Patent ID: 9214128
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. An information display device comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory memory having stored thereon executable instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to perform: wherein in the case where (i) the display screen is in a substantially horizontal state, (ii) the posture of the information display device is determined to have changed, and (iii) the information display device moves by a predetermined angle or more with respect to a reference orientation which is the orientation of the display screen before the posture of the information display device is determined to have changed, the orientation of the display screen is determined so that a side of the information display device corresponds to the top of the display screen, the side of the information display device corresponding to a second side of the display screen different from the first side of the display screen in a direction of the predetermined angle or more from the reference orientation, wherein in the case where (i) the display screen is in the substantially horizontal state, (ii) the centrifugal force direction is detected, and (iii) the posture of the information display device is determined to have changed, the orientation of the display screen is determined so that a side of the information display device farthest in the detected centrifugal force direction corresponds to the top of the display screen, and wherein the image is displayed according to the determined orientation of the display screen such that a top of the image corresponds to the top of the display screen.