Patent ID: 8276100

Claim:
An input control device applied to an apparatus for specifying a predetermined position in a display section according to a pointer, the input control device comprising: a control section; a pointer position determination section which generates pointer position information indicating a display position of the pointer in the display section based on operation information from an operation input section of the apparatus; a match detection section which generates match detection information indicating that the pointer exists on an object to be selected based on the pointer position information and object-to-be-selected position information indicating the display position of the object to be selected by the pointer; an operation selection area generation section which generates an operation selection area corresponding to selection of predetermined operation for the object to be selected in the display section based on the match detection information; an operation selection determination section which selects and activates an operation for the object to be selected corresponding to the operation selection area when the operation selection determination section determines that the pointer passes through the operation selection area based on the pointer position information and operation selection area position information indicating the generation position of the operation selection area; and a direction determination section which determines a move direction of the pointer until the pointer arrives at the object to be selected based on the pointer position information, wherein the operation selection area generation section generates the operation selection area based on move direction information indicating the move direction, and avoiding an advance prediction direction predicted from the move direction information.