Patent ID: 11966657
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive an input operation of a user; and
a display controller configured to display, in a display area having a first area and a second area, an image,
the display controller includes:
an icon controller configured to display, in the second area, a plurality of first icons associated one-to-one with a plurality of different layouts in splitting the first area, and
a first splitter configured to split the first area into a plurality of split areas based on a layout corresponding to a selected first icon when the receiver receives an input operation for selecting any of the plurality of first icons, wherein:

a plurality of layouts of splitting the first area includes a first layout and a second layout,
the number of split areas defined by the first layout is less than that defined by the second layout, and
the display controller further includes an image updater, wherein when the first area is split by the first splitter into the plurality of split areas based on the second layout in a state in which the display image is displayed in each of the plurality of split areas defined by the first layout, the image updater is configured to display, in any one of the plurality of split areas corresponding to the second layout, the display image that is displayed in each of the plurality of split areas corresponding to the first layout.