US 11,789,589 B2
Information processing apparatus and information processing method for dividing display screen for display of plurality of applications
Masahiko Naito, Tokyo (JP); Akitaka Kimura, Tokyo (JP); Takashi Hemmi, Tokyo (JP); Yuumi Ozawa, Tokyo (JP); Kenji Yokoyama, Tokyo (JP); Hiroaki Adachi, Tokyo (JP); and Keishi Tsuchiya, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/430,647
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/006928
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/170461, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0179525 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to:
control a display screen to display divisional display information based on a trigger operation,
wherein the divisional display information is associated with screen divisional display of windows of a plurality of applications on the display screen, the divisional display information is displayed as an overlay with a translucent background over other information displayed on the display screen, the overlay of the divisional display information causes the other information on the display screen to be visually depicted in a darker color;
control the display screen to display the windows of the plurality of applications by division of the display screen into a first region and a second region,
wherein the division of the display screen and a selection of the plurality of applications are based on a following operation on the displayed divisional display information,
the displayed divisional display information includes a region box different from the displayed windows of the selected plurality of applications,
the region box indicates regions where the windows of the selected plurality of applications are displayed, and
the following operation includes an operation that selects the plurality of applications for which the screen divisional display is to be executed; and
update the region box based on the following operation to depict where the windows of the selected plurality of applications are displayed.