Patent ID: 8558787

Claim:
An input device comprising: an operating unit that a user grasps and operates in a three-dimensional free space to remotely operate an information processing device; and a transmitting unit to transmit a plurality of signals to the information processing device, the plurality of signals including: a signal for a first gesture in said free space of said operating unit to set a first mode upon determination that the first gesture exceeds a first predetermined threshold and moves the input device to a first position in said three-dimensional free space, a signal for a second gesture in said free space of said operating unit which differs from said first gesture to execute processing in said first mode set based on said first gesture, a display of the information processing device changed in accordance with reception of the signal for the second gesture, a signal for a third gesture in said free space of said operating unit which differs from said first gesture and said second gesture to disengage from the first mode and set a second mode upon determination that said third gesture occurs after said first gesture sets the first mode, exceeds a second predetermined threshold, and moves the input device to a second position different from the first position in said three-dimensional free space, and a signal for a fourth gesture in said free space of said operating unit which differs from said third gesture to execute processing in said second mode set based on said third gesture, the display of the information processing device changed in accordance with reception of the signal for the fourth gesture.