Patent ID: 8913030

Claim:
A pointer display apparatus comprising: touch point detecting means configured to detect a touch point when a touch operation is made on a display screen; mode switching means configured to, in a case where the touch point does not move for a predetermined period of time or longer from when the touch operation is made on the display screen, cause transition to a pointer mode in which a pointer is displayed, and in a case where the touch point moves within a predetermined period of time from when the touch operation is made on the display screen, cause transition to a scroll mode in which display content on the display screen is movably displayed in accordance with the move of the touch point; pointer displaying means configured to display the pointer in a region including the touch point in the pointer mode; indication point detecting means configured to detect, as an indication point, a position corresponding to a part of the pointer other than the touch point in the pointer mode; and screen controlling means configured to movably display the display content on the display screen in accordance with the move of the touch point in the scroll mode.