Electronic program guide display control apparatus, electronic program guide display control method, and electronic program guide display control program
First Claim
1. An electronic program guide display control apparatus for displaying a part of an electronic program guide on a television display screen and scrolling the display of a display area in response to specification operation on the display screen, the electronic program guide display control apparatus comprising:
- a specification point detection unit for detecting a specification point on the display screen; and
a scroll control unit for scrolling the display of the display area based on a positional relation between the specification point detected by the specification point detection unit, an endpoint of a scroll and a predetermined point on the display screen,the scroll control unit changes a scroll amount based on a distance from the predetermined point to the specification point, and changes a scroll direction based on a direction of the specification point with respect to the predetermined point when the display is scrolled from a first portion of the electronic program guide to a second portion of the electronic program guide, the second portion being different from the first portion.
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Abstract
When a user touches any desired position on a display screen, a position detection section detects a specification position on the display screen and a data processing control section controls to scroll a display area based on a positional relationship between the specification position detected by the position detection section and a predetermined position on the display screen, namely, the direction, the distance, and the like.
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13 Claims
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1. An electronic program guide display control apparatus for displaying a part of an electronic program guide on a television display screen and scrolling the display of a display area in response to specification operation on the display screen, the electronic program guide display control apparatus comprising:
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a specification point detection unit for detecting a specification point on the display screen; and a scroll control unit for scrolling the display of the display area based on a positional relation between the specification point detected by the specification point detection unit, an endpoint of a scroll and a predetermined point on the display screen, the scroll control unit changes a scroll amount based on a distance from the predetermined point to the specification point, and changes a scroll direction based on a direction of the specification point with respect to the predetermined point when the display is scrolled from a first portion of the electronic program guide to a second portion of the electronic program guide, the second portion being different from the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic program guide display control method comprising:
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displaying a part of an electronic program guide on a television display screen; detecting a specification point on the display screen; and scrolling a display area of the electronic program guide based on a positional relationship between the specification point detected by the specification point detection unit, an endpoint of a scroll, and a predetermined point on the display screen, changing a scroll amount based on a distance from the predetermined point to the specification point, and changes a scroll direction based on a direction of the specification point with respect to the predetermined point when the display area is scrolled from a first portion of the electronic program guide to a second portion of the electronic program guide, the second portion being different from the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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