Patent ID: 6889365

Claim:
A terminal operation apparatus comprising at least one operating terminal and at least one operated terminal connected through a network, the operated terminal being remotely operated by the operating terminal, wherein: wherein the operating terminal includes an input part provided with a pointing device and a sampling rate adjusting part for altering a sampling rate of point information inputted from the input part, and an amount of the point information transmitted to the network is adjusted by adjusting a sampling rate of the point information from the input part; and the operating terminal includes a first timer for storing a first set time and a second timer for storing a second set time, the first timer counts an elapsed time from commencement of input of point information from the input part, the second timer counts an elapsed time from termination of input of point information from the Input part, the sampling rate adjusting part adjusts the sampling rate as a first sampling rate within the first set time and adjusts the sampling rate as a second sampling rate after an elapse of the first set time, and the first timer is reset by an elapse of the second set time.