COMMAND INPUT DEVICE USING TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY

Contact time detection means (101) for detecting a time period for which a finger is in continual contact with a touch panel display (100), contact number detection means (102) for detecting the number of times a finger touched the touch panel display (100), and contact interval detection means (103) for detecting a time period between when the finger is detached form the touch panel display (100) and when the finger is brought into contact therewith afterwards are provided and based on these detection results, an input command is determined. Various commands can thereby be inputted without a visual check.