Display device and display method for providing image display in first color mode and second color mode

摘要

A display device has a first color mode in which an image is output in monochrome except for a designated color and a second color mode in which colors in an image are output in non monochrome. The display device includes a display unit operable to output a display, and a display controller operable to control the display output on the display unit. While a selecting operation by a user on an image is urged, the display controller displays an image on the display unit in the second color mode, and after completion of the selecting operation by the user, the display controller changes a color mode from the second color mode to the first color mode and then displays an image on the display unit in the first color mode.

主权项

1. A display device having a first color mode in which an image is output in monochrome except for a designated color and a second color mode in which colors in the image are output in non monochrome, comprising:
a display unit operable to output a display; and a display controller operable to control the display output on the display unit, wherein (i) the display controller displays an image on the display unit in the first color mode before a selecting operation is performed by a user on an image, (ii) when a selecting operation by a user on an image is started, the display controller changes a color mode from the first color mode to the second color mode and then displays an image on the display unit in the second color mode, (iii) after the selecting operation by the user is started to a time when the selecting operation by the user is completed, the display controller maintains the second color mode, and (iv) after completion of the selecting operation by the user, the display controller changes a color mode from the second color mode to the first color mode and then displays the image on the display unit in the first color mode with a color designated based on a position selected at completion of the selecting operation as the designated color, wherein the image in the second color mode and the image in the first color mode are displayed on a same area as each other in a screen of the display unit, the selecting operation is an operation moving a cursor which has a predetermined area on the image, and the display controller sets the designated color based on colors included in the predetermined area of the cursor.