Display control apparatus, display control method, and program

• US 9,805,390 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2012
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Okazaki, Tomohiko, Kohno, Michinari, Kobori, Yoichi, Tanaka, Yoshiki, Nobori, Fujio, Hosoki, Mitsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Amini, Javid A
• Application Number:
  US13/467,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20120306911A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,001 Days
• Field of Search: 345625
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address

Abstract

According to an illustrative embodiment, a display control method is provided. The method includes defining at least one clipping region, within an image to be displayed, according to detected object information, and defining clipping region content for displaying in the clipping region.

Claims

1. A display control method, comprising:

in a display control apparatus;

displaying a first image on a display screen;

detecting at least one object from a second image captured by an imaging apparatus;

identifying a region, that is occupied by a third image of the at least one object, within the displayed first image;

comparing an area of the identified region with a threshold value;

setting the identified region as a clipping region based on the comparison;

defining clipping region content; and

displaying the defined clipping region content in the clipping region on the display screen.

2. The display control method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first image is a still image.

3. The display control method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first image is a dynamic image.

4. The display control method as recited in claim 1, further comprising displaying the first image with the clipping region content.

5. The display control method as recited in claim 1, wherein the captured second image is an image corresponding to a display direction of the display screen.

6. The display control method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one object is detected based on face detection on the captured second image.

7. The display control method as recited in claim 1, further comprising detecting object information indicating a number of the at least one object.

8. The display control method as recited in claim 1, wherein the clipping region content is advertisement content.

9. The display control method as recited in claim 1, further comprising detecting object information indicating that at least one object is one of a male person or a female person.

10. The display control method as recited in claim 9, wherein the detected object information further includes information indicating an age group of a person.

11. The display control method as recited in claim 1, further comprising detecting object information indicating a size of the at least one object.

12. The display control method as recited in claim 1, wherein the clipping region content is related to the at least one object.

13. The display control method as recited in claim 1, further comprising changing the clipping region content based on a size of the clipping region.

14. The display control method as recited in claim 1, further comprising changing the clipping region content based on a distance between the at least one object and the display screen.

17. The display control method as recited in claim 1, further comprising detecting object information indicating a distance of the at least one object from the display screen.

18. The display control method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

comparing an amount of movement of the at least one object with a reference amount of movement; and

setting the identified region as the clipping region based on the comparison of the amount of movement with the reference amount of movement.

15. A display control apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

control a display screen to display a first image;

detect at least one object from a second image captured by an imaging apparatus;

identify a region, that is occupied by a third image of at least one object, within the displayed first image;

compare an area of the identified region with a threshold value;

set the identified region as a clipping region based on the comparison;

define clipping region content; and

control the display screen to further display the defined clipping region content in the clipping region.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

displaying a first image on a display screen;

detecting at least one object from a second image captured by an imaging apparatus;

identifying a region, that is occupied by a third image of the at least one object, within the displayed first image;

comparing an area of the identified region with a threshold value;

setting the identified region as a clipping region based on the comparison;

defining clipping region content; and

displaying the defined clipping region content in the clipping region on the display screen.