Information processing device and display control method

• US 9,971,493 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2014
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Murata, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu, Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jones, Shawna Stepp
• Application Number:
  US14/266,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20140333528A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,476 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars

Abstract

An information processing device includes: an operation unit to receive a user'"'"'s operation; a first communication unit to perform communication with an external device; a first content acquisition unit to acquire first content generated in response to the user'"'"'s operation; a second content acquisition unit to acquire second content received from the external device; a content storage unit to store the first and second content in association with their respective acquisition times; a display; and a display control unit. The display control unit causes the display to: display a time axis as well as first and second display regions; display the first content at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the first content in the first display region; and displays the second content at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the second content in the second display region.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a display panel;

a location sensor configured to determine geographical location information of the information processing device at a desired time interval;

a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon; and

at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,

display one or more operation screens on the display panel;

receive a first user'"'"'s operation input into the operation screen;

communicate with at least one external device connected via a conference registered in a conference system;

acquire first content that is generated using the information processing device by the first user in response to the received first user'"'"'s operation;

acquire second content from the at least one external device in response to a second user'"'"'s operation received via the conference, the second content including image data of a page currently displayed on the at least one external device and user operation information related to the conference from the at least one external device;

store in the memory the first content and the second content in association with their respective acquisition times, the acquisition times including a time when the respective first content and the second content were acquired;

display a time axis, a first display region, and a second display region on the display panel, the first display region and the second display region not overlapping each other;

display the first content stored in the memory at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the first content in the first display region;

display the second content stored in the memory at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the second content in the second display region, the displaying the second content including displaying each page of the second content at a position on the time axis corresponding to the user operation information, the user operation information associated with each of the pages of the second content;

associate the geographical location information with a corresponding first content;

generate a map including the geographical information and information associated with the corresponding first content; and

display the generated map on the display panel in the first display region.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to change a ratio between a width of the first display region and a width of the second display region in response to a first user'"'"'s operation input into the operation screen.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

acquire the second content that is image data configured of page units and including one or more pages; and

acquire, via the operation screen, page operation information indicating operation on the page performed on the external device by the second user, and

store in the memory time information related to a time when the page operation information is acquired in association with the second content.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the user operation information includes operation information related to each of the pages of the second content.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

display on the display panel, in response to a first user'"'"'s operation received using the operation screen, an input screen to prompt the first user to enter a pass code; and

store in the memory encrypted content obtained by encrypting at least the second content among the first content and the second content using the pass code.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

perform communication via a network;

transmit, to a first server, the first content and the second content stored in the memory; and

transmit, to a second server, positional information indicating a position on the network of the first content and the second content transmitted to the first server in association with time information.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

perform communication via a network; and

acquire the second content from a server connected to the external device via the network.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to change a scale of the time axis in response to a first user'"'"'s operation on the time axis.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

acquire voice data; and

store in the memory the acquired voice data in association with an acquisition start time and an acquisition end time.

10. A display control method performed by an information processing device including a display panel, the method comprising:

obtaining, using at least one processor, geographical location information at a desired time interval from a location sensor;

displaying, using the at least one processor, one or more operation screens on the display panel;

receiving, using the at least one processor, a first user'"'"'s operation input into the operation screen;

communicating, using the at least one processor, with at least one external device connected via a conference registered in a conference system;

acquiring, using the at least one processor, first content that is generated using the information processing device by the first user in response to the received first user'"'"'s operation;

acquiring, using the at least one processor, second content that is received from the at least one external device in response to a second user'"'"'s operation received via the conference, the second content including image data of a page currently displayed on the at least one external device and user operation information related to the conference from the at least one external device;

storing, using the at least one processor, in a memory of the information processing device, the first content and the second content in association with their respective acquisition times, the acquisition times including a time when the first content and the second content were acquired;

displaying, using the at least one processor, a time axis, a first display region, and a second display region on the display panel, the first display region and the second display region not overlapping each other;

displaying, using the at least one processor, the first content stored in the memory at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the first content in the first display region;

displaying, using the at least one processor, the second content stored in the memory at a position on the time axis indicating the time associated with the second content in the second display region, the displaying the second content including displaying each page of the second content at a position on the time axis corresponding to the user operation information, the user operation information associated with each of the pages of the second content;

associating, using the at least one processor, the geographical location information with a corresponding first content;

generating, using the at least one processor, a map including the geographical information and information associated with the corresponding first content; and

displaying, using the at least one processor, the generated map on the display panel in the first display region.

11. The display control method according to claim 10, wherein the receiving the first user'"'"'s operation includes:

changing a ratio between a width of the first display region and a width of the second display region in response to the received first user'"'"'s operation; and

displaying the first display region and the second display region on the display panel.

12. The display control method according to claim 10, wherein

the acquiring of the second content includes acquiring the second content that is image data configured of page units and including one or more pages, and

acquiring, via the operation screen, page operation information indicating operation on the page performed on the external device by the second user, and

the storing includes storing, in the memory, time information related to a time when the page operation information is acquired in association with the second content.

13. The display control method according to claim 12, wherein the user operation information includes page operation information related to each of the pages of the second content.

14. The display control method according to claim 10, further comprising:

displaying on the display panel, in response to a first user'"'"'s operation received using the operation screen, an input screen to prompt the first user to enter a pass code; and

storing in the memory, encrypted content obtained by encrypting at least the second content among the first content and the second content using the pass code.

15. The display control method according to claim 10, further comprising performing network communication via a network, wherein

the performing of the network communication includes transmitting, to a first server, the first content and the second content stored in the memory, and

transmitting, to a second server, positional information indicating a position on the network of the first content and the second content transmitted to the first server in association with time information.

16. The display control method according to claim 10, further comprising performing network communication via a network, wherein

the acquiring of the second content includes acquiring the second content from a server connected to the external device via the network.

17. The display control method according to claim 10, the method further comprising:

changing, using the at least one processor, a scale of the time axis in response to a first user'"'"'s operation on the time axis.

18. The display control method according to claim 10, further comprising:

acquiring, using the at least one processor, voice data, wherein

the storing includes storing, in the memory, the acquired voice data in association with an acquisition start time and an acquisition end time.