IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20150077310A1
• Filed: 09/05/2014
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: OGAWA, NOBUHIRO, YAGASAKI, YOICHI, INAMOTO, SHINJI, AGA, HIROYUKI
• Application Number:
  US14/478,240
• Publication Number:
  US 20150077310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/026 Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/04 Electronic labels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

There is provided an image display apparatus, including: a display unit capable of displaying an image; a plurality of adjacent portions arranged on the display unit at a predetermined positional relation; senders capable of sending data via near field communication, the senders being arranged on at least two of the plurality of adjacent portions, respectively; and a receiver capable of receiving data via the near field communication from a sender of another image display apparatus, the receiver being arranged on at least one of the plurality of adjacent portions.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus, comprising:

a display unit capable of displaying an image;

a plurality of adjacent portions arranged on the display unit at a predetermined positional relation;

senders capable of sending data via near field communication, the senders being arranged on at least two of the plurality of adjacent portions, respectively; and

a receiver capable of receiving data via the near field communication from a sender of another image display apparatus, the receiver being arranged on at least one of the plurality of adjacent portions.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

each of the senders is capable of sending the data within an area including a vicinal adjacent portion, the vicinal adjacent portion being an adjacent portion in the vicinity of the sender out of a plurality of adjacent portions of the other image display apparatus, and

the receiver is capable of receiving data from the sender of the other image display apparatus within the area including the vicinal adjacent portion, the sender being arranged on the vicinal adjacent portion.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit is a polygon, and

each of the plurality of adjacent portions is a vertex portion of the polygon.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit is a rectangle,

the senders are arranged on four corners, the four corners being the plurality of adjacent portions, and

the receiver is arranged on at least a predetermined first corner out of the four corners.

5. The image display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the receiver is at least arranged on each of the first corner and a second corner out of the four corners, the second corner being diagonal from the first corner.

6. The image display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the receiver is arranged on each of the four corners.

7. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit is a rectangle,

the receiver is at least arranged on a predetermined first corner out of four corners, the four corners being the plurality of adjacent portions, and

the senders are arranged on two corners out of three corners excluding the first corner out of the four corners.

8. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display unit has its top and bottom in use, and

the tops of the display units of the image display apparatus and the other image display apparatus come to the upper side, and the bottoms come to the lower side.

9. The image display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the display unit has a long-side direction and a short-side direction, the display unit being capable of being used right side up and upside down, the short-side direction being a vertical direction, and

the receiver is arranged on each of the first and second corners.

10. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a detector capable detecting an arrangement direction.

11. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the senders are RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tags, and

the receiver is an RFID reader.

12. An information processing apparatus capable of controlling at least part of operations of a plurality of unit apparatuses,

each of the plurality of unit apparatuses including

a plurality of adjacent portions having a predetermined positional relation,

senders capable of sending data via near field communication, the senders being arranged on at least two of the plurality of adjacent portions, respectively, and

a receiver capable of receiving data via the near field communication from a sender of another unit apparatus, the receiver being arranged on at least one of the plurality of adjacent portions,

the information processing apparatus comprising:

a data receiver configured to receive the data, the receiver of each of the plurality of unit apparatuses receiving the data from the sender via the near field communication; and

a calculator capable of calculating an arrangement status of the plurality of unit apparatuses based on the received data.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

each of the senders of each of the plurality of unit apparatuses is capable of sending the data via the near field communication within an area including a vicinal adjacent portion, the vicinal adjacent portion being an adjacent portion in the vicinity of the sender out of a plurality of adjacent portions of the other unit apparatus,

the receiver of each of the plurality of unit apparatuses is capable of receiving data from the sender of the other unit apparatus via the near field communication within the area including the vicinal adjacent portion, the sender being arranged on the vicinal adjacent portion,

the information processing apparatus further comprises a determining unit capable of

determining the other unit apparatus including the vicinal adjacent portion on which the sender is arranged based on the data received by the data receiver, the vicinal adjacent portion being in the vicinity of the adjacent portion on which the receiver is arranged, and

determining a position of the vicinal adjacent portion on which the sender is arranged out of the plurality of adjacent portions of the other unit apparatus, and

the calculator is capable of calculating an arrangement status of the plurality of unit apparatuses based on a determination result of the other unit apparatus including the vicinal adjacent portion determined by the determining unit, and based on a determination result of the position of the vicinal adjacent portion determined by the determining unit.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

each of the plurality of unit apparatuses has its top and bottom in use,

the tops of the plurality of unit apparatuses come to the upper side, and the bottoms come to the lower side, and

the information processing apparatus further comprises a detector capable of detecting an upside-down unit apparatus out of the plurality of unit apparatuses based on the determination result determined by the determining unit.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

each of the plurality of unit apparatuses includes a detector capable detecting an arrangement direction, and

the calculator is capable of calculating an arrangement status of the plurality of unit apparatuses based on the arrangement direction of each of the plurality of unit apparatuses detected by the detector.

16. An information processing method executed by a computer capable of controlling at least part of operations of a plurality of unit apparatuses,

each of the plurality of unit apparatuses including

a plurality of adjacent portions having a predetermined positional relation,

senders capable of sending data via near field communication, the senders being arranged on at least two of the plurality of adjacent portions, respectively, and

a receiver capable of receiving data via the near field communication from a sender of another unit apparatus, the receiver being arranged on at least one of the plurality of adjacent portions,

the information processing method comprising, by the computer:

receiving the data, the receiver of each of the plurality of unit apparatuses receiving the data from the sender via the near field communication; and

calculating an arrangement status of the plurality of unit apparatuses based on the received data.

17. A program, causing a computer to process information, the computer being capable of controlling at least part of operations of a plurality of unit apparatuses,

each of the plurality of unit apparatuses including

a plurality of adjacent portions having a predetermined positional relation,

senders capable of sending data via near field communication, the senders being arranged on at least two of the plurality of adjacent portions, respectively, and

a receiver capable of receiving data via the near field communication from a sender of another unit apparatus, the receiver being arranged on at least one of the plurality of adjacent portions,

the program causing the computer to execute the steps of:

receiving the data, the receiver of each of the plurality of unit apparatuses receiving the data from the sender via the near field communication; and

calculating an arrangement status of the plurality of unit apparatuses based on the received data.

18. An information processing system, comprising:

a plurality of unit apparatuses; and

a control apparatus capable of controlling at least part of operations of the plurality of unit apparatuses, wherein

each of the plurality of unit apparatuses includes

a plurality of adjacent portions having a predetermined positional relation,

senders capable of sending data via near field communication, the senders being arranged on at least two of the plurality of adjacent portions, respectively, and

a receiver capable of receiving data via the near field communication from a sender of another unit apparatus, the receiver being arranged on at least one of the plurality of adjacent portions, and

the control apparatus includes

a data receiver configured to receive the data, the receiver of each of the plurality of unit apparatuses receiving the data from the sender via the near field communication, and

a calculator capable of calculating an arrangement status of the plurality of unit apparatuses based on the received data.