Patent ID: 8068094

Claim:
A device that can move an object in a desired direction on a display screen, comprising: a control unit that switches between a first mode and a second mode in accordance with the contents of the display on the display screen, a pointing device outputting information as to a location of the object within a pointing area in the first mode, the pointing device dividing the pointing area into a plurality of areas and outputting information as to the divided area in which the object is located in the second mode, wherein the divided areas include a first area that is formed by the three corner points (Xmin, Ymax), ((Xmax+Xmin)/2, Ymax), and (Xmin, (Ymax+Ymin)/2), a second area that is formed by the four corner points ((Xmax+Xmin)/2, Ymax), (Xmax, Ymax), (Xmin, Ymin), and (Xmin, (Ymax+Ymin)/2), a third area that is formed by the four corner points (Xmax, Ymax), (Xmin, Ymin), ((Xmin+Xmax)/2, Ymin), and (Xmax, (Ymax+Ymin)/2), and a fourth area that is formed by the three corner points (Xmax, (Ymax+Ymin)/2), (Xmax, Ymin), and ((Xmax+Xmin)/2, Ymin), with the maximum position of the pointing area in the X-axis direction being Xmax, the minimum position in the X-axis direction being Xmin, the maximum position in the Y-axis direction being Ymax, and the minimum position in the Y-axis direction being Ymin, and wherein when the object is moved from the second area to the first area, the display screen is scrolled at a speed faster than when the object is moved from the first area to the second area, and when the object is moved from the third area to the fourth area, the display screen is scrolled at a speed faster than when the object is moved from the fourth area to the third area.