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Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hirohiko Higuchi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G09G 5/373 (2006.01); G09G 5/377 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G01C 21/3673 (2013.01); G09G 5/373 (2013.01); G09G 5/377 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display control device () includes a priority assigning unit () for assigning a priority to each of multiple display areas arranged in a grid pattern, a position information acquiring unit () for acquiring position information indicating the position of each of one or more search targets in a search region, a search target assigning unit () for assigning a search target to a display area on a one-to-one basis in order of descending priority according to a positional relationship between the display areas and the one or more search targets, and a display control unit () for generating an image for display where a first icon image corresponding to a search target is arranged in a display area on the basis of an assignment result provided by the search target assigning unit (), and for causing a display device () to display a screen including the image for display.


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