DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20100025459A1
• Filed: 11/22/2007
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamada, Yasuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,302,849 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0013 by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers connectors in general H01R13/00; connectors for SIM cards used in mobile phones or the like H04B1/3816

Abstract

A display device includes a display unit (5), a contactless communication unit (6) that is so provided that at least a part of the contactless communication unit (6) overlaps with the display unit (5) or is provided near the display unit (5) and carries out contactless communication with plural kinds of IC cards (4), a storage (8) that stores announcement data relating to the kinds of the respective IC cards (4), a controller (11) that selects the kinds of IC cards (4), and an operation component (7) for further selection of the kind of one IC card (4) from the kinds of IC cards (4) selected by the controller (11). In the display device, all of the announcement data stored in the storage (8) are displayed on the display unit (5) before readout of the kinds of IC cards (4) by the contactless communication unit (6). The kinds of IC cards (4) with which contactless communication by the contactless communication unit (6) is possible are selected by the controller (11), and then the kind of one IC card (4) is further selected by the operation component (7) from the kinds of IC cards (4) selected by the controller (11). Thereafter, the announcement data for announcement relating to the kind of IC card (4) selected by the operation component (7) is displayed on the display unit (5).

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

display means;

contactless communication means that is so provided that at least a part of the contactless communication means overlaps with the display means or is provided near the display means, and carries out contactless communication with plural kinds of memories;

storage means that stores announcement data for announcement relating to kinds of memories with which contactless communication by the contactless communication means is possible;

first selection means for selecting kinds of the memories with which contactless communication by the contactless communication means is possible;

second selection means for further selecting a kind of one memory with which contactless communication is to be carried out from kinds of the memories selected by the first selection means; and

control means that displays all of announcement data stored in the storage means on the display means before readout of a kind of the memory by the contactless communication means and selects, by the first selection means, kinds of the memories with which contactless communication by the contactless communication means is possible, the control means displaying, on the display means, the announcement data for announcement relating to a kind of one memory with which contactless communication is to be carried out after the kind of one memory is further selected by the second selection means from the kinds of the memories selected by the first selection means.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the announcement data is an icon displayed on the display means.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the control means announces completion of processing after readout of a kind of the memory by the contactless communication means.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the control means announces that processing is not completed after readout of a kind of the memory by the contactless communication means.

5. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising

another display means that displays advertisement data.

6. A display method comprising:

a step of displaying, on display means, all of announcement data that are stored in storage means and provide announcement relating to kinds of memories with which contactless communication by contactless communication means is possible;

a step of carrying out contactless communication by the contactless communication means that is so provided that at least a part of the contactless communication means overlaps with the display means or is provided near the display means;

a step of selecting, by the first selection means, kinds of the memories with which contactless communication by the contactless communication means is possible;

a step of further selecting, by the second selection means, a kind of one memory with which contactless communication is to be carried out from the kinds of the memories selected by the first selection means; and

a step of displaying, on the display means, the announcement data for announcement relating to the kind of the memory selected by the second selection means.

7. A program for causing a computer to execute processing of:

displaying, on display means, all of announcement data that are stored in storage means and provide announcement relating to kinds of memories with which contactless communication by contactless communication means is possible;

carrying out contactless communication by the contactless communication means that is so provided that at least a part of the contactless communication means overlaps with the display means or is provided near the display means;

selecting, by the first selection means, kinds of the memories with which contactless communication by the contactless communication means is possible;

further selecting, by the second selection means, a kind of one memory with which contactless communication is to be carried out from the kinds of the memories selected by the first selection means; and

displaying, on the display means, the announcement data for announcement relating to the kind of the memory selected by the second selection means.

8. A display device comprising:

display means;

contactless communication means that is so provided that at least a part of the contactless communication means overlaps with the display means or is provided near the display means, and carries out contactless communication with plural kinds of memories;

storage means that stores announcement data for announcement relating to kinds of memories with which contactless communication by the contactless communication means is possible;

selection means for selecting a kind of the one memory to be read out by the contactless communication means; and

control means that displays all of announcement data stored in the storage means on the display means before selection of a kind of the memory by the selection means, and displays the announcement data that is selected on the display means after selection of the kind of the one memory by the selection means.

9. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the announcement data is an icon displayed on the display means.

10. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the control means announces completion of processing after selection of a kind of the memory by the selection means.

11. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the control means announces that processing is not completed after selection of a kind of the memory by the selection means.

12. The display device according to claim 8, further comprising

another display means that displays advertisement data.

13. A display method comprising:

a step of displaying, on display means, all of announcement data that are stored in storage means and provide announcement relating to kinds of memories;

a step of selecting, by selection means, a kind of one memory from the all of announcement data displayed on the display means;

a step of displaying the announcement data selected by the selection means on the display means; and

a step of carrying out contactless communication by contactless communication means that is so provided that at least a part of the contactless communication means overlaps with the display means or is provided near the display means.

14. A program for causing a computer to execute processing of:

displaying, on display means, all of announcement data that are stored in storage means and provide announcement relating to kinds of memories;

selecting, by selection means, a kind of one memory from the all of announcement data displayed on the display means;

displaying the announcement data selected by the selection means on the display means; and

carrying out contactless communication by contactless communication means that is so provided that at least a part of the contactless communication means overlaps with the display means or is provided near the display means.