Menu item selecting device and method
US7503014B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/72469
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In order to provide a configuration with which a desired function can be started rapidly from a function menu of an electronic device having a plurality of functions together, a circular menu is displayed on a main LCD 21, a function item activated is shifted item by item in response to left-and-right directional operation of a cross-shaped key in a main operation part 25, and a function item located at the opposite position in the circular menu is activated in response to up-and-down directional operation of the same.
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