US 7,404,518 B2
Controller, control method, and program
Junichi Nakamura, Chiba (Japan); Shuichi Otsu, Kanagawa (Japan); and Mie Namai, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on May 04, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/417,150.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-150150 (JP), filed on May 23, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0262089 A1, Nov. 23, 2006
Int. Cl. G06K 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 235—382  [235/472.02] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controller comprising:
displaying means for displaying commands used for controlling apparatuses, wherein the displaying means includes
a first area for displaying infrequently used commands selected with a first operation unit and set with a second operation unit, and
a second area for displaying frequently used commands selected and set at the same time with a third operation unit,
wherein the third operation unit includes components, each of which corresponds, respectively, to only one of the frequently used commands displayed in the second area.