Content display device, content display method, program, and recording medium
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Yamamura, Haruo Hinode
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Abstract
The content display device includes (i) a display section for displaying, on a screen (20), a plurality of thumbnail images (12) arranged in a first arrangement, (ii) an input operation section for accepting, from a user, an input of an instruction on changing a display size of the thumbnail image (12), a scaling up/down display processing section for changing a display size of a predetermined number of thumbnail images (12), and a moving display processing section for moving the predetermined number of thumbnail images (12) on the screen (20) such that the predetermined number of thumbnail images (12) are displayed in a second arrangement.
Claims21
A content display device comprising:
- display means for displaying a plurality of contents on a screen in a first arrangement, which is a predetermined arrangement order of contents;
- input means for accepting, from a user, an input of an instruction on changing a display size of a specified content which is any of the plurality of contents displayed on the screen;
- changing means for changing a display size of a predetermined number of contents when the input has been accepted, the predetermined number of contents (i) including the specified content and (ii) being sequentially arranged on the screen in accordance with the predetermined arrangement order;
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- moving means for moving the predetermined number of contents on the screen such that the predetermined number of contents are displayed on the screen in a second arrangement, which is a predetermined arrangement order of contents and is different from the first arrangement.
A method for displaying a content with use of a content display device, said method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a plurality of contents on a screen in a first arrangement, which is a predetermined arrangement order of contents;
- accepting, from a user, an input of an instruction on changing a display size of a specified content which is any of the plurality of contents displayed on the screen;
- changing a display size of a predetermined number of contents when the input has been accepted, the predetermined number of contents (i) including the specified content and (ii) being sequentially arranged on the screen in accordance with the predetermined arrangement order;
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- moving the predetermined number of contents on the screen such that the predetermined number of contents are displayed on the screen in a second arrangement, which is a predetermined arrangement order of contents and is different from the first arrangement.
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