Patent ID: 9497405
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A display device comprising: a display unit that simultaneously displays a plurality of videos; a priority order setting unit that sets a priority order for the plurality of videos; and a processing unit that causes the display unit to display the plurality of videos, wherein the processing unit determines whether or not the plurality of videos can be displayed side by side without overlapping each other in the display unit without changing resolutions of the plurality of videos, when, as a result of the determination, the processing unit determines that the plurality of videos can be displayed side by side without overlapping each other in the display unit without changing the resolutions of the plurality of videos, the processing unit causes the display unit to display the plurality of videos side by side without overlapping each other without changing the resolutions of the plurality of videos, when, as the result of the determination, the processing unit determines that the plurality of videos cannot be displayed side by side without overlapping each other in the display unit without changing the resolutions of the plurality of videos, the processing unit changes a resolution of at least one of the plurality of videos based on a resolution of the display unit, the resolutions of the plurality of videos, and the priority order, and causes the display unit to display the plurality of videos including the video for which the resolution has been changed side by side without overlapping each other, when, as the result of the determination, the processing unit determines that the plurality of videos cannot be displayed side by side without overlapping each other in the display unit without changing the resolutions of the plurality of videos, the processing unit, without changing a resolution of a video having a highest priority order among the plurality of videos, changes a resolution of at least one video among the videos other than the video having the highest priority order based on the resolution of the display unit, the resolutions of the plurality of videos, and the priority order, and causes the display unit to display the plurality of videos including the video for which the resolution has been changed side by side without overlapping each other.