INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20130176492A1
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KUROSAKI, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,786,780 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/552
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

An apparatus includes: a first operating system configured to execute a first function; a second operating system configured to execute a second function; and a display controller configured to select one of first image information and second image information, the first image information being based on execution of the first function, the second image information being based on execution of the second function, or to superimpose one of the first image information and the second image information on the other information, and to display one of the selected information and the superimposed information on a display unit. The display controller is configured to display one menu when one of the first operating system and the second operating system is running, one of first icon and second icon being selectable from the menu, the first icon indicating start of the first function, the second icon indicating start of the second function.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a first operating system configured to execute a first function;

a second operating system configured to execute a second function; and

a display controller configured

to select one of first image information and second image information, the first image information being based on execution of the first function, the second image information being based on execution of the second function, or

to superimpose one of the first image information and the second image information on the other information, and

to display one of the selected information and the superimposed information on a display unit, wherein

the display controller is configured to display one menu when one of the first operating system and the second operating system is running, one of first icon and second icon being selectable from the menu, the first icon indicating start of the first function, the second icon indicating start of the second function.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller is configured

to display, in a case where the first icon is selected, the first image information based on execution of the first function, and

to display, in a case where the second icon is selected, the second image information based on execution of the second function.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising

a startup controller configured to start the second operating system in a case where the second operating system is not running, wherein

the display controller is configured

to select, in a case where the second icon is selected, the second image information based on execution of the second function, at a predetermined timing after the startup controller starts the second operating system, and

to display the second image information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising

a startup controller configured to start the second operating system in a case where the second operating system is not running, wherein

the display controller is configured

to superimpose, in a case where the second icon is selected, the second image information on the first image information, after the startup controller starts the second operating system and until a predetermined timing,

to display the superimposed image information,

to select the second image information after the predetermined timing, and

to display the selected second image information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller is configured to display, in a case where one of the first image information and the second image information is shifted to the other image information, display-selection information, the display-selection information notifying that the image information is shifted.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first operating system fails to have a fixed list of the first function, and is configured

to receive a list of the first function, the list being sent from the second operating system, and

to update the list every time the first operating system receives the list.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second operating system is configured to set which second function is installed in the second operating system and which second function is not installed in the second operating system in a function list, and

the first operating system is configured

to refer to the function list, and

to determine the second function to be displayed on the menu.

8. A display control method, comprising:

selecting one of first image information and second image information, the first image information being based on execution of the first function by a first operating system, the second image information being based on execution of the second function by a second operating system, or

superimposing one of the first image information and the second image information on the other information;

displaying one of the selected information and the superimposed information on a display unit; and

displaying one menu when one of the first operating system and the second operating system is running, one of first icon and second icon being selectable from the menu, the first icon indicating start of the first function, the second icon indicating start of the second function.

9. The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising:

displaying, in a case where the first icon is selected, the first image information based on execution of the first function; and

displaying, in a case where the second icon is selected, the second image information based on execution of the second function.

10. The information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising:

starting the second operating system in a case where the second operating system is not running;

selecting, in a case where the second icon is selected, the second image information based on execution of the second function, at a predetermined timing after the startup controller starts the second operating system; and

displaying the second image information.

11. The information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising:

starting the second operating system in a case where the second operating system is not running;

superimposing, in a case where the second icon is selected, the second image information on the first image information, after the startup controller starts the second operating system and until a predetermined timing;

displaying the superimposed image information;

selecting the second image information after the predetermined timing; and

displaying the selected second image information.

12. The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising

displaying, in a case where one of the first image information and the second image information is shifted to the other image information, display-selection information, the display-selection information notifying that the image information is shifted.

13. The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, by the first operating system, a list of the first function, the list being sent from the second operating system, the first operating system failing to have a fixed list of the first function; and

updating the list every time the first operating system receives the list.

14. The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising:

setting, by the second operating system, which second function is installed in the second operating system and which second function is not installed in the second operating system in a function list; and

referring, by the first operating system, to the function list, and determining the second function to be displayed on the menu.