IP Library Granted Patent US 12,131,089
Granted Patent B2
US 12,131,089 · App. 17/911,587 · Granted Oct 29, 2024

Display control system, display control method, and program including controlling the display of video content

Inventor: Ryoichi Araki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
G06F3/14G06V10/764G06V2201/07
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Patent No.
US 12,131,089
App. No.
17/911,587
Granted
Oct 29, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control system includes a personal attribute information acquirer, a content specifier, and a display output. The personal attribute information acquirer acquires personal attribute information indicating an attribute of people present in an area including a vicinity of a display area for displaying video content based on a captured image of the area. The content specifier specifies target video content items, which are video content items to be displayed on the display area, based on the personal attribute information. The display output sets a plurality of screen areas in the display area based on the number of the target video content items and allocates and outputs the target video content items to the plurality of screen areas.

Claims (70)

1. A display control system comprising:

a memory storing instructions;

a processor executing the instructions and configured to:

acquire personal attribute information indicating an attribute of people present in an area including a vicinity of a display area for displaying video content based on a captured image of the area;

specify target video content items, which are video content items to be displayed on the display area, based on the personal attribute information; and

a display output configured to: set a plurality of screen areas in the display area based on the number of target video content items and allocate the target video content items to the plurality of screen areas and output the target video content items,

determine the target video content items to be allocated to the plurality of screen areas based on correspondence between priorities of the target video content items and priorities of the plurality of screen areas;

count the number of people for each attribute; and

determine, based on a ratio of each attribute, the priorities of the target video content items based on an acquisition result of the personal attribute information;

wherein the entire display area is occupied by the screen area of the number of target video content items.

2. The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to

exclude a duplication of an attribute among the attributes indicated by the plurality of pieces of personal attribute information acquired from the image to count the number of attributes, and

determine the number of the target video content items based on the number of the attributes, and

the display output is configured to allocate, based on a distribution of positions of two or more people for each attribute, the target video content items to the plurality of screen areas.

3. The display control system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the display output is configured to change the number of screen areas according to a change in the number of people or the number of attributes.

4. The display control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to acquire the personal attribute information using a classifier constructed by machine learning.

5. The display control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display output is configured to set the plurality of screen areas within a range up to an upper display count limit preset for the display area, and

the display output is configured to

select the target video content within the range up to the upper display count limit based on priority of each of the target video content items when the number of the target video content items is over the upper display count limit, and

allocate and output the selected target video content on each of the plurality of screen areas.

6. The display control system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to set the upper display count limit.

7. The display control system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to set the upper display count limit based on a hardware performance of the display output or a size of the display area.

8. The display control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to acquire content specifying information indicating a specifying result of the target video content items and extract the target video content items based on the content specifying information.

9. The display control system according to claim 1 , wherein an entire display of a video display device is the entire screen area, and

wherein a number of divisions of the display area based on a number of target content items occupy the entire screen area of the display device.

10. A display control method implemented by a computer, comprising:

acquiring personal attribute information indicating an attribute of people present in an area including a vicinity of a display area for displaying video content based on a captured image of the area;

specifying target video content items, which are video content items to be displayed on the display area, based on the personal attribute information;

setting a plurality of screen areas in the display area based on the number of the target video content items and allocating the target video content items to the plurality of screen areas and outputting the target video content items,

determining the target video content items to be allocated to the plurality of screen areas based on correspondence between priorities of the target video content items and priorities of the plurality of screen areas;

counting the number of people for each attribute; and

determining, based on a ratio of each attribute, the priorities of the target video content items based on an acquisition result of the personal attribute information;

wherein the entire display area is occupied by the screen area of the number of target video content items.

11. The display control method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

excluding a duplication of an attribute among the attributes indicated by the plurality of pieces of personal attribute information acquired from the image to count the number of attributes; and

determining the number of the target video content items based on the number of the attributes, and

the display output is configured to allocate, based on a distribution of positions of two or more people for each attribute, the target video content items to the plurality of screen areas.

12. The display control method according to claim 10 , wherein the display output is configured to set the plurality of screen areas within a range up to an upper display count limit preset for the display area, and

the display output is configured to

select the target video content within the range up to the upper display count limit based on priority of each of the target video content items when the number of the target video content items is over the upper display count limit, and

allocate and output the selected target video content on each of the plurality of screen areas.

13. The display control method according to claim 10 , wherein the display output is configured to

count the number of people for each attribute, and

determine, based on a ratio of each attribute, the priorities of the target video content items based on an acquisition result of the personal attribute information.

14. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to function to:

acquire personal attribute information indicating an attribute of people present in an area including a vicinity of a display area for displaying video content based on a captured image of the area;

specify target video content items, which are video content items to be displayed on the display area, based on the personal attribute information;

provide a display output configured to set a plurality of screen areas in the display area based on the number of the target video content items and allocate the target video content items to the plurality of screen areas and output the target video content items,

determine the target video content items to be allocated to the plurality of screen areas based on correspondence between priorities of the target video content items and priorities of the plurality of screen areas;

count the number of people for each attribute; and

determine, based on a ratio of each attribute, the priorities of the target video content items based on an acquisition result of the personal attribute information;

wherein the entire display area is occupied by the screen area of the number of target video content items.

15. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 14 , further comprising:

excluding a duplication of an attribute among the attributes indicated by the plurality of pieces of personal attribute information acquired from the image to count the number of attributes; and

determining the number of the target video content items based on the number of the attributes, and

the display output is configured to allocate, based on a distribution of positions of two or more people for each attribute, the target video content items to the plurality of screen areas.

16. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 14 ,

wherein the display output is configured to set the plurality of screen areas within a range up to an upper display count limit preset for the display area, and

the display output is configured to

select the target video content within the range up to the upper display count limit based on priority of each of the target video content items when the number of the target video content items is over the upper display count limit, and

allocate and output the selected target video content on each of the plurality of screen areas.

17. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 14 , wherein the display output is configured to

count the number of people for each attribute, and

determine, based on a ratio of each attribute, the priorities of the target video content items based on an acquisition result of the personal attribute information.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 26, 2026
From: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 075830/0097 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: ARAKI, RYOICHI
To: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061132/0619 →
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