JP2019125080A - Display control program, display control method and display control device - Google Patents

Abstract

To reduce the processing load for controlling the direction of an item.SOLUTION: A display control apparatus for displaying an item at any position in a display area including a first area and a second area, includes: an item moving unit for moving the item, when receiving an operation for moving the item displayed in the first area, in a direction according to the received operation; when detecting that the moved item has stopped in the second area, a specific information acquisition unit for acquiring specific information associated with the second area with reference to a storage unit for storing specific information to specify a direction in which the item is displayed in association with the area; and a display control unit for displaying the item in the direction according to the acquired specific information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control program, a display control method, and a display control apparatus.

  For example, in a conference room or the like, the projector projects an image on the upper surface or wall surface of a desk and performs a predetermined operation on a display element (for example, image data or the like) included in the image projected on the surface. Systems that are capable of In this system, a user interface (UI) using a top surface or a wall surface of a desk existing in a three-dimensional space is realized. The UI is also referred to as a spatial UI.

  As a related technique, a technique has been proposed for presenting a duplicate image and an annotation image of an object that is easy to view to a user who is in the movement direction of the object (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Further, a technique related to a mechanism capable of appropriately changing the display direction of the annotation on the projection plane has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP, 2010-109774, A JP, 2016-71866, A

  In a system of space UI in a meeting room or the like, different images are displayed on each display surface such as the upper surface or wall surface of a desk, and predetermined display elements (hereinafter referred to as items) displayed in each display surface It is possible to do In the system, when a move operation is performed on an item displayed on each display surface, an item targeted for the move operation moves on each display surface.

  When an item is moving on each display surface, even if the item is oriented properly on the display surface before movement, the item may not be displayed on the display surface of the movement destination in the proper orientation. Therefore, it is conceivable to perform display control to change the direction of the moving item to the proper direction each time the display surface for displaying the moving item is switched.

  However, when display control is performed to change the direction of the item to the appropriate direction each time the item moves on the display surface, the processing load of the display control increases. Such a problem may occur other than the space UI in a meeting room or the like.

  In one aspect, the present invention aims to reduce the processing load that controls the orientation of items.

  In one aspect, in the display control program for displaying an item at any position in a display area including the first area and the second area, the item displayed in the first area Is moved in a direction according to the received operation, and when it is detected that the moved item has stopped in the second area, the direction in which the item is displayed is specified. Processing for acquiring specific information associated with the second area with reference to a storage unit that stores specific information in association with the area, and displaying the item in a direction according to the acquired specific information On a computer.

  According to one aspect, the processing load that controls the orientation of the item can be reduced.

It is a figure showing an example of the system of an embodiment. It is a functional block diagram showing an example of a server. It is a figure (the 1) showing an example of space UI. It is a figure (the 2) showing an example of space UI. It is a figure (the 3) showing an example of space UI. It is a figure which shows an example of default direction information. It is a figure (the 4) showing an example of space UI. It is a flowchart (the 1) which shows an example of the flow of the process of embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 2) which shows an example of the flow of a process of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a server.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described. In the embodiment, it is assumed that an image is projected by the projector on the upper surface and the wall surface of the desk in the conference room. In the embodiment, one display surface is formed on the upper surface of a desk installed in a conference room, and an image from a projector is projected on the display surface.

  Further, it is assumed that two display surfaces are formed on one wall surface of the conference room, and different images are projected from the projector on the two display surfaces. The image projected on each display surface includes an operable item. The item may be, for example, tag data including character data generated by character recognition, image data, and the like.

  For example, when the user performs a moving operation on an item projected on the display surface using an instruction unit such as an infrared pen, the infrared camera detects the movement of the infrared pen and detects the detected infrared pen The movement operation on the item is recognized based on the movement of.

  The upper surface of the desk is a horizontal surface (normal direction is vertical), and the wall surface is a vertical surface (normal direction is horizontal). Since it is possible to operate items contained in the image projected on the display surface of the upper surface and wall surface of the desk, a UI using a three-dimensional space (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a spatial UI) is realized. Ru. The upper surface of the desk may be inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, and the wall surface may be inclined with respect to the vertical plane.

  The display surface may be other than the upper surface or wall surface of the desk. For example, the display surface may be a floor surface or a predetermined screen. The number of display surfaces may be any number. Also, the embodiment may be applied to any room other than the meeting room.

