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US 10,757,375 · App. 16/301,660 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Display control device and display control method, display device, and moving body device

Inventors: Kazuma Yoshii (Tokyo, JP); Yoshinori Nasada (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Takehiko Tahira (Kanagawa, JP); Sho Tanaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,757,375
App. No.
16/301,660
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device includes: a detection unit that detects a condition of a moving body; and a control unit that controls a display mode of a display unit having a transmissive mode in which a landscape outside the moving body is displayed on at least a part of a display screen, on the basis of a detection result of the detection unit. The display unit has the transmissive mode and a non-transmissive mode in which a content movie is displayed by superimposing the content movie onto at least a part of the landscape outside the moving body or on the entire display screen, and the control unit sets the display unit to either the transmissive mode or the non-transmissive mode according to a detection result of the detection unit.

Claims (81)

1. A display control device, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

detect a current position of a moving body; and

control a display mode of a display screen based on the detected current position that is within a specific range from a user target position, wherein

an inner wall surface of the moving body comprises the display screen,

the display screen comprises a window, and

the display mode is one of a transmissive mode or a non-transmissive mode; and

control an opening operation of the window and a closing operation of the window, wherein

in the transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a landscape outside the moving body on at least a part of the display screen,

the landscape outside the moving body is displayed based on one of the opening operation of the window or the closing operation of the window,

in the non-transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a content movie superimposed on at least a part of the landscape outside the moving body, and

the landscape outside the moving body is displayed on an entire display screen.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to set the display mode to one of the transmissive mode or the non-transmissive mode based on the detected current position of the moving body.

3. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to switch the window between a transmissive state and a non-transmissive state,

light is transmitted in the transmissive state,

the light is blocked in the non-transmissive state,

in the transmissive mode,

the window is in the transmissive state, and

the landscape outside the moving body is visible, and in the non-transmissive mode,

at least a part of the window is in the non-transmissive state.

4. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

a camera is mounted on the moving body,

in the transmissive mode,

the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a specific movie of the landscape outside the moving body,

the camera captures the specific movie of the landscape outside the moving body, and

the captured specific movie corresponds to a frame of the window, and in the non-transmissive mode,

the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display the content movie superimposed on one of at least a part of an inside area of the frame of the window or on an entire inside area of the frame of the window.

5. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

acquire information associated with the current position of the moving body; and

switch the display screen between the transmissive mode and the non-transmissive mode based on the information associated with the current position of the moving body.

6. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

acquire information associated with at least one of conditions inside the moving body, conditions outside the moving body, or a surrounding environment of the moving body; and

switch between the transmissive mode and the non-transmissive mode based on the at least one of the conditions inside the moving body, the conditions outside the moving body, or the surrounding environment of the moving body.

7. The display control device according to claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

detect a traffic congestion outside the moving body; and

switch the display screen between the non-transmissive mode and the transmissive mode based on the detected traffic congestion.

8. The display control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to prohibit the opening operation of the window and the closing operation of the window in the transmissive mode.

9. The display control device according to claim 4 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to adjust the displayed specific movie within the frame of the window, and

the displayed specific movie is adjusted in conjunction with a position of the window in the transmissive mode.

10. A display control method, comprising:

detecting a current position of a moving body; and

controlling a display mode of a display screen based on the detected current position that is within a specific range from a user target position, wherein

an inner wall surface of the moving body comprises the display screen,

the display screen comprises a window, and

the display mode is one of a transmissive mode or a non-transmissive mode; and

controlling an opening operation of the window and a closing operation of the window, wherein

in the transmissive mode, controlling the display screen to display a landscape outside the moving body on at least a part of the display screen,

the landscape outside the moving body is displayed based on one of the opening operation of the window or the closing operation of the window,

in the non-transmissive mode, controlling the display screen to display a content movie superimposed on at least a part of the landscape outside the moving body, and

the landscape outside the moving body is displayed on an entire display screen.

11. A display device, comprising:

a display screen on a moving body; and

circuitry configured to:

detect a current position of the moving body; and

control a display mode of the display screen based on the detected current position that is within a specific range from a user target position, wherein

an inner wall surface of the moving body comprises the display screen,

the display screen comprises a window, and

the display mode is one of a transmissive mode or a non-transmissive mode; and

control an opening operation of the window and a closing operation of the window, wherein

in the transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a landscape outside the moving body on at least a part of the display screen,

the landscape outside the moving body is displayed based on one of the opening operation of the window or the closing operation of the window,

in the non-transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a content movie superimposed on at least a part of the landscape outside the moving body, and

the landscape outside the moving body is displayed on an entire display screen.

12. A moving body device, comprising:

a moving body;

a display screen; and

circuitry configured to:

detect a current position of the moving body; and

control a display mode of the display screen based on the detected current position of the moving body that is within a specific range from a user target position, wherein

an inner wall surface of the moving body comprises the display screen,

the display screen comprises a window, and

the display mode is one of a transmissive mode or a non-transmissive mode; and

control an opening operation of the window and a closing operation of the window, wherein

in the transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a landscape outside the moving body on at least a part of the display screen,

the landscape outside the moving body is displayed based on one of the opening operation of the window or the closing operation of the window,

in the non-transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a content movie superimposed on at least a part of the landscape outside the moving body, and

the landscape outside the moving body is displayed on an entire display screen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2018
From: YOSHII, KAZUMA; NASADA, YOSHINORI; NAGATA, KOJI; TAHIRA, TAKEHIKO; TANAKA, SHO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047503/0893 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-110877 · Jun 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190124301A1 · Apr 25, 2019
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