Input control device

A control method of an input control device applied to an apparatus for specifying a predetermined position in a display section according to a pointer, the input control device including a control section, the control method comprising:

• generating pointer position information indicating a display position of the pointer in the display section based on operation information from an operation input section of the apparatus;
• generating match detection information indicating that the pointer exists on an object to be selected based on the pointer position information and object-to-be-selected position information indicating the display position of the object to be selected by the pointer;
• generating an operation selection area corresponding to selection of predetermined operation for the object to be selected in the display section based on the match detection information;
• and
• selecting and activating an operation for the object to be selected corresponding to the operation selection area when the operation selection determination section determines that the pointer passes through the operation selection area based on the pointer position information and operation selection area position information indicating the generation position of the operation selection area,
• wherein the operation selection area is further generated based on move direction information indicating the move direction, and avoiding an advance prediction direction predicted from the move direction information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a program, the program for operating an input control device applied to an apparatus for specifying a predetermined position in a display section according to a pointer, the program for causing the input control device to execute:

• generating pointer position information indicating a display position of the pointer in the display section based on operation information from an operation input section of the apparatus;
• generating match detection information indicating that the pointer exists on an object to be selected based on the pointer position information and object-to-be-selected position information indicating the display position of the object to be selected by the pointer;
• generating an operation selection area corresponding to selection of predetermined operation for the object to be selected in the display section based on the match detection information;
• and
• selecting and activating an operation for the object to be selected corresponding to the operation selection area when the operation selection determination section determines that the pointer passes through the operation selection area based on the pointer position information and operation selection area position information indicating the generation position of the operation selection area,
• wherein the operation selection area is further generated based on move direction information indicating the move direction, and avoiding an advance prediction direction predicted from the move direction information.