Image display system, image display device, image display method

• US 7,731,656 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2004
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Makino, Kenichi, Takai, Motoyuki, Inoue, Makoto, Inoue, Akiko, Sako, Yoichiro, Terauchi, Toshiro, Miyajima, Yasushi, Shirai, Katsuya, Asukai, Masamichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, III; Henry M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rajan; Kai
• Application Number:
  US10/567,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20060217598A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,125 Days
• Field of Search: 600/300, 600/301, 128903-905, 128/920
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/165 Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6887 mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/744 Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/92 Computer assisted medical diagnostics

Abstract

In an image display system that displays the condition of a person under measurement in a visible form, the person carries a PDA (10). The PDA (10) includes a bio-sensor (11) to detect bio-information on the person and an environmental information sensor (12) to acquire information on the environment around the person. The PDA (10) sends the acquired information to an image display device (20) which is connected to the PDA (10) via a network (100). The image display device (20) includes a CPU (29) that judges the condition of the person on the basis of bio-information and environmental information, generates an image representing the condition of the person and displays the image on a display unit (23).

Claims

1. An image displaying system, comprising:

a plurality of bio-information acquiring devices including

means for measuring bio-information on each of a plurality of persons under measurement, and

means for transmitting the bio-information; and

an image display device including

receiving means for receiving the bio-information on the plurality of persons under measurement, transmitted from each of the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices,

image generating means for generating an image including objects that interact with each other on the basis of relationships among the bio-information on the plurality of persons under measurement received by the receiving means, and

display means for displaying the generated image,

wherein the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices and the image display device are located in different places and connected to each other via a network.

2. The image displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the image generating means generates an image representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement.

3. The image displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices include environmental information measuring means for quantitatively measuring environmental information of environments around the plurality of persons under measurement;

and

the image generating means generates images representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement and the environments around the plurality of persons on the basis of the bio-information and the environmental information.

4. The image displaying system according to claim 3, wherein the image generating means generates images reflecting the relation in the environmental information among the plurality of persons under measurement.

5. The image displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the displaying means generates images of pseudo creatures representing a condition of each of the plurality of persons under measurement, and displays the plurality of pseudo creatures simultaneously.

6. The image displaying system according to claim 1, wherein

the image display device includes touch detecting means for detecting a touch with the displaying means and touch signal sending means for sending a touch signal based on an output from the touch detecting means to one of the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices;

and

each of the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices includes a cutaneous-stimulus giving means for giving cutaneous stimulus to one of the plurality of persons under measurement when receiving the touch signal.

7. The image displaying system according to claim 6, wherein the cutaneous-stimulus giving means gives stimulus at least by vibration, electric stimulus and friction.

8. The image displaying system according to claim 1, wherein

the image display device includes read-out means for reading out information recorded in a recording medium;

and

the image generating means generates images representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement and environments around the plurality of persons on the basis of bio-information and environmental information read by the read-out means.

9. The image displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the image display device includes speech generating means for generating a speech representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement on the basis of the bio-information, and speech output means for outputting the speech.

10. The image displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the image generating means generates the image based on a comparison between the bio-information on the plurality of persons under management received by the receiving means.

11. The image displaying system according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for estimating emotions of the plurality of persons under measurement based on the bio-information received by the receiving means, wherein

the image generating means generates the image based on the emotions estimated by the means for estimating.

12. An image display device connected, via a network, to a plurality of bio-information acquiring devices configured to acquire bio-information on each of a plurality of persons under measurement, the image display device comprising:

bio-information receiving means for receiving the bio-information on the plurality of persons under measurement transmitted from each of the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices;

image generating means for generating an image including objects that interact with each other on the basis of relationships among the bio-information on the plurality of persons under measurement received by the bio-information receiving means; and

displaying means for displaying the generated image.

13. The image display device according to claim 12, wherein

the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices include an environmental information measuring means for quantitatively measuring environmental information of environments around the plurality of persons under measurement;

and

the image generating means generates images representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement and the environments around the plurality of persons on the basis of the bio-information and the environmental information.

14. The image display device according to claim 13, wherein the image generating means generates images reflecting the relation in the environmental information among the plurality of persons under measurement.

