DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

• US 20090315869A1
• Filed: 06/17/2009
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: FUJIGAKI, Hayato, KAMEYAMA, Miho, SUGIHARA, Ryohei, IBA, Yoichi, TATSUTA, Seiji
• Application Number:
  US12/486,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20090315869A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/06 Adjustment of display parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00352 Input means H04N1/00411 takes precedence; input arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00381 Input by recognition or interpretation of visible user gestures manual input means, e.g. digitisers, writing tablets H04N1/00392; gesture input to computers G06F3/017; recognition algorithms G06V40/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00501 Tailoring a user interface [UI] to specific requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33314 of reading or reproducing mode

Abstract

A digital photo frame includes a display section, a display control section, a detection information acquisition section that acquires detection information detected by a user detection sensor, and a user state determination section that determines at least one of a positional relationship between a user and the display section, an observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within a detection range. The display control section changes a display state of an image displayed on the display section corresponding to at least one of the positional relationship between the user and the display section, the observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within the detection range.

Claims

1. A digital photo frame comprising:

a display section that displays an image;

a display control section that controls the display section;

a detection information acquisition section that acquires detection information detected by a user detection sensor; and

a user state determination section that determines at least one of a positional relationship between a user and the display section, an observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within a detection range,

the display control section changing a display state of the image displayed on the display section corresponding to at least one of the positional relationship between the user and the display section, the observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within the detection range.

2. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 1,

the user state determination section determining a distance between the user and the display section as the positional relationship between the user and the display section;

and

the display control section changing the display state of the image displayed on the display section corresponding to the distance between the user and the display section.

3. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 2,

the display control section increasing the degree of detail of the image displayed on the display section as the distance between the user and the display section decreases.

4. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 2,

the display control section increasing the number of screen splits of the image displayed on the display section as the distance between the user and the display section decreases.

5. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 2,

the display control section decreasing the size of a character displayed on the display section as the distance between the user and the display section decreases.

6. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 2, further comprising:

a display mode change section that changes a display mode of the display section corresponding to the distance between the user and the display section.

7. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 6,

the display mode change section changing the display mode from a simple display mode to a detailed display mode when the distance between the user and the display section has decreased.

8. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 7,

the display mode change section waiting for a given time to avoid cancelling the detailed display mode after the display mode has changed from the simple display mode to the detailed display mode.

9. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 2,

the user detection sensor being an image sensor that images the user;

and

the user state determination section detecting a face area of the user based on imaging information from the image sensor, and determining the distance between the user and the display section based on the size of the detected face area.

10. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 2,

the user detection sensor being an image sensor that images the user;

and

the user state determination section determining the distance between the user and the display section by performing an auto-focus process on the user.

11. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 2,

the user detection sensor being an ultrasonic sensor;

and

the user state determination section determining the distance between the user and the display section using the ultrasonic sensor.

12. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 1,

the user state determination section determining whether or not the user is gazing at the display section as the observation state of the user;

and

the display control section changing the display state of the image displayed on the display section corresponding to whether or not the user is gazing at the display section.

13. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 12,

the display control section changing the display state of the image displayed on the display section corresponding to gaze count information that indicates the number of times that the user has gazed at the display section.

14. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 13,

the display control section changing the image displayed on the display section from a first image to a gaze image corresponding to the first image when the number of times that the user has gazed at the first image within a given time is equal to or more than a given number.

15. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 12,

the display control section changing a display frequency of a first image or an image relevant to the first image based on the gaze count information that indicates the number of times that the user has gazed at the first image within a given time.

16. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 12,

the display control section changing the image displayed on the display section from a first image to a gaze image corresponding to the first image when the user state determination section has determined that the user is gazing at the first image.

17. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 12,

the display control section sequentially displaying first to Nth (N is an integer equal to or larger than two) images on the display section when the user state determination section has determined that the user is not gazing at the display section, and displaying a gaze image on the display section when the user state determination section has determined that the user is gazing at the display section when a Kth (1≦

K≦

N) image among the first to Nth images is displayed, the gaze image being an image relevant to the Kth image or a detailed image of the Kth image.

18. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 16,

the user state determination section determining a distance between the user and the display section as the positional relationship between the user and the display section;

and

the display control section displaying a detailed image of the gaze image on the display section when the user state determination section has determined that the user has approached the display section when the gaze image is displayed.

19. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 16,

the display control section sequentially displaying first to Mth (M is an integer equal to or larger than two) gaze images on the display section as the gaze image when the user state determination section has determined that the user has not approached the display section, and displaying a detailed image of an Lth (1≦

L≦

M) gaze image among the first to Mth gaze images on the display section when the user state determination section has determined that the user has approached the display section when the Lth gaze image is displayed on the display section.

20. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 12,

the user detection sensor being an image sensor that images the user;

and

the user state determination section detecting a face area of the user based on imaging information from the image sensor, setting a measurement area that includes the detected face area and is larger than the face area, measuring a time in which the face area is positioned within the measurement area, and determining whether or not the user is gazing at the display section based on the measured time.

21. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 12, further comprising:

a display mode change section that changes a display mode of the display section corresponding to whether or not the user is gazing at the display section.

22. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 21,

the display mode change section waiting for a given time to avoid cancelling a gaze mode after the display mode has changed to the gaze mode.

23. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 1,

the user state determination section determining whether or not the user is positioned within the detection range;

and

the display control section causing the display section to be turned ON when the user state determination section has determined that the user is positioned within the detection range.

24. The digital photo frame as defined in claim 23,

the user state determination section determining whether or not the display section is positioned within a field-of-view range of the user as the observation state of the user after the display section has been turned ON;

and

the display control section sequentially displaying first to Nth images on the display section when the user state determination section has determined that the display section is positioned within the field-of-view range of the user.

25. An information processing system comprising:

a display instruction section that instructs a display section of a digital photo frame to display an image;

a detection information acquisition section that acquires detection information detected by a user detection sensor; and

a user state determination section that determines at least one of a positional relationship between a user and the display section, an observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within a detection range,

the display instruction section performing a display instruction to change a display state of the image displayed on the display section corresponding to at least one of the positional relationship between the user and the display section, the observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within the detection range.

26. A method of controlling a digital photo frame comprising:

acquiring detection information detected by a user detection sensor;

determining at least one of a positional relationship between a user and a display section of the digital photo frame, an observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within a detection range; and

changing a display state of an image displayed on the display section corresponding to at least one of the positional relationship between the user and the display section, the observation state of the user with respect to the display section, and whether or not the user is positioned within the detection range.