Display system, display control apparatus, display apparatus, display method and user interface device
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1. A display system, including:
- a plurality of display apparatuses; and
at least one display control apparatus, said display apparatus including;
a detector which detects a position of said display apparatus; and
a notifying unit which notifies said display control apparatus of information indicative of the position of said display apparatus detected by said detector, and said display control apparatus including;
a position information acquiring unit which acquires from said notifying unit the information indicative of the position of said display apparatus; and
an image generator which generates images to be displayed on said display apparatus, based on the information, indicative of the position of said display apparatus, acquired by said position information acquiring unit, and which supplies the thus generated images to said display apparatus, wherein the plurality of display apparatuses display images acquired from said image generator.
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Abstract
Image data represented in such a manner as to enclose and surround a user are displayed in a manner such that the image data are divided among a plurality of display apparatus that surround the user. A display control apparatus acquires information indicative of positions of the respective display apparatuses from position sensors, generates images that must be seen in the direction from the user and causes each of the display apparatuses to display the generated images.
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24 Claims
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1. A display system, including:
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a plurality of display apparatuses; and
at least one display control apparatus, said display apparatus including;
a detector which detects a position of said display apparatus; and
a notifying unit which notifies said display control apparatus of information indicative of the position of said display apparatus detected by said detector, and said display control apparatus including;
a position information acquiring unit which acquires from said notifying unit the information indicative of the position of said display apparatus; and
an image generator which generates images to be displayed on said display apparatus, based on the information, indicative of the position of said display apparatus, acquired by said position information acquiring unit, and which supplies the thus generated images to said display apparatus, wherein the plurality of display apparatuses display images acquired from said image generator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A display control apparatus, comprising:
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a position information acquiring unit which acquires information indicative of positions of a plurality of display apparatuses;
an image generator which generates images to be displayed respectively on said plurality of display apparatuses, based on the information, indicative of the positions of said display apparatuses, acquired by said position information acquiring unit.
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18. A display apparatus, comprising:
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a detector which detects a position of the display apparatus;
a notifying unit which notifies a display control apparatus of information indicative of the position of the display apparatus detected by said detector; and
a display unit which acquires and displays images generated by the display control apparatus according to the position.
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19. A display method in which, at the time when image data expressed in a form surrounding a user are displayed by a plurality of display apparatuses interspersed, information indicative of positions of the respective display apparatuses are acquired as appropriate, and images that must be seen in the directions of the respective display apparatuses from the user are generated and displayed on the display apparatuses.
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20. A user interface device, including:
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a display unit; and
an input device, provided in front of said display unit, which receives and effects an input by a user'"'"'s touching on a surface thereof while the user sees through the display unit, wherein a transparent layer with a fine concave and convex shape formed on a surface thereof by fixing transparent particles is provided and pasted in front of said input device. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A user interface device, including:
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a display unit; and
an input device, provided in front of said display unit, which receives and effects an input by a user'"'"'s touching on a surface thereof while the user sees through the display unit, wherein, in front of the input device, there is pasted and provided a layer formed in a manner such that a plurality of transparent fine fibers are flocked. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A display system, including:
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a plurality of display apparatuses; and
at least one display control apparatus, said display apparatus including;
a notifying unit which notifies characteristic information regarding display or audio output of the display apparatus to the display control apparatus, said display control apparatus including;
a characteristic information acquiring unit which acquires the characteristic information from the notifying unit; and
a characteristic information determining unit which determines a characteristic regarding the display or audio output of the plurality of display apparatuses based on the characteristic information of each display apparatus acquired by the characteristic information acquiring unit, and notifies the determined characteristic to each display apparatus, so that the characteristic regarding the display or audio output of the plurality of display apparatuses added in the display system might be unified, and wherein the plurality of display apparatuses respectively change their own characteristic to the characteristic notified by the characteristic information determining unit.
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