# US 2014/0198065 A1 · Display control device, display control method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0198065 A1 - Document ID: US20140198065A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/148,894 - Filed: 2014-01-07 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-16 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Shuichi Otsu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140198065A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/04895: Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting - G06F 2203/04801: Cursor retrieval aid, i.e. visual aspect modification, blinking, colour changes, enlargement or other visual cues, for helping user do find the cursor in graphical user interfaces - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A display control device including a display control unit that displays a decoration image on a display unit, the decoration image being different from images used for operation, a detection unit that detects a user's touch operation made on the display unit, and a processing unit that executes a process associated with the touch operation involving a predetermined trajectory. When the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory is detected while the decoration image is displayed, the display control unit displays a feedback image that is made up of the decoration image and indicates that the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory has been detected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display control device comprising: a display control unit that displays a decoration image on a display unit, the decoration image being different from images used for operation; a detection unit that detects a user's touch operation made on the display unit; and a processing unit that executes a process associated with the touch operation involving a predetermined trajectory, wherein when the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory is detected while the decoration image is displayed, the display control unit displays a feedback image that is made up of the decoration image and indicates that the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory has been detected. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the decoration image moving around within a screen by a visualizer function. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit displays a plurality of the decoration images and the feedback image to be displayed is made up of all of the decoration images. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display control device according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit moves the decoration images individually from their respective positions at a time when the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory is detected to display the feedback image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit displays a plurality of the decoration images and transforms one of the decoration images to display the feedback image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit displays information about a song that is currently being played over the decoration image. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays an image representing the trajectory made by the touch operation as the decoration image and transforms the image representing the trajectory to display the feedback image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display control device according to claim 7, wherein the display control unit displays the decoration images over information about a song that is currently being played. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display control device according to claim 1, further comprising: an output control unit that outputs a predetermined sound when the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory is detected. ### Claim 10 A display control method comprising: displaying a decoration image on a display unit, the decoration image being different from images used for operation; detecting a user's touch operation made on the display unit; and executing a process associated with the touch operation involving a predetermined trajectory, wherein when the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory is detected while the decoration image is displayed, a feedback image is displayed that is made up of the decoration image and indicates that the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory has been detected. ### Claim 11 A program causing a computer to execute processing comprising: displaying a decoration image on a display unit, the decoration image being different from images used for operation; detecting a user's touch operation made on the display unit; and executing a process associated with the touch operation involving a predetermined trajectory, wherein when the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory is detected while the decoration image is displayed, a feedback image is displayed that is made up of the decoration image and indicates that the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory has been detected.