Image displaying system and apparatus for displaying images by changing the displayed images based on direction or direction changes of a displaying unit
First Claim
1. An image displaying system for displaying image, comprising:
- an image storing unit storing thereon the image;
a displaying unit operable to display the image, said displaying unit being carried by a user;
a photographing unit operable to photograph exterior as a plurality of photographed images, said photographing unit being carried with said displaying unit all together;
a travel distance computing unit operable to compute a travel distance of said displaying unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by said photographing unit at different times; and
a display control unit operable to change the image, which is different from photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by said travel distance computing unit and to causes said displaying unit to display the image, whereinsaid image storing unit associates change information for changing the image with the travel distance of said displaying unit;
said display control unit causes said displaying unit to display the changed image based on the change information on the image associated with the travel distance computed by said distance computing unit referring to said image storing unitsaid image storing unit stores an original image, of which the area is larger than that of each of the images photographable by the photographing unit, and further stores a position in the original image as the change information, andsaid display control unit identifies the position in the original image based on change of direction of said displaying unit by referring to said image storing unit, trims the image from the original image so that the trimmed image is displayed on said displaying unit, and causes said displaying unit to display the image;
wherein said travel distance computing unit detects a mode of movement of said displaying unit, the mode including a translational mode and a rotational mode, and said travel distance computing unit computes a travel distance corresponding to the detected mode of movement,wherein said travel distance computing unit detects distance to each of a plurality of subjects included in the photographed images, and detects the mode of movement of said displaying unit using the detected distance and the travel distance.
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Abstract
An image displaying system for displaying an image operable to change a displayed image according to a direction of a image displaying apparatus, including: an image storing unit storing thereon the image; a displaying unit operable to display the image, the displaying unit being carried by a user; a photographing unit operable to photograph exterior as a plurality of photographed images, the photographing unit being carried with the displaying unit all together; a travel distance computing unit operable to compute a travel distance of the displaying unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by the photographing unit at different times; and a display control unit operable to change the image, which is different from the photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by the travel distance computing unit and to causes the displaying unit to display the image.
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45 Claims
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1. An image displaying system for displaying image, comprising:
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an image storing unit storing thereon the image; a displaying unit operable to display the image, said displaying unit being carried by a user; a photographing unit operable to photograph exterior as a plurality of photographed images, said photographing unit being carried with said displaying unit all together; a travel distance computing unit operable to compute a travel distance of said displaying unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by said photographing unit at different times; and a display control unit operable to change the image, which is different from photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by said travel distance computing unit and to causes said displaying unit to display the image, wherein said image storing unit associates change information for changing the image with the travel distance of said displaying unit; said display control unit causes said displaying unit to display the changed image based on the change information on the image associated with the travel distance computed by said distance computing unit referring to said image storing unit said image storing unit stores an original image, of which the area is larger than that of each of the images photographable by the photographing unit, and further stores a position in the original image as the change information, and said display control unit identifies the position in the original image based on change of direction of said displaying unit by referring to said image storing unit, trims the image from the original image so that the trimmed image is displayed on said displaying unit, and causes said displaying unit to display the image; wherein said travel distance computing unit detects a mode of movement of said displaying unit, the mode including a translational mode and a rotational mode, and said travel distance computing unit computes a travel distance corresponding to the detected mode of movement, wherein said travel distance computing unit detects distance to each of a plurality of subjects included in the photographed images, and detects the mode of movement of said displaying unit using the detected distance and the travel distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An image displaying apparatus operable to display an image, the image displaying apparatus being carried by a user, comprising:
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a displaying unit operable to display the image; a photographing unit operable to photograph exterior as a plurality of photographed images, said photographing unit being carried with said displaying unit all together; a travel distance computing unit operable to compute a travel distance of said displaying unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by said photographing unit at different times; an original image generation unit operable to generate an original image, of which the area is larger than that of each of the images photographable by the photographing unit; and a display control unit operable to change the image, which is different from the photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by said travel distance computing unit and to cause said displaying unit to display the image, said display control unit identifying the position in the original image based on change of direction of said displaying unit by referring to said original image generating unit, trims the image from the original image so that the trimmed image is displayed on said displaying unit, and causes said displaying unit to display the image, wherein said travel distance computing unit detects a mode of movement of said displaying unit, the mode including a translational mode and a rotational mode, and said travel distance computing unit computes a travel distance corresponding to the detected mode of movement, wherein said travel distance computing unit detects distance to each of a plurality of subjects included in the photographed images, and detects the mode of movement of said displaying unit using the detected distance and the travel distance. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a plurality of machine executable instructions for controlling an image displaying apparatus operable to display an image, the image displaying apparatus being carried by a user, when executed by a machine, the machine executable instructions causing the image displaying apparatus to:
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display the image on a displaying unit; photograph a plurality of images of exterior using a photographing unit, said photographing unit being carried with said displaying unit all together; compute a travel distance of said displaying unit using a travel distance computing unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by said photographing unit at different times; generate an original image, of which the area is larger than that of each of the images photographable by the photographing unit; change the image, which is different from the photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by said travel distance computing unit, and cause said displaying unit to displaying the image; identify the position in the original image based on change of direction of said displaying unit by referring to said original image generating unit; trim the image from the original image so that the trimmed image is displayed on said displaying unit; and cause said displaying unit to display the image, wherein computing the travel distance comprises detecting a mode of movement of said displaying unit, the mode including a translational mode and a rotational mode, and said travel distance computing step comprises computing a travel distance corresponding to the detected mode of movement, wherein said travel distance computing unit detects distance to each of a plurality of subjects included in the photographed images, and detects the mode of movement of said displaying unit using the detected distance and the travel distance.
