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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Mayu Irimajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Iriya, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Emi Arakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Kohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Muramatsu, Saitama, JP;
Mayu Irimajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Iriya, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Emi Arakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Kohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Muramatsu, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of three-dimensionally rotating a plurality of menus displayed in an ordered stack on a display unit of a portable telephone. The method displays the plurality of menus three-dimensionally on the display unit according to the ordered stack. The menu displayed in front is a current menu and the remainder of the menus are displayed in order behind the current menu. A menu rotation direction is selected and the plurality of menus are rotated in the menu rotation direction in accordance with the ordered stack. In this manner, the next menu in the ordered stack is rotated in the menu rotation direction to the front and becomes the current menu.