Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information processing apparatus and information processing method
- Patent Title (中): 信息处理装置和信息处理方法
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Application No.: US13021455Application Date: 2011-02-04
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Publication No.: US08610681B2Publication Date: 2013-12-17
- Inventor: Masanori Yoshimoto , Hideaki Imai , Junichi Kosaka , Yoshihiro Mashiko , Hironobu Aoki
- Applicant: Masanori Yoshimoto , Hideaki Imai , Junichi Kosaka , Yoshihiro Mashiko , Hironobu Aoki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus including a display device; pointed position detecting means for detecting a specified position by a touch operation of a pointing device on a screen of the display device; sensor means for detecting a position of the pointing device when the pointing device is not in contact with the screen of the display device; and control means for recognizing the touch operation detected by the pointed position detecting means and controlling the information processing apparatus in accordance with the recognized touch operation and the position of the pointing device detected by the sensor means.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110298732A1 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD METHOD Public/Granted day:2011-12-08
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