Information processing apparatus and display control method

• US 8,786,780 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Issued: 07/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kurosaki, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Harold, Jefferey
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAIEM, SEAN N
• Application Number:
  US13/705,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20130176492A1
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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:

circuitry configured to

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

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

display one of the selected image information and the superimposed image information on a display;

display on the display a menu, when one of the first operating system and the second operating system is running, and one of a first icon and a second icon that are selectable from the menu, the first icon indicating start of the first function and the second icon indicating start of the second function; and

display a display-selection information on the display when one of the first image information and the second image information is shifted to the other of the first image information and the second image information, the display-selection information notifying that the image information is shifted.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to

display, where when the first icon is selected, the first image information based on execution of the first function, and

display, when 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, wherein the circuitry is further configured to

start the second operating system when the second operating system is not running,

select, when the second icon is selected, the second image information based on execution of the second function, at a predetermined timing after the the second operating system is started, and

display the second image information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry is further configured to

start the second operating system when the second operating system is not running,

superimpose, when the second icon is selected, the second image information on the first image information, after the second operating system is started and until a predetermined timing,

display the superimposed image information,

select the second image information after the predetermined timing, and

display the selected second image information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first operating system is configured to

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

update the list when the first operating system receives the list from the second operating system.

6. 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.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to translucently superimpose the one of the first image information and the second image information on the other of the first image information and the second image information.

7. A display control method, comprising:

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

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

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

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

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

8. The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

displaying, when the first icon is selected, the first image information based on execution of the first function; and

displaying, when the second icon is selected, the second image information based on execution of the second function.

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

starting the second operating system when the second operating system is not running;

selecting, when the second icon is selected, the second image information based on execution of the second function, at a predetermined timing after the second operating system is started; and

displaying the second image information.

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

starting the second operating system when the second operating system is not running;

superimposing, when the second icon is selected, the second image information on the first image information, after the second operating system is started 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.

11. The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the first operating system, a list of the first function from the second operating system; and

updating the list when the first operating system receives the list from the second operating system.

12. The information processing method according to claim 7, 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.

20. The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising translucently superimposing the one of the first image information and the second image information on the other of the first image information and the second image information.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a process, the process comprising:

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

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

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

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

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

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the process further comprises:

displaying, when the first icon is selected, the first image information based on execution of the first function; and

displaying, when the second icon is selected, the second image information based on execution of the second function.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the process further comprises:

starting the second operating system when the second operating system is not running;

selecting, when the second icon is selected, the second image information based on execution of the second function, at a predetermined timing after the second operating system is started; and

displaying the second image information.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the process further comprises:

starting the second operating system when the second operating system is not running;

superimposing, when the second icon is selected, the second image information on the first image information, after the second operating system is started 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.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the process further comprises:

receiving, by the first operating system, a list of the first function from the second operating system; and

updating the list when the first operating system receives the list from the second operating system.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 13, wherein the process further comprises:

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.