Patent ID: 9317199
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A control apparatus comprising: an operation reception unit receiving a reference setting operation and a position designation operation after the reference setting operation, wherein the reference setting operation and the position designation operation 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 second position shifted toward a periphery of the input unit from a first position of the reference setting operation on the input unit; and a display control unit setting, depending on the reference position and the second position of the position designation operation, a display position of a pointer on the display unit; wherein the operation reception unit receives a second position designation operation input with another touch on the input unit coincident with the position designation operation, wherein the display control unit sets a display position on the display unit of a second pointer depending on a position of the second position designation operation, and wherein the display control unit sets the display position of the second pointer such that a distance between the display position of the pointer and the display position of the second pointer is not longer than a distance between the position of the position designation operation and the position of the second position designation operation.