Display control device and display control method that assigns a search target to a display area in accordance with a positional relationship between the display area and the search target

A display control device (1) includes a priority assigning unit (12) for assigning a priority to each of multiple display areas arranged in a grid pattern, a position information acquiring unit (13) for acquiring position information indicating the position of each of one or more search targets in a search region, a search target assigning unit (14) for assigning a search target to a display area on a one-to-one basis in order of descending priority according to a positional relationship between the display areas and the one or more search targets, and a display control unit (15) for generating an image for display where a first icon image corresponding to a search target is arranged in a display area on the basis of an assignment result provided by the search target assigning unit (14), and for causing a display device (4) to display a screen including the image for display.