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Display control device, display control method and program

  • US 9,665,216 B2
  • Filed: 05/16/2013
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display control device comprising:

  • a contact detector that detects contact of an indicator with a screen;

    a proximity detector that detects a proximity of the indicator to the screen, when the contact is not detected and when a distance between the indicator and the screen is smaller than a predetermined value; and

    a display controller that magnifies an image of a predetermined region on the screen when at least one of the proximity and the contact is detected, wherein the display controller moves a position of the predetermined region according to a change in a position of the indicator while the proximity is detected, and the display controller fixes the position of the predetermined region, regardless of a change in the position of the indicator while the contact detected by the contact detector is continuously maintained,wherein the display controller releases the fixing of the position of the predetermined region, when the proximity of the indicator to the screen is detected while the position of the predetermined region is fixed,wherein the predetermined region has one of a circular shape, an elliptical shape and a quadrangular shape.

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