Display control system, information processing apparatus, and computer-readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024362434-A1
Application number	US-202418645171-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 24, 2024
Priority date	Apr 26, 2023
Publication date	Oct 31, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display control system includes a first wireless device attached to a management target and storing first identification information for identifying the management target, a second wireless device installed at a predetermined position and storing second identification information, a reading apparatus, at least one processor, and at least one memory. The processor and memory are configured to estimate a located position of the management target based on reading results of the first identification information at a first reading time and the second identification information at a second reading time and cause a display apparatus to display an estimated area within which the management target is estimated to be located based on the located position. A magnitude of the estimated area is based on an amount of movement of the reading apparatus between the first reading time and the second reading time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display control system comprising:
a first wireless device configured to be attached to a management target that is movable in a real space, the first wireless device storing first identification information for identifying the management target; a second wireless device configured to be installed at a predetermined position in the real space, the second wireless device storing specific second identification information; a reading apparatus that is capable of reading, from the first wireless device and the second wireless device, identification information stored in either the first wireless device or the second wireless device; at least one processor; and at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are configured to: estimate a located position of the management target based on a result of reading the first identification information from the first wireless device at a first reading time by the reading apparatus and a result of reading the second identification information from the second wireless device at a second reading time by the reading apparatus, and cause a display apparatus to display an estimated area within which the management target is estimated to be located in the real space based on the located position, wherein a magnitude of the estimated area is based on an amount of movement of the reading apparatus between the first reading time and the second reading time.

2 . The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein the estimated area is determined based on the located position and an estimation error that depends on the amount of movement.

3 . The display control system according to claim 2 , wherein the estimated area is determined further based on a reading range of the reading apparatus.

4 . The display control system according to claim 3 , wherein the estimation error is derived by multiplying the amount of movement by a predetermined coefficient, and
the estimated area is defined using a radius that depends on a sum of the reading range and the estimation error with the located position as a center.

5 . The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are configured to cause the display apparatus to display the estimated area in such a manner that a display object representing the estimated area is superimposed on a map image based on map data associated with the real space.

6 . The display control system according to claim 5 , wherein the map data includes data that defines a boundary position of a plurality of sections set in the real space, and
the estimated area is determined based on the located position, an estimation error that depends on the amount of movement, and the data.

7 . The display control system according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of sections are sections divided from one another by blocking objects that block wireless signals.

8 . The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are configured to determine a display mode of a display object indicating the estimated area based on an elapsed time from the first reading time.

9 . The display control system according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are configured to determine a display color of the display object to be a first color when the elapsed time from the first reading time is smaller than a reference value, and determine the display color of the display object to be a second color that is different from the first color when the elapsed time from the first reading time is larger than the reference value.

10 . The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of movement of the reading apparatus between the first reading time and the second reading time is a cumulative amount of movement along a movement path of the reading apparatus.

11 . The display control system according to claim 10 , wherein the reading apparatus is configured to periodically measure an amount of movement of the reading apparatus, and
the cumulative amount of movement is derived by summing absolute values of amounts of movement in multiple measurement periods between the first reading time and the second reading time.

12 . The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein the management target is an item located in the real space or a user that acts in the real space.

13 . The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are configured to:
estimate located positions of a plurality of management targets that are movable in the real space, cause the display apparatus to display a list of the plurality of management targets, and cause the display apparatus to display a first estimated area within which a first management target is estimated to be located in the real space in a case where the first management target is designated by a user from among the plurality of management targets.

14 . The display control system according to claim 13 , wherein the real space is regularly segmented into a plurality of coordinate regions, and
the list of the plurality of management targets is a list of management targets that are estimated, by the at least one processor and the at least one memory, to be located in a coordinate region designated by the user from among the plurality of coordinate regions.

15 . An information processing apparatus for causing a display apparatus to display position information of a management target that is movable in a real space,
wherein a first wireless device that stores first identification information for identifying the management target is configured to be attached to the management target, and a second wireless device that stores specific second identification information is configured to be installed at predetermined position in the real space, the information processing apparatus comprising: a communication interface configured to communicate with a reading apparatus capable of reading, from a wireless device, identification information stored in the wireless device; at least one processor; and at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are configured to: estimate a located position of the management target based on a result of reading the first identification information from the first wireless device at a first reading time by the reading apparatus and a result of reading the second identification information from the second wireless device at a second reading time by the reading apparatus, and cause the display apparatus to display an estimated area within which the management target is estimated to be located in the real space based on the estimated located position, wherein a magnitude of the estimated area is based on an amount of movement of the reading apparatus between the first reading time and the second reading time.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to perform operations for causing a display apparatus to display position information of a management target that is movable in a real space, wherein a first wireless device that stores first identification information for identifying the management target is configured to be attached to the management target, and a second wireless device that stores specific

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Nakajima Yuki
• Shimura Yasuhiro
• Kitamura Toshifumi
• Takase Junna
• Tomioka Yasuhiro

Classifications

• G06F3/1423

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · 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

• G06K17/0022 Primary

  arrangements or provisions for transferring data to distant stations, e.g. from a sensing device ("transfer between computer elements G06F13/00 "; data-transmission H04L) · CPC title

• G01S5/0295

  Proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals · CPC title

• G01S5/0284

  Relative positioning · CPC title