INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20150261492A1
• Filed: 03/04/2015
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KAWASAKI, KOICHI, SATO, NAOYUKI, IZUMI, AKIHIKO
• Application Number:
  US14/638,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20150261492A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/20 Details of the management of multiple sources of image data
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus, including an information acquisition section which acquires display information, and a first display section which displays the display information. A display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in accordance with a relative positional relationship between the first display section and a second display section provided in an external apparatus, based on at least one of a control of a display destination of the display information between the first display section and the second display section, and a control of a layout of the display information displayed on the first display section.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an information acquisition section which acquires display information; and

a first display section which displays the display information,

wherein a display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in accordance with a relative positional relationship between the first display section and a second display section provided in an external apparatus, based on at least one of a control of a display destination of the display information between the first display section and the second display section, and a control of a layout of the display information displayed on the first display section.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first display section is a transmissive-type display device, and

wherein a display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in accordance with a relative positional relationship of the second display section on an opposite side to a direction the first display section presents the display information towards a user, based on at least one of a control of a display destination of the display information and a control of the layout.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein, in the case where the second display section is positioned within a prescribed region on an opposite side to a direction the first display section presents the display information towards a user, the first display section is controlled so a display of at least a part of display information out of the display information is limited.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the first display section includes a holding section which holds the first display section on the head of the user so as to be held in front of the eyes of the user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus which operates by coordinating with the external apparatus including the second display section constituted as a transmissive-type display device, and

wherein a display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in accordance with a relative positional relationship of the first display section with respect to the second display section on an opposite side to a direction the second display section presents the display information towards a viewer, based on at least one of a control of a display destination of the display information and a control of the layout.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein, in the case where the first display section is positioned within a prescribed region on an opposite side to a direction the second display section presents the display information towards a user, the first display section is controlled so at least a part of display information out of the display information displayed on the second display section is displayed.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the first display section is controlled so as to display display information in which the display information displayed on the first display section, and at least a part of display information out of the display information displayed on the second display section, are integrated.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein a display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in accordance with a relative positional relationship of the first display section with respect to the second display section, based on a control which changes a layout of the display information.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein a display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in accordance with a display position of display information displayed on the second display section, based on a control which changes a layout of display information displayed on the first display section.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein a display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in accordance with a relative positional relationship of the first display section with respect to the second display section, and a display mode of the display information on the second display section, based on a control which changes a display mode of the display information displayed on the first display section.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein a display of the display information is controlled for the first display section, in the case where the first display section is positioned within a prescribed region on an opposite side to a direction the second display section presents the display information towards a user, so a display mode of the display information displayed on the first display section changes based on a display mode of the display information on the second display section.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein a display of the display information is controlled for the first display section based on a control which changes a magnification ratio of the display information as the display mode.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a control section which executes, in accordance with a relative positional relationship between the first display section and the second display section, at least one of a control of a display destination of the display information and a control of the layout.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a position information acquisition section which acquires position information showing a relative positional relationship between the first display section and the second display section,

wherein the control section executes at least one of a control of a display destination of the display information and a control of the layout, based on the acquired position information.

15. An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring display information;

displaying, by a processor, the display information on a first display section; and

controlling a display of the display information to the first display section, in accordance with a relative positional relationship between the first display section and a second display section provided in an external apparatus, based on at least one of a control of a display destination of the display information between the first display section and the second display section, and a control of a layout of the display information displayed on the first display section.

16. An information processing system, comprising:

a first information processing apparatus including a first display section;

a second information processing apparatus including a second display section; and

a control section which controls, in accordance with a relative positional relationship between the first display section and the second display section, at least one of a display destination of display information between the first display section and the second display section, and a layout of the display information displayed on the first display section.

17. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an information acquisition section which acquires display information; and

a control section which controls, in accordance with a relative positional relationship between a first display section and a second display section provided in a different apparatus to the first display section, at least one of a display destination of the display information between the first display section and the second display section, and a layout of the display information displayed on the first display section.