Patent ID: 9671879
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11B

Claim:
1. A search controller applicable to a search manipulation system allowing a user to manipulate a manipulation member to specify a search direction and a search speed in sequentially searching a plurality of display objects for a targeted display object, the search controller comprising: a determination device determining that a sudden reverse manipulation is applied to the manipulation member when a reverse manipulation is applied to the manipulation member to reverse the search direction at a reverse manipulation speed that is higher than or equal to a specified speed; a normal control device performing a search at a search speed corresponding to an actual manipulation amount when the sudden reverse manipulation is determined not to occur; a low-speed control device performing a search at a search speed lower than a speed of the normal control device when the sudden reverse manipulation is determined to occur; and a setup device wherein when a display object searched by the low-speed control device leaves the specified region, a search using the low-speed control device is ended to alternatively start a search using the normal control device.