Image display method

• US 20050114231A1
• Filed: 11/08/2004
• Published: 05/26/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kinjo, Naoto
• Application Number:
  US10/982,812
• Publication Number:
  US 20050114231A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/00 Pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0261 in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0666 for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

The image display method extracts a person in a photographed image, detects a first characteristic of the extracted person and switches an image displayed on an image display medium in accordance with the detected first characteristic of the extracted person. It is preferable that the method estimates a second characteristic of the extracted person, for example, a characteristic of this person as a customer from the first characteristic, and switches an image displayed on the image display medium in accordance with the estimated second characteristic as the customer. The method may also switch the displayed content based on the voice of the person, the identified person and the position of the person relative to the image display apparatus.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. An image display method, comprising the steps of:

photographing a specified area in which an image to be displayed on an image display apparatus can be recognized thereby obtaining a photographed image;

extracting a person in said photographed image;

detecting information with regard to at least one of a distance, a direction, a height of a face, and a moving direction of said extracted person relative to said image display apparatus; and

displaying an image on said image display apparatus after modifying or changing said image based on said information such that the image can easily be recognized by said person.

25. The image display method according to claim 24,

wherein geographical conversion processing is performed to said display image in accordance with a direction or a distance and a direction of said person relative to said image display apparatus such that the image displayed on said image display apparatus can be seen similarly to the image seen from the front by said person.

26. The image display method according to claim 24,

wherein the center of the image displayed on said image display apparatus is shifted along with a movement of said person relative to said image display apparatus.

27. The image display method according to claim 24,

wherein the center of the image displayed on said image display apparatus is shifted in accordance with a height of a face of said person.

28. The image display method according to claim 24,

wherein the image displayed on said image display apparatus is enlarged or reduced, or display contents of the image are changed in accordance with a distance between said person and said image display apparatus.

29. The image display method according to claim 24,

wherein, in a case of a plurality of said persons, the image displayed on said image display apparatus is displayed after divided in accordance with a position of each person.

30. The image display method according to claim 24,

wherein the display image is further corrected such that deviation of color is corrected in accordance with luminosity of lighting and tint around said image display apparatus.