Patent ID: 9081483
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G01C,G06F

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus comprising: a control device configured to control changes in what is displayed on a display screen in response to an input from a user to a displayed area of the display screen, wherein said control device is configured to cause said display screen to switch between displaying at least a first display state and a second display state on the display screen according to a user operation, the first display state having a first content display area on which content is displayed and the control device is configured to receive an input from the user to change a display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and the second display state having a menu display area on which a menu of selectable options is displayed and a second content display area on which at least a portion of the content is displayed, wherein in the second display state, the at least a portion of the content displayed in the second content display area is shifted from a position at which the content is displayed in the first content display area, and wherein the control apparatus stores a plurality of selectable menu options, and the menu of selectable options displayed in the second display state displays at least one, but not all, of the plurality of selectable menu options, and the second display state further includes displaying an input area that is configured to receive an input from the user to display additional ones of the plurality of selectable menu options which are not visible in the second display state and which are different and independent from the selectable menu options which are visible in the second display state, wherein the first display state has a first display changing input area displayed on the display screen that is configured to receive the input from the user to change the display on the display screen from the first display state to the second display state, and said first display changing input area is displayed adjacent to one of the vertical boundaries of the display screen, and said plurality of selectable menu options are vertically arranged along the one of the boundaries where the first display changing input area is located.