Display apparatus and display method

• US 20100037261A1
• Filed: 08/04/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ohta, Masatoshi, Ohde, Junya
• Granted Patent: US 8,473,988 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90328 using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739

Abstract

There is provided a display apparatus including display means for displaying images, electronic program guide display means for causing the display means to display an electronic program guide, selection means for draggably & droppably selecting the part of the electronic program guide displayed by the electronic program guide display means, icon display means for, when the part selected by the selection means is dragged, causing icons corresponding to the part to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide, and execution means for, when the part is dropped onto the icon caused by the icon display means to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide while the part displayed in the electronic program guide being dragged by the selection means, causing a function associated with the icon to be executed.

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

display means for displaying images;

electronic program guide display means for causing the display means to display an electronic program guide in a state in which parts are combined;

selection means for draggably &

droppably selecting the part of the electronic program guide displayed by the electronic program guide display means;

icon display means for, when the part selected by the selection means is dragged, causing icons corresponding to the part to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide; and

execution means for, when the part is dropped onto the icon caused by the icon display means to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide while the part displayed in the electronic program guide being dragged by the selection means, causing a function associated with the icon to be executed.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection means moves over the electronic program guide in accordance with movement of a remote control device.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the selection means moves by drawing a predetermined trajectory while the part of the electronic program guide being dragged by the selection means, the execution means causes the function corresponding to the trajectory to be executed.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection means can select a plurality of parts of the electronic program guide simultaneously.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon display means decides icons to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide by using an execution history of the execution means.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if icons caused to be displayed are not held in the display means, the icon display means causes the display means to display icons in descending order of priority.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the icon display means decides the priority by using an execution history of the execution means.

8. A display method comprising the steps of:

causing display means for displaying images to display an electronic program guide in a state in which parts are combined;

selecting draggably &

droppably the part of the electronic program guide displayed in the electronic program guide display step;

causing, when the part selected in the selection step is dragged, icons corresponding to the part to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide; and

causing, when the part is dropped onto the icon caused by the icon display step to be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic program guide while the part displayed in the electronic program guide being dragged by the selection step, a function associated with the icon to be executed.