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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2009
Applicants:
Ken Miyashita, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsushi Nashida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouichi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 40/242 (2020.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 40/242 (2020.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01);
Abstract
A display method including the steps of displaying document data and/or content data including a plurality of objects, controlling an arrangement position of a translucent focus area on a display unit, where the focus area is provided to make the object enter a selection state, detecting a position on the display unit, where a user contacts the display unit at the position, and moving the focus area as the contact position is moved when the detected arrangement position of the focus area is approximately equivalent to the detected contact position is provided.