Information display device, distribution device, information display method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

• US 9,984,390 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2015
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Japan Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo Japan Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Daisuke, Suzuki, Tatsuaki, Takada, Kensuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Luis A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Andrei, Radu
• Application Number:
  US14/800,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20160018987A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• Field of Search: 705 141, 705 1424, 705 1425, 705 1458, 705 1449, 713176, 382100, 382106
• 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: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/02 Affine transformations for image registration G06T3/147; for image mosaicing G06T3/4038
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk

Abstract

According to one aspect of an embodiment, an information display device includes a display unit configured to display first content in a region which accounts for a predetermined proportion of a display region and displays second content in another region. The information display device includes a detection unit configured to detect an inclination of the information display device. The information display device includes a change unit configured to change the proportion of the region in which the first content is displayed and the proportion of the region in which the second content is displayed in the display region, depending on the detection result of the detection unit.

Claims

1. An information display device, which is a smart device, the information display device comprising:

a touch panel display;

a sensor configured to measure an inclination angle of the information display device with respect to a level of a ground; and

a processor operatively coupled with a memory, the processor being programmed to;

display a first display region inside of a touch panel display screen of the information display device, and arrange a second display region adjacent to the first display region outside of the touch panel display screen;

arrange;

(i) a web content in the first display region, and (ii) an advertisement content in the second display region;

measure, by the sensor, an inclination angle of the information display device;

regardless of a touch input to the touch panel display screen when the measured inclination angle of the information display device changes from a predetermined angle, gradually change an area ratio of the first display region to the second display region displayed in the touch panel display screen by sliding the first display region and the second display region without changing the scale size of the web content and the advertisement content;

slide down or slide up the advertisement content from an edge of the touch panel display screen based on the gradual change of the area ratio of the first display region to the second display region displayed in the touch panel display screen; and

display, in the touch panel display screen, the advertisement content based on the changing area ratio of the first display region to the second display region in the touch panel display screen.

2. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to change the area ratio of the region in which the first content is displayed and the area ratio of the region in which the second content is displayed, depending on the inclination angle of the information display device.

3. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein, when the inclination angle of the information display device exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the processor is programmed to change the area ratio of each region to the display region until the entire second content is displayed.

4. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein, when the inclination angle of the information display device exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the processor is programmed to change the area ratio of each region to the display region until the second content is displayed in the entire display region.

5. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein, when the inclination angle of the information display device exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the processor is programmed to fix the area ratio of the region in which the first content is displayed to the display region and the area ratio of the region in which the second content is displayed to the display region.

6. The information display device according to claim 5, wherein, the processor is programmed to display the second content that changes to a landing page of an advertiser of the second content when the area ratio of each region in the display region is fixed and the second content is selected.

7. The information display device according to claim 5, wherein the processor is programmed to display the second content that changes to content corresponding to the content of an operation that is performed when the area ratio of each region to the display region is fixed.

8. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to move a position of the region in which the first content is displayed and a position of the region in which the second content is displayed based on the inclination angle of the information display device.

9. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to change a position of the region in which the first content is displayed and a position of the region in which the second content is displayed based on an inclination direction of the information display device.

10. The information display device according to claim 9, wherein, when the information display device is inclined in a predetermined direction, the processor is programmed to change the position of the region in which the first content is displayed and the position of the region in which the second content is displayed.

11. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to set the entire display region as the region in which the first content is displayed when the inclination of the information display device is not detected or when the information display device receives the first content.

12. A distribution device comprising:

a processor configured to distribute control information for controlling a display mode of web content and advertisement content to an information display device, which is a smart device, the information display device including a touch panel display, and a sensor configured to measure an inclination angle of the information display device with respect to a level ground, the control information causing the information display device to perform a process, the process including;

displaying a first display region inside of a touch panel display screen of the information display device, and arranging a second display region adjacent to the first display region outside of the touch panel display screen;

arranging;

(i) the web content in the first display region, and (ii) the advertisement content in the second display region;

measuring, by the sensor, an inclination angle of the information display device;

regardless of a touch input to the touch panel display screen when the measured inclination angle of the information display device changes from a predetermined angle, gradually changing an area ratio of the first display region to the second display region displayed in the touch panel display screen by sliding the first display region and the second display region without changing the scale size of the web content and the advertisement content;

sliding down or sliding up the advertisement content from an edge of the touch panel display screen based on the gradual change of the area ratio of the first display region to the second display region displayed in the touch panel display screen; and

displaying, in the touch panel display screen, the advertisement content based on the changing area ratio of the first display region to the second display region in the touch panel display.

13. An information display method that is performed by an information display device, which is a smart device, the information display device including a touch panel display, and a sensor configured to measure an inclination angle of the information display device with respect to a level ground, the information display method comprising:

a display and arrange step of displaying a first display region inside of a touch panel display screen of the information display device, and arranging a second display region adjacent to the first display region outside of the touch panel display screen;

an arrange step of arranging;

(i) a web content in the first display region, and (ii) a advertisement content in the second display region;

a measure step of measuring, by the sensor, an inclination angle of the information display device;

a change step of, regardless of a touch input to the touch panel display screen when the measured inclination angle of the information display device changes from a predetermined angle, gradually changing an area ratio of the first display region to the second display region displayed in the touch panel display screen by sliding the first display region and the second display region without changing the scale size of the web content and the advertisement content;

a sliding step of sliding down or sliding up the advertisement content from an edge of the touch panel display screen based on the gradual change of the area ratio of the first display region to the second display region displayed in the touch panel display screen; and

a display step of displaying, in the touch panel display screen, the advertisement content based on the changing area ratio of the first display region to the second display region in the touch panel display screen.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein an information display program that causes a computer to perform a process comprising:

displaying a first display region inside of a touch panel display screen of a touch panel display of an information display device, which is a smart device, and arranging a second display region adjacent to the first display region outside of the touch panel display screen;

arranging;

(i) a web content in the first display region, and (ii) an advertisement content in the second display region;

measuring, by the sensor, an inclination angle of the information display device;

regardless of a touch input to the touch panel display screen when the measured inclination angle of the information display device changes from a predetermined angle, gradually changing an area ratio of the first display region to the second display region displayed in the touch panel display screen by sliding the first display region and the second display region without changing the scale size of the web content and the advertisement content;

sliding down or sliding up the advertisement content from an edge of the touch panel display screen based on the gradual change of the area ratio of the first display region to the second display region displayed in the touch panel display screen; and

displaying, in the touch panel display screen, the advertisement content based on the changing area ratio of the first display region to the second display region in the touch panel display screen.