “deletion”.

  In the above description, the processing apparatus 200 for executing the process selected by the first sub touch and the information processing apparatus 100 have been described. However, the information processing apparatus 100 itself selects the process selected by the first sub touch. May be executed. In this case, the communication unit 118 is not necessary, and the determination unit 108 is replaced with an execution unit that executes the process selected by the first sub-touch.

  As described above, in the information processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, the touch information indicating the state of the first sub touch with respect to the target file selected by the main touch (in the first embodiment, the first sub touch is displayed). The processing device executes processing corresponding to the number of times. For example, a user holds an electronic device with one hand and uses a finger different from the finger with the main touch while the target file desired to be processed with the finger of the other hand is touched (main). A desired process such as copying, cutting, and deletion can be easily selected and executed by the number of times of the first sub-touch. In other words, it can be said that the user adds (assigns) a function to the main touch by the secondary touch.

  Further, by increasing the number of touch information, it is possible to easily increase the processing to be executed as compared with the prior art.

  Further, the electronic device including the information processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment can be operated with only two fingers without using a special stylus pen. Can solve the stated problems.

  In the first embodiment, the touch information is described as the number of times of the first sub-touch. In the second embodiment, the touch information is described as the duration of the first sub-touch. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration example of the information processing apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram when the touch information is set as the duration time of the first sub-touch. In addition, the information generation unit 106 according to the second embodiment includes a first measurement unit 1064.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, when the user performs the first sub-touch in a state where the main touch is recognized by the main touch recognition unit 104 (for example, in a state where the main touch is continuously performed), the user has a hollow circular shape. A circle 301 is displayed on the display surface of the touch panel 10 so as to surround the main touched data file. In this example, the circle 301 is divided into three to have three regions. These three areas are, for example, a copy area, a cut-out area, and a deletion area. The circle 301 has a reference mark 302 in the circle 301. The reference mark 302 is a color different from that of the circle 301.

  While the user continues to perform the first sub-touch, the reference mark 302 continues to rotate clockwise in the circle 301 from the start point, and passes in the order of the copy area, the cut-out area, and the deletion area. The time required for the reference mark 302 to pass through each area is 2 seconds. The reference mark stops when the user touches off. Then, the determination unit 108 determines processing corresponding to the stopped area, generates a control signal for causing the processing device 200 to execute the determined processing, and transmits the control signal to the processing device 200. Here, the touch-off means that the user stops touching the touch panel 10, that is, the contact state of the input means to the touch panel 10 is set to a non-contact state.

  That is, the user may touch off the touch panel 10 in an area corresponding to a process desired to be executed. The first measuring unit 1064 measures the duration of the first sub-touch, and transmits information about the measured duration of the first sub-touch to the determining unit 108 as touch information.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of correspondence information stored in the storage unit 110 when the touch information is the duration of the touch. As described above, the correspondence information in the case where the touch information is the duration of the touch corresponds to the duration of the first sub-touch and the processing. In the example of FIG. 7, the process corresponding to the duration of the first sub-touch “0 to 2 seconds” is “copy”, and the process corresponding to the duration of the first sub-touch “2 to 4 seconds” is “ The process corresponding to the duration of the first sub-touch “4 to 6 seconds” is “deletion”.

  For example, when the duration of the first sub-touch is 0 to 2 seconds, the determination unit 108 determines the copy process and generates a control signal for executing the copy process. If the duration time of the first sub-touch is 2 to 4 seconds, the determination unit 108 determines the cutting process and generates a control signal for executing the cutting process. If the duration time of the first sub-touch is 4 to 6 seconds, the determination unit 108 determines the deletion process and generates a control signal for executing the deletion process. In this case, there is an effect that the display area can be set at an arbitrary place.

  Moreover, you may display the process performed for every continuation time in which the touch panel 10 is touched, without displaying the circle 301. FIG. That is, the character “Copy” is displayed on the display surface of the touch panel 10 for a touch duration of 0 to 2 seconds, and the character “Cut” is displayed for a touch duration of 2 to 4 seconds. The character “delete” is displayed for a touch duration of 4 to 6 seconds. Then, the user may touch off when a process desired to be executed is displayed.

  That is, in the information processing apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment, the user can select a process to be executed on the target file selected by the main touch according to the duration of the first sub-touch.

  Even the information processing apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment can obtain the same effects as those of the first embodiment.

  In Example 2, the touch information is the duration of the first sub-touch. In the third embodiment, the touch information is an interval time between the first sub-touch and the second sub-touch. The second sub-touch means a touch made after the first sub-touch. The information generation unit 106 of the information processing apparatus 300 according to the third embodiment includes a second measurement unit 1065. The second measuring unit 1065 measures the interval time between the first sub-touch and the second sub-touch, and transmits information indicating the measured interval time to the determination unit 108 as touch information.

