Menu item selecting device and method
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1. A device for selecting a desired item from a menu comprising a predetermined plurality of items, comprising:
- a first part which arranges the plurality of items of said menu circularly, a first direction of rotation of the circular menu being designated;
a second part which rotates said circular menu in a second direction, different from said first direction of rotation, when the second direction is designated, andan up-down-left-right direction operation key, wherein;
when a single operation in a left-right direction of the up-down-left-right direction operation key is made, said second part rotates the circular menu in the first direction, one item every time, and when a single operation in an up-down direction of the up-down-left-right direction operation key is made, said second part rotates the circular menu automatically such that an item located at an opposite position, relative to a front position, rotates 180°
to the front position.
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Abstract
In order to provide a configuration with which a desired function can be started rapidly from a function menu of an electronic device having a plurality of functions together, a circular menu is displayed on a main LCD 21, a function item activated is shifted item by item in response to left-and-right directional operation of a cross-shaped key in a main operation part 25, and a function item located at the opposite position in the circular menu is activated in response to up-and-down directional operation of the same.
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13 Claims
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1. A device for selecting a desired item from a menu comprising a predetermined plurality of items, comprising:
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a first part which arranges the plurality of items of said menu circularly, a first direction of rotation of the circular menu being designated; a second part which rotates said circular menu in a second direction, different from said first direction of rotation, when the second direction is designated, and an up-down-left-right direction operation key, wherein; when a single operation in a left-right direction of the up-down-left-right direction operation key is made, said second part rotates the circular menu in the first direction, one item every time, and when a single operation in an up-down direction of the up-down-left-right direction operation key is made, said second part rotates the circular menu automatically such that an item located at an opposite position, relative to a front position, rotates 180°
to the front position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-executable method for selecting a desired item from a menu comprising a predetermined plurality of items, comprising:
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arranging the plurality of items of said menu circularly in a first direction; and rotating the circular menu of the plurality of items in a second direction, different from the first direction, when the second direction is designated, wherein; the rotating of the circular menu in the designated, second direction is caused using an up-down-left-right direction operation key, and; when a single operation in a left-right direction of the up-down-left-right direction operation key is made, the circular menu rotates in its arranged first direction, one item every time, and, when a single operation in an up-down direction of the up-down-left-right direction operation key is made, the circular menu automatically rotates such that an item located at an opposite position, relative to a front position, rotates 180°
to the front position. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for selecting a desired item from a menu comprising a predetermined plurality of items, comprising:
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arranging the plurality of items of said menu circularly in a first direction; rotating the circular menu of the plurality of items in a second direction, different from the first direction, when the second direction is designated; causing the rotating of the circular menu in the designated, second direction by using an up-down-left-right direction operation key; rotating the circular menu in its arranged first direction, one item every time, when a single operation in a left-right direction of the up-down-left-right direction operation key is made; and
,rotating the circular menu automatically such that an item located at an opposite position, relative to a front position, rotates 180°
to the front position when a single operation in an up-down direction of the up-down-left-right direction operation key is made.
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