Patent ID: 9191714
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A display control device comprising: a processor configured to receive a broadcast signal; a display section configured to display video information and a thumbnail image contained in the broadcast signal; and wherein the processor is configured to control display on the display section of the video information and the thumbnail image contained in the broadcast signal, wherein the processor causes a plurality of thumbnail images to be displayed in accordance with an order of priority, wherein the processor forms a main display area in which a video image of the video information is to be displayed in the display section and a sub display area in which thumbnail images are to be displayed around the main display area, causes the thumbnail images to be displayed in the sub display area such that an order of priority of a thumbnail image is increasing from a position in the sub display area farthest from the main display area to a position in the sub display area closest to the main display area, and in response to detecting a selected one of the thumbnail images in the sub display area, causes the selected thumbnail image to replace the video image in the main display area and overlie at least one of the thumbnail images displayed in the sub display area while the selected thumbnail image remains displayed in the sub display area.