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Display control system, method, and program

US10592014B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2015
Grant dateMar 17, 2020
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60K2360/1442
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Display control systems, methods, and programs obtain an indicated location indicated by a pointer, based on an output from a pointing device, and display, on a display, a user interface screen that displays icons at predetermined locations and displays the pointer indicating the indicated location. The systems methods, and programs draw, when the indicated location is present in a draw-in region including one of the icons, the indicated location into the icon. The systems methods, and programs set, when a first icon and a second icon for performing operations related to a same function are arranged side by side on the display, a first draw-in region including the first icon and a second draw-in region including the second icon such that the first draw-in region and the second draw-in region are present in a region between the first icon and the second icon and adjacent to each other.

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