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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2011
Tatsuya Hama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Kohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Satomi Yonezawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuo Terado, Chiba, JP;
Takamoto Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Yukako Morimoto, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Hama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Kohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Satomi Yonezawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuo Terado, Chiba, JP;
Takamoto Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Yukako Morimoto, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a novel menu selection method in a mobile phone. Also provided is a cursor displaying method with which a user can intuitively recognize a moving direction and moving speed. In addition, a novel scrollbar with which the user can recognize, in a case of displaying menus beyond a display screen, a range currently displayed on a display screen among all the menus and a current cursor position within the menus displayed on the current display screen.