Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method to Realize Input Means Having High Operability

摘要

In an image (40) displayed on a display (14) under a normal condition, the locations where items to choose from are located are indicated by icons (42a, 42b, 42c, 42d, 42e, and 42f). When a user touches a contact point (44), icons (41a, 42b, 42c, and 42d) located within a predetermined range from the contact point (44) are detected from among the icons. Then the locations of the detected icons (41a, 42b, 42c, and 42d) are varied such that they are located on a circle, with the circle's center at the contact point (44), at equal spaces between the detected icons (41a, 42b, 42c, and 42d). A pointer graphic that indicates the original position of each icon in the original image (40) is added to each icon.