Patent ID: 9459707
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of display items on a display screen; acquiring a coordinate value of a position on the display screen pointed to by an input device; positioning a virtual pointer on the display screen in a center of an area of a first display item among the plurality of display items that is proximate to the acquired coordinate value; calculating a first difference value between the coordinate value of the position pointed to by the input device and a coordinate value of the center of the area of the first display item: acquiring a new coordinate value of a new position on the display screen pointed to by the input device; determining whether a second difference value between the coordinate value in the center of the area of the first display item and a coordinate value of the new position is less than the first difference value; in response to determining that the second difference value is less than the first difference value, maintaining the positioning of the virtual pointer in die center of the area of the first display item while the second difference value is less than the first difference value, and in response to determining that the second difference value is not less than the first difference value, maintaining the first difference value between the coordinate value of the new position and moving the virtual pointer to a position that is the new coordinate value of the new position pointed to by the input device adjusted by the first difference value wherein the virtual pointer is more dimly displayed than a highlighted display item.