Patent ID: 9704454
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G

Claim:
1. A display control device for displaying a displayed area on a display screen, the displayed area being a portion of content including a plurality of objects respectively associated with predetermined processes, the display control device comprising: a microprocessor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions for instructing the microprocessor to cause the display control device to: receive, from a user, a scrolling start indication for starting scrolling of the displayed area which is a process of sliding the displayed area on the content, and a scrolling stop indication for stopping the scrolling; decelerate a scroll rate by a predetermined function and pre-calculate a location of the displayed area when the scrolling stops, if the microprocessor receives the scrolling stop indication during the scrolling; superimpose a focus on a specific object, among the plurality of objects, that is to be closest to a predetermined position within the displayed area when the scrolling stops, at any time from when the microprocessor determines the location of the displayed area when the scrolling stops to a time point before the scrolling stops, the focus representing that the specific object is being selected; and scroll the focus and the displayed area simultaneously, without moving the focus of the displayed area from the specific object.