IP Library Granted Patent US 9,697,633
Granted Patent B2
US 9,697,633 · App. 15/246,035 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for displaying information on multiple display layers

Inventors: Yasuhide Hosoda (Kanagawa, JP); Ryota Mihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06T11/60A61B5/02055A61B5/18G06F3/041G06F3/0416H04N13/0443H04N13/0495H04N13/0497A61B5/021A61B5/024A61B5/4866A61B5/4872
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Patent No.
US 9,697,633
App. No.
15/246,035
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a display control section which determines which display layers out of a plurality of mutually overlapping display layers information is to be displayed on based on parameters associated with the information.

Claims (39)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a front display having transparency;

a back display arranged behind the front display in a predetermined direction;

an input configured to receive input operation information to change a priority of predetermined information being displayed by one of the front display or the back display; and

at least one central processing unit (CPU) configured to, in accordance with the received input operation information, control the back display and the front display in cooperation to switch the predetermined information from being displayed on the back display to being displayed on the front display while increasing a visibility of the predetermined information by:

removing a first image indicating the predetermined information from the back display; and

adding a second image indicating the predetermined information to the front display, wherein a display size of the second image on the front display is larger than a display size of the first image on the back display.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one CPU is configured to control the back display to display travelling information related to travelling of a user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the travelling information includes map information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a wearable sensor configured to detect vital information related to at least one of an age, a temperature, a pulse, a blood pressure, a base metabolic rate, a weight, a BMI, a body fat percentage, a visceral fat level, a degree of drowsiness and a fatigue level of a user,

wherein the at least one CPU is configured to control the back display to display the detected vital information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one CPU is configured to:

control the back display to display travelling information related to travelling of the user; and

change the displayed travelling information in accordance with the vital information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the input is a touch panel arranged over the front display.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first image has a color different from a color of the second image.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined information is numerical information.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the back display has transparency.

10. An information processing method, comprising:

receiving input operation information to change a priority of predetermined information being displayed by one of a front display having transparency or a back display;

controlling the back display and the front display in cooperation to switch the predetermined information from being displayed on the back display to being displayed on the front display while increasing a visibility of the predetermined information by:

removing a first image indicating the predetermined information from the back display; and

adding a second image indicating the predetermined information to the front display, wherein a display size of the second image on the front display is larger than a display size of the first image on the back display.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

controlling the back display to display travelling information related to travelling of a user.

12. The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the travelling information includes map information.

13. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

detecting vital information related to at least one of an age, a temperature, a pulse, a blood pressure, a base metabolic rate, a weight, a BMI, a body fat percentage, a visceral fat level, a degree of drowsiness and a fatigue level of a user using a wearable sensor; and

controlling the back display to display the detected vital information.

14. The information processing method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

controlling the back display to display travelling information related to travelling of the user; and

changing the displayed travelling information in accordance with the vital information.

15. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the first image has a color different from a color of the second image.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions for causing an information processing apparatus to perform steps comprising:

receiving input operation information to change a priority of predetermined information being displayed by one of a front display having transparency or a back display;

controlling the back display and the front display in cooperation to switch the predetermined information from being displayed on the back display to being displayed on the front display while increasing a visibility of the predetermined information by:

removing a first image indicating the predetermined information from the back display; and

adding a second image indicating the predetermined information to the front display, wherein a display size of the second image on the front display is larger than a display size of the first image on the back display.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-114006 · May 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
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