Patent ID: 8330674
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A multiplex image display device arranged to simultaneously display a plurality of images on a single display screen to provide individual viewing from different directions, said device comprising: a display section including the single display screen; and a positioning control section arranged to control positioning of onscreen command areas where a user can enter a command for manipulating one of the plurality of images, the positioning control section being arranged to control positioning such that when a command area for one of the plurality of images is displayed simultaneously with a command area for another one of the plurality of images, the command areas are displayed at different positions on the single display screen; wherein the plurality of images includes a first image displayed to be viewable from a first direction and a second image displayed to be viewable from a second direction which differs from the first direction; the command areas are displayed as images separate from the plurality of images; the command areas include a first command area for the first image that is displayed to be viewable from only the first direction and a second command area for the second image that is displayed to be viewable from only the second direction; and the positioning control section is arranged to determine a relative position of the first command area and a relative position of the second command area, so that the relative position of the first command area with respect to the first image is different from the relative position of the second command area with respect to the second image such that no portions of the first command area and the second command area will ever overlap.