List display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9256354-B2
Application number	US-201213491948-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2012
Priority date	Jun 13, 2011
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a list display apparatus configured to: arrange, from a list including a plurality of item images arranged in order, item images included in a partial range of the list in a predetermined scroll direction, and display the item images in the partial range on a screen; and move the item images in the scroll direction at a speed corresponding to a user's scroll instruction, and move item images that have not been displayed on the screen in the scroll direction from outside of the screen into the screen so as to newly display the item images on the screen. When the item image that is newly displayed is moved in the scroll direction into the screen, at least a part of the item image is moved in a cross direction crossing the scroll direction from the outside of the screen into the screen at a predetermined speed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A list display apparatus having a processor, comprising:
a list display control portion for arranging, using the processor, linearly in a predetermined scroll direction, from a list including a plurality of item images arranged in order, item images included in a partial range of the list, and displaying all of the item images in the partial range linearly on a screen; and
a scroll control portion for moving the item images displayed linearly on the screen in the predetermined scroll direction linearly at a speed proportional to a user's scroll instruction, and moving item images that have not been displayed on the screen from outside an edge of the screen into the screen so as to newly display the item images on the screen,
wherein, when the scroll control portion moves the item image that is newly displayed in the scroll direction into the screen, the scroll control portion moves at least a part of the item image in a cross direction crossing the predetermined scroll direction from the outside the edge of the screen into the screen at a predetermined speed,
wherein a component of the predetermined speed of the newly displayed item images perpendicular to the predetermined scroll direction is constant regardless of a component of the predetermined speed of the newly displayed item images parallel to the predetermined scroll direction, and
wherein the component of the predetermined speed of the newly displayed item images parallel to the predetermined scroll direction is proportional to the speed of the user's scroll instruction in the predetermined scroll direction.

2. The list display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the plurality of item images includes a plurality of display elements arranged in the cross direction;
the list display apparatus further comprises an item image rendering portion for rendering each of the plurality of display elements included in the item image that is newly displayed on the screen by the scroll control portion; and
the item image rendering portion excludes, from among the plurality of display elements, a display element that is not displayed on the screen in a period during which the newly displayed item images pass the screen from a target of rendering.

3. The list display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the scroll control portion moves the newly displayed item image in the cross direction starting from an initial position at which an end of the newly displayed item image in the cross direction is included in the screen.

4. The list display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the scroll control portion starts moving the newly displayed item image in the cross direction when a predetermined delay time has elapsed after a position of the newly displayed item image in the scroll direction is included in the screen.

5. A list display control method, comprising:
a list display control step for arranging linearly in a predetermined scroll direction, from a list including a plurality of item images arranged in order, item images included in a partial range of the list, and displaying all of the item images in the partial range linearly on a screen; and
a scroll control step for moving the item images displayed linearly on the screen in the predetermined scroll direction linearly at a speed proportional to a user's scroll instruction, and moving item images that have not been displayed on the screen from outside an edge of the screen into the screen so as to newly display the item images on the screen,
wherein the scroll control step includes, when the item image that is newly displayed is moved in the scroll direction into the screen, moving at least a part of the item image in a cross direction crossing the predetermined scroll direction from the outside the edge of the screen into the screen at a predetermined speed,
wherein a component of the predetermined speed of the newly displayed item images perpendicular o the predetermined scroll direction is constant regardless of a component of the predetermined speed of the newly displayed item images parallel to the predetermined scroll direction, and
wherein the component of the predetermined speed of the newly displayed item images parallel to the predetermined scroll direction is proportional to the speed of the user's scroll instruction in the predetermined scroll direction.

6. A non-transitory computer readable information storage medium having a program recorded thereon, the program causing a computer to the processing of:
arranging linearly in a predetermined scroll direction, from a list including a plurality of item images arranged in order, item images included in a partial range of the list, and displaying all of the item images in the partial range linearly on a screen; and
moving the item images displayed linearly on the screen linearly in the predetermined scroll direction at a speed proportional to a user's scroll instruction, and moving item images that have not been displayed on the screen from outside an edge of the screen into the screen so as to newly display the item images on the screen,
wherein, when the item image that is newly displayed is moved in the scroll direction into the screen, at least a part of the item image is moved in across direction crossing the scroll direction from the outside of the screen into the screen at a predetermined speed,
wherein a component of the predetermined speed of the newly displayed item images perpendicular to the predetermined scroll direction is constant regardless of a component of the predetermined speed of the newly displayed item images parallel to the predetermined scroll direction, and
wherein the component of the predetermined speed of the newly displayed item images parallel to the predetermined scroll direction is proportional to the speed of the user's scroll instruction in the predetermined scroll direction.

Assignees

• Mochizuki Arito
• Oe Kuniaki
• Sony Corp
• Sony Computer Entertainment Inc

Inventors

• Mochizuki Arito
• Oe Kuniaki

Classifications

• G06F3/0485 Primary

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/14 Primary

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title