Display device and display method
A display device of present invention includes an operation input portion from which operation information is input by a user, a selection portion that selects a predetermined region on a display screen based on the operation information, and a scroll portion that scrolls the display screen in a state where a position of the selected predetermined region is held at a predetermined position.
1. A display device comprising:
an operation input portion from which operation information is received;
a selection portion that selects content at a particular location of a region configured for display on a display screen in response to the operation information, the region configured for display on the display screen includes a display region and a non-display region, the display region being currently displayed on the display screen and the non-display region not being currently displayed on the display screen, the particular location is in the display region when the content is selected, in which selected content is displayed on the display screen in a floating state with respect to non-selected content; and
a scroll portion that scrolls the region configured for display on the display screen except the selected content such that only the non-selected content of the display region and the content of the non-display region move as the region is scrolled and the selected content in the floating state does not move as the region is scrolled.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the region comprises a plurality of contents obtained from broadcast signals, and
the selection portion selects at least one of the plurality of contents.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the region configured for display on the display screen is a browser screen of a communication network, and
the particular location of the selected content is on the browser screen.
4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the selected content is moved from the particular location of the region to a location of the display region, and at least a part of the selected content is superimposed on a non-selected portion of the display region when displayed in the floating state.
5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a transparency processing portion that applies transparency processing to the selected content after a predetermined time period has elapsed.
6. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an enlargement portion that enlarges the selected content,
wherein
when a plurality of contents is selected, the enlargement portion enlarges the plurality of the selected contents to have the same size.
7. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an enlargement portion that enlarges the selected content; and
a weighting processing portion that performs weighting processing of the selected content based on one of meta-information associated with the content and user preference information,
wherein
when a plurality of contents is selected, the enlargement portion enlarges the selected contents in accordance with a result of the weighting processing.
8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a weighting processing portion that performs weighting processing of the selected content based on one of meta-information associated with the content and user preference information,
wherein
the selected content is moved from the particular location of the region to a location of the display region in accordance with a result of the weighting processing.
9. A display method, comprising the steps of:
receiving as input operation information;
selecting content at a particular location of a region configured for display on a display screen in response to the operation information, the region configured for display on the display screen includes a display region and a non-display region, the display region being currently displayed on the display screen and the non-display region not being currently displayed on the display screen, the particular location is in the display region when the content is selected, in which selected content is displayed on the display screen in a floating state with respect to non-selected content; and
scrolling the region configured for display on the display screen except the selected content such that only the non-selected content of the display region and the content of the non-display region move as the region is scrolled and the selected content in the floating state does not move as the region is scrolled.
10. The display method according to claim 9 , wherein
the region comprises a plurality of contents obtained from broadcast signals, and
at least one of the plurality of contents is selected in the selecting step.
11. The display method according to claim 9 , wherein
the region configured for display on the display screen is a browser screen of a communication network, and
the particular location of the selected content is selected on the browser screen in the selecting step.