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Granted Patent B2
US 12,190,411 · App. 18/324,181 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Display device, display method, and non-transitory storage medium

Inventors: Shohei Odan (Yokohama, JP); Tetsuya Suwa (Yokohama, JP); Hideo Tsuru (Yokohama, JP); Hayato Nakao (Yokohama, JP); Takayuki Sugahara (Yokohama, JP); Motomu Takada (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
G06T11/00G06F3/011G06V20/20G06V20/50
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Patent No.
US 12,190,411
App. No.
18/324,181
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display in which an image is displayed; an output controller configured to display an image in the display; an imager configured to capture an image of an object present within a field of view of a user; a visually recognized object identifying unit configured to identify, based on the captured image, a type of the object present within the field of view of the user; and a visual recognition count identifying unit configured to, based on an identification result by the visually recognized object identifying unit, identify a visual recognition count indicating a number of times by which the user has looked at the object for each of the identified type, wherein the output controller is further configured to display in the display, based on the visual recognition count, a sub image including information on the object for each of the identified type.

Claims (43)

1. A display device comprising:

a display in which an image is displayed;

an output controller configured to display an image in the display;

an imager configured to capture an image of an object present within a field of view of a user;

a visually recognized object identifying unit configured to identify, based on the image captured by the imager, a type of the object present within the field of view of the user; and

a visual recognition count identifying unit configured to identify, based on an identification result by the visually recognized object identifying unit, a visual recognition count which indicates a number of times by which the user has looked at the object for each of the identified type, wherein

the output controller is further configured to display in the display, based on the visual recognition count, a sub image which includes information on the object for each of the identified type;

the visually recognized object identifying unit is further configured to identify a type of an object that has been present in a predetermined region in the image captured by the imager but was not present in the predetermined region in the image captured by the imager within a predetermined time from a time of capturing the image;

the display device further comprises a line-of-sight switch count identifying unit configured to identify, based on an identification result by the visually recognized object identifying unit, a line-of-sight switch count which indicates a number of times by which the user has looked away from the object of a same type, and

when the line-of-sight switch count becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined count, the output controller is further configured to stop displaying of the sub image which includes the information on the object of the identified type.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the output controller is further configured to display the sub image to be displayed in a highlighted manner when the visual recognition count is equal to or greater than a predetermined count as compared to the sub image to be displayed when the visual recognition count is smaller than the predetermined count.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information of the user; and

a visit count identifying unit configured to identify, based on the position information of the user, a visit count which indicates a number of times by which the user has visited a same place, wherein

the output controller is further configured to display the sub image in the display based on the visit count.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a repeat view count identifying unit configured to identify, based on an identification result by the visually recognized object identifying unit and the position information of the user, a repeat view count which indicates a number of times by which the user has looked at the object of a same type at a same place, wherein when the repeat view count is equal to or greater than a predetermined count, the output controller is further configured to stop displaying the sub image for the object.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the line-of-sight switch count is smaller than the predetermined count, the output controller is further configured to display the sub image in the display.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period is equal to or longer than 200 milliseconds and equal to or shorter than 900 milliseconds.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information of a user; and

a visit count identifying unit configured to identify, based on the position information of the user, a visit count which indicates a number of times by which the user has visited a same place, wherein

the output controller is further configured to display in the display, based on the visit count, the sub image which includes information on an object of a same type as the object present within a predetermined distance range from a place visited by the user.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the output controller is further configured to display the sub image to be displayed in a highlighted manner when the visit count is equal to or greater than a predetermined count as compared to the sub image to be displayed when the visit count is smaller than the predetermined count.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein, when an object of the same type comes into the field of view of the user at a place different from a place at which the visit count is equal to or greater than the predetermined count, the output controller is further configured to display the sub image for the object in a highlighted manner.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein, the visit count identifying unit is further configured to determine, when the user is present at the same place for a predetermined period or more, that the user has visited the same place.

11. A display method for displaying an image in a display, comprising:

acquiring a captured image in which an object present within field of view of a user is included;

identifying, based on the image, a type of the object present within the field of view of the user;

identifying, based on an identification result about the type of the object present within the field of view of the user, a visual recognition count which indicate a number of times by which the user has looked at the object for each of the identified type; and

displaying in the display, based on the visual recognition count, a sub image which includes information on the object for each of the identified type, wherein

at the identifying of the type of the object, a type of an object that has been present in a predetermined region in the image captured by the imager but was not present in the predetermined region in the image captured by the imager within a predetermined time from a time of capturing the image is identified, wherein

the display method further comprises:

identifying a line-of-sight switch count which indicates a number of times by which the user has looked away from the object of a same type based on the visual recognition count; and

stopping, when the line-of-sight switch count becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined count, the displaying of the sub image which includes the information on the object of the identified type.

12. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a computer program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

acquiring a captured image in which an object present within field of view of a user is included;

identifying, based on the image, a type of the object present within the field of view of the user;

identifying, based on an identification result about the type of the object present within the field of view of the user, a visual recognition count which indicate a number of times by which the user has looked at the object for each of the identified type; and

displaying in the display, based on the visual recognition count, a sub image which includes information on the object for each of the identified type, wherein

at the identifying of the type of the object, a type of an object that has been present in a predetermined region in the image captured by the imager but was not present in the predetermined region in the image captured by the imager within a predetermined time from a time of capturing the image is identified, wherein

the process further comprises:

identifying a line-of-sight switch count which indicates a number of times by which the user has looked away from the object of a same type based on the visual recognition count; and

stopping, when the line-of-sight switch count becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined count, the displaying of the sub image which includes the information on the object of the identified type.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2024
From: ODAN, SHOHEI; SUWA, TETSUYA; TSURU, HIDEO; NAKAO, HAYATO; SUGAHARA, TAKAYUKI; TAKADA, MOTOMU
To: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067192/0877 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2020-198624 · Nov 30, 2020 · national
JP 2020-198647 · Nov 30, 2020 · national
JP 2020-199156 · Nov 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021043602 · Nov 29, 2021
Related Publication 20230298223A1 · Sep 21, 2023
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