Display Control Apparatus, Display Control Method, and Program

• US 20080174597A1
• Filed: 01/15/2008
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takagi, Tatsuya
• Application Number:
  US12/014,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20080174597A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

In the present invention, there is provided a display control apparatus for providing a tabular display of a plurality of images divided into a plurality of continuous pages, the display control apparatus including: selection means for selecting from the plurality of images the images to be displayed on each of the plurality of pages; and display control means for controlling the display of the plurality of images in such a manner that the images selected by the selection means are displayed in tabular form on a given page along with parts of the images included in at least either the preceding or the following page continuous to the given page.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus for providing a tabular display of a plurality of images divided into a plurality of continuous pages, said display control apparatus comprising:

selection means for selecting from said plurality of images the images to be displayed on each of said plurality of pages; and

display control means for controlling the display of said plurality of images in such a manner that the images selected by said selection means are displayed in tabular form on a given page along with parts of the images included in at least either the preceding or the following page continuous to said given page.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control means causes the selected images for display in tabular form on said given page to be arranged in a first direction as well as in a second direction different from said first direction, said parts of the included images being arrayed in a manner parallel with said first direction and continuous to said given page in said second direction.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control means further displays a cursor for selecting one of the images for display in tabular form on said given page, said display control means further renders the images on said given page starting from the image being selected by said cursor.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, if an instruction is given to move said cursor before the rendering of said images on said given page is completed, then said display control means renders the yet-to-be rendered images successively starting from the image selected anew by the moved cursor.

5. The display control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, if an instruction is given to display said images on said given page in a first display format different from a second display format in which said images on said given page are currently displayed in tabular form, then said display control means displays said images in said first display format in such a manner that the image selected by said cursor on said given page in said second display format is also selected by said cursor in said first display format.

6. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control means controls the display of said plurality of images in such a manner as to start rendering a portion of said given page other than the selected images for display in tabular form and said parts of the included images on said given page, so that the rendering of said selected images for display in tabular form and of said parts of said included images on said given page is started upon completion of the rendering of said portion.

7. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control means renders successively the selected images for display in tabular form on said given page starting from the image of utmost priority.

8. A display control method for providing a tabular display of a plurality of images divided into a plurality of continuous pages, said display control method comprising the steps of:

selecting from said plurality of images the images to be displayed on each of said plurality of pages; and

controlling the display of said plurality of images in such a manner that the selected images are displayed in tabular form on a given page along with parts of the images included in at least either the preceding or the following page continuous to said given page.

9. A program for causing a computer to carry out a display control process for providing a tabular display of a plurality of images divided into a plurality of continuous pages, said display control process comprising the steps of:

selecting from said plurality of images the images to be displayed on each of said plurality of pages; and

controlling the display of said plurality of images in such a manner that the selected images are displayed in tabular form on a given page along with parts of the images included in at least either the preceding or the following page continuous to said given page.

10. A display control apparatus for providing a tabular display of a plurality of images divided into a plurality of continuous pages, said display control apparatus comprising:

a selection device configured to select from said plurality of images the images to be displayed on each of said plurality of pages; and

a display control device configured to control the display of said plurality of images in such a manner that the images selected by said selection device are displayed in tabular form on a given page along with parts of the images included in at least either the preceding or the following page continuous to said given page.