IP Library Granted Patent US 12,456,133
Granted Patent B2
US 12,456,133 · App. 18/394,535 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Display control device, display control method, and program

Inventor: Yasunobu Kaneko (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
G06Q30/0269G06F3/011G06F3/0482G06V20/50G06V40/10
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Patent No.
US 12,456,133
App. No.
18/394,535
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device includes: an attribute information acquiring unit configured to acquire first attribute information indicating attributes of a person who is operating an operation terminal displaying commodity information in response to an operation on the basis of a first image obtained by imaging the person using a first imaging device provided in the operation terminal and to acquire second attribute information indicating attributes of a person included in a second image captured by a second imaging device provided in a display device different from the operation terminal on the basis of the second image; an operation information acquiring unit configured to acquire operation information indicating the commodity information displayed on the operation terminal from the operation terminal; a content selecting unit configured to select content on the basis of the acquired first attribute information, the acquired second attribute information, and the acquired operation information; and a display control unit configured to display the selected content on the display device.

Claims (39)

1. A display control device comprising:

an attribute information acquiring unit configured to acquire first attribute information indicating attributes of a person who is operating an operation terminal displaying commodity information in response to an operation on the basis of a first image obtained by imaging the person using a first imaging device provided in the operation terminal and to acquire second attribute information indicating person's attributes included in a second image captured by a second imaging device provided in a display device different from the operation terminal on the basis of the second image;

an operation information acquiring unit configured to acquire operation information indicating the commodity information displayed on the operation terminal from the operation terminal;

a content selecting unit configured to select content on the basis of the acquired first attribute information, the acquired second attribute information, and the acquired operation information; and

a display control unit configured to display the selected content on the display device, and

wherein the content selecting unit is configured to select content corresponding to a current time period on the basis of a time-specific information and a count information when the person, who has operated the operation terminal to display the commodity information, has not been detected, wherein the time-specific information has been obtained by counting the number of store-visited persons having visited a store in the past for each attribute for each time period, and wherein the count information has been obtained by counting the number of displays displaying the commodity information on the operation terminal by the operation of the person for each of the person's attributes.

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

a storage unit configured to store the acquired first attribute information and the acquired operation information in correlation,

wherein the content selecting unit acquires operation information corresponding to the second attribute information of the person detected in an area in which commodities are displayed from the storage unit and selects the content on the basis of the acquired operation information.

3. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the content selecting unit selects content associated with a commodity corresponding to the commodity information indicated by the operation information corresponding to the second attribute information of the detected person when the person has been detected in an area in which a commodity in which the detected person is interested is displayed, and

wherein the display control unit displays the selected content on the display device provided at a position corresponding to the area in which the person has been detected.

4. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the storage unit stores the acquired first attribute information, the acquired operation information, and a time at which the first attribute information and the operation information have been acquired in correlation, and

wherein the content selecting unit selects the content on the basis of the operation information acquired at a time proximate to the time at which the person has been detected.

5. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the storage unit additionally stores count information obtained by counting the number of displays of the commodity information on the operation terminal by the operation of the person for each of the person's attributes, and

wherein the content selecting unit selects the content on the basis of the second attribute information of the person detected in an area in which the commodity is displayed and the count information.

6. The display control device according to claim 5 , wherein the content selecting unit selects content relevant for the attributes of the detected person on the basis of the count information when the person has been detected in an area in which the commodity in which the detected person is interested is not displayed, and

wherein the display control unit displays the selected content on the display device provided at a position corresponding to the area in which the person has been detected.

7. The display control device according to claim 5 , wherein the content selecting unit identifies commodity information with a largest number of displays in the attributes of the detected person from the count information and selects content associated with a commodity corresponding to the identified commodity information.

8. The display control device according to claim 5 , wherein the storage unit additionally stores time-specific information obtained by counting the number of store-visited persons having visited a store in the past for each attribute for each time period, and

wherein the content selecting unit selects the content on the basis of the time-specific information and the count information.

9. A display control device comprising:

an attribute information acquiring unit configured to acquire first attribute information indicating attributes of a person who is operating an operation terminal displaying commodity information in response to an operation on the basis of a first image obtained by imaging the person using a first imaging device provided in the operation terminal and to acquire second attribute information indicating person's attributes included in a second image captured by a second imaging device provided in a display device different from the operation terminal on the basis of the second image;

an operation information acquiring unit configured to acquire operation information indicating the commodity information displayed on the operation terminal from the operation terminal;

a content selecting unit configured to select content on the basis of the acquired first attribute information, the acquired second attribute information, and the acquired operation information;

a display control unit configured to display the selected content on the display device; and

a storage unit configured to store the acquired first attribute information and the acquired operation information in correlation,

wherein the content selecting unit acquires operation information corresponding to the second attribute information of the person detected in an area in which commodities are displayed from the storage unit and selects the content on the basis of the acquired operation information,

wherein the storage unit additionally stores count information obtained by counting the number of displays of the commodity information on the operation terminal by the operation by the person for each attribute of the person, and

wherein the content selecting unit selects the content on the basis of the second attribute information of the person detected in an area in which the commodity is displayed and the count information,

wherein the storage unit additionally stores time-specific information obtained by counting the number of store-visited persons having visited a store in the past for each attribute for each time period, and

wherein the content selecting unit selects the content on the basis of the time-specific information and the count information,

wherein the content selecting unit selects content appropriate for a current time period on the basis of the time-specific information and the count information when the person who has operated the operation terminal to display the commodity information has not been detected, and

wherein the display control unit displays the selected content on the display device.

10. The display control device according to claim 9 , wherein the content selecting unit identifies person's attributes with the largest number of visits in a current time period from the time-specific information, identifies commodity information with the largest number of displays in the identified attributes from the count information, and selects content associated with a commodity corresponding to the identified commodity information.

11. The display control device according to claim 9 , further comprising an identification unit configured to identify the customer person included in the second image captured by the second imaging device which is provided such that the customer person near the display device is able to be imaged out of the operating person who has operated the operation terminal to display the commodity information,

wherein the operation information acquiring unit acquires the operation information of the identified operating person.

12. The display control device according to claim 11 , wherein the identification unit identifies the operating person on the basis of whether attributes of a person included in the first image captured by the first imaging device and attributes of the customer person included in the second image captured by the second imaging device match.

13. The display control device according to claim 9 , wherein the content selecting unit selects the content by considering that the first attribute information acquired from the first image captured by the first imaging device provided in the operation terminal is of a higher priority than the second attribute information acquired from the second image captured by the second imaging device.

14. The display control device according to claim 9 , wherein the content selecting unit selects content according to the current time period on the basis of the time-specific information and the count information when the person who has operated the operation terminal to display the commodity information has not been detected.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 26, 2026
From: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 075830/0109 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2023
From: KANEKO, YASUNOBU
To: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 065954/0875 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021030098 · Aug 18, 2021
Related Publication 20240135411A1 · Apr 25, 2024
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