Patent ID: 8525845
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A display control apparatus which controls display of information about groups of data each having a predetermined relevance, the apparatus comprising: means for generating a three dimensional model for display on a display area, the three dimensional model including a plurality of polyhedrons corresponding to the groups of data, each one of the polyhedrons having a dimension associated with a number of items in its corresponding group, the plurality of polyhedrons being arranged on the display area in accordance with a plurality of first items of information of the information corresponding to the groups; means for controlling display of a plurality of at least second and third items of information of the information corresponding to the groups and different from the first items of information so as to be overlaid on a three dimensional image displayed based on the model such that for each one of the plurality of polyhedrons, the second items of information corresponding to the corresponding group is overlaid on a first side surface of that polyhedron and the third items of information corresponding to the corresponding group is overlaid on a second side surface of that polyhedron; means for controlling display, on a further polyhedron, of corresponding descriptions of the at least second and third items of information which are overlaid on the side surfaces of the plurality of polyhedrons such that the description of the second items of information is overlaid on the first side surface of the further polyhedron and the description of the third items of information is overlaid on the second side surface of the further polyhedron; and means for selecting, in response to a user instruction, one of the first and second side surfaces of each one of the plurality of polyhedrons for display as a front surface and for setting, for each one of the plurality of polyhedrons, the height of each polyhedron in proportion to the number of items of information associated with the selected side surface of that polyhedron.