Touch panel device, process determination method, program, and touch panel system
View Patent ↗A touch panel device includes: first and second touch panels that detect contact of an object, and a control unit that associates images that are displayed on the first touch panel and that indicate data with the display positions of the images on the first touch panel, and determines on the basis of the state of contact detected on the second touch panel, from among a plurality of types of processes that have been determined in advance, a process that is to be performed upon data indicated by a selected image that is an image that corresponds to the position of contact detected on the first touch panel.
1. A touch panel device comprising:
first and second touch panels, each of the first and second touch panels being configured to detect a contact therewith, wherein the first touch panel is further configured to display a plurality of images, wherein each of the plurality of images is associated with a stored data item; and
a control unit that associates each of the plurality of images with a respective display position on said first touch panel; that selects from among said plurality of images, a first selected image and a second selected image based on a first contact position and a second contact position detected by said first touch panel, respectively; that determines, from among a predetermined plurality of types of processes, a selected process that is to be performed based on a contact state of an object detected by said second touch panel; and that executes the selected process on a first data item associated with the first selected image and on a second data item associated with the second selected image,
wherein the plurality of types of processes comprise a process of storing the first data item and the second data item, a process of deleting the first data item and the second data item, and a process of integrating the first data item and the second data item.
2. The touch panel device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said control unit determines the selected process from among the plurality of types of processes based on a number of contact positions of said object detected by said second touch panel.
3. The touch panel device as set forth in claim 2 , further comprising a storage unit;
wherein said control unit stores the first data item and the second data item in said storage unit when the number of contact positions of said object detected by said second touch panel is a first number.
4. The touch panel device as set forth in claim 3 , wherein: said control unit integrates the first data item and the second data item as a single item of data and stores the single item of data in said storage unit when the number of contact positions of said object detected by said second touch panel is a second number.
5. The touch panel device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said first touch panel and said second touch panel are provided on mutually opposite surfaces of the touch panel device.
6. A process determination method in a touch panel device that includes first and second touch panels, each of the first and second touch panels being configured to detect a contact therewith, said method comprising:
displaying a plurality of images on said first touch panel, wherein each of said plurality of images is associated with a stored data item;
associating each of a plurality of images with a respective display position on said first touch panel;
selecting, from among said plurality of images, a first selected image and a second selected image based on a first contact position detected by said first touch panel and a second contact position detected by said first touch panel, respectively;
determining, from among a predetermined plurality of types of processes, a selected process that is to be performed based on a contact state of an object detected by said second touch panel; and
executing the selected process on a first data item associated with the first selected image and on a second data item associated with the second selected image,
wherein the plurality of types of processes comprise a process of storing the first data item and the second data item, a process of deleting the first data item and the second data item, and a process of integrating the first data item and the second data item.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a program used in a computer of a touch panel device that includes first and second touch panels, each of the first and second touch panels being configured to detect a contact therewith, said program causing the computer to execute processes of:
displaying a plurality of images on said first touch panel, wherein each of said plurality of images is associated with a stored data item;
associating each of a plurality of images with a respective display position on said first touch panel;
selecting, from among said plurality of images, a first selected image and a second selected image based on a first contact position detected by said first touch panel and a second contact position detected by said first touch panel, respectively;
determining, from among a predetermined plurality of types of processes, a selected process that is to be performed based on a contact state of an object detected by said second touch panel; and
executing the selected process on a first data item associated with the first selected image and on a second data item associated with the second selected image,
wherein the plurality of types of processes comprise a process of storing the first data item and the second data item, a process of deleting the first data item and the second data item, and a process of integrating the first data item and the second data item.