Information processing device, system, and information processing method

• US 9,298,246 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2013
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Kihara, Yuka
• Primary Examiner(s): SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW
• Application Number:
  US14/143,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20140204019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/325 Power saving in peripheral device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An information processing device includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires first information to be used for detecting whether a viewer is present around a display unit displaying an image from a first detector that detects the first information; a second acquiring unit that acquires second information to be used for recognizing an instruction action to the image displayed by the display unit from a second detector that detects the second information; and a deciding unit that decides a recognition method of the instruction action by using the second information, based on the first information acquired by the first acquiring unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a first acquiring circuit that acquires first information to be used for detecting whether a viewer is present around a display circuit displaying an image from a first detector that detects the first information;

a second acquiring circuit that acquires second information to be used for recognizing an instruction action to the image displayed by the display circuit from a second detector that detects the second information; and

a deciding circuit that decides a recognition method of the instruction action by using the second information, based on the first information acquired by the first acquiring circuit;

wherein

the deciding circuit includes

a detecting circuit that detects whether a viewer is present around the display circuit by using the first information acquired by the first acquiring circuit, and

a recognizing circuit that recognizes the instruction action by using the second information acquired by the second acquiring circuit,

the information processing device further comprises a display control circuit that controls the image displayed by the display circuit in accordance with a processing result by the deciding circuit, and

the deciding circuit further includes a load ratio setting circuit that sets a load ratio between processing of detecting whether the viewer is present around the display circuit and processing of recognizing the instruction action variably in accordance with a position of the viewer detected by the detecting circuit.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the deciding circuit further includes a determining circuit that determines whether recognition of the instruction action is executable in accordance with a position of the viewer detected by the detecting circuit.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the deciding circuit further includes a parameter setting circuit that sets a parameter to be used for recognizing the instruction action by the recognizing circuit variably in accordance with a position of the viewer detected by the detecting circuit.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein when the recognizing circuit recognizes the instruction action, even if the detecting circuit detects a new viewer around the display circuit, the display control circuit does not perform control of the image displayed by the display circuit in accordance with a position of the new viewer.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein when the recognizing circuit does not recognize the instruction action, the display control circuit performs brightness control of changing brightness of the image displayed by the display circuit in accordance with the position of the viewer detected by the detecting circuit.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the display circuit is an image projecting device that projects an image onto a projection target.

7. A system including a display device that displays an image, and an information processing device connected to the display device, comprising:

a first acquiring circuit that acquires first information to be used for detecting whether a viewer is present around the display device from a first detector that detects the first information;

a second acquiring circuit that acquires second information to be used for recognizing an instruction action to the image displayed by the display device from a second detector that detects the second information; and

a deciding circuit that decides a recognition method of the instruction action by using the second information, based on the first information acquired by the first acquiring circuit,

the deciding circuit includes

a detecting circuit that detects whether a viewer is present around the display device by using the first information acquired by the first acquiring circuit; and

a recognizing circuit that recognizes the instruction action by using the second information acquired by the second acquiring circuit,

the information processing device further comprises a display control circuit that controls the image displayed by the display device in accordance with a processing result by the deciding circuit, and

the deciding circuit further includes a load ratio setting circuit that sets a load ratio between processing of detecting whether the viewer is present around the display device and processing of recognizing the instruction action variably in accordance with a position of the viewer detected by the detecting circuit.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the deciding circuit further includes a determining circuit that determines whether recognition of the instruction action is executable in accordance with a position of the viewer detected by the detecting circuit.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the deciding circuit further includes a parameter setting circuit that sets a parameter to be used for recognizing the instruction action by the recognizing circuit variably in accordance with a position of the viewer detected by the detecting circuit.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein when the recognizing circuit recognizes the instruction action, even if the detecting circuit detects a new viewer around the display device, the display control circuit does not perform control of the image displayed by the display device in accordance with a position of the new viewer.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein when the recognizing circuit does not recognize the instruction action, the display control circuit performs brightness control of changing brightness of the image displayed by the display device in accordance with the position of the viewer detected by the detecting circuit.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein the display device is an image projecting device that projects an image onto a projection target.

13. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring, with a circuit, first information to be used for detecting whether a viewer is present around a display circuit displaying an image from a first detector that detects the first information;

acquiring, with the circuit, second information to be used for recognizing an instruction action to the image displayed by the display circuit from a second detector that detects the second information;

deciding, with the circuit, a recognition method of the instruction action by using the second information, based on the first information acquired at the acquiring of the first information;

detecting whether a viewer is present around the display circuit by using the first information acquired by the circuit;

recognizing the instruction action by using the second information acquired by the circuit;

controlling the image displayed by the display circuit in accordance with a processing result; and

setting a load ratio between processing of detecting whether the viewer is present around the display circuit and processing of recognizing the instruction action variably in accordance with a position of the viewer detected by the circuit.