15. The image display device according to claim 12, further comprising read-out means for reading out information recorded in a recording medium,

the image generating means generating images representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement and environments around the plurality of persons on the basis of bio-information and environment information pre-recorded in the recording medium.

16. The image display device according to claim 12, wherein

he image generating means generates images representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement;

and

the displaying means displays the images representing the conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement simultaneously.

17. The image display device according to claim 12, wherein

the displaying means includes touch detecting means for detecting a touch with the displaying means, and touch signal sending means for sending a touch signal based on an output from the touch detecting means to one of the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices.

18. The image display device according to claim 12, comprising read-out means for reading out information recorded in a recording medium,

the image generating means generates images representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement and environments around the plurality of persons on the basis of bio-information and environmental information pre-recorded in the recording medium.

19. The image display device according to claim 12, wherein the image generating means generates the image based on a comparison between the bio-information on the plurality of persons under management received by the bio-information receiving means.

20. The image display device according to claim 12, further comprising:

means for estimating emotions of the plurality of persons under measurement based on the bio-information received by the bio-information receiving means, wherein

the image generating means generates the image based on the emotions estimated by the means for estimating.

21. A method of an image display device for displaying an image, the method comprising:

receiving, by the image display device, via a network, bio-information on each of a plurality of persons under measurement;

generating, by a processor in the image display device, an image including objects that interact with each other on the basis of relationships among the bio-information of the plurality of persons under management received in the receiving; and

displaying the image generated in the generating.

22. The method according to claim 21, further comprising:

quantitatively measuring environmental information of environments around the plurality of persons under measurement; and

the generating the image comprises generating images representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement on the basis of the bio-information and the environmental information.

23. The method according to claim 21, wherein the generating the image comprises generating images representing conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement;

and

the displaying comprises displaying the images representing the conditions of the plurality of persons under measurement simultaneously.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the displaying comprises displaying the images that reflect a relation in environmental information among the plurality of persons under measurement.

25. The method according to claim 21, further comprising:

detecting a touch with the image; and

giving cutaneous stimulus to one of the plurality of persons under measurement on the basis of a signal of the touch detected in the detecting.

26. The method according to claim 21, wherein the generating comprises generating the image based on a comparison between the bio-information of the plurality of persons under management received in the receiving.

27. The method according to claim 21, further comprising:

estimating emotions of the plurality of persons under measurement based on the bio-information received in the receiving, wherein

the generating comprises generating the image based on the emotions estimated in the estimating.

28. An image displaying system, comprising:

a plurality of bio-information acquiring devices including

a bio-sensor configured to measure bio-information on each of a plurality of persons under measurement, and

a first communications interface configured to transmit the bio-information; and

an image display device including

a second communications interface configured to receive the bio-information on the plurality of persons under measurement, transmitted from each of the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices,

an image generating processor configured to generate an image including objects that interact with each other on the basis of relationships among the bio-information on the plurality of persons under measurement received by the second communications interface, and

a display unit configured to display the generated image,

wherein the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices and the image display device are located in different places and connected to each other via a network.

29. The image displaying system according to claim 28, wherein the image generating processor is configured to generate the image based on a comparison between the bio-information on the plurality of persons under management received by the second communications interface.

30. The image displaying system according to claim 28, wherein

the system is configured to estimate emotions of the plurality of persons under measurement based on the bio-information received by the receiving unit, and

the image generating processor is configured to generate the image based on the emotions estimated by the emotion estimating processor.

31. An image display device connected, via a network, to a plurality of bio-information acquiring devices configured to acquire bio-information on each of a plurality of persons under measurement, the image display device comprising:

a communications interface configured to receive the bio-information on the plurality of persons under measurement transmitted from each of the plurality of bio-information acquiring devices;

an image generating processor configured to generate an image including objects that interact with each other on the basis of relationships among the bio-information of the plurality of persons under measurement received by the bio-information receiving unit; and

a displaying unit configured to display the generated image.

32. The image display device according to claim 31, wherein the image generating processor is configured to generate the image based on a comparison between the bio-information of the plurality of persons under management received by the communications interface.