Patent ID: 6633930
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus comprising:depressing means for activating, enabling and executing jog-capable applications; rotational means for selecting a jog-capable application from a plurality of jog-capable applications, for selecting a jog-capable application operation from a plurality of jog-capable application operations, and for generating left and right detection signals that are supplied to left and right signal counters, respectively; and monitoring means for monitoring a rotational distance of said rotational means by polling the amount of change that occurs in the left and right signal counters, whereby a list of jog-capable applications is activated by depressing the depressing means, whereby a jog-capable application is selected from the list of jog-capable applications by rotating the rotating means, whereby the selected jog-capable application is enabled by depressing the depressing means, whereby after a jog-capable application is enabled, a list of jog-capable application operation is activated, whereby a jog-capable application operation is selected from the list of jog-capable application operations by rotating the rotating means, and whereby the selected jog-capable application operation is executed by depressing the depressing means.