DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20140176599A1
• Filed: 12/11/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Kazuhiro, Sako, Yoichiro, Tange, Akira, Sakoda, Kazuyuki, Asada, Kohei, Nakamura, Takatoshi, Takehara, Mitsuru, Kamada, Yasunori, Kon, Takayasu, Hayashi, Kazunori, Hanaya, Hiroyuki, Koga, Yuki, Onuma, Tomoya
• Granted Patent: US 9,465,984 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/20 Analysis of motion motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/60 Analysis of geometric attributes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/113 Recognition of static hand signs
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/25 Recognition of walking or running movements, e.g. gait recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3185 Geometric adjustment, e.g. keystone or convergence optical or mechanical adjustment of convergence H04N9/317; using scanning means H04N3/22; optical or mechanical adjustments of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14

Abstract

There is provided a display control system including a plurality of display units, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject, a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit, a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor, and a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.

Claims

1. A display control system comprising:

a plurality of display units;

an imaging unit configured to capture a subject;

a predictor configured to predict an action of the subject according to a captured image captured by the imaging unit;

a guide image generator configured to generate a guide image that guides the subject according to a prediction result from the predictor; and

a display controller configured to, on the basis of the prediction result from the predictor, select a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject from the plurality of display units, and to control the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.

2. The display control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an action history information acquirer configured to acquire action history information of the subject on the basis of the captured image,

wherein the predictor predicts the action of the subject on the basis of the action history information acquired by the action history information acquirer.

3. The display control system according to claim 2, wherein

the action history information acquirer recognizes a reaction of the subject to the guide image displayed by the selected display unit on the basis of the captured image, and acquires the action history information on the basis of the recognized reaction.

4. The display control system according to claim 1, wherein

the guide image generator generates the guide image according a physical characteristic of the subject.

5. The display control system according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller controls the selected display unit to display the guide image at a position according to a physical characteristic of the subject.

6. The display control system according to claim 4, wherein

the guide image generator generates a large guide image in proportion to a physical characteristic of height of the subject.

7. The display control system according to claim 5, wherein

the display controller controls the selected display unit to display the guide image at a position distanced in proportion to a physical characteristic of height of the subject.

8. The display control system according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller controls the selected display unit to display the guide image at a position distanced in proportion to a movement speed of the subject.

9. The display control system according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller selects, from the plurality of display units, a display unit capable of displaying an image near a position of the subject.

10. The display control system according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller selects, from the plurality of display units, a display unit capable of displaying an image in a direction in which the subject faces.

11. The display control system according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller, in a case in which another person is present near the subject, controls the selected display unit to display the guide image for the subject distinguishably from another guide image displayed for the other person.

12. The display control system according to claim 1, wherein

the guide image includes a guide display to a goal of the subject indicated by the prediction result from the predictor.

13. The display control system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a learning unit configured to learn an action pattern of the subject from the action history information,

wherein the predictor predicts the action of the subject on the basis of the action pattern learned by the learning unit.

14. The display control system according to claim 13, wherein

the guide image includes a display suggesting an action to the subject according to a prediction result based on the action pattern from the predictor.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, the program causing a computer to execute:

capturing a subject;

predicting an action of the subject according to a captured image;

selecting, from a plurality of display units on the basis of a prediction result, a display unit capable of displaying an image at a position corresponding to the subject;

generating a guide image that guides the subject according to the prediction result; and

controlling the selected display unit to display the guide image at the position corresponding to the subject.