<Example of System of Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system 1 of the embodiment. In the system 1, the server 2 is connected to the controllers 3A, 3B and 3C (hereinafter, may be collectively referred to as the controller 3) via the network NW. The server 2 is an example of a display control device.

  The projector 4A and the camera 5A are connected to the controller 3A. The projector 4B and the camera 5B are connected to the controller 3B. The projector 4C and the camera 5C are connected to the controller 3C.

  Hereinafter, the controllers 3A, 3B and 3C may be collectively referred to as the controller 3, the projectors 4A, 4B and 4C as the projector 4, and the cameras 5A, 5B and 5C as the camera 5. The number of controllers 3, projectors 4 and cameras 5 may be any number. Further, each projector 4 and each camera 5 may be connected to the server 2.

  The server 2 is a computer that performs display control of the embodiment. The controller 3 causes the projector 4 to project an image on a predetermined display surface based on display control from the server 2. Further, the controller 3 acquires image data (moving image data) captured by the camera 5 and transmits the acquired moving image data to the server 2.

  The controller 3 may be, for example, a personal computer or the like. Although the camera 5 of the embodiment is an infrared camera, the camera 5 is not limited to the infrared camera.

<Example of server>
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the server 2. The server 2 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a communication unit 13. The control unit 11 performs various controls in the embodiment. The storage unit 12 stores predetermined information. The communication unit 13 communicates with each controller 3 via the network NW.

  The control unit 11 includes an operation detection unit 21, an item moving unit 22, a default direction information acquisition unit 23, and a display control unit 24. When the operation detection unit 21 detects that an operation has been performed on any item included in the video projected on each display surface, the operation detection unit 21 receives the operation.

  The camera 5 captures an imaging range including the display surface projected by the projector 4 and detects the operation of the infrared pen. Moving image data captured by the camera 5 is transmitted from the controller 3 to the server 2 via the network NW. The operation detection unit 21 detects an operation of the item by the infrared pen based on the received moving image data.

  As an operation on an item, there is an item moving operation. For example, when the user performs an flick operation of designating an item and moving the contact position between the infrared pen and the item so as to flip the contact position using the infrared pen, the operation detection unit 21 detects the operation of moving the item. .

  When the user writes a character by handwriting on the display surface using an infrared pen, the operation detection unit 21 recognizes the handwritten character based on the moving image data from the camera 5, and generates character data. It is also good. The data including the character data is, for example, sticky note data.

  The item moving unit 22 moves the item according to the moving operation of the item detected by the operation detection unit 21. The item moving unit 22 detects an initial moving speed of the item based on a moving operation on the item, and decelerates the speed of the item at a constant deceleration according to the movement of the item. The deceleration may be set to any value.

  As mentioned above, there are three display planes in the conference room. Each display surface is connected, and an item may move from one display surface to another display surface. The item moving unit 22 specifies the display surface on which the item has stopped based on the moving initial speed and the degree of deceleration.

  The default direction information acquisition unit 23 acquires default direction information stored in the storage unit 12. The default orientation information is information that identifies the orientation for displaying an item set for each area. The default direction information is an example of specific information, and the default direction information acquisition unit 23 is an example of a specific information acquisition unit.

  The display control unit 24 performs display control of an image projected on each display surface. Based on the display control from the display control unit 24, each projector 4 displays a predetermined image on the display surface.

<An example of space UI>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the space UI in the conference room. A desk is installed in the conference room, and a display surface SA is formed on the upper surface D of the desk. An image projected by the projector 4A is displayed on the display surface SA. The display surface SA is a surface on the XY plane (horizontal surface) among three axes orthogonal to the X axis, the Y axis, and the Z axis.

  Two display surfaces SB and SC are formed on the wall surface W in the conference room. An image projected by the projector 4B is displayed on the display surface SB. An image projected by the projector 4C is displayed on the display surface SC. The display surfaces SB and SC are planes parallel to the XZ plane (vertical plane).

  Cameras 5A-5C are infrared cameras as mentioned above, and image the room of a meeting room. FIG. 3 shows an example in which two projectors 4B and 4C project an image on two display surfaces SB and SC of the wall surface W. For example, one projector 4 has two display surfaces SB and SC. An image may be projected onto the SC.

