DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD

• US 20120293405A1
• Filed: 07/22/2010
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Iida, Yuichi, Hayashi, Shinichi, Sakai, Yusuke, Ooi, Junji, Tsurumi, Shingo, Sakuma, Daijiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,952,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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: G06V 40/178 estimating age from face image; using age information for improving recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/028 by changing the viewing angle properties, e.g. widening the viewing angle, adapting the viewing angle to the view direction
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/64 Circuits for processing colour signals H04N9/77 takes precedence; camera processing pipelines for processing colour signals H04N23/84
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/301 Automatic calibration of stereophonic sound system, e.g. with test microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/303 Tracking of listener position or orientation

Abstract

An image display device and controlling method capable of optimizing a state of the image display device for a user at a desired position. The display device includes: an imaging section that takes an image of a predetermined range of a dynamic image with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzing section that analyzes the dynamic image taken by the imaging section and calculates a position of a user; a system optimization processing section that calculates system control information for optimizing a system based on the position of the user calculated by the image analyzing section; and a system controlling section that optimizes the system based on the system control information calculated by the system optimization processing section.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. :

A display device comprising;

an imaging section that takes an image of a predetermined range of a dynamic image with respect to an image display direction;

an image analyzing section that analyzes the dynamic image taken by the imaging section and calculates a position of a user;

a system optimization processing section that calculates system control information for optimizing a system based on the position of the user calculated by the image analyzing section; and

a system controlling section that optimizes the system based on the system control information calculated by the system optimization processing section,

wherein the image analyzing section analyzes the dynamic image taken by the imaging section and calculates a position of a particular user, and

wherein the system optimization processing section calculates system control information for optimizing a system based on the position of the particular user calculated by the image analyzing section.

10. :

The display device according to claim 9,

wherein the system optimization processing section calculates system control information for optimizing a volume balance of sound output from an audio output section based on the position of the user calculated by the image analyzing section.

11. :

The display device according to claim 9,

wherein the system optimization processing section calculates system control information for optimizing an image property of an image display section based on the position of the user calculated by the image analyzing section.

12. :

The display device according to claim 9,

wherein the system optimization processing section calculates system control information for optimizing display contents of an image display section based on the position of the user calculated by the image analyzing section.

13. :

The display device according to claim 9,

wherein the system optimization processing section calculates system control information for optimizing a device direction of the display device itself based on the position of the user calculated by the image analyzing section.

14. :

The display device according to claim 9,

wherein the image analyzing section analyzes the dynamic image taken by the imaging section and calculates a three-dimensional position of the user.

15. :

A controlling method comprising;

an imaging step of taking an image of a predetermined range of a dynamic image with respect to an image display direction;

an image analyzing step of analyzing the taken dynamic image and calculating a position of a user;

a system optimization processing step of calculating system control information for optimizing a system based on the calculated position of the user; and

a system controlling step of optimizing the system based on the calculated system control information,

wherein the image analyzing step analyzes the dynamic image taken in the imaging step and calculates a position of a particular user, and

wherein the system optimization processing step calculates system control information for optimizing a system based on the position of the particular user calculated in the image analyzing step.