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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Takeshi Misawa, Saitama, JP;
Masako Suehiro, Saitama, JP;
Takeshi Misawa, Saitama, JP;
Masako Suehiro, Saitama, JP;
FujiFilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information display method includes steps of: detecting a touch position of an object on a screen of a display unit; determining whether a plurality of touch positions are detected; detecting a motionless touch position which is motionless for a predetermined time period in the plurality of detected touch positions; detecting a behavior of a touch position other than the motionless touch position among the plurality of detected touch positions; detecting an instruction corresponding to the behavior of the touch position; and controlling, in accordance with the motionless touch position and the detected instruction, the display unit to reduce an display area of a kept image, the image being displayed on the display unit when the motionless touch position is detected, to a predetermined size to continue displaying the reduced kept image, and to display an image other than the reduced kept image.