DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20150213580A1
• Filed: 01/15/2015
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: YAMANO, IKUO, MIZUNUMA, HIROYUKI, KATO, AYUMI
• Application Number:
  US14/597,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20150213580A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/03 specially adapted for displays having non-planar surfaces, e.g. curved displays
• 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

Abstract

There is provided a display control apparatus including a controller configured to control display on a display device worn on an arm of a user. The controller acquires position information indicative of a position of a display region for display in the display device and controls display on the display region depending on the acquired position information.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to control display on a display device worn on an arm of a user,

wherein the controller acquires position information indicative of a position of a display region for display in the display device and controls display on the display region depending on the acquired position information.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller acquires position information indicative of a position of the display region with respect to the arm and controls the display depending on the position of the display region with respect to the arm.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller acquires rotation information regarding rotation of the arm and controls the display depending on a rotation position of the arm.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls a display orientation of the display region depending on the acquired position information.

5. The display control apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the display region has a rectangular shape, and

wherein the controller switches a display orientation between a first orientation along a longitudinal direction of the display region and a second orientation along a short-length direction of the display region depending on the acquired position information.

6. The display control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the controller allows an orientation of display to be changed in a stepwise manner upon switching of display between the first orientation and the second orientation.

7. The display control apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the display region includes a first display region and a second display region opposite to the first display region as viewed from the arm, and

wherein the controller makes a display orientation of the first display region different from a display orientation of the second display region depending on the acquired position information.

8. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls content being displayed on the display region depending on the acquired position information.

9. The display control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller makes content being displayed on the display region located on a first side as viewed from the arm different from content being displayed on the display region located on a second side opposite to the first side as viewed from the arm.

10. The display control apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the display region is provided on one side as viewed from the arm.

11. The display control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display region includes a first display region and a second display region located on an opposite side of the first display region as viewed from the arm, and

wherein the controller makes content being displayed on the first display region different from content being displayed on the second display region depending on the acquired position information.

12. The display control apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the controller allows content related to content being displayed on the first display region to be displayed on the second display region.

13. A display control method comprising:

acquiring position information indicative of a position of a display region for display in a display device worn on an arm of a user; and

controlling display on the display region by a processor depending on the acquired position information.

14. A program for causing a computer to execute:

acquiring position information indicative of a position of a display region for display in a display device worn on an arm of a user; and

controlling display on the display region depending on the acquired position information.

15. A display device comprising:

a display region for display; and

a controller configured to control display on the display region,

wherein the display device is worn on an arm of a user, and

wherein the controller acquires position information indicative of a position of the display region in the display device and controls display on the display region depending on the acquired position information.