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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kensaku Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation button carries out an operation of an electronic apparatus through a key input. A touch panel is a display area of the electronic apparatus and carries out an operation of the electronic apparatus through a touch operation. A display controlling unit displays, in response to the operation of at least one of the operation button and the touch panel, a menu including at least one choice relating to the operation of the electronic apparatus on a display device. Here, the display controlling unit displays a menu to be displayed in response to the operation of the operation button and a menu to be displayed in response to the operation of the touch panel such that the menus include at least one common choice and besides the common choice is disposed in layouts different from each other.