Information processing apparatus, input apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and program

摘要

An information processing apparatus, an input apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of improving operability when a target object is selected on a screen are provided. A control apparatus is provided to which, when a button is pressed in a state where a pointer is indicating an area around an icon on a screen, a signal indicating that the button has been pressed and a signal of positional information of the pointer at that time are input, and the control apparatus performs movement control such that the pointer indicates the icon based on those signals. Therefore, even when the pointer is not directly indicating the icon, the icon can be indicated by indicating the area around the icon, thus improving operability in selecting the icon on the screen by the pointer.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a video RAM to display on a screen a plurality of target objects and a pointer for selecting a target object from the plurality of target objects; a receiver device to input first movement information for moving the pointer on the screen, movement restriction information for moving, when the pointer is indicating a predetermined area around the target object on the screen, the pointer such that the pointer indicates the target object, and restricting the movement of the pointer at the predetermined area such that the pointer is stopped and a movement recognition function is ineffective to move the pointer, and execution information for executing, by the pointer, the target object indicated by the pointer on the screen; and a microprocessor to perform movement control of the pointer and execution control of the target object based on the first movement information, the movement restriction information, and the execution information input by the receiver device, wherein when the movement of the pointer has been restricted and is stopped while indicating the target object on the screen, the receiver device inputs second movement information for moving the pointer from the target object indicated by the pointer to another target object in a predetermined order configured to only cycle through the target objects in a stepwise fashion; and the microprocessor performs the movement control of the pointer based on the second movement information.