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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Yoshiyuki Nezu, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sasaki, Chiba, JP;
Satoshi Yamazaki, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is applied to, for example, a multimedia terminal having a function of navigation equipment and a function of playing back video and switches a display from a map display to a source display also with source switching operatorsP,R. In addition, menus of upper and lower hierarchies are simultaneously displayed to accept operations through a touch panel and a remote commander. In addition to a press-operable main rotary operator, a press-operable sub rotary operator is provided on a side surface. Among operations accepted through the main rotary operator, only a specific operation relating to content processing is accepted through the sub rotary operator.