INPUT APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING AN INPUT FUNCTION, INPUT METHOD, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING AN INPUT FUNCTION
An input apparatus having an input surface touched by an object body at input time, the input apparatus includes: when a contact area of the object body on the input surface increases, an increase-direction detection section generating increase-direction information corresponding to the increase direction of the contact area; and when the contact area of the object body on the input surface is moved, a movement-direction detection section generating movement-direction information corresponding to the movement direction of the contact area.
1 . An input apparatus having an input surface touched by an object body at input time, the input apparatus comprising:
when a contact area of the object body on the input surface increases, an increase-direction detection section generating increase-direction information corresponding to the increase direction of the contact area; and
when the contact area of the object body on the input surface is moved, a movement-direction detection section generating movement-direction information corresponding to the movement direction of the contact area.
2 . A display apparatus having an input function, comprising:
an input apparatus having an input surface touched by an object body at input time, the input apparatus comprising;
when a contact area of the object body on the input surface increases, an increase-direction detection section generating increase-direction information corresponding to the increase direction of the contact area;
when the contact area of the object body on the input surface is moved, a movement-direction detection section generating movement-direction information corresponding to the movement direction of the contact area;
an image display apparatus displaying an image in an image display area;
a control section controlling the image display apparatus on the basis of the increase-direction information and the movement-direction information to rotate the image currently displayed in the image display area; and
wherein the control section sets an extending direction of a rotational axis at the time of rotating the image on the basis of the increase-direction information, and if determined that the movement direction intersects the increase direction on the basis of the movement-direction information, the control section rotates the image about the rotational axis in a direction corresponding to the movement direction.
3 . The display apparatus having an input function, according to claim 2 ,
wherein the image display apparatus includes the image display area in an area overlapping the input surface as a plane.
4 . The display apparatus having an input function, according to claim 2 ,
wherein when the control section determines that the movement direction is the same as the increase direction in the movement-direction information, the control section moves the rotational axis to a position corresponding to the movement direction in a direction intersecting the rotational axis.
5 . The display apparatus having an input function, according to claim 2 ,
wherein the input apparatus includes a contact-area detection section detecting a contact area of the object body on the input surface, and generating contact-area information corresponding to the contact area, and
the control section resets a rotational condition of the image if the contact area is not larger than a threshold value after the contact area increases.
6 . The display apparatus having an input function, according to claim 2 ,
wherein the image display apparatus displays the rotational axis determined by the control section in the image display area.
7 . The display apparatus having an input function, according to claim 2 ,
wherein when setting the rotational axis on the basis of the increase-direction information, the control section sets the rotational axis at a position passing through the image.
8 . The display apparatus having an input function, according to claim 2 ,
wherein when setting the rotational axis on the basis of the increase-direction information, if two of the images are displayed in the image display area, the control section sets the rotational axis at a center of the two images.
9 . The display apparatus having an input function, according to claim 2 ,
wherein the input apparatus includes a contact-position detection section detecting a contact position of the object body on the input surface, and generating contact-position information corresponding to the contact position, and
when setting the rotational axis on the basis of the increase-direction information, the control section sets the rotational axis at a position corresponding to the contact position.
10 . A method of inputting in an input apparatus having an input surface touched by an object body at input time, the method comprising:
when a contact area of the object body on the input surface increases, generating increase-direction information corresponding to the increase direction of the contact area; and
when a contact area of the object body on the input surface is moved, generating movement-direction information corresponding to the movement direction of the contact area.
11 . A method of controlling a display apparatus having an input function changing a display mode of the image on the basis of the method of inputting according to claim 10 ,
wherein an extending direction of a rotational axis at the time of rotating the image is set on the basis of the increase-direction information, and if determined that the movement direction intersects the increase direction of the contact area in the movement-direction information, the image is rotated about the rotational axis in a direction corresponding to the movement direction.