  In the example in which the circle 301 is displayed, the first sub-touch is performed and the touch-off is immediately performed. Then, the reference mark 302 starts to go around. Then, when the user performs the second sub-touch, the reference mark 302 is stopped. Then, the determination unit 108 determines a process corresponding to the stopped area. The correspondence information stored in the storage unit 110 according to the third embodiment is as illustrated in FIG. 7, and the right column is the interval time (in the first sub-touch and the second sub-touch) indicated in parentheses. That is, the interval time between the first sub-touch and the second sub-touch is associated with the process. The determining unit 108 generates a control signal for processing corresponding to the interval time measured by the second measuring unit 1065 with reference to the correspondence information.

  That is, in the information processing apparatus 200 according to the second embodiment, the user can select a process to be executed on the target file selected by the main touch according to the interval time between the first sub touch and the second sub touch. In the second embodiment, the user has to continue touching until a process desired to be added is added, but in the third embodiment, the user does not need to continue touching.

  A functional configuration example of the information processing apparatus 400 according to the fourth embodiment is as illustrated in FIG. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram in a case where the touch information according to the fourth embodiment is an area to which the first sub-touch belongs. The information generation unit 106 according to the fourth embodiment includes an area generation unit 1066 and an area determination unit 1068. When the main touch is performed, the region generation unit 1066 generates a plurality of regions (three regions A to C in FIG. 8) using the main touched point as a reference and displays them on the display surface. Then, the area determination unit 1068 determines an area to which the point of the first sub-touch belongs, and transmits information about the determined area to the determination unit 108 as touch information.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of correspondence information stored in the storage unit 110. As illustrated in FIG. 9, for example, the process corresponding to the area A is “copy”, the corresponding process corresponding to the area B is “cut”, and the process corresponding to the area A is “delete”.

  The determination unit 108 refers to the correspondence information stored in the storage unit 110 and generates a control signal for processing corresponding to the region information from the information generation unit 1068. A specific process will be described. The area generation unit 1066 determines the x-coordinate and y-coordinate ranges for the area A, the area B, and the area C, respectively, with the main touched point as the origin. Then, the area determination unit 1068 determines which area range the sub-touched point x coordinate and y coordinate correspond to. Then, information about the area in the corresponding range is transmitted to the determination unit 108.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, when displaying an area on the display surface, it is preferable to display a process corresponding to this area in the vicinity of each area. In this way, the user performs the desired process by performing the first sub-touch in the area corresponding to the process desired to be performed.

  Even the information processing apparatus 100 according to the fourth embodiment can obtain the same effects as any of the first to third embodiments.

  When comparing the information processing apparatuses according to the first to fourth embodiments, the information processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment uses the circle 301 described in the second or third embodiment or the region described in the fourth embodiment as a display surface. There is no need to display. Accordingly, the display surface can be widely used. In the information processing apparatus 100 according to the second to fourth embodiments, unlike the information processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, it is not necessary to perform the first sub touch multiple times. Therefore, it is preferable to use properly according to the scale or application of the electronic device on which the information processing apparatus is mounted.

  In the first embodiment, the first sub-touch number is described as touch information. In the second embodiment, the duration of the first sub-touch is described as touch information. In the first embodiment, the first sub-touch and the second sub-touch time are used as touch information. The sub-touch interval time has been described. In the fourth embodiment, the area belonging to the first sub-touch is described as touch information. When used in combination with at least two of these pieces of touch information, the number of processes to be executed can be further increased. For example, the touch information may be information including the area to which the first sub-touch belongs and the duration of the first sub-touch. Further, the touch information may include information including the region to which the first sub-touch belongs and the number of times of the first sub-touch.

  In the information processing apparatuses according to the first to fourth embodiments, in the above example, the data file may be copied (or cut) by the first sub-touch. In this case, the user usually pastes the copied data file at a desired location. As described above, the usage state may be different, such as a state where the data file is not copied and a state where the data file is copied. And if the use state is different, the processing desired by the user is also different.

  Therefore, the information processing apparatus 500 according to the fifth embodiment includes a state determination unit 114 indicated by a broken line in FIG. The information determination unit 114 determines the current usage state of the target file selected by the main touch. Then, state information indicating the determined current use state is generated and transmitted to the determination unit 108.

