Patent Publication Number: US-8970518-B2

Title: Click position control apparatus, click position control method, and touch sensor system

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a click position control apparatus, a click position control method, and a touch sensor system that control a click position when a clickable touch sensor is clicked. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Recent CE (Consumer Electronics) apparatuses such as TV sets and BD recorders include network-ready applications to provide ways of use that are different from conventional TV viewing. Network-ready applications are applications such as video viewing using a network and photo viewers, for example. Cross keys, ten-keys and the like on existing remote controls do not allow sufficiently comfortable operations on these applications. Therefore there is a growing need for a new input device. 
     As such a new input device, a remote control using a clickable touch sensor that has a symmetric shape in both vertical and horizontal directions and provides a plurality of ways of holding to users has been developed. The clickable touch sensor includes a touch sensor which detects the position where a user is touching and a switch which is disposed under the touch sensor and is pressed when the user clicks the touch sensor. 
     To commercialize this remote control, robustness needs to be improved to withstand practical use by ordinary users and, in particular, unintended operation errors by users need to be prevented. An operation error can occur because there is a region where a finger used for the click operation deflects due to the structural makeup of the finger and the click operation cannot be performed at intended coordinates. For example, when a user operates the touch sensor with a finger (thumb, for example) while holding the remote control, it is difficult for the user to accurately press the touch sensor in the direction normal to the touch sensor and the press slightly deviates in the direction in which the finger (thumb) is bent. That is, a deflection of click occurs. 
     That is, there is a difference between the position where the user intentionally clicks on a touch sensor and the position where the user&#39;s click is actually detected because of an effect such as a deflection of click. The difference causes an operation error. 
     To prevent operation errors, PTL 1 discloses an input device having one or more buttons displayed on a touch panel to be pressed to perform an input, wherein correction is made. In the input device disclosed in PTL 1, a history of press operations performed on the tough panel by a user is maintained and when a pressed point is located out of a contact judgment range of a button displayed in a screen, the operation history of the past press operations performed up to that time is used to make rejudgment. If it is determined as a result of the rejudgment that one button has been pressed, the contact judgment range of the button is corrected to include the pressed point in the contact judgment range of the button. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     [PTL 1] 
     
         
         Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2008-242958 
       
    
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     However, the existing configuration described above has the following problems. 
     Because the apparatus in Patent Literature 1 uses an operation history of user&#39;s press operations for correcting a click position, no correction can be made until a certain amount of operation history of user&#39;s press operations is accumulated. Furthermore, when a history of press operations is not held, such as when the user is changed, no correction can be made. 
     Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the conventional problem and an object of the present invention is to provide a click position control apparatus, a click position control method, and a touch sensor system that are capable of preventing operation errors in click operations on an input device including a clickable touch sensor without needing an operation history. 
     Solution to Problem 
     In order to solve the problem, a click position control apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a click position control apparatus that controls a click position on a touch sensor clicked by a user when the user operates an input device including a clickable touch sensor including the touch sensor and a click detecting unit which is disposed under the touch sensor and is pressed when the user clicks the touch sensor, the click position control apparatus including: a touch position information generating unit configured to generate touch position information indicating a position on the touch sensor touched by the user; a click judging unit configured to detect a click on the click detecting unit; a click position information generating unit configured to generate click position information indicating a click position by using the touch position information when the click judging unit detects the click on the click detecting unit, the click position being a position at which the click detecting unit is pressed; and a correcting unit configured to correct the click position information on the basis of a positional relationship between at least one reference position on the input device and the click position, the at least one reference position being indicated in predetermined correction information. 
     Accordingly, because correction is made on the basis of a positional relationship between a predetermined reference position and a click position, information such as an operation history does not need to be stored for each individual user and operation errors can be prevented without needing an operation history. 
     Moreover, the correction information may further indicate a predetermined distance threshold, and the correcting unit may correct the click position information when a distance between the reference position and the click position is equal to or greater than the distance threshold. 
     With this configuration, the amount of processing can be reduced because correction is made when the distance between a reference position and a click position is equal to or greater than a distance threshold, and therefore correction does not need to be made when the click position is close to the reference position and therefore the possibility of occurrence of a deflection of click is low. In other words, when a click position is away from the reference position and therefore the possibility of occurrence of a deflection of click is high, the click position can be reliably corrected and an operation error can be prevented. 
     Furthermore, the correction information may further indicate a predetermined correction distance, and the correcting unit may correct the click position information so that the click position corrected is a position at the correction distance from the click position and in a direction from the reference position toward the click position. 
     With this configuration, when a click position is away from a reference position, an operation error can be prevented by correcting the click position by a predetermined correction distance in the direction from the reference position toward the click position, because in such a case a deflection of click can occur in the direction from the click position toward the reference position. 
     Moreover, the touch position information may further indicate a time at which the user has touched the touch sensor, the click position control apparatus may further include a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of touch position information including the touch position information, and the correcting unit may correct the click position information with reference to the pieces of touch position information stored in the storage unit. 
     With this configuration, a click position can be more accurately corrected to a position intended by the user because the correction is performed on the basis of a trajectory of touch positions on the touch sensor. 
     Furthermore, the click position information may further indicate a time at which the click detecting unit is pressed, the correction information may further indicate a predetermined correction amount of time, and the correcting unit may correct the click position information with reference to the pieces of touch position information stored in the storage unit so that the click position corrected is a position indicated in one of the pieces of touch position information which indicates a time which precedes the time indicated in the click position information by the correction amount of time. 
     With this configuration, an operation error can be prevented because a click position is corrected to a touch position indicating a time a correction amount of time before the time at which the click position has been detected, that is, the click position can be corrected to a position touched at a time before the occurrence of a deflection of click. 
     Moreover, the correction information may further indicate a predetermined correction distance, and the correcting unit may correct the click position information so that the click position corrected is, among positions indicated in the pieces of touch position information stored in the storage unit, a position closest to a position at the correction distance from the click position indicated in the click position information. 
     With this configuration, an operation error can be prevented because a click position is corrected to a touch position closest to a position at a correction distance from the click position, that is, the click position can be corrected to a position touched before the occurrence of a deflection of click. 
     Furthermore, the correcting unit may correct the click position information so that the click position corrected is, among the positions indicated in the pieces of touch position information stored in the storage unit, a position closest to a position at the correction distance from the click position indicated in the click position information along a trajectory of the touch position information. 
     With this configuration, more accurate correction can be made because a click position is corrected to a touch position closest to a position at a correction distance from the click position along the trajectory. 
     Moreover, the click detecting unit may be a pressure sensor which detects intensity of a click on the touch sensor by the user, the correction information may further indicate predetermined correction intensity, the click judging unit may: generate intensity information indicating intensity obtained from the pressure sensor; and detect the click on the click detecting unit when the intensity obtained from the pressure sensor is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference intensity value, the storage unit may further store the intensity information and the touch position information in association with each other, and the correcting unit may correct the click position information with reference to a plurality of pieces of intensity information and the pieces of touch position information stored in the storage unit so that the click position corrected is a position indicated in the touch position information associated with the intensity information indicating the intensity equal to or greater than the correction intensity, the pieces of intensity information including the intensity information. 
     With this configuration, a click position at the time when intensity at click position detection, namely click intensity, has become equal to or greater than reference click intensity is corrected to a touch position at which the click intensity has become equal to or greater than click intensity which is lower than the reference intensity value. Thus, the click position can be corrected to the position touched before occurrence of a deflection of click and an operation error can be prevented. 
     Furthermore, the click detecting unit may be a pressure sensor which detects intensity of a click on the touch sensor by the user, and the click judging unit may detect the click on the click detecting unit when intensity obtained from the pressure sensor is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference intensity value. 
     With this configuration, more accurate correction can be made because intensity information can be used. 
     Moreover, the click position control apparatus may further include: a grip information generating unit configured to generate grip information indicating how the user is holding the input device; a correction information storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of correction information including the correction information; and a selecting unit configured to select one of the pieces of correction information on the basis of the grip information, wherein the correcting unit may correct the click position information using the correction information selected by the selecting unit. 
     With this configuration, a click position can be corrected and an operation error can be prevented even when the user changes the way of holding the input device, because a plurality of pieces of correction information are stored beforehand and one of the pieces of correction information is selected according to holding information indicating the way of holding the input device. 
     Furthermore, the click position control apparatus may further include: a user information storage unit configured to store user information indicating a characteristic of the user, wherein the selecting unit may further correct the selected correction information on the basis of the user information, and the correcting unit may correct the click position information using the correction information corrected by said selecting unit. 
     With this configuration more accurate correction can be made in a manner appropriate to the user because correction information is changed according to a characteristic of the user. 
     Moreover, the grip information may be information indicating that the input device is being held by a left hand, a right hand or both hands of the user. 
     Furthermore, the grip information may be information indicating a position at which a hand of the user is in contact with the input device. 
     Moreover, the grip information may be information indicating an orientation of the input device. 
     Furthermore, the reference position may be a position on the clickable touch sensor or on a perimeter of the clickable touch sensor. 
     Moreover, the reference position may be a position at which a base of a finger operating the clickable touch sensor is located. 
     Furthermore, the present invention can be realized as a touch sensor system. The touch sensor system according to another aspect of the present invention includes: an input device which includes a clickable touch sensor; and a click position control apparatus which controls a click position on a touch sensor clicked by a user when the user operates the input device, wherein the clickable touch sensor includes: the touch sensor; and a click detecting unit which is disposed under the touch sensor and is pressed when the user clicks the touch sensor; the click position control apparatus includes: a touch position information generating unit configured to generate touch position information indicating a position on the touch sensor touched by the user; a click judging unit configured to detect a click on the click detecting unit; a click position information generating unit configured to generate click position information indicating a click position by using the touch position information when the click judging unit detects the click on the click detecting unit, the click position being a position at which the click detecting unit is pressed; and a correcting unit configured to correct the click position information on the basis of a positional relationship between at least one reference position on the input device and the click position, the at least one reference position being indicated in predetermined correction information. 
     It is to be noted that the present invention can be realized not only as the click position control apparatus but also as a method having, as steps, the processing units included in the click position control apparatus. Moreover, the present invention may be realized as a program causing a computer to execute the steps. Furthermore, the present invention may be realized as a computer-readable recording medium having the program recorded thereon such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) as well as information, data, or signals indicating the program. The program, information, data, and signals may be distributed via a communication network such as the Internet. 
     Moreover, part or all of the constituent elements included in each of the click position control apparatuses may be included in one system large scale integration (LSI). The system LSI is a super-multifunctional LSI manufactured by integrating the constituent elements on one chip and is, specifically, a computer system including a micro processing unit, a ROM, a RAM (Random Access Memory), and so on. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     The click position control apparatus according to the present invention is capable of preventing operation errors in click operations on a remote control including a clickable touch sensor without needing an operation history. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a cross sectional view illustrating an example of an input device in a first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the input device and an example of a display apparatus in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram for explaining an example of correction of a click position in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4A  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device including a clickable touch sensor and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus, which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4B  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a correcting unit in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 5  shows specific exemplary values of a correction reference point, a click position, and a correction judgment distance in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation for presetting parameters such as a correction reference point and a correction distance on the basis of correction information in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 7A  shows exemplary values of a correction reference point, a correction judgment threshold, and a correction distance in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 7B  shows other exemplary values of the correction reference point, the correction judgment threshold, and the correction distance in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by the correcting unit in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an input device and an example of a display apparatus in a second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 10  shows exemplary values of series of cursor positions information which represents a trajectory of a cursor displayed on a display screen of the display apparatus in the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 11  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device including a clickable touch sensor and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus, which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 12  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation for presetting parameters such as a correction reference point and a correction amount of time on the basis of correction information in the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 13  shows exemplary values of a correction reference point, a correction judgment threshold, and a correction amount of time in the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 14  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit in the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 15  shows exemplary values of a correction reference point, a correction judgment threshold, and a correction distance in a first variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 16  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit in the first variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 17  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit in a second variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 18  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device including a clickable touch sensor and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus, which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in a third variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 19  shows exemplary values of series of cursor positions information which represent a trajectory of a cursor displayed on a display screen of the display apparatus in the third variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 20  shows exemplary values of a correction reference point, a correction judgment threshold, and a click intensity threshold in the third variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 21  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit in the third variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 22  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an input device and an example of a display apparatus in a third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 23  is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for operating the input device held in a vertical orientation in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 24  is a diagram for explaining an example of correction of a left click position which is a position clicked with a left hand and an example of correction of a right click position which is a position clicked with a right hand in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 25  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device including a clickable touch sensor and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus, which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 26  shows specific exemplary values of an information ID, a click position, a correction reference point and a correction judgment distance in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 27  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation for presetting parameters such as a correction reference point and a correction distance on the basis of correction information in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 28  shows exemplary values of correction information in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 29  shows exemplary values of correction information in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 30  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 31  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device including a clickable touch sensor and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus, which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in a variation of the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 32  shows exemplary values of correction information corrected by a correction information determining unit in a variation of the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 33  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an input device and a display apparatus in a fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 34  shows exemplary values of series of cursor positions information which represents a trajectory of a cursor displayed on a display screen of the display apparatus in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 35  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus, which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 36  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation for presetting parameters such as a correction reference point and a correction amount of time on the basis of correction information in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 37  shows exemplary values of correction information in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 38  shows exemplary values of correction information in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 39  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 40  shows exemplary values of correction information in a first variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 41  shows exemplary values of correction information in the first variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 42  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit in the first variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 43  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit in a second variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 44  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus, which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in a third variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 45  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus, which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in a fourth variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 46  shows exemplary values of series of cursor positions information which represents a trajectory of a left cursor and a trajectory of a right cursor displayed on a display screen of the display apparatus in the fourth variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 47  shows exemplary values of correction information in the fourth variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 48  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit in the fourth variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 49  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of a click position control apparatus in a variation of an embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Embodiments of a click position control apparatus, a click position control method, and a touch sensor system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to drawings. 
     First Embodiment 
     A click position control apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus that controls a click position on a touch sensor clicked by a user when the user operates an input device that includes a clickable touch sensor including the touch sensor and a switch which is disposed under the touch sensor and is pressed when the user clicks the touch sensor. The click position control apparatus according to this embodiment is characterized in that a click position at which the switch is pressed is corrected on the basis of a positional relationship between the click position and a predetermined reference position. Specifically, the click position control apparatus according to the first embodiment corrects a click position information so that a corrected click position is at a position at a predetermined correction distance from the click position in a direction from the reference position toward the click position. 
     In the first embodiment of the present invention, an example is given in which uniform correction is made to click position information according to the distance between a point (a reference position) that serves as a benchmark on an input device and a click position (coordinates) indicating a user input on a clickable touch sensor. 
       FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of an input device  101  in the first embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , the input device  101  includes a clickable touch sensor  105  including a touch sensor  102  and a switch  103  and an enclosure  106 . 
     The touch sensor  102  is an example of a sensor that detects a position touched by a user and moves downward when clicked by the user. 
     The switch  103  is an example of a click detecting unit according to the present invention, disposed under the touch sensor  102 , and pressed when the user clicks the touch sensor  102 . Specifically, the switch  103  is disposed under the touch sensor  102  and is integral with the touch sensor  102 . When the user clicks the touch sensor  102  with a finger  104 , the switch  103  integrally disposed is pressed. 
     The clickable touch sensor  105  is made up of the integrally disposed touch sensor  102  and switch  103 . A technique to use a capacitive pad as the touch sensor  102  of the clickable touch sensor  105  to detect a position touched by a finger  104  is a well-known art and therefore description of such technique will be omitted. 
       FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the input device  101  and an example of a display apparatus  201  in the first embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 2 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 1  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     The input device  101  provides, by wireless communication, a signal indicating a position being touched by a user&#39;s finger  104  on the clickable touch sensor  105  and a click signal indicating a click when the clickable touch sensor  105  is pressed to the display apparatus  201 . A technology such as Bluetooth or ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 is used for the wireless communication, which is a well-known art and therefore description of such technology will be omitted here. 
     Based on the signal indicating the position provided from the input device  101 , the display apparatus  201  obtains position information about a point being touched by the finger  104  on the clickable touch sensor  105  and displays a cursor  203  at a position within a display screen  202  that corresponds to the obtained position information. The user can manipulate the cursor  203  displayed on the display screen  202  by moving the finger  104  on the clickable touch sensor  105 . 
     A coordinate system of the clickable touch sensor  105  and a coordinate system of the display screen  202  are associated with each other using absolute coordinates. Specifically, the coordinate systems are associated with each other on the basis of the ratio in size between the clickable touch sensor  105  and the display screen  202  (for example, widths in X-axis- and Y-axis-directions). 
     Assume for example that position information in the clickable touch sensor  105  is indicated in an X-coordinate range of 0 to 400 and a Y-coordinate range of 0 to 300 whereas position information in the display screen  202  is indicated in an X-coordinate range of 0 to 960 and a Y-coordinate range of 0 to 540. In this case, when the coordinates of a point in the clickable touch sensor  105  that is touched by a finger  104  of the user is ( 200 ,  150 ), the coordinate position of the cursor  203  displayed on the display screen  202  is ( 480 ,  270 ). 
     As the user moves the finger  104  on the clickable touch sensor  105 , the cursor  203  in the display screen  202  moves. The user also can click the clickable touch sensor  105  at a time at which the finger overlaps an intended object  204 . 
     At this point in time, the input device  101  detects the click on the touch sensor  102  by the user and provides a click signal to the display apparatus  201 . The display apparatus  201  determines whether the object  204  is selected or not on the basis of a signal indicating the position and the click signal provided from the clickable touch sensor  105  and information indicating the display position of the object  204  displayed on the display screen  202 . 
     For example, when the clickable touch sensor  105  is clicked while the coordinates of a point in the clickable touch sensor  105  that is touched by a finger of the user is ( 200 ,  150 ), the coordinate position ( 480 ,  270 ) at which the cursor  203  is currently displayed is recognized as a click position. When the coordinate position of the object  204  is ( 450 ,  200 ) and the size of the object  204  is 50 in an X-axis direction and 100 in a Y-axis direction, the display apparatus  201  determines that the object  204  is selected upon input of the coordinate position ( 480 ,  270 ) as a click position. 
       FIG. 3  is a diagram for explaining an example of correction of a click position in the first embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 3 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 1  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     First, a correction reference point  301  is defined at one point preset on the input device  101 . The correction reference point  301  is a position at which the base of a finger with which the clickable touch sensor  105  is operated is expected to be located. Specifically, the correction reference point  301  is set on a perimeter of the touch sensor  102  at a point at which a portion of an operating finger of the user  104  other than the tip of the finger  104  contacts the input device  101 . It should be noted that in the following description, coordinate values in the coordinate system of the display screen  202  that are converted from coordinate values of the correction reference point  301  on the clickable touch sensor  105  are used in all calculations using the correction reference point  301 . 
