Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium containing information processing program with rotary operation
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- 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 for determining, depending on the scrolling operation performed with said operation means, a scroll speed of said menus; and
display control means for 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 speed of a movement of the visual effect and a display size of the visual effect are varied depending on the scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means,wherein said display control means controls said display means, in a case where the scrolling operation of said menus by said operation means is stopped, in a manner that the visual effect displayed on said display means gradually decreases in its speed and size with time.
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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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6 Claims
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1. 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 for determining, depending on the scrolling operation performed with said operation means, a scroll speed of said menus; and display control means for 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 speed of a movement of the visual effect and a display size of the visual effect are varied depending on the scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means, wherein said display control means controls said display means, in a case where the scrolling operation of said menus by said operation means is stopped, in a manner that the visual effect displayed on said display means gradually decreases in its speed and size with time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. 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 speed of a movement of the visual effect and a display size of the visual effect are varied depending on the scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means, wherein said display control means controls said display means, in a case where the scrolling operation of said menus by said operation means is stopped, in a manner that the visual effect displayed on said display means gradually decreases in its speed and size with time.
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6. A non-transitory computer-readable 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 speed of a movement of the visual effect and a display size of the visual effect are varied depending on the scroll speed determined by said scroll speed determination means, wherein said display control means controls said display means, in a case where the scrolling operation of said menus by said operation means is stopped, in a manner that the visual effect displayed on said display means gradually decreases in its speed and size with time.
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