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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Takayasu Kon, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayasu Kon, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiteru Kamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map. The method includes the steps of, when the moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with the movement of the position indication object in a first display mode, and when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing the speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is less than that in the first display mode.