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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Hidekazu Oshizawa, Cupertino, CA (US);
Takao Fujii, Cupertino, CA (US);
Toshihiro Hamahata, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Haruhisa Tamai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zexel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is described for selecting an entry stored in a data processing system, and specifically a destination in a vehicle navigation system. The system includes a display, a scrolling control having first and second controls, and a selecting control. Using the scrolling control, the user of the system scrolls through a plurality of stored destinations on the display. Each destination is made up of a plurality of alphanumeric symbols, the destinations forming an alphabetically and numerically organized list. The scrolling is accomplished by using the first control of the scrolling control. A character position selector is used to select a character position in a first indicated destination and the second control of the scrolling control is used to jump to subsets of destinations with the next or previous character position as compared to a currently indicated destination. The selecting control is then used to enter a desired destination.