Pointer display device, pointer display/detection method, pointer display/detection program and information apparatus

摘要

Disclosed herein is a pointer display device, including, a touch panel provided on a display screen of a display section, a pointer display section configured to detect a contact point in a touch operation on the touch panel and to display a pointer in an area containing the contact point, and a hotspot detection section configured to detect as a hotspot a position corresponding to one part of the pointer exclusive of the contact point.

主权项

1. A pointer display apparatus comprising:
touch point detecting means configured to detect a touch point when a touch operation is made on a display screen; mode switching means configured to, in a case where the touch point does not move for a predetermined period of time or longer from when the touch operation is made on the display screen, cause transition to a pointer mode in which a pointer is displayed, and in a case where the touch point moves within a predetermined period of time from when the touch operation is made on the display screen, cause transition to a scroll mode in which display content on the display screen is movably displayed in accordance with the move of the touch point; pointer displaying means configured to display the pointer in a region including the touch point in the pointer mode; indication point detecting means configured to detect, as an indication point, a position corresponding to a part of the pointer other than the touch point in the pointer mode; and screen controlling means configured to movably display the display content on the display screen in accordance with the move of the touch point in the scroll mode.