IP Library Granted Patent US 9,483,857
Granted Patent B2
US 9,483,857 · App. 14/884,855 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Display control device, display control method, and program

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Patent No.
US 9,483,857
App. No.
14/884,855
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a display control device including an operation detection unit configured to detect an enlargement operation on any image displayed within a display screen among a plurality of images having a predetermined relation, and a display control unit configured to determine a display area of the image based on the detected enlargement operation and to cause a portion corresponding to the display area to be enlarged and displayed for each of the images displayed within the display screen.

Claims (26)

1. A display control device comprising:

a display control unit configured to simultaneously display (a) a plurality of first areas and (b) a second area larger than each of the first areas and the second area displaying one of the first areas near a center among the plurality of first areas,

an operation detection unit configured to detect a determination operation carried out on the second area,

wherein said display control unit is further configured to determine a third area from the second area based on the determination operation, and to cause a portion, corresponding to the third area, to be displayed in each of the first areas, and

wherein a single determination operation on the second area causes the display of a corresponding determination at a same location in each of the first areas.

2. The display control device of claim 1 , wherein the first areas are related to the second area.

3. The display control device of claim 1 , wherein each first area is a respective portion of the second area.

4. The display control device of claim 1 , wherein the second area displays a main image and each of the first areas displays a thumbnail image of a portion of the main image.

5. The display control device of claim 1 , wherein the third area is a portion of the second area.

6. The display control device of claim 5 , wherein the display control unit is further configured to move the third area to a different portion of the second area.

7. The display control device of claim 5 , wherein each of the first areas displays a respective thumbnail image that is an enlarged image of a main image displayed in the second area, the respective thumbnail image being determined by the third area.

8. The display control device of claim 5 , wherein the third area is displayed within a frame superimposed on the second area.

9. The display control device of claim 1 , wherein the detected determination operation on the second area is a save operation.

10. The display control device of claim 9 , wherein the save operation is performed by a user selection of a button displayed in the second area.

11. The display control device of claim 9 , wherein the save operation saves an image displayed in the third area.

12. The display control device of claim 1 , wherein the detected determination operation on the second area is an enlargement operation, the third area is portion of the second area to be enlarged, and each of the first areas displays an image that is an enlarged part of an image displayed in the third area.

13. A display control method comprising:

simultaneously displaying (a) a plurality of first areas and (b) a second area larger than each of the first areas and the second area displaying one of the first areas near a center among the plurality of first areas,

detecting a determination operation carried out on the second area,

determining a third area from the second area based on the determination operation, and causing a portion, corresponding to the third area, to be displayed in each of the first areas,

wherein a single determination operation on the second area causes the display of a corresponding determination at a same location in each of the first areas.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is stored a program that, when executed by a processor, implements a display control method comprising:

simultaneously displaying (a) a plurality of first areas and (b) a second area larger than each of the first areas and the second area displaying one of the first areas near a center among the plurality of first areas,

detecting a determination operation carried out on the second area,

determining a third area from the second area based on the determination operation, and causing a portion, corresponding to the third area, to be displayed in each of the first areas,

wherein a single determination operation on the second area causes the display of a corresponding determination at a same location in each of the first areas.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061735/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 061642/0906 →