Control device, input device, control system, handheld device, and control method

Abstract

A control device includes: a receiver for receiving first information regarding the movement of a casing, and second information regarding whether to reflect the first information on the movement of coordinate values; a storage unit for storing a whole-screen region including a real-screen region, and a virtual-screen region set around the real-screen region; a generator for generating the coordinate values within the whole-screen region based on the first information; a switcher for switching a first state in which the coordinate values are movable, and a second state in which the coordinate values are immovable, based on the second information; a determining unit for determining which of the real-screen region or the virtual-screen region the coordinate values belong to; and a coordinate-value control unit for controlling the coordinate values so as to move the coordinate values within the virtual-screen region to the position of predetermined coordinate values within the real-screen region.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 at least one processor configured to:   receive information relating to a pointing position of an object;   determine, based on the received information, whether the pointing position is within an image region; and   control a process based on the pointing position when the pointing position is not within the image region.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the pointing position is in one of a plurality of selection regions not within the image region. 
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the selection regions are disposed around the image region. 
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the selection regions are disposed at different distances from the image region. 
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the selection regions are located to the left and right of the image region at successively larger distances from the image region. 
     
     
         6 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein different selection regions correspond to different processes. 
     
     
         7 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein different selection regions correspond to different process parameters. 
     
     
         8 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein different selection regions correspond to different process speeds. 
     
     
         9 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a process speed of the process depends on the pointing position. 
     
     
         10 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a process speed of the process depends on a distance between the pointing position and the image region. 
     
     
         11 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein selection regions on opposite sides of the image region correspond to opposite processes. 
     
     
         12 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display in the image region an image indicating the process. 
     
     
         13 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display in the image region a pointer indicating the pointing position. 
     
     
         14 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the process includes channel up and channel down processes. 
     
     
         15 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the process includes volume up and volume down processes. 
     
     
         16 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the process includes fast forward and rewind processes. 
     
     
         17 . The information processing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the pointing position is detected with a sensor and the image region is shown on a display. 
     
     
         18 . A control method comprising:
 receiving information relating to a pointing position of an object, the pointing position being detected with a sensor configured to detect movement of the object;   determining, based on the received information, whether the pointing position is within an image region, the image region being shown on a display; and   controlling a process based on the pointing position when the pointing position is not within the image region.   
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processing device, perform a control method comprising:
 receiving information relating to a pointing position of an object, the pointing position being detected with a sensor configured to detect movement of the object;   determining, based on the received information, whether the pointing information is within an image region, the image region being shown on a display; and   controlling a process based on the pointing position when the pointing position is not within the image region.