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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Norio Sanada, Kobe, JP;
Chihiro Kawahara, Kadoma, JP;
Kiyokazu Yamanaka, Ashiya, JP;
Hisayuki Kino, Nara-ken, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-Fu, JP;
Abstract
A focus control device that positions a focus on one of a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) components displayed on a screen includes request receiving means for receiving a request to move the focus, focus permission information storing means for storing focus permission information indicating, for each GUI component, whether the focus can be positioned on the GUI component, and focus moving means for moving the focus in response to the received request to a GUI component where, according to the focus permission information, the focus can be positioned, the focus moving means skipping over GUI components where the focus cannot be positioned.