  In addition, the storage unit 110 has correspondence information for each state information. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the correspondence information corresponding to the status information “data file is being copied” is the correspondence information α and corresponds to the status information “data file is not being copied”. The correspondence information becomes correspondence information β. The countermeasure information β may be the correspondence information shown in FIGS. FIG. 11 shows an example of the correspondence information α. FIG. 11 shows the case of the information processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment (that is, the case where the touch information is the number of first sub-touches). Further, the touch while the process selected by the first sub touch is being executed is defined as a third sub touch. That is, for example, when the data file copy process is selected in the first sub-touch. In the correspondence information α shown in FIG. 11, the process corresponding to the third sub-touch count is “send the copied data file by email”, and the process corresponding to the third sub-touch count is “ The process corresponding to the third sub-touch number of 3 is “stop copying (discard the copied data file)”.

  For example, when the user performs the third sub touch twice, the data file is pasted at the first position of the third sub touch. Further, when the third sub-touch is performed once, the screen is switched to an image (a screen for inputting a transmission destination address) indicating that the copied data file is transmitted by mail.

  In addition, for example, in word processing software, it is divided into a character input area for inputting characters and a toolbar area where a toolbar is displayed. The process desired by the user in the character input area may be different from the process desired by the user in the toolbar area. For example, in the character input area, the desired process is copying or deleting a document, but in the toolbar area, the desired process is maximizing or minimizing the screen. Therefore, the state information generated by the state determination unit 114 may be information indicating a location where the main touch is performed.

  Moreover, various electronic devices can be comprised by using the information processing apparatus, touch panel, and processing apparatus which were demonstrated in Examples 1-5.

  In addition, the present embodiment is not limited to the above example, and it is needless to say that various other configurations can be taken without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  An information processing program for causing a computer to execute the processing of the information processing apparatuses 100 to 500 can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may be any medium such as a magnetic recording device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. Specifically, for example, the magnetic recording device may be a hard disk device or a flexible Discs, magnetic tapes, etc. as optical disks, DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), DVD-RAM (Random Access Memory), CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), CD-R (Recordable) / RW (ReWritable), etc. As the magneto-optical recording medium, MO (Magneto-Optical disc) or the like can be used, and as the semiconductor memory, EEP-ROM (Electronically Erasable and Programmable-Read Only Memory) or the like can be used.

  The program is distributed by selling, transferring, or lending a portable recording medium such as a DVD or CD-ROM in which the program is recorded. Furthermore, the program may be distributed by storing the program in a storage device of the server computer and transferring the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

  As an execution form different from the above-described embodiment, the computer may read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. Each time is transferred, the processing according to the received program may be executed sequentially. Also, the program is not transferred from the server computer to the computer, and the above-described processing is executed by a so-called ASP (Application Service Provider) type service that realizes the processing function only by the execution instruction and result acquisition. It is good. Note that the program in this embodiment includes information that is used for processing by an electronic computer and that conforms to the program (data that is not a direct command to the computer but has a property that defines the processing of the computer). In this embodiment, the present apparatus is configured by executing a predetermined program on a computer. However, at least a part of these processing contents may be realized by hardware.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Touch panel 11 ... 1st resistance film 12 ... 2nd resistance film 15 ... 1st electrode 16 ... 2nd electrode 18 ... 1st electrode substrate 20 ... 2nd electrode Substrate 22 ... dot spacer 100 ... information processing apparatus 101 ... detection unit 102 ... voltage application unit 104 ... main touch recognition unit 106 ... information generation unit 108 ... determination unit 110 ..Storage unit 118 ... communication unit

Claims (9)

An information generation unit for obtaining touch information indicating a state of the first sub-touch in which coordinates are different from the main touch for selecting the target file displayed on the touch panel;
A storage unit that stores correspondence information in which touch information and processing are associated;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a determination unit that determines a process corresponding to the touch information obtained by the information generation unit in the correspondence information. The information generation unit includes a counting unit for obtaining the number of times of the first sub-touch,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the touch information includes the number of first sub-touches. The information generation unit includes first measurement means for obtaining a duration of the first sub-touch,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the touch information includes a duration of the first sub-touch. The information generation unit includes a second measuring unit that obtains an interval time from when the first sub-touch is made to when the second sub-touch is made after the first sub-touch.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the touch information includes an interval time from when the first sub-touch is made to when the second sub-touch is made after the first sub-touch. The information generation unit includes a region generation unit that generates a plurality of regions based on a point that has been main touched;
Area determining means for obtaining an area to which the first sub-touched point belongs,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the touch information includes an area to which the first sub-touched point belongs. And a state determination unit that generates state information indicating a usage state of the selected target file.
There are a plurality of correspondence information, and correspondence information is stored for each state information in the storage unit,
The said determination part determines the process corresponding to the touch information calculated | required by the said information generation part in the corresponding information corresponding to the state information produced | generated by the said state judgment part. An information processing apparatus according to any one of the above.   An information processing program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to claim 1.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the information processing program according to claim 7 is recorded.   An electronic apparatus comprising the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 and a touch panel.

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