Presentation system, presentation apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium

• US 9,740,291 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Morikawa, Takeshi, Ozawa, Kaitaku, Minami, Takeshi, Sakiyama, Daisuke, Anezaki, Kazuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Nabi, Reza
• Application Number:
  US13/530,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20130019178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,887 Days
• Field of Search: 715731, 715730, 715862, 715863, 725 10- 12
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• 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: G09B 5/08 providing for individual presentation of information to a plurality of student stations

Abstract

A presentation system includes the following: a reception unit that receives a start instruction to start a presentation, a detection unit that starts detecting a gesture of a presenter in response to the start instruction, and a control unit that controls an operation for distributing presentation material, based on a detail of detection of the gesture.

Claims

1. A presentation system for controlling the distribution of presentation materials, the system comprising:

an image capturing apparatus for capturing an image of a presenter;

a processor configured to;

receive a start instruction to start a presentation;

detect an orientation of a face of the presenter using the image capturing apparatus and at the same time detect a distribution gesture of the presenter using the image capturing apparatus,

based on a detected orientation of the face of the presenter, determine a distribution destination of the presentation material;

based on the detected distribution gesture of the presenter, determine what presentation material is to be distributed; and

control an operation for distributing the presentation material determined to be distributed to the determined distribution destination.

2. The presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the processor distributes the presentation material to a listener terminal on condition that the orientation of the face is a first orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a listener, the listener terminal being a terminal of the listener;

and

wherein the processor distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

3. The presentation system according to claim 2, wherein

on condition that a first gesture is detected by the processor, the processor distributes data of all pages of material specified from among the presentation material, to the listener terminal.

4. The presentation system according to claim 3, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material, and

in a case where the first gesture is detected, if the main material is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, the processor distributes data of all pages of the main material to the listener terminal, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes data of all pages of the supplementary material to the listener terminal.

5. The presentation system according to claim 2, wherein

on condition that a second gesture is detected by the processor, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the presentation material, data of a page that is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, to the listener terminal.

6. The presentation system according to claim 5, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material, and

in a case where the second gesture is detected, if the main material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the main material, data of a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the listener terminal, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the supplementary material, data of a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the listener terminal.

7. The presentation system according to claim 2, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material,

in a case where a third gesture is detected by the processor, if the main material is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, the processor distributes entirety of the supplementary material to the listener terminal, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes entirety of the main material to the listener terminal.

8. The presentation system according to claim 1, wherein

the processor distributes the presentation material to a display output unit on condition that the orientation of the face is a second orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a display surface on which an image output from the display output unit is displayed, and

wherein the processor distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

9. The presentation system according to claim 8, wherein

on condition that a fourth gesture is detected by the detection unit, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the presentation material, data of a page next to a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the display output unit.

10. The presentation system according to claim 8, wherein

on condition that a fifth gesture is detected by the detection unit, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the presentation material, data of a page previous to a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the display output unit.

11. The presentation system according to claim 8, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material, and

in a case where a sixth gesture is detected by the detection unit, if the main material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes the supplementary material to the display output unit, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes the main material to the display output unit.

12. The presentation system according to claim 1, wherein

the processor determines material to be distributed, based on the detail of detection.

13. The presentation system according to claim 12, wherein

the control unit determines whether main material or supplementary material is to be used as the material to be distributed, based on the detail of detection.

14. The presentation system according to claim 1, wherein

the processor determines a distribution target page of material to be distributed, based on the detail of detection.

15. The presentation system according to claim 14, wherein

the control unit determines whether all pages of the material to be distributed or part of the pages of the material to be distributed is to be used as the distribution target page, based on the detail of detection.

16. The presentation system according to claim 7, wherein

the processor determines whether a page next to a page that is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, or a page previous to the page displayed on the display surface is to be used as the distribution target page, based on the detail of detection.

17. The presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the processor detects a hand or an arm of the presenter as the distribution gesture.

