To provide a data input apparatus capable of avoiding an increase in power consumption caused by projecting keyboard images unceasingly.
The data input apparatus is provided with: a projection part 11 for projecting the keyboard images; an input detection part 12 for detecting a position of an obstacle on the keyboard images projected by the projection part 11; a conversion part 13 for converting the position of the obstacle detected by the input detection part 12 into data corresponding to the position; and a projection control part 14 for causing the projection part 11 to project the keyboard images when the input detection part 12 has detected the obstacle at the projection position of the keyboard images in the case that the projection part 11 does not project the keyboard images.
AKAHORI HIROSHI
Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
Hiroki Naito
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