     A click position  302  represents a position at which press of the switch  103  is detected when the switch  103  (not depicted in  FIG. 3 ) is pressed by a click on the touch sensor  102  with a finger  104 . 
     A correction direction  303  is a straight direction from the correction reference point  301  to the click position  302 . Here, the click position  302  is ( 100 ,  200 ) in X- and Y-coordinates and the correction reference point  301  is ( 0 ,  0 ), for example. In this case, the correction direction  303  is a direction that has an inclination of (200−0)/(100−0)=2. 
     A corrected position  304  represents a position determined by correcting a click position according to the first embodiment. Specifically, the corrected position  304  represents a position at a predetermined correction distance  305  from a click position  302  in the correction direction  303 . A process for determining the corrected position  304  will be described later in detail. 
     A correction judgment distance  306  is the distance between the correction reference point  301  and a click position  302 . When the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance threshold, the click position  302  is corrected to the corrected position  304 . 
     Here, the correction reference point  301 , the correction distance  305 , and the distance threshold (correction judgment threshold) are determined by predetermined correction information. 
     While the correction reference point  301  is on the perimeter of the clickable touch sensor  105  at the point at which a portion excluding the tip of the user&#39;s finger  104  with which the clickable touch sensor  105  is operated contacts the input device  101  in the first embodiment, the correction reference point  301  may be a point on the clickable touch sensor  105 , or a point at which a hand with which the input device  101  is held contacts the input device  101 , or a combination of these four points. 
       FIG. 4A  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device  101  including a clickable touch sensor  105  in the first embodiment of the present invention and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus  201 , which is an example of the click position control apparatus in the first embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 4A , the same components as those in  FIGS. 1 and 2  are given the same reference numerals and description of those components will be omitted. 
     The input device  101  includes a clickable touch sensor  105  including a touch sensor  102  and a switch  103 . 
     The display apparatus  201  includes a touch position information generating unit  401 , a click judging unit  402 , a click position information generating unit  403 , a correcting unit  404 , a cursor position determining unit  405 , an object position storage unit  406 , an object selection determining unit  407 , a cursor display control unit  408 , an object display control unit  409 , a screen display control unit  410 , and a display screen  202 . 
     The touch position information generating unit  401  generates touch position information indicating a position within the touch sensor  102  touched by a user (hereinafter also referred to as a touch position). Specifically, the touch position information generating unit  401  obtains from the touch sensor  102  a signal indicating a position at which the user is touching the touch sensor  102 . The touch position information generating unit  401  then represents the position at which the user is touching the touch sensor  102  by X- and Y-coordinates and provides the coordinates representing the touch position to the click position information generating unit  403  and the cursor position determining unit  405  as touch position information. 
     It should be noted that the touch position information also indicates the time at which the user touched the touch sensor  102 . The touch position information indicates the position on the touch sensor  102  touched by the user by coordinate values in a coordinate system of the display screen  202  converted from coordinate values in a coordinate system of the touch sensor  102 . In this case, the touch position information is identical to cursor position information, which will be described later. 
     The click judging unit  402  detects a click on the switch  103  which is an example of the click detecting unit. Specifically, the click judging unit  402  receives a signal when the user clicks or releases the switch  103 , and represents the time at which the user has clicked the switch  103  by time information, and provides the time information to the click position information generating unit  403  as click information. 
     When the click judging unit  402  detects the click on the switch  103 , the click position information generating unit  403  uses touch position information to generate click position information indicating a click position (click position  302  in  FIG. 3 ), which is a position at which the switch  103  has been clicked. Note that the click position is specifically a position where the user is touching the touch sensor  102  at the time of press on the switch  103 . 
     For example, based on click information provided from the click judging unit  402  and touch position information provided from the touch position information generating unit  401 , the click position information generating unit  403  provides touch position information indicating the time identical to the time at which the user has clicked the clickable touch sensor  105  to the correcting unit  404  as click position information. It should be noted that like the touch position information, the click position information indicates the position on the touch sensor  102  at the time of the click on the touch sensor  102  by the user, represented by values in the coordinate system of the display screen  202  converted from the coordinate system of the touch sensor  102 . 
     The correcting unit  404  corrects click position information on the basis of a positional relationship between at least one reference position on the clickable touch sensor indicated in predetermined correction information and the click position. Note that the reference position is for example the correction reference point  301  depicted in  FIG. 3 . 
     For example, the correcting unit  404  determines a correction distance to be applied to a click position  302  according to the distance between the click position  302  indicated in click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  403  and the correction reference point  301 . The correcting unit  404  then corrects the click position information so that a corrected position  304  is at a position at the determined correction distance from the click position  302  in a correction direction  303 . The correcting unit  404  then provides the corrected click position information to the object selection determining unit  407 . 
     A detailed configuration of the correcting unit  404  will be described later with reference to  FIG. 4B . Specific exemplary values of the click position  302 , the correction reference point  301 , and the correction judgment distance  306  are shown in  FIG. 5 . 
     The cursor position determining unit  405  determines cursor position information of the cursor  203  to be displayed on the display screen  202  from touch position information provided from the touch position information generating unit  401  and provides the determined cursor position information to the cursor display control unit  408 . 
     The object position storage unit  406  is a memory or the like that stores position information for all objects  204  displayed on the display screen  202 . The object position storage unit  406  provides stored position information of all objects  204  to the object selection determining unit  407 . The position information for an object is information indicating a position and size in which the object is to be displayed in the display screen  202 . 
     The object selection determining unit  407  determines an object  204  selected, on the basis of corrected click position information provided from the correcting unit  404  and position information of objects  204  provided from the object position storage unit  406 . The object selection determining unit  407  then provides information indicating the selected object  204  to the object display control unit  409 . 
     The cursor display control unit  408  performs control concerning display of the cursor  203  such as a display effect of the cursor  203  when moved, on the basis of position information of the cursor  203  provided from the cursor position determining unit  405 . The cursor display control unit  408  then provides cursor display information indicating the result of the control concerning the cursor  203  to the screen display control unit  410 . 
     The object display control unit  409  performs control concerning display of objects  204  in general such as a display effect of a selected object  204 , on the basis of information indicating the selected object  204  provided from the object selection determining unit  407 . The object display control unit  409  then provides object display information indicating the result of the control concerning to the object  204  to the screen display control unit  410 . 
     The screen display control unit  410  receives cursor display information provided from the cursor display control unit  408  and object display information provided from the object display control unit  409  and controls display in general such as the cursor  203  and all objects  204  displayed on the display screen  202 . 
     A detailed configuration of the correcting unit  404  according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below.  FIG. 4B  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary detailed configuration of the correcting unit  404  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
     The correcting unit  404  according to the first embodiment corrects click position information when the distance between a correction reference point  301  and a click position  302  is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance threshold. Specifically, the correcting unit  404  corrects click position information so that a click position after correction is at a position (a corrected position  304 ) a correction distance  305  from the click position  302  in the direction from the correction reference point  301  to the click position  302 , that is, in a correction direction  303 . As illustrated in  FIG. 4B , the correcting unit  404  includes a correction reference point storage unit  441 , a correction judgment threshold storage unit  442 , a correction value storage unit  443 , a correction calculating unit  444 , and a click position information calculating unit  445 . 
     The correction reference point storage unit  441  is a memory for storing information indicating a correction reference point  301 . 
     The correction judgment threshold storage unit  442  is a memory for storing a distance threshold which is a threshold used in determination as to whether or not a correction process is to be performed. 
     The correction value storage unit  443  is a memory for storing information indicating a correction distance  305  which represents the amount of correction of a click position. 
     The correction calculating unit  444  uses information indicating a correction reference point  301  and click position information indicating a click position  302  to calculate the distance between the correction reference point  301  and the click position  302  (a correction judgment distance  306 ). The correction calculating unit  444  then determines whether or not the calculated correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than the distance threshold stored in the correction judgment threshold storage unit  442 . 
     When the correction calculating unit  444  determines that the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than the distance threshold, the correction calculating unit  444  determines a correction direction  303 . Specifically, the correction calculating unit  444  calculates an inclination between the correction reference point  301  and the click position  302  to determine the correction direction  303 . The correction calculating unit  444  then provides information indicating the determined correction direction  303  and the click position information to the click position information calculating unit  445 . 
     On the other hand, when the correction calculating unit  444  determines that the calculated distance is smaller than the distance threshold, the correction calculating unit  444  provides the click position information to the object selection determining unit  407  without correction because correction does not need to be made. 
     The click position information calculating unit  445  calculates a corrected position  304  on the basis of click position information, information indicating a correction direction  303 , and information indicating a correction distance  305 . Specifically, the click position information calculating unit  445  calculates a corrected position  304  which is a position at the correction distance  305  from the click position  302  in the correction direction  303 . The click position information calculating unit  445  then provides corrected click position information indicating the calculated corrected position  304  to the object selection determining unit  407 . 
     An operation of the click position control apparatus in the first embodiment having the configuration described above will be described below in detail with specific examples. 
       FIG. 5  shows specific exemplary values of a correction reference point  301 , a click position  302 , and a correction judgment distance  306  in the first embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 5 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 3  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
       FIG. 5  illustrates an example in which “occurrence of a click operation on the clickable touch sensor  105  has been detected at ( 200 ,  200 )” and an example in which “occurrence of a click operation on the clickable touch sensor  105  has been detected at ( 300 ,  300 )”. 
     It should be noted that the correction judgment distance  306  is the distance between a correction reference point  301  and a click position  302  as described above and is calculated by the correcting unit  404  by using coordinate values represented by X- and Y-coordinates. Specifically, the correction judgment distance  306  is calculated as the square root of the sum of squares of a difference between the X-coordinate of the correction reference point  301  and the X-coordinate of the click position  302  and a difference between the Y-coordinate of the correction reference point  301  and the Y-coordinate of the click position  302 . 
       FIG. 6  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation for presetting parameters such as a correction reference point  301  and a correction distance  305  on the basis of correction information in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
     First, the correcting unit  404  sets a correction reference point  301  which serves as a reference point required for calculating a correction judgment distance  306  (step S 101 ). Specifically, the correcting unit  404  causes the correction reference point storage unit  441  to store a correction reference point  301  indicated in correction information. Note that the correction information here is information predetermined at the time of manufacture or predetermined by the user when using the input device  101 , for example, and is information indicating conditions for correcting a click position. 
     The correcting unit  404  then sets a correction judgment threshold (distance threshold) for determining whether or not a click position is to be corrected and a correction distance corresponding to the correction judgment threshold (step S 102 ). Specifically, the correcting unit  404  causes the correction judgment threshold storage unit  442  to store a correction judgment threshold indicated in correction information and causes the correction value storage unit  443  to store a correction distance  305 . 
       FIG. 7A  shows specific exemplary values of coordinates of the correction reference point  301 , the correction judgment threshold, and the correction distance  305  set by the correcting unit  404 . 
       FIG. 7A  shows exemplary values of the correction reference point  301 , the correction judgment threshold  501 , and the correction distance  305  in the first embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 7A , the same elements as those in  FIG. 3  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
       FIG. 7A  illustrates an example in which “when the correction reference point  301  is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  ( 300 ), a position at a correction distance  305  of ( 20 ) from a click position  302  in a correction direction  303  is set as a corrected click position”. 
     It should be noted that while one correction judgment threshold  501  and one correction distance  305  associated with the correction judgment threshold  501  are used in the example illustrated in  FIG. 7A , a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  501  and a plurality of correction distances  305  may be used. Here, the correction judgment threshold storage unit  442  and the correction value storage unit  443  store the correction judgment threshold  501  and the correction distance  305  in association with each other. 
     Referring to  FIG. 7B , an example will be described in which a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  501  and a plurality of correction distances  305  are stored. 
     The example in  FIG. 7B  shows that “when the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  501  of ( 300 ) and smaller than a correction threshold of ( 400 ), a position at a correction distance  305  of ( 20 ) from a click position  302  in a correction direction  303  is set as a corrected position”. The example also shows that “when the correction judgment distance  306  is greater than a correction judgment threshold  501  of ( 400 ), a position at a correction distance  305  of ( 30 ) from a click position  302  in the correction direction  303  is set as a corrected click position”. 
     In this way, if a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  501  are used, the correction judgment thresholds  501  and correction distances  305  are stored in association with each other. It should be noted that preferably, the greater the correction judgment threshold  501  is, the greater the correction distance  305  is. That is, preferably, the farther a click position is from a predetermined reference position (correction reference point  301 ), the greater correction is made, that is, the greater correction distance  305  is set. This is because a deflection of click generally increases as the distance from the correction reference point  301  increases. 
       FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a click position information correcting method performed by the correcting unit  404  in the first embodiment of the present invention. 
     First, the correcting unit  404  obtains click position information (step S 201 ). Specifically, a click on the clickable touch sensor  105  by the user causes the click position information generating unit  403  to provide click position information to the correcting unit  404 . 
     Then, the correcting unit  404  calculates a correction judgment distance  306 , which is the distance between the correction reference point  301  and the click position  302  (step S 202 ). 
     The correcting unit  404  then compares the correction judgment distance  306  with the correction judgment threshold  501  (step S 203 ). When the correction judgment distance  306  is less than the correction judgment threshold  501  (Yes at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  404  does not correct the click position information (step S 204 ). That is, the correcting unit  404  provides the click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  403  to the object selection determining unit  407 . 
     When the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  (No at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  404  uses the correction distance  305  and the correction direction  303  to correct the click position information (step S 205 ). Specifically, the correcting unit  404  calculates a corrected position which is a position at the correction distance  305  from the click position  302  indicated in the click position information in the correction direction  303  and generates information indicating the calculated corrected position  304  as corrected click position information. 
     The process described above and illustrated in  FIG. 8  will be described using specific exemplary values. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , ( 0 ,  0 ) is used as the correction reference point  301  and two points ( 200 ,  200 ) and ( 300 ,  300 ) are used as click positions  302 . Also, ( 300 ) is used as the correction judgment threshold  501  and ( 20 ) is used as the correction distance  305  as illustrated in  FIG. 7A . 
     First, the correcting unit  404  calculates correction judgment distances  306  (step S 202 ). The correction judgment distances  306  calculated are ( 280 ) and ( 420 ). 
     The correcting unit  404  then compares each correction judgment distance  306  with the correction judgment threshold  501  (step S 203 ). Since the correction judgment distance  306  ( 280 ) is less than the correction judgment threshold  501  ( 300 ) (Yes at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  404  does not correct the click position ( 200 ,  200 ). Accordingly, the click information indicating the click position ( 200 ,  200 ) is provided to the object selection determining unit  407  without correction. 
     Then, since the correction judgment distance  306  ( 420 ) is greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  ( 300 ) (No at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  404  calculates a corrected position  304  which is a position at a correction distance of ( 20 ) from the click position ( 300 ,  300 ) in a direction of a straight line between the click position  302  and the correction reference point  301  (correction direction  300 ). That is, the X-coordinate of the corrected position  304  is 300+14=314 and the Y-coordinate of the corrected position  304  is 300+14=314. Thus, the corrected position  304  indicated in the corrected click position information is calculated as ( 314 ,  314 ). 
     As described above, the click position control apparatus according to the first embodiment corrects a click position at which the switch  103  is pressed when the distance between a predetermined reference position and the click position is equal to or greater than a threshold. Specifically, the click position control apparatus according to the first embodiment corrects click position information so that a corrected click position is at a position at a correction distance from the click position in the direction from a reference position toward the click position. That is, the click position control apparatus according to the first embodiment assumes a detected click position to be deflected from the click position intended by a user in the direction of the reference position and corrects the deflection. 
     Thus, a click position can be corrected simply by presetting parameters such as a threshold and a correction distance. Accordingly, an operation error due to a deflection of a click by a user can be prevented without needing a user operation history or the like even when the user is changed or when a new user uses the apparatus. 
     Second Embodiment 
     A click position control apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention is characterized by including a storage unit which stores a plurality of pieces of touch position information, and by correcting click position information with reference to the pieces of touch position information stored in the storage unit. 
     In the second embodiment, an example will be given first in which click position information is corrected on the basis of a record of touch position information indicating positions at which a user touched a touch sensor, that is, a trajectory of touch positions according to the distance between a point (reference position) which serves as a benchmark on an input device and a click position (coordinates) which indicates an input by the user on a clickable touch sensor. 
     It should be noted that since a touch position is represented as coordinates on a display screen in the second embodiment, a touch position is identical to a cursor position. Therefore, a trajectory of a cursor displayed on the display screen is used as a trajectory of touch positions in the second embodiment. 
     A cross section of an input device  101  in the second embodiment of the present invention is similar to that in the first embodiment and therefore a cross-sectional view of the input device  101  will be omitted. 
       FIG. 9  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the input device  101  and an example of a display apparatus  601  in the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 9 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 1  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     The display apparatus  601  obtains position information on a point at which a finger  104  is touching a clickable touch sensor  105  on the basis of a position signal provided from the input device  101  and displays a cursor  203  at a position on a display screen  202  that corresponds to the obtained position information in the same fashion as the display apparatus  201  in the first embodiment. The display apparatus  601  also detects a click on the clickable touch sensor  105  by a user and performs processing such as object  204  judgment processing in the same fashion as the display apparatus  201  in the first embodiment. 
     In addition, the display apparatus  601  includes a storage unit which stores a history of movements of the cursor  203  displayed on the display screen  202  (a cursor trajectory  605 ) as series of cursor positions information. In the second embodiment, correction of click position information is made by selecting one cursor position from the series of cursor positions information indicating a cursor position trajectory  205 . A specific example of series of cursor positions information will be described in detail with reference to  FIG. 10 . 
       FIG. 10  shows exemplary values of series of cursor positions information  701  indicating a trajectory of the cursor  203  displayed on the display screen  202  of the display apparatus  601  in the second embodiment of the present invention. 
     The series of cursor positions information  701  indicates times  702  at which position information of the cursor  203  (that is, touch position information) was inputted and cursor positions  703  corresponding to the times  702 . The example in  FIG. 10  illustrates that “the cursor  203  was displayed at positions ( 480 ,  135 ), ( 360 ,  160 ), ( 355 ,  280 ), ( 315 ,  300 ), and ( 300 ,  300 ) on the display screen  202  at times 30 ms, 60 ms, 90 ms, 120 ms, and 150 ms, respectively”. 
       FIG. 11  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device  101  including a clickable touch sensor  105  and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus  601 , which is an example of the click position control apparatus in the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 11 , the same components as those in  FIGS. 1 ,  4 A and  9  are given the same reference numerals and description of those components will be omitted. 
