Display device and display method

1. A display device comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image;

a dominant hand information acquisition unit configured to acquire dominant hand information indicating the dominant hand of an operator;

an operation detection unit configured to detect designated positions on the display unit that are respectively designated by the index finger and the middle finger of the dominant hand of the operator;

an operation analysis unit configured to, when the operation detection unit detects that the two designated positions are moving in parallel in a first region of the display unit, (i) narrow down candidates for the position at which the operator has participated, based on a direction of movement of the two designated positions and the dominant hand information, (ii) determine the position at which the operator has participated, based on a direction of arrangement of the two designated positions and the dominant hand information, and (iii) determine a position of a second region newly generated in the first region and a display direction of an image displayed in the second region, based on the determined position at which the operator has participated; and

a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display an image in the second region, according to the position of the second region and the display direction of the image displayed in the second region determined by the operation analysis unit.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the operation analysis unit is configured to, based on a direction of arrangement and the direction of movement of the two designated positions, estimate a direction in which the operator is located as seen from the display device, and determine the direction as the display direction of the image displayed in the second region.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the operation analysis unit is configured to, based on a direction of arrangement and the direction of movement of the two designated positions, estimate a direction in which the operator is located as seen from the display device, and determine, as the position of the second region, whichever of the regions formed by the first region being split by a line corresponding to a trajectory of the designated positions is closest to the operator.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display control unit is configured to display an image displayed in the first region, in a third region that is located within the first region and is not included in the second region, and to display an image for the operator in the second region.

5. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the display control unit is configured to determine a direction matching the display direction of the image displayed in the first region as a display direction of the image displayed in the third region.

6. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the display control unit is configured to display, in at least one of the second region and the third region, the image displayed in the first region.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the operation analysis unit is configured to, when it is detected that the two designated positions are moving in parallel in the first region, determine a position of the second region and a display direction of an image displayed in the second region, based on the two designated positions and a direction of arrangement and the direction of movement of the two designated positions.

8. A display method in a display device including a display unit configured to display an image, the method comprising:

acquiring dominant hand information indicating the dominant hand of an operator;

detecting designated positions on the display unit that are respectively designated by the index finger and the middle finger of the dominant hand of the operator;

when it is detected in the detecting that the two designated positions are moving in parallel in a first region of the display unit, (i) narrowing down candidates for the position at which the operator has participated, based on a direction of movement of the two designated positions and the dominant hand information, (ii) determining the position at which the operator has participated, based on a direction of arrangement of the two designated positions and the dominant hand information, and (iii) determining a position of a second region newly generated in the first region and a display direction of an image displayed in the second region, based on the determined position at which the operator has participated; and

controlling the display unit to display an image in the second region, according to the position of the second region and the display direction of the image displayed in the second region determined in the determining (iii).

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for use in a computer, the recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon for causing the computer to execute the display method according to claim 8 .

10. A display device comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image;

an operation detection unit configured to detect designated positions on the display unit that are respectively designated by the index finger and the middle finger of the right hand of an operator;

an operation analysis unit configured to, when the operation detection unit detects that the two designated positions are moving in parallel in a first region of the display unit, narrow down candidates for the position at which the operator has participated, based on a direction of movement of the two designated positions, and when the left designated position of the two designated positions, viewed from a candidate for the position at which the operator has participated, is closer to the candidate than the right designated position is, determine the candidate to be the position at which the operator has participated, and determine a position of a second region newly generated in the first region and a display direction of an image displayed in the second region, based on the determined position at which the operator has participated; and

a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display an image in the second region, according to the position of the second region and the display direction of the image displayed in the second region determined by the operation analysis unit.

11. A display device comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image;

an operation detection unit configured to detect designated positions on the display unit that are respectively designated by the index finger and the middle finger of the left hand of an operator;

an operation analysis unit configured to, when the operation detection unit detects that the two designated positions are moving in parallel in a first region of the display unit, narrow down candidates for the position at which the operator has participated, based on a direction of movement of the two designated positions, and when the right designated position of the two designated positions, viewed from a candidate for the position at which the operator has participated, is closer to the candidate than the left designated position is, determine the candidate to be the position at which the operator has participated, and determine a position of a second region newly generated in the first region and a display direction of an image displayed in the second region, based on the determined position at which the operator has participated; and

a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display an image in the second region, according to the position of the second region and the display direction of the image displayed in the second region determined by the operation analysis unit.