Information processing apparatus for navigating and selecting programs
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus having a processor, comprising:
- a menu image display unit that displays, using the processor a menu image having one or more icons contained in the menu image, each icon associated with any one of a plurality of programs, on a display divided into a first region and a second region,wherein the menu image is displayed in the first region of the display;
a program-related image display unit that displays in the first region of the display, when any one of the one or more icons is selected, a program-related image relating to a program associated with the selected icon, wherein the program related-image includes an activation image within the program related-image to be subjected to an operation of activating the program;
a selected order storage unit that stores a selected order of already-selected ones of the one or more icons;
an image switching unit that displays, when a slide operation in one direction along one side of the display is specified entirely in the second region on the display, another program-related image in the first region of the display, which is selected in accordance with the selected order and the one direction, and redisplays the menu image when a slide operation in an opposite direction to the one direction is specified in a state in which the program-related image associated with the icon selected most recently is displayed; and
a program activation unit that activates, when an operation by the user is performed on the activation image included in the program-related image, the program relating to the program-related image, and displays on the display an image generated by the program.
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Abstract
Provided is an information processing apparatus including a novel user interface capable of switching a number of images for display on a screen. The information processing apparatus displays a menu image representing one or more menu item images on a screen, displays, when any one of the one or more menu item images is selected, a selection target image associated with the selected menu item image on the screen, stores a selected order of already-selected ones of the one or more menu item images, displays, when one direction along one side of the screen is specified, another selection target image, which is selected in accordance with the stored selected order and the one direction, and redisplays the menu image when an opposite direction to the one direction is specified in a state in which the selection target image associated with the menu image selected most recently is displayed.
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16 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus having a processor, comprising:
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a menu image display unit that displays, using the processor a menu image having one or more icons contained in the menu image, each icon associated with any one of a plurality of programs, on a display divided into a first region and a second region, wherein the menu image is displayed in the first region of the display; a program-related image display unit that displays in the first region of the display, when any one of the one or more icons is selected, a program-related image relating to a program associated with the selected icon, wherein the program related-image includes an activation image within the program related-image to be subjected to an operation of activating the program; a selected order storage unit that stores a selected order of already-selected ones of the one or more icons; an image switching unit that displays, when a slide operation in one direction along one side of the display is specified entirely in the second region on the display, another program-related image in the first region of the display, which is selected in accordance with the selected order and the one direction, and redisplays the menu image when a slide operation in an opposite direction to the one direction is specified in a state in which the program-related image associated with the icon selected most recently is displayed; and a program activation unit that activates, when an operation by the user is performed on the activation image included in the program-related image, the program relating to the program-related image, and displays on the display an image generated by the program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An information processing method, comprising:
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a menu image display step of displaying a menu image representing one or more icons contained in the menu image, each icon associated with any one of a plurality of programs, on a display divided into a first region and a second region, wherein the menu image is displayed in the first region of the display; a program-related image display step of displaying in the first region of the display, when any one of the one or more icons is selected, a program-related image relating to a program associated with the selected icon, wherein the program related-image include an activation image within the program related-image to be subjected to an operation of activating the program; a selected order storage step of storing a selected order of already-selected ones of the one or more icons; a step of displaying, when a slide operation in one direction along one side of the display is specified entirely in the second region, another program-related image in the first region of the display, which is selected in accordance with the selected order and the one direction; an image switching step of redisplaying the menu image when a slide operation in an opposite direction to the one direction is specified in a state in which the program-related image associated with the icon selected most recently is displayed; and a program activation step of activating, when an operation by the user is performed on the activation image included in the program-related image, the program relating to the program-related image, and displaying on the display an image generated by the program.
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium that stores a program including instructions that cause a computer to:
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display a menu image having one or more icons contained in the menu image, each icon associated with any one of a plurality of programs, on a display divided into a first region and a second region, wherein the menu image is displayed in the first region of the display; display in the first region of the display, when any one of the one or more icons is selected, a program-related image relating to a program associated with the selected icon, wherein the program related-image includes an activation image within the program related-image to be subjected to an operation of activating the program; store a selected order of already-selected ones of the one or more icons; display, when a slide operation in one direction along one side of the display is specified entirely in the second region on the display, another program-related image in the first region of the display, which is selected in accordance with the selected order and the one direction, and redisplay the menu image when a slide operation in an opposite direction to the one direction is specified in a state in which the program-related image associated with the icon selected most recently is displayed; and activate, when an operation by the user is performed on the activation image included in the program-related image, the program relating to the program-related image, and display on the display an image generated by the program.
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