Patent ID: 8941719
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus which is capable of setting each of a plurality of areas in either a three-dimensional video display mode or a two-dimensional video display mode, the plurality of areas being set in a screen, the apparatus comprising: a three-dimensional video display module configured to display three-dimensional video on a three-dimensional video display area in the screen, the three-dimensional video display area being set in the three-dimensional video display mode; a candidate area calculation module configured to calculate, upon receiving a request for displaying two-dimensional video during a period in which the three-dimensional video is being displayed, a first candidate area for displaying the two-dimensional video, based on a position of the three-dimensional video display area; a two-dimensional video display area determination module configured to determine the first candidate area to be a two-dimensional video display area for displaying the two-dimensional video when the first candidate area falls within the screen and is set in the three-dimensional video display mode; a mode setting module configured to set the two-dimensional video display area in the two-dimensional video display mode; a two-dimensional video display module configured to display the two-dimensional video on the two-dimensional video display area; and a candidate area information storage configured to store one or more pieces of candidate area information indicative of a position and a priority of one or more candidate areas, wherein the candidate area calculation module is configured to calculate a candidate area, based on the one or more pieces of candidate area information and the position of the three-dimensional video display area, the one or more pieces of candidate area information being used in an order from the piece of candidate area information with a highest priority, the two-dimensional video display area determination module is configured to determine the calculated candidate area to be the two-dimensional video display area when the calculated candidate area falls within the screen and is set in the two-dimensional video display mode, and to determine a second candidate area to be the two-dimensional video display area when none of the candidate areas calculated by the candidate area calculation module is used as the two-dimensional video display area, the second candidate area having the highest priority among the candidate areas which fall within the screen and are set in the three-dimensional video display mode, and the mode setting module is configured to set the two-dimensional video display area in the two-dimensional video display mode when the two-dimensional video display area is set in the three-dimensional video display mode.