Information processing apparatus, display control method and display control program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKimitaka Kawaguchi
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen.
Claims18
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to
- display, via a display control section, a window on a display screen showing a first icon and a second icon of each having a current display size,
- define, via a priority defining section, a priority for the first icon and the second icon, the priority being determined in part based on which icon is operated the most between the first and the second icon,
- reduce, via the display control section, the current display size of at least one of the first icon or the second icon based on an icon having a lowest priority to avoid overlap with each other in response to
- a display area size of the window being reduced, and
- the display control section determining that the icons would overlap with each other as a result of the reduction of the display area size if the current display size of the first and second icons is maintained, and
- expand the current display size of the first or second icon in response to a selection of the first or second icon,
- wherein when the display control section reduces the display size of the first icon or the second icon, a size of recognition regions for recognizing operations relative to the reduced first icon or the second icon on the screen is maintained, the recognition regions being regions that can recognize an input on the display screen.
A display control method comprising:
- causing, via a processor, a display control section to display a window on a display screen showing a first icon and a second icon each having a current display size;
- defining, via the processor, a priority for the first icon and the second icon, the priority being determined in part based on which icon is operated the most between the first and the second icon;
- reducing, via the processor, the current display size of at least one of the first icon or the second icon based on an icon having a lowest priority to avoid overlap with each other in response to
- a display area size of the window being reduced, and
- the display control section determining that the icons would overlap with each other as a result of the reduction of the display area size if the current display size of the first and second icons is maintained;
- and
- expanding the current display size of the first or second icon in response to a selection of the first or second icon,
- wherein when the display size of the first icon or the second icon is reduced, a size of recognition regions for recognizing operations relative to the reduced first icon or the second icon on the screen is maintained, the recognition regions being regions that can recognize an input on the display screen.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions thereon which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
- causing a display control section to display a window on a display screen showing a first icon and a second icon each having a current display size;
- defining, via the a processor, a priority for the first icon and the second icon, the priority being determined in part based on which icon is operated the most between the first and the second icon;
- reducing the current display size of at least one of the first icon or the second icon based on an icon having a lowest priority to avoid overlap with each other in response to
- a display area size of the window being reduced, and
- the display control section determining that the icons would overlap with each other as a result of the reduction of the display area size if the current display size of the first and second icons is maintained;
- and
- expanding the current display size of the first or second icon in response to a selection of the first or second icon,
- wherein when the display size of the first icon or the second icon is reduced, a size of recognition regions for recognizing operations relative to the reduced first icon or the second icon on the screen is maintained, the recognition regions being regions that can recognize an input on the display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.