DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20110231799A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sekine, Masahiro, Yamauchi, Yasunobu, Higuchi, Yasukazu, Mihara, Iasao, Yoneyama, Takahisa, Miyazawa, Mieko, Saijo, Hitoshi, Kizuka, Yoshihisa, Nakamura, Takashi, Fujibayashi, Toshihiro, Tanaka, Sayoko
• Application Number:
  US13/149,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20110231799A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/834
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display processing apparatus includes an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a display information generator, and a display controller. The operation receiver receives operation to select a key content of a first type. The relation calculator calculates relation between the key content and each of second contents of a plurality of types including the first type. The display information generator generates first display information specific to the key content and pieces of second display information specific to the second contents, respectively. The display controller arranges the first display information at a center and the pieces of the second display information in at least one of the predetermined areas divided by each of the items in a radial direction from the center, based on the relation calculated by the relation calculator. The display controller displays the arranged first display information and the arranged pieces of the second display information.

Claims

1. A display processing apparatus including a processor, the display processing apparatus comprising:

an operation receiver configured to receive operation to select a key content of a first type as a search key;

a relation calculator configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of items, relation between the key content and each of second contents of a plurality of types including a type different from the first type;

a display information generator configured to generate first display information specific to the key content and pieces of second display information specific to the second contents, respectively; and

a display controller configured to arrange the first display information at a center, configured to arrange, based on the relation calculated by the relation calculator, the pieces of the second display information in at least one of predetermined areas divided by the each of the items in a radial direction from the center, and configured to display the arranged first display information and the arranged pieces of the second display information.

2. The display processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to display the first display information in largest size, and display the pieces of second display information smaller as distance from the center increases.

3. The display processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a metadata acquiring module configured to acquire metadata of the key content and metadata of the second contents, wherein

the relation calculator is configured to calculate the relation between the key content and each of the second contents for the each of the items based on the metadata of the key content and the metadata of the second contents.

4. The display processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the items used to calculate the relation by the relation calculator are contained in the metadata of the key content and the metadata of the second contents.

5. The display processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein, when one of the pieces of the second display information belongs to a plurality of the predetermined areas, the display controller displays the one of the pieces of the second display information in one of the predetermined areas.

6. The display processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein, when the one of the pieces of the second display information of second content belongs to the predetermined areas, the display controller displays the one of the pieces of the second display information in one of the predetermined areas assigned an item with respect to which the second content has highest relation to the key content.

7. The display processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a display module configured to display the first display information and the pieces of the second display information.

8. The display processing apparatus of claim 7, wherein

the first display information and the second display information include information generated to be displayable on the display module based on metadata of video data stored in the display processing apparatus.

9. The display processing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first display information and the pieces of the second display information include information generated to be displayable on the display module based on metadata of video data acquired from a server that distributes the video data.

10. The display processing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first display information and the pieces of the second display information include information generated to be displayable on the display module based on an electronic program guide acquired from a server that distributes the electronic program guide.

11. A display processing method comprising:

an operation receiver receiving operation to select a key content of a first type as a search key;

a relation calculator calculating, for each of a plurality of items, relation between the key content and each of second contents of a plurality of types including a type different from the first type;

a display information generator generating first display information specific to the key content and pieces of second display information specific to the second contents, respectively; and

a display controller arranging the first display information at a center, arranging, based on the relation calculated by the relation calculator, the pieces of the second display information in at least one of predetermined areas divided by the each of the items in a radial direction from the center, and displaying the arranged first display information and the arranged pieces of the second display information.

12. A display processing apparatus including a processor, the display processing apparatus, comprising:

an operation receiver configured to receive operation to select retrieve target data;

a relation calculator configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of items, relation between the retrieve target data and each of pieces of other data different from the retrieve target data; and

a display module configured to;

arrange first display information representing content of the retrieve target data at a desired position;

configured to arrange, based on the relation calculated by the relation calculator, pieces of second display information representing, by the each of the items, content of the pieces of the other data, respectively, each in at least one of predetermined areas divided by the each of the items with a position of the first display information as a reference; and

configured to display the arranged first display information and the arranged pieces of the second display information, wherein

the first display information is specific to the retrieve target data, and

the pieces of the second display information are specific to the pieces of the other data, respectively.

13. The display processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein, with the position of the first display information as the reference, the display module is configured to arrange the each of the pieces of the second display information in one of predetermined areas divided based on a plurality of axes corresponding to the items, respectively, and to display the arranged pieces of the second display information.

14. The display processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein, with the position of the first display information as the reference, the display module is configured to arrange the each of the pieces of the second display information in one of predetermined areas divided radially from the position by the each of the items, and to display the arranged pieces of the second display information.

15. The display processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the display module is configured to arrange the each of the pieces of the second display information such that a piece of the second display information of a piece of the other data with higher relation to the retrieve target data is closer to the position of the first display information, and to display the arranged pieces of the second display information.

16. The display processing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the display controller is configured to display the first display information in largest size, and display the pieces of the second display information smaller as distance from the center increases.

17. The display processing apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a metadata acquiring module configured to acquire metadata of the retrieve target data and metadata of the pieces of the other data, wherein

the relation calculator is configured to calculate the relation between the retrieve target data and each of the pieces of the other data for the each of the items based on the metadata of the retrieve target data and the metadata of the other data.

18. The display processing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first display information and the pieces of the second display information include information generated to be displayable on the display module based on metadata of video data acquired from a server that distributes the video data.

19. The display processing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first display information and the pieces of the second display information include information generated to be displayable on the display module based on an electronic program guide acquired from a server that distributes the electronic program guide.

20. A display processing method, comprising:

receiving, by an operation receiver, operation to select retrieve target data;

calculating, by a relation calculator, for each of a plurality of items, relation between the retrieve target data and each of pieces of other data different from the retrieve target data;

first arranging, by a display module, first display information representing content of the retrieve target data at a desired position;

second arranging, by the display module, based on the relation calculated by the relation calculator, pieces of second display information representing, by the each of the items, content of the pieces of the other data, respectively, each in at least one of predetermined areas divided by the each of the items with a position of the first display information as a reference; and

displaying, by the display module, the arranged first display information and the arranged pieces of the second display information, wherein

the first display information is specific to the retrieve target data, and

the pieces of the second display information are specific to the pieces of the other data, respectively.

21. The display processing method of claim 20, wherein,

with the position of the first display information as the reference, the second arranging comprises arranging, by the display module, the each of the pieces of the second display information in one of predetermined areas divided based on a plurality of axes corresponding to the items, respectively, and

the displaying comprises displaying, by the display module, the arranged pieces of the second display information.

22. The display processing method of claim 20, wherein,

with the position of the first display information as the reference, the second arranging comprises arranging, by the display module, the each of the pieces of the second display information in one of predetermined areas divided radially from the position by the each of the items, and

displaying comprises displaying, by the display module, the arranged pieces of the second display information.

23. The display processing method of claim 20, wherein

the second arranging comprises arranging, by the display module, the each of the pieces of the second display information such that a piece of the second display information of a piece of the other data with higher relation to the retrieve target data is closer to the position of the first display information, and the displaying comprises displaying, by the display module, the arranged pieces of the second display information.