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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
May. 12, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Hyodo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuniaki Torii, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryo Fukazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoyuki Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Izumi, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a display control device to provide a technique that enables a user to easily specify an application as an operation target, the display control device including: an output control unit configured to control an output unit so as to display a display object associated with one application or each of multiple applications; an action detection unit configured to detect a finger pointing direction of a user; and an application selection unit configured to select an application as an operation target based on the display object associated with the one application or each of the multiple applications and the finger pointing direction.