Information processing apparatus for displaying adjacent partial images out of a plurality of partial images that constitute one image on display units of a plurality of adjacent information processing apparatuses

摘要

An information processing apparatus displays, in cooperation with a display unit of another apparatus adjacent to the information processing apparatus, adjacent partial images out of a plurality of partial images that constitute one image. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect information about movement of the information processing apparatus, an identification unit configured to identify a site of the information processing apparatus that adjoins the another apparatus based on the information about movement which has been detected by the detection unit, and a display control unit to cause a display unit of the information processing apparatus to display a partial image that is identified based on the site identified by the identification unit out of the plurality of partial images that constitute the one image.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus for displaying, in cooperation with a display unit of another apparatus adjacent to the information processing apparatus, adjacent partial images out of a plurality of partial images that constitute one image, the information processing apparatus comprising:
a detection unit configured to detect posture change information about movement of the information processing apparatus; an identification unit configured to identify a site of the information processing apparatus that adjoins the another apparatus based on the posture change information about movement which has been detected by the detection unit, wherein, based on transition of the posture change information detected by the detection unit within a period during which the information processing apparatus is proximate to the another apparatus and at a period immediately before the information processing apparatus is stilled, the identification unit is configured to identify a first site as the site of the information processing apparatus that adjoins the another apparatus, the identified first site is a site which is, out of sites of the information processing apparatus, at a vertically lower position when the information processing apparatus is tilted just before the information processing apparatus is stilled; a coupling unit configured to couple the information processing apparatus and the another apparatus based on coupling permission information and the transition of the posture change information; and a display control unit to cause a display unit of the information processing apparatus to display a partial image that is identified based on the site identified by the identification unit out of the plurality of partial images that constitute the one image, wherein the detection unit, the identification unit, the coupling unit, and the display control unit are implemented by at least one processor.