INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS

摘要

A handheld controller (10) for a user to control a graphic cursor displayed on a display, the information input apparatus includes: a motion sensor responsive to user movement of a first type producing motion data (50); a touchpad (16) responsive to user movement of a second type more precise than the first type producing second sensor data; and a processor (24) that calculates a hybrid cursor movement signal having a large scale movement component corresponding to the user movement of the first type and a fine scale movement component corresponding to the user movement of the second type, the hybrid cursor movement signal being for moving the graphic cursor; the processor (24) calculates the large scale movement component based on a first sensitivity parameter representing sensitivity of the motion sensor determined by associating the touchpad data (52) with the motion data (50), and the fine scale movement component based on a second sensitivity parameter representing sensitivity of the touchpad (16) determined by associating the motion data (50) with the touchpad data (52).