Patent ID: 8098215

Claim:
An information processing device which is connected to a display device and displays display information on the display device, the display information being associated with display position information for specifying a display position in a display area of the display device, the information processing device comprising: transparent display element display means for displaying a plurality of transparent display elements on the display device in association with display position information for specifying a display position for each of the plurality of transparent display elements in the display area, the plurality of transparent display elements comprising display elements each displayed on a portion of the display area as being transparent at least in part such that display information items covered with the display elements are visually recognized through the display elements; information acquisition means for acquiring, of the display information items displayed on the display area, a display information item covered with any one of the plurality of transparent display elements, based on the display position information of the display information item and the display position information of the any one of the plurality of transparent display elements; superimposition detection means for detecting that the plurality of transparent display elements displayed by the transparent display element display means are in a positional relation where the plurality of transparent display elements are displayed as being superimposed on one another in the display area, based on the display position information associated with each of the plurality of transparent display elements; and processing execution means for executing predetermined processing by using a display information item of the display information items, which is acquired by the information acquisition means, the display information item being covered with at least one of the plurality of transparent display elements, in a case where the superimposition detection means detects that the plurality of transparent display elements are in the positional relation where the plurality of transparent display elements are displayed as being superimposed on one another in the display area.