DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20160306173A1
• Filed: 02/05/2015
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: TSUKAHARA, Tsubasa, KIMURA, Jun, SAIJO, Nobuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 10,146,057 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0112 comprising device for genereting colour display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0118 comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0123 comprising devices increasing the field of view
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0132 comprising binocular systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/02 Viewing or reading apparatus stereoscopic systems G02B30/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0613 The adjustment depending on the type of the information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/066 for control of contrast
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/08 Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/001 using specific devices not provided for in groups G09G3/02 - G09G3/36, e.g. using an intermediate record carrier such as a film slide; Projection systems; Display of non-alphanumerical information, solely or in combination with alphanumerical information, e.g. digital display on projected diapositive as background slide projectors per se G03B23/00 = 42 HP
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/10 Intensity circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7491 : of head mounted projectors

Abstract

There is provided a display control device capable of ensuring the user'"'"'s field of vision while keeping the user safe when the user is using a see-through head-mounted display, the display control device including: a situation acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a situation where a see-through display is being used, and a display control unit configured to perform display control on the see-through display using the information acquired by the situation acquisition unit so that a display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible.

Claims

1. A display control device comprising:

a situation acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a situation where a see-through display worn on a user in front of the user'"'"'s eye is being used; and

a display control unit configured to perform display control on the see-through display using the information acquired by the situation acquisition unit so that a display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible.

2. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the situation acquisition unit acquires a state of ambient light, and

wherein the display control unit performs display control so that the display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible according to the state of the ambient light.

3. The display control device according to claim 2,

wherein the display control unit performs display control so that the time it takes for the display of the information on the see-through display to become clearly visible increases with an increase in an intensity of the ambient light.

4. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the situation acquisition unit acquires a state of a line of sight of the user viewing the see-through display, and

wherein the display control unit performs display control so that the display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible according to the state of the line of sight.

5. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the situation acquisition unit acquires a state of a motion of a head of the user viewing the see-through display, and

wherein the display control unit performs display control so that the display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible according to the state of the motion of the head.

6. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the situation acquisition unit acquires a state of an inclination of a head of the user viewing the see-through display, and

wherein the display control unit performs display control so that the display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible according to a degree of the inclination of the head.

7. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the situation acquisition unit acquires a state of an activity of the user viewing the see-through display, and

wherein the display control unit performs display control so that the display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible according to the state of the activity.

8. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the situation acquisition unit acquires a background at which a line of sight of the user viewing the see-through display is aimed, and

wherein the display control unit performs display control so that the display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible according to a state of the background.

9. The display control device according to claim 8,

wherein the display control unit performs display control so that the display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible according to a color of the background.

10. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the display control unit performs display control to change a transparency of the display of the information on the see-through display so that the display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible.

11. The display control device according to claim 1,

wherein the display control unit performs display control to change a luminance of the see-through display so that the display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible.

12. A display control method comprising:

acquiring information about a situation where a see-through display is being used; and

performing display control on the see-through display using the acquired information so that a display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible.

13. A computer program for causing a computer to execute:

acquiring information about a situation where a see-through display is being used; and

performing display control on the see-through display using the acquired information so that a display of the information on the see-through display gradually becomes clearly visible.