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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Ritsuko Kano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihito Ohki, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Komori, Tokyo, JP;
Reiko Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ritsuko Kano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihito Ohki, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Komori, Tokyo, JP;
Reiko Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that comprises a first detection unit configured to detect a first user operation on a first object and a first display unit configured to generate signals to display the first object in a first display state. The apparatus further comprises a second display unit configured to generate signals to change the display state of the first object from the first display state to a second display state. The apparatus further comprises a third display unit configured to generate signals to change the display state of the first object from the second display state to the first display state in response to the detection of the second user operation on the first object.