CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD, CONTENT DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20110007096A1
• Filed: 02/03/2009
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Inventors: Miyano, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US12/866,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20110007096A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/660
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

According to the present invention, there is provided a content display method of analyzing contents created especially for a display area wider than a screen size and displaying a partial area of the content based on a result of analysis. The method includes: a step of generating, based on a result of the analysis, a first image generated by reducing an image of a predetermined range including at least the partial area of the contents which is being displayed or to be displayed on the screen; a step of calculating a height and a width of the contents; a step of generating a second image representing the height and the width of the content based on a result of the calculation and a displaying size of the first image; a step of generating, based on a position of the partial area of the contents, a guide image in which the first image is arranged on the second image and a third image representing a position and a size of the partial area is arranged on the first image; and a step of displaying the generated guide image on the screen.

Claims

1. A content display method of analyzing contents created especially for a display area wider than a screen size and displaying a partial area of the contents based on a result of analysis, comprising:

a first image generation step of generating, based on a result of the analysis, a first image generated by reducing an image of a predetermined range including at least the partial area of the contents which is being displayed or to be displayed on the screen;

a step of calculating a height and a width of the contents;

a second image generation step of generating a second image representing the height and the width of the contents based on a result of the calculation and a displaying size of the first image;

a guide image generation step of generating, based on a position of the partial area of the contents, a guide image in which the first image is arranged on the second image and a third image representing a position and a size of the partial area is arranged on the first image; and

a guide image displaying step of displaying the generated guide image on the screen.

2. The content display method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a screen scroll step of executing scrolling for the contents in accordance with an input operation by a user; and

an image moving step of moving the third image in the first image in response to an operating amount of the scrolling or moving the first image in the second image while moving the third image in the first image in response to the operating amount of the scrolling;

wherein, when the first image is moved in the image moving step, the first image is updated by an image including an image of the partial area to which the contents has been scrolled.

3. The content display method according to claim 1, wherein the guide image is displayed on the screen only while the scrolling is executed.

4. The content display method according to claim 1,

wherein, in the second image generation step, a height and a width of the second image is calculated based a result of the calculation and a displaying size of the first image, and when the calculated height and the width of the second image exceed a predetermined height and a predetermined width, the calculated height and width are reduced to the predetermined height and the predetermined width.

5. (canceled)

6. A content display device which is able to display a partial area of contents created especially for a display area wider than a screen size, comprising:

a content analyzing unit which analyzes the contents;

a first image generation unit which generates, based on a result of the analysis, a first image generated by reducing an image of a predetermined range including at least the partial area of the contents which is being displayed or to be displayed on the screen;

a calculating unit which calculates a height and a width of the contents;

a second image generation unit which generates a second image representing the height and the width of the contents based on a result of the calculation and a displaying size of the first image; and

a guide image generation unit which generates, based on a position of the partial area of the contents, a guide image in which the first image is arranged on the second image and a third image representing a position and a size of the partial area is arranged on the first image,

wherein the generated guide image is displayed on the screen.

7. The content display device according to claim 6,

further comprising:

a screen scroll unit which executes scrolling for the contents in accordance with an input operation by a user; and

an image moving unit which moves the third image in the first image in response to an operating amount of the scrolling or moving the first image in the second image while moving the third image in the first image in response to the operating amount of the scrolling,

wherein, when the first image is moved by the image moving means, the first image is updated by an image including an image of the partial area to which the content has been scrolled.

8. The content display device according to claim 6, wherein the guide image is displayed on the screen only while the scrolling is executed.

9. The content display device according to claim 6,

wherein the image generation unit calculates a height and a width of the second image based a result of the calculation and a displaying size of the first image, and when the calculated height and the width of the second image exceed a predetermined height and a predetermined width, the image generation unit reduces the calculated height and width to the predetermined height and the predetermined width.

10. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, analyze contents created especially for a display area wider than a screen size and displays a partial area of the contents, the instructions configure the processor to function as:

a first image generation unit which generates, based on a result of the analysis, a first image generated by reducing an image of a predetermined range including at least the partial area of the contents which is being displayed or to be displayed on the screen;

a second image generation unit which generates a second image representing an entire area of the contents based on a result of the analysis and a displaying size of the first image;

a guide image generation unit which generates, based on a position of the partial area of the contents, a guide image in which the first image is arranged on the second image and a third image representing a position and a size of the partial area is arranged on the first image; and

a guide image display unit which displays the generated guide image at a position not obstructing browsing of the contents on the screen.

11. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor of a computer, analyze contents created especially for a display area wider than a screen size and displaying a partial area of the contents based on a result of analysis, the instructions configure the processor to perform:

a first image generation step of generating, based on a result of the analysis, a first image generated by reducing an image of a predetermined range including at least the partial area of the contents which is being displayed or to be displayed on the screen;

a step of calculating a height and a width of the contents;

a second image generation step of generating a second image representing the height and the width of the contents based on a result of the calculation and a displaying size of the first image;

a guide image generation step of generating, based on a position of the partial area of the contents, a guide image in which the first image is arranged on the second image and a third image representing a position and a size of the partial area is arranged on the first image; and

a guide image displaying step of displaying the generated guide image on the screen.