Display apparatus having a remote control device with a track pad unit

Abstract

The present invention provides for a display apparatus which includes a remote control device having a track pad unit, wherein the track pad unit is adapted to output position data indicating a touched position, and a receiving unit adapted to receive the position data transmitted from the remote control device. The display apparatus also includes an operational panel for controlling the display apparatus, and a control unit adapted to control the operational panel in accordance with the position data. The control unit allocates operable elements included in the operational panel to the track pad unit without changing an array of the operable elements included in the operational panel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.