Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program and storage medium containing information processing program
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Abstract
There is provided a novel menu selection method in a mobile phone. Also provided is a cursor displaying method with which a user can intuitively recognize a moving direction and moving speed. In addition, a novel scrollbar with which the user can recognize, in a case of displaying menus beyond a display screen, a range currently displayed on a display screen among all the menus and a current cursor position within the menus displayed on the current display screen.
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20 Claims
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1-4. -4. (canceled)
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5. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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storage means containing a plurality of menus;
operation means for performing an operation of scrolling said plurality of menus;
display means for displaying, on a display unit, said plurality of menus stored in said storage means;
scroll speed determination means of determining, depending on the scrolling operation performed with said operation means, a scroll speed of said menus; and
display control means of controlling said display means, in a case where the scrolling operation is performed by said operation means, to perform a scrolling display of said plurality of menus displayed on said display unit at a scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means and to display a visual effect in which a display volume and a display size are varied depending on the scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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14. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus having storage means in which a plurality of menus are stored, operation means for performing a scrolling operation of said plurality of menus and a display unit which displays said plurality of menus stored in said storage means, said method comprising:
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a displaying step of displaying said plurality of menus on said display unit;
a scroll speed determining step of determining a scroll speed of said menus in accordance with the scrolling operation of said operation means; and
a display controlling step of controlling said display unit, in a case where the scrolling operation is performed by said operation means, to perform a scrolling display of said plurality of menus displayed on said display unit at a scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means and to display a visual effect in which a display volume and a display size are varied depending on the scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means.
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17. An information processing program executed in an information processing apparatus having storage means in which a plurality of menus are stored, operation means for performing a scrolling operation of said plurality of menus and a display unit which displays said plurality of menus stored in said storage means, said program causing the information processing apparatus execute:
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a displaying step of displaying said plurality of menus on said display unit;
a scroll speed determining step of determining a scroll speed of said menus in accordance with the scrolling operation of said operation means; and
a display controlling step of controlling said display unit, in a case where the scrolling operation is performed by said operation means, to perform a scrolling display of said plurality of menus displayed on said display unit at a scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means and to display a visual effect in which a display volume and a display size are varied depending on the scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means.
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20. A storage medium having stored therein an information processing program executed in an information processing apparatus having storage means in which a plurality of menus are stored, operation means for performing a scrolling operation of said plurality of menus and a display unit which displays said plurality of menus stored in said storage means, said program causing the information processing apparatus execute:
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a displaying step of displaying said plurality of menus on said display unit;
a scroll speed determining step of determining a scroll speed of said menus in accordance with the scrolling operation of said operation means; and
a display controlling step of controlling said display unit, in a case where the scrolling operation is performed by said operation means, to perform a scrolling display of said plurality of menus displayed on said display unit at a scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means and to display a visual effect in which a display volume and a display size are varied depending on the scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means.
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Specification