DISPLAY DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20150043033A1
• Filed: 08/01/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: Sugimoto, Yasuaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,292,088 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/007 reproducing continuously a part of the information, i.e. repeating
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00129 with a display device, e.g. CRT or LCD monitor with a television apparatus H04N1/00283; arrangements for control of display devices G09G
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00472 using a pop-up window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0075 by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

Disclosed is a display device including: a display unit; a gaze detection unit configured to detect the user'"'"'s gaze; and a control unit configured to control a display of a series of images, wherein in case that the user removes the gaze while the series of images are sequentially displayed, the control unit obtains first information specifying a position of an image in the series of images, which is displayed when the user removes the gaze, and instructs the display unit to continue a dynamic display of the series of images, and then, in case that the user returns the gaze, the control unit makes a judgment as to whether the control unit executes a replay process from the position specified in the first information, and in case that the control unit judges that the control unit executes the replay process, the control unit executes the replay process.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a display unit;

a gaze detection unit configured to detect a gaze of a user who views the display unit; and

a control unit configured to control a display of a series of images on the display unit,

wherein in case that the gaze detection unit detects that the user who view the display unit removes the gaze from the display unit while the series of images are sequentially displayed on the display unit, the control unit obtains and stores first information specifying a position of an image in the series of images, which is displayed on the display unit when the gaze detection unit detects that the user removes the gaze, and instructs the display unit to continue a dynamic display of the series of images, and

then, in case that the gaze detection unit detects that the user returns the gaze to the display unit, the control unit makes a judgment as to whether the control unit executes a replay process for sequentially displaying the series of images from the position which is specified in the first information, and in case that the control unit judges that the control unit executes the replay process, the control unit executes the replay process.

2. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

an operating unit configured to receive an operation from the user,

wherein in case that a predetermined operation is received by the operating unit from the user, the control unit instructs the display unit to start the dynamic display of the series of images.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the predetermined operation includes an operation for instructing a window transition in case that the series of images are a plurality of windows to be transited in a fixed transit order, an operation for instructing an update of windows, and an operation for instructing a replay of a video in case that the series of images are the video.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein the control unit obtains and stores second information specifying a position of an image in the series of images, which is displayed on the display unit when the gaze detection unit detects that the user returns the gaze to the display unit, and

in the replay process, the control unit instructs the display unit to sequentially display only a section between the position specified in the first information and the position specified in the second information in the series of images.

5. The display device of claim 1, wherein the control unit makes the judgment in accordance with a period which elapses since the gaze detection unit detects that the user who views the display unit removes the gaze from the display unit until the gaze detection unit detects that the user returns the gaze to the display unit while the series of images are sequentially displayed.

6. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first information is at least one type of information among:

information which specifies the image displayed on the display unit when the user removes the gaze from the display unit;

information which specifies an object viewed by the user in the image which is displayed on the display unit just before the user removes the gaze from the display unit;

information which specifies a sound output with the image displayed on the display unit when the user removes the gaze from the display unit; and

time information which specifies time period elapsing since the dynamic display of the series of images is started until the user removes the gaze from the display unit.

7. The display device of claim 4, wherein the second information is at least one type of information among:

information which specifies the image displayed on the display unit when the user returns the gaze to the display unit;

information which specifies an object viewed by the user in the image which is displayed when the user returns the gaze to the display unit;

information which specifies a sound output with the image displayed on the display unit on the display unit when the user returns the gaze to the display unit; and

time information which specifies time period elapsing since the dynamic display of the series of images is started or since the user removes the gaze from the display unit until the user returns the gaze to the display unit.

8. The display device of claim 1 wherein the control unit makes the judgment in accordance with user'"'"'s selection, and as options for the user'"'"'s selection, the control unit provides at least two options among a first option for immediately executing the replay process, a second option for continuing a current display process and for subsequently executing the replay process, and a third option for continuing the current display process without executing the replay process.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program, wherein the program causes an information processing apparatus comprising a display unit and a gaze detection unit configured to detect a gaze of a user who views the display unit, to function as the display device of claim 1.

10. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

an image processing unit; and

the display device of claim 1,

wherein the display device displays a window for setting a job which is executed by the image processing unit.