     The display apparatus  601  differs from the display apparatus  201  described in the first embodiment in that the display apparatus  601  includes a click position information generating unit  803 , a correcting unit  804 , and a cursor position determining unit  805  instead of the click position information generating unit  403 , the correcting unit  404 , and the cursor position determining unit  405  and includes a series of cursor positions storage unit  811  in addition. 
     Like the click position information generating unit  403 , the click position information generating unit  803  generates click position information and provides the generated click position information to the correcting unit  804 . The click position information generating unit  803  also puts time information (click information) provided from a click judging unit  402  in the click position information and provides the information to the correcting unit  804 . That is, the click position information provided to the correcting unit  804  indicates a time at which a switch  103  was pressed and the position at which the user touched the touch sensor  102  at that time. 
     The correcting unit  804  refers to series of cursor positions information  701  stored in the series of cursor positions storage unit  811  to correct click position information. Specifically, the correcting unit  804  refers to series of cursor positions information  701  to correct click position information so that corrected click position information represents a position indicated in cursor position information indicating a time which precedes the time indicated in the click position information by a predetermined correction amount of time. 
     More specifically, the correcting unit  804  selects one cursor position from the series of cursor positions information  701  provided from the series of cursor positions storage unit  811 , according to the distance between a click position  302  indicated in the click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  803  and a correction reference point  301 . The correcting unit  804  then provides cursor position information indicating the one cursor position  703  selected from the series of cursor positions information  701  to an object selection determining unit  407  as a click position information. 
     Exemplary values of the click position  302 , the correction reference point  301 , and the correction judgment distance  306  are shown in  FIG. 5 . A process performed by the correcting unit  804  for selecting one cursor point from the series of cursor positions information  701  is illustrated in detail in  FIG. 14 . 
     The cursor position determining unit  805  determines cursor position information of the cursor  203  displayed on the display screen  202  from touch position information provided from the touch position information generating unit  401  in the same fashion as the cursor position determining unit  405 . The cursor position determining unit  805  then provides the determined cursor position information to the series of cursor positions storage unit  811  as well as to a cursor display control unit  408 . It should be noted that as shown in  FIG. 10 , the cursor position information is information which indicates a cursor position  703  determined on the basis of touch positions indicated in touch position information and a time  702  indicated in the touch position information (that is, information in one row in  FIG. 10 ). 
     The series of cursor positions storage unit  811 , which is an example of the storage unit according to the present invention, stores cursor position information generated on the basis of touch position information. Specifically, the series of cursor positions storage unit  811  stores, as series of cursor positions information  701 , a plurality of pieces of cursor position information including cursor positions  703  and times  702  associated with the cursor positions  703 , provided from the cursor position determining unit  805 . The series of cursor positions storage unit  811  provides the stored series of cursor positions information  701  to the correcting unit  804  according to an instruction from the correcting unit  804 . 
       FIG. 12  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation for presetting parameters such as a correction reference point  301  and a correction amount of time on the basis of correction information in the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 12 , the same operations as those in  FIG. 6  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     First, the correcting unit  804  sets a correction reference point  301  which serves as a reference position required for calculating a correction judgment distance  306  (step S 101 ). Specific operation is the same as the operation performed by the correcting unit  404  according to the first embodiment. 
     Then, the correcting unit  804  sets a correction judgment threshold for determining whether or not a click position is to be corrected and a correction amount of time corresponding to the correction judgment threshold (step S 302 ).  FIG. 13  shows specific exemplary values of the coordinates of the correction reference point  301 , the correction judgment threshold, and the correction amount of time set by the correcting unit  804 . 
       FIG. 13  shows exemplary values of the correction reference point  301 , the correction judgment threshold  501 , and the correction amount of time  901  in the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 13 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 3 and 7A  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
       FIG. 13  illustrates that “when the correction reference point  301  is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  ( 300 ), a correction amount of time  901  of (30 ms) is used to make correction”. More specifically,  FIG. 13  illustrates that “when the correction reference point  301  is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  ( 300 ), a position at which the user was touching the touch sensor  102  a correction amount of time  901  of (30 ms) before the time indicated in click position information is set as a corrected click position”. 
     While one correction judgment threshold  501  and one correction amount of time  901  associated with the correction judgment threshold  501  are used in the example illustrated in  FIG. 13 , a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  501  and a plurality of correction amounts of time  901  may be used. Specifically, if a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  501  are used, the correction judgment thresholds  501  and correction amounts of time  901  are stored in association with each other. In this case, preferably the correction amount of time  901  increases as the correction judgment threshold  501  increases. That is, preferably, the farther a click position is from a predetermined reference position (correction reference point  301 ), the greater correction is made, that is, the greater correction amount of time  901  is set. This is because a deflection of click generally increases as the distance from the correction reference point  301  increases. 
       FIG. 14  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method performed by the correcting unit  804  for correcting click position information in the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 14 , the same operations as those in  FIG. 8  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 14 , the operations (step S 201  to step S 203 ) of obtaining click position information by the correcting unit  804 , calculating a correction judgment distance  306 , and comparing the calculated correction judgment distance  306  with a correction judgment threshold  501  are the same as those in  FIG. 8 . 
     When the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  (No at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  804  obtains series of cursor positions information  701  from the series of cursor positions storage unit  811  (step S 405 ). Here, time information indicating a time at which a click position  302  was detected is referred to as correction reference time information. That is, the correction reference time is a time indicated in click position information and indicates a time at which the switch  103  was pressed by a click on the touch sensor  102  by the user. 
     The correcting unit  804  subtracts the correction amount of time  901  from the correction reference time information (step S 406 ). That is, the correcting unit  804  calculates a time the correction amount of time  901  before the time indicated in the correction reference time information, that is, the time at which the switch  103  was clicked. 
     The correcting unit  804  then replaces the click position information with cursor position information indicating a cursor position  703  corresponding to a time  702  identical to the calculated past time. 
     In this way, the correcting unit  804  refers to cursor position information stored in the series of cursor positions storage unit  811  to correct click position information so that a position corresponding to a corrected click position is the cursor position corresponding to a time a correction amount of time  901  before the time indicated in the click position information. 
     The process described above and illustrated in  FIG. 14  will be described using specific exemplary values. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , ( 0 ,  0 ) is used as the correction reference point  301  and two points ( 200 ,  200 ) and ( 300 ,  300 ) are used as click positions  302 . Also, ( 300 ) is used as the correction judgment threshold  501  and ( 20 ) is used as the correction amount of time  901  as illustrated in  FIG. 13 . 
     First, the correcting unit  804  calculates correction judgment distances  306  (step S 202 ). The correction judgment distances  306  calculated are ( 280 ) and ( 420 ). 
     The correcting unit  804  then compares each correction judgment distance  306  with the correction judgment threshold  501  (step S 203 ). Since the correction judgment distance  306  ( 280 ) is less than the correction judgment threshold  501  ( 300 ) (Yes at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  804  does not correct the click position  302  ( 200 ,  200 ). Accordingly, click information indicating the click position ( 200 ,  200 ) is provided to an object selection determining unit  407 . 
     Then, since the correction judgment distance  306  ( 420 ) is greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  ( 300 ) (No at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  804  corrects the click position information that indicates the click position ( 300 ,  300 ). First, the correcting unit  804  obtains series of cursor positions information  701  from the series of cursor positions storage unit  811  (step S 405 ). For example, the correcting unit  804  obtains the series of cursor positions information shown in  FIG. 10 . 
     Here, the correction reference time is a time indicated in the click position information indicating the click position ( 300 ,  300 ). The correction reference time in this case is (150 ms) as shown in  FIG. 10 . 
     The correcting unit  804  then subtracts the correction amount of time  901  (30 ms) from the correction reference time (150 ms) to obtain a past time (step S 406 ). Here, the past time is (120 ms). 
     The correcting unit  804  then replaces the click position information with cursor position information indicating a cursor position ( 315 ,  300 ) corresponding to a time  702  identical to the past time (120 ms) (step S 407 ). That is, the correcting unit  804  corrects the click position information so that a corrected position is the cursor position ( 315 ,  340 ). 
     In this way, the click position control apparatus according to the second embodiment corrects a click position when the distance between a predetermined reference position and a click position at which the switch  103  was clicked is equal to or greater than a threshold. Specifically, the click position control apparatus according to the second embodiment refers to series of cursor positions information stored in the series of cursor positions storage unit  811  to correct click position information so that a corrected click position is a position indicated in the cursor position information that indicates a past time a correction amount of time before the time indicated in the click position information. 
     Thus, a click position can be corrected simply by presetting parameters such as a threshold and a correction amount of time. Accordingly, an operation error due to a deflection of a click by a user can be prevented without needing a user operation history or the like even when the user is changed or when a new uses the apparatus. 
     (First Variation of Second Embodiment) 
     While a method performed by the correcting unit  804  for correcting click position information using a correction amount of time  901  has been described with reference to  FIGS. 13 and 14 , a click position control apparatus according to a first variation of the second embodiment may use a correction distance instead of the correction amount of time  901 . A method for correcting click position information using a correction distance will be described below with reference to  FIGS. 15 and 16 . 
       FIG. 15  shows exemplary values of a correction reference point  301 , a correction judgment threshold  501 , and a correction distance  1001  in the first variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 15 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 3 and 7A  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
       FIG. 15  shows that “when the correction reference point  301  is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  501  of ( 300 ), a correction distance  1001  of ( 20 ) is used to perform correction”. More specifically,  FIG. 15  shows that “when the correction reference point  301  is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  501  of ( 300 ), a click position  302  is corrected to a position closest to a position at a correction distance  1001  of ( 20 ) from the click position  302 ”. 
     While one correction judgment threshold  501  and one correction distance  1001  associated with the correction judgment threshold  501  are used in the example shown in  FIG. 15 , a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  501  and a plurality of correction distances  1001  may be used. 
       FIG. 16  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method performed by a correcting unit  804  for correcting click position information in the first variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 16 , the same operations as those in  FIG. 14  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 16 , the operations (step S 201  to step S 203 ) of obtaining click position information by the correcting unit  804 , calculating a correction judgment distance  306 , and comparing the calculated correction judgment distance  306  with a correction judgment threshold  501  are the same as those in  FIG. 14 . The operation of obtaining series of cursor positions information (step S 405 ) performed by the correcting unit  804  when the correction judgment distance  306  is greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  is also the same as the operation in  FIG. 14 . 
     The correcting unit  804  calculates the distance between a cursor positions  703  indicated in every piece of cursor position information contained in series of cursor positions information  701  and a click position  302  indicated in the click position information. It should be noted that the calculation here is performed with one of the coordinate system in the touch sensor  102  and the coordinate system in the display screen  202 . The correcting unit  804  then determines cursor position information that resulted in a calculated distance identical or closest to the correction distance  1001  (step S 506 ). 
     Here, when there are a plurality of identical or closest pieces of cursor position information (No at step S 507 ), the correcting unit  804  selects a piece of cursor position information that corresponds to a time closest to the time indicated in the click position information among the plurality of pieces of cursor position information (step S 508 ). The correcting unit  804  replaces the click position information with the cursor position information thus determined or selected (step S 509 ). 
     In this way, the correcting unit  804  refers to cursor position information stored in the series of cursor positions storage unit  811  to correct click position information so that a corrected click position is a position closest to a position at the correction distance  1001  from the position indicated in the click position information. 
     The process described above and illustrated in  FIG. 16  will be described using specific exemplary values. The values used are the same as those used in  FIG. 14  and the results of the calculations illustrated in  FIG. 14  are used. 
     The correcting unit  804  calculates the distance between a click position  302  ( 300 ,  300 ) indicated in click position information and every cursor position ( 480 ,  135 ), ( 360 ,  160 ), ( 355 ,  280 ), ( 315 ,  300 ) in series of cursor positions information  701  obtained from the series of cursor positions storage unit  811 , excluding a cursor position that is identical to the click position  302  ( 300 ,  300 ). Results of the calculations are 244, 152, 62, and 15 (digits to the right of the decimal point of each values were discarded), respectively, and a cursor position information closest to the correction distance  1001  ( 20 ) is ( 315 ,  300 ) (step S 506 ). 
     Then, correcting unit  804  determines whether or not there are a plurality of pieces of cursor position information with calculated distances that are equal or closest to the correction distance  1001 . Here, there are not a plurality of pieces of cursor position information (Yes at step S 507 ). Therefore the cursor position information indicating the cursor position ( 315 ,  300 ) is determined to be corrected click position information (step S 509 ). 
     While the distance between the cursor position indicated in every piece of cursor position information contained in the series of cursor positions information  701  and the click position indicated in click position information is calculated in the example described above, only the distances to cursor positions at times before the time indicated in the click position information need to be calculated. Alternatively, the distances to cursor positions at times within a predetermined time period before the time indicated in the click position information may be calculated. In this way, the distances to only some of the cursor positions need to be calculated and the amount of processing can be reduced accordingly. 
     (Second Variation of Second Embodiment) 
     Referring to  FIG. 16 , a method for correcting click position information performed by the correcting unit  804  has been described in which the click position information is replaced with cursor position information indicating a distance to the click position  302  that is equal or closest to the correction distance  1001 . That is, the click position  302  is corrected to a cursor position that coincides with or closest to the circumference of a circle that is centered on the click position  302  and has a radius equal to the correction distance  1001 . 
     A method of a second variation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to  FIG. 17  in which correction is made by calculating distances between cursor positions along a trajectory of the cursor and replacing click position information with cursor position information with a sum of the calculated distances between cursor positions that is equal or closest to a correction distance. 
       FIG. 17  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit  804  in the second variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 17 , the same operations as those in  FIG. 14  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 17 , the operations (step S 201  to step S 203 ) of obtaining click position information by the correcting unit  804 , calculating a correction judgment distance  306 , and comparing the calculated correction judgment distance  306  with a correction judgment threshold  501  are the same as those in  FIG. 14 . The operation of obtaining series of cursor positions information (step S 405 ) performed by the correcting unit  804  when the correction judgment distance  306  is greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  is also the same as the operation in  FIG. 14 . 
     The correcting unit  804  selects cursor position information that indicates a cursor position  703  identical to a click position  302  indicated in click position information from series of cursor positions information  701  (step S 606 ). Here, a cursor position  703  that is identical to a click position  302  indicated in click position information is referred to as a correction reference position and cursor position information indicating the cursor position  703  is referred to as correction reference position information. 
     The correcting unit  804  refers to the series of cursor positions information  701  and, based on time information indicating times  702  contained in the series of cursor positions information  701 , calculates the distance between a cursor position indicated in cursor position information just preceding in time the correction reference position information and the correction reference position (step S 607 ). The distance between two cursor positions indicate by series of cursor positions information  701  is hereinafter referred to as an inter-cursor-position distance. 
     The correcting unit  804  then determines whether or not the calculated inter-cursor-position distance is equal to or greater than a correction distance  1001  (step S 608 ). When the calculated inter-cursor-position distance is equal to or greater than the correction distance  1001  (Yes at step S 608 ), the correcting unit  804  replaces the click position information with earliest-time cursor position information among the cursor position information used in the inter-cursor-position distance calculation (step S 609 ). 
     On the other hand, when the calculated inter-cursor-position distance is less than the correction distance  1001  (No at step S 608 ), the correcting unit  804  goes back to previous two adjacent pieces of cursor position information according to the time information and performs the same calculation on them (step S 607 ). The correcting unit  804  then adds the calculated distance to the inter-cursor-position distance. Thus, the correcting unit  804  calculates sums of inter-cursor-position distances one after another. 
     Specifically, at the second calculation, the distance between a cursor position indicated in cursor position information just preceding in time the correction reference position information and a cursor position indicted by cursor position information preceding in time that cursor position information is calculated. Then, the distance between the two positions is added to the inter-cursor-position distance (the distance between the correction reference position and the cursor position just preceding in time the correction reference position information). 
     The correcting unit  804  then compares the sum of the inter-cursor-position distances with the correction distance  1001  (step S 608 ). When the sum of the inter-cursor-position distances is less than the correction distance  1001  (No at step S 608 ), the correcting unit  804  calculates an additional inter-cursor-position distance (returns to step S 607 ). 
     When the sum of the inter-cursor-position distances is equal to or greater than the correction distance  1001 , or when all pieces of cursor position information stored as series of cursor positions information  701  are used in the distance calculation (Yes at step S 608 ), the correcting unit  804  replaces the click position information with the earliest-time cursor position information among the cursor position information used in the cursor position distance calculations (step S 609 ). 
     In this way, the correcting unit  804  calculates the distances between adjacent two points along a trajectory of cursor positions one after another. Then, the correcting unit  804  calculates the sum of the distances calculated one after another and corrects the click position information so that a corrected click position is a cursor position at which the calculated sum becomes equal to or greater than the correction distance  1001 . 
     The process described above and illustrated in  FIG. 17  will be described using specific exemplary values. The values used are the same as those used in  FIGS. 14 and 16  and the results of calculations illustrated in  FIGS. 14 and 16  will be used. 
     Since the click position  302  indicated in click position information is ( 300 ,  300 ), the correcting unit  804  refers to series of cursor positions information  701  to determine correction reference position information (step S 606 ). Here, the correction reference position indicated in the correction reference position information is ( 300 ,  300 ). 
     The correcting unit  804  then calculates the distance between the correction reference position ( 300 ,  300 ) and a cursor position ( 315 ,  300 ) immediately preceding the correction reference position ( 300 ,  300 ) to yield an inter-cursor-position distance of ( 15 ) (step S 607 ). The correcting unit  804  then compares the inter-cursor-position distance ( 15 ) with the correction distance  1001  ( 20 ) (step S 608 ). 
     Here, the inter-cursor-position distance ( 15 ) is smaller (No at step S 608 ). Therefore the correcting unit  804  calculates the distance between the cursor position ( 315 ,  300 ) immediately preceding the correction reference position and a cursor position ( 355 ,  280 ) preceding that cursor position ( 315 ,  300 ) to yield an inter-cursor-position distance of ( 50 ). 
     The inter-cursor-position distance ( 50 ) is added to the previously yielded inter-cursor-position distance ( 15 ) to yield a sum of ( 65 ). The correcting unit  804  then compares the sum ( 65 ) of the inter-cursor-position distances with the correction distance  1001  ( 20 ) (step S 608 ). 
     Here, the sum ( 65 ) of the inter-cursor-position distances is greater than the correction distance  1001  ( 15 ) (Yes at step S 608 ). Therefore the correcting unit  804  sets as a corrected click position a cursor position ( 355 ,  280 ) that corresponds to the earliest time among cursor positions ( 300 ,  300 ), ( 315 ,  300 ), ( 355 ,  280 ) indicated in the cursor position information used in the inter-cursor-position distance calculation. 
