IP Library Patent Application 11570885
Patent Application
App. No. 11/570,885

Display Control Device, Display Control Method, and Display Control Program

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App. No.
11/570,885
Abstract

An object of the invention is to display different types of information without limiting the amount of information that can be displayed. A mobile telephone 1 includes an input section 2 , a display controller 3 , an LCD 4 , and a data storage section 8 . The display controller 3 has an input acceptance section 5 for distributing processing in response to input from the input section 2 , a focus position control section 6 having a function of moving the focus position in accordance with input from the input section 2 and a function of detecting the focus position in a displayable area, a data acquisition section 7 for acquiring a file name list in accordance with a processing request of the input acceptance section 5 and reading thumbnail information stored under the specified file name, an image processing section 9 for developing the acquired thumbnail information to provide a thumbnail image, and a display processing section 10 for displaying the acquired thumbnail image in the displayable area other than the focus position detected by the focus position control section 6.

Claims (34)

1 . A display controller for focusing on and displaying first information specified from at least one piece of first information displayed in a displayable area, the display controller comprising:

a focus position detection unit which detects a focus position;

a read unit which reads second information relevant to the specified first information; and

a display processing unit which displays the acquired second information in the displayable area other than the detected focus position.

2 . The display controller according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a read control unit which controls a start timing of reading the second information.

3 . The display controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein, if the detected focus position is contained in one of the areas into which the displayable area is divided, the display processing unit displays the acquired second information in a different area of the displayable area.

4 . The display controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display processing unit displays the second information in the area determined based on the detected focus position and the area occupied by the second information to be displayed.

5 . The display controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first information is a title name.

6 . The display controller according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second information is image information, and

wherein the display controller further comprises:

an image processing unit which develops the image information.

7 . The display controller according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first information is the name of a file storing the image information.

8 . The display controller according to claim 6 ,

wherein the image information is thumbnail information.

9 . The display controller according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a focus position control unit which moves the focus position.

10 . The display controller according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a limitation unit which interrupts the development processing, if the focus position detection unit moves the focus position while the image processing unit performs development processing of the image information.

11 . The display controller according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a limitation unit which interrupts the read processing, if the focus position detection unit moves the focus position while the second information read unit performs the second information read processing.

12 . A display control method for focusing on and displaying first information specified from at least one piece of first information displayed in a displayable area, the display control method comprising:

detecting a focus position;

reading second information relevant to the specified first information; and

displaying the acquired second information in the displayable area other than the detected focus position.

13 . A display control program for focusing on and displaying first information specified from at least one piece of first information displayed in a displayable area, the display control program for causing a computer to function as:

a focus position detection unit which detects a focus position;

a read unit which reads second information relevant to the specified first information; and

a display processing unit which displays the acquired second information in the displayable area other than the detected focus position.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021818/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2008
From: MATSUI, TAKAYUKI; OHTA, ATSUSHI; TSUGEI, NAOYUKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021081/0571 →