Patent ID: 9052767
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information terminal device having a touch panel, comprising: a pointer display unit configured to display one or more pointers indicating anchors serving as selection candidates in one or more directions when an icon displayed on a display screen of the touch panel has been touched; a touch region display unit configured to display touch regions corresponding to the pointers in a one-to-one correspondence; and an anchor selection unit configured to select the anchor indicated by the pointer corresponding to the touch region touched when one of the touch regions has been touched, wherein the pointer includes an extension line extending from a head of the pointer to an anchor at a closest distance position on the display screen, and wherein each of the anchor indicated by the pointer, the pointer, the extension line of the pointer, and the touch region is continuously displayed until a predetermined time has elapsed after a touch for the anchor has been released.