Information display apparatus and information display method
First Claim
1. A display system including a first information display apparatus and a second information display apparatus, each of which are connected to a network and receives images from a server, and displays the received images,said first information display apparatus comprising:
- a first screen;
a first display control unit which displays, on the first screen, one or more images received from the server through the network; and
a transmitting unit which transmits, to said second information display apparatus through the network, image identification information and display format information of one or more images being displayed on the first screen,wherein the display format information includes a display format of a slide show in which a plurality of images are sequentially displayed and switched with time, andsaid second information display apparatus comprising;
a second screen;
a second display control unit which displays on the second screen a plurality of images received from the server through the network, in a display format in which the plurality of images are arranged and displayed on the second screen together; and
an acquiring unit which acquires the image identification information and the display format information transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus,wherein, the second display control unit displays an icon representing the display format information transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus, overlapped on a partial area of an image, from among the plurality of images displayed on the second screen, which is a same image as the image being displayed on the first screen of said first information display apparatus, based on the image identification information and the display format information acquired by the acquiring unit, andwherein, when the display format information, which has been transmitted from the transmitting unit of the first information display apparatus and acquired by the acquiring unit, shows a display format of a slide show, the second display control unit changes a display position on the second screen of the icon representing the display format of the slide show, according to progress of the slide show in the first information display apparatus, andwherein, when a first image is displayed on the first screen of the first information display apparatus as part of the slide show, the position of the icon representing the display format of the slide show is displayed on the corresponding first image among the plurality of images simultaneously being displayed on the second screen of the second information display apparatus, and when the slide show being displayed on the first screen progresses to a second image, the position of the icon representing the display format of the slide show displayed on the second screen changes its location from the first image to the corresponding second image among the plurality of images simultaneously being displayed on the second screen.
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Abstract
When the same image is pleasantly viewed by information display apparatuses connected to each other through a network, each of the information display apparatuses has a unit for acquiring display format information of an image displayed by a destination information display apparatus, so that information representing a display format of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus is displayed on the displayed image in a multiplex mode to make it possible know a viewing state of the destination information display apparatus.
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5 Claims
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1. A display system including a first information display apparatus and a second information display apparatus, each of which are connected to a network and receives images from a server, and displays the received images,
said first information display apparatus comprising: -
a first screen; a first display control unit which displays, on the first screen, one or more images received from the server through the network; and a transmitting unit which transmits, to said second information display apparatus through the network, image identification information and display format information of one or more images being displayed on the first screen, wherein the display format information includes a display format of a slide show in which a plurality of images are sequentially displayed and switched with time, and said second information display apparatus comprising; a second screen; a second display control unit which displays on the second screen a plurality of images received from the server through the network, in a display format in which the plurality of images are arranged and displayed on the second screen together; and an acquiring unit which acquires the image identification information and the display format information transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus, wherein, the second display control unit displays an icon representing the display format information transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus, overlapped on a partial area of an image, from among the plurality of images displayed on the second screen, which is a same image as the image being displayed on the first screen of said first information display apparatus, based on the image identification information and the display format information acquired by the acquiring unit, and wherein, when the display format information, which has been transmitted from the transmitting unit of the first information display apparatus and acquired by the acquiring unit, shows a display format of a slide show, the second display control unit changes a display position on the second screen of the icon representing the display format of the slide show, according to progress of the slide show in the first information display apparatus, and wherein, when a first image is displayed on the first screen of the first information display apparatus as part of the slide show, the position of the icon representing the display format of the slide show is displayed on the corresponding first image among the plurality of images simultaneously being displayed on the second screen of the second information display apparatus, and when the slide show being displayed on the first screen progresses to a second image, the position of the icon representing the display format of the slide show displayed on the second screen changes its location from the first image to the corresponding second image among the plurality of images simultaneously being displayed on the second screen. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A display system including a first information display apparatus and a second information display apparatus, each of which are connected to a network and receives images from the server, and displays the received images,
said first information display apparatus comprising: -
a first screen; a first display control unit which displays on the first screen one or more images received from the server through the network; and a video camera unit which photographs a moving image of the user of the first information display apparatus; a transmitting unit which transmits, to said second information display apparatus through the network, image identification information of one or more images being displayed on the first screen and the moving image of the user of the first information display apparatus, and said second information display apparatus comprising; a second screen a second display control unit which displays on the second screen a plurality of images received from the server through the network, in a display format in which the plurality of images are arranged and displayed on the second screen together; and an acquiring unit which acquires the image identification information and the moving image transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus, wherein, the second display control unit displays the moving image of the user of the first information display apparatus and an icon, representing that an image with this icon is the same as an image being displayed on the first information display apparatus, overlapped on a partial area of an image from among the plurality of images displayed on the second screen which is the same image as the image being displayed on the first screen of said first information display apparatus, based on the image identification information transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus and acquired by the acquiring unit.
