ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,680, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Slide bar display control device and slide bar display control method" was invented by Toshihiko Fujibayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The slide bar display control device according to the present invention includes, a display means which indicates a first slide bar including a first slider and a first bar, an input means which can select an arbitrary part of the first slide bar shown on the display means based on touch operation, and a control means which controls the display means and the input means, wherein, when the control means detects that a first operati...