Image display system, display device, and image processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9626784-B2
Application number	US-201514635008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2015
Priority date	May 9, 2014
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

According to an embodiment, an image display system includes a first generator and a second generator. The first generator generates a first image which includes first text data representing at least a portion of text data and which is displayed by a first display device of stationary type. The second generator generates a second image which includes second text data representing at least a portion of the first text data and which is displayed by a second display device that is worn by a first user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image display system comprising:
a first generator to generate a first image which includes first text data representing at least a portion of text data and which is displayed by a first display device of stationary type; and
a second generator to generate a second image which includes second text data representing at least a portion of the first text data and which is displayed by a second display device to be worn by a first user; and
a display controller to perform control to display, on a display element included in a third display device which receives an operation for generating the first image and the second image, a third image which is formed by superimposing, on the first image, information indicating a range equivalent to the second text data in the first image.

2. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first extractor to extract the first text data from the text data;
a determiner to determine the maximum number of characters displayable in the second display device based on character size displayed by the second display device and resolution of the second display device; and
a second extractor to extract the second text data by extracting characters equal or smaller in number than the maximum number of characters from the first text data.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the determiner determines the maximum number of characters using association information in which the maximum number of characters is associated to each combination of the character size and the resolution of the second display device.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the determiner determines the character size according to field of view of the second display device, and determines the maximum number of characters corresponding to a combination of the determined character size and the resolution of the second display device.

5. The system according to claim 2 , wherein
the first generator generates the first image by converting the first text data, which is extracted by the first extractor, into an image, and
the second generator generates the second image by converting the second text data, which is extracted by the second extractor, into an image.

6. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the second generator
refers to layout information in which a layout is associated to each of a plurality of types of the maximum number of characters,
identifies the layout corresponding to the maximum number of characters determined by the determiner, and
changes the layout of the second text data, which is extracted by the second extractor, to the identified layout.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the second generator generates the second image by converting the second text data, which has been subjected to change in the layout, into an image.

8. The system according to claim 2 , wherein, in response to an operation performed by a second user, the first extractor determines a range to be extracted as the first text data from the text data.

9. The system according to claim 2 , wherein, according to character size displayed by the first display device, the first extractor determines a range to be extracted as the first text data from the text data.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the second display device includes
a second display element to display the second image,
a projector to project light which is emitted from the second display element and which includes information about the second image, and a combiner to pass external light coming from outside world but reflect light projected by the projector.

11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first text data has a greater number of characters than the second text data.

12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller further performs control to display, on the display element, a fourth image which is formed by superimposing a reduced form of the second image on the first image.

13. An image processing method comprising:
generating a first image which includes first text data representing at least a portion of text data and which is displayed in a first display device of stationary type; and
generating a second image which includes second text data representing at least a portion of the first text data and which is displayed on a second display device that is worn by a user; and
displaying, on a display element included in a third display device which receives an operation for generating the first image and the second image, a third image which is formed by superimposing, on the first image, information indicating a range equivalent to the second text data in the first image.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein
the third image is an image that is formed by superimposing the second image in a reduced form on a first image that includes the first text data.

15. An image display system comprising:
a first display device of stationary type to display a first image that includes first text data representing at least a portion of text data;
a second display device to be worn by a first user and to display a second image that includes second text data representing at least a portion of the first text data; and
a display controller to perform control to display, on a display element included in a third display device which receives an operation for generating the first image and the second image, a third image which is formed by superimposing, on the first image, information indicating a range equivalent to the second text data in the first image, the third image including a first area and a second area, wherein
the first area includes the first text data; and
the second area includes the second text data in a reduced form.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Kokojima Yoshiyuki
• Baba Masahiro

Classifications

• G09G2340/145

  related to small screens · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F3/1423 Primary

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

• G06T11/60 Primary

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• H04N9/3188

  Scale or resolution adjustment (scaling in general G06T3/40; resolution modifying circuits for displays in general G09G5/391) · CPC title