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US 12,506,857 · App. 18/464,306 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Display device, display method, and computer-readable storage medium

Inventor: Tetsuji Suzuki (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
H04N13/332G06T19/006
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Patent No.
US 12,506,857
App. No.
18/464,306
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a video generation unit configured to generate an image of a virtual object; a first display unit configured to display the image of the virtual object; a second display unit arranged on an outer side of the first display unit; and a control unit configured to adjust a transmittance of an area of the second display unit. The control unit is configured to reduce the transmittance of the area of the second display unit when a brightness of a image of a physical object in a real space on which the image of the virtual object is superimposed is higher than a brightness of the image of the virtual object, and increase the transmittance of the area of the second display unit when the brightness of the image of the physical object is not higher than the brightness of the image of the virtual object.

Claims (21)

1 . A display device comprising:

an outside light measurement unit configured to acquire information on an image of a real space including a predetermined physical object;

a video generation unit configured to generate an image of a virtual object;

a first display unit configured to display the image of the virtual object;

a second display unit arranged on an outer side of the first display unit; and

a control unit configured to adjust a transmittance of an area of the second display unit, wherein

the control unit is configured to reduce a transmittance of a predetermined area of the second display unit in response to a determination that a brightness of an image of the physical object on which the image of the virtual object is superimposed is higher than a brightness of the image of the virtual object, and increase the transmittance of the predetermined area of the second display unit in response to a determination that the brightness of the image of the physical object on which the image of the virtual object is superimposed is not higher than the brightness of the image of the virtual object, the predetermined area being superimposed on the image of the virtual object and having a size of the virtual object.

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

a walk detection unit configured to detect a walk state of a user, wherein

the control unit is configured to increase the transmittance of the area of the second display unit and reduce the brightness of the image of the virtual object in response to a determination that the user detected by the walk detection unit is walking.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the video generation unit adjusts a color of the image of the virtual object in accordance with the brightness of the image of the physical object on which the image of the virtual object is superimposed and the brightness of the image of the virtual object.

4 . A display method comprising:

acquiring information on an image of a real space including a predetermined physical object;

generating an image of a virtual object;

displaying the image of the virtual object on a first display unit; and

reducing a transmittance of a predetermined area of a second display unit that is arranged on an outer side of the first display unit in response to determining that a brightness of an image of the physical object on which the image of the virtual object is superimposed is higher than a brightness of the image of the virtual object, and increasing the transmittance of the predetermined area of the second display unit in response to determining that the brightness of the image of the physical object on which the image of the virtual object is superimposed is not higher than the brightness of the image of the virtual object, the predetermined area being superimposed on the image of the virtual object and having a size of the virtual object.

5 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a display device, the program causing a computer to execute:

acquiring information on an image of a real space including a predetermined physical object;

generating an image of a virtual object;

displaying the image of the virtual object on a first display unit included in the display device; and

reducing a transmittance of a predetermined area of a second display unit that is included in the display device and arranged on an outer side of the first display unit in response to determining that a brightness of the image of the physical object on which the image of the virtual object is superimposed is higher than a brightness of the image of the virtual object, and increasing the transmittance of the predetermined area of the second display unit in response to determining that the brightness of the image of the physical object on which the image of the virtual object is superimposed is not higher than the brightness of the image of the virtual object, the predetermined area being superimposed on the image of the virtual object and having a size of the virtual object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2023
From: SUZUKI, TETSUJI
To: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-044899 · Mar 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022009054 · Mar 3, 2022
Related Publication 20230421747A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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