Patent ID: 9690475
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an operating tool detection unit that detects an indication direction and a moving direction of an operation tool moving while in contact with a display; an operation identification unit that identifies a direction of an operation input by the operating tool, based on the detected indication direction and the detected moving direction of the operating tool, and based on an angle defined by a difference between the detected indication direction and the detected moving direction of the operating tool; and a control unit that controls, according to an orientation of the display and also based on whether the display is in a static state or in a moving state, a mode in which an operation of the operating tool is detected, wherein the display is determined to be in the moving state when the display is detected to be vibrating, and the display is determined to be in the static state when the display is not detected to be vibrating, wherein the indication direction is detected as an orientation of the operation tool after the operation tool has been made to be in contact with the display, and wherein the operating tool detection unit, the operation identification unit, and the control unit are each implemented via at least one processor.