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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Ohsaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mobile information terminal includes a main information display control unit for displaying the information described on a specific page of electronic content presented to a user over a plurality of pages, a fore-edge display control unit for displaying an image of trimmed edges of the plurality of pages, as a fore-edge image, when the mobile information terminal is turned at a predetermined angle or more from a standard bearing, and an operation detector for detecting a trace operation from the user on the fore-edge image. When the trace operation on the fore-edge image is detected, the main information display control unit sequentially switches and displays the information described in a plurality of pages specified by the trace operation.