Patent ID: 7703043

Claim:
A method for controlling display on an electronic apparatus, comprising: storing display data in a storage section of the electronic apparatus, the display date comprising first representation images representing first items of a high hierarchy end second representation images representing second items of a low hierarchy; accepting operation inputs from a user, including selecting and scrolling images displayed on a display screen, the images including first representation images and second representation images; displaying first representation images as a first array along a first direction on the display screen; displaying second representation images corresponding to a selected first representation image as a second array along a second direction on the display screen, the second array intersecting the first array at an intersecting position, wherein the selected first representation image is displayed at the intersecting position; emphasizing, at a display position on the display screen, a user selected second representation image in the second array; displaying, on the display screen, explanation information corresponding to the selected second representation image; displaying, on the display screen, explanation information corresponding to at least one unselected second representation images; scrolling the second representation images displayed in the second array, when the user inputs the scrolling operation, wherein speed of the scrolling increases as time elapses after the scrolling is started in response to the scrolling operation; displaying, on the display screen, explanation information corresponding to a scrolled second representation image; emphasizing successively, on the display screen, the scrolled second representation images, when each scrolled second representation image is displayed at the display position on the screen; displaying a bar display along the second direction on the display screen, the bar display successively indicating, using a mark, the display position of an emphasized second representation image on the display screen; and displaying, on the display screen, a group bar in the second direction when the scrolling speed reaches a value greater than a predetermined value, the group bar having a predetermined width along the first direction and being displayed adjacent to the second array such that the height of the group bar is equal to a length of the display screen in the first direction.