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Scroll control according to input of cursor movement

  • US 8,661,368 B2
  • Filed: 05/25/2006
  • Issued: 02/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A scroll display control apparatus that controls a display of information, the scroll display control apparatus comprising:

  • a display that includes a display area, the display area including a plurality of cursor movement areas, the plurality of cursor movement areas including a scroll area;

    an input interface that receives a plurality of instructions via an input device, each of the plurality of instructions being received via a single user input from the input device, the plurality of instructions including a movement instruction, a scroll instruction, a scroll cancel instruction, an inner area instruction, and an inner area cancel instruction; and

    a processor that executes the plurality of instructions, each of the plurality of instructions being executed in response to the single user input from the input device,wherein the processor;

    sequentially moves a cursor on the display to indicate one of the plurality of cursor movement areas according to the movement instruction input from the input device;

    determines whether the scroll instruction, for scrolling information in the scroll area, is input from the input device when the cursor has been moved to indicate the scroll area;

    determines whether the scroll cancel instruction, that cancels the scroll instruction, is input from the input device;

    scrolls the information in the scroll area according to the movement instruction input from the input device, from when it is determined that the scroll instruction is input, until when it is determined that the scroll cancel instruction is input;

    determines whether the inner area instruction, that moves the cursor to within the scroll area, is input from the input device;

    determines whether the inner area cancel instruction, that cancels the inner area instruction, is input from the input device; and

    moves the cursor to within the scroll area and moves the cursor to indicate a unit of information from among the information in the scroll area according to the movement instruction input from the input device, from when it is determined that the inner area instruction is input, until when it is determined that the inner area cancel instruction is input;

    wherein the processor sequentially moves the cursor to indicate one of the plurality of cursor movement areas, according to the movement instruction input from the input device, when the scroll instruction and the inner area instruction have not been received,wherein the processor scrolls the information in the scroll area when the cursor is indicating the scroll area according to the movement instruction input from the input device, when the scroll instruction has been received and the inner area instruction has not been received, andwherein the processor displays information that is not currently displayed in the scroll area to which the cursor moves in the scroll area when the inner area instruction is received and the movement instruction moves the cursor to the information, when the inner area movement instruction has moved the cursor to the scroll area.

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