Position specifying method and program

Abstract

The present invention relates to a position specifying method for specifying a position through touch input in a screen displayed on a touch panel display. The position is specified by the steps of acquiring an initial contact position that is a contact position at the start of sensing of a position where contact is made with the touch panel display, displaying a position displaying cursor in a position according to the initial contact position, displaying the position displaying cursor is the position according to the initial contact position during the period for which the contact position sensing continues until the distance from the initial contact position to the contact position reaches a predetermined distance and terminating the display of the position displaying cursor with no position specifying operation performed in a case where the contact position sensing is terminated before the distance from the initial contact position to the contact position reaches the predetermined distance, and displaying the position displaying cursor in such a way that the position displaying cursor follows movement of the contact position after the distance from the initial contact position to the contact position reaches the predetermined distance so that the relative positional relationship between the position displaying cursor and the contact position at the point of time when the distance from the initial contact position to the contact position reaches the predetermined distance is maintained during the period for which the contact position sensing continues and setting, when position-specifying-operation finalizing operation is sensed after the distance from the initial contact position to the contact position reaches the predetermined distance, the position where the position displaying cursor is displayed when the position-specifying-operation finalizing operation is sensed to be a specified position.

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         6 . An image measuring apparatus that images a measurement target object and measures dimensions and a shape of the measurement target object based on the captured image of the measurement target object displayed on a touch panel display,
 the image measuring apparatus including control means for identifying a command corresponding to a gesture inputted through touching operation performed on the touch panel display based on a signal outputted from the touch panel display in accordance with the gesture and executing the command on a portion of the image measuring apparatus that is a portion on which the command is executed,   wherein the gesture is performed in an at-least-two-point simultaneous contact state.   
     
     
         7 . The image measuring apparatus according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the command is a command that causes physical movement/motion of the portion of the image measuring apparatus.   
     
     
         8 . The image measuring apparatus according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the gesture performed in the at-least-two-point simultaneous contact state is a tapping, double tapping, long tapping, flicking, swiping, or rotating action.   
     
     
         9 . A program for causing a computer to function as control means in the image measuring apparatus described in  claim 6 .