Patent ID: 8441436
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An input apparatus for controlling a movement of a pointer on a screen, the input apparatus comprising: a casing; an output means for detecting a status of the casing regarding a movement and position of the casing and outputting a status signal indicating the status of the casing; a movement signal output means for outputting a movement signal for moving the pointer on the screen based on a motion signal as a signal on the movement of the casing out of the status signal that has been output; a first judgment means for judging which of a first position as a predetermined position and a second position that is not the predetermined position the detected position of the casing is; and an execution means for executing, in response to determining that the detected position of the casing is the first position, decorrelation processing for setting a status of the pointer on the screen to a status uncorrelated to the motion signal.