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Setting a display position of a pointer

  • US 9,317,199 B2
  • Filed: 02/05/2014
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control apparatus comprising:

  • an operation reception unit receiving a reference setting operation and a position designation operation after the reference setting operation, wherein the reference setting operation and the position designation operation are input by a user touching an input unit provided on a display surface of a display unit;

    a reference position setting unit setting a reference position at a second position shifted toward a periphery of the input unit from a first position of the reference setting operation on the input unit; and

    a display control unit setting, depending on the reference position and the second position of the position designation operation, a display position of a pointer on the display unit;

    wherein the operation reception unit receives a second position designation operation input with another touch on the input unit coincident with the position designation operation, wherein the display control unit sets a display position on the display unit of a second pointer depending on a position of the second position designation operation, and wherein the display control unit sets the display position of the second pointer such that a distance between the display position of the pointer and the display position of the second pointer is not longer than a distance between the position of the position designation operation and the position of the second position designation operation.

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