  For example, as shown in the example of FIG. 3, a person (not shown) standing at the position P1 in the conference room moves using the infrared pen 32 with respect to the item 31 including the character data "FG". Suppose you have done the operation.

  The server 2 receives moving image data of the infrared pen 32 captured by the cameras 5A to 5C from the controller 3, and the operation detection unit 21 performs the moving operation on the item 31 based on the moving image data. To detect that. Although the movement operation for the item 31 is described as a flick operation, the movement operation for the item 31 may be an operation other than the flick operation.

  The operation detection unit 21 detects the moving initial speed of the item 31 based on the moving operation on the item 31 described above. For example, the operation detection unit 21 may detect the speed of the infrared pen 32 when the movement operation is performed on the item 31, and may detect the movement speed of the item 31 based on the detected speed.

  The item moving unit 22 moves the item 31 based on the moving operation described above. The movement of the item 31 is realized by the display control unit 24 controlling each projector 4 to change the display position of the item 31 on the display surface.

  The item moving unit 22 gives a constant deceleration to the moving initial speed. Therefore, the moving speed of the item 31 becomes slower as time passes. When the moving speed of the item 31 becomes "0", the item 31 stops.

  In the space UI in the embodiment, the display surfaces SA, SB, and SC are continuous. The display surfaces SA and SB are connected with the end of “A” shown in the example of FIG. 3 as a boundary. The display surfaces SB and SC are connected with the end of “B” shown in the example of FIG. 3 as a boundary.

  The display surfaces SC and SA are connected with the end of “C” shown in the example of FIG. 3 as a boundary. The area including the display surfaces SA, SB and SC is an example of a display area.

  In the example of FIG. 3, the operation detection unit 21 illustrates an example in which the operation of moving the item 31 in the Y direction toward the wall surface W is performed. Depending on the movement initial speed of the item 31, the item 31 displayed on the display surface SA moves from the end "A" of the display surface SA to the display surface SB. FIG. 4 shows an example when the item 31 moves to the display surface SB.

  As shown in the example of FIG. 4, the item 31 has moved from the display surface SA to the display surface SB. On the display surface SB, the display direction of the character data “FG” of the item 31 is upside down, and is not the proper display direction.

  On the other hand, when the item 31 is an item including the character “FG” obtained by character recognition of a character written by a person (not shown) standing at the position P1, the character “FG” is on the display surface SA before movement. Seeing from the person standing at the position P1, the display direction is appropriate.

  The upper surface D of the desk is a horizontal surface, and the wall surface W is a vertical surface. Therefore, when the item moving unit 22 moves the character “FG” of the item displayed on the display surface SA on the horizontal surface to the display surface SB on the vertical surface, the display direction of the item 31 on the display surface SB is It may be upside down.

  The item 31 decelerates at a constant deceleration from the moving initial speed, but does not stop on the display surface SB, and moves from the display surface SB to the display surface SC via the end “B”. In this case, the item moving unit 22 moves the item 31 on the display surface SB while maintaining the display orientation of the item 31 before the movement. Then, the item 31 moves from the display surface SB to the display surface SC.

  As shown in the example of FIG. 5, it is assumed that the item 31 has stopped on the display surface SC. When it is detected that the item 31 has stopped, the display control unit 24 rotates the item 31 so that the display direction of the item 31 becomes an appropriate direction on the stopped display surface SC.

  The item 31 includes information on the display orientation. For example, the display direction information of the item 31 includes information specifying the upper and lower sides of the item 31. Information on the display orientation of the item 31 may include information specifying left and right.

  Default orientation information is set on the display surface to identify the proper orientation when displaying an item. FIG. 6 shows an example of default direction information. The default direction information is stored in the storage unit 12.

  In the default orientation information, information for specifying an appropriate orientation (upper and lower orientation) when displaying an item is set for each display surface. However, in the example of FIG. 6, information for specifying an appropriate direction when displaying an item is not set on the display surface SA. The default orientation information may include information specifying left and right.

  When the item is displayed on the display surface SC, the direction above the Z-axis is the correct direction. In the example of FIG. 5, the information on the display direction of the item 31 stopped on the display surface SC is that the upper side is the lower side of the Z axis and the lower side is the upper side of the Z axis. Therefore, the display direction of the item 31 stopped on the display surface SC is upside down on the display surface SC.

