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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Eduardo Agusto Sciammarella, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Rekimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Oba, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Agata, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Hayashi, Chiba, JP;
Masato Kuninori, Tokyo, JP;
Eduardo Agusto Sciammarella, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Rekimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Oba, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Agata, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Hayashi, Chiba, JP;
Masato Kuninori, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the user enters input to indicates that he or she wishes to browse through the thumbnails, the thumbnails move across the screen in sequence, following a path through a focus outline in the center of the screen. The path followed by the thumbnails depends on the selected layout.