Display apparatus, display method, program, and recording medium

• US 20080306993A1
• Filed: 06/10/2008
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Young, Stephen Robert
• Granted Patent: US 8,566,706 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/103R
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing

Abstract

A display apparatus for displaying accumulated data items includes obtaining means for obtaining a plurality of data items accumulated, classifying means for classifying the plurality of data items into N groups on the basis of predetermined criteria, display-control means for controlling an indication on a display unit such that the plurality of data are displayed in N display regions corresponding to the N groups, and accepting means for accepting a specification of one display region from among the N display regions. When the accepting means accepts a specification of one display region from among the N display regions, the classifying means classifies a plurality of data items displayed in the specified display region into a further N groups, and the display-control means controls an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items are displayed in the N display regions corresponding to the N groups.

Claims

1. A display apparatus for displaying accumulated data items on a display unit, the display apparatus comprising:

obtaining means for obtaining a plurality of data items that are accumulated;

classifying means for classifying the plurality of data items that are obtained by the obtaining means into N groups on the basis of predetermined criteria;

display-control means for controlling an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items that are classified by the classifying means are displayed in N display regions corresponding to the N groups; and

accepting means for accepting a specification of one display region from among the N display regions,

wherein, when the accepting means accepts a specification of one display region from among the N display regions, the classifying means classifies a plurality of data items displayed in the specified display region into a further N groups, and the display-control means controls an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items that are further classified by the classifying means are newly displayed in the N display regions corresponding to the N groups.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in each of the N display regions, a predetermined number of data items from among data items that are classified into a group corresponding to the display region are displayed.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the classifying means generates information showing a distribution of the plurality of data items on the basis of additional data items that are attached in advance to the plurality of data items obtained by the obtaining means, and calculates distances between the plurality of data items in the distribution to classify the plurality of data items into the N groups.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the classifying means generates information showing a distribution of the plurality of data items on the basis of evaluation values on the plurality of data items, the evaluation values being calculated by another apparatus, and calculates distances between the plurality of data items in the distribution to classify the plurality of data items into the N groups.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, on a screen of the display unit on which the indication is controlled by the display-control means, each of the N display regions has a predetermined size and is provided at a predetermined position.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein on a screen on which the indication is controlled by the display-control means, the N display regions are set in correspondence with the plurality of data items.

7. A display method for a display apparatus that displays accumulated data items on a display unit, the display method comprising the steps of:

obtaining a plurality of data items that are accumulated;

classifying the plurality of data items that are obtained into N groups on the basis of predetermined criteria;

controlling an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items that are classified are displayed in N display regions corresponding to the N groups;

classifying, in a case in which a specification of one display region from among the N display regions is accepted, a plurality of data items displayed in the specified display region into a further N groups; and

controlling an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items that are further classified are newly displayed in the N display regions corresponding to the N groups.

8. A program for causing a computer to perform a process of displaying accumulated data items on a display unit, the program causing the computer to function as:

a display apparatus for displaying accumulated data items on the display unit, the display apparatus including

obtaining means for obtaining a plurality of data items that are accumulated,

classifying means for classifying the plurality of data items that are obtained by the obtaining means into N groups on the basis of predetermined criteria,

display-control means for controlling an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items that are classified by the classifying means are displayed in N display regions corresponding to the N groups, and

accepting means for accepting a specification of one display region from among the N display regions,

wherein, when the accepting means accepts a specification of one display region from among the N display regions, the classifying means classifies a plurality of data items displayed in the specified display region into a further N groups, and the display-control means controls an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items that are further classified by the classifying means are newly displayed in the N display regions corresponding to the N groups.

9. A recording medium in which the program according to claim 8 is recorded.

10. A display apparatus for displaying accumulated data items on a display unit, the display apparatus comprising:

an obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of data items that are accumulated;

a classifying unit that classifies the plurality of data items that are obtained by the obtaining unit into N groups on the basis of predetermined criteria;

a display-control unit that controls an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items that are classified by the classifying unit are displayed in N display regions corresponding to the N groups; and

an accepting unit that accepts a specification of one display region from among the N display regions,

wherein, when the accepting unit accepts a specification of one display region from among the N display regions, the classifying unit classifies a plurality of data items displayed in the specified display region into a further N groups, and the display-control unit controls an indication on the display unit such that the plurality of data items that are further classified by the classifying unit are newly displayed in the N display regions corresponding to the N groups.