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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pointing system including: a pointing device including an operation portion and a light-emitting portion that emits light according to an operation to the operation portion; and a control device including an image pickup portion that picks up light from the light-emitting portion when the light-emitting portion emits light and outputs an image including information on a light spot of the light, a display portion that includes a screen and displays a pointer on the screen, and a control portion that judges, as well as judge a movement of the light spot based on the information on the light spot in the image and move the pointer on the screen based on the movement of the light spot, whether the light spot is turned off based on the information on the light spot in the image and executes processing related to a click when the light spot is turned off.