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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2007
Mahina Nakamura, Musashino, JP;
Maki Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Tsunehiro Motegi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yumiko Okuma, Nakano-ku, JP;
Yasutsugu Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Mahina Nakamura, Musashino, JP;
Maki Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Tsunehiro Motegi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yumiko Okuma, Nakano-ku, JP;
Yasutsugu Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control device is provided, which can display, on a screen, a plurality of display objects related to a process object to undergo a predetermined process. The device comprises: an object-information acquisition unit that acquires information; an extraction unit that extracts some display objects having a specific relation with the process object; an importance-information acquisition unit that acquires information representing a degree of importance that the display object has in connection with display on the screen; and a control unit that displays the display objects extracted by the extraction unit in accordance with the information in a display region composed of substantially ring-shaped first to n-th regions (n is 2 or a gr ater integer) concentric to one another, such that a display object having a higher degree of importance than a display object displayed in an x-th region is displayed in an (x−1)th region located inside the x-th region.