Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9275608-B2
Application number	US-201213532885-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2012
Priority date	Jun 28, 2011
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit and a control unit. The display unit stereoscopically displays a display object. When a movement of an object is detected in a three-dimensional space where the display object is stereoscopically displayed, the control unit for changes the display object in the three-dimensional space according to the movement of the object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a display unit for stereoscopically displaying a display object in a three-dimensional space;
a detecting unit for detecting an actual object in a three-dimensional space where the display object is stereoscopically displayed; and
a control unit for changing, when a movement of the actual object is detected in the three-dimensional space, a display form of the same display object according to the movement of the actual object and a type of the display object,
wherein
the detecting unit is configured to detect a state in which the actual object moves continuously from outside of the display object to inside thereof for a longer period of time than a predetermined time,
the control unit is configured to start changing the display object from when the movement of the actual object to the inside of the display object is detected, and
the control unit is configured to display, when the movement of the actual object to the inside of the display object becomes undetectable before the predetermined time elapses and after the display object is started to change, a reverse change such that the change of the display object is returned to its original state.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit is configured to display the reverse change in a shorter time than a time taken by the change.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit is configured to change the display object by moving or rotating the display object or by combining the movement and the rotation with a movement of the actual object.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit is configured to change the display object by deforming the display object with a movement of the actual object.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the detecting unit includes an imaging unit for photographing an image of the actual object.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the detecting unit includes a touch sensor for detecting a capacitance of the actual object.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the detecting unit includes an imaging unit for photographing an image of the actual object and a touch sensor for detecting a capacitance of the actual object, and
the control unit is configured to use a weighted average of a detection result via the imaging unit and a detection result via the touch sensor to specify the location of the actual object.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the type of the display object is any one selected from the group consisting of a rigid body, an elastic body, a plastic body, liquid, gas, and an aggregate.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit is configured to change the display object according to a speed of the actual object in the movement of the actual object.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the display unit is further configured to display a bottom surface in the three-dimensional space, the bottom surface supporting the display object, and
the control unit is configured to change the display object while the display object is being supported by the bottom surface.

Assignees

• Ueno Yasuhiro
• Tanabe Shigeki
• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Ueno Yasuhiro
• Tanabe Shigeki

Classifications

• G06F3/04815

  Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3D], e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• H04N13/0275

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/044

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• H04N13/00

  Stereoscopic video systems; Multi-view video systems; Details thereof · CPC title