     In this way, the correcting unit  804  may correct click position information so that a corrected position  304  is a cursor position closest to a position at a correction distance  1001  from a click position  302  indicated in click position information. In this case, the correcting unit  804  may correct the click position information so that the corrected position  304  is the cursor position closest to a position at the correction distance  1001  from the click position  302  along a trajectory of the cursor. 
     (Third Variation of Second Embodiment) 
     An input device according to the second embodiment may include a pressure sensor instead of the switch. A method for correcting click position information using an input device  1101  including a pressure sensor  1103  in place of the switch  103  illustrated in  FIG. 11  will be described with reference to  FIGS. 18 to 21 . 
       FIG. 18  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device  1101  including a clickable touch sensor  1105  and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus  1201 , which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in a third variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 18 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 1 and 11  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     The input device  1101  includes a clickable touch sensor  1105  including a touch sensor  102  and a pressure sensor  1103 . 
     The pressure sensor  1103 , which is an example of the click detecting unit according to the present invention, is disposed under the touch sensor  102 , is integral with the touch sensor  102 , and detects the intensity of a click on the touch sensor  102  by a user. The pressure sensor  1103  provides a signal indicating the intensity of a click on the touch sensor by the user to a display apparatus  1201 . That is, whereas the switch  103  can be placed in two states, pressed and not pressed, the pressure sensor  1103  detects the degree of press as the intensity of a click. 
     The display apparatus  1201  differs from the display apparatus  601  in the second embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 11  in that the display apparatus  1201  includes a click judging unit  1202 , a click position information generating unit  1203 , a correcting unit  1204 , a cursor position determining unit  1205 , and a series of cursor positions storage unit  1211  in place of the click judging unit  402 , the click position information generating unit  403 , the correcting unit  404 , the cursor position determining unit  805 , and the series of cursor positions storage unit  811 . 
     The click judging unit  1202  generates intensity information indicating intensity obtained from the pressure sensor  1103  and, when the intensity obtained from the pressure sensor  1103  is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference intensity value, detects a click on the pressure sensor  1103 . It should be noted that “the click on the pressure sensor  1103 ” means that the user has pressed the touch sensor  102  sufficiently in order to select an object  204  displayed on the display screen  202 , for example. 
     Specifically, the click judging unit  1202  receives a signal indicating the intensity of a click on the pressure sensor  1103  by a user from the pressure sensor  1103  and generates click intensity information indicating the intensity it received. The click judging unit  1202  also represents a timing at which the intensity of the click on the pressure sensor  1103  by the user has been measured as time information and provides click information indicating the click intensity information and the time information to the click position information generating unit  1203 . 
     Based on click information provided from the click judging unit  1202  and touch position information provided from a touch position information generating unit  401 , the click position information generating unit  1203  associates click information with touch position information that indicates the same time information as the click information. The click position information generating unit  1203  provides the click information and the touch position information associated with each other to the cursor position determining unit  1205 . The click position information generating unit  1203  also provides touch position information that coincides with the time at which the user has clicked the clickable touch sensor  105  with an intensity equal to or greater than the reference intensity value to the correcting unit  1204  as click position information. 
     The correcting unit  1204  selects one cursor position from series of cursor positions information obtained from the series of cursor positions storage unit  1211  according to the distance between a click position  302  indicated in click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  1203  and a correction reference point  301 . The correcting unit  1204  then provides cursor position information indicating the selected cursor position to an object selection determining unit  407  as click position information. 
     Specific exemplary values of the click position  302 , the correction reference point  301 , and the correction judgment distance  306  are the same as those in the first embodiment and therefore description of such values will be omitted (see  FIG. 5 , for example). An example of series of cursor positions information provided from the series of cursor positions storage unit  1211  will be describe later with reference to  FIG. 19 . 
     Based on touch position information and click information provided from the click position information generating unit  1203 , the cursor position determining unit  1205  determines cursor position information of a cursor  203  to be displayed on the display screen  202 . The cursor position determining unit  1205  then provides the determined cursor position information to a cursor display control unit  408 . The cursor position determining unit  1205  provides the cursor position information and the click position information obtained from the click position information generating unit  1203  to the series of cursor positions storage unit  1211 . 
     The series of cursor positions storage unit  1211  associates cursor position information provided from the cursor position determining unit  1205  in which a cursor position and a time are associated with each other with click information and stores the information as series of cursor positions information. The series of cursor positions information is stored for a predetermined period of time. Series of cursor positions information that has been stored for a period of time beyond the predetermined period of time is discarded. The series of cursor positions storage unit  1211  provides all series of cursor positions information stored in it to the correcting unit  1204  according to an instruction from the correcting unit  1204 . 
       FIG. 19  shows exemplary values of series of cursor positions information  1301  indicating a trajectory of the cursor  203  displayed on the display screen  202  of the display apparatus  1201  in the third variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 19 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 10  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     The series of cursor positions information  1301  indicates a time  702  at which cursor  203  position information (that is, touch position information) was input, a cursor position  703  corresponding to the time  702 , and a click intensity  1302 . 
     The click intensity  1302  in the example shown in  FIG. 19  is represented by a value ranging from 0 to 100, where 0 represents a “not pressed at all” state and 100 represents a “fully pressed” state.  FIG. 19  illustrates that “the clickable touch sensor  1105  was clicked with intensities of ( 20 ), ( 40 ), ( 60 ), ( 80 ), and ( 100 ) at times 30 ms, 60 ms, 90 ms, 120 ms, and 150 ms, respectively, while the cursor  203  was at positions of ( 480 ,  135 ), ( 360 ,  160 ), ( 355 ,  280 ), ( 315 ,  300 ), and ( 300 ,  300 ), respectively. 
     Note that the reference intensity value is 100, for example. Accordingly, the click judging unit  1202  detects the click on the touch sensor  102  when the user clicks the touch sensor  102  to fully press the pressure sensor  1103 . 
       FIG. 20  shows exemplary values of a correction reference point  301 , a correction judgment threshold  501 , and a click intensity threshold  1401  in the third variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 20 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 3 and 7A  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     The click intensity threshold  1401  is a value used for correcting click position information. Details about how the click intensity threshold  1401  is used will be described with reference to  FIG. 21 . 
       FIG. 20  illustrates that “when the correction reference point  301  is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  501  of ( 300 ), a click intensity threshold  1401  of ( 60 ) is used to make correction”. Specifically,  FIG. 20  illustrates that “when the correction reference point  301  is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and the correction judgment distance  306  is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  501  of ( 300 ), a correction position  302  is corrected to a cursor position associated with intensity information indicating intensity equal to or greater than a click intensity threshold  1401  of ( 60 )”. 
     While one correction judgment threshold  501  and one click intensity threshold  1401  associated with the correction judgment threshold  501  are used in the example illustrated in  FIG. 20 , a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  501  and a plurality of click intensity thresholds  1401  may be used. Specifically, if a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  501  are used, the correction judgment thresholds  501  and click intensity thresholds  1401  are stored in association with each other. Here, preferably the click intensity threshold  1401  is decreased as the correction judgment threshold  501  increases. That is, preferably, the farther a click position is from a predetermined reference position (correction reference point  301 ), the greater correction is made, that is, the smaller click intensity threshold  1401  is set. This is because a deflection of click generally increases as the distance from the correction reference point  301  increases. 
       FIG. 21  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method performed by the correcting unit  1204  for correcting click position information in the third variation of the second embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 21 , the same operations as those in  FIG. 14  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 21 , the operations (step S 201  to step S 203 ) of obtaining click position information by the correcting unit  1204 , calculating a correction judgment distance  306 , and comparing the calculated correction judgment distance  306  with a correction judgment threshold  501  are the same as those in  FIG. 14 . The operation of obtaining series of cursor positions information (step S 405 ) performed by the correcting unit  1204  when the correction judgment distance  306  is greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  is also the same as the operation in  FIG. 14 . However, the correcting unit  1204  obtains series of cursor positions information  1301  including intensity information as shown in  FIG. 20 . 
     The correcting unit  1204  selects click intensity information that indicates intensity greater than the click intensity threshold  1401  and that is associated with the earliest time from the series of cursor positions information  1301  and replaces the click position information with cursor position information associated with the selected click intensity information (step S 706 ). 
     In this way, the correcting unit  1204  refers to cursor position information stored in the series of cursor positions storage unit  1211  to replace click position information with the earliest cursor position information among the cursor position information that has click intensity information associated with the click position information that is equal to or greater than the click intensity threshold  1401 . That is, the correcting unit  1204  corrects the click position information so that a corrected click position is a position at which the user touched the touch sensor  102  at the time the click intensity exceeds the click intensity threshold  1401  for the first time. 
     The process described above and illustrated in  FIG. 21  will be described using specific exemplary values. For example, when the click reference intensity value is ( 100 ), click position information is cursor position information indicating a cursor position ( 300 ,  300 ) as shown in  FIG. 19 . In association with this, ( 0 ,  0 ) is used as the correction reference point  301  and ( 300 ,  300 ) is used as a click position  302  as shown in  FIG. 5 . As shown in  FIG. 20 , ( 300 ) is used as a correction judgment threshold  501  and ( 60 ) is used as the click intensity threshold  1401 . 
     The correction judgment distance  306  is as described with respect to  FIG. 14  and is greater than the correction judgment threshold  501  (No at step S 203 ). Therefore the correcting unit  1204  obtains series of cursor positions information  1301  (step S 405 ). 
     Cursor positions that correspond to click intensity  1302  equal to or greater than the click intensity threshold  1401  among the series of cursor positions information  1301  obtained are ( 355 ,  280 ), ( 315 ,  300 ), and ( 300 ,  300 ). Among the cursor position information, the cursor position information that corresponds to the earliest time information is ( 355 ,  280 ). Therefore, the correcting unit  1204  sets the cursor position information indicating the cursor position ( 355 ,  280 ) as corrected click position information. 
     In this way, the input device  1101  according to the third variation of the second embodiment may include a pressure sensor  1103  that detects click intensity in place of the switch  103 . In this case, when it is determined that the touch sensor  102  has been clicked, that is, when intensity detected by the pressure sensor  1103  is equal to or greater than a reference intensity value (for example 100), the correcting unit  1204  corrects the click position information. Specifically, the correcting unit  1204  corrects the click position information so that a corrected position  304  is the earliest cursor position among the cursor positions with intensity equal to or greater than the click intensity threshold  1401 . Thus, the click position  302  can be corrected to a touch position touched prior to occurrence of a deflection of click and therefore an operation error can be prevented. 
     It should be noted that while cursor position information, rather than touch position information, is stored in the storage unit in the embodiment described above, touch position information may be stored instead. That is, while the calculations are performed using the coordinate system in the display screen  202 , the calculations may be performed using the coordinate system in the touch sensor  102 . 
     Third Embodiment 
     A click position control apparatus according to a third embodiment is characterized by including a grip information generating unit which generates grip information indicating how a user is holding an input device, a correction information storage unit which stores a plurality of pieces of correction information, and a selecting unit which selects one of the plurality of pieces of correction information on the basis of the grip information. 
     In the third embodiment of the present invention, when correction is made based on the distance between a point (reference position) that serves as a benchmark on the input device and a click position (coordinates) indicating a user input on a clickable touch sensor, correction information is changed on the basis of grip information about how the input device is being held. 
     The input device in the third embodiment of the present invention has a cross section similar to that in the first embodiment and therefore a cross sectional view of the input device is omitted. 
       FIG. 22  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the input device  1501  and an example of a display apparatus  1601  in the third embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 22 , the same components as those in  FIG. 2  are given the same reference numerals and description of those components will be omitted. 
     The input device  1501  includes two clickable touch sensors (a left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and a right clickable touch sensor  1505 R), a grip sensor (not depicted in  FIG. 22 ), and an acceleration sensor (not depicted in  FIG. 22 ). 
     The left clickable touch sensor  1505 L includes a left touch sensor  1502 L and a left switch  1503 L which is disposed under the left touch sensor  1502 L and is pressed when a user clicks on the left touch sensor  1502 L (not depicted in  FIG. 22 . See  FIGS. 1 and 25 ). Similarly, the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R includes a right touch sensor  1502 R and a right switch  1503 R which is disposed under the right touch sensor  1502 R and is pressed when the user clicks on the right touch sensor  1502 R (not depicted in  FIG. 22 . See  FIGS. 1 and 25 ). 
     The left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R are operated with a left finger  1504 L and a right finger  1504 R, respectively. The input device  1501  sends signals obtained through the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R to the display apparatus  1601  by wireless communication. A technology such as Bluetooth or ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 is used for the wireless communication, which is a well-known art and therefore description of such technology will be omitted here. 
     The signals that the input device  1501  sends to the display apparatus  1601  include a signal indicating a position at which a left finger  1504 L of the user is touching the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and a signal indicating a click when left finger  1504 L of the user clicks the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L, a signal indicating a position at which a right finger  1504 R of the user is touching the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R, a signal indicating a click when the right finger  1504 R of the user clicks the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R, a signal indicating an orientation of the input device  1501  obtained through the acceleration sensor, and a signal indicating contact of a hand of the user with the input device  1501  obtained through the grip sensor. 
     A technology to measure the orientation of the input device  1501  with the acceleration sensor is a well-known art and therefore description of such technology will be omitted here. A technique to detect contact of a user&#39;s hand with the input device  1501  is also a known art and therefore description of such technology will be omitted. 
     The display apparatus  1601  obtains position information indicating a point at which the left finger  1504 L is touching the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and position information indicating a position at which the right finger  1504 R is touching the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R, on the basis of the position-indicating signals provided from the input device  1501  and displays a left cursor  1603 L and a right cursor  1603 R at positions in a display screen  202  that correspond to the obtained position information. The user can manipulate the left cursor  1603 L displayed on the display screen  202  by moving the left finger  1504 L on the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and can manipulate the right cursor  1603 R displayed on the display screen  202  by moving the right finger  1504 R on the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R. 
     A coordinate system of a left half of the entire display screen  202  is associated with a coordinate system of the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L through absolute coordinates. A coordinate system of a right half of the entire display screen  202  is associated with a coordinate system of the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R through absolute coordinates. 
     For example, position information on both of the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is represented by X-coordinates ranging from 0 to 400 and Y-coordinates ranging from 0 to 300, where an origin point ( 0 ,  0 ) is at an end point at bottom left. Position information in the display screen  202  is represented by X-coordinates ranging from 0 to 960 and Y-coordinates ranging from 0 to 540, where an origin point ( 0 ,  0 ) is at an end point at bottom left. 
     In this case, the left half (an area with X-coordinates ranging from 0 to 480 and Y-coordinates ranging from 0 to 300) of the display screen  202  corresponds to the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and is an area where the left cursor  1603 L moves around. The right half (an area with X-coordinates ranging from 480 to 960 and Y-coordinates ranging from 0 to 540) corresponds to the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R and is an area where the right cursor  1603 R moves around. 
     When the coordinate position on the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L that is being touched by the user&#39;s left finger  1504 L is ( 200 ,  150 ), the coordinate position of the left cursor  1603 L displayed on the display screen  202  is ( 240 ,  270 ); when the coordinate position on the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R that is being touched by the user&#39;s right finger  1504 R is ( 200 ,  150 ), the coordinate position of the right cursor  1603 R displayed on the display screen  202  is ( 720 ,  270 ). 
     When the user selects an object  204  located in the left half of the display screen  202 , the user moves the left finger  1504 L on the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L to move the left cursor  1603 L in the display screen  202  and clicks the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L at the timing of the left cursor  1603 L being superimposed on the intended object  204 . Upon the click on the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L by the user, the input device  1501  sends a click signal to the display apparatus  1601 . 
     The display apparatus  1601  determines whether or not an object  204  displayed on the display screen  202  has been selected, on the basis of a signal indicating a position and a click signal provided from the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and information indicating the display position of the object  204 . For example, when the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L is clicked while a finger of the user is touching a point at the coordinates ( 200 ,  150 ) in the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L, the coordinate position ( 240 ,  270 ) at which the left cursor  1603 L is currently displayed is recognized as a click position. When the coordinate position ( 240 ,  270 ) given above is input as a click position in the case where the object  204  is at a coordinate position ( 200 ,  200 ) and has a size of 50 along an X-axis direction and 100 along a Y-axis direction, the display apparatus  1601  determines that the object  204  has been selected. 
     Note that operation performed when the user selects an object located in the right half of the display screen  202  is similar to the operation performed when the user selects an object located in the left half and therefore description of such an operation will be omitted. 
     An input device  1501  including two clickable touch sensors like the one illustrated in  FIG. 22  may be held and operated in a vertical orientation, in addition to horizontal orientation. Here, operation in a horizontal orientation is a mode in which the input device  1501  is held with both hands in a horizontal orientation as, illustrated in  FIG. 22 , the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L is operated with a left finger  1504 L and the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is operated with a right finger  1504 R. Operation in a vertical orientation is a mode in which the input device  1501  is rotated 90 degrees as illustrated in  FIG. 23 , held with one hand in a vertical orientation, and the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L is operated with a left finger  1504 L, or the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is operated with a right finger  1504 R. The user can change the input device  1501  from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation even while operating the input device  1501 . An operation in vertical orientation will be described in detail with reference to  FIG. 23 . 
     It should be noted that the input device  1501  can determine its own orientation and make assignments of the left and right clickable touch sensors to rotate a logical direction of the input device  1501  to allow the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R to be operated with a left finger  1504 L or the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L to be operated with a right finger  1504 R. Similarly, in a horizontal orientation, the input device  1501  can be rotated so that the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R can be operated with a left finger  1504 L and the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L can be operated with a right finger  1504 R. 
     Here, the display apparatus  1601  determines a hand or hands (one of the left and right hands or both hands) holding the input device  1501  and the orientation of the input device  1501  on the basis of signals sent from the input device  1501 , namely a touch signal obtained through the grip sensor and an orientation signal obtained through the acceleration sensor. The display apparatus  1601  uses the determination as to the hand(s) holding the input device  1501  and orientation of the input device  1501  to determine a cursor to display on the display screen  202  on the basis of a position indicating signal and a click signal sent from the input device  1501 . 
       FIG. 23  is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for operating the input device  1501  held in a vertical orientation in the third embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 23 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 22  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
       FIG. 23  illustrates an example in which the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is operated with a right finger  1504 R while the input device  1501  is held only with the right hand in a vertical orientation. In this case, only the right cursor  1603 R is displayed on the display apparatus  1601 . The coordinate system of the display screen  202  differ from that in  FIG. 22 ; the coordinate system of the entire display screen  202  is associated with the coordinate system of the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R through absolute coordinates. 
