Patent ID: 8077146

Claim:
A display system comprising: a display apparatus including a display screen on which an image is displayed in accordance with image data; an operating device for pointing a position, as a pointed position, on the display screen and for capturing an image including the pointed position on the display screen, the operating device being not in touch with the display screen; two or more infrared-light-emitting areas each emitting light having a wavelength in an infrared wavelength region, the infrared-light-emitting areas being provided to the display apparatus; and a pointed position detecting section that detects the pointed position on the display screen, based on positions of the infrared-light-emitting areas included in a captured image that is captured by the operating device, the display system comprising: a light-emitting area distinguishing section that distinguishes each of the infrared-light-emitting areas in the captured image, at least one of the infrared-light-emitting areas being provided within the display screen of the display apparatus, the infrared-light-emitting areas each emitting light in a method that allows the light-emitting area distinguishing section to distinguish, based on the captured image, each of the infrared-light-emitting areas from one another.