DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM
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Abstract
An apparatus and method provides different animations or effects when screens of different groups of icons are switched. This technique prevents a user for mistakenly assuming that icons on different screens necessarily are related to each other, even if they occupy the same location on the screen.
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27 Claims
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19. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display unit having a display screen that displays information including a hierarchical menu screen displaying first, second, and third icon groups displayed in first, second, and third hierarchies, respectively; a switching unit that receives an instruction for switching the hierarchy of the hierarchical menu screen displayed on the display unit; and a display control unit that controls said display unit to display the second hierarchy of the hierarchical menu screen by changing the first icon group displayed on the display screen in the first hierarchy to the second icon group displayed in the second hierarchy, with a first effect when said switching unit receives an instruction to switch the first hierarchy to the second hierarchy in a state that the first hierarchy is displayed on the menu screen, and to display the third hierarchy of the hierarchical menu screen by changing the second icon group displayed on the display screen in the second hierarchy to the third icon group displayed in the third hierarchy, with a second effect different from the first effect when said switching unit receives an instruction to switch the second hierarchy to the third hierarchy in a state that the second hierarchy is displayed on the menu screen. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of controlling a display apparatus having a display unit including a display screen that displays information including a hierarchical menu screen displaying first, second, and third icon groups displayed in first, second, and third hierarchies, respectively, and a switching unit that receives an instruction for switching the hierarchy of a hierarchical menu screen, said method comprising the steps of:
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controlling the display unit to display the second hierarchy of the menu screen by changing the first icon group displayed on the display screen in the first hierarchy to a second icon group displayed in the second hierarchy, with a first effect when the switching unit receives an instruction to switch the first hierarchy to the second hierarchy in a state that the first hierarchy is displayed on the menu screen; and controlling the display unit to display the third hierarchy of the menu screen by changing the second icon group displayed on the display screen in the second hierarchy to the third icon group displayed in the third hierarchy, with a second effect different from the first effect when the switching unit receives an instruction to switch the second hierarchy to the third hierarchy in a state that the second hierarchy is displayed on the menu screen. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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