Patent ID: 8307306

Claim:
A selection candidate display method of displaying a plurality of selection candidates, comprising: a determination step of determining whether or not a quantity of selection candidates is larger than a predetermined reference quantity; a segmenting step of, in a case where it is determined at the determination step that the quantity of selection candidates is larger than the reference quantity, segmenting a circular area of a predetermined circle equally into the reference quantity; a selection step of selecting a quantity of items of identification information which quantity is one subtracted from the reference quantity, from among items of identification information for identifying the selection candidates, in accordance with a predetermined selection condition; an allocation step of allocating the items of identification information selected at the selection step, and change instructing information for instructing a change of selection candidate, to the areas segmented at the segmenting step; a display step of displaying circular area information representing the circular area segmented at the segmenting step, and furthermore, displaying the items of identification information and change instructing information allocated to each area at the allocation step in the areas of the segmented circular area indicated by the displayed circular area information; and a reselection step of, when a predetermined operation for causing an item of identification information which is not being displayed to be displayed is carried out, newly selecting a quantity of items of identification information which includes items of identification information not being displayed, and which quantity is one subtracted from the reference quantity, in response to the predetermined operation, from among the items of identification information of the selection candidates, at the display step, every time items of identification information are newly selected at the reselection step, the area displaying the change instructing information moving to, and being displayed in, an adjacent area in a direction according to the predetermined operation, and the items of identification information newly selected at the reselection step being displayed in remaining areas among the areas segmented at the segmenting step, excepting the area in which the change instructing information is displayed.