Information processing device, display control method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9678342-B2
Application number	US-201314407722-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	Oct 1, 2012
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus includes a user action state obtaining circuit configured to obtain an action state of a user; and a display control circuit configured to control a display to modify display information based on the action state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a user action state obtaining circuit configured to obtain an action state of a user;
a display control circuit configured to control a display to modify first information based on the action state; and
a priority setting circuit configured to set a priority of at least one category of information based on the action state,
wherein the priority setting circuit is further configured to change the priority of the at least one category of the information based on a determination that the action state, which relates to a movement speed of the user has changed.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control circuit is further configured to modify attributes of the first information based on the action state.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display circuit is further configured to modify at least one of a font size or location of the first information based on the action state.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority setting circuit is further configured to set the priority of a plurality of categories of the information based on the action state.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the priority setting circuit is further configured to set the priority of the plurality of categories of the information including at least one of advertising information, social information, news information, or traffic information.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the user action state obtaining circuit is further configured to obtain the action state of the user as at least one of working, relaxing, riding a train, riding a car, riding a bicycle, walking, or running.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the user action state obtaining circuit is further configured to determine the action state of the user based on location data.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the user action state obtaining circuit is further configured to determine the action state of the user based on data from at least one of an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an attention determining circuit configured to determine a degree of attention the user pays to the first information based on detection of gaze direction of the user and duration of gaze at the first information, wherein the priority setting circuit is further configured to set the priority of the at least one category of the information based on the degree of attention.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority setting circuit is further configured to set the priority of the at least one category of the information based on a number of times information in the at least one category of the information is viewed by the user.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority setting circuit is further configured to set the priority of the at least one category of the information based on a location of the user.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control circuit is further configured to control the display to display second information received from an external source.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the display control circuit is further configured to control the display to display the second information including advertising information.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an eyeglass frame onto which is mounted the display control circuit and the user action state obtaining circuit;
a display mounted in the eyeglass frame and configured to display images generated by the display control circuit;
an imaging device mounted on the eyeglass frame and configured to generate images; and
an object recognition circuit configured to recognize objects in the images generated by the imaging device.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the display control circuit is further configured to modify display of the first information such that the first information is displayed concurrently with the objects in the images.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the display control circuit is further configured to modify display of the first information such that the first information is associated with one of the objects in the images.

17. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control circuit is further configured to modify at least one of transparency, color, or depth of the first information based on the action state.

18. A method, comprising:
obtaining an action state of a user;
controlling a display, using a processor, to modify first information based on the action state; and
setting, using the processor, a priority of at least one category of information based on the action state,
wherein the priority of the at least one category of the information is changed based on a determination that the action state, which relates to a movement speed of the user has changed.

19. A non-transitory computer: readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining an action state of a user;
controlling a display, using the processor, to modify first information based on the action state; and
setting, using the processor, a priority of at least one category of information based on the action state,
wherein the priority of the at least one category of the information is changed based on a determination that the action state, which relates to a movement speed of the user has changed.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Kazuyuki
• Noda Takuro
• Miyawaki Tetsuyuki
• Suzuki Kenji

Classifications

• H04M2250/12

  including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion · CPC title

• H04M1/72586

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72572

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• G06F3/0346

  with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors · CPC title