INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus for performing a display change operation by clearly designating a reference position in a series of seamless operations. SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit on which an object is displayed, a position detector for detecting a position of an operating means that is made to contact or brought into proximity of a surface of the display unit, a reference position determination unit for determining as a reference position a position of an operating means that is detected first by the position detector when a plurality of operating means are made to contact or brought into proximity of the display unit, a display change operation specifying unit for specifying, according to a moving direction of a position of an operating means that is detected N-th (N≥2) by the position detector, a specific display change operation associated with the direction, and a display controller for performing on the object the display change operation specified by the display change operation specifying unit with the reference position determined by the reference position determination unit as a reference. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT