Electronic Device, Method of Displaying Display Item, and Search Processing Method

• US 20130127921A1
• Filed: 01/18/2013
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: FUNABASHI, Yoshimitsu, KUNIEDA, Shunsuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,866,855 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/672
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5513 involving billing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/552 for downloading to client devices, e.g. using OS version, hardware or software profile of the client device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04

Abstract

An acquisition unit acquires a content image corresponding to content. A content image display unit arranges a plurality of content images side by side in a display screen image, and a related information display unit displays information related to an arranged content image. A first reception unit acquires a first moving instruction for the content images arranged side by side, and a second reception unit acquires a second moving instruction for the content images arranged side by side. The content image display unit moves the content images according to a moving instruction acquired by the first reception unit or the second reception unit. A related information display unit displays different types of related information when the first reception unit acquires the first moving instruction and when the second reception unit acquires the second moving instruction.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire data of a display item corresponding to content; and

a display control unit configured to generate an image to be displayed on a display,

wherein the display control unit has;

a first display unit configured to arrange a plurality of display items side by side;

a second display unit configured to display information related to the display items arranged by the first display unit;

a first reception unit configured to acquire a first moving instruction for the display items arranged side by side; and

a second reception unit configured to acquire a second moving instruction for the display items arranged side by side,

wherein the first display unit moves the display items on the display according to a moving instruction acquired by the first reception unit or the second reception unit, and

wherein the second display unit displays different related information for the same display item arranged by the first display unit when the first reception unit acquires the first moving instruction and when the second reception unit acquires the second moving instruction.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second display unit displays different types of related information when the first reception unit acquires the first moving instruction and when the second reception unit acquires the second moving instruction.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second reception unit acquires the second moving instruction based on input to an operator displayed in an operable manner on the display.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first reception unit acquires the first moving instruction based on input to an area of the display in which the display items are arranged.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second display unit displays information related to a display order of the display items in association with the display items when the second reception unit receives the second moving instruction.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein content to be displayed is classified into a separate class in advance, and

wherein the second display unit displays display information corresponding to the class of the content in association with a corresponding display item when the second reception unit receives the second moving instruction.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second display unit displays information for identifying the content in association with a corresponding display item when the first reception unit receives the first moving instruction.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit acquires a content image corresponding to the content as information regarding the corresponding display item.

9. A method of displaying a display item comprising:

acquiring data of a display item corresponding to content; and

generating an image to be displayed on a display,

wherein the generation of the image has;

arranging a plurality of display items side by side;

displaying information related to an arranged display item;

acquiring a first moving instruction for the display items arranged side by side; and

acquiring a second moving instruction for the display items arranged side by side,

wherein the arrangement of the plurality of display items includes moving the display items on the display according to an acquired moving instruction, and

wherein, in the display of the related information, different related information is displayed for the same display item when the first moving instruction is acquired and when the second moving instruction is acquired.

10. A computer program embedded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, comprising:

a module configured to acquire data of a display item corresponding to content; and

a module configured to generate an image to be displayed on a display,

wherein the module configured to generate the image to be displayed has;

a module configured to arrange a plurality of display items side by side;

a module configured to display information related to an arranged display item;

a module configured to acquire a first moving instruction for the display items arranged side by side; and

a module configured to acquire a second moving instruction for the display items arranged side by side,

wherein a module configured to arrange a content image includes a module of moving the display items on the display according to an acquired moving instruction, and

wherein the module configured to display the related information includes a module of displaying different related information for the same display item to be arranged when the first moving instruction is acquired and when the second moving instruction is acquired.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon the program according to claim 10.

12. An electronic device having a communication function comprising:

a memory unit configured to store content data;

a communication unit configured to connect to a server;

a reception unit configured to receive a content search instruction;

a search processing unit configured to search the memory unit and allow the server to perform a search via the communication unit, in accordance with the search instruction received by the reception unit; and

a display control unit configured to display a search result of the memory unit and a search result of the server in different display areas.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12,

wherein the display control unit has:

a content screen display unit configured to generate a first screen image for displaying content stored in the memory unit or a second screen image for displaying content stored in the server; and

a display area determination unit configured to determine a display area for the search result of the memory unit and a display area for the search result of the server,

wherein the reception unit receives the search instruction when the first screen image or the second screen image is being displayed, and

wherein the display area determination unit determines the display area for the search result of the memory unit and the display area for the search result of the server according to a screen image shown when the reception unit received the search instruction.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the display area determination unit sets the display area for the search result of the memory unit to be at a position that allows for easier visual recognition compared to that of the display area for the search result of the server when the reception unit receives the search instruction when the first screen image is being displayed and sets the display area for the search result of the server to be at a position that allows for easier visual recognition compared to that of the display area for the search result of the memory unit when the reception unit receives the search instruction when the second screen image is being displayed.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the display area determination unit sets the display area for the search result of the memory unit to be larger than the display area for the search result of the server when the reception unit receives the search instruction when the first screen image is being displayed and sets the display area for the search result of the server to be larger than the display area for the search result of the memory unit when the reception unit receives the search instruction when the second screen image is being displayed.

16. The electronic device according to claim 12,

wherein the display control unit has a search result display unit configured to line up the search result of the memory unit and the search result of the server in the respective display areas, and

wherein the search result display unit lines up the search result of the memory unit in first order and the search result of the server in second order different from the first order.

17. A search processing method comprising:

connecting to a server;

receiving a content search instruction;

searching a memory unit for storing content data and allowing the connected server to perform a search, in accordance with the received search instruction; and

displaying a search result of the memory unit and a search result of the server in different display areas.

18. A computer program embedded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, comprising:

a module configured to connect to a server;

a module configured to receive a content search instruction;

a module configured to search a memory unit for storing content data and to allow the connected server to perform a search, in accordance with the received search instruction; and

a module configured to display a search result of the memory unit and a search result of the server in different display areas.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon the program according to claim 18.