Patent ID: 9448717
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus which includes a display area having a scroll image display region for displaying a scroll target image, the information processing program causing the computer to perform operations comprising: pointed position detection to detect a pointed position on the scroll image display region; first scroll instruction determination to determine whether or not the pointed position detected by the pointed position detection has continuously been detected for a predetermined time on a first region in the scroll image display region, the first region being located in a first direction with respect to a reference position; second scroll instruction determination to determine whether or not the pointed position detected by the pointed position detection has shifted in a direction different from the first direction in the scroll image display region, wherein in the second scroll instruction determination, if there is a shift of the pointed position in a direction different from the first direction even when there is no shift of the pointed position in the first direction, the result of the second scroll instruction determination is determined to be positive; first scrolling control to scroll the scroll target image in the first direction when a result of the determinations of the first scroll instruction determination is positive; and second scrolling control to, when a result of the determination of the second scroll instruction determination is positive, scroll the scroll target image in the first direction without waiting for elapse of the predetermined time.