Patent ID: 8503010

Claim:
A display control device comprising: a storage unit that stores data on a display priority for each application; a request receiving unit that receives from an application a request to display a first image, in which a stack order of images in a visual direction of a user is specified; an obtaining unit that obtains data on a display priority specified among the display priorities stored in the storage unit, wherein the display priority corresponds to the application which has made the request; a display layer identifying unit that identifies a display layer corresponding to the display priority indicated by the obtained data from among a plurality of display layers divided from a near side to a far side in the visual direction, wherein the display layer at the near side is associated with a higher display priority than the display layer at the far side; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a screen in which the first image and a second image belonging to an image group identical to the image group to which the first image belongs, the second image being an image, display of which is instructed by the application which has made the request, are arranged in the identified display layer, the first image and the second image being arranged from the near side to the far side in the visual direction in the stack order specified by the application.