Patent ID: 9098130
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon an input processing program, which when executed by a computer of an input processing apparatus having a pointing device for indicating position on a screen, causes the computer to perform operations comprising: detecting whether or not an input indicating a position on the screen has been provided by the pointing device; when the detecting detects that the input indicating a position on the screen has been provided, setting coordinate values corresponding to the indicated position as coordinate values of a starting point position; determining whether or not, after the starting point position has been set, a state where the input indicating a position on the screen is being continuously provided by the pointing device has changed to a non-indicative state where the input indicating a position on the screen is not provided by the pointing device; when the determining determines that the state has changed to the non-indicative state, setting coordinate values corresponding to the indicated position before the change to the non-indicative state, as coordinate values of an end point position; specifying a direction from the starting point position to the end point position; and causing a virtual object to move such that a moving direction of the virtual object is a direction different from the specified direction, wherein the virtual object is caused to move irrespective of the relation between the starting point position and a position of the virtual object on the screen at the time of the detecting.