DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
First Claim
1. A display controller for controlling display of a plurality of objects to be displayed, comprising:
- an importance information acquisition section that acquires information concerning the importance levels in the screen display which are associated with respective objects to be displayed; and
a control section that displays objects to be displayed, based on the information acquired by the importance information acquisition section, in the display area constituted by the first to n-th (n is an integer number more than
1) substantially ring-like areas, in which an (x−
1)th (x is an integer from 2 to n) area is located inside an x-th area, such that objects to be displayed having higher importance than those to be displayed in the x-th area are displayed in the (x−
1)th area.
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Abstract
There is provided a technique capable of appropriately arranging a plurality of objects to be displayed such as icons on a screen so as to contribute to an improvement of convenience for each user.
A display controller for controlling display of a plurality of objects to be displayed, comprises: an importance information acquisition section 203 that acquires information concerning the importance levels in the screen display which are associated with respective objects to be displayed; and a control section 206 that displays objects to be displayed, based on the information acquired by the importance information acquisition section 203, in the display area constituted by the first to n-th (n is an integer number more than 1) substantially ring-like areas, in which an (x−1)th (x is an integer from 2 to n) area is located inside an x-th area, such that objects to be displayed having higher importance than those to be displayed in the x-th area are displayed in the (x−1)th area.
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19 Claims
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1. A display controller for controlling display of a plurality of objects to be displayed, comprising:
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an importance information acquisition section that acquires information concerning the importance levels in the screen display which are associated with respective objects to be displayed; and a control section that displays objects to be displayed, based on the information acquired by the importance information acquisition section, in the display area constituted by the first to n-th (n is an integer number more than
1) substantially ring-like areas, in which an (x−
1)th (x is an integer from 2 to n) area is located inside an x-th area, such that objects to be displayed having higher importance than those to be displayed in the x-th area are displayed in the (x−
1)th area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A display control method for controlling display of a plurality of objects to be displayed, comprising:
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an importance information acquisition step that acquires information concerning the importance levels in the screen display which are associated with respective objects to be displayed; and a control step that displays objects to be displayed, based on the information acquired by the importance information acquisition step, in the display area constituted by the first to n-th (n is an integer number more than
1) substantially ring-like areas, in which an (x−
1)th (x is an integer from 2 to n) area is located inside an x-th area, such that objects to be displayed having higher importance than those to be displayed in the x-th area are displayed in the (x−
1)th area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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