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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Masashi Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoka Mochizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonori Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes: an operation reception unit receiving a reference setting operation, and a position designation operation after the reference setting operation, that 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 position shifted toward a periphery of the input unit from the position of the reference setting operation on the input unit; and a display control unit setting, depending on the reference position and the position of the position designation operation, a display position of a pointer for selecting a position on the display unit.