Patent ID: 9065943
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display device provided on an apparatus as an object of control, comprising: a display unit displaying, on an approximately rectangular planar display area, information to be notified to a user; a display control unit dividing said planar display area into a plurality of areas and displaying information with a first display area displaying first information and a second display area displaying second information arranged next to each other; and an area changing unit, changing manner of display of said first information, and thereby changing width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said first display area and width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said second display area, to display information; wherein said first information includes setting information including a button for setting a function of said apparatus as the object of control; said second information includes preview information displaying, before execution, expected result of a process executed by the function set using said first information in said apparatus as the object of control; and said area changing unit changes said manner of display of said first information, and thereby makes narrower the width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said first display area by a prescribed width and makes wider the width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said second display area by said prescribed width, to display further information; said display device further comprising a touch-panel formed on said display unit, detecting either a touch operation based on a position where a finger tip of a user touched, or a gesture operation based on a trajectory of positions where the finger tip of the user touched; wherein said area changing unit changes said manner of display either by said touch operation or said gesture operation.