Patent ID: 8212842
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display processor which displays a synthesized superimposed image, based on a program which is downloaded and executed, the display processor comprising: a downloader operable to download the program; an executioner operable to execute the downloaded program; a provider operable to provide, according to a request from the program executed by the executioner, a plurality of graphics areas for storing graphics images, a plurality of video areas for storing video images, and a plurality of still areas for storing still images; an order storage which stores a specific order of superimposing at least one of the graphics images that is stored in the plurality of graphics areas, at least one of the video images that is stored in the plurality of video areas, and at least one of the still images that is stored in the plurality of still areas; a notifier operable to provide, to the program executed by the executioner, a notification regarding the specific order stored in the order storage; and a display operable to superimpose and display the at least one of the graphics images that is stored in the plurality of graphics areas, the at least one of the video images that is stored in the plurality of video areas, and the at least one of the still images that is stored in the plurality of still areas, such that the at least one of the graphics images, the at least one of the video images, and the at least one of the still images are overwritten according to the specific order stored in the order storage to form the synthesized superimposed image, wherein, in the program executed by the executioner, the at least one of the graphics images is stored in the plurality of graphics areas for storing the graphics images, the at least one of the video images is stored in the plurality of video areas for storing the video images, and the at least one of the still images is stored in the plurality of still areas for storing the still images, in accordance with the specific order stored in the order storage, and the specific order stored in the order storage can be changed according to the request from the program executed by the executioner to include any one specific order of a total number of possible specific orders of superimposing that may be generated based on the stored graphics images, the stored video images, and stored still images.