Patent ID: 9053652
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A display control device comprising: a cabinet; a detection unit configured to detect whether the cabinet is in a first orientation of one of a portrait or a landscape orientation, or in a second orientation of the other one of the portrait or the landscape orientation, in accordance with a slant of the cabinet; an operation means operated by a user and comprising an operation button; a display screen; and a display control unit configured to control display of the display screen in accordance with the detected orientation of the cabinet, wherein the operation button is a physical button, wherein the display control unit sets the display screen to a first display mode when the cabinet is detected to be the first orientation, and sets the display screen to a second display mode different from the first display mode when the cabinet is detected to be in the second orientation, and wherein, in the first display mode, the operation button of the operation means is enabled to allow for an operation to be performed upon operation of the operation button by a user, and, in the second display mode, the operation button of the operation means is disabled and user intervention and interaction with a displayed content displayed on the display screen is prohibited.