Patent ID: 7590948
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display information selection apparatus for selectively displaying a plurality of items of information on a display in accordance with an input from an input device including at least a first input and a second input, each of the plurality of items of information relating to a specified item of information via at least one of a selected relation criterion and a non-selected relation criterion, the apparatus comprising: a specified information displayer that displays the specified item of information in a predetermined position on the display, the specified item of information being selected from among the plurality of items of information; a selectable information displayer that displays selectable items of information relating to the specified item of information via the selected relation criterion, the selectable items of information being determined from among the plurality of items of information other than the specified item of information and aligned on a selection axis set on the display with the predetermined position as a reference; a non-selectable information displayer that displays non-selectable items of information relating to the specified item of information via the non-selected relation criterion, the non-selectable items of information being determined from among the plurality of items of information other than the specified item of information and aligned on a non-selection axis set on the display beside the selection axis with the predetermined position as a reference; a specified information changer that changes the specified item of information to another of the plurality of items of information displayed adjacent to the specified item of information on the selection axis in accordance with the first input; and a selected criterion changer that changes the selected relation criterion in accordance with the second input.