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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2000
Yoichi Yamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of items and a cursor capable of clearly pointing out an item selected from these items are displayed on a display screen. These plural items are employed so as to select a function and to input a character. On a telephone directory registering screen used to enter a character, when a user depresses a determination switch under such a condition that a cursor 25 is located at a position of a direction indication 26 indicative of a switching position of a cursor mode, the cursor mode is switched. Thus, in response to an operation input of a cursor switch, such a condition that the cursor can be moved along the right/left direction is changed into another condition that the display item can be scrolled along the upper/lower direction. At this time, the direction indication 26 is switched in correspondence with the change in the cursor modes.