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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.1186/CHE/2012 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :28/03/2012 (43) Publication Date : 21/06/2013
(54) Title of the invention : DETECTION REGION EXPANSION APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DETECTION
REGION EXPANSION METHOD
(51) International classification :F25B (71)Name of Applicant :
(31) Priority Document No
:2011- 1)SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
081169 Address of Applicant :22-22, NAGAIKE-CHO, ABENO-
(32) Priority Date :31/03/2011 KU, OSAKA-SHI, OSAKA 545-8522 Japan
(33) Name of priority country :Japan (72)Name of Inventor :
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1)HAMAMOTO, MASAKI
2)YAMADA, HIROHISA
(87) International Publication No : NA 3)TAJIMA, HIDEHARU
(61) Patent of Addition to Application Number
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4)ETOH, ATSUSHI
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(57) Abstract :
A control section according to the present embodiment is for use in a display apparatus having an input display section capable of
detecting a user's input operation and displaying a stereoscopic object. The control section includes a region expanding section for
expanding a detection region of the stereoscopic object, so that the detection region becomes larger than a display region of the
stereoscopic object, where the detection region is a region in which the user's input operation to select the stereoscopic object is
detectable, and the display region is a region in which the stereoscopic object is displayed.
No. of Pages : 95 No. of Claims : 15
The Patent Office Journal 21/06/2013 13697