Apparatus and method for display control, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11727896-B2
Application number	US-202117449965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2021
Priority date	Oct 19, 2020
Publication date	Aug 15, 2023
Grant date	Aug 15, 2023

Abstract

An apparatus, a method, and a control program stored in a non-transitory recording medium, for controlling display, each of which: displays one or more contents in a displayable area of a display, in response to an operation received from a first user; determines a part of the displayable area hidden by the first user, as a blind spot area for a second user, the second user locating farther from the display than the first user; detects a written content written in the blind spot area; determines at least one related content related to the written content that is detected, from the one or more contents displayed on the display; and controls the display to display the written content written in the blind spot area, and the related content related to the written content, in a part of the displayable area other than the blind spot area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for controlling display, comprising circuitry configured to:
display one or more contents in a displayable area of a display, in response to an operation received from a first user;
determine a part of the displayable area hidden by the first user, as a blind spot area for a second user, the second user locating farther from the display than the first user;
detect a written content written in the blind spot area;
determine at least one related content related to the written content that is detected, from the one or more contents displayed on the display; and
control the display to display the written content and the related content in the blind spot area and in a part of the displayable area other than the blind spot area.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
determine whether an area of any of the one or more contents overlaps an area of the written content written in the blind spot area, and
determine, as the related content, at least one particular content having the area that at least partially overlaps the area of the written content written in the blind spot area.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
determine, as the related content, at least one particular content that is displayed within a preset distance from the written content written in the blind spot area.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
determine, as the related content, at least one particular content that was written within a preset time period from a time when the written content was written in the blind spot area.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
start displaying the written content and the related content in the part of the displayable area other than the blind spot area, in response to determination of the related content.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
display the written content written in the blind spot area, in the part of the displayable area other than the blind spot area, during a time period when the related content related to the written content has not been determined, and
display the written content in the blind spot area, and the related content, in the part of the displayable area other than the blind spot area, in response to determination of the related content.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
detect a location of the first user and a location of the second user, and
determine the blind spot area, based on the detected location of the first user and the detected location of the second user.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to
determine the blind spot area, based on a part of the displayable area of the display that receives the operation from the first user.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , Wherein the one or more contents displayed in the displayable area of the display include at least one of a written content previously written by the first user or an image previously attached by the first user.

10. A method for controlling display, the method comprising:
displaying one or more contents in a displayable area of a display, in response to an operation received from a first user;
determining a part of the displayable area hidden by the first user, as a blind spot area for a second user, the second user locating farther from the display than the first user;
detecting a written content written in the blind spot area;
determining at least one related content related to the written content that is detected, from the one or more contents displayed on the display; and
controlling the display to display the written content and the related content in the blind spot area and in a part of the displayable area other than the blind spot area.

11. A non-transitory recording medium which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform a method for controlling display, comprising:
displaying one or more contents in a displayable area of a display, in response to an operation received from a first user;
determining a part of the displayable area hidden by the first user, as a blind spot area for a second user, the second user locating farther from the display than the first user;
detecting a written content written in the blind spot area;
determining at least one related content related to the written content that is detected, from the one or more contents displayed on the display; and
controlling the display to display the written content and the related content in the blind spot area and in a part of the displayable area other than the blind spot area.

Assignees

• Ozaki Hiroki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ozaki Hiroki

Classifications

• G09G5/14 Primary

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• G09G2340/0464

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• G09G2354/00

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• G06F3/03545

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