DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
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Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique for selectively performing a desired function. A PC controls a display which is capable of displaying an image. When it is determined that a first prescribed operation which is prescribed in advance has been performed, a controller decides the first prescribed operation which is determined to have been performed, as a first operation used to perform a function of a predetermined application. The controller causes the display to display thereon a display icon which is capable of guiding the first prescribed operation to be performed.
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33 Claims
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18. A display control apparatus that controls a display which is capable of displaying thereon a first image, comprising:
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a controller that decides a first prescribed operation which is determined to have been performed, as a first operation used to perform a function of a predetermined application, when it is determined that said first prescribed operation which is prescribed in advance has been performed, on the basis of an output signal from an input unit that receives an external operation, wherein said controller causes said display to display thereon at least one of a first icon and a first display object in said first image, which is capable of guiding said first prescribed operation to be performed, said controller performs at least one of transformation of a second icon in said first image into said first icon and addition of said first display object to said first image when it is determined that a first action which is defined in advance as an action before performing said first prescribed operation has been performed or is being performed, on the basis of an output signal from said input unit, said first prescribed operation includes an operation drawing a predetermined orbit, which is performed on said first icon, and at least one of an outer frame shape of said first icon and a shape of an arrow included in said first display object corresponds to said orbit. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32)
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19. A display control apparatus that controls a display which is capable of displaying thereon a first image, comprising:
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a controller that decides a first prescribed operation which is determined to have been performed, as a first operation used to perform a function of a predetermined application, when it is determined that said first prescribed operation which is prescribed in advance has been performed, on the basis of an output signal from an input unit that receives an external operation, wherein said controller causes said display to display thereon at least one of a first icon and a first display object in said first image, which is capable of guiding said first prescribed operation to be performed, said controller performs at least one of transformation of a second icon in said first image into said first icon and addition of said first display object to said first image when it is determined that a first action which is defined in advance as an action before performing said first prescribed operation has been performed or is being performed, on the basis of an output signal from said input unit, said first prescribed operation includes a first touch operation which is performed to touch said first icon with a predetermined first number of points, and the number of points included in said first display object is equal to said first number of said first touch operation. - View Dependent Claims (25, 30, 31)
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33. A display control method for controlling a display which is capable of displaying thereon a first image, comprising the steps of:
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(a) deciding a first prescribed operation which is determined to have been performed, as a first operation used to perform a function of a predetermined application, when it is determined that said first prescribed operation which is prescribed in advance has been performed, on the basis of an output signal from an input unit that receives an external operation; and (b) causing said display to display thereon at least one of a first icon and a first display object in said first image, which is capable of guiding said first prescribed operation to be performed, before said step (a), wherein at least one of transformation of a second icon in said first image into said first icon and addition of said first display object to said first image is performed when it is determined that a first action which is defined in advance as an action before performing said first prescribed operation has been performed or is being performed, on the basis of an output signal from said input unit, in said step (b).
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Specification