Pointing device control apparatus and method, electronic instrument, and computer program for the pointing device control apparatus
First Claim
1. A pointing device control apparatus for controlling a position of an object to be controlled which is displayed on a display in response to operation of a pointing device by a user, said pointing device control apparatus comprising:
- setting means for setting up an adjustment region and a predetermined direction corresponding to the adjustment region, with a movable range of the pointing device as an object to be adjusted, the movable range being treated as information based on a predetermined coordinate system in the control apparatus; and
adjustment control means for adjusting information indicating an actual operation direction when the actual operation direction of the pointing device operated by the user is included in the adjustment region set by said setting means to information indicating the predetermined direction which is set by the setting means so as to correspond to the adjustment region, such that a moving direction of the object to be controlled which is displayed on the display in response to the actual operation direction is changed to the predetermined direction without changing a magnitude of the moving direction.
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Abstract
A control unit 203 controls a position of a pointer to be displayed on a display 208A in response to an operation of a pointing device (PD) 11 by the user. In this case, the control unit 203 detects actual operation directions 50 and 50′ of the PD 11 by means of a sensing module 13. Next, the control unit 203 determines whether or not the actual operation directions 50 and 50′ are included in an adjustment region 70, which is preset with a movable range of the PD 11 as an object to be adjusted. Then, when it is determined that the actual operation directions are included in the adjustment region 70, the control unit 203 adjusts information indicating the actual operation directions to information indicating a direction 60 so predetermined as to correspond to the adjustment region in such a way that a moving direction of the pointer displayed on the display 208A in response to the actual operation directions is changed to the predetermined direction.
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22 Claims
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1. A pointing device control apparatus for controlling a position of an object to be controlled which is displayed on a display in response to operation of a pointing device by a user, said pointing device control apparatus comprising:
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setting means for setting up an adjustment region and a predetermined direction corresponding to the adjustment region, with a movable range of the pointing device as an object to be adjusted, the movable range being treated as information based on a predetermined coordinate system in the control apparatus; and adjustment control means for adjusting information indicating an actual operation direction when the actual operation direction of the pointing device operated by the user is included in the adjustment region set by said setting means to information indicating the predetermined direction which is set by the setting means so as to correspond to the adjustment region, such that a moving direction of the object to be controlled which is displayed on the display in response to the actual operation direction is changed to the predetermined direction without changing a magnitude of the moving direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A pointing device control method for controlling a position of an object to be controlled which is displayed on a display in response to operation by a user of a pointing device, the method comprising:
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detecting at least an actual operation direction of the pointing device operated by the user; setting up an adjustment region and a predetermined direction corresponding to the adjustment region, with a movable range of the pointing device as an object to be adjusted, the movable range being treated as information based on a predetermined coordinate system in a control apparatus; and adjusting information indicating an actual operation direction when the actual operation direction of the pointing device detected in said detecting is included in the adjustment region set in said setting, to information indicating the predetermined direction which is set in said setting so as to correspond to the adjustment region, such that a moving direction of the object to be controlled which is displayed on the display in response to the actual operation direction is changed to the predetermined direction without changing a magnitude of the moving direction. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computer readable medium, in which a computer program is stored, to be executed on a computer for controlling operation of a pointing device control apparatus which controls a position of an object to be controlled, which is displayed on a display in response to an operation of a user for a pointing device, the computer program causing the computer to realize:
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a setting function of setting up an adjustment region and a predetermined direction corresponding to the adjustment region with a movable range of the pointing device as an object, the movable range being treated as information based on a predetermined coordinate system in the control apparatus; and an adjustment control function of adjusting information indicating an actual operation direction of operation of the pointing device by the user to information indicating the predetermined direction, which is set by said setting function so as to correspond to the adjustment region, such that a moving direction of the object to be controlled which is displayed on the display in response to the actual operation direction is changed to the predetermined direction without changing magnitude of the moving direction when the actual operation direction is included in the adjustment region. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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Specification