Patent ID: 9081430
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A pointing control device for selecting, from operators who perform a pointing operation of pointing at a position on a screen, a pointer who is allowed to determine a position of a cursor displayed on the screen, the pointing control device comprising: a position acquiring unit configured to, for each operator, acquire a position of a face and acquire a position of a fingertip or a substitute for a fingertip; a distance calculating unit configured to associate, for each operator, the position of the face with the position of the fingertip or the substitute, and to calculate, for each operator, a distance between the position of the face and the associated position of the fingertip or the substitute; a pointer selecting unit configured to select the pointer by using the distance; and a cursor position calculating unit configured to calculate the position of the cursor by using the position of the fingertip or the substitute acquired for the pointer, and to output the position of the cursor.