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Title:
PROGRAM SELECTIVE EXECUTION DEVICE, DATA SELECTIVE EXECUTION DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CHANNEL SELECTION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2000/039662
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A program selective execution device, data selective execution device and image display device display on a screen a selecting object formed by pasting a texture of a still or moving image showing the descriptions of an object of selection on each face of a 3-D cylindrical rotating body disposed in a 3-D virtual space; and a user rotates the selecting object by performing a specified rotation instruction operation, judges a face most squarely facing the viewpoint of the user when the user gives a specified selective instruction and selects an object of selection corresponding to that face. The above construction eliminates the need of downsizing each face according to the number of objects of selection, enhances visibility, provides to users an intuitive operational environment associative of an image of rolling a cylindrical rotating body.

Inventors:
TSUDA KENJIRO (JP)
NISHIGORI YOSHIHISA (JP)
KOBAYASHI HIDEAKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1999/007307
Publication Date:
July 06, 2000
Filing Date:
December 24, 1999
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD (JP)
TSUDA KENJIRO (JP)
NISHIGORI YOSHIHISA (JP)
KOBAYASHI HIDEAKI (JP)
International Classes:
G06F3/0481; G06F3/0482; H04N5/445; (IPC1-7): G06F3/00; H04N5/445
Foreign References:
JPH09307827A1997-11-28
JPH09134269A1997-05-20
JPH07114451A1995-05-02
JPH1069364A1998-03-10
JPH08149384A1996-06-07
JPH0822555A1996-01-23
JPH07105404A1995-04-21
JPH09222981A1997-08-26
JPH08297601A1996-11-12
JPH1051709A1998-02-20
JPH05328244A1993-12-10
JPH09190544A1997-07-22
JPH02288600A1990-11-28
JPH03109810A1991-05-09
JPH10145699A1998-05-29
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hayase, Kenichi (8th floor Suita-shi 17-1, Enoki-cho Osaka, JP)
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