Image display apparatus, image display method, storage medium, and monitoring system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9870726-B2
Application number	US-201414767822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2014
Priority date	Feb 22, 2013
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

A head-mounted display, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, an electronic book, or the like monitors conditions of the side of a power generation apparatus that charges a battery.
An image display apparatus includes a power generation information acquisition means for obtaining power generation information on a power storage amount, a power generation amount, and the like of a secondary battery in each power generation apparatus, appropriately processes the obtained information, and displays it to a user via a display unit. The user can check the power generation amount of the power generation apparatus and the power storage amount of the secondary battery without stopping the use of the image display apparatus. When a power storage amount of a battery in use is lowered, the user can properly judge with which of the power generation apparatuses the user should replace the battery.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image display apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
control display of an image on a display screen;
communicate with a left power generation apparatus and a right power generation apparatus installed in a shoe worn on a left foot and a shoe worn on a right foot of a human body, respectively,
wherein each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus generates electrical power based on an amount of exercise of each of the left foot and the right foot;
obtain first information on power generation from the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus;
convert the first information into second information based on a principle of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus to induce the electrical power;
determine a posture of the human body based on a difference between a power generation amount of each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus or an acceleration of each of the left foot and the right foot that is obtained based on the conversion of the power generation amount of each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus as the second information;
derive action-inducing information to induce an action to correct a deviation of the posture of the human body as third information; and
control the display screen to display the third information.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display screen is mounted on a head or face.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to combine a virtual image that expresses at least one of the first information or the second information with a real image that shows the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus and display the combined image.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to convert the power generation amount of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus included in the first information into the second information including a physical quantity utilized by the let power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus to induce the electrical power.

5. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to derive, based on at least one of the first information or the second information, the third information including control information to control the display screen or an external device.

6. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to derive, based on at least one of the first information or the second information, the third information including the action-inducing information to induce a user to take a particular action.

7. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display, on a left-hand side of the display screen, information on the amount of exercise of the left foot that is converted from the power generation amount of the left power generation apparatus for the shoe of the left foot and display, on a right-hand side of the display screen, information on the amount of exercise of the right foot that is converted from the power generation amount of the right power generation apparatus for the shoe of the right foot.

8. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus are installed in a foot fin mounted on each of the left foot or the right foot of a person who dives and generate electrical power based on a number of kicks of each of the left foot and the right foot, and
the circuitry is further configured to:
convert the power generation amount of each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus into a water flow, which serves as the second information, and
control the display screen to display the second information.

9. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus are installed on a body of a player who plays a competition, a judge, and a spectator, and generate electrical power based on a physical quantity generated in the body, and
the circuitry is further configured to derive one of a state of the player, the competition, or a playing field from a physical quantity obtained based on the conversion of the power generation amount of each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus.

10. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to derive, based on at least one of the first information or the second information, the third information including an image that is added to the image displayed on the display screen.

11. An image display method, comprising:
communicating with a left power generation apparatus and a right power generation apparatus installed in a shoe worn on a left foot and a shoe worn on a right foot of a human body, respectively,
wherein each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus generates electrical power based on an amount of exercise of each of the left foot and the right foot,
obtaining first information on power generation in the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus;
converting the first information into second information based on a principle of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus for inducing the electrical power;
determining a posture of the human body based on a difference between a power generation amount of each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus or an acceleration of each of the left foot and the right foot that is obtained based on the conversion the power generation amount of each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus as the second information;
deriving action-inducing information to induce an action to correct a deviation of the posture of the human body as third information; and
displaying the third information.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
displaying an image;
communicating with a left power generation apparatus and a right power generation apparatus installed in a shoe worn on a left foot and a shoe worn on a right foot of a human body, respectively,
wherein each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus generates electrical power based on an amount of exercise of each of the left foot and the right foot;
obtaining first information on power generation from the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus;
converting the first information into second information based on a principle of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus for inducing the electrical power;
determining a posture of the human body based on a difference between a power generation amount of each of the left power generation apparatus and the right power generation apparatus or an acceleration of each of the left foot and the right foot that is obtained based on the conversion the powe

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Yajima Masakazu
• Sako Yoichiro
• Hirabayashi Takayuki
• Ono Kouichirou
• Takeda Masashi
• Ono Akira

Classifications

• A61B5/4023

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• G06F3/011

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• G01M9/00

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• A61B2503/40

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• A61B5/4866

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