  The display control unit 24 rotates the display direction of the item 31 stopped on the display surface SC by 180 ° with reference to the default direction information stored in the storage unit 12. As a result, as shown in the example of FIG. 7, the item 31 moved based on the moving operation is displayed in the proper direction on the display surface SC which is the stop position.

  Depending on the display orientation of the item 31 before movement, the display orientation of the item 31 on the display surface SC, which is the stop position, may be 90 ° out of alignment with the appropriate display orientation of the item identified by the default orientation information is there. In this case, the display control unit 24 rotates the display direction of the item 31 by “−90 °”. As a result, the item 31 is displayed in the proper orientation on the display surface SC which is the stop position.

  Therefore, the item 31 on which the movement operation has been performed is displayed in the proper direction according to the stopped display surface SA, SB or SC. As a result, when the item 31 moves between the display surfaces SA, SB, and SC in the space UI, the item is displayed in an appropriate direction according to the display surface, even if the item 31 is stopped on any display surface. Be done.

  The display control unit 24 may display the item 31 in an appropriate direction by a method other than rotation. For example, when the item 31 stopped on the display surface SC is upside down, the display control unit 24 refers to the default direction information and sets the item 31 in the appropriate direction at the position of the display surface SC at which the item 31 is stopped. It may be switched and displayed.

  In the case described above, the display surface SA in which the item 31 is displayed before the movement is an example of a first area, and the display surface SC in which the item 31 is stopped is an example of a second area. The display surface SB is an example of another area.

  As shown in the example of FIG. 4, the item 31 displayed on the display surface SA passes the display surface SB and stops on the display surface SC. The display control unit 24 does not change the display orientation of the item 31 at the position of the display surface SB through which the item 31 passes. That is, on the display surface SB through which the item 31 passes, the display control unit 24 displays the item 31 while maintaining the display direction of the item 3 before the movement.

  Therefore, as described above, the item moving unit 22 moves the item 31 on the display surface SB while the character data “FG” of the item 31 is upside down. Then, the display control unit 24 causes the item 31 to be displayed in an appropriate direction on the display surface SC on which the item 31 is stopped.

  When the display control unit 24 performs display control such as rotating the item 31, a processing load is generated by the display control. When the display control unit 24 causes the item 31 to be displayed in an appropriate direction, the default direction information acquisition unit 23 acquires the default direction information stored in the storage unit 12.

  Then, the display control unit 24 determines whether or not the obtained default direction information indicates the direction indicated by the display direction information of the item 31. If the two directions do not match, the item 31 is displayed. Rotate the direction of

  Therefore, when the display control unit 24 performs processing such as rotating the direction of the item 31, the above processing is performed, and thus the processing load on the server 2 becomes high.

  As described above, the item 31 passes the display surface SB and stops at the display surface SC. Since the item 31 passes through the display surface SB, there is no need to change the display direction of the item 31 to a proper direction on the display surface SB.

  Therefore, the item moving unit 22 does not change the display orientation of the item 31 on the display surface SB through which the item 31 passes, and maintains the orientation before the movement. As a result, processing such as rotating the direction of the item 31 is not performed on the display surface SB, so the processing load compared to the case where the display control described above is performed each time the item 31 passes through each display surface. Is reduced.

  In addition, when processing such as rotating the direction of the item 31 is performed while the item 31 is moving, the visibility of the item 31 is reduced. When the moving speed of the item 31 is high, when the item 31 moving at high speed is rotated, the visibility of the item 31 is greatly reduced.

  In the embodiment, when it is detected that the movement of the item 31 is stopped, the default direction information acquisition unit 23 acquires the default direction information stored in the storage unit 12, and the display control unit 24 detects the direction of the item 31. Perform display control such as rotating the

  As a result, unnecessary display control is not performed, thereby reducing the processing load, and since the item 31 in motion does not rotate or the like, the reduction in visibility is suppressed.

  As described above, in the default orientation information of FIG. 6, information for specifying the proper orientation when displaying an item is set on the display surfaces SB and SC, and the item is displayed on the display surface SA. There is no information set to identify the proper orientation.

  As shown in the example of FIG. 7, the vertical direction (Z direction) of the display surface SB and the display surface SC is uniquely determined from any position around the desk. On the other hand, the display surface SA is not uniquely determined in the vertical direction (X direction or Y direction) depending on the position where the display surface SA is viewed.