     For example, position information in the display screen  202  is represented by X-coordinates ranging from 0 to 960 and Y-coordinates ranging from 0 to 540, where an origin point ( 0 ,  0 ) is at an end point at bottom left as in  FIG. 22 . Position information on the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is represented by X-coordinates ranging from 0 to 400 and Y-coordinates ranging from 0 to 300, where an origin point ( 0 ,  0 ) is at an end point at bottom right because the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise compared to the orientation of right clickable touch sensor  1505 R in  FIG. 22 . 
     In this case, the entire display screen  202  corresponds to the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R and serves as an area where the right cursor  1603 R moves around. However, because the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise compared with the orientation of the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R in  FIG. 22 , the coordinate systems of the display screen  202  and the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R correspond to each other in a different way: when a right finger  1504 R of the user is touching a coordinate position ( 150 ,  200 ) on the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R, the right cursor  1603 R is displayed at a coordinate position ( 480 ,  270 ) on the display screen  202 . 
       FIG. 24  is a diagram for explaining an example of correction of a left click position, which is a position clicked with a left hand, and a correction of a right click position, which is a position clicked with a right hand, in the third embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 24 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 22  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     A left correction reference point  1701 L is fixed at a preset point on the input device  1501 . For example, the left correction reference point  1701 L is at a position at which the base of a left finger  1504 L operating the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L is expected to be located. Specifically, the left correction reference point  1701 L is set on a perimeter of the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L at a point at which a portion of the user&#39;s operating left finger  1504 L other than the tip of the left finger  1504 L contacts the input device  1501 . It should be noted that coordinate values of the left correction reference point  1701 L on the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L are converted to coordinate values in the coordinate system of the display screen  202  and the converted coordinate values are used in all calculations using the left correction reference point  1701 L. 
     A right correction reference point  1701 R is fixed at a preset point on the input device  1501 . For example, the right correction reference point  1701 R is at a position at which the base of a right finger  1504 R operating the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is expected to be located. Specifically, the right correction reference point  1701 R is set on a perimeter of the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R at a point at which a portion of the user&#39;s operating right finger  1504 R other than the tip of the right finger  1504 R contacts the input device  1501 . It should be noted that coordinate values of the right correction reference point  1701 R on the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R are converted to coordinate values in the coordinate system of the display screen  202  and the converted coordinate values are used in all calculations using the right correction reference point  1701 R. 
     A left click position  1702 L represents a position at which press of the left switch  1503 L is detected when the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L is clicked with a left finger  1504 L of the user to press the left switch  1503 L. 
     A right click position  1702 R represents a position at which press of the right switch  1503 R is pressed when the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is clicked with a right finger  1504 R of the user to press the right switch  1503 R. 
     A left correction direction  1703 L is a straight direction from the left correction reference point  1701 L to the left click position  1702 L. 
     A right correction direction  1703 R is a straight direction from the right correction reference point  1701 R to the right click position  1702 R. 
     Suppose for example the left click position  1702 L represented by X- and Y-coordinates is ( 100 ,  200 ) and the left correction reference point  1701 L is at ( 0 ,  0 ). In this case, the left correction direction  1703 L is a direction that has an inclination of (200−0)/(100−0)=2. The right correction direction  1703 R can be calculated in the same way that the left correction direction  1703 L is calculated and therefore exemplification of specific values will be omitted. 
     A corrected left position  1704 L represents a position determined by correcting the left click position  1702 L according to the third embodiment. Specifically, the corrected left position  1704 L represents a position at a predetermined left correction distance  1705 L from the left click position  1702 L in the left correction direction  1703 L. 
     A corrected right position  1704 R represents a position determined by correcting the right click position  1702 R according to the third embodiment. Specifically, the corrected right position  1704 R represents a position at a predetermined right correction distance  1705 R from the right click position  1702 R in the right correction direction  1703 R. 
     A left correction judgment distance  1706 L is the distance between the left correction reference point  1701 L and a left click position  1702 L. When the left correction judgment distance  1706 L is equal to or greater than a predetermine distance threshold, the left click position  1702 L is corrected to a corrected left position  1704 L. 
     A right correction judgment distance  1706 R is the distance between the right correction reference point  1701 R and a right click position  1702 R. When the right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than the predetermine distance threshold, the right click position  1702 R is corrected to a corrected right position  1704 R. 
     Here, the left correction reference point  1701 L, the right correction reference point  1701 R, the left correction distance  1705 L, the right correction distance  1705 R, and the distance threshold (correction judgment threshold) are determined by predetermined correction information. It should be noted that because the correction information varies depending on the way of holding the input device  1501 , the click position control apparatus according to the third embodiment stores a plurality of pieces of correction information and selects among the plurality of pieces of the correction information according to the way of holding the input device  1501  indicated in grip information. 
     While the left correction reference point  1701 L is on a perimeter of the left clickable touch sensor  1505  at a point at which a portion of a user&#39;s operating left finger  1504 L other than the tip of the left finger  1504 L contacts the input device  1501  in the third embodiment, the left correction reference point  1701 L may be at a point on the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L, or a point at which a hand holding the input device  1501  contacts the input device  1501 , or a combination of all of the four points. Similarly, while the right correction reference point  1701 R is on a perimeter of the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R at a point at which a portion of a user&#39;s operating right finger  1504 R other than the tip of the right finger  1504 R contacts the input device  1501  in the third embodiment, the right correction reference point  1701 R may be at a point on the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R, a point at which a hand holding the input device  1501  contacts the input device  1501 , or a combination of all of the four points. 
     A correction direction in the case of holding in a vertical orientation illustrated in  FIG. 23  is the same as the correction direction in  FIG. 3  and therefore description of the correction direction will be omitted. 
       FIG. 25  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of the input device  1501  and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus  1601 , which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in the third embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 25 , the same components as those in  FIGS. 4A and 22  are given the same reference numerals and description of those components will be omitted. 
     The input device  1501  includes a left clickable touch sensor  1505 L including a left touch sensor  1502 L and a left switch  1503 L, a right clickable touch sensor  1505 R including a right touch sensor  1502 R and a right switch  1503 R, an acceleration sensor  1511 , and a grip sensor  1512 . 
     The left touch sensor  1502 L and the right touch sensor  1502 R are the same as the touch sensor  102  according to the first embodiment; the left switch  1503 L and the right switch  1503 R are the same as the switch  103  according to the first embodiment. Therefore, description of these components will be omitted. 
     The acceleration sensor  1511  is an example of a sensor that detects the orientation of the input device  1501 . The grip sensor  1512  is an example of a sensor that detects a position at which a user is in contact with the input device  1501 . 
     It should be noted that the acceleration sensor  1511  and the grip sensor  1512  are examples of detecting units for detecting how a user is holding the input device  1501  and may be any sensors. 
     The display apparatus  1601  differs from the display apparatus  201  according to the first embodiment in  FIG. 4A  in that the display apparatus  1601  includes a touch position information generating unit  1801 , a click judging unit  1802 , a click position information generating unit  1803 , a correcting unit  1804 , a cursor position determining unit  1805 , and a cursor display control unit  1808  instead of the touch position information generating unit  401 , the click judging unit  402 , the click position information generating unit  403 , the correcting unit  404 , the cursor position determining unit  405 , and the cursor display control unit  408 . The display apparatus  1601  differs from the display apparatus  201  according to the first embodiment in  FIG. 4A  also in that the display apparatus  1601  further includes a grip information generating unit  1812 , a correction information storage unit  1813 , and a correction information determining unit  1814 . 
     The touch position information generating unit  1801  generates touch position information indicating positions in the left touch sensor  1502 L and the right touch sensor  1502 R touched by a user (a left touch position and a right touch position). Specifically, the touch position information generating unit  1801  obtains signals indicating positions at which the user is touching the left touch sensor  1502 L and the right touch sensor  1502 R from the left touch sensor  1502 L and the right touch sensors  1502 R. 
     The touch position information generating unit  1801  then represents the positions at which the user is touching the touch sensors using X- and Y-coordinates and provides the coordinates indicating the touch positions to the click position information generating unit  1803  and the cursor position determining unit  1805  as touch position information. Note that the touch position information also indicates a time at which the user touched any of the touch sensors. When the touch position information generating unit  1801  provides the touch position information, the touch position information generating unit  1801  puts an information ID indicating “left” or “right” information in the touch position information and provides the information. The information ID will be described later with reference to  FIG. 26 . 
     The click judging unit  1802  detects a click on at least one of the left switch  1503 L and the right switch  1503 R, which are an example of a click detecting unit. Specifically, when the user presses or releases each of the left and right switches  1503 L and  1503 R, the click judging unit  1802  receives a signal from each of the left and right switches  1503 L and  1503 R, represents the timing at which the user has pressed each switch by time information, and provides the time information to the click position information generating unit  1803  as click information. Note that when the click judging unit  1802  provides the click information, the click judging unit  1802  puts an information ID indicating “left” or “right” information in the click information and provides the information. 
     When the click judging unit  1802  detects the click on at least one of the left switch  1503 L and the right switch  1503 R, the click position information generating unit  1803  uses touch position information to generate click position information indicating a left click position  1702 L or a right click position  1702 R which is a position at which at least one of the left switch  1503 L and the right switch  1503 R has been pressed. 
     Specifically, the click position information generating unit  1803  compares the information ID contained in click information provided from the click judging unit  1802  with the information ID contained in touch position information provided from the touch position information generating unit  1801 . That is, the click position information generating unit  1803  selects touch position information that contains the same information ID as the information ID contained in the click position information. 
     The click position information generating unit  1803  then provides touch position information containing time information indicating a time identical to a time contained in the click information from the selected touch position information to the correcting unit  1804  as click position information. Note that when the click position information generating unit  1803  provides the click position information, the click position information generating unit  1803  puts an information ID indicating “left” or “right” information in the click position information and provides the information. 
     The correcting unit  1804  uses correction information determined by the correction information determining unit  1814  to correct click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  1803 . Specifically, the correcting unit  1804  corrects click position information according to the distance (correction judgment distance) between a click position indicated in click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  18903  and a correction reference point indicated in correction information containing the information ID identical to the information ID contained in the click position information. The correcting unit  1804  then provides the corrected click position information to an object selection determining unit  407 . Specific exemplary values of the click position information, the correction reference point, and the correction judgment distance are shown in  FIG. 26 . 
     The cursor position determining unit  1805  determines cursor position information on positions of the left cursor  1603 L and the right cursor  1603 R to be displayed on the display screen  202  on the basis of touch position information provided from the touch position information generating unit  1801  and grip information provided from grip information generating unit  1812  and provides the determined cursor position information to the cursor display control unit  1808 . 
     The cursor display control unit  1808  performs control concerning display of the left cursor  1603 L and the right cursor  1603 R, such as a display effect associated with movements of the cursors, on the basis of the position information of the left and right cursors  1603 L and  1603 R provided from the cursor position determining unit  1805 . The cursor display control unit  1808  then provides cursor display information indicating the result of the control performed for the left and right cursors  1603 L and  1603 R to a screen display control unit  410 . 
     The grip information generating unit  1812  generates grip information indicating how the user is holding the input device  1501 . Specifically, the grip information generating unit  1812  obtains a signal indicating a tilt of the input device  1501  from the acceleration sensor  1511 . A method for detecting a tilt of the input device  1501  through the acceleration sensor  1511  is a well-known art and therefore description of the method will be omitted here. 
     The grip information generating unit  1812  also obtains a signal indicating contact of a hand of the user with the input device  1501 . Based on the obtained signal indicating the tilt and the signal indicating the contact, the grip information generating unit  1812  generates grip information indicating which hand the user is holding the input device  1501  with and in which orientation. The grip information generating unit  1812  provides the generated grip information to the cursor position determining unit  1805 , the correction information determining unit  1814 , and the correcting unit  1804 . 
     For example, the grip information is information indicating an orientation of the input device  1501  with respect to the display apparatus  1601 , for example information indicating which side of the input device  1501  is closest to the display screen  202 . The grip information also indicates whether the input device  1501  is held in a vertical orientation or a horizontal orientation, and if held in a vertical orientation, which of the left and right hand the input device  1501  is held with. 
     The correction information storage unit  1813  is a memory for storing a plurality of pieces of correction information. Specifically, the correction information storage unit  1813  stores correction information for making correction according to grip information about how the user is holding the input device  1501 . 
     For example, the correction information is information indicating a correction reference point, a threshold used for determining whether or not to make correction, a value (correction distance) used when the correction is actually made, and others. The correction information is provided to the correction information determining unit  1814  according to an instruction from the correction information determining unit  1814 . Specific exemplary values of the correction information will be described later with reference to  FIGS. 28 and 29 . 
     The correction information determining unit  1814  is an example of a selecting unit according to the present invention and selects one of a plurality of pieces of correction information on the basis of grip information. Specifically, the correction information determining unit  1814  determines, on the basis of grip information provided from the grip information generating unit  1812 , which of the pieces of correction information stored in the correction information storage unit  1813  is to be used. After the determination, the correction information determining unit  1814  selects the piece of correction information used for correction and provides the selected correction information to the correcting unit  1804 . 
     For example, there are various pieces of correction information associated with how the input device  1501  is held (that is, grip information) such as correction information for vertical holding or horizontal holding, or correction information used when the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R is used in a vertical orientation or correction information used when the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L is used in a vertical orientation. That is, since correction information and grip information are stored in association with each other in the correction information storage unit  1813 , the correction information determining unit  1814  can select correction information corresponding to grip information provided from the grip information generating unit  1812 . 
       FIG. 26  shows specific exemplary values of the information ID  1901 , the click position  1702 , the correction reference point  1701 , and the correction judgment distance  1706  in the third embodiment of the present invention. The exemplary values in  FIG. 26  represent information for the “left clickable touch sensor  1505 L held in a horizontal orientation”, information for the “right clickable touch sensor  1505 R held in a horizontal orientation”, and information for the “right clickable touch sensor  1505 R held in a vertical orientation”, from top to bottom rows. 
     The information ID  1901  is contained in information such as click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  1803  and correction information provided from the correction information determining unit  1814  and indicates which of the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R each item of information relates to. There are two types of information IDs: “left” and “right” information IDs. 
     The click position  1702  is a position on the clickable touch sensor at which the user has performed a click operation. The click position information contains an information ID  1901 . For example, the click position information containing an information ID  1901  of “left”, in the first row is information representing coordinate values of a left click position  1702 L. The click position information containing an information ID  1901  of “right”, in the second or third row is information representing coordinate values of a right click position  1702 R. 
     The correction reference point  1701  is set on a perimeter of the clickable touch sensor at a point at which a portion of an operating finger of the user other than the tip of the finger contacts the input device  1501 . The correction reference point  1701  is associated with an information ID  1901  and contained in correction information. The correction reference point  1701  associated with an information ID  1901  of “Left”, represents coordinate values of a left correction reference point  1701 L. The correction reference point  1701  associated with an information ID  1901  of “Right”, represents coordinate values of a right correction reference point  1701 R. 
     It should be noted that the coordinate values of the left correction reference point  1701 L on the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L and the coordinate values of the right correction reference point  1701 R on the right clickable touch sensor  1501 R are converted to coordinate values in the coordinate system of the display screen  202  and the converted coordinate values are used in all calculations using the correction reference points  1701 . 
     The correction judgment distance  1706  represents the distance between a click position  1702  indicated in click position information and the correction reference point  1701  having the same information ID  1901  as the click position  1702 . That is, a correction judgment distance  1706  associate with the information ID  1901  indicating “left” is a left correction judgment distance  1706 L, which is the distance between the left correction reference point  1701 L and a left click position  1702 L. Similarly, a correction judgment distance  1706  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right” is a right correction judgment distance  1706 R, which is the distance between the right correction reference point  1701 R and a right click position  1702 R. It should be noted that the distances are calculated using coordinate values represented by X- and Y-coordinates and the square root of the sum of squares of a difference between the X-coordinate of a correction reference point  1701  and the X-coordinate of a click position  1702  and a difference between the Y-coordinate of the correction reference point  1701  and the Y-coordinate of the click position  1702 . 
     The example shown in  FIG. 26  illustrates a case where “a click operation on the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L held in a horizontal orientation has occurred at ( 200 ,  200 )”, a case where “a click operation on the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R held in a horizontal orientation has occurred at ( 660 ,  300 )”, and a case where “a click operation on the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R held in a vertical orientation has occurred at ( 860 ,  440 )”. 
       FIG. 27  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation for presetting parameters such as the correction reference point  1701  and the correction distance  1705  on the basis of correction information in the third embodiment of the present invention. The presetting takes place at timing when grip information on the input device  1501  has changed. For example, the presetting takes place when a user holds the input device  1501 , or when the user changes the way of holding the input device  1501 . Specifically, the presetting takes place when the acceleration sensor  1511  and the grip sensor  1512  detect a signal anew or when a detected signal significantly changes. 
     First, when grip information on the input device  1501  provided from the grip information generating unit  1812  changes, the correcting unit  1804  obtains correction information corresponding to the grip information on the input device  1501  from the correction information determining unit  1814  (step S 801 ). Here, the correction information contains a correction reference point  1701 , a correction judgment threshold, and an information ID. 
     Specifically, the grip information generating unit  1812  receives signals from the acceleration sensor  1511  and the grip sensor  1512  at regular intervals and generates grip information on the basis of the received signals. When the generated grip information differs from grip information previously generated, the grip information generating unit  1812  determines that the user has changed the way of holding the input device  1501  and provides the grip information to the correction information determining unit  1814 . The correction information determining unit  1814  selects correction information from the correction information storage unit  1813  on the basis of the provided grip information and provides the selected correction information to the correcting unit  1804 . Thus, the correcting unit  1804  obtains the correction information. 
     Then, the correcting unit  1804  sets coordinates for the correction reference point  1701  on the basis of the correction information provided from the correction information determining unit  1814  (step S 802 ). 
     The correcting unit  1804  then sets a correction judgment threshold and a correction distance required for correcting click position information from the correction information obtained from the correction information determining unit  1814  (step S 803 ). 
       FIGS. 28 and 29  show specific exemplary values of the coordinates of the correction reference point  1701 , the correction judgment threshold, and the correction distance  1705  set by the correcting unit  1804 . 
       FIG. 28  shows exemplary values of correction information  2001  in the third embodiment of the present invention. 
     The correction information  2001  includes an information ID  1901 , a correction reference point  1701 , a correction judgment threshold  2002 , and a correction distance  1705 . The exemplary values shown in  FIG. 28  indicates a case where the input device  1501  is held and operated in a horizontal orientation as illustrated in  FIG. 22 . In  FIG. 28 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 24 and 26  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     A correction judgment threshold  2002  is associated with an information ID  1901  and a correction distance  1705 . The correction judgment threshold  2002  is used for comparison with a correction judgment distance  1706  associated with the same information ID  1901  as that of the correction judgment threshold  2002  during correction of click position information. 
