Patent ID: 9348444
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A63F,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus for displaying a virtual space on a display device, obtaining an input coordinate point based on an output from a pointing device, which output is based on an operation performed by a user, and moving an object in the virtual space in accordance with the input coordinate point, the information processing program causing the computer to perform: obtaining the input coordinate point from the pointing device; setting a plurality of areas in a range that allows an input of the input coordinate point, and setting a moving velocity of the object in accordance with, among the plurality of areas, an area to which the input coordinate point corresponding to an operation performed by the user belongs; moving the object in accordance with the moving velocity; and displaying on the display device the virtual space in which the object is placed, wherein the moving velocity is set in accordance with, among the plurality of areas, an area to which a single position indicated by the input coordinate point belongs.