  For example, even if the person standing at the position P1 sees and the item 31 is displayed in the proper direction in the X direction, the display direction of the item 31 is X when the person on the opposite side looks across the desk The direction is reversed.

  If the item 31 is stopped on the display surface SA, the display control unit 24 does not rotate the display direction of the item 31 because the proper display direction of the item 31 is not uniquely identified. In this case, the display control unit 24 causes the display surface SA to display the item 31 while maintaining the display orientation of the item 31 before the movement. Thereby, the processing load by display control is reduced.

  In the example of FIG. 7 etc., although the example of display control using three display surfaces was demonstrated, two display surfaces may be sufficient and four or more may be sufficient. For example, display control using five display surfaces may be performed using two side surfaces of the wall surface W.

  Further, in the example of FIG. 7 and the like, display control using the display surfaces SA and SB may be performed without using the display surface SC. For example, when a moving operation on the item 31 displayed on the display surface SA is detected, the item moving unit 22 moves the item 31 based on the moving initial speed and the degree of deceleration.

  For example, when the moving initial speed of the item 31 is fast, it is assumed that the item 31 moves in the order of the display surface SA, SB, SA, and SB and stops on the display surface SB. When the item moving unit 22 detects that the item 31 has stopped, the default direction information acquiring unit 23 acquires the default direction information stored in the storage unit 12.

  If the direction indicated by the display direction information of the item 31 does not match the direction indicated by the acquired default direction information, the display control unit 24 changes the display direction of the item 31 on the display surface SB.

  As described above, the display control unit 24 does not perform the above-described display control on the display surfaces SA and SB when the item 31 passes. As a result, each time the display surface on which the item 31 is displayed is switched, the processing load can be reduced as compared with the case where display control is performed to change the direction of the item 31 to an appropriate direction. Moreover, the fall of visibility is suppressed.

<Example of Process Flow of Embodiment>
An example of the process flow of the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9. The operation detection unit 21 determines whether a move operation of an item has been received (step S1).

  For example, when a flick operation specifying an item displayed on the display surface is performed using the infrared pen 32, the operation detection unit 21 receives an operation for moving an item based on moving image data from the camera 5. . In this case, step S1 is YES.

  In the case of NO at step S1, the operation detection unit 21 does not detect the movement operation of the item, so the process does not advance to the next step. In the case of YES at step S1, the operation detection unit 21 detects the moving initial speed of the item (step S2). The initial moving speed of the item may be detected based on the operating speed of the infrared pen 32, for example.

  The item moving unit 22 moves the item in the direction according to the moving operation from the position at which the moving operation is performed on the item. At this time, the item moving unit 22 moves the item by decelerating the moving speed at a constant deceleration from the detected moving initial speed (step S3). The constant deceleration may be set to any value.

  The item moving unit 22 determines whether the item has stopped based on the moving initial speed of the item 31 and the degree of deceleration (step S4). In the case of NO at step S4, since the item is moving, the process proceeds to step S3. When an item is moving, the display surface on which the item is displayed may be switched.

  In the case of YES at step S4, the item moving unit 22 recognizes the stopped display area (step S5). The default direction information acquisition unit 23 refers to the default direction information stored in the storage unit 12 to acquire the display direction corresponding to the display surface on which the item has stopped (step S6).

  After the process of step S6, the process proceeds to “A”. The processes after “A” will be described with reference to FIG. The display control unit 24 determines whether the display direction corresponding to the display area of the default direction information acquired in step S5 is set (step S7).

  As described above, when the display surface on which the item is stopped is a horizontal surface such as the upper surface of the desk, the default direction information does not have the display orientation corresponding to the display area on which the item is stopped. In this case, step S7 is NO. In the case of NO at step S7, since the display control for changing the direction of the item is not performed, the process ends.

  In the case of YES at step S7, the display control unit 24 recognizes the direction of the item (step S8). Further, the display control unit 24 recognizes the direction of display corresponding to the display surface on which the item of the default direction information acquired in step S6 is stopped (step S9).

  The display control unit 24 determines whether the orientation of the item recognized in step S8 matches the orientation of the display corresponding to the display surface on which the item is stopped, which is recognized in step S9 (step S10).

