Menu display device, menu display control method, program and information storage medium
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorsMasaki Takase, Munetaka Tsuda, You Asakura, Takashi Hatakeda
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Abstract
A menu display device includes: means for displaying on a screen a given range within a menu, in which a plurality of menu items are arranged in an array; means for moving the given range in response to a predetermined operation performed by a user; means for determining whether or not the menu item at an end within the menu is displayed in a predetermined position of the screen; and means for changing, when the menu item at the end is displayed in the predetermined position of the screen, the space between the menu items displayed on the screen in response to the predetermined operation performed by the user.
Claims8
A menu display device, comprising:
- menu displaying means for displaying on a screen a given range within a menu, in which a plurality of menu items are arranged in an array;
- range moving means for moving the given range in response to a predetermined operation performed by a user;
- determination means for determining whether or not the menu item at an end within the menu is displayed in a predetermined position of the screen;
- and
- space changing means for changing, when the menu item at the end is displayed in the predetermined position of the screen, the space between the menu items displayed on the screen in response to the predetermined operation performed by the user.
A menu display control method, comprising the steps of:
- displaying on a screen a given range within a menu, in which a plurality of menu items are arranged in an array;
- moving the given range in response to a predetermined operation performed by a user;
- determining whether or not the menu item at an end within the menu is displayed in a predetermined position of the screen;
- and
- changing, when the menu item at the end is displayed in the predetermined position of the screen, the space between the menu items displayed on the screen in response to the predetermined operation performed by the user.
A computer including a processor executing a computer program, which causes the computer to function as:
- means for displaying on a screen a given range within a menu, in which a plurality of menu items are arranged in an array;
- means for moving the given range in response to a predetermined operation performed by a user;
- means for determining whether or not the menu item at an end within the menu is displayed in a predetermined position of the screen;
- and
- means for changing, when the menu item at the end is displayed in the predetermined position of the screen, the space between the menu items displayed on the screen in response to the predetermined operation performed by the user.
A non-transitory, computer readable information storage medium having stored thereon a program for causing a computer to function as:
- means for displaying on a screen a given range within a menu, in which a plurality of menu items are arranged in an array;
- means for moving the given range in response to a predetermined operation performed by a user;
- means for determining whether or not the menu item at an end within the menu is displayed in a predetermined position of the screen;
- and
- means for changing, when the menu item at the end is displayed in the predetermined position of the screen, the space between the menu items displayed on the screen in response to the predetermined operation performed by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.