DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20130155041A1
• Filed: 12/13/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yanai, Shotaro
• Application Number:
  US13/714,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20130155041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/207
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418

Abstract

A display control device including a display unit includes a proximity detection unit configured to output a proximity detection signal when a predetermined condition to determine whether an object approaches the display control device is satisfied, an illuminance detection unit configured to detect illuminance of ambient light, and a control unit configured to control the display unit not to be turned off when the proximity detection unit outputs the proximity detection signal while the illuminance of ambient light detected by the illuminance detection unit is greater than a predetermined value, and to control the display unit to be turned off when the proximity detection unit outputs the proximity detection signal while the illuminance of ambient light detected by the illuminance detection unit is equal to or less than the predetermined value.

Claims

1. A display control device including a display unit, the display control device comprising:

a proximity detection unit configured to output a proximity detection signal when a predetermined condition to determine whether an object approaches the display control device is satisfied;

an illuminance detection unit configured to detect illuminance of ambient light; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit not to be turned off when the proximity detection unit outputs the proximity detection signal while the illuminance of ambient light detected by the illuminance detection unit is greater than a predetermined value, and to control the display unit to be turned off when the proximity detection unit outputs the proximity detection signal while the illuminance of ambient light detected by the illuminance detection unit is equal to or less than the predetermined value.

3. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the proximity detection unit includes an irradiation unit configured to emit infrared light and a light receiving unit configured to receive the infrared light that is reflected on a detection target object, and

wherein the proximity detection unit outputs the proximity detection signal when the light receiving unit receives the infrared light greater than a threshold value.

4. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the display control device includes an image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit and a viewfinder, and

wherein the proximity detection unit detects that a face approaches the viewfinder.

5. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the display control device includes a phone terminal including a call speaker, and

wherein the proximity detection unit detects that an ear approaches the call speaker.

6. The display control device according to claim 1, further comprising an adjustment unit configured to adjust brightness of the display unit according to the illuminance detected by the illuminance detection unit.

7. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the display unit is attached to a housing, which constitutes the display control device, in an openable/closable manner relative to the housing, and

wherein the display control device further comprises a determination unit configured to determine whether the display unit is an opened state or a closed state according to the illuminance detected by the illuminance detection unit.

8. The display control device according to claim 1, further comprising a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch input with respect to the display unit,

wherein, when the control unit turns off the display unit according to the proximity detection signal output from the proximity detection unit, the control unit controls the display unit not to accept the touch input.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as each unit of the display control device according to claim 1.

2. A display control device including a display unit, the display control device comprising:

a proximity detection unit configured to perform a proximity detection operation for detecting that an object approaches the display control device;

an illuminance detection unit configured to detect illuminance of ambient light; and

a control unit configured to control the proximity detection unit to perform the proximity detection operation when the illuminance of ambient light detected by the illuminance detection unit is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and to control the proximity detection unit not to perform the proximity detection operation when the illuminance of ambient light detected by the illuminance detection unit is greater than the predetermined value.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as each unit of the display control device according to claim 2.

9. A control method for a display control device including a display unit, the control method comprising:

outputting a proximity detection signal when a predetermined condition to determine whether an object approaches the display control device is satisfied;

detecting illuminance of ambient light; and

controlling the display unit not to be turned off when the proximity detection signal is output while the detected illuminance of ambient light is greater than a predetermined value, and controlling the display unit to be turned off when the proximity detection signal is output while the detected illuminance of ambient light is equal to or less than the predetermined value.

10. A control method for a display control device including a display unit, the control method comprising:

performing a proximity detection operation for detecting that an object approaches the display control device;

detecting illuminance of ambient light; and

controlling the proximity detection operation to be performed when the detected illuminance of ambient light is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and controlling the proximity detection operation not to be performed when the detected illuminance of ambient light is greater than the predetermined value.