INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SCREEN SELECTION METHOD

• US 20110154248A1
• Filed: 11/09/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsuruoka, Junya
• Application Number:
  US12/942,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20110154248A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a screen arrangement information storing module, a window generating operation detector, a selection operation detector, a screen determination module, and a window display module. The screen arrangement information storing module store screen arrangement information indicative of an arrangement of screens. The window generating operation detector detects a window generating operation for generating a window. The selection operation detector detects a selection operation for selecting a screen which is to display the window from the screens, in response to detection of the window generating operation. The screen determination module determines the screen which is to display the window, based on the selection operation and the screen arrangement information. The window display module displays the window on the determined screen.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a screen arrangement information storing module configured to store screen arrangement information indicative of an arrangement of screens;

a window generating operation detector configured to detect a window generating operation for generating a window;

a selection operation detector configured to detect a selection operation for selecting a screen which is to display the window from the screens, in response to detection of the window generating operation;

a screen determination module configured to determine the screen which is to display the window, based on the selection operation and the screen arrangement information; and

a window display module configured to display the window on the determined screen.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a candidate display module configured to display, based on the screen arrangement information, objects representing screens, respectively, which are capable of displaying the window, in response to the detection of the window generating operation,

wherein the selection operation detector is configured to detect an object selected from the objects, and

the screen determination module is configured to determine the screen corresponding to the selected object to be the screen which is to display the window.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screens comprises screens of display devices, and

the screen arrangement information comprises information indicative of an arrangement of the screens of the display devices.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screens comprises virtual screens, and

the screen arrangement information comprises information indicative of a logical arrangement of the virtual screens.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the window comprises a window corresponding to an application program, and

the window generating operation detector is configured to detect an operation of starting the application program.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the window comprises a window corresponding to an application program associated with a file, and

the window generating operation detector is configured to detect an operation of opening the file.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the objects comprises objects which represents directions toward the screens which are capable of displaying the window.

8. A screen selection method comprising:

detecting a window generating operation for generating a window;

detecting a selection operation for selecting a screen for displaying the window, from screens, in response to detection of the window generating operation;

determining the screen which is to display the window, based on the selection operation and screen arrangement information indicative of an arrangement of the screens; and

displaying the window on the determined screen.

9. A program to cause a computer to perform a screen selection processing, the program comprising:

causing the computer to detect a window generating operation for generating a window;

causing the computer to detect a selection operation for selecting a screen which is to display the window, from screens, in response to detection of the window generating operation;

causing the computer to determine the screen which is to display the window, based on the selection operation and screen arrangement information indicative of an arrangement of the screens; and

causing the computer to display the window on the determined screen.