Patent ID: 7698092
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic apparatus comprising: a content storage unit configured to store content data; a display unit configured to display a screen showing at least a title of a content data stored in the content storage unit; an acceleration detection unit configured to detect an acceleration from a movement of the whole said portable electronic apparatus, the acceleration unit configured to detect the acceleration on the basis of detecting a movement of the portable electronic apparatus in a direction perpendicular to the screen and a movement of the portable electronic apparatus in a direction parallel to the screen; an evaluation-signal generation unit configured to perform a predetermined process based on said acceleration detected by said acceleration detection unit in order to generate an evaluation signal representing an amplitude and positive or negative polarity of said acceleration; and a control unit configured to produce a result of determination as to whether said portable electronic apparatus has been driven to make a predetermined movement on the basis of a vacillating acceleration force indicated by said evaluation signal, and perform a predetermined operation on the basis of said result of determination, wherein said evaluation-signal generation unit generates said evaluation signal by: