Pointing system, pointing device, and pointing control method

A pointing system, comprising:

• a pointing device, wherein the pointing device is a spatial operation type input apparatus, the pointing device including:
• a casing,
• a tactile sense presentation section including a plurality of vibrating bodies, each of which is configured to generate a vibration in an arbitrary axis direction by being individually driven, wherein the tactile sense presentation section is configured to present a tactile sense having tactile characteristics to the casing, and
• a sensor section configured to detect an operation for the casing and output an operation signal for controlling a movement of a pointer on a screen;
• and
• at least one processor programmed to:
• set a first area that belongs to an inside of a display area of an object on the screen, a second area that belongs to an outside of the display area of the object, and a third area that belongs to a boundary portion between the first area and the second area;
• calculate a position of the pointer on the screen based on the operation signal;
• generate, in response to determining that the pointer has entered the first area, a first control signal by which the tactile sense presentation section is driven in a first drive mode;
• generate, when the pointer is located in the third area, a second control signal by which the tactile sense presentation section is driven in a second drive mode, wherein the tactile characteristics of a first tactile sense presented by the tactile sense presentation section to the casing when driven in the first drive mode are different than the tactile characteristics of a second tactile sense presented by the tactile sense presentation section to the casing when driven in the second drive mode;
• determine that the pointer is moving toward the object by an operation of the casing;
• and
• generate, in response to determining that the pointer is moving toward the object, a third control signal by which the tactile sense presentation section is driven toward a moving direction of the casing.