CONTENT DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20100225664A1
• Filed: 02/26/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Ogasawara, Kenji
• Application Number:
  US12/713,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20100225664A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0317 in co-operation with a patterned surface, e.g. absolute position or relative movement detection for an optical mouse or pen positioned with respect to a coded surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0321 by optically sensing the absolute position with respect to a regularly patterned surface forming a passive digitiser, e.g. pen optically detecting position indicative tags printed on a paper sheet constructional details of pen-shaped pointing devices G06F3/03545, G06F3/03542, G06F3/037
• 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: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/04 Partial updating of the display screen
• 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 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/34 for rolling or scrolling

Abstract

A movable content display apparatus with a display section displaying contents including; a position detecting section which is arranged on the surface on the opposite side of the display section and detecting image patterns; and a control section shifting a display position of the image of the contents being displayed in the display section by a distance according to the movement distance and in a direction opposite to the movement direction, when the position detecting section detects from the changes in the image pattern that the own apparatus has moved on a table by a certain movement distance in a certain movement direction.

Claims

1. A movable content display apparatus with a display section displaying contents comprising;

a position detecting section which is arranged on the surface on the opposite side of the display section and detecting image patterns; and

a control section shifting a display position of the image of the contents being displayed in the display section by a distance according to the movement distance and in a direction opposite to the movement direction, when the position detecting section detects from the changes in the image pattern that the own apparatus has moved on a table by a certain movement distance in a certain movement direction.

2. The content display apparatus of claim 2,

wherein the control section shifts a display position of the image of the contents being displayed in the display section by a distance according to the movement distance which is multiplied a certain magnification by movement distance and in a direction opposite to the movement direction, when the image of the contents being displayed with certain magnification.

3. A plurality of movable content display apparatuses with display sections displaying contents and a communication sections wherein each of the content display apparatuses comprising;

a plurality of image patterns storing own apparatus position information and apparatus information identifying own apparatus wherein the image patterns are on the peripheral edge parts on the same surface of the display section;

at least one position detecting section arranged on the surface on the opposite side of the display section and detecting image patterns;

a control section of the second content display apparatus detecting the relative position of the own apparatus relative to the first content display apparatus based on the position of the first image pattern of the first content display apparatus and the position of the position detecting section of the second content display apparatus, obtaining the contents and display position of the image being displayed in the display section of the first content display apparatus identified by the apparatus information stored in the first image pattern by using the communication section,

shifting the display position of the image of the contents based on the relative position, and displaying in the display section of own apparatus, when the position detecting section detects a first image pattern of the first content display apparatus, in case of a second content display apparatus is laid over a first content display apparatus.

4. The content display apparatus of claim 3,

wherein the control section of the second content display apparatus detects the direction of movement and the distance of movement of own apparatus relative to the first content display apparatus based on the changes in the positions of the first image pattern and the second image pattern;

and then

shifts the image of the contents being displayed in the display section of own apparatus by a distance according to the distance of movement in a direction opposite to the direction of movement,

when the position detecting section detects a second image pattern of the first content display apparatus.

5. The content display apparatus of claim 4,

wherein the control section of the second content display apparatus detects the initial setting position in which the first content display apparatus and the second content display apparatus do not overlap each other based on the changes in the positions of the first image pattern and the second image pattern;

then,

the position detecting section detects from the changes in the image pattern that the own apparatus has moved on the table by a certain distance of movement in a certain direction of movement; and

then,

the control section of the second content display apparatus shifts the image of the contents being displayed at the initial setting position in said display section of own apparatus by a distance according to the distance of movement in a direction opposite to the direction of movement.

6. The content display apparatus of claim 4,

wherein the control section of the second content display apparatus shifts a display position of the image of the contents being displayed in the display section of own apparatus by a distance according to the movement distance which is multiplied a certain magnification by movement distance and in a direction opposite to the movement direction, when the image of the contents being displayed with certain magnification.

7. The content display apparatus of claim 3,

when the image of the contents being displayed in the first content display apparatus is changed,

wherein the control section of the second content display apparatus obtains the changed contents and display position of the image being displayed in the display section of the first content display apparatus;

then

sifts the image of the contents of the contents based on the relative position of the own apparatus relative to the first content display apparatus and the display position; and

then,

displays the image of the contents in the display section of own apparatus.

8. The content display apparatus of claim 3,

when the display position of the image being displayed in the display section of the first content display apparatus is changed,

wherein the control section of the second content display apparatus obtains the changed display position from the first content display apparatus;

then

sifts the image of the contents based on the relative position of the own apparatus relative to the first content display apparatus and the display position.

9. The content display apparatus of claim 3,

when the magnification of image of the contents being displayed in the display section of the first content display apparatus is changed,

wherein the control section of the second content display apparatus obtains the changed magnification from the first content display apparatus;

then

changes the magnification of image of the contents display section of the own apparatus to the obtained magnification; and

them

shifts the image of certain magnification based on the relative position of the own apparatus relative to the first content display apparatus and the certain magnification.