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US 7,823,080 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, screen display method, screen display program, and recording medium having screen display program recorded therein
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYasushi Miyajima, Keigo Ihara, Takanori Nishimura, Junko Fukuda, Shin Shiroma, Keiichi Yoshioka, Junichiro Sakata
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Abstract
In a personal broadcasting system, a user terminal vertically divides a window serving as a main screen into separate elements corresponding to a plurality of functions on a display screen and causes a display unit to display the separate elements side-by-side, the separate elements being a plurality of independent panel windows.
Claims12
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- display means for displaying a window on a display screen;
- and
- control means for controlling the display of the window including a plurality of panel windows, a status bar and a guidance bar, the panel windows are arranged along a predetermined direction which is one of vertical and horizontal directions on the display screen, the plurality of panel windows correspond to a plurality of functions, and the control means causes the display means to display the panel windows immediately adjacent one another and extending between the status bar and the guidance bar,
- wherein the control means controls a contraction and an expansion of the panel windows the predetermined direction on the display screen, and the control means expands a panel window, which corresponds to a function selected by a user, toward a center of the display screen, displays an expanded setup window immediately adjacent to the expanded panel window, the setup window being associated with the expanded window and allows the user to setup the contents of the expanded panel window, and simultaneously contracts only a width of a plurality of the panel windows that are not the window to be expanded, such that the contracted panel windows are located from a position immediately adjacent a side of the expanded panel window to a first end of the display screen and a side of the setup window to a second end of the display screen, the contraction of the windows to the ends of the display screen hides each button provided inside the contracted panel windows,
- wherein during contraction and expansion, the guidance bar and status bar remain visible and extend completely across the window on the display screen, the guidance bar being configured to display and control a plurality of functions corresponding to a function for each of the plurality of panel windows, and
- wherein the plurality of panel windows extend between the status bar and the guidance bar when the panel window is both contracted and expanded.
3 more elements
A screen display method, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a window on a display screen;
- controlling the display of the window including a plurality of panel windows, a status bar and a guidance bar, the panel windows are arranged along a predetermined direction which is one of vertical and horizontal directions on the display screen, the plurality of panel windows correspond to a plurality of functions and are displayed immediately adjacent one another and extending between the status bar and the guidance bar;
- contracting and expanding the panel windows in the predetermined direction on the display screen;
- expanding a panel window, which corresponds to a function selected by a user, toward a center of the display screen;
- displaying an expanded setup window immediately adjacent to the expanded panel window, the setup window is associated with the expanded window and allows the user to setup the contents of the expanded panel window;
- simultaneously contracting only a width of a plurality of the panel windows that are not the window to be expanded, such that the contracted panel windows are located from a position immediately adjacent a side of the expanded panel window to a first end of the display screen and a side of the setup window to a second end of the display screen, the contraction of the windows to the ends of the display screen hides each button provided inside the contracted panel windows;
- and
- controlling with the guidance bar, a plurality of functions displayed on the guidance bar corresponding to a function for each of the plurality of panel windows,
- wherein during expanding and contracting of the panel windows, the guidance bar and status bar remain visible and extend completely across the window of the display screen, and
- wherein the plurality of panel windows extend between the status bar and the guidance bar when the panel window is both contracted and expanded.
7 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a window on a display screen;
- controlling the display of the window including a plurality of panel windows, a status bar and a guidance bar, the panel windows are arranged along a predetermined direction which is one of vertical and horizontal directions on the display screen, the plurality of panel windows correspond to a plurality of functions and are display immediately adjacent one another and extending between the status bar and the guidance bar;
- contracting and expanding the panel windows in the predetermined direction on the display screen;
- expanding a panel window, which corresponds to a function selected by a user, toward a center of the display screen;
- displaying an expanded setup window immediately adjacent to the expanded panel window, the setup window is associated with the expanded window and allows the user to setup the contents of the expanded panel window;
- simultaneously contracting only a width of a plurality of the panel windows that are not the window to be expanded, such that the contracted panel windows are located from a position immediately adjacent side of the expanded panel window to a first end of the display screen and a side of the setup window to a second end of the display screen, the contraction of the windows to the ends of the display screen hides each button provided inside the contracted panel windows;
- and
- controlling with the guidance bar, a plurality of functions displayed on the guidance bar corresponding to a function for each of the plurality of panel windows,
- wherein during expanding and contracting of the panel windows, the guidance bar and status bar remain visible and extend completely across the window of the display screen, and
- wherein the plurality of panel windows extend between the status bar and the guidance bar when the panel window is both contracted and expanded.
7 more elements
A recording medium having recorded therein a computer-controllable screen display program, the program comprising the steps of:
- displaying a window on a display screen;
- controlling the display of the window including a plurality of panel windows, a status bar and a guidance bar, the panel windows are arranged along a predetermined direction which is one of vertical and horizontal directions on the display screen, the plurality of panel windows correspond to a plurality of functions and are displayed immediately adjacent one another and extending between the status bar and the guidance bar;
- contracting and expanding the panel windows in the predetermined direction on the display screen;
- expanding a panel window, which corresponds to a function selected by a user, toward a center of the display screen;
- displaying an expanded setup window immediately adjacent to the expanded panel window, the setup window is associated with the expanded window and allows the user to setup the contents of the expanded panel window;
- simultaneously contracting only a width of a plurality of the panel windows that are not the window to be expanded, such that the contracted panel windows are located from a position immediately adjacent a side of the expanded panel window to a first end of the display screen and a side of the setup window to a second end of the display screen, the contraction of the windows to the ends of the display screen hides each button provided inside the contracted panel windows;
- and
- controlling with the guidance bar, a plurality of functions displayed on the guidance bar corresponding to a function for each of the plurality of panel windows,
- wherein during expanding and contracting of the panel windows, the guidance bar and status bar remain visible and extend completely across the window of the display screen, and
- wherein the plurality of panel windows extend between the status bar and the guidance bar when the panel window is both contracted and expanded.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.