Patent ID: 8751962
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: G06F,G08C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A remote control provided with a function for icon selection on a GUI of a display apparatus, comprising: a touchpad including touch sensors; an icon arrangement information acquisition unit for acquiring icon arrangement information on the GUI; a distinction output unit, outputting distinction for touching guidance of the touch sensor on the touchpad corresponding to the icon arrangement information on the GUI; a selection output unit for outputting a selection signal specifying the icon of the corresponding GUI resulting from touching of the touch sensor on the touchpad performed based on the distinction; wherein the icon arrangement information acquisition unit comprises means for acquiring depth position information about a plurality of icons aligned in the depth direction on the GUI in order in a nested form; and wherein the distinction output unit comprises means for depth distinction output for outputting the distinction aligned in the depth direction for touching guidance such that the size of the distinction becomes smaller in a nested manner based on the priority given thereto, but there is no superimposition of the distinction on the touchpad based on the acquired depth position information.