Nec Corporation

Midori Tanaka

Yoshiaki Yamada

Michio Nagai

Tatsuya Uchikawa

Yoshiyuki Koseki

Yoko Arimitsu

Masato Kudoh

An inputting device, an electronic instrument using this inputting device, and an inputting method thereof, in which displacement of an operating section in the direction slanting for the X or the Y direction is detected and the movement of a moving object such as a cursor on a display can be controlled easily and precisely, are provided. The operating section is displaced about in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction for a plane being almost parallel to the surface of a cabinet. In case that orthogonal coordinates having the X axis and the Y axis are set on the plane being almost parallel to the surface of the cabinet, horizontal direction sensors detect the displacement of the operating section in the direction slanting for the X or Y direction, in addition to in the X or Y direction. The cursor moves on the display based on the displacement of the operating section about in the horizontal direction. Information being selected by the cursor on the display is decided by the displacement of the operating section about in the vertical direction.

Inputting device and electronic instrument using this inputting device and inputting method thereof

An electronic mail cataloging and retrieving system comprises an electronic mail communication unit, an electronic mail storage unit for storing electronic mails, a tray information storage unit for storing information on classification types used for classification of electronic mails and a format for relating electronic mails to said classification types, an electronic mail object storage unit for storing an electronic mail object related to each electronic mail stored in the electronic mail storage unit, a header information display control unit for showing header information and electronic mail attribute information on a prescribed electronic mail in the form of an at-a-glance guide, a tray display control unit showing tray information which shows that a prescribed electronic mail is classified into a prescribed classification type, and an electronic mail editing means for showing and editing the content of an electronic mail.

Method and apparatus for cataloging and displaying e-mail using a

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Midori Tanaka