Panasonic Corporation

Hidehiko Sin

Hideaki Yajima

Satoshi Inami

A display control device () is provided that increases the speed of a screen transition when acquiring screen data for display via a network. In the display control device (), the display acquisition section () acquires not only display data corresponding to a transition target screen but also light simulation data that has small data size; and displays a simulated screen, which is a screen generated by the screen generation section () based on the light simulation data, until a screen based on the display data is displayed, to thereby provide a comfortable operational feeling without making a user feel a delay of a screen transition process, while reducing the memory consumption.

Display control device, display data server, and display control system

A device including an update request section making an update request to update a display on a display device, and a display update section updating the display on the display device in response to the update request. In addition, the device includes a layout holding section holding layout information of each of screens hierarchically displayed on the display device, and a group assigning section, based on the layout information, assigning screens, which are displayed on the display device so as to be partially or entirely visible, to one group. The device also includes a group holding section holding group information consisting of the assigned group, and a switching request section for making a list display request to display a switching destination screen candidate list, which shows the screens included in the held group information as switching destination screen candidates in a group unit, on the display device so as to be visible.

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Osaka, Japan

Hidehiko Sin