Patent ID: 7999957
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An input position setting method of setting an input position for an instruction position by an instruction section on the basis of a pickup image data obtained by picking up an image of a display area when an operator instructs a predetermined position of the display area to be displayed by an image display device by the use of the instruction section, comprising: acquiring an image area corresponding to the instruction section as an instruction image area from the pickup image data; detecting a position existing on a contour of the instruction image area, which is remotest from a reference position set in the instruction image area, as a remotest point and setting the input position on the basis of the remotest point; and generating input position setting progress information to show the operator the progress of setting the input position and superimposing the input position setting progress information on the image data to be displayed by the image display device.