# US 12,118,204 B2 · Display control device and display change method with user touch control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,118,204 B2 - Document ID: US12118204B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/256,830 - Filed: 2019-07-01 - Published: 2021-05-27 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-05 - Assignees: Clarion Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Clarion Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Manabu Morita; Keita Katsuno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12118204B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour - G06F 3/0485: Scrolling or panning - G06F 3/147: using display panels - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - G09G 5/38: with means for controlling the display position - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G09G 2340/04: Changes in size, position or resolution of an image - G09G 2340/0464: Positioning - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract The sizes and the positional relationship of a plurality of divided regions provided in a display region are changed in a more convenient manner. An information control device includes: an operation detection unit configured to detect touch operation of a user performed on a pointer being provided at an intersection of division lines dividing a display screen of a display into three or more divided regions; and a layout setting unit configured to transition display of the display between a plurality of layouts set in advance according to the detected touch operation performed on the pointer. As a transition process of the plurality of layouts, the layout setting unit moves the pointer and deforms the division lines and the three or more divided regions imitating an elastic object according to drag as the touch operation performed on the pointer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information control device according to claim 1, wherein as the transition process of the plurality of layouts, the layout setting unit deforms one of the division lines being in parallel with an axial direction of the display by extending the one of the division lines in an oblique direction being not in parallel with the axial direction of the display according to drag as the touch operation performed on the pointer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information control device according to claim 1, the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having further stored thereon a storage unit configured to store transition information in which a layout before transition among the plurality of layouts, the touch operation, and a layout of a transition target among the plurality of layouts are associated with each other, wherein the layout setting unit refers to the transition information, and determines the layout of the transition target, based on a direction of the drag being detected as the touch operation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information control device according to claim 1, the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having further stored thereon a display information generation unit configured to generate information to be displayed in the three or more divided regions, wherein the display information generation unit changes a content of the information to be displayed according to sizes of the three or more divided regions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information control device according to claim 1, the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having further stored thereon a display information generation unit configured to generate information to be displayed in the three or more divided regions, wherein the display information generation unit changes an information amount to be displayed according to sizes of the three or more divided regions without changing a content of the information to be displayed. ### Claim 6 A display change method performed by an information control device, comprising: an operation detection step of detecting 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 step of transitioning 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 step includes moving the pointer and deforming the division lines and the three or more divided regions of a first layout 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, completing the transition process between the layouts 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display change method according to claim 6, wherein as the transition process of the plurality of layouts, the layout setting step includes deforming one of the division lines being in parallel with an axial direction of the display by extending the one of the division lines in an oblique direction being not in parallel with the axial direction of the display according to drag as the touch operation performed on the pointer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The display change method according to claim 6, wherein the layout setting step includes referring to transition information in which a layout before transition among the plurality of layouts, the touch operation, and a layout of a transition target among the plurality of layouts are associated with each other, and determining the layout of the transition target based on a direction of the drag being detected as the touch operation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The display change method according to claim 6, further comprising a display information generation step of changing a content of information to be displayed in the three or more divided regions according to sizes of the three or more divided regions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The display change method according to claim 6, further comprising a display information generation step of changing an information amount without changing a content of information to be displayed in the three or more divided regions.