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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naotaka Kato, Fujisawa, JP;
Itiro Siio, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Murata, Suginami-ku, JP;
Toru Aihara, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus having a relatively small display screen, and in particular to a small information processing apparatus of a type adapted to be held in the hand of a user and that can switch the mode for displaying data on a display screen between a portrait mode and a landscape mode. More specifically, the present invention retains to a small information processing apparatus that provides appropriate scroll functions for both display modes, i.e., the portrait mode and the landscape mode, using a hand manipulable input device.
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