Patent ID: 8482521

Claim:
A pointer controlling apparatus, comprising: (a) means for receiving position information of a pointer from movement of a pointing device and determining whether the pointer has crossed over a boundary of a predetermined area from outside to inside; (b) means for setting an operating mode of the pointer to a first control mode when a change in the position information of the pointer per unit time is less than a predetermined value, and setting the operating mode of the pointer to a second control mode when the change in the position information of the pointer per unit time is greater than or equal to the predetermined value; (c) means for moving the pointer to a predetermined position within the predetermined area when in the first control mode and the pointer has crossed over the boundary of the predetermined area from outside to inside; and per unit time of the pointer caused by the movement of the pointing device per unit time, when in the first control mode and the pointer is determined to exist within the predetermined area, compared to a moving distance per unit time of the pointer caused by the movement of the pointing device per unit time when the pointer existed outside the predetermined area.