Display control device, display control method and control program
First Claim
1. A display control apparatus comprising:
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a controller configured to arrange flat type plural display objects each including a desired display face having desired information displayed thereon in a virtual three-dimensional space and to display on the display device an image in which the plural, display objects are viewed in an overhead-view direction from a variable view point position, based on three-dimensional coordinate position data corresponding to the variable view point position, overhead-view direction data corresponding to an overhead-view direction from the variable view point position and zoom data including display field angle and display magnification data corresponding to a display magnification, wherein;
each of the plural display objects belongs to a category of plural predetermined categories and disposed in a predetermined area of each category;
the display object objects comprise one main display object and sub display objects; and
the controller is further configured to;
rotate the display face of the main display object in accordance with variation of the variable view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display face of the main display object is disposed to be perpendicular to or intersects with the overhead-view direction and moved in the virtual three-dimensional space so as to be located in the overhead-view direction or in the neighborhood of the overhead-view direction and displayed on a display screen of the display device; and
rotate the display faces of the sub display objects in accordance with the variation of the variable view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display faces of the sub display objects are disposed to be perpendicular to or intersect with the overhead-view direction and displayed on the display screen of the display device.
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Abstract
A user can visually and instinctively understand an operation to be executed, and a corresponding operation screen or input screen is easily displayed and operated. Plural flat display objects each having a predetermined displace face having each kind of information displayed in a virtual three-dimensional space are arranged in a predetermined area every category and classified into one main display object 51A and sub display objects 51B other than the display object 51A, the main display object 51A is rotated so that a display face thereof is perpendicular to or intersects to the overhead-view direction, and moved in the virtual three-dimensional space so as to be located in the overhead-view direction or in the neighborhood of the overhead-view direction while following variation of the overhead-view direction, and displayed on the display device, and the sub display objects 51B are controlled to be rotated in the virtual three-dimensional space so that display faces thereof are perpendicular to or intersect to the overhead view direction and displayed on the display screen of the display device 16.
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17 Claims
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1. A display control apparatus comprising:
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a display device; and a controller configured to arrange flat type plural display objects each including a desired display face having desired information displayed thereon in a virtual three-dimensional space and to display on the display device an image in which the plural, display objects are viewed in an overhead-view direction from a variable view point position, based on three-dimensional coordinate position data corresponding to the variable view point position, overhead-view direction data corresponding to an overhead-view direction from the variable view point position and zoom data including display field angle and display magnification data corresponding to a display magnification, wherein; each of the plural display objects belongs to a category of plural predetermined categories and disposed in a predetermined area of each category; the display object objects comprise one main display object and sub display objects; and the controller is further configured to; rotate the display face of the main display object in accordance with variation of the variable view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display face of the main display object is disposed to be perpendicular to or intersects with the overhead-view direction and moved in the virtual three-dimensional space so as to be located in the overhead-view direction or in the neighborhood of the overhead-view direction and displayed on a display screen of the display device; and rotate the display faces of the sub display objects in accordance with the variation of the variable view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display faces of the sub display objects are disposed to be perpendicular to or intersect with the overhead-view direction and displayed on the display screen of the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A display control method for arranging flat type plural display objects each including a desired display face having information displayed thereon in a virtual three-dimensional space, and displaying on a display device display an image in which the display objects are viewed in an overhead-view direction from a variable view point position, based on three-dimensional coordinate position data corresponding to the variable view point position, overhead-view direction data corresponding to an overhead-view direction from the variable view point position and zoom data including display field angle data corresponding to a display field angle and display magnification data corresponding to a display magnification, the plural display objects belonging to a category of plural predetermined categories and being arranged in predetermined areas and classified into one main display object and sub display objects other than the one main display object, the display control method comprising steps of:
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rotating the display face of the main display object in accordance with variation of the variable view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display face of the main display object is disposed to be perpendicular to or intersect with the overhead-view direction and moved in the virtual three-dimensional space so as to be located in the overhead-view direction or in the neighborhood of the overhead-view direction; rotating the display faces of the sub display objects in accordance with the variation of the view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that display faces of the sub display objects are disposed to be perpendicular to or intersect with the overhead-view direction; and displaying an overhead-viewed image of the main display object and sub display objects on a display screen of the display device.
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13. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable non-transitory storage medium and a control program for causing a processor of a computer to execute a control process on a display control device for arranging flat type plural display objects each having a desired display face and having information displayed thereon in a virtual three-dimensional space, and displaying on a display device an image in which the plural display objects are viewed in an overhead-view direction from a variable view point position, based on three-dimensional coordinate position data corresponding to the view point position, overhead-view direction data corresponding to an overhead-view direction from the view point position and zoom data including display field angle data corresponding to a display field angle and display magnification data corresponding to a display magnification, the plural display objects belonging to a category of plural predetermined categories and being arranged in predetermined areas and classified into one main display object and sub display objects other than the one main display object, the control program being embodied on the machine-readable, non-transitory storage medium and including instructions that, when executed, cause the processor of the computer to:
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rotate a display face of the one main display object in accordance with variation of the variable view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display face of the main display object is disposed to be perpendicular to or intersects with the overhead-view direction and moved in the virtual three-dimensional space so as to be located in the overhead-view direction or in the neighborhood of the overhead-view direction; rotate the display faces of the sub display objects in accordance with the variation of the variable view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display faces of the sub display objects are disposed to be perpendicular to or intersect with the overhead view direction; and display an overhead-viewed image of the main display object and sub display objects on a display screen of the display device.
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14. A display control apparatus comprising:
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a display device; a storage unit configured to store different kinds of category data each including various display information belonging thereto; and a controller configured to; arrange a plurality of category space areas in association with the different kinds of category data along a predetermined axis in a virtual three-dimensional space so that each of the different kinds of category data is associated with each of the category space areas, arrange flat type plural display objects each having a display face having display information displayed thereon in the virtual three-dimensional spate such that a display object having display information belonging to a kind of category data is arranged on a category space area associated with the kind of category data, and display on the display device an image in which the display objects arranged on the category space areas are viewed in an overhead-view direction from a variable viewpoint position, wherein; the plurality of display objects comprises one main display object and sub display objects; and the controller is further configured to; rotate the display face of the main display object in accordance with variation of the view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display face of the main display object is perpendicular to or intersect with the overhead-view direction in the virtual three-dimensional space and located substantially in the overhead-view direction and display the rotated display face of the main display object on a display screen of the display device; and rotate display faces of the sub display objects in accordance with the variation of the view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display faces of the sub display objects are disposed to be perpendicular to or intersect with the overhead-view direction and display the rotated display faces of the sub display objects on the display screen of the display device. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A display control apparatus comprising:
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a display device; a storage unit configured to store different kinds of category data each of which contains various display information belonging thereto; and a controller configured to arrange flat type plural display objects each having a display face having desired information displayed thereon in a virtual three-dimensional space and to display on the display device an image in which the plural display objects are viewed in an overhead-view direction from a variable viewpoint position, wherein; each of the plural display objects belongs to a category of plural predetermined categories; the plural display objects comprise one main display object and sub display objects; and the controller is further configured to; rotate a display face of the main display object in accordance with variation of the view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display face of the main display object is disposed to be perpendicular to or intersect with the overhead-view direction and located substantially in the overhead-view direction and display the rotated display face of the main display object on a display screen of the display device; and rotate display faces of the sub display objects in accordance with the variation of the view point position in the virtual three-dimensional space so that the display faces of the sub display objects are disposed to be perpendicular to or intersect with the overhead-view direction and display the rotated display faces of the sub display objects on the display screen of the display device. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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