INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20100005418A1
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Reiko, Matsuda, Kouichi, Nashida, Tatsushi
• Granted Patent: US 8,739,067 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/823
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An information display device includes: an image display unit that displays a plurality of images in a spiral manner according to a predetermined order; an operation information input, unit that, inputs operation information for the plurality of images; and a display processing unit that displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in accordance with movement angle information and angular velocity information obtained from the operation information, the plurality of images are moved in a generally circumferential direction of a spiral formed of the plurality of images. Thus, the spirally arranged images are moved in the generally circumferential direction of the spiral, in accordance with the movement angle information and the angular velocity information obtained from the operation information. Therefore, compared to a case where an up-down-left-right key or the like is used, a particular one of the images can be selected through intuitive operation.

Claims

1. An information display device, comprising:

an image display unit that displays a plurality of images in a spiral manner according to a predetermined order;

an operation information input unit that inputs operation information for the plurality of images; and

a display processing unit that displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in accordance with movement angle information and angular velocity information obtained from the operation information, the plurality of images are moved in a generally circumferential direction of a spiral formed of the plurality of images.

2. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein

the display processing unit displays, at a predetermined position of the image display unit, an enlarged display area in which at least one of the plurality of images is enlarged and displayed, and displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in accordance with the movement angle information and the angular velocity information obtained from the operation information, the plurality of images are moved in the generally circumferential direction of the spiral formed of the plurality of images, and the image arranged in the enlarged display area is enlarged and displayed in accordance with the movement of the plurality of images.

3. The information display device according to claim 2, wherein

the display processing unit displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in accordance with the movement angle information and the angular velocity information obtained from the operation information that is consecutively input, the plurality of images are consecutively moved in the generally circumferential direction of the spiral formed of the plurality of images.

4. The information display device according to claim 2, wherein

the display processing unit displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in accordance with the movement angle information and the angular velocity information obtained from the operation information, the plurality of images are continuously moved in the generally circumferential direction of the spiral formed of the plurality of images, and movement speed is gradually reduced.

5. The information display device according to claim 4, wherein

the display processing unit displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, while the plurality of images are continuously moved in the generally circumferential direction of the spiral formed of the plurality of images, the movement of the plurality of images is stopped in accordance with a movement stop instruction that is input as the operation information to stop the movement.

6. The information display device according to claim 2, wherein

the display processing unit displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in accordance with an image selection instruction that is input as the operation information to select one of the plurality of images, the plurality of images are moved in the generally circumferential direction of the spiral formed of the plurality of images and the selected one of the images is arranged in the enlarged display area.

7. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein

the display processing unit displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in the order of the predetermined order of the plurality of images, a first image is larger than a second image, and the first image is brighter than the second image.

8. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of images are spirally arranged according to a time series order.

9. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein

the image display unit and the operation information input unit are one of a touch panel and a touch screen.

10. An information display method for displaying a plurality of images in a spiral manner according to a predetermined order, the information display method comprising the steps of:

inputting operation information for the plurality of images; and

displaying the plurality of images such that the plurality of images are moved in a generally circumferential direction of a spiral formed of the plurality of images, in accordance with movement angle information and angular velocity information obtained from the operation information.

11. A program that causes a computer to execute an information display method for displaying a plurality of images in a spiral manner according to a predetermined order, wherein

the information display method comprises the steps of:

inputting operation information for the plurality of images; and

displaying the plurality of images such that the plurality of images are moved in a generally circumferential direction of a spiral formed of the plurality of images, in accordance with movement angle information and angular velocity information obtained from the operation information.