INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM, GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, MUSIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND MUSIC REPRODUCTION PROGRAM

• US 20070176922A1
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ikeda, Takuo, Furue, Nobuki, Tajika, Wataru, Kitao, Takashi, Kikuchi, Yuhei
• Granted Patent: US 7,802,178 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an information display apparatus includes: candidate object display means configured to display selectable candidate objects in a first display layer; and selected object display processing means configured to display a selected object, which is selected by user from the candidate objects, in a second display layer, which is superposed over the first display layer.

Claims

1. An information display apparatus comprising:

candidate object display means configured to display selectable candidate objects in a first display layer; and

selected object display processing means configured to display a selected object, which is selected by user from the candidate objects, in a second display layer, which is superposed over the first display layer.

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

operation type determination means configured to determine whether a user-input operation is performed in relation to the first display layer and/or the second display layer,

wherein the candidate object display means and the selected object display processing means exercise display control over the first display layer and/or the second display layer in accordance with the operation type determined by the operation type determination means.

3. The information display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when the operation type determination means determines that a user-input operation is performed in relation to the first display layer, the selected object display processing means maintains the display status of selected object in the second display layer.

4. The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selected object display processing means displays the second display layer in front of the first display layer within a display screen.

5. The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selected object display processing means displays the selected object in the second display layer in a manner different from the manner in which the candidate objects are displayed in the first display layer.

6. The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when a scrolling operation is input to scroll the display screen, the candidate object display means scrolls the candidate objects displayed in the first display layer in accordance with the scrolling operation, whereas the selected object display processing means continuously displays the selected object in the second display layer at the same position without regard to the scrolling operation.

7. The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when a predefined collective processing operation is performed in relation to the second display layer, the selected object display processing means performs a predefined collective process on all selected objects displayed in the second display layer.

8. The information display apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the selected object display processing means displays an icon for entering the predefined collective processing operation.

9. An information display method comprising the steps of:

displaying selectable candidate objects in a first display layer; and

displaying a selected object, which is selected by user from the candidate objects, in a second display layer, which is superposed over the first display layer.

10. An information display program that causes an information processing apparatus to execute the steps of:

displaying selectable candidate objects in a first display layer; and

displaying a selected object, which is selected by user from the candidate objects, in a second display layer, which is superposed over the first display layer.

11. A graphical user interface that presents selectable candidate objects and allows a user to select an object from the candidate objects, the graphical user interface comprising the steps of:

displaying the candidate objects in a first display layer; and

displaying a selected object, which is selected by user from the candidate objects, in a second display layer, which is superposed over the first display layer.

12. A music reproduction apparatus comprising:

candidate object display means configured to display selectable candidate objects in a first display layer;

selected object display processing means configured to display a selected object, which is selected by user from the candidate objects, in a second display layer, which is superposed over the first display layer;

playlist creation means configured to create a playlist in accordance with selected objects displayed in the second display layer; and

reproduction means configured to reproduce music in accordance with the playlist.

13. A music reproduction program that causes a music reproduction apparatus to execute the steps of:

displaying selectable candidate objects in a first display layer;

displaying a selected object, which is selected by user from the candidate objects, in a second display layer, which is superposed over the first display layer;

creating a playlist in accordance with selected objects displayed in the second display layer; and

reproducing music in accordance with the playlist.

14. An information display apparatus comprising:

a candidate object display section configured to display selectable candidate objects in a first display layer; and

a selected object display processing section configured to display a selected object, which is selected by user from the candidate objects, in a second display layer, which is superposed over the first display layer.

15. A music reproduction apparatus comprising:

a candidate object display section configured to display selectable candidate objects in a first display layer;

a selected object display processing section configured to display a selected object, which is selected by user from the candidate objects, in a second display layer, which is superposed over the first display layer;

a playlist creation section configured to create a playlist in accordance with selected objects displayed in the second display layer; and

a reproduction section configured to reproduce music in accordance with the playlist.