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4. A control method of a display system including a first information display apparatus having a first screen, a first display control unit and a transmitting unit, and a second information display apparatus having a second screen, a second display control unit and an acquiring unit, where each of the first and second information display apparatuses are connected to a network and receives images from a server, and displays the received images, the method comprising:
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in the first information display apparatus; a first display step in which the first display control unit displays on the first screen one or more images received from the server through the network; and a transmitting step in which the transmitting unit transmits to said second information display apparatus through the network, image identification information and display format information of one or more images being displayed on the first screen, wherein the display format information includes a display format of a slide show in which a plurality of image are sequentially displayed and switched with time; and in the second information display apparatus; a second display step in which the second display control unit displays on the second screen a plurality of images received from the server through the network, in a display format in which the plurality of images are arranged and displayed on the second screen together; and an acquiring step in which the acquiring unit acquires the image identification information and the display format information transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus in the transmitting step, wherein, the second display step displays an icon, representing the display format information transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus in the transmitting step, overlapped on a partial area of an image from among the plurality of images displayed on the second screen, which is a same image as the image being displayed on the first screen of said first information display apparatus in the first display step, based on the image identification information and the display format information acquired by the acquiring step, wherein, when the display format information, which has been transmitted in the transmitting step and acquired in the acquiring step, shows a display format of a slide show, the second display control unit changes a display position on the second screen of the icon representing the display format of the slide show, according to progress of the slide show in the first information display apparatus, and wherein, when a first image is displayed on the first screen of the first information display apparatus as part of the slide show, the position of the icon representing the display format of the slide show is displayed on the corresponding first image among the plurality of image simultaneously being displayed on the second screen of the second information display apparatus, and when the slide show being displayed on the first screen progresses to a second image, the position of the icon representing the display format of the slide show displayed on the second screen changes its location from the first image to the corresponding second image among the plurality of images simultaneously being displayed on the second screen.
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5. A control method of a display system including a first information display apparatus having a first screen, a first display control unit, a video camera unit which photographs a moving image of the user of the first information display apparatus, and a transmitting unit, and a second information display apparatus having a second screen, a second display control unit and an acquiring unit, where each of the first and second information display apparatuses are connected to a network and receives images from a server, and displays the received images, the method comprising:
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in the first information display apparatus; a first display step in which the first display control unit displays on the first screen one or more images received from the server through the network; and a transmitting step in which the transmitting unit transmits to said second information display apparatus through the network, image identification information of one or more images being displayed on the first screen and the moving image of the user of the first information display apparatus; and in the second information display apparatus; a second display step in which the second display control unit displays on the second screen a plurality of images received from the server through the network, in a display format in which the plurality of images are arranged and displayed on the second screen together; and an acquiring step in which the acquiring unit acquires the image identification information and the moving image transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus in the transmitting step, wherein, the second display step displays the moving image of the user of the first information display apparatus and an icon, representing that an image with this icon is the same as an image being displayed on the first information display apparatus, overlapped on a partial area of an image from among the plurality of images displayed on the second screen which is the same image as the image being displayed on the first screen of said first information display apparatus, based on the image identification information transmitted from the transmitting unit of said first information display apparatus in the transmitting step and acquired by the acquiring step.
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Specification