IP Library Granted Patent US 11,423,863
Granted Patent B2
US 11,423,863 · App. 17/060,931 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Takayoshi Saita (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G09G5/10H04N5/58G09G2320/0626G09G2360/144
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Patent No.
US 11,423,863
App. No.
17/060,931
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to perform control to display, in the air, a first image that is observable in an ambient area of the first image and hinders a different image displayed in the air in a first area from being viewed from a second area. The first area is positioned on a first side of the first image. The first side faces a specific observer. The second area is positioned on a second side of the first image opposite to the first side. The processor is configured to perform control to display, in the air in the first area, a second image observable in an ambient area of the second image.

Claims (50)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

perform control to display, in the air, a first image that is observable from opposite sides within an ambient area of the first image and the first image hinders a different image displayed in the air on a first side of the first image from being viewed from a second side of the first image, the first side facing a specific observer; and

perform control to display, in the air on the first side, a second image observable in an ambient area of the second image,

wherein the second image includes a third image in which an object to be observed by the specific observer is formed and a fourth image to improve visibility of the third image, the fourth image being positioned between the first image and the second image.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first image comprises an image hindering the second image from being viewed from the second side of the first image.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first image has luminance higher than luminance of the second image.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fourth image has luminance higher than luminance of the third image.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first image has a plate like shape.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein in response to an operation performed by the specific observer for preparing the first image, the processor performs control to display the first image having a first angle with respect to a horizontal plane, the first angle allowing the second image to be hidden in the first side of the first image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first image and the second image each have a plate like shape.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor

performs control to display the first image having a first angle with respect to a horizontal plane, the first angle allowing the second image to be hidden in the first side of the first image, and

performs control to display the second image having a second angle with respect to the horizontal plane, the second angle allowing the second image to be hidden in the first side of the first image.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein in response to an operation performed by the specific observer for allowing a different observer to view the second image, the processor performs control to display the first image having an angle smaller than the first angle with respect to the horizontal plane and the second image having an angle smaller than the second angle with respect to the horizontal plane.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein when the processor displays the first image and the second image, the processor performs limitation on displaying of an object that is formed in the second image and that is to be observed by the specific observer.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein in response to an operation performed by at least one of the specific observer and the different observer for viewing by the different observer, the processor cancels the limitation on the displaying of the object that is formed in the second image and that is to be observed by the specific observer.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein when the processor displays the second image, the processor performs control to display the object facing the different observer, the object being formed in the second image and being to be observed by the specific observer.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein in response to an operation performed by the specific observer for allowing a different observer to view the second image, the processor performs control to display the second image in the air in the second side of the first image.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

performing control to display, in the air, a first image that is observable from opposite sides within an ambient area of the first image and the first image hinders a different image displayed in the air on a first side of the first image from being viewed from a second side of the first image, the first side facing a specific observer; and

performing control to display, in the air on the first side, a second image observable in an ambient area of the second image,

wherein the second image includes a third image in which an object to be observed by the specific observer is formed and a fourth image to improve visibility of the third image, the fourth image being positioned between the first image and the second image.

15. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

perform control to display, in the air, a first image that is observable from opposite sides within an ambient area of the first image and the first image hinders a different image displayed in the air on a first side of the first image from being viewed from a second side of the first image, the first side facing a specific observer; and

perform control to display, in the air on the first side, a second image observable in an ambient area of the second image, wherein

the first image and the second image each have a plate like shape,

the processor

performs control to display the first image having a first angle with respect to a horizontal plane, the first angle allowing the second image to be hidden in the first side of the first image, and

performs control to display the second image having a second angle with respect to the horizontal plane, the second angle allowing the second image to be hidden in the first side of the first image, and

in response to an operation performed by the specific observer for allowing a different observer to view the second image, the processor performs control to display the first image having an angle smaller than the first angle with respect to the horizontal plane and the second image having an angle smaller than the second angle with respect to the horizontal plane.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

performing control to display, in the air, a first image that is observable from opposite sides within an ambient area of the first image and the first image hinders a different image displayed in the air on a first side of the first image from being viewed from a second side of the first image, the first side facing a specific observer, the first image and the second image each have a plate like shape; and

performing control to display, in the air on the first side, a second image observable in an ambient area of the second image,

performing control to display the first image having a first angle with respect to a horizontal plane, the first angle allowing the second image to be hidden in the first side of the first image,

performing control to display the second image having a second angle with respect to the horizontal plane, the second angle allowing the second image to be hidden in the first side of the first image, and

in response to an operation performed by the specific observer for allowing a different observer to view the second image, the performing control to display the first image having an angle smaller than the first angle with respect to the horizontal plane and the second image having an angle smaller than the second angle with respect to the horizontal plane.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2020
From: SAITA, TAKAYOSHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053950/0820 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-011226 · Jan 27, 2020 · national
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