Method for controlling information display apparatus, and information display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017102783-A1
Application number	US-201615277417-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 27, 2016
Priority date	Oct 8, 2015
Publication date	Apr 13, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a method for controlling an information display apparatus that displays information on a display seen by a plurality of users, a feeling of a first user among the plurality of users is estimated on the basis of a physical value obtained from a sensor, it is determined, using the obtained physical value or the estimated feeling, whether to display the estimated feeling, and the display is controlled in accordance with a result of the determination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for controlling an information display apparatus that displays information on a display seen by a plurality of users, the method comprising:
estimating a feeling of a first user among the plurality of users on the basis of a physical value obtained from a sensor; determining, using the obtained physical value or the estimated feeling, whether to display the estimated feeling; and controlling the display in accordance with a result of the determining.

2 . The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the determining, it is determined whether the first user is looking at the display, and wherein, in the controlling, (a) if it is determined that the first user is looking at the display, the estimated feeling is not displayed, and (b) if it is determined that the first user is not looking at the display, the estimated feeling is displayed.

3 . The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the determining, a frequency according to the obtained physical value or the estimated feeling is set as a display frequency, and wherein, in the controlling, the estimated feeling is displayed at the frequency set in the determining.

4 . The method according to claim 3 ,
wherein, in the determining, a higher display frequency is set as intensity of the estimated feeling becomes higher.

5 . The method according to claim 3 ,
wherein, in the determining, it is determined whether the estimated feeling is a feeling determined in advance not to be displayed on the display, and wherein, in the controlling, the feeling determined in advance not to be displayed on the display is not displayed.

6 . The method according to claim 3 ,
wherein, in the determining, the estimated feeling is displayed in advance to the first user, and an instruction by the first user, as to whether to display the feeling displayed in advance to the first user, is received and wherein, in the controlling, the display is controlled in accordance with the instruction by the first user.

7 . The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the determining, it is determined whether or not the number of users included in an image obtained by a camera as the sensor is three or more, and wherein, if it is determined that the number of users included in the image is three or more, the estimated feeling is displayed.

8 . The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the estimating, arousal, surprise, pleasure, comfort, carefreeness, drowsiness, boredom, sadness, disgust, irritation, anger, scare, or calmness is estimated as the feeling of the first user on the basis of an image including a face of the first user obtained by a camera as the sensor.

9 . The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first user is a driver of a vehicle, wherein the plurality of users other than the first user are not passengers of the vehicle, and wherein, in the estimating, irritation or anger of the driver is estimated.

10 . The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first user is a user of a toilet located inside the toilet, wherein the plurality of users other than the first user are persons waiting outside the toilet to use the toilet, and wherein, in the estimating, discomfort or carefreeness of the user is estimated.

11 . The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first user is a person waiting outside a toilet to use the toilet, wherein the plurality of users other than the first user are users of toilets located inside the toilets, and wherein, in the estimating, discomfort or irritation of the person waiting outside the toilet is estimated.

12 . The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, at least one of the estimating, the determining and the controlling is performed by a processor.

13 . An information display apparatus that displays information on a display seen by a plurality of users, the information display apparatus comprising;
a feeling estimator that estimates a feeling of a first user among the plurality of users on the basis of a physical value obtained from a sensor; a determiner that determines, using the obtained physical value or the estimated feeling, whether to display the estimated feeling; and a display controller that controls the display in accordance with a result of the determination.

14 . The information display apparatus according to claim 13 ,
wherein, at least one of the feeling estimator, the determiner and the display controller includes a processor.

15 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a program for controlling a computer that displays information on a display seen by a plurality of users, the program causing the computer to execute:
estimating a feeling of a first user among the plurality of users on the basis of a physical value obtained from a sensor; determining, using the obtained physical value or the estimated feeling, whether to display the estimated feeling; and controlling the display in accordance with a result of the determining.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Corp America

Inventors

• Shikii Shinichi
• Kusukame Koichi
• Uchida Shinji
• Itoh Tatsuo
• Yoneda Aki
• Silawan Nawatt

Classifications

• G06F3/0304 Primary

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