Display processing apparatus

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Patent No.: US 7,605,827
App. No.: 11/072,248
Granted: Oct 20, 2009
Kind: B2

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Abstract

According to the display processing apparatus of the present invention, when an instruction to perform scrolling and displaying of information terminates, the information is returned by a predetermined scroll amount in the reverse direction of the scrolling and displaying direction. That is, although the user-desired information has passed the display range on the display device while scrolling, the information is returned by a predetermined amount. As a result, it is not necessary for the user to return all the way to the desired candidate.

Claims (46)

1. A display processing apparatus, comprising:

a display device;

a storage device which stores information to be displayed on the display device;

an input device which accepts input of an instruction to perform scrolling and displaying the information; and

a display control device which scrolls and displays the information in a predetermined direction at the instruction,

wherein the display control device displays information, directly after the instruction, returned by a predetermined scroll amount in an opposite direction of the predetermined direction without further input to the input device;

wherein the return is automatically performed in response to the end of the instruction;

the storage device stores the predetermined scroll amount;

the input device accepts selection of desired information from the information displayed on the display device; and

the display control device calculates an amount of scrolling and displaying from information displayed at termination point of the instructions to the selected information, and an average of the predetermined scroll amount and the amount of scrolling is updated and stored as a new predetermined scroll amount in the storage device.

2. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control device increases a speed of the scrolling and displaying when the instruction is continuously input for a predetermined time.

3. The display processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the storage device stores a first speed which is a scrolling and displaying speed, and a second speed which is a scrolling and displaying speed faster than the first speed; and

the display control device allows the information to be scrolled and displayed at the first speed in a predetermined direction at the instruction, and switches the speed of the scrolling and displaying from the first speed to the second speed when the instruction is continuously input for a predetermined time.

4. The display processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the storage device stores the predetermined scroll amount;

the input device accepts selection of desired information from the information displayed on die display device; and

the display control device calculates an moat of scrolling and displaying from information displayed at termination point of the instruction to the selected information, and an average of the predetermined scroll mount and the amount of scrolling is updated and stored as a new predetermined scroll moat in the storage device.

5. The display processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:

the storage device stores the predetermined scroll amount;

the input device accepts selection of desired information from the information displayed on the display device; and

the display control device calculates an amount of scrolling and displaying from information displayed at termination point of the instruction to the selected information, and an average of the predetermined scroll amount and the amount of scrolling is updated and stored as a new predetermined scroll amount in the storage device.

6. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the input device accepts the direction of the scrolling and displaying; and