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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Daisuke Kurosaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Kurosaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotaka Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An indicating lamp control program adapted for a computer to perform processing for controlling an illuminating operation of indicating lamps disposed around a display surface of a display apparatus, includes as functions for the computer: window information acquiring means for acquiring information representing a back-to-forth position and a size of a window generated, with running of an application program; program determining means for determining whether or not the application program is a content display program adapted for the display apparatus to display the contents; and control means for providing control based on both of the information acquired by the window information acquiring means and a determination result obtained by the program determining means so as to turn down the indicating lamps less than a predetermined level when the window corresponding to the content display program is in a topmost position and has a predetermined size or more.