CONTACT INPUT TYPE INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT, CONTACT INPUT TYPE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contact input type information processing unit for determining processing, according to the strength of pressing with a simple configuration that is not in a multiple structure and has a small number of components in a device in which information is input through contacting of a contact body and then processed. SOLUTION: The contact input type information processing unit 1 is covered with an entire frame 2 having a transparent frame 3. The transparent frame 3 for covering space in front can be touched by one portion of a user's body from the front. A liquid crystal display 4 is arranged, at a position where a user can view through the transparent frame 3. A CCD camera 7 is arranged at a specific position, capable of performing photographing from a surface at a side opposite to the surface of the transparent frame 3 to which a user can make contact. Pressing force by which the transparent frame 3 is press against by one portion of the user's body is determined from an image photographed by the CCD camera 7. Processing is switched, according to the strength of the pressing force determined by the photographed image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT