Display device having three-dimensional display function

• US 9,467,683 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2012
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Ueno, Yasuhiro, Tanabe, Shigeki
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V
• Application Number:
  US13/590,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20130050202A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,512 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/30 Image reproducers optical systems for producing stereoscopic or other three-dimensional effects G02B30/00

Abstract

According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting, and a control unit. The display unit has a display surface and is configured to three-dimensionally display a display object in a space on a back face side of the display surface. The detecting unit detects an action of an object in the space on the back face side. When the detecting unit detects a predetermined action of the object in the space on the back face side, the control unit changes the display object in the space on the back face side according to the predetermined action.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display that has a display surface and is configured to three-dimensionally display a display object in a space on a back face side of the display surface;

a detector for detecting an action of an object in the space on the back face side; and

a processor for changing, when the detector detects a predetermined action of the object in the space on the back face side, the display object in the space on the back face side according to the predetermined action, wherein

the detector is configured to detect a state, in which the object is located at a position in contact with the display object, for a longer period of time than a predetermined time,

the processor is configured to change, after the state is detected, the display object in the space according to the action of the object, and

when the movement of the object to the inside of the display object becomes undetectable after starting to change the display object and before elapse of the predetermined time, the processor is configured to display a reverse change to return the changed display object to its original state.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the detector is configured to detect a further state in which the display object is located between a first object and a second object, and

the processor is configured to change the display object when the further state is detected.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the detector is configured to detect a further state in which the display object is located between a first object and a second object for a longer period of time than a predetermined time, and

the processor is configured to change the display object when the further state is detected.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the detector is configured to detect a further state in which the display object is located between a first object and a second object and a distance between the first object and the second object is not increased for a longer period of time than a predetermined time, and

the processor is configured to change the display object when the further state is detected.

5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the detector is configured to detect a further state in which the display object is located between a first object and a second object and thereafter at least one of the first object and the second object is moved, and a distance between the first object and the second object is not increased for a longer period of time than a predetermined time, and

the processor is configured to start to change the display object at a time of detecting the movement of said at least one of the first object and the second object.

6. The display device according to claim 5, wherein, when it is detected that the display object is located between the first object and the second object and thereafter at least one of the first object and the second object is moved, and the distance between the first object and the second object is increased before the elapse of the predetermined time,

the processor is configured to display a reverse change to return the changed display object to its original state.

7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the detector is configured to detect the action of the object through detection of capacitance.

8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the detector is configured to detect the action of the object through detection of either one of visible light and invisible light.