US 11,990,065 B2
Display control method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program for having a virtual display relating to an actual display
Kota Takeuchi, Matsumoto (JP); Hiroyuki Ichieda, Matsumoto (JP); Kenichiro Tomita, Matsumoto (JP); Kentaro Ide, Shiojiri (JP); Tetsuya Asano, London (GB); and Toshiki Fujimori, Chino (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,552.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-035085 (JP), filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0284838 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/002 (2013.01) [G09G 2340/045 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display control method comprising:
displaying a first small image generated by shrinking a first image generated by an application program, on an actual display provided in an output device;
receiving an operation on the first small image;
drawing, on a virtual display, a second image generated by the application program executing processing corresponding to the operation on the first small image;
displaying the second image drawn on the virtual display, using a display device; and
displaying a second small image generated by shrinking the second image, on the actual display;
drawing the first image on the virtual display;
displaying the first image drawn on the virtual display, using the display device;
receiving an operation on the first image displayed using the display device;
drawing, on the virtual display, a third image generated by the application program executing processing corresponding to the operation on the first image;
displaying the third image drawn on the virtual display, using the display device;
displaying a third small image generated by shrinking the third image, on the actual display;
drawing an image of a pointer on the virtual display; and
displaying, on the actual display, an image of the pointer superimposed on the image showing the virtual display,
wherein
the virtual display is an extended display of the actual display, and
the image of the pointer superimposed on the image showing the virtual display has a size of an image of a pointer displayed in an area outside the image showing the virtual display on the actual display.