Patent ID: 8334890
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display control apparatus that receives information from remote controls and that controls a display device, comprising: a remote control information obtaining device that obtains remote control information that includes, of pointer coordinate information and remote control identification information, at least the remote control identification information, the pointer coordinate information being position information for displaying a pointer corresponding to each of the remote controls on the display device, the remote control identification information being information for identifying each of the remote controls; a display data creation device that, based on the remote control information obtained by the remote control information obtaining device, creates display data for displaying pointers on the display device, the display data including identification information corresponding to the remote control identification information; a display data output device that outputs to the display device the display data created by the display data creation device; a distance determination device that calculates a relative distance between display positions of the pointers on the display device based on the remote control information obtained by the remote control information obtaining device, and determines whether the relative distance is larger than a predetermined distance; and a driving signal transmission device that transmits a driving signal to a drive target remote control, the driving signal causing a notification device provided in the drive target remote control to be driven, the drive target remote control being at least one of remote controls corresponding to closely located pointers, the closely located pointers being the pointers for which the distance determination device has determined that the relative distance is equal to or less than the predetermined distance.