Touch panel

Abstract

There is provided a touch panel that displays an image in which a plurality of functional buttons are arranged. The plurality of buttons include a long-touch button a function of which can be rendered active after the button is continuously touched for a predetermined time period, and attendant on the long-touch button, a count-down signal notifying a time period remaining before a timing at which the function can be rendered active is displayed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A touch panel that displays an image in which a plurality of functional buttons are arranged,
 wherein the plurality of functional buttons include a long-touch button a function of which can be rendered active after the button is continuously touched for a predetermined time period, and attendant on the long-touch button, a count-down signal notifying a time period remaining before a timing at which the function can be rendered active is displayed.   
     
     
         2 . The touch panel according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the function is rendered active in a case in which the timing has come and a finger is moved away from the long-touch button,   the function is not rendered active in a case in which the finger is moved away from the long-touch button before the timing comes, and   the function is not rendered active in a case in which the timing has come, the finger is slid from the long-touch button without being moved away from the touch panel, and the finger is moved away from the touch panel at a position spaced from the long-touch button.   
     
     
         3 . The touch panel according to  claim 1 , wherein a length of the time period remaining before the timing comes changes every time the long-touch button is touched. 
     
     
         4 . The touch panel according to  claim 1 , wherein a color of the count-down signal changes every time the long-touch button is touched. 
     
     
         5 . The touch panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the count-down signal is displayed in such a manner as to go around the long-touch button. 
     
     
         6 . The touch panel according to  claim 2 , wherein a length of the time period remaining before the timing comes changes every time the long-touch button is touched. 
     
     
         7 . The tough panel according to  claim 2 , wherein a color of the count-down signal changes every time the long-touch button is touched. 
     
     
         8 . The touch panel according to  claim 2 , wherein the count-down signal is displayed in such a manner as to go around the long-touch button.