Patent ID: 7180511
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A display control device for controlling a display to display, on a single screen, a plurality of pictures, which are from a respective plurality of signal sources connected to signal lines, wherein the plurality of pictures are displayed in a respective plurality of display windows on the screen, said display control device comprising: an obtaining unit, which obtains identification signals relating to the plurality of pictures from the plurality of signal sources; a display selection information creating unit, which creates display selection information based on the obtained identification signals; a display selection unit, which appropriates each of the plurality of pictures to a respectively corresponding one of the plurality of display windows on the single screen according to the created display selection information; and a notification unit which, for each of the plurality of signal sources, notifies that signal source of (i) the created display selection information and (ii) information identifying the signal source, wherein the plurality of signal sources are separate apparatuses.