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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2002
Ippei Tambata, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Shinada, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Okajima, Chiba, JP;
Ippei Tambata, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Shinada, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Okajima, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A menu display apparatus includes a first display screen on which a plurality of first icons, each representing a selectable item, are sequentially disposed on a main circular arc; and a second display screen on which, of the plurality of first icons, the first icon selected by a user is moved and displayed and a plurality of second icons, each representing a selectable item belonging to the selected first icon, are displayed on the main circular arc. The first display screen and the second display screen are selectively displayed.