  In the case of YES at step S10, the item is displayed on the stopped display surface in the proper orientation. Thus, the process ends.

  In the case of NO in step S10, the display control unit 24 performs control to rotate and display the direction of the item so as to match the direction of the display recognized in step S9 (step S11). Thereby, the item is displayed in the proper orientation on the display surface where the item is stopped.

<Example of server hardware configuration>
Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the server 2 will be described with reference to the example of FIG. As shown in the example of FIG. 10, the processor 111, the random access memory (RAM) 112, and the read only memory (ROM) 113 are connected to the bus 100. Further, the auxiliary storage device 114 and the medium connection unit 115 are connected to the bus 100.

  The processor 111 executes the program developed in the RAM 112. As a program to be executed, a display control program that performs processing in the embodiment may be applied.

  The ROM 113 is a non-volatile storage device that stores a display control program developed in the RAM 112. The auxiliary storage device 114 is a storage device for storing various information, and may be, for example, a hard disk drive or a semiconductor memory. The medium connection unit 115 is provided to be connectable to the portable recording medium 115M.

  As the portable recording medium 115M, a portable memory (for example, an optical disk, a semiconductor memory, etc.) may be applied. A display control program for performing the process of the embodiment may be recorded on the portable recording medium 115M. The control unit 11 described above may be realized by the processor 111 executing the given display control program.

  The RAM 112, the ROM 113, the auxiliary storage device 114, and the portable recording medium 115M are all examples of a computer-readable tangible storage medium. These tangible storage media are not temporary media such as signal carriers.

<Others>
In the embodiment described above, an example in which the projector projects an image on the display surface has been described, but the display surface may be other than the surface on which the image projected by the projector is displayed. For example, the display surface may be a predetermined screen of a tablet terminal or the like. In this case, the system may be configured such that the screen of one tablet terminal is on the horizontal surface and the screens of the two tablet terminals are on the vertical surface among the three tablet terminals.

  The present embodiment and the modifications are not limited to the embodiments described above, and various configurations or embodiments can be adopted without departing from the scope of the present embodiment and the modifications.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 system 2 server 3 controller 4 projector 5 camera 11 camera 12 control part 12 memory part 13 communication part 21 operation detection part 22 item movement part 23 default direction information acquisition part 24 display control part 31 item 32 infrared pen 111 processor 112 RAM
113 ROM

Claims (8)

In a display control program for displaying an item at any position in a display area including a first area and a second area,
When an operation for moving an item displayed in the first area is received, the item is moved in a direction according to the received operation,
When it is detected that the moved item has stopped in the second area, the second area is referred to by referring to a storage unit that stores specific information specifying the direction in which the item is displayed in association with the area. Get associated specific information,
Display the item in a direction according to the acquired specific information,
A display control program which causes a computer to execute a process. One of the first area and the second area is an area on a vertical plane, and the other is an area on a horizontal plane.
The display control program according to claim 1, characterized in that: The display area includes an area other than the first area and the second area, and the item moves from the first area to the second area via the other area. ,
The display control program according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: While the item is moving, the item is displayed while maintaining the orientation before the movement,
The display control program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, making the computer execute a process. If the second area is an area on a horizontal surface, the item is displayed in the second area in the orientation before movement.
The display control program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which causes the computer to execute a process. Decelerating the moving item at a predetermined deceleration,
The display control program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, making the computer execute a process. In a display control program for displaying an item at any position in a display area including a first area and a second area,
When an operation for moving an item displayed in the first area is received, the item is moved in a direction according to the received operation,
When it is detected that the moved item has stopped in the second area, the second area is referred to by referring to a storage unit that stores specific information specifying the direction in which the item is displayed in association with the area. Get associated specific information,
Display the item in a direction according to the acquired specific information,
A display control method characterized in that a computer executes a process. In a display control program for displaying an item at any position in a display area including a first area and a second area,
An item moving unit that moves the item in a direction according to the received operation when receiving an operation to move the item displayed in the first area;
When it is detected that the moved item has stopped in the second area, the second area is referred to by referring to a storage unit that stores specific information specifying the direction in which the item is displayed in association with the area. A specific information acquisition unit that acquires the associated specific information;
A display control unit that displays the item in a direction according to the acquired specific information;
A display control apparatus comprising:

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