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Granted Patent B2
US 11,482,159 · App. 17/419,418 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

Display control device, display control method, and display control program

Inventors: Masafumi Nagao (Tokyo, JP); Tomoki Numata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
G09G3/2096G09G2340/045G09G2340/0464G09G2340/12G09G2354/00
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Patent No.
US 11,482,159
App. No.
17/419,418
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device includes a display control unit configured to control a display unit to output a first image based on a first imaging signal and a second image based on a second imaging signal, the first imaging signal and the second imaging signal being output from an imaging element that outputs the first imaging signal by pixel-thinning for an entire angle of view and outputs the second imaging signal in all of pixels for a partial region in the entire angle of view.

Claims (25)

1. A display control device comprising:

a display controller configured to control a display unit to output a first image based on a first imaging signal and a second image based on a second imaging signal, the first imaging signal and the second imaging signal being output from an imaging element that outputs the first imaging signal by pixel-thinning for an entire angle of view and outputs the second imaging signal in all of pixels for a partial region in the entire angle of view,

wherein the display controller changes display modes of the first image and the second image according to a resolution of the display unit, and

changing the display modes includes causing the first image and the second image to be displayed side by side in a case where the resolution of the display unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first image and the second image are simultaneously displayed on the display unit.

3. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first image is an image representing an entire imaging range.

4. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second image is a partially entire image of the imaging range.

5. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first image is displayed larger than the second image.

6. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second image has higher image quality than the first image.

7. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second image is superimposed and displayed on the first image in a case where the resolution of the display unit is less than the predetermined value.

8. The display control device according to claim 7 , wherein the first image is displayed on the entire display unit.

9. The display control device according to claim 7 , wherein the second image is displayed to be larger in size than the second image in a state of being displayed side by side with the first image.

10. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller changes a display position of the first image and/or a display position of the second image on the display unit according to an instruction from a user.

11. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller changes a size of the first image and/or a size of the second image on the display unit according to an instruction from a user.

12. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein an icon representing a region corresponding to the second image in the first image is displayed on the first image on the display unit.

13. A display control method comprising:

controlling a display unit to output a first image based on a first imaging signal and a second image based on a second imaging signal, the first imaging signal and the second imaging signal being output from an imaging element that outputs the first imaging signal by pixel-thinning for an entire angle of view and outputs the second imaging signal in all of pixels for a partial region in the entire angle of view; and

changing display modes of the first image and the second image according to a resolution of the display unit, wherein

changing the display modes includes causing the first image and the second image to be displayed side by side in a case where the resolution of the display unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

14. The display control method according to claim 13 , wherein the second image is superimposed and displayed on the first image in a case where the resolution of the display unit is less than the predetermined value.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, the program being executable by a computer to perform operations comprising:

controlling a display unit to output a first image based on a first imaging signal and a second image based on a second imaging signal, the first imaging signal and the second imaging signal being output from an imaging element that outputs the first imaging signal by pixel-thinning for an entire angle of view and outputs the second imaging signal in all of pixels for a partial region in the entire angle of view; and

changing display modes of the first image and the second image according to a resolution of the display unit, wherein

changing the display modes includes causing the first image and the second image to be displayed side by side in a case where the resolution of the display unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein the second image is superimposed and displayed on the first image in a case where the resolution of the display unit is less than the predetermined value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2021
From: NAGAO, MASAFUMI; NUMATA, TOMOKI
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056702/0640 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-085344 · Apr 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220076612A1 · Mar 10, 2022
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