     A correction judgment distance  1706  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “left” (that is, a left correction judgment distance  1706 L) is compared with a correction judgment threshold  2002  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “left”. Similarly, a correction judgment distance  1706  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right” (that is, a right correction judgment distance  1706 R) is compared with a correction judgment threshold  2002  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right”. 
     A correction distance  1705  is associated with an information ID  1901  and a correction judgment threshold  2002  and indicates a value applied to click position information when determination is made using the correction judgment threshold  2002 . 
     A correction distance  1705  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “left” (that is, a left correction distance  1705 L) is applied to a click position  1702  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “left” (that is, a left click position  1702 L). Similarly, a correction distance  1705  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right” (that is, a right correction distance  1705 R) is applied to a click position  1702  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right” (that is, a right click position  1702 R). 
       FIG. 28  indicates that “when the left correction reference point  1701 L associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “left” is ( 0 ,  0 ) and the left correction judgment distance  1706 L is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a position at a left correction distance  1705 L of ( 20 ) from a left click position  1702 L in the left correction direction  1703 L is set as a corrected left click position”.  FIG. 28  also indicates that “when the right correction reference point  1701 R associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right” is ( 960 ,  0 ) and the right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a position at a right correction distance  1705 R of ( 20 ) from a right click position  1702 R in the right correction direction  1703 R is set as a corrected right click position”. 
       FIG. 29  shows exemplary values of correction information  2101  in the third embodiment of the present invention. The exemplary values shown in  FIG. 29  indicate a case where the input device  1501  is held and operated in a vertical orientation as illustrated in  FIG. 23 . In  FIG. 29 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 24 and 26  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
       FIG. 29  indicates that “when the right correction reference point  1701 R associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right” is ( 960 ,  0 ) and the right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a position at a right correction distance  1705 R of ( 20 ) from a right click position  1702 R in the right correction direction  1703 R is set as a corrected right click position”. 
     While one correction judgment threshold  2002  and one correction distance  1705  associated with the correction judgment threshold  2002  are used in the examples shown in  FIGS. 28 and 29 , a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  2002  and a plurality of correction distances  1705  may be used. Furthermore, while one piece of correction information  2001  and  2101  is stored for each way of holding in the examples shown, the correction information storage unit  1813  can store a plurality of pieces of correction information for each way of holding the input device  1501 . 
       FIG. 30  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by the correcting unit  1804  in the third embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 30 , the same operations as those in  FIG. 8  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     First, the correcting unit  1804  obtains click position information including an information ID  1901  (step S 901 ). Specifically, when a user clicks the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L or the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R, click position information including an information ID  1901  is provided from the click position information generating unit  1803  to the correcting unit  1804 . 
     The rest of the process is the same as the process performed by the correcting unit  404  of the first embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 8 . However, the correcting unit  1804  according to the third embodiment uses information associated with the same information ID  1901  as the information ID  1901  provided to perform the rest of the process (steps S 202  to S 205 ). 
     The process illustrated in  FIG. 30  will be described using specific exemplary values. 
     A case will be described first in which an information ID  1901  indicating “left”, a correction reference point  1701  of ( 0 ,  0 ), and click position information indicating a click position  1702  ( 200 ,  200 ) as shown in the first row of  FIG. 26  are provided. Here, because the information ID associated with the click position information is “left”, the correcting unit  1804  uses ( 300 ) as the correction judgment threshold  2002  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “left” and ( 20 ) as the correction distance  1705  as illustrated in  FIG. 28 . 
     First, the correcting unit  1804  calculates a correction judgment distance  1706  (step S 202 ). As a result, a correction judgment distance  1706  of ( 280 ) is yielded. 
     The correcting unit  1804  then compares the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 280 ) with the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (step S 203 ). Since the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 280 ) is less than the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (Yes at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  1804  does not correct the click position information (step S 204 ). Thus, the click position information indicating the click position ( 200 ,  200 ) is provided to an object selection determining unit  407  without being corrected. 
     A case will be described next in which an information ID  1901  indicating “right”, a correction reference point  1701  of ( 960 ,  0 ), and click position information indicating a click position  1702  of ( 660 ,  300 ) as shown in the second row of  FIG. 26  are provided. Here, because the information ID associated with the click position information is “right”, the correcting unit  1804  uses ( 300 ) as the correction judgment threshold  2002  corresponding to the information ID  1901  indicating “right” and ( 20 ) as the correction distance  1705  as illustrated in  FIG. 28 . 
     First, the correcting unit  1804  calculates a correction judgment distance  1706  (step S 202 ). As a result, a correction judgment distance  1706  of ( 420 ) is yielded. 
     The correcting unit  1804  then compares the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 420 ) with the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (step S 203 ). Since the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 420 ) is greater than the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (No at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  1804  calculates a corrected position which is a position at a correction distance of ( 20 ) from the click position ( 660 ,  300 ) in a straight direction (a right correction direction  1703 R) from the click position  1702  to the correction reference point  1701 . That is, the X-coordinate of the click position  1702  is 660−14=646 and the Y-coordinates of the click position  1702  is 300+14=314. Thus, the corrected position  1704  indicated in the corrected click position information is ( 646 ,  314 ). 
     The process illustrated in  FIG. 30  performed when the user has switched to holding the input device  1501  only with the right hand in a vertical orientation as illustrated in  FIG. 23  will also be described using specific exemplary values. 
     For example, a case will be described in which an information ID  1901  indicating “right”, a correction reference point  1701  of ( 960 ,  0 ), and click position information indicating a click position  1702  ( 860 ,  100 ) as shown in the third row of  FIG. 26  are provided. 
     It should be noted that the fact that the user is holding the input device  1501  in a vertical orientation can be determined from grip information provided from the grip information generating unit  1812 . Accordingly, the correcting unit  1804  makes settings such as a correction reference point  1701  on the basis of correction information  2101  shown in  FIG. 29 , for example, according to the flowchart illustrated in  FIG. 27 . As shown in  FIG. 29 , ( 300 ) is used as the correction judgment threshold  2002  corresponding to the information ID  1901  indicating “right” and ( 20 ) is used as the correction distance  1705  as shown in  FIG. 29 . 
     First, the correcting unit  1804  calculates a correction judgment distance  1706  (step S 202 ). As a result, a correction judgment distance  1706  of ( 140 ) is yielded. 
     Then, the correcting unit  1804  compares the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 140 ) with the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (step S 203 ). Since the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 140 ) is less than the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (Yes at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  1804  does not correct the click position information (step S 204 ). Thus, the click position information indicating the click position ( 860 ,  100 ) is provided to the object selection determining unit  407  without being corrected. 
     In this way, the click position control apparatus according to the third embodiment determines how a user is holding the input device  1501  and changes correction information on the basis of the result of the determination to correct a click position. Specifically, because the input device  1501  according to the third embodiment includes two clickable touch sensors, the click position control apparatus according to the third embodiment puts an information ID indicating which of the clickable touch sensors information is related to in information such as touch position information, click position information, and correction information and provides the information to each processing unit. Each processing unit then uses information indicating the same information ID to correct click position information. Details of the correction method are the same as those in the first embodiment. 
     Thus, a click position can be corrected simply by storing a plurality of pieces of correction information for each way of holding the input device  1501  and for each clickable touch sensor. Accordingly, an operation error due to a deflection of click by a user can be prevented without needing a history of user operations even when the user is changed or a new user uses the input device. 
     (Variation of the Third Embodiment) 
     Correction information may be changed on the basis of user information registered previously.  FIG. 31  shows a block diagram of an implementation in which correction information is changed on the basis of previously registered information about a user. 
       FIG. 31  is a block diagram illustrating exemplary internal configurations of an input device  1501  and a display apparatus  2201 , which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in a variation of the third embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 31 , the same components as those in  FIGS. 22 and 25  are given the same reference numerals and description of those components will be omitted. 
     The display apparatus  2201  differs from the display apparatus  1601  illustrated in  FIG. 25  in that the display apparatus  2201  includes a correction information determining unit  2214  in place of the correction information determining unit  1814  and includes a user information storage unit  2215  in addition. 
     The user information storage unit  2215  is a storage, such as a memory, that stores user information indicating characteristics of a user. Specifically, the user information storage unit  2215  stores user information registered previously, and provides the user information to the correction information determining unit  2214 . The user information is information indicating a user&#39;s characteristics relating to the efficiency of operations on a clickable touch sensor, for example information such as the lengths of fingers of the user and dominant hands of the user. 
     The correction information determining unit  2214  selects one of pieces of correction information stored in a correction information storage unit  1813  on the basis of grip information provided from a grip information generating unit  1812 . The correction information determining unit  2214  then corrects the selected correction information on the basis of user information provided from the user information storage unit  2215 . The correction information determining unit  2214  provides the corrected correction information to be used for correcting click information to a correcting unit  1804 . 
     The correction information determining unit  2214  may store the corrected correction information in the correction information storage unit  1813 . 
       FIG. 32  is a diagram illustrating exemplary values of correction information  2301  corrected by the correction information determining unit in the variation of the third embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that  FIG. 32  is a diagram for explaining correction of correction information made on the basis of the length of a finger of a user, which is an example of user information. In  FIG. 32 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 28  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     Correction information  2301  includes an information ID  1901 , a correction reference point  1701 , a correction judgment threshold  2302 , and a correction distance  1705 . 
     In  FIG. 32 , L 1  represents a value that depends on the length of a left finger  1504 L and L 2  represents a value that depends on the length of a right finger  1504 R. The values of L 1  and L 2  are in the range of 1.0 to 1.5, for example, and are greater for those who have longer fingers. 
     For example, when a user holds and starts operating the input device  1501 , the user is prompted to select an option such as “Having long fingers” or “Having short fingers” for the left and right fingers through a GUI screen or the like, and the lengths of the fingers are determined and stored in the user information storage unit  2215  as user information indicating finger lengths. 
     Like the correction judgment threshold  2002  shown in  FIG. 28 , a correction judgment threshold  2302  is associated with an information ID  1901  and a correction distance  1705 . The correction judgment threshold  2302  is used for comparison with a correction judgment distance  1706  associated with the same information ID  1901  as that of the correction judgment threshold  2302  when click position information is corrected. 
     The correction information determining unit  2214  changes the value of the correction determination threshold according to the length L 1  of a left finger  1504 L and the length L 2  of a right finger  1504 R of the user provided from the user information storage unit  2215 . For example, when L 1  is 1.0, a correction judgment threshold  2032  of ( 300 ) is used for comparison with a correction judgment distance  1706  with an information ID  1901  of “left”. When L 1  is 1.5, a correction judgment threshold  2302  of ( 450 ) is used for comparison with a correction judgment distance  1706  with an information ID  1901  of “left”. 
       FIG. 32  indicates that “when a correction reference point  1701  with an information ID  1901  of “left”, is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and the correction judgment distance  1706  is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2302  of (300×L 1 ), a position at a correction distance  1705  of ( 20 ) from a click position  1702  in the left correction direction  1703 L is set as a corrected click position”.  FIG. 32  also indicates that “when a correction reference point  1701  with an information ID  1901  of “right”, is at ( 960 ,  0 ) and the correction judgment distance  1706  is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2302  of (300×L 2 ), a position at a correction distance  1705  of ( 20 ) from a click position  1702  in the right correction direction  1703 R is set as a corrected click position”. 
     While one correction judgment threshold  2302  and one correction distance  1705  associated with the correction judgment threshold  2302  are used in the example shown in  FIG. 32 , a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  2302  and a plurality of correction distances  1705  may be used. Furthermore, while one piece of correction information  2301  is stored for each way of holding in the example shown, the correction information storage unit  1813  can store a plurality of pieces of correction information for each way of holding the input device  1501 . 
     In this way, the click position control apparatus according to the variation of the third embodiment is capable of making more accurate correction adjusted to the user, because correction information is changed according to characteristics of the user. 
     Fourth Embodiment 
     A click position control apparatus according to a fourth embodiment is characterized in that the apparatus includes a grip information generating unit generating grip information indicating how a user is holding an input device, a correction information storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of correction information, a selecting unit selecting one of the plurality of pieces of correction information on the basis of the grip information, and a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of touch position information, and refers to the touch position information stored in the storage unit to correct click position information. 
     In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, an example is given in which when correction is made based on the distance between a point (reference position) that serves as a benchmark on an input device and a click position (coordinates) indicating a user input on a clickable touch sensor, correction information is changed on the basis of grip information about how the input device is being held, click position information is corrected based on a record of touch position information indicating positions at which a user has touched a touch sensor up to the time of the correction, that is, a trajectory of touch positions. It should be noted that a trajectory of a cursor displayed on a display screen is used as a trajectory of touch positions in the fourth embodiment. 
     A cross section of an input device in the fourth embodiment of the present invention is similar to that in the first embodiment and therefore a cross-sectional view of the input device will be omitted. 
       FIG. 33  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an input device  1501  and an example of a display apparatus  2401  in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 33 , the same components as those in  FIG. 22  are given the same reference numerals and description of those components will be omitted. 
     Like the display apparatus  1601  in the third embodiment, the display apparatus  2401  obtains position information indicating a point on a left clickable touch sensor  1505 L touched by a left finger  1504 L and position information indicating a point on a right clickable touch sensor  1505 R touched by a right finger  1504 R on the basis of a signal indicating a position provided from the input device  1501  and displays the position information as a left cursor  1603 L and a right cursor  1603 R on a display screen  202 . Also like the display apparatus  1601  in the third embodiment, the display apparatus  2401  detects a click on the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L or the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R by a user and performs processing such as processing for determining an object  204 . The relationship between a coordinate system of the display screen  202  of the display apparatus  2401  and a coordinate system of each of the clickable touch sensors of the input device  1501  is the same as that in the third embodiment and therefore description of the relationship will be omitted. 
     The display apparatus  2401  also includes a storage unit that stores a history of movements of the left cursor  1603 L displayed on the display screen  202  (a left cursor trajectory  2405 L) as series of left cursor positions information and a history of movements of the right cursor  1603 R (a right cursor trajectory  2405 R) as series of right cursor positions information. In the fourth embodiment, click position information is corrected by selecting one cursor position from series of cursor positions information indicating a trajectory of each corresponding cursor. An example of the series of cursor positions information will be described later in detail with reference to  FIG. 34 . 
     The input device  1501  can be held and operated in a vertical orientation as well as a horizontal orientation, operation in a vertical orientation is the same as in the third embodiment and therefore description of such operation is omitted. 
       FIG. 34  shows exemplary values of series of cursor positions information  2501  representing trajectories of the cursors (the left cursor  1603 L and the right cursor  1603 R) displayed on the display screen  202  of the display apparatus  2401  in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 34 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 26  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     The series of cursor positions information  2501  indicates an information ID  1901  indicating which of the left cursor  1603 L and the right cursor  1603 R an associated time  2502  and a cursor position  2503  are related to, a time  2502  at which the cursor position  2503  is inputted, and the cursor position  2503  corresponding to the time  2502 . It should be noted that cursor positions  2503  associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “left” that are arranged in chronological order using associated times  2502  represent a left cursor trajectory  2405 L. Similarly, cursor positions  2503  associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “right” that are arranged in chronological order using associated times  2502  represent a right cursor trajectory  2405 R. 
     The example in  FIG. 34  indicates that “when the left cursor  1603 L was displayed on the display screen  202  at positions ( 150 ,  90 ), ( 180 ,  90 ), ( 195 ,  95 ), ( 160 ,  85 ), and ( 100 ,  90 ) at times 30 ms, 60 ms, 90 ms, 120 ms, and 150 ms, respectively, and the right cursor  1603 R was displayed on the display screen  202  at positions ( 520 ,  235 ), ( 580 ,  260 ), ( 640 ,  260 ) ( 640 ,  300 ), and ( 660 ,  300 ) at times 30 ms, 60 ms, 90 ms, 120 ms, and 150 ms, respectively. 
       FIG. 35  is a block diagram illustrating exemplary internal configurations of the input device  1501  and an exemplary internal configuration of the display apparatus  2401 , which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 35 , the same components as those in  FIGS. 25 and 33  are given the same reference numerals and description of those components will be omitted. 
     The display apparatus  2401  differ from the display apparatus  1601  according to the third embodiment in  FIG. 25  in that the display apparatus  2401  includes a correcting unit  2604  and a cursor position determining unit  2605  in place of the correcting unit  1804  and the cursor position determining unit  1805  and includes a series of cursor positions storage unit  2611  in addition. 
     Like the correcting unit  1804  according to the third embodiment, the correcting unit  2604  uses correction information determined by a correction information determining unit  1814  to correct click position information provided from a click position information generating unit  1803 . Specifically, the correcting unit  2604  corrects click position information according to the distance between a click position indicated in click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  1803  and a correction reference point indicated in correction information having the same information ID that is contained in the click position information (correction judgment distance). 
     More specifically, the correcting unit  2604  selects one cursor position from series of cursor positions information  2501  provided from a series of cursor positions storage unit  2611  and replaces cursor position information indicating the selected point cursor position information with the click position information, thereby correcting the click position information. That is, the correcting unit  2604  provides one piece of cursor position information in the selected series of cursor positions information  2501  to an object selection determining unit  407  as click position information. Specific exemplary values of the click position information, the correction reference point, and the correction judgment distance are illustrated in  FIG. 26 . 
     Like the cursor position determining unit  1805  according to the third embodiment, the cursor position determining unit  2605  determines cursor position information for the left cursor  1603 L and cursor position information for right cursor  1603 R to be displayed on the display screen  202  on the basis of grip information provided from a grip information generating unit  1812  and touch position information provided from a touch position information generating unit  1801 . The cursor position determining unit  2605  then provides the determined cursor position information to the series of cursor positions storage unit  2611  as well as to a cursor display control unit  1808 . 
     The series of cursor positions storage unit  2611 , which is an example of the storage unit according to the present invention, stores cursor position information generated on the basis of touch position information. Specifically, the series of cursor positions storage unit  2611  associates cursor positions  2503  indicated in cursor position information provided from the cursor position determining unit  2605  with times  2502  corresponding to the cursor positions  2503  and stores the cursor positions  2503  and the times  2502  as series of cursor positions information  2501 . The series of cursor positions storage unit  2611  provides all of the stored series of cursor positions information  2501  to the correcting unit  2604 . 
       FIG. 36  is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation for presetting parameters such as a correction reference point  1701  and a correction amount of time on the basis of correction information in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The presetting takes place when grip information on the input device  1501  has changed. In  FIG. 36 , the same operations as those in  FIG. 27  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     The operations of obtaining correction information and setting a correction reference point performed by the correcting unit  2604  are the same as those operations performed by the correcting unit  1804  according to the third embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 27 . 
