IP Library Granted Patent US 8,107,791
Granted Patent B2
US 8,107,791 · App. 11/483,857 · Granted Jan 31, 2012

Display device, display program storage medium, and displaying method

Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,107,791
App. No.
11/483,857
Granted
Jan 31, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device configured to display a list of programs stored in a storage device includes: a cutout image acquiring section which acquires a cutout image obtained by cutting out a scene in a program; a distribution date-time acquiring section which acquires distribution date and time when the program is distributed; and a three-dimensional display section which displays a three-dimensional space applying axes respectively of a time, a day of the week, and a week, and which arranges the cutout image acquired by the cutout image acquiring section in a position corresponding to the distribution date and time acquired by the distribution time-date acquiring section in the three-dimensional space.

Claims (24)

1. A display device configured to display a list of programs stored in a storage device, the display device comprising:

a cutout image acquiring section which acquires a cutout image obtained by cutting out a scene in a program stored in the storage device;

a distribution date-time acquiring section which acquires distribution date and time when the program is distributed; and

a three-dimensional display section which displays a three-dimensional space formed by axes respectively of a time, a day of the week, and a week, and which arranges the cutout image acquired by the cutout image acquiring section in a position corresponding to the distribution date and time acquired by the distribution time-date acquiring section in the three-dimensional space such that a positional relationship between individuals of the cutout image is visible in a depth direction of the three-dimensional space.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cutout image acquiring section acquires a set of a plurality of cutout images respectively obtained by cutting out a plurality of scenes in the program, and

the three-dimensional display section arranges at least one of the plurality of cutout images constituting the set in the three-dimensional space, and

the display device further comprises:

a cutout image selecting section which selects the cutout image arranged in the three-dimensional space in response to an operation; and

a set display section which displays the plurality of cutout images constituting the set containing the cutout image selected by the cutout image selecting section.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when displaying the three-dimensional space, the three-dimensional display section displays the three-dimensional space except for a region where the cutout image is not arranged.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a genre acquiring section which acquires a genre to which the program stored in the storage device is categorized among a plurality of genres each used for a program categorization according to the genre; and

an axis changing section which accepts a changing instruction for replacing the time axis in the three-dimensional space with a genre axis indicating the plurality of genres in response to an operation,

wherein, in a case where the axis changing section accepts the changing instruction, the three-dimensional display section displays a new three-dimensional space formed by axes respectively of the genre, the day of the week, and the week instead of the three-dimensional space and rearranges the cutout image in a position in the new three-dimensional space corresponding to the distribution date and time acquired by the distribution date-time acquiring section and the genre acquired by the genre acquiring section.

5. A non-transitory display program storage medium storing a display program that is executed in a computer to construct, on the computer, a display device displaying a list of programs stored in a storage device, the display program storage medium storing the display program that constructs sections, the sections comprising:

a cutout image acquiring section which acquires a cutout image obtained by cutting out a scene in a program stored in the storage device;

a distribution date-time acquiring section which acquires distribution date and time when the program is distributed; and

a three-dimensional display section which displays a three-dimensional space Formed by axes respectively of a time, a day of the week, and a week and arranges the cutout image acquired by the cutout image acquiring section in a position corresponding to the distribution date and time acquired by the distribution time-date acquiring section in the three-dimensional space such that a positional relationship between individuals of the cutout image is visible in a depth direction of the three-dimensional space.

6. A displaying method which displays a list of programs stored in a storage device, the method comprising:

acquiring a cutout image obtained by cutting out a scene in a program stored in the storage device;

acquiring distribution date and time when the program is distributed; and

displaying a three-dimensional space formed by axes respectively of a time, a day of the week, and a week and arranging the cutout image acquired by the cutout image acquiring section in a position corresponding to the distribution date and time acquired by the distribution time-date acquiring section in the three-dimensional space such that a positional relationship between individuals of the cutout image is visible in a depth direction of the three-dimensional space.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NUMBER RECORDED AS 7963671 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 048750 FRAME 0941. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 11, 2019
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049440/0197 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2019
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048750/0941 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2006
From: FUNAKI, ISAO; KITA, AKI; MATSUZAKI, EIICHI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 018094/0196 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-055260 · Mar 1, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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