Patent ID: 8120576

Claim:
An input display device for enabling a user to input various kinds of information by using a cursor and displaying an input state on a display unit, comprising: an operation record storing unit for storing a processing target search/select record concerning selection of processing target candidates, and a cursor shift record concerning a cursor shift operation which is carried out on the display unit in connection with the selection of the processing target candidates; a timer for counting the time from a previous processing target search/select operation till a latest cursor shift operation; and a cursor shift controller for judging on the basis of the processing target search/select record, the cursor shift record and the time counted by the timer whether the latest cursor shift operation is carried out in connection with the same processing to be executed on processing targets, and allowing the cursor to shift to a selectable position of a next processing target candidate if it is judged that the latest cursor shift operation is carried out in connection with the same processing, wherein the selectable positions of the cursor for the processing target candidates are arranged in the form of a grid and the cursor is shifted in a first shift direction on the display unit, and wherein when the latest cursor shift operation in the first shift direction is carried out under the state that the cursor is located at one end position in the first shift direction on the display unit, the selectable position of the next processing target candidate is varied in accordance with whether a predetermined time elapses or not after the cursor reaches the one end position.