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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotomo Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Fujita, Chiba, JP;
Tomoyuki Oguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Chosokabe, Nagano, JP;
Daisuke Mochizuki, Chiba, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotomo Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Fujita, Chiba, JP;
Tomoyuki Oguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Chosokabe, Nagano, JP;
Daisuke Mochizuki, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a portable electronic device including an operator block, a display block, detection means, and control means. The operation block has a plurality of operation buttons arranged in matrix. The display block, arranged in the vicinity of the operator block, is capable of displaying a screen divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to the arrangement of the plurality of operation buttons, displaying a cursor for selecting each the areas, and entering the selection by operation of each of the operation buttons. The detection means detects whether any one of the plurality of operation buttons has been operated. The control means positions the cursor to the area corresponding to the detected operation button and displays the cursor on the display block.