Patent ID: 6120374
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus for designating a position in an area on a displayed image, comprising:image display means for displaying an image on a display screen;designating means for designating a point in a predetermined area having different vertical and horizontal dimensions on the image displayed on the display screen;said designating means including a joystick tiltable in a two-dimensional direction for generating a positional signal corresponding to a tilted position thereof; anda coordinate transforming unit for converting first and second two-dimensional coordinates of said tilted position based on said positional signal respectively into third and fourth two-dimensional coordinates of an image position with respect to a predetermined reference position on said displayed image, with a first conversion constant for converting the first coordinate into the third coordinate and a second conversion constant, which is different from said first conversion constant, for converting the second coordinate into the fourth coordinate.