Object selecting device

An object selecting device that selects, as a selected object, one object from among a plurality of objects displayed on a display screen, the object selecting device comprising:

• a display unit including the display screen that displays the plurality of objects;
• a touch panel that is overlaid on the display screen and detects a touch position touched by a user using an indicator;
• a candidate object extracting unit configured to, when the touch panel detects a touching operation using the indicator, extract, as one or more candidate objects, an object displayed within a predetermined range including the touch position from among the plurality of objects;
• a temporarily selected object extracting unit configured to, when the touch panel detects a sliding operation, extract, as a temporarily selected object, one candidate object from among the candidate objects, the sliding operation being an operation of sliding the indicator on the touch panel, and to display the extracted temporarily selected object on the display screen in a mode distinguished from other candidate objects;
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• a selecting unit configured to, when the selecting unit receives a determining operation by the user, select, as the selected object, the temporarily selected object extracted by the temporarily selected object extracting unit.