Image control method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10372297-B2
Application number	US-201715585325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2017
Priority date	May 11, 2016
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

An image control method includes referencing a first storage section where selection option information, for which a selection operation is received on a display device, is stored in association with a selection timing, and a second storage section where detection information, detected by a detection device that detects at least one of a state of a area at which the display device is disposed or a state of a user, is stored in association with detection time information; and identifying an item of selection option information stored at the first storage section in association with a timing that corresponds to the time information stored at the second storage section in association with detection information indicating a predetermined state; and effecting control so as to display the identified item of selection option information on the display device using a different display mode from that of other displayed selection option information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image control method, comprising:
receiving, using a display device displaying a plurality of items of selection option information, a selection operation by a user of an item of the selection option information, and storing, in a first storage section, the selected item of the selection option information in association with a timing at which the selection operation for the selection option information is receive;
detecting, using a detection device, detection information indicating at least one of a state of an area at which the display device is disposed or a state of a user present in the area at which the display device is disposed, and storing, in a second storage section, the detection information in association with time information indicating a time at which the detection information is detected;
extracting, by a processor, from the second storage section, time information that is associated with detection information indicating that at least one of the area or the user is in a predetermined state;
identifying, by the processor, an item of the selection option information stored at the first storage section in association with a timing that corresponds to the time information stored at the second storage section;
associating, by the processor, a change timing with the identified item of the selection option information, and storing the identified item of the selection option information and the associated change timing in a third storage section;
determining, by the processor, whether the change timing of any of the plurality of items of the selection option information displayed on the display device has arrived, by referencing the third storage section; and
effecting control by the processor so as to display, on the display device, the item of the selection option information having the change timing associated therewith determined to have arrived, using a different display mode from that of other displayed items of the selection option information.

2. The image control method of claim 1 , wherein the detection information includes at least one of acoustic pressure in the area, a pulse rate of the user, speech content of the user, movement of the user, or position information on the user.

3. The image control method of claim 2 , further comprising, when identifying the item of the selection option information:
in a case in which the detection information is the acoustic pressure in the area, identifying an item of the selection option information for which a selection operation is received at a timing corresponding to time information indicating a time at which acoustic pressure of a specific value or greater is detected;
in a case in which the detection information is the pulse rate of the user, identifying an item of the selection option information for which a selection operation is received at a timing corresponding to time information indicating a time at which a pulse rate of a specific value or greater is detected;
in a case in which the detection information is the speech content of the user, identifying an item of the selection option information for which a selection operation is received at a timing corresponding to time information indicating a time at which speech containing a predetermined keyword is detected;
in a case in which the detection information is the movement of the user, identifying an item of the selection option information for which a selection operation is received at a timing corresponding to time information indicating a time at which movement greater than a predetermined magnitude is detected; and
in a case in which the detection information is the position information on the user, identifying an item of the selection option information for which a selection operation is received at a timing corresponding to time information indicating a time at which a user position, movement path, or movement speed satisfying a specific condition is detected.

4. The image control method of claim 1 , wherein the item of the selection option information displayed using a different display mode from that of the other displayed items of the selection option information is displayed using a display mode that has greater visibility than that of the other displayed items of the selection option information.

5. The image control method of claim 1 , wherein:
a goal of a workshop held using the plurality of items of selection option information, or an attribute of a user group holding the workshop, is stored respectively in association with the selection option information and the timing stored at the first storage section, and in association with the detection information and the time information stored at the second storage section; and
when displaying the plurality of items of selection option information on the display device, the selection option information and the timing stored at the first storage section in association with the goal of the workshop held using the plurality of items of selection option information, or in association with the user group holding the workshop, and the detection information and the time information stored at the second storage section, are referenced to identify the item of the selection option information to be displayed using a different display mode from that of the other displayed items of the selection option information.

6. The image control method of claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which there is a plurality of items of the selection option information to be displayed using a different display mode from that of the other displayed items of the selection option information:
a timing that makes the display mode differ from that of the other displayed items of the selection option information is set so as to be the same timing for each of the plurality of items of the selection option information to be displayed using a different display mode; or
timings are set so as to differ from each other according to the timings at which selection operations are respectively received for the plurality of items of the selection option information to be displayed using a different display mode.

7. The image control method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a graphic representation of a relationship between the detection information and the time information on a display device.

8. The image control method of claim 1 , wherein the other displayed items of the selection option information are respectively displayed so as to move in an up-down direction or a left-right direction on the display device, and the item of the selection option information displayed using a different display mode from that of the other displayed items of the selection option information is displayed in a stationary state, is displayed so as to move in an opposite direction to the direction in which the other displayed items of the selection option information are moving, or is displayed so as to move in a direction intersecting the direction in which the other displayed items of the selection option information are moving.

9. The image control method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying, on another display device, the selection option information for which a selection operation on the display device is received.

10. An image control device, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
receive, using a display device displaying a plurality of items of selection option information, a selection operation by a user of an item of the selection option information, and store, in a first storage section, the selected item of the selection option information in association with a timing at which the selection operati

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Nishiyama Soichi
• Sugimura Hiroaki
• Fujiki Ken
• Hirozumi Hajime

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• G06Q30/0203

  Market surveys; Market polls · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title