IP Library Granted Patent US 9,161,024
Granted Patent B2
US 9,161,024 · App. 14/125,525 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Display device, display control method, and program

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Patent No.
US 9,161,024
App. No.
14/125,525
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a telephone communication signal reception antenna that receives radio waves utilized in telephone communication; a reception intensity measurement unit that measures an intensity of the radio waves received by the communication signal reception antenna; a determination unit that determines, based on the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit, a display mode that displays an image at a display unit by using a representation method which is predetermined associated with the intensity of the radio waves; and a display control unit that controls the display unit based on the display mode determined by the determination unit.

Claims (47)

1. A display device comprising:

a telephone communication signal reception antenna that receives radio waves utilized in telephone communication;

a reception intensity measurement unit that measures an intensity of the radio waves received by the communication signal reception antenna;

a determination unit that determines, based on the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit, a display mode that displays an image at a display unit by using a representation method which is predetermined associated with the intensity of the radio waves; and

a display control unit that controls the display unit based on the display mode determined by the determination unit,

wherein the display unit comprises:

a two-dimensional display part that displays a two-dimensional image; and

a three-dimensional display part that displays a three-dimensional image; and

wherein the determination unit determines the display mode to be one of:

a display mode that displays a three-dimensional image by utilizing the three-dimensional display part if the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined display dimension determination threshold, and

a display mode that displays a two-dimensional image by utilizing the two-dimensional display part if the intensity is less than the display dimension determination threshold.

2. A display device comprising:

a telephone communication signal reception antenna that receives radio waves utilized in telephone communication;

a reception intensity measurement unit that measures an intensity of the radio waves received by the communication signal reception antenna;

a display control unit that controls the display unit based on the display mode determined by the determination unit; and

a determination unit that determines, based on the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit, a display mode that displays an image at a display unit by using a representation method which is predetermined associated with the intensity of the radio waves, wherein the determination unit determines the display mode to be one of:

a display mode that displays an image with higher one of two resolutions that have a gap between them if the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined resolution determination threshold, and

a display mode that displays an image with lower one of the two resolutions if the intensity is less than the resolution determination threshold.

3. A display device comprising:

a telephone communication signal reception antenna that receives radio waves utilized in telephone communication;

a reception intensity measurement unit that measures an intensity of the radio waves received by the communication signal reception antenna;

a display control unit that controls the display unit based on the display mode determined by the determination unit; and

a determination unit that determines, based on the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit, a display mode that displays an image at a display unit by using a representation method which is predetermined associated with the intensity of the radio waves, wherein the determination unit determines the display mode to be one of:

a display mode that displays an image with higher one of two frame rates that have a gap between them if the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined frame rate determination threshold, and

a display mode that displays an image with lower one of the two frame rates if the intensity is less than the frame rate determination threshold.

4. A display control method comprising:

a step that receives radio waves utilized in telephone communication;

a step that measures an intensity of the received radio waves;

a step that determines, based on the intensity of the measured radio waves, a display mode that displays an image at a display unit by using a representation method which is predetermined associated with the intensity of the radio waves; and

a step that controls the display unit based on the determined display mode,

wherein the display unit comprises:

a two-dimensional display part that displays a two-dimensional image; and

a three-dimensional display part that displays a three-dimensional image; and

wherein the determining step determines the display mode to be one of:

a display mode that displays a three-dimensional image by utilizing the three-dimensional display part if the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined display dimension determination threshold, and

a display mode that displays a two-dimensional image by utilizing the two-dimensional display part if the intensity is less than the display dimension determination threshold.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program utilized to make a computer function as:

a device that receives radio waves utilized in telephone communication;

a device that measures an intensity of the received radio waves;

a device that determines, based on the intensity of the measured radio waves, a display mode that displays an image at a display unit by using a representation method which is predetermined associated with the intensity of the radio waves; and

a device that controls the display unit based on the determined display mode,

wherein the display unit comprises:

a two-dimensional display part that displays a two-dimensional image; and

a three-dimensional display part that displays a three-dimensional image; and

wherein the determination device determines the display mode to be one of:

a display mode that displays a three-dimensional image by utilizing the three-dimensional display part if the intensity of the radio waves measured by the reception intensity measurement unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined display dimension determination threshold, and

a display mode that displays a two-dimensional image by utilizing the two-dimensional display part if the intensity is less than the display dimension determination threshold.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2014
From: SAWADA, MASAKI
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 031987/0102 →