Patent ID: 9152294
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus to display a portion of representation images representing a plurality of items to be provided from a source on a screen in a line as items to be selected and to change some of the representation images displayed on the screen in accordance with a user's operation input through a user operation accepting unit, the electronic apparatus comprising: total-number obtaining means for obtaining information about a total number of the items to be provided from the source; first display means for displaying undetermined representation images on the screen if it is determined that some of the representation images displayed on the screen have been changed, the undetermined representation images being generated on the basis of the total number obtained by the total-number obtaining means so that the respective undetermined representation images correspond to the total number of the items to be provided, wherein one or more numbers that correspond to at least one of a storing order and a reading order are assigned to each undetermined representation image, and wherein the one or more numbers are displayed in conjunction with the undetermined representation images; determining means for determining whether change of the representation images displayed on the screen performed by the user's operation has stopped; and second display means for displaying the respective representation images in place of the undetermined representation images by obtaining, from the source, information to display the representation images to be newly displayed on the screen if the determining means determines that change of the representation images displayed on the screen performed by the user's operation has stopped, wherein the representation images comprise meta-information that represents the plurality of items.