METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENTLY PRESENTING DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SAME INFORMATION ON MULTIPLE DISPLAYS

• US 20130307870A1
• Filed: 05/16/2012
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Ashbrook, Daniel L.
• Granted Patent: US 10,019,221 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/032 Protect output to user by software means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0028 Adaptive watermarking, e.g. Human Visual System [HVS]-based watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/10 Mixing of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of an operation, e.g. adding, on the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2358/00 Arrangements for display data security
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3872 Repositioning or masking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/166 Passage/non-passage of the television signal, e.g. jamming, band suppression scrambling and descrambling H04N7/167

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided in order to present different types of information, such as private information and public information, in a manner that preserves the confidentiality of the private information. In the context of a method, a determination is made as to whether information that is to be displayed is private. If the information is private, the method may cause the presentation of an obscured representation of the information on a non-private display. The method also causes the presentation of the information, such as an unobscured representation of the information, on a private pass-through display concurrent with the presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, with a processor, that information to be displayed is private;

causing presentation of an obscured representation of the information on a non-private display; and

causing presentation of the information on a private pass-through display concurrent with the presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein causing presentation of the information on the private pass-through display comprises positioning the information on the private pass-through display such that the information obscures a view by a user of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display.

3. A method according to claim 1 wherein causing presentation of the information on the private pass-through display comprises positioning the information on the private pass-through display based upon a fiducial marker associated with the non-private display such that the presentation of the information on the private pass-through display overlies the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display.

4. A method according to claim 1 wherein causing presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display comprises causing presentation of an unobscured representation of a non-private portion of the information and concurrently causing presentation of the obscured representation of a private portion of the information.

5. A method according to claim 1 wherein causing presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display comprises causing presentation of the obscured representation of both a private portion and a non-private portion of the information.

6. A method according to claim 1 wherein causing presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display comprises causing presentation of different information on the non-private display instead of the information determined to be private.

7. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program instructions, the at least one memory and the computer program instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:

determine that information to be displayed is private;

cause presentation of an obscured representation of the information on a non-private display; and

cause presentation of the information on a private pass-through display concurrent with the presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display.

8. An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause presentation of the information on the private pass-through display by positioning the information on the private pass-through display such that the information obscures a view by a user of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display.

9. An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause presentation of the information on the private pass-through display by positioning the information on the private pass-through display based upon a fiducial marker associated with the non-private display such that the presentation of the information on the private pass-through display overlies the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display.

10. An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display by causing presentation of an unobscured representation of a non-private portion of the information and concurrently causing presentation of the obscured representation of a private portion of the information.

11. An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display by causing presentation of the obscured representation of both a private portion and a non-private portion of the information.

12. An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display by causing presentation of different information on the non-private display instead of the information determined to be private.

13. An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the private pass-through display comprises a head-mounted or near-eye display.

14. An apparatus according to claim 13 further comprising user interface circuitry arranged to facilitate user control of at least some functions of the apparatus.

15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium bearing computer program instructions embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program instructions comprising instructions configured to:

determine that information to be displayed is private;

cause presentation of an obscured representation of the information on a non-private display; and

cause presentation of the information on a private pass-through display concurrent with the presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display.

16. A computer program product according to claim 15 wherein the computer program instructions further comprise instructions configured to cause presentation of the information on the private pass-through display by positioning the information on the private pass-through display such that the information obscures a view by a user of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display.

17. A computer program product according to claim 15 wherein the computer program instructions further comprise instructions configured to cause presentation of the information on the private pass-through display by positioning the information on the private pass-through display based upon a fiducial marker associated with the non-private display such that the presentation of the information on the private pass-through display overlies the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display.

18. A computer program product according to claim 15 wherein the computer program instructions further comprise instructions configured to cause presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display by causing presentation of an unobscured representation of a non-private portion of the information and concurrently causing presentation of the obscured representation of a private portion of the information.

19. A computer program product according to claim 15 wherein the computer program instructions further comprise instructions configured to cause presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display by causing presentation of the obscured representation of both a private portion and a non-private portion of the information.

20. A computer program product according to claim 15 wherein the computer program instructions further comprise instructions configured to cause presentation of the obscured representation of the information on the non-private display by causing presentation of different information on the non-private display instead of the information determined to be private.