     The correcting unit  2604  sets a correction judgment threshold for determining whether or not to correct a click position and a correction amount of time corresponding to the correction judgment threshold from the correction information obtained from the correction information determining unit  1814  (step S 1003 ). 
       FIGS. 37 and 38  show specific exemplary values of coordinates of the correction reference point  1701 , the correction judgment threshold, and the correction amount of time set by the correcting unit  1604 . 
       FIG. 37  shows exemplary values of correction information  2701  in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
     The correction information  2701  includes an information ID  1901 , a correction reference point  1701 , a correction judgment threshold  2002 , and correction amount of time  2702 . The exemplary values shown in  FIG. 37  indicate a case where the input device  1501  is held and operated in a horizontal orientation as illustrated in  FIG. 33 . In  FIG. 37 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 28  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     The correction amount of time  2702  is associated with an information ID  1901  and a correction judgment threshold  2002 . The correction amount of time  2702  is a value used for correcting click position information after determination is made using the correction judgment threshold  2002 . Specifically, the correcting unit  2604  corrects click position information so that a corrected position is a cursor position indicated in cursor position information indicating a time which precedes the time indicated in the click position information by the correction amount of time  2702 . 
       FIG. 37  indicates that “when a left correction reference point  1701 L associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “left” is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and a left correction judgment distance  1706 L is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a correction amount of time  2702  of (30 ms) is used to make correction”. Specifically,  FIG. 37  indicates that “when a left correction reference point  1701 L associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “left” is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and a left correction judgment distance  1706 L is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a position on the left touch sensor  1502 L touched by the user at a time preceding a time indicated in click position information by a correction amount of time  2702  of (30 ms) is set as a corrected click position”. 
       FIG. 37  also indicates that “when a right correction reference point  1701 R associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “right” is at ( 960 ,  0 ) and a right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a correction amount of time  2702  of (30 ms) is used to make correction”. Specifically,  FIG. 37  also indicates that “when a right correction reference point  1701 R associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “right” is at ( 960 ,  0 ) and a right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a position on the right touch sensor  1502 R touched by the user at a time preceding a time indicated in click position information by a correction amount of time  2702  of (30 ms) is set as a corrected click position”. 
       FIG. 38  shows exemplary values of correction information  2801  in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The exemplary values shown in  FIG. 38  indicate a case where the input device  1501  is held and operated in a vertical orientation as illustrated in  FIG. 23 . In  FIG. 38 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 26 and 27  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
       FIG. 38  indicates that “when a right correction reference point  1701 R associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “right” is ( 0 ,  0 ) and a right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a correction amount of time  2702  of (30 ms) is used to make correction”. Specifically,  FIG. 38  indicates that “when a right correction reference point  1701 R associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “right” is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and a right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a position on the right touch sensor  1502 R touched by the user at a time a correction amount of time  2702  of (30 ms) before is set as a corrected click position”. 
     It should be noted that while one correction judgment threshold  2002  and one correction amount of time  2702  associated with the correction judgment threshold  2002  are used in the examples shown in  FIGS. 37 and 38 , a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  2002  and a plurality of correction amount of times  2702  may be used. Furthermore, while one piece of correction information  2701  and  2801  is stored for each way of holding in the example shown, the correction information storage unit  1813  can store a plurality of pieces of correction information for each way of holding the input device  1501 . 
       FIG. 39  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by the correcting unit  2604  in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 39 , the same operations as those in  FIGS. 30 and 14  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 39 , the correcting unit  2604  first obtains click position information including an information ID  1901  (step S 901 ). Specifically, like the correcting unit  1804  according to the third embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 30 , the correcting unit  2604  is provided with click position information including an information ID  1901  from the click position information generating unit  1803  when a user clicks the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L or the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R. 
     The rest of the process is the same as the process performed by the correcting unit  804  of the second embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 14 . However, the correcting unit  2604  according to the fourth embodiment uses information associated with the same information ID  1901  as the information ID  1901  provided to the correcting unit  2604  to perform the rest of the process (step S 202  to step S 407 ). 
     The process illustrated in  FIG. 39  will be described using specific exemplary values. 
     A case will be described first in which an information ID  1901  indicating “left”, a correction reference point  1701  of ( 0 ,  0 ), and click position information indicating a click position  1702  of ( 200 ,  200 ) as shown in the first row of  FIG. 26  are provided. Here, because the information ID associated with the click position information is “left”, the correcting unit  2604  uses ( 300 ) as the correction judgment threshold  2002  associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “left” and (30 ms) as the correction amount of time  2702  as illustrated in  FIG. 37 . 
     First, the correcting unit  2604  calculates a correction judgment distance  1706  (step S 202 ). As a result, a correction judgment distance  1706  of ( 280 ) is yielded. 
     The correcting unit  2604  then compares the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 280 ) with the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (step S 203 ). Since the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 280 ) is less than the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (Yes at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  2604  does not correct the click position information (step S 204 ). Thus, the click position information indicating the click position ( 200 ,  200 ) is provided to an object selection determining unit  407  without being corrected. 
     A case will be described next in which an information ID  1901  indicating “right”, a correction reference point  1701  of ( 960 ,  0 ), and click position information indicating a click position  1702  ( 660 ,  300 ) as shown in the second row of  FIG. 26  are provided. Here, because the information ID associated with the click position information is “right”, the correcting unit  2604  uses ( 300 ) as the correction judgment threshold  2002  corresponding to the information ID  1901  indicating “right” and (30 ms) as the correction amount of time as illustrated in  FIG. 37 . 
     First, the correcting unit  2604  calculates a correction judgment distance  1706  (step S 202 ). As a result, a correction judgment distance  1706  of ( 420 ) is yielded. 
     The correcting unit  2604  then compares the correction judgment distance ( 420 ) with the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (step S 203 ). Since the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 420 ) is greater than the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (No at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  2604  corrects the click position information indicating the click position ( 660 ,  300 ). 
     Specifically, the correcting unit  2604  obtains series of cursor positions information  2501  from the series of cursor positions storage unit  2611  (step S 405 ). For example, the correcting unit  2604  obtains the series of cursor positions information  2501  shown in  FIG. 34 . 
     Here, the correction reference time is the time of click position information indicating a click position ( 300 ,  300 ). In this case, the correction reference time is (150 ms) as shown in  FIG. 34 . 
     The correcting unit  2604  then subtracts the correction amount of time  2702  (30 ms) from the correction reference time (150 ms) to obtain a past time (step S 406 ). Here, a past time of (120 ms) is yielded. 
     The correcting unit  2604  then corrects the click position information so that a corrected click position is a cursor position  2503  ( 600 ,  260 ) corresponding to the time  2502  identical to the past time (120 ms). 
     The process illustrated in  FIG. 39  performed when the user has switched to holding the input device  1501  only with the right hand in a vertical orientation as illustrated in  FIG. 23  will also be described using specific exemplary values. 
     For example, a case will be described in which an information ID  1901  indicating “right”, a correction reference point  1701  of ( 960 ,  0 ), and click position information indicating a click position  1702  ( 860 ,  100 ) as shown in the third row of  FIG. 26  are provided. It should be noted that the fact that the user is holding the input device  1501  in a vertical orientation can be determined from grip information provided from the grip information generating unit  1812 . Accordingly, the correcting unit  2604  makes settings such as a correction reference point  1701  on the basis of the correction information  2801  shown in  FIG. 38 . Here, the correcting unit  2604  uses ( 400 ) as the correction judgment threshold  2002  associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “right” and (30 ms) as the correction amount of time  2702 . 
     First, the correcting unit  2604  calculates a correction judgment distance  1706  (step S 202 ). As a result, a correction judgment distance  1706  of ( 100 ) is yielded. 
     The correcting unit  2604  then compares the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 100 ) with the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 400 ) (step S 203 ). Since the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 100 ) is less than the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 400 ) (Yes at step S 203 ), correcting unit  2604  does not correct the click position information (step S 204 ). Accordingly, the click position information indicating the click position ( 860 ,  100 ) is provided to an object selection determining unit  407  without being corrected. 
     In this way, as in the third embodiment, the click position control apparatus according to the fourth embodiment determines how a user is holding the input device  1501  and changes correction information on the basis of the result of the determination to correct a click position. As in the second embodiment, series of cursor positions information stored in the series of cursor positions storage unit  2611  is referred to and the click position information is corrected so that a corrected click position is a position indicated in cursor position information indicating a time which precedes a time indicated in the click position information by a predetermined correction amount of time. 
     Thus, a click position can be corrected simply by storing a plurality of pieces of correction information for each way of holding the input device  1501  and for each clickable touch sensor. Furthermore, a click position can be corrected to a more accurate click position by making correction based on a trajectory of a cursor, that is, a trajectory of movements of a finger. Accordingly, operation errors due to a deflection of click by a user can be prevented without needing a history of user operations even when the user is changed or a new user uses the input device. 
     (First Variation of the Fourth Embodiment) 
     While a method performed by the correcting unit  2604  for correcting click position using a correction amount of time  2702  has been described with respect to  FIGS. 37 to 39 , a correction distance may be used in a first variation of the fourth embodiment instead of the correction amount of time  2702 . A method for correcting click position information using a correction distance will be described below with reference to  FIGS. 40 ,  41 , and  42 . 
       FIG. 40  shows exemplary values of correction information  2901  in the first variation of the forth embodiment of the present invention. 
     The correction information  2901  includes an information ID  1901 , a correction reference point  1701 , a correction judgment threshold  2002 , and a correction distance  2902 . The exemplary values shown in  FIG. 40  indicate a case where an input device  1501  is held and operated in a horizontal orientation as illustrated in  FIG. 33 . In  FIG. 40 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 28  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
       FIG. 40  indicates that when a left correction reference point  1701 L associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “left” is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and a left correction judgment distance  1706 L is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a left click position  1702 L is corrected to a position closest to a position at a correction distance  2902  of ( 15 ) from the left click position  1702 L″.  FIG. 40  also indicates that “when a right correction reference point  1701 R associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “right” is at ( 960 ,  0 ) and a right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a right click position  1702 R is corrected to a position closet to a position at a correction distance  2902  of ( 25 ) from the right click position  1702 R″. 
       FIG. 41  shows exemplary values of correction information  3001  in the first variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The example in  FIG. 41  shows a case where an input device  1501  is held and operated in a vertical orientation as illustrated in  FIG. 23 . In  FIG. 41 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 28 and 40  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
       FIG. 41  indicates that “when a right correction reference point  1701 R associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “right” is at ( 960 ,  0 ) and a right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a right click position  1702 R is corrected to a position closest to a position at a correction distance  2902  of ( 15 ) from the right click position  1702 R. 
     It should be noted that while one correction judgment threshold  2002  and one correction distance  2903  associated with the correction judgment threshold  2002  are used in the examples shown in  FIGS. 40 and 41 , a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  2002  and a plurality of correction distances  2902  may be used. Furthermore, while one piece of correction information  2901  and  3001  is stored for each way of holding in the examples shown, the correction information storage unit  1813  can store a plurality of pieces of correction information for each way of holding the input device  1501 . 
       FIG. 42  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by the correcting unit  2604  in the first variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 42 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 39 and 16  are given the same reference numerals and description of which will be omitted. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 42 , first the correcting unit  2604  obtains click position information including an information ID  1901  (step S 901 ). Specifically, like the correcting unit  1804  according to the third embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 30 , the correcting unit  2604  is provided with click position information including an information ID  1901  from the click position information generating unit  1803  when a user clicks a left clickable touch sensor  1505 L or a right clickable touch sensor  1505 R. 
     The rest of the process is the same as the process performed by the correcting unit  804  according to the first variation of the second embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 16 . However, here the correcting unit  2604  according to the first variation of the fourth embodiment uses information associated with the same information ID  1901  as the information ID  1901  provided to the correcting unit  2604  to perform the rest of the process (step S 202  to step S 509 ). 
     The process illustrated in  FIG. 42  will be described using specific exemplary values. It should be noted that when the click position information shown in the first row of  FIG. 26  is inputted and when the click position information shown in the third row of  FIG. 26  is inputted, correction is not made (step S 204 ) as described with reference to  FIG. 39  and therefore description of those cases will be omitted. 
     A case will be described in which an information ID  1901  of “right”, a correction reference point  1701  of ( 960 ,  0 ), and click position information indicating a click position  1702  of ( 660 ,  300 ) is provided as shown in the second row of  FIG. 26 . Since the information ID associated with the click position information here is “right”, the correcting unit  2604  uses a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ) and a correction distance  2902  of ( 25 ) that are associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right” as shown in  FIG. 40 . 
     Since the correction judgment distance  1706  ( 420 ) is greater than the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (No at step S 203 ), the correcting unit  2604  obtains series of cursor positions information  2502  (step S 405 ). Specifically, the correcting unit  2604  obtains cursor position information indicating cursor positions ( 660 ,  300 ), ( 640 ,  300 ), ( 640 ,  260 ), ( 580 ,  260 ), and ( 520 ,  235 ) associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right” from among series of cursor positions information  2501 . 
     The correcting unit  2604  then calculates the distance from the click position  1702  ( 660 ,  300 ) to every cursor positions  2503  ( 640 ,  300 ), ( 640 ,  260 ), ( 580 ,  260 ), and ( 520 ,  235 ) indicated in all pieces of cursor position information included in the obtained series of cursor positions information  2501 , excluding a cursor position identical to the click position  1702  ( 660 ,  300 ). The calculated distances are 20, 44, 89, and 154 (all digits to the right of the decimal point are discarded), respectively, and the cursor position  2503  closest to the correction distance  2902  ( 25 ) is ( 640 ,  300 ) (step S 506 ). 
     The correcting unit  2604  then determines whether or not there is more than one piece of cursor position information with calculated distance information identical or closest to the correction distance  2902 . Here, there is not more than one piece of such cursor position information (Yes at step S 507 ), the correcting unit  2604  determines the cursor position information indicating the cursor position  2503  ( 640 ,  300 ) as corrected click position information. 
     (Second Variation of Fourth Embodiment) 
     As a second variation of the fourth embodiment, a correction method will be described with reference to  FIG. 43  in which distances between cursor positions along a trajectory of a cursor are calculated and click position information is replaced with cursor position information with a sum of the calculated distances between cursor positions that is identical or closest to a correction distance, thereby making correction. 
       FIG. 43  is a flowchart illustrating an example of method for correcting click position information performed by a correcting unit  2604  in the second variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 43 , the same operations as those in  FIGS. 39 and 17  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 43 , first the correcting unit  2604  obtains click position information including an information ID  1901  (step S 901 ). Specifically, like the correcting unit  1804  according to the third embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 30 , the correcting unit  2604  is provided with click position information including an information ID  1901  from a click position information generating unit  1803  when a user clicks a left clickable touch sensor  1505 L or a right clickable touch sensor  1505 R. 
     The rest of the process is the same as the process performed by the correcting unit  804  according to the second variation of the second embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 17 . However, here, the correcting unit  2604  according to the second variation of the fourth embodiment uses information associated with the same information ID  1901  as the provided information ID  1901  to perform the rest of the process (step S 202  to step S 609 ). 
     The process illustrated in  FIG. 43  will be described using specific exemplary values. It should be noted that when the click position information shown in the first row of  FIG. 26  is inputted and when the click position information shown in the third row of  FIG. 26  is inputted, correction is not made as also described with respect to  FIG. 39  (step S 204 ) and therefore description of those cases will be omitted. 
     A case will be described in which an information ID  1901  of “right”, a correction reference point  1701  of ( 960 ,  0 ), and click position information indicating a click position  1702  of ( 660 ,  300 ) is provided as shown in the second row of  FIG. 26 . Since the information ID associated with the click position information here is “right”, the correcting unit  2604  uses a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ) and a correction distance  2902  of ( 25 ) that are associated with the information ID  1901  indicating “right” as shown in  FIG. 40 . Note that the process is the same as the process in  FIG. 42  until the correcting unit  2604  obtains series of cursor positions information and therefore description of the process up to that point will be omitted. 
     The correcting unit  2604  refers to the series of cursor positions information  2501  to determine correction reference position information (step S 606 ). In this case, since the click position information indicates a click position  1702  of ( 660 ,  300 ), it is determined that the correction reference position is ( 660 ,  300 ). 
     The correcting unit  2604  then calculates the distance between the correction reference position ( 660 ,  300 ) and a cursor position ( 640 ,  300 ) immediately preceding the correction reference position to yield an inter-cursor-position distance of ( 20 ) (step S 607 ). The correcting unit  2604  then compares the inter-cursor-position distance ( 20 ) with the correction distance  2902  ( 25 ) (step S 608 ). Here, since the inter-cursor-position distance ( 20 ) is smaller (No at step S 608 ), the correcting unit  2604  calculates the distance between the cursor position ( 640 ,  300 ) immediately preceding the correction reference position information and a cursor position ( 640 ,  260 ) immediately preceding that cursor position ( 640 ,  300 ) to yield an inter-cursor-position distance of ( 40 ) (step S 607 ). 
     The inter-cursor-position distance ( 40 ) is added to the previously calculated inter-cursor-position distance ( 20 ) to yield a sum of the inter-cursor-position distances of ( 60 ). The correcting unit  2604  then compares the sum ( 60 ) of the inter-cursor-position distances with the correction distance  2902  ( 25 ) (step S 608 ). 
     Here, since the sum of the inter-cursor-position distances is greater (Yes at step S 608 ), the correcting unit  2604  sets the cursor position ( 640 ,  260 ) that is associated with an earliest time among the cursor position information ( 660 ,  300 ), ( 640 ,  300 ), and ( 640 ,  260 ) used in the calculation of the inter-cursor-position distances as a corrected click position. 
     In this way, the correcting unit  2604  may correct click position information so that a corrected position is a cursor position closest to a position at a correction distance  2902  from the click position indicated in the click position information. Furthermore, here the correcting unit  2604  may correct click position information so that a corrected position is a cursor position closest to a position at the correction distance  2902  from the click position along a trajectory of the cursor. 
     (Third Variation of Fourth Embodiment) 
     In a third variation of the fourth embodiment, correction information may be changed on the basis of user information registered previously.  FIG. 44  shows a block diagram illustrating an implementation in which correction information is changed on the basis of previously registered user information. 
       FIG. 44  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device  1501  and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus  3101 , which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in the third variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 44 , the same components as those in  FIGS. 31 and 35  are given the same reference numerals and description of those components will be omitted. 
     The display apparatus  3101  differs from the display apparatus  2401  illustrated in  FIG. 35  in that the display apparatus  2401  includes a correction information determining unit  2214  in place of the correction information determining unit  1814  and includes a user information storage unit  2215  in addition. 
