Patent ID: 8154513

Claim:
A display system comprising: a display apparatus including a display screen on which a visible image is displayed in accordance with image data; an operating device for pointing, not in contact with the display screen, a position on the display screen, and for capturing an image including the position pointed; and at least two infrared light-emitting areas, in the display apparatus, for emitting light having a wavelength in an infrared region, said operating device capturing an image of the display apparatus displaying the visible image on the display screen in accordance with the image data, and thereby obtaining an image which includes at least an infrared image, said system detecting, based on positions of said at least two infrared light-emitting areas included in the image that is captured by the operating device, the position on the display screen pointed by the operating device, and at least one of said at least two infrared light-emitting areas being provided within the display screen of the display apparatus.