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23. An image displaying system for displaying image, comprising:
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an image storing unit storing thereon the image; a displaying unit operable to display the image, said displaying unit being carried by a user; a photographing unit operable to photograph exterior as a plurality of photographed images, said photographing unit being carried with said displaying unit all together; a travel distance computing unit operable to compute a travel distance of said displaying unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by said photographing unit at different times; and a display control unit operable to change the image, which is different from photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by said travel distance computing unit and to causes said displaying unit to display the image, wherein said image storing unit associates change information for changing the image with the travel distance of said displaying unit; said display control unit causes said displaying unit to display the changed image based on the change information on the image associated with the travel distance computed by said distance computing unit referring to said image storing unit said image storing unit stores an original image, of which the area is larger than that of each of the images photographable by the photographing unit, and further stores a position in the original image as the change information, and said display control unit identifies the position in the original image based on change of direction of said displaying unit by referring to said image storing unit, trims the image from the original image so that the trimmed image is displayed on said displaying unit, and causes said displaying unit to display the image; wherein said travel distance computing unit detects a mode of movement of said displaying unit, the mode including a translational mode and a rotational mode, and said travel distance computing unit computes a travel distance corresponding to the detected mode of movement, wherein said travel distance computing unit computes, as the travel distance, a movement of one or more subjects, of which a detected distance from the photographing unit to the one or more subjects is smaller than a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An image displaying apparatus operable to display an image, the image displaying apparatus being carried by a user, comprising:
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a displaying unit operable to display the image; a photographing unit operable to photograph exterior as a plurality of photographed images, said photographing unit being carried with said displaying unit all together; a travel distance computing unit operable to compute a travel distance of said displaying unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by said photographing unit at different times; an original image generation unit operable to generate an original image, of which the area is larger than that of each of the images photographable by the photographing unit; and a display control unit operable to change the image, which is different from the photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by said travel distance computing unit and to cause said displaying unit to display the image, said display control unit identifying the position in the original image based on change of direction of said displaying unit by referring to said original image generating unit, trims the image from the original image so that the trimmed image is displayed on said displaying unit, and causes said displaying unit to display the image, wherein said travel distance computing unit detects a mode of movement of said displaying unit, the mode including a translational mode and a rotational mode, and said travel distance computing unit computes a travel distance corresponding to the detected mode of movement, wherein said travel distance computing unit computes, as the travel distance, a movement of one or more subjects, of which a detected distance from the photographing unit to the one or more subjects is smaller than a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a plurality of machine executable instructions for controlling an image displaying apparatus operable to display an image, the image displaying apparatus being carried by a user, when executed by a machine, the machine executable instructions causing the image displaying apparatus to:
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display the image on a displaying unit; photograph a plurality of images of exterior using a photographing unit, said photographing unit being carried with said displaying unit all together; compute a travel distance of said displaying unit using a travel distance computing unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by said photographing unit at different times; generate an original image, of which the area is larger than that of each of the images photographable by the photographing unit; change the image, which is different from the photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by said travel distance computing unit, and cause said displaying unit to displaying the image; identify the position in the original image based on change of direction of said displaying unit by referring to said original image generating unit; trim the image from the original image so that the trimmed image is displayed on said displaying unit; and cause said displaying unit to display the image, wherein computing the travel distance comprises detecting a mode of movement of said displaying unit, the mode including a translational mode and a rotational mode, and said travel distance computing step comprises computing a travel distance corresponding to the detected mode of movement, wherein said travel distance computing unit computes, as the travel distance, a movement of one or more subjects, of which a detected distance from the photographing unit to the one or more subjects distance is smaller than a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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Specification