IP Library Granted Patent US 10,823,962
Granted Patent B2
US 10,823,962 · App. 16/229,546 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Processing device having connection detector, display system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Inventor: Fusashi Kimura (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,823,962
App. No.
16/229,546
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A processing device as a personal digital assistant includes a display unit configured to display an image, a connection detector configured to detect that an external display device has been connected, an image output unit configured to output an image displayed on the display unit to the display device in response to the connection of the display device, and a user interface output unit configured to switch an image displayed on the display unit to display of a user interface for instructing execution of processing related to the image output to the display device at a predetermined brightness value in response to the connection of the display device.

Claims (45)

1. A processing device comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image;

a connection detector configured to detect that a head-mounted display device has been connected;

an image output unit configured to output an image displayed on the display unit to the head-mounted display device when the connection detector detects the connection of the head-mounted display device; and

a user interface output unit configured to cause the display unit to display a display image of a user interface for instructing execution of processing related to an image output from the image output unit at a predetermined brightness value when the connection detector detects the connection of the head-mounted display device, wherein

the head-mounted display device includes a camera configured to capture an external scene, and

the user interface output unit sets display brightness of the display unit to a value smaller than the predetermined brightness value or to zero when the display unit is determined not to fall within a visual field range of a user, based on a captured image of an external scene acquired from the camera provided in the head-mounted.

2. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the user interface output unit sets brightness of the display unit to a value smaller than the predetermined brightness value or to zero when the user interface displayed on the display unit has not been operated for a predetermined period of time or longer.

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

an acceleration sensor, wherein

the user interface output unit sets brightness of the display unit to the predetermined brightness value when shake of the processing device has been detected by detecting a change in an acceleration of the processing device acquired from the acceleration sensor at intervals in a predetermined range, at an amplitude having a predetermined value or greater, and/or for the number of times greater than or equal to a predetermined number of times.

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

an attitude sensor, wherein

the user interface output unit sets brightness of the display unit to the predetermined brightness value when it has been detected that the display unit of the processing device is directed in a direction opposite to a gravitational direction.

5. The processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the user interface output unit causes the display unit to display selection operation elements for the user to select any of a plurality of predetermined user interfaces when the connection detector detects the connection of the head-mounted display device, and switches a display image of one corresponding user interface to a display image of the display unit in response to an operation on the selection operation elements.

6. The processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display size instructing unit configured to provide an instruction of a display resolution of the image output to the head mounted display device to the image output unit.

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

an arithmetic unit, wherein

the user interface output unit is achieved by execution of a first application program in the arithmetic unit.

8. The processing device according to claim 7 , wherein

the image output to the display device is generated by execution of a second application program in the arithmetic unit, and

the user interface output unit acquires information about a type of the second application program from the second application program, and switches an image displayed on the display unit to display of the user interface according to the type of the second application program.

9. The processing device according to claim 8 , wherein

the arithmetic unit executes the first application program and the second application program on an operating system, and

the user interface output unit inputs, to the second application program via the operating system, input information being input from the user via the user interface.

10. A display system comprising:

a processing device including

a display unit configured to display an image,

a connection detector configured to detect that a head mounted display device has been connected,

an image output unit configured to output an image displayed on the display unit to the head mounted display device when the connection detector detects the connection of the head mounted display device, and

a user interface output unit configured to cause the display unit to display a display image of a user interface for instructing execution of processing related to an image output from the image output unit at a predetermined brightness value when the connection detector detects the connection of the head mounted display device; and

a head mounted display device that includes a display region in which an external scene is visually recognizable and is configured to superimpose an image input from the image output unit on an external scene and display the image in front of a line of sight of a user in the display region when the head mounted display device is worn by the user on a head, wherein

the head-mounted display device includes a camera configured to capture an external scene, and

the user interface output unit sets display brightness of the display unit to a value smaller than the predetermined brightness value or to zero when the display unit is determined not to fall within a visual field range of the user, based on a captured image of an external scene acquired from the camera provided in the head-mounted display device.

11. The display system according to claim 10 , wherein

the user interface output unit sets brightness of an image output to the display unit to the predetermined brightness value when the display unit is determined to fall within a visual field range of the user, based on a captured image of an external scene acquired from the camera provided in the head mounted display device.

12. The display system according to claim 11 , wherein

the image output unit sets brightness of the image output to the display device to be lower than brightness when the display unit is determined not to fall within a visual field range of the user or to zero when the display unit is determined to fall within a visual field range of the user, based on a captured image of an external scene acquired from the camera provided in the head mounted display device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that comprising instructions to be executed by a processing device, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:

detecting a connection between the processing device and a head mounted display device, the head-mounted display device including a camera configured to capture an external scene;

displaying a display image to a display of the processing device at a predetermined brightness value; and

setting a display brightness of a display unit to a value smaller than the predetermined brightness value or to zero when the display unit is determined not to fall within a visual field range of a user, based on a captured image of an external scene acquired from the camera provided in the head-mounted display device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2018
From: KIMURA, FUSASHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047841/0951 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-246914 · Dec 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190196185A1 · Jun 27, 2019
Cited By (1)
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