18. A presentation apparatus for controlling the distribution of presentation materials, the system comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive a start instruction to start a presentation;

detect an orientation of a face of the presenter and at the same time detect a distribution gesture of the presenter,

based on a detected orientation of the face of the presenter, determine a distribution destination of the presentation material;

based on the detected distribution gesture of the presenter, determine what presentation material is to be distributed; and

control an operation for distributing the presentation material determined to be distributed to the determined distribution destination.

19. The presentation apparatus according to claim 18, wherein

the processor distributes the presentation material to a listener terminal on condition that the orientation of the face is a first orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a listener, the listener terminal being a terminal of the listener;

and

wherein the processor distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

20. The presentation apparatus according to claim 19, wherein

on condition that a first gesture is detected by the processor, the processor distributes data of all pages of material specified from among the presentation material, to the listener terminal.

21. The presentation apparatus according to claim 20, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material, and

in a case where the first gesture is detected, if the main material is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, the processor distributes data of all pages of the main material to the listener terminal, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes data of all pages of the supplementary material to the listener terminal.

22. The presentation apparatus according to claim 19, wherein

on condition that a second gesture is detected by the processor, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the presentation material, data of a page that is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, to the listener terminal.

23. The presentation apparatus according to claim 22, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material, and

in a case where the second gesture is detected, if the main material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the main material, data of a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the listener terminal, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the supplementary material, data of a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the listener terminal.

24. The presentation apparatus according to claim 19, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material,

in a case where a third gesture is detected by the processor, if the main material is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, the processor distributes entirety of the supplementary material to the listener terminal, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes entirety of the main material to the listener terminal.

25. The presentation apparatus according to claim 18, wherein

the processor distributes the presentation material to a display output unit on condition that the orientation of the face is a second orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a display surface on which an image output from the display output unit is displayed, and

wherein the processor distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

26. The presentation apparatus according to claim 25, wherein

on condition that a fourth gesture is detected by the detection unit, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the presentation material, data of a page next to a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the display output unit.

27. The presentation apparatus according to claim 25, wherein

on condition that a fifth gesture is detected by the detection unit, the processor distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the presentation material, data of a page previous to a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the display output unit.

28. The presentation apparatus according to claim 25, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material, and

in a case where a sixth gesture is detected by the detection unit, if the main material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes the supplementary material to the display output unit, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes the main material to the display output unit.

29. The presentation apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the processor detects a hand or an arm of the presenter as the distribution gesture.

30. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

receiving a start instruction to start a presentation;

detect an orientation of a face of a presenter using the image capturing apparatus and at the same time detect a distribution gesture of the presenter using the image capturing apparatus,

based on a detected orientation of the face of the presenter, determine a distribution destination of the presentation material;

based on the detected distribution gesture of the presenter, determine what presentation material is to be distributed; and

control an operation for distributing the presentation material determined to be distributed to the determined distribution destination.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 30, wherein

the computer distributes the presentation material to a listener terminal on condition that the orientation of the face is a first orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a listener, the listener terminal being a terminal of the listener;

and

wherein the computer distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

32. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 31, wherein

on condition that a first gesture is detected by the computer, the computer distributes data of all pages of material specified from among the presentation material, to the listener terminal.

33. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 32, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material, and

in a case where the first gesture is detected, if the main material is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, the computer distributes data of all pages of the main material to the listener terminal, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the computer distributes data of all pages of the supplementary material to the listener terminal.

34. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 31, wherein

on condition that a second gesture is detected by the computer, the computer distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the presentation material, data of a page that is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, to the listener terminal.

35. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 34, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material, and

in a case where the second gesture is detected, if the main material is displayed on the display surface, the computer distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the main material, data of a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the listener terminal, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the computer distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the supplementary material, data of a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the listener terminal.

36. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 31, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material,

in a case where a third gesture is detected by the computer, if the main material is displayed on a display surface on which an image output from a display output unit is displayed, the computer distributes entirety of the supplementary material to the listener terminal, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the processor distributes entirety of the main material to the listener terminal.

37. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 30, wherein

the computer distributes the presentation material to a display output unit on condition that the orientation of the face is a second orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a display surface on which an image output from the display output unit is displayed, and

wherein the computer distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

38. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 37, wherein

on condition that a fourth gesture is detected by the detection unit, the computer distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the presentation material, data of a page next to a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the display output unit.

39. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 37, wherein

on condition that a fifth gesture is detected by the detection unit, the computer distributes, from among a plurality of pages of the presentation material, data of a page previous to a page that is displayed on the display surface, to the display output unit.

40. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 37, wherein

the presentation material includes main material and supplementary material, and

in a case where a sixth gesture is detected by the detection unit, if the main material is displayed on the display surface, the computer distributes the supplementary material to the display output unit, and if the supplementary material is displayed on the display surface, the computer distributes the main material to the display output unit.

41. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 30, wherein the processor detects a hand or an arm of the presenter as the distribution gesture.

42. A presentation system for controlling the distribution of presentation materials, the system comprising:

an image capturing apparatus for capturing an image of a presenter;

a processor configured to;

receive a start instruction to start a presentation;

detect an orientation of a face of a presenter using the image capturing apparatus, and at the same time, detect a distribution gesture of the presenter using the image capturing apparatus;

based on a detected orientation of the face of the presenter, determine a distribution destination for the presentation material;

based on the detected orientation of the face of the presenter and the detected distribution gesture of the presenter, determine what presentation material is to be distributed; and

control an operation for distributing the presentation material determined to be distributed to the determined distribution destination.

43. The presentation system according to claim 42, wherein the processor distributes the presentation material to a listener terminal on condition that the orientation of the face is a first orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a listener, the listener terminal being a terminal of the listener;

and

wherein the processor distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

44. The presentation system according to claim 42, wherein

the processor distributes the presentation material to a display output unit on condition that the orientation of the face is a second orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a display surface on which an image output from the display output unit is displayed, and

wherein the processor distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

45. The presentation system according to claim 42, wherein the processor detects a hand or an arm of the presenter as the distribution gesture.

46. A presentation apparatus for controlling the distribution of presentation materials, the system comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive a start instruction to start a presentation;

detect an orientation of a face of a presenter, and at the same time, detect a distribution gesture of the presenter;

based on a detected orientation of the face of the presenter, determine a distribution destination for the presentation material;

based on the detected orientation of the face of the presenter and the detected distribution gesture of the presenter, determine what presentation material is to be distributed; and

control an operation for distributing the presentation material determined to be distributed to the determined distribution destination.

47. The presentation apparatus according to claim 46, wherein

the processor distributes the presentation material to a listener terminal on condition that the orientation of the face is a first orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a listener, the listener terminal being a terminal of the listener;

and

wherein the processor distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

48. The presentation apparatus according to claim 46, wherein

the processor distributes the presentation material to a display output unit on condition that the orientation of the face is a second orientation that is directed from a position where the presenter is present toward a display surface on which an image output from the display output unit is displayed, and

wherein the processor distributes a different type of data of the presentation material for each type of the distribution gesture.

49. The presentation apparatus according to claim 46, wherein the processor detects a hand or an arm of the presenter as the distribution gesture.

50. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

an image capturing apparatus for capturing an image of a presenter;

a processor configured to;

receive a start instruction to start a presentation;

detect an orientation of a face of a presenter sing the image capturing apparatus, and at the same time, detect a distribution gesture of the presenter using the image capturing apparatus;

based on a detected orientation of the face of the presenter, determine a distribution destination for the presentation material;

based on the detected orientation of the face of the presenter and the detected distribution gesture of the presenter, determine what presentation material is to be distributed; and

control an operation for distributing the presentation material determined to be distributed to the determined distribution destination.