Abstract: To present the operating state of a tracing operation in the event of performing a tracing operation to scroll objects of display. Upon a tracing operation being performed as to the operating face of an input detection device (i) provided on the display face of a display device (5), coordinate information indicating he instructed position corresponding to the tracing operations is output from the input detection device (I). A user interface control unit (2) detects the operation direction and amount-of-operation with the starting position of the tracing operation as a reference, based on the coordinate information from the input detection device (i), and effects control so as to change the display mode of operating symbols displayed on the display screen of the display device (5).

Abstract: A disc reproducing apparatus includes: program readout means for playing back a disc loaded therein to read a program recorded thereon; disc-content readout means for executing the read program to read a content recorded on the disc; network-content acquisition means for executing the read program to acquire a content stored in a device connected over a network; and display control means for executing the read program to control display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.

Abstract: A content display control apparatus includes control functions, in which, a content is obtained, data associated with a character string corresponding to the content is obtained, the character string associated with the data is segmented into a line in accordance with a criterion determined in advance, a display duration time of the character string is set on a line-by-line basis, the segmented line is sequentially superimposed and displayed in accordance with the corresponding display duration time set thereby, the number of characters included in the segmented line is counted, a period of time corresponding to the counted number of characters is calculated, the calculated period of time is set as the display duration time corresponding to the segmented line, and subsequent to completion of displaying of the segmented line of the character string corresponding to the obtained content, a different content is displayed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display element; an indicated position detection means whose manipulating face is placed on a display screen of the display element and which accepts an indicating manipulation performed by a user, and detects and outputs information on coordinates representing a position indicated with the indicating manipulation; a detection means for detecting the indicated position on the display screen and the style of the indicating manipulation on the basis of the information on coordinates fed from the indicated position detection means; and a display control means for dividing the display screen into a first area, in which at least item shifting operating pieces are disposed, and a second area in which display items that are objects of item shifting are displayed, and implementing control so that pieces of display information will be displayed in the first area and second area respectively.

Abstract: To present the operating state of a tracing operation in the event of performing a tracing operation to scroll objects of display. Upon a tracing operation being performed as to the operating face of an input detection device (1) provided on the display face of a display device (5), coordinate information indicating he instructed position corresponding to the tracing operations is output from the input detection device (1). A user interface control unit (2) detects the operation direction and amount-of-operation with the starting position of the tracing operation as a reference, based on the coordinate information from the input detection device (1), and effects control so as to change the display mode of operating symbols displayed on the display screen of the display device (5).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display element; an indicated position detection means whose manipulating face is placed on a display screen of the display element and which accepts an indicating manipulation performed by a user, and detects and outputs information on coordinates representing a position indicated with the indicating manipulation; a detection means for detecting the indicated position on the display screen and the style of the indicating manipulation on the basis of the information on coordinates fed from the indicated position detection means; and a display control means for dividing the display screen into a first area, in which at least item shifting operating pieces are disposed, and a second area in which display items that are objects of item shifting are displayed, and implementing control so that pieces of display information will be displayed in the first area and second area respectively.

Abstract: A disc reproducing apparatus includes: program readout means for playing back a disc loaded therein to read a program recorded thereon; disc-content readout means for executing the read program to read a content recorded on the disc; network-content acquisition means for executing the read program to acquire a content stored in a device connected over a network; and display control means for executing the read program to control display of the content read from the disc, and the content acquired from the device connected over the network.

Abstract: A content display control apparatus includes control functions, in which, a content is obtained, data associated with a character string corresponding to the content is obtained, the character string associated with the data is segmented into a line in accordance with a criterion determined in advance, a display duration time of the character string is set on a line-by-line basis, the segmented line is sequentially superimposed and displayed in accordance with the corresponding display duration time set thereby, the number of characters included in the segmented line is counted, a period of time corresponding to the counted number of characters is calculated, the calculated period of time is set as the display duration time corresponding to the segmented line, and subsequent to completion of displaying of the segmented line of the character string corresponding to the obtained content, a different content is displayed.