IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20140365948A1
• Filed: 09/05/2012
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Toshiyuki
• Granted Patent: US 10,642,444 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/775
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

An image display control device includes: a first display control unit which displays, on a screen, page images each including an icon; a receiving unit which receives an operation signal indicating a user operation directed to the icon displayed on the screen; and a second display control unit which displays, on the screen, an in-folder-icon image as well as the page images when the receiving unit receives an operation signal for selecting a folder icon, from among a plurality of the icons displayed on the screen, which is associated with one or more of the icons, the in-folder-icon image presenting the one or more icons associated with the selected folder icon.

Claims

1. An image display control device comprising:

a first display control unit configured to display, on a screen, page images each including an icon;

a receiving unit configured to receive an operation signal indicating a user operation directed to the icon displayed on the screen; and

a second display control unit configured to display, on the screen, an in-folder-icon image as well as the page images when the receiving unit receives an operation signal for selecting a folder icon, from among a plurality of the icons displayed on the page images, including one or more of the icons lower in hierarchy than the folder icon, the in-folder-icon image presenting the one or more icons included in the selected folder icon.

2. The image display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the page images each include icon display areas capable of displaying the icons,

the image display control device further comprising

a third display control unit configured to, when the receiving unit receives an operation signal for selecting an icon display area which displays no icon, display a folder icon in the selected icon display area.

3. The image display control device according to claim 2,

wherein the third display control unit is further configured to display, on the screen, an image for entering a name by a user, and designate a name, which is entered by the user and identified by an operation signal received by the receiving unit, as a name of the folder icon displayed in the selected icon display area.

4. The image display control device according to claim 1, further comprising

a fourth display control unit configured to display, on the screen, an icon list image presenting a list of the icons displayable on the screen.

5. The image display control device according to claim 4,

wherein, when the receiving unit receives an operation signal for selecting an icon from among the icons in the icon list image and the selected icon is associated with a folder icon, (i) the first display control unit is further configured to highlight the folder icon associated with the selected icon and included in the page images, and (ii) the second display control unit is further configured to display the in-folder-icon image of the highlighted folder icon.

6. The image display control device according to claim 4, further comprising

a position changing unit configured to switch display positions between two of the icons on the screen when the receiving unit receives an operation signal for selecting one of the two icons and then an other one icon, the icons being displayed in the page images and in the icon list image.

7. The image display control device according to claim 6,

wherein the position changing unit is further configured to move, on the screen, one of the icons to one of the icon display areas which displays no icon, when the receiving unit receives an operation signal for selecting the one icon and then the one icon display area, the icons being displayed in the page images and in the icon list image, and the icon display areas being capable of displaying the icons in the page images and in the icon list image.

8. The image display control device according to claim 6,

wherein the position changing unit is further configured to move, on the screen, one of the icons to the in-folder-icon image, when the receiving unit receives an operation signal indicating an operation which keeps selecting the one icon for a certain period of time or longer, the icons being displayed in the page images while the in-folder-icon image is displayed.

9. The image display control device according to claim 6,

wherein the position changing unit is further configured to move, on the screen, one of the icons to one of the icon display areas which displays no icon, when the receiving unit receives an operation signal indicating an operation which keeps selecting the one icon in the in-folder-icon image for a certain period of time or longer, the icon display areas being capable of displaying the icons in the page images.

10. The image display control device according to claim 1,

wherein, when the receiving unit receives an operation signal for selecting a name of a folder icon included in the in-folder-icon image, the second display control unit is further configured to display, on the screen, an image for entering a name by a user, and designate a name, which is entered by the user and identified by an operation signal received by the receiving unit, as a name of the folder icon.

11. The image display control device according to claim 1, further comprising

a deletion control unit configured to delete from the screen a folder icon displayed on the screen, when the receiving unit receives an operation signal for indicating an operation which keeps selecting the one folder icon for a certain period of time or longer.

12. An image display control device which:

displays, on a screen, page images each including an icon;

receives an operation signal indicating a user operation directed to the icon displayed on the screen; and

displays, on the screen, an in-folder-icon image as well as the page images when receiving an operation signal for selecting a folder icon, from among a plurality of the icons displayed the page images, including one or more of the icons lower in hierarchy than the folder icon, the in-folder-icon image presenting the one or more icons included in the selected folder icon.

13. An image display control method comprising:

displaying, on a screen, page images each including an icon;

receiving an operation signal indicating a user operation directed to the icon displayed on the screen; and

displaying, on the screen, an in-folder-icon image as well as the page images when the receiving receives an operation signal for selecting a folder icon, from among a plurality of the icons displayed on the page images, including one or more of the icons lower in hierarchy than the folder icon, the in-folder-icon image presenting the one or more icons included in the selected folder icon.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a computer recorded thereon for causing the computer to execute the image display control method according to claim 13.