Patent ID: 8085242

Claim:
An input control device for an electronic apparatus, the in control device comprising: plural selection operation units each inputting the information of an instruction item selected from prescribed instruction items related to the corresponding operations of the electronic apparatus; a selected information output unit outputting the information of the instruction item input through each of the selection operation units to the electronic apparatus; and a display operation unit which is one of the selection operation units, the display operation unit including: a display unit for displaying the instruction items, an input unit for inputting the information of the instruction item selected from among the instruction items displayed on the display unit, an instruction position detection unit for detecting the position of operation instruction means for the instruction item displayed on the display operation unit, a display control unit for changing a display mode of the display unit in accordance with the distance between the operation instruction means and the instruction item that is detected by the instruction position detection unit and that is displayed on the display unit, and wherein input control device further comprises a block specifying unit for specifying an item block having plural of the instruction items including the instruction item closest to the operation instruction means, wherein when the position of the operation instruction means detected by the instruction position detection unit is within a prescribed distance, the display control unit changes the display mode of the item block specified by the block specifying unit.