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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Junichi Nagahara, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Minoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohisa Shiga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayu Irimajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image controlling device and method thereof is provided with superior operability when making selections from a menu displayed on a display device such as a CRT display. In the preferred embodiments of the image controlling device and method of the present invention, a menu is constructed by arranging a plurality of menu items three-dimensionally along a cylinder. A portion of these menu items is then displayed in such a manner that viewing is performed from the center of this cylinder outwards. The shifting velocity of the menu items is changed while all of the menu items are shifted in response to input signals from a controller operated by the user and the menu item arranged at the center of the picture is determined to be the selected menu item. When a following level exists for the selected menu item, this level is proceeded to and menu items are displayed on the display device in the same way. When the selected menu item does not have a following level an image corresponding to this menu item is displayed.