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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Fujisawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Keigo Ihara, Chiba, JP;
Tetsuya Kohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Tota Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Junichiro Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoe Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Ooi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, when displaying a jog-dial window menu on a liquid crystal display, hierarchically-structured menu items are displayed with a hierarchy icon, thereby enabling the user to easily recognize whether or not that menu item is hierarchically structured and improving the operation of menu selection. Furthermore, scroll display of a character string indicating a menu item is performed in an identification frame, thereby enabling the user to read the entire character string from beginning to end for easy recognition thereof and improving the operation of menu selection. Still further, a character string of a menu selected from among a plurality of menu items is displayed in a different color from other character strings, thereby enabling the user to easily recognize the selected menu item and improving the operation of menu selection.