     The user information storage unit  2215  and the correction information determining unit  2214  are the same as the user information storage unit  2215  and the correction information determining unit  2214  according to the variation of the third embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 31 . Detailed operations of these units are the same as the operations described with reference to  FIG. 32  and therefore description of the operations will be omitted. 
     Thus, the click position control apparatus according to the fourth embodiment is capable of making more accurate correction adjusted to the user, because correction information is changed according to characteristics of the user. 
     (Fourth Variation of Fourth Embodiment) 
     An input device according to a fourth variation of the fourth embodiment may include a pressure sensor in place of a switch. A method for correcting click position information using an input device  3201  including a left pressure sensor  3203 L and a right pressure sensor  3203 R in place of the left switch  1503 L and the right switch  1503 R illustrated in  FIG. 35  will be described below with reference to  FIGS. 45 to 48 . 
       FIG. 45  is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary internal configuration of an input device  3201  and an exemplary internal configuration of a display apparatus  3301 , which is an example of the click position control apparatus, in the fourth variation of the fourth embodiment. In  FIG. 45 , the same components as those in  FIGS. 33 and 35  are given the same reference numerals and description of those components will be omitted. 
     The input device  3201  includes a left clickable touch sensor  3205 L including a left touch sensor  1502 L and a left pressure sensor  3203 L, a right clickable touch sensor  3205 R including a right touch sensor  1502 R and a right pressure sensor  3203 R, an acceleration sensor  1511 , and a grip sensor  1512 . 
     The left pressure sensor  3203 L, which is an example of a click judging unit according to the present invention, is disposed under the left touch sensor  1502 L, is integral with the left touch sensor  1502 L, and detects the intensity of a click on the left touch sensor  1502 L by a user. The left pressure sensor  3203 L provides a signal indicating the intensity of a click on the left touch sensor  1502 L by the user to the display apparatus  3301 . 
     The right pressure sensor  3203 R, which is an example of the click judging unit according to the present invention, is disposed under the right touch sensor  1502 R, is integral with the right touch sensor  1502 R, and detects the intensity of a click on the right touch sensor  1502 R by a user. The right pressure sensor  3203 R provides a signal indicating the intensity of a click on the right touch sensor  1502 R by the user to the display apparatus  3301 . 
     The display apparatus  3301  differs from the display apparatus  2401  of the fourth embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 35  in that the display apparatus  3301  includes a click judging unit  3302 , a click position information generating unit  3303 , a correcting unit  3304 , a cursor position determining unit  3305 , and a series of cursor positions storage unit  3311  in place of the click judging unit  1802 , the click position information generating unit  1803 , the correcting unit  2604 , the cursor position determining unit  2605 , and a series of cursor positions storage unit  2611 . 
     The click judging unit  3302  generates intensity information indicating intensity obtained from at least one of the left pressure sensor  3203 L and the right pressure sensor  3203 R and, when the intensity obtained from the left pressure sensor  3203 L or the right pressure sensor  3203 R is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference intensity value, detects a click on the left pressure sensor  3203 L or the right pressure sensor  3203 R. It should be noted that “the click on the left pressure sensor  3203 L or the right pressure sensor  3203 R” means that the user has clicked the left touch sensor  1502 L or the right touch sensor  1502 R in order to select an object  204  displayed on the display screen  202 , for example. 
     Specifically, the click judging unit  3302  receives a signal indicating the intensity of clicks on the left pressure sensor  3203 L and the right pressure sensor  3203 R by a user from the left pressure sensor  3203 L and the right pressure sensor  3203 R, respectively, and generates click intensity information indicating the received intensity. The click judging unit  3302  represents the timing at which the intensity of the click on each pressure sensor by the user has been measured as time information and provides click information indicating the click intensity information and the time information to the click position information generating unit  3303 . It should be noted that when the click judging unit  3302  provides the click information, the click judging unit  3302  puts an information ID  1901  indicating “left” or “right” information in the click position information and provides the information to the click position information generating unit  3303 . 
     The click position information generating unit  3303  compares the information ID and the time information contained in the click information provided from the click judging unit  3302  with an information ID and time information contained in touch position information provided from a touch position information generating unit  1801 . That is, the click position information generating unit  3303  associates click information with touch position information that includes the same information ID and time information as the click information. The click position information generating unit  3303  then provides the click information and the touch position information associated with each other to the cursor position determining unit  2605 . 
     The click position information generating unit  3303  further provides touch position information having a time identical to the time at which the user has clicked the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L or the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R with an intensity equal to or greater than a certain intensity as click position information to the correcting unit  3304 . It should be noted that when the click position information generating unit  3303  provides the click position information, the click position information generating unit  3303  puts an information ID  1901  indicating “left” or “right” information in the click position information and provides the information. 
     The correcting unit  3304  selects one cursor position from series of cursor positions information obtained from the series of cursor positions storage unit  3311  according to the distance between a click position  1702  indicated in the click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  3303  and a correction reference point  1701 . The correcting unit  3304  then provides cursor position information indicating the selected cursor position to an object selection determining unit  407  as click position information. 
     It should be noted that the correcting unit  3304  uses correction information provided from the correction information determining unit  1814  to correct the click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  3303 . Specifically, the correcting unit  33304  uses correction information including the same information ID included in the click position information provided from the click position information generating unit  3303  to set parameters such as a correction reference point, a correction judgment threshold, and a click intensity threshold. The correcting unit  3304  then corrects the click position information according to the distance between the set correction reference point  1701  and the click position  1702 . The corrected click position information is provided to the object selection determining unit  407 . 
     Specific exemplary values of the click position information, the correction reference point, and the correction judgment distance are the same as those in the third embodiment and therefore description of those values will be omitted. An example of the series of cursor positions information provided from the series of cursor positions storage unit  3311  will be described with reference to  FIG. 46 . 
     The cursor position determining unit  3305  determines cursor position information for a left cursor  1603 L and a right cursor  1603 R to be displayed on a display screen  202  on the basis of grip information provided from a grip information generating unit  1812  and touch position information provided form the click position information generating unit  1803 . The cursor position determining unit  3305  provides the determined cursor position information to a cursor display control unit  1808 . The cursor position determining unit  3305  also provides the cursor position information, the click intensity information obtained from the click position information generating unit  1803 , and the information ID  1901  to the series of cursor positions storage unit  3311 . 
     The series of cursor positions storage unit  3311  associates the information ID  1901 , the cursor position information, the time information, and the click intensity information which have been provided from the cursor position determining unit  3305  with one another and stores as series of cursor positions information. The series of cursor positions information is stored for a predetermined period of time; series of cursor positions information that has been stored for a period of time exceeding the predetermined period of time is discarded. The series of cursor positions storage unit  3311  provides all series of cursor positions information stored to the correcting unit  3304  according to an instruction from the correcting unit  3304 . 
       FIG. 46  shows exemplary values of series of cursor positions information  3401  indicating trajectories of the left cursor  1603 L and the right cursor  1603 R displayed on the display screen  202  of the display apparatus  3301  in the fourth variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 46 , the same elements as those in  FIG. 34  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     The series of cursor positions information  3401  indicates an information ID  1901  indicating which of the left cursor  1603 L and the right cursor  1603 R an associated time  2502  and cursor position  2503  correspond to, the time  2502  at which the cursor position  2503  was inputted, the cursor position  2503  corresponding to the time  2502 , and a click intensity  3402 . 
     The click intensity  3402  is represented by a value ranging from 0 to 100, where 0 represents a “not pressed at all” state and 100 represents a “fully pressed” state.  FIG. 46  indicates that “the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L was clicked with intensities of ( 0 ), ( 0 ), ( 0 ), ( 0 ), and ( 0 ) (that is, the left clickable touch sensor  1505 L was not pressed at all) at times 30 ms, 60 ms, 90 ms, 120 ms, and 150 ms, while the left cursor  1603 L was at positions of ( 150 ,  90 ), ( 180 ,  90 ), ( 195 ,  95 ), ( 160 ,  85 ), and ( 100 ,  90 ), respectively.  FIG. 46  also indicates that “the right clickable touch sensor  1505 R was clicked with intensities of ( 20 ), ( 40 ), ( 60 ), ( 80 ), and ( 100 ) at times 30 ms, 60 ms, 90 ms, 120 ms, and 150 ms, respectively, while the right cursor  1603 R was at positions of ( 520 ,  235 ), ( 580 ,  260 ), ( 640 ,  260 ), ( 640 ,  300 ), and ( 660 ,  300 ), respectively. 
       FIG. 47  shows exemplary values of correction information  3501  in the fourth variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 47 , the same elements as those in  FIGS. 26 and 28  are given the same reference numerals and description of those elements will be omitted. 
     The correction information  3501  indicates an information ID  1901 , a correction reference point  1701 , a correction judgment threshold  2002 , and a click intensity threshold  3502 . 
     The click intensity threshold  3502  is a value used for correcting click position information. A method for using the click intensity threshold  3502  will be described in detail with reference to  FIG. 48 . 
       FIG. 47  indicates that “for click position information associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “left”, when a left correction reference point  1701 L is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and a left correction judgment distance  1706 L is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a click intensity threshold  3502  of ( 60 ) is used to make correction”. Specifically,  FIG. 47  indicates that “for click position information associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “left”, when a left correction reference point  1701 L is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and a left correction judgment distance  1706 L is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a left click position  1702 L is corrected to a cursor position associated with intensity information indicating intensity equal to or greater than a click intensity threshold  3502  of ( 60 )”. 
       FIG. 47  also indicates that “for click position information associated with an information ID indicating “right”, when a right correction reference point  1701 R is ( 960 ,  0 ) and a right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a click intensity threshold  3502  of ( 60 ) is used to make correction”. Specifically,  FIG. 47  indicates that “for click position information associated with an information ID  1901  indicating “right”, when a right correction reference point  1701 R is at ( 0 ,  0 ) and a right correction judgment distance  1706 R is equal to or greater than a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ), a right click position  1702 R is corrected to a cursor position associated with intensity information indicating intensity equal to or greater than a click intensity threshold  3502  of ( 60 ). 
     While one correction judgment threshold  2002  and one click intensity threshold  3502  associated with the correction judgment threshold  2002  are used in the example shown in  FIG. 47 , a plurality of correction judgment thresholds  2002  and a plurality of click intensity thresholds  3502  may be used. Furthermore, while one piece of correction information  3501  is stored for each way of holding in the example shown, the correction information storage unit  1813  can store a plurality of pieces of correction information for each way of holding the input device  3201 . 
       FIG. 48  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for correcting click position information performed by the correcting unit  3304  in the fourth variation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In  FIG. 48 , the same operations as those in  FIGS. 21 and 30  are given the same reference numerals and description of those operations will be omitted. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 48 , the correcting unit  3304  first obtains click position information including an information ID  1901  (step S 901 ). Specifically, like the correcting unit  1804  according to the third embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 30 , the correcting unit  3304  is provided with click position information including an information ID  1901  from the click position information generating unit  3303  when a user clicks a left clickable touch sensor  3205 L or a right clickable touch sensor  3205 R. 
     The rest of the process is the same as the process performed by the correcting unit  804  according to the third variation of the second embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 21 . However, the correcting unit  3304  according to the fourth variation of the fourth embodiment uses information associated with the same information ID  1901  as the provided information ID  1901  to perform the rest of the process (step S 202  to step S 706 ). 
     The process described above and illustrated in  FIG. 48  will be described using specific exemplary values. 
     Note that a case will be described in which an information ID  1901  of “right”, a correction reference point  1701  of ( 960 ,  0 ), and click position information indicating a click position  1702  of ( 660 ,  300 ), as shown in the second row of  FIG. 26  is provided. Here, because the information ID associated with the click position information is “right”, the correcting unit  3304  uses a correction judgment threshold  2002  of ( 300 ) that is associated with the information ID  1901  and a click intensity threshold  3502  of ( 60 ) as illustrated in  FIG. 47 . 
     A correction judgment distance  1706  of ( 420 ) is yielded, which is greater than the correction judgment threshold  2002  ( 300 ) (No at step S 203 ) and therefore the correcting unit  3304  obtains series of cursor positions information  3401  (step S 405 ). 
     Among the obtained series of cursor positions information  3401 , cursor positions  2503  associated with an click intensity  3402  equal to or greater than the click intensity threshold  3502  ( 60 ) are ( 660 ,  300 ), ( 640 ,  300 ), and ( 640 ,  260 ). Since the cursor position  2503  associated with the earliest time  2502  among these cursor positions  2503  is ( 640 ,  260 ), the correcting unit  3304  sets cursor position information indicating the cursor position ( 640 ,  260 ) as corrected click position information. 
     As has been described above, the input device  3201  according to the fourth variation of the fourth embodiment may include the left pressure sensor  3203 L and the right pressure sensor  3203 R which detect click intensity, in place of the left switch  1503 L and the right switch  1503 R. In this case, when it is determined that the left touch sensor  1502 L or the right touch sensor  1502 R has been clicked, that is, when intensity detected by the left pressure sensor  3203 L or the right pressure sensor  3203 R is equal to or greater than a reference intensity value (for example 100), the correcting unit  3304  corrects click position information. 
     Specifically, the correcting unit  3304  corrects the click position information so that a corrected position is an earliest cursor position among cursor positions with intensities equal to or greater than the click intensity threshold  3502 . Accordingly, the click position  1702  can be corrected to a touch position touched before occurrence of a deflection of click and therefore an operation error can be prevented. 
     Although the click position control apparatus and the click position control method according to the implementation of the present invention have been described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. Modifications resulting from various modifications to the respective embodiments that can be conceived by those skilled in the art and modifications realized by arbitrarily combining the constituent elements and functions of the respective embodiments without materially departing from the teachings of the present invention are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention. 
     For example a click position control apparatus according to the present invention may include only a touch position information generating unit  401 , a click judging unit  402 , a click position information generating unit  403 , and a correcting unit  404 , like a click position control apparatus  3601  illustrated in  FIG. 49 . In  FIG. 49 , the same components as those in  FIG. 4A  are given the same reference numerals. 
     With this configuration, correction is made based on a positional relationship between a predetermined reference position and a click position and therefore an operation history or the like does not need to be stored for each individual user and operation errors can be prevented without needing an operation history. 
     While click position control apparatuses according to the present invention that are provided in a display apparatus have been described, the click position control apparatuses may be provided in an input device. In that case, preferably a click position is corrected on the basis of a touch position represented in a coordinate system of a touch sensor, rather than a cursor position represented in a coordinate system of a display screen. 
     It is to be noted that, as stated above, the present invention can be realized not only as the click position control apparatus and the click position control apparatus but also as the program causing the computer to execute the click position control apparatus according to this embodiment. Moreover, the present invention may be realized as a program causing a computer to execute the steps. Furthermore, the present invention may be realized as the computer-readable recording medium having the program recorded thereon such as the CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) as well as the information, data, or signals indicating the program. The program, information, data, and signals may be distributed via the communication network such as the Internet. 
     Moreover, in the present invention, the part or all of the constituent elements included in each of the click position control apparatuses may be included in the one system large scale integration (LSI). The system LSI is the super-multifunctional LSI manufactured by integrating the constituent elements on the one chip and is, specifically, the computer system including the micro processing unit, the ROM, the RAM (Random Access Memory), and so on. 
     All of the numerals used in the foregoing are given as examples for specifically explaining the present invention and the present invention is not limited to those numerals. Connections between components are given as examples for specifically explaining the present invention and connections that implement functions of the present invention are not limited to those connections 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     A click position control apparatus according to the present invention has the effect of preventing operation errors in click operations on a remote control including a clickable touch sensor without needing an operation history and can be used in a system such as an input system including a clickable touch sensor. 
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               101 ,  1101 ,  1501 ,  3201  Input device 
               102  Touch sensor 
               103  Switch 
               104  Finger 
               105 ,  1105  Clickable touch sensor 
               106  Enclosure 
               201 ,  601 ,  1201 ,  1601 ,  2201 ,  2401 ,  3101 ,  3301  Display apparatus 
               202  Display screen 
               203  Cursor 
               204  Object 
               301 ,  1701  Correction reference point 
               302 , 1702  Click position 
               303  Correction direction 
               304 ,  1704  Corrected position 
               305 ,  1001 ,  1705 ,  2902  Correction distance 
               306 ,  1706  Correction judgment distance 
               401 ,  1801  Touch position information generating unit 
               402 ,  1202 ,  1802 ,  3302  Click judging unit 
               403 ,  803 ,  1203 ,  1803 ,  3303  Click position information generating unit 
               404 ,  804 ,  1204 ,  1804 ,  2604 ,  3304  Correcting unit 
               405 ,  805 ,  1205 ,  1805 ,  2605 ,  3305  Cursor position determining unit 
               406  Object position storage unit 
               407  Object selection determining unit 
               408 ,  1808  Cursor display control unit 
               409  Object display control unit 
               410  Screen display control unit 
               441  Correction reference point storage unit 
               442  Correction judgment threshold storage unit 
               443  Correction value storage unit 
               444  Correction calculating unit 
               445  Click position information calculating unit 
               501 ,  2002 ,  2302  Correction judgment threshold 
               605  Cursor trajectory 
               701 ,  1301 ,  2501 ,  3401  Series of cursor positions information 
               702 ,  2502  Time 
               703 ,  2503  Cursor position 
               811 ,  1211 ,  2611 ,  3311  Series of cursor positions storage unit 
               901 ,  2702  Correction amount of time 
               1103  Pressure sensor 
               1302 ,  3402  Click intensity 
               1401 ,  3502  Click intensity threshold 
               1502 L Left touch sensor 
               1502 R Right touch sensor 
               1503 L Left switch 
               1503 R Right switch 
               1504 L Left finger 
               1504 R Right finger 
               1505 L,  3205 L Left clickable touch sensor 
               1505 R,  3205 R Right clickable touch sensor 
               1511  Acceleration sensor 
               1512  Grip sensor 
               1603 L Left cursor 
               1603 R Right cursor 
               1701 L Left correction reference point 
               1701 R Right correction reference point 
               1702 L Left click position 
               1702 R Right click position 
               1703 L Left correction direction 
               1703 R Right correction direction 
               1704 L Left corrected position 
               1704 R Right corrected position 
               1705 L Left correction distance 
               1705 R Right correction distance 
               1706 L Left correction judgment distance 
               1706 R Right correction judgment distance 
               1812  Grip information generating unit 
               1813  Correction information storage unit 
               1814 ,  2214  Correction information determining unit 
               1901  Information ID 
               2001 ,  2101 ,  2301 ,  2701 ,  2801 ,  2901 ,  3001 ,  3501  Correction information 
               2215  User information storage unit 
               2405 L Left cursor trajectory 
               2405 R Right cursor trajectory 
               3203 L Left pressure sensor 
               3203 R Right pressure sensor 
               3601  Click position control apparatus