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Terminal device for mobile communication and screen display method performed by such device

US6580436B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 8, 2000
Grant dateJun 17, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2340/145
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A terminal device for mobile communication and a screen display method are provided for appropriately correcting the amount of scrolling so that a display element should not be displayed across the boundary of a display screen when the screen with a plurality of display elements of different types mixed therein is scrolled. A scroll instruction unit outputs a scroll instruction such as one-line vertical scrolling based on the operation inputted by a user through an input unit. A basic amount determination unit determines a basic moving amount according to the scroll instruction. A display element searching unit calculates a provisional display start position based on the basic moving amount and a display start position held in a display element information holding unit, and searches for a display element that is supposed to be displayed across the boundary of the display screen. An offset determination unit determines one of the display elements as a reference display element based on priority information, and calculates an offset moving amount. A calculation unit calculates an actual moving amount on the display screen by adding the offset moving amount to the basic moving amount.

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