IP Library Granted Patent US 8,004,506
Granted Patent B2
US 8,004,506 · App. 11/541,621 · Granted Aug 23, 2011

Display control device, display control method, and program

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Patent No.
US 8,004,506
App. No.
11/541,621
Granted
Aug 23, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device for controlling the display of an image in a display device includes a decision unit configured to decide whether the state of a scaling of a moving-image portion in a display object image or an image to be displayed in the display device has changed; and a display control unit configured to select a screen mode for displaying the display object image in response to the change in the scaling state of the moving-image portion in the display object image, and to display the display object image in the screen mode in the display device.

Claims (12)

1. A display control device for controlling the display of an image in a display device, the display control device comprising:

decision means for deciding whether a scaling state of a moving-image portion in a display object image on the display device has changed as a function of comparing a previous scaling state and a current scaling state; and

display control means for selecting a screen mode for displaying the display object image in response to a change in the scaling state of the moving-image portion in the display object image based on entire aspect information representative of an entire aspect ratio of the display object image, and displaying the display object image in the selected screen mode in the display device.

2. A display control method for controlling the display of an image in a display device, the display control method comprising steps for:

deciding whether a scaling state of a moving-image portion in a display object image on the display device has changed by comparison of a previous scaling state and a current scaling state; and

selecting a screen mode for displaying the display object image in response to a change in the scaling state of the moving-image portion in the display object image based on entire aspect information representative of an entire aspect ratio of the display object image and displaying the display object image in the selected screen mode in the display device.

3. A computer readable recording medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing a computer to execute a display control process for controlling the display of an image in a display device, the display control process comprising:

deciding whether a scaling state of a moving-image portion in a display object image on the display device has changed as a function of comparing a previous scaling state and a current scaling state to determine one of an absence-to-presence scaling state change and a presence-to-absence scaling state change; and

selecting a screen mode for displaying the display object image in response to a change in the scaling state of the moving-image portion in the display object image based on entire aspect information representative of an entire aspect ratio of the display object image, and displaying the display object image in the selected screen mode in the display device.

4. A display control device for controlling the display of an image in a display device, the display control device comprising:

a decision unit configured to decide whether a scaling state of a moving-image portion in a display object image on the display device has changed by comparison of a previous scaling state and a current scaling state to determine one of an absence-to-presence scaling state change and a presence-to-absence scaling state change; and

a display control unit configured to select a screen mode for displaying the display object image in response to a change in the scaling state of the moving-image portion in the display object image based on entire aspect information representative of an entire aspect ratio of the display object image, and to display the display object image in the selected screen mode in the display device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →