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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2005
Shingo Utsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuto Nishizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Inaishi, Tokyo, JP;
Ko Kusanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Moriwaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kanda, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Ishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Shimon Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Urano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Utsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuto Nishizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Inaishi, Tokyo, JP;
Ko Kusanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Moriwaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kanda, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Ishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Shimon Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Urano, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item upon scrolling. Plural first icons representing first items of a high hierarchy are arrayed along a direction of a display screen, and plural second icons representing second items of a low hierarchy which belong to a selected one of the first items are arrayed along an intersecting direction with the selected first item positioned at the intersecting position. The selected noticed icon from among the plural second icons is displayed emphatically at a fixed position on the display screen, and explanation information of the noticed item icon is displayed in the proximity of the display position of the noticed icon. In response to a scrolling instruction, scrolling is executed while explanation information of the second icons other than the noticed item icon is displayed.