Patent ID: 8477122
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display that displays a raw image and an identification image within a screen including at least a first area and a second area so as to allow a plurality of users to operate the raw image and the identification image from a plurality of directions, the first area being capable of displaying a plurality of the raw images respectively representing contents of a plurality of electronic documents, the second area being capable of displaying the identification image by which a corresponding one of the electronic documents is identifiable, the identification image being a thumbnail image of the corresponding one of the electronic documents, the identification image being displayed in the second area so that most of the thumbnail image is hidden behind an edge of the display and a remaining portion of the thumbnail image is displayed in the second area; a detection unit that detects a moving operation of one of the raw images displayed in the first area to the second area; and a controller that controls the display to display in the second area the identification image, corresponding to one of the raw images displayed in the first area, instead of the one of the raw images in response to the detection by the detection unit, wherein the detection unit detects the moving operation when a point of the raw image is included in the second area, and the controller controls the display such that, if the moving operation is a dragging of the raw image, the raw image becomes the thumbnail image, and if the moving operation is a sliding of the raw image, the raw image does not become the thumbnail image, but instead is bounced back to the first area without being displayed in the second area.