Information processor, information processing method and program
First Claim
1. An information processor, comprising:
- circuitry configured toselect a set of content data satisfying a predetermined condition from a group of content data each associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata,select a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and the set of the content data selected by the circuitry in accordance with a display screen,with respect to a set of the content data located outside the displayed feature space as the feature space to be displayed on the display screen, display an object which includes a direction indicator indicating a geographical direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data within the display screen, the circuitry being configured to display the object, which includes the direction indicator indicating the geographical direction, in a first size, in response to the set of the relevant content data being at a first distance from a center position of the display screen, and to display the object, which includes the direction indicator indicating the geographical direction, in a second size different from the first size, in response to the set of the relevant content data being at a second distance from the center position of the display screen, andwhen each of a plurality of the direction indicators indicates a similar direction to each other, further integrate the relevant plurality of direction indicators into a new direction indicator to display the new direction indicator on the display screen.
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Abstract
Provided is an information processor, including a selection section that selects a set of content data satisfying a predetermined condition from a group of content data each associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata, and a display format selection control section that selects a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and the set of the content data selected by the selection section in accordance with a display screen. The display format selection control section is configured to display an object which includes a direction indicator indicating a direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data within the display screen, and further integrate the relevant plurality of direction indicators into a new direction indicator to display the new direction indicator on the display screen.
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9 Claims
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1. An information processor, comprising:
circuitry configured to select a set of content data satisfying a predetermined condition from a group of content data each associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata, select a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and the set of the content data selected by the circuitry in accordance with a display screen, with respect to a set of the content data located outside the displayed feature space as the feature space to be displayed on the display screen, display an object which includes a direction indicator indicating a geographical direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data within the display screen, the circuitry being configured to display the object, which includes the direction indicator indicating the geographical direction, in a first size, in response to the set of the relevant content data being at a first distance from a center position of the display screen, and to display the object, which includes the direction indicator indicating the geographical direction, in a second size different from the first size, in response to the set of the relevant content data being at a second distance from the center position of the display screen, and when each of a plurality of the direction indicators indicates a similar direction to each other, further integrate the relevant plurality of direction indicators into a new direction indicator to display the new direction indicator on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information processing method, comprising:
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selecting a set of content data which satisfies a predetermined condition from a group of content data associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata; selecting a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and a set of the selected content data in accordance with a display screen; when selecting the display format, with respect to the set of the content data located outside a displayed feature space as the feature space to be displayed on the display screen, displaying an object including a direction indicator indicating a geographical direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data is displayed within the display screen, the displaying displaying the object, which includes the direction indicator indicating the geographical direction, in a first size, in response to the set of the relevant content data being at a first distance from a center position of the display screen, and displaying the object, which includes the direction indicator indicating the geographical direction, in a second size different from the first size, in response to the set of the relevant content data being at a second distance from the center position of the display screen; and when indicating a direction in which a plurality of the direction indicators indicate a similar direction to each other, further integrating the relevant plurality of direction indicators into a new direction indicator so as to be displayed on the display screen.
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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selecting a set of content data satisfying a predetermined condition from a group of content data each associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata; selecting a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and the set of the content data in accordance with a display screen; with respect to a set of the content data located outside a displayed feature space as the feature space to be displayed on the display screen, displaying an object which includes a direction indicator indicating a geographical direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data within the display screen, the displaying displaying the object, which includes the direction indicator indicating the geographical direction, in a first size, in response to the set of the relevant content data being at a first distance from a center position of the display screen, and displaying the object, which includes the direction indicator indicating the geographical direction, in a second size different from the first size, in response to the set of the relevant content data being at a second distance from the center position of the display screen; and when each of a plurality of the direction indicators indicates a similar direction to each other, further integrating the relevant plurality of direction indicators into a new direction indicator to display the new direction indicator on the display screen.
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