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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Hirohito Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
Akari Hoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Akagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Tsuyuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Zhezhu Jin, Saitama, JP;
Hirohito Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
Akari Hoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Akagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Tsuyuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Zhezhu Jin, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus includes the following elements. An accepting unit accepts selection of one of objects displayed in a window in either a cursor mode, in which a cursor is moved to select an object, or a pointer mode, in which a pointer is moved to select an object, one of the modes being selected by a user. When an instruction to switch the pointer mode to the cursor mode is given, a display control unit erases the pointer and displays the cursor such that the cursor selects an object closest to a position where the pointer was displayed just before being erased.