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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Hirohito Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
Akari Hoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Akagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Tsuyuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Zhezhu Jin, Saitama, JP;
Hirohito Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
Akari Hoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Akagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Tsuyuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Zhezhu Jin, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus that allows a display to show a plurality of windows on a same screen is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes: a detecting means for detecting a signal sent in response to a press of a button allocated on a remote controller; a control means for outputting to an operating system a signal indicating that a first key and a second key provided on a keyboard are pressed and allowing the operating system to switch a representation on the display when the detecting means detects that a first button provided on the remote controller is pressed in accordance with a state of the representation on the display; and a measuring means for measuring a time period from the detection of a signal corresponding to the press of the first button.