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Information processing apparatus and storage medium storing item selecting program

  • US 20060256091A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2005
  • Published: 11/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing apparatus provided with a display for displaying a screen including a plurality of items, a direction key for changing a selecting item out of the plurality of items, a specifying means for specifying a selecting item by the direction key, an execution key for instructing execution of a process corresponding to the item specified by said specifying means, and an executing means for executing the process corresponding to the item specified by said specifying means when said execution key is operated, further comprising:

  • a pointing device for pointing a position on said screen;

    an input detecting means for detecting presence or absence of an input by said pointing device;

    a measuring means for measuring a time continued in an input-present-state detected by said input detecting means;

    a first condition determining means for determining whether or not the time measured by said measuring means is above a threshold value;

    a coordinates detecting means for detecting coordinates of the position input by said pointing device, and a storing means for storing item position data indicative of position coordinates corresponding to each of said plurality of items, wherein said specifying means specifies and changes said selecting item by specifying said item corresponding to said coordinates detected by said coordinates detecting means on the basis of said item position data, said executing means, when it is detected that the input-present-state is shifted to an input-absent-state by said input detecting means, does not execute a process corresponding to said selecting item specified by said specifying means in a case that it is determined that said time is above said threshold value by said first condition determining means, and executes the process corresponding to said selecting item specified by said specifying means in a case that it is determined that said time is not above said threshold value by said first condition determining means.

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