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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Masaaki Takabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tadao Ogaki, Chiba, JP;
Masahiro Torii, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an electronic apparatus having a superiority in a selecting operation to an object. When contents of documents having a plurality of objects are displayed, a default focus is automatically given to one object located near to a display center by a focus control program. When the display is scrolled by cursor keys of a remote controller, objects to be given the focus are sequentially changed in conjunction with the scroll.