Abstract: A coordinate input device and a touch panel device determine a correction value with a plurality of output values obtained from a plurality of sensors arranged in a touch panel based on the output value of a 1st peak sensor that outputs the largest output value, the output value of a 2nd peak sensor having the second largest output value, the output value of a 3rd peak sensor having the third largest output value, and the output value of a 4th peak sensor having the fourth largest output value.

Abstract: Besides an input event reception unit 4 that receives an input such as a coordinate input event or the like and accumulates the coordinate input event or the like in an event queue 7, and an event executing device that performs the coordinate input event accumulated in the event queue 7, there are provided a drawing event reception unit 5 that receives a drawing event designating drawing contents on a screen, an update processing unit 14 that updates drawing contents in accordance with the drawing event received by the drawing event reception unit 5, and a drawing processing unit 16 that displays the drawing contents on the screen every time the drawing contents are updated.

Abstract: A character drawing device includes a system memory that stores outline fonts each defining outlines of characters, and an arithmetic processor that generates rectangles on the outline part of a character shown by an outline font read from the above-mentioned storage, adjusts a width of each of the generated rectangles according to the thickness of the character, and sets a degree of transparency to an inside region of the character which is enclosed by each of the rectangles after the adjustment and a degree of transparency to each of the rectangles to draw the character.

Abstract: A mobile terminal device, which is provided with the plurality of keys, includes: a detection interface for detecting touching any of the keys by a user; a press detection interface for detecting pressing the key by the user; a controller for executing a first function assigned to the key at the time of detection of the user touching the key in a case where touching time period, for which the user touches the key, is equal to, or longer than, a predetermined judging time, and for executing a second function assigned to the key at the time of detection of the user touching the key in a case where the touching time period is shorter than the predetermined judging time; and an output controller for displaying an explanation on the first function on a display unit in a case where the touching time period is equal to, or longer than, the predetermined judging time.

Abstract: A coordinate input device and a touch panel device determine a correction value with a plurality of output values obtained from a plurality of sensors arranged in a touch panel based on the output value of a 1st peak sensor that outputs the largest output value, the output value of a 2nd peak sensor having the second largest output value, the output value of a 3rd peak sensor having the third largest output value, and the output value of a 4th peak sensor having the fourth largest output value.

Abstract: A mobile terminal device, which is provided with the plurality of keys, includes: a touch detection interface for detecting that a user has touched a key; a press detection interface for detecting that the user has pressed the key; a controller for switching the mode in response to whether or not the user has touched a side key, in order to execute a first function assigned to the key in a case where the key is pressed by the user in a “shift mode,” and to execute a second function assigned to the key in a case where the key is pressed by the user in a “normal mode”; and a display unit for displaying an explanation on the first function assigned to the key in a case where it is detected in the “shift mode” that the user has touched the key.

Abstract: A sign recognition device includes a sign effective range data recording unit for prestoring effective range conditions shown by a sign and an auxiliary sign, a sign recognition unit for recognizing a sign and an auxiliary sign by using a captured image of a roadway in front of a vehicle, a vehicle information acquiring unit for acquiring vehicle information, a map information acquiring unit for acquiring map information about a map of an area surrounding the vehicle, and a sign effective range determining unit for determining whether or not the vehicle is staying in the effective range specified with the sign and the auxiliary sign which have been recognized by the sign recognition unit by using the effective range conditions stored in the sign effective range data recording unit, the vehicle information, and the map information.

Abstract: A sign recognition device includes a sign effective range data recording unit for prestoring effective range conditions shown by a sign and an auxiliary sign, a sign recognition unit for recognizing a sign and an auxiliary sign by using a captured image of a roadway in front of a vehicle, a vehicle information acquiring unit for acquiring vehicle information, a map information acquiring unit for acquiring map information about a map of an area surrounding the vehicle, and a sign effective range determining unit for determining whether or not the vehicle is staying in the effective range specified with the sign and the auxiliary sign which have been recognized by the sign recognition unit by using the effective range conditions stored in the sign effective range data recording unit, the vehicle information, and the map information.

Abstract: An analog touch panel device capable of utilizing a two-point touch on a touch panel as meaningful information input and a user interface device employing the analog touch panel device are provided. A decision is made as to whether two points are touched or not on a touch panel TP having resistive films which have electrode terminals at opposite end portions each and are superimposed top and bottom in such a manner that the electrode terminals become orthogonal, in which the top and bottom resistive films are brought into contact with each other by a push of a resistive film surface by touch input. The decision is made according to resistance values between the opposite terminals, and when a decision is made that the two points are touched, the distance between the two points touched is detected according to the resistance values between the opposite terminals.

Abstract: A touch panel unit includes a plurality of electrodes arranged in directions of an X axis and a Y axis. A screening electrode switching control circuit handles each of electrodes arranged in the direction of the X axis as a detecting electrode and handles electrodes arranged in the direction of the Y axis as screening electrodes when an arithmetic unit detects the location of an approach or a touch to or with the touch panel unit in the direction of the X axis, whereas the screening electrode switching control circuit handles the electrodes arranged in the direction of the X axis as the screening electrodes and handles each of the electrodes arranged in the direction of the Y axis as the detecting electrode when the arithmetic unit detects the location of the approach or the touch to or with the touch panel unit in the direction of the Y axis.

Abstract: A mobile terminal device, which is provided with the plurality of keys, includes: a touch detection interface for detecting that a user has touched a key; a press detection interface for detecting that the user has pressed the key; a controller for switching the mode in response to whether or not the user has touched a side key, in order to execute a first function assigned to the key in a case where the key is pressed by the user in a “shift mode,” and to execute a second function assigned to the key in a case where the key is pressed by the user in a “normal mode”; and a display unit for displaying an explanation on the first function assigned to the key in a case where it is detected in the “shift mode” that the user has touched the key.

Abstract: A mobile terminal device, which is provided with the plurality of keys, includes: a detection interface for detecting touching any of the keys by a user; a press detection interface for detecting pressing the key by the user; a controller for executing a first function assigned to the key at the time of detection of the user touching the key in a case where touching time period, for which the user touches the key, is equal to, or longer than, a predetermined judging time, and for executing a second function assigned to the key at the time of detection of the user touching the key in a case where the touching time period is shorter than the predetermined judging time; and an output controller for displaying an explanation on the first function on a display unit in a case where the touching time period is equal to, or longer than, the predetermined judging time.

Abstract: An auxiliary input device includes an input section having a predetermined contact surface such as a tablet for inputting writing information about a position in which a writing medium is brought into contact with the predetermined contact surface, and a character recognition means for performing character recognition based on the writing information to provide a character recognition result. The auxiliary input device further includes a connection section connectable to an external device such as a portable telephone for sending the top-ranked candidate character of the character recognition result provided from the character recognition means as sending information to the external device when the connection section is connected to the external device.

Abstract: A handwriting verification device includes: a normalizing section for normalizing an inputted handwriting which has been subjected to sampling at regular intervals; a registered handwriting dictionary in which registered handwriting is accommodated; a correspondence making section for making the inputted handwriting, which has been normalized in accordance with the sampling points in the sampling, correspond to the registered handwriting, so that a portion of the inputted handwriting and a portion of the registered hand writing, which coincide with each other, can be made to correspond to each other; a segment making section for making the inputted handwriting and the registered handwriting to be a segment by allotting an interval between at least two continuous sampling points as a segment in accordance with the result of making correspondence; a characteristic extracting section for extracting the characteristics of the inputted handwriting and the registered handwriting for each segment; and a handwriting