Display control device and display change method with user touch control

An information display control device comprising:

• one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having stored thereon at least:
• an operation detection unit configured to detect a drag operation of a user performed on a pointer displayed at an intersection of division lines dividing a display screen of a display into three or more divided regions having rectangular shapes, the drag operation comprising a touch-on and a touch-off by the user;
• and
• a layout setting unit configured to transition display of the display between a plurality of layouts set in advance according to the drag operation, wherein
• during a transition process between the plurality of layouts, the layout setting unit moves the pointer and deforms the division lines and the three or more divided regions of a first layout by imitating an elastic object according to the drag operation so that the three or more divided regions are deformed into trapezoid shapes, having one set of opposite sides parallel and another set of opposite sides not parallel or pentagonal shapes by stretching the division lines by the pointer, and
• based on a distance of the drag operation from touch-on to touch-off, the transition process between the layouts is completed either by transforming each of the three or more divided regions where at least one of the divided regions has been transformed into the trapezoidal shape or the pentagonal shape, into rectangular shapes different than the first layout, or by returning the three or more divided regions to the first layout.