Display device, display method, and program

• US 7,600,189 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2003
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fujisawa, Hirotoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Theriault; Steven B
• Application Number:
  US10/671,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20040070620A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,199 Days
• Field of Search: 725/37, 725/50, 725/80, 725/81, 715/718, 715/707, 715/810, 715/812, 715/765, 715/788, 715/804, 715/805, 345/2.2, 345/2.3
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

A display device that is capable of displaying predetermined display information in each of a plurality of display areas includes a setting unit for setting display control information that represents the position and size of the display area and the switching of the display information for when a predetermined event is detected, based on user inputs; and a display control unit for controlling one display including the multiple display areas such that the display information is displayed in each of the multiple display areas, based on the display control information set by the setting unit. Upon detection of the event, the display control unit switches the position or size of the display area where the display information for the detected event is displayed based on the display control information.

Claims

1. A display device for displaying display information in a display area, the display device comprising:

a display unit configured to display said display information on the display area;

means, provided in the display device, for receiving display control information emitted from an information processing terminal through a read area provided in the display area of the display device; and

a setting unit configured to set the relationship between the display area and the display information based on the received display control information;

a display control unit configured to control said display unit to display the display information so as to be displayed in the display area, based on the display control information set by the setting unit.

2. A display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls said display unit to switch display area for displaying said display information.

3. A display device according to claim 1, wherein display control unit controls said display unit to switch the size of said display area.

4. A display device according to claim 1, wherein, the setting unit sets information representing a priority of the display information as the display control information, and wherein the display control unit controls the display unit to display the display information as to be displayed in each of display areas including said display area, based on the information representing the priority.

5. A display device according to claim 1, wherein, the setting unit sets, as the display control information, the information representing a link item that another display device uses to display the display information displayed in the display area.

6. A display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls said display unit to display a program in said display area, as the display information.

7. A display device according to claim 6, wherein when the display control unit detects sound volume exceeding a predetermined threshold value in the program, the display control unit controls said display unit to present occurrence of an event to a user.

8. A display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls said display unit to display the information corresponding to e-mail in said display area, as the display information.

9. A display device according to claim 8, wherein when the display control unit detects reception of e-mail, the display control unit controls said display unit to present occurrence of an event to a user.

10. A display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls said display unit to display a picture from a camera acquired through the Internet in said predetermined display area, as the display information.

11. A display device according to claim 10, wherein when the display control unit detects a person in said picture, the display control unit controls said display unit to present occurrence of an event to a user.

12. A display device according to claim 1, wherein, the display control unit controls said display unit to display a weather information in said predetermined display area, as the display information.

13. A display device according to claim 1, wherein, the display control unit controls said display unit to display an information concerning the user'"'"'s community in said predetermined display area, as the display information.

14. A display device according to claim 1, wherein, the display control unit controls said display unit to display a to-do list in said predetermined display area, as the display information.

15. A display device according to claim 1, wherein, the display control unit controls said display unit to display a schedule in said predetermined display area, as the display information.

16. A display device according to claim 1, wherein, the display control unit controls said display unit to display an advertisement in said predetermined display area, as the display information.

17. A display method of a display device that is capable of displaying display information in a display area of a display unit, the display method comprising the steps of:

receiving display control information emitted from an information processing terminal through a read area provided in the display area of the display device; and

setting the relationship between the display area and the display information based on the received display control information.

19. A display method of a display device according to claim 17, further including steps of detecting an event corresponding to said display information displayed in said display device;

and controlling said display unit to present the occurrence of the event to the user, when said event is detected in the detecting step.

18. A storage medium for storing a computer-readable program to be executed by a computer to carry out processing, wherein said program is a display processing that is capable of displaying display information in a display area of a display unit, said program comprising the steps of:

receiving display control information emitted from an information processing terminal through a read area provided in the display area of the display device; and

setting the relationship between the display area and the display information, based on the received display control information; and

controlling said display unit to display the display information as to be displayed in the display area, based on the display control information set in the setting step.

20. A storage medium for storing a computer-readable program according to claim 18, further including steps of detecting an event corresponding to said display information displayed in said display device;

and controlling said display unit to present the occurrence of the event to the user, when said event is detected in the detecting step.

21. A display device for displaying display information in a display area, the display device comprising:

a display unit configured to display said display information;

means for receiving display control information emitted from an information processing terminal through a read area on the display area; and

a setting unit configured to set the relationship between the display area and the display information based on the received display control information;

a display control unit configured to control said display unit to display the display information so as to be displayed in the display area, based on the display control information set by the setting unit,

wherein the read area on the display unit is made up of thin film transistors, in which a positive bias voltage is applied to every thin film transistor when displaying part of an image, and a reverse bias voltage is applied to every thin film transistor when receiving display control information.