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US 12,244,960 · App. 18/174,895 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Information display system, information display method, and non-transitory recording medium

Inventors: Naoto Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Satoh (Kanagawa, JP); Koretaka Ogata (Kanagawa, JP); Kanta Shimizu (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
H04N5/74G06F3/013G06T7/70G06T2207/30196
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Patent No.
US 12,244,960
App. No.
18/174,895
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information display system includes circuitry to acquire detection information including information on a posture of a user and information on a line of sight of the user, project an image onto a projection destination located in a projection direction with respect to the user, and cause the image to be projected onto the projection destination based on the detection information and information on the projection direction.

Claims (40)

1. An information display system, comprising circuitry configured to:

acquire detection information including information on a posture of a user and information on a line of sight of the user;

project an image onto a projection destination located in a projection direction with respect to the user;

cause the image to be projected onto the projection destination based on the detection information and information on the projection direction;

change a projection method for the image to be projected onto the projection destination, based on a difference between a direction of the line of sight and the projection direction, the direction of the line of sight being obtained from the detection information; and

in a case where the difference between the direction of the line of sight and the projection direction is greater than a predetermined threshold, project another image onto another projection destination based on another difference between the direction of the line of sight and another projection direction, the another difference being less than the predetermined threshold.

2. The information display system of claim 1 , wherein

the another image includes a display component indicating at least one of a position of the projection destination or a direction to the projection destination.

3. The information display system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

acquire information on a line-of-sight velocity related to a speed at which the direction of the line of sight changes; and

change the projection method for the image to be projected onto the projection destination based on the information on the line-of-sight velocity.

4. The information display system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

acquire information on a line-of-sight velocity related to a speed at which the direction of the line of sight changes; and

change the predetermined threshold based on the information on the line-of-sight velocity.

5. The information display system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

acquire information on a position of the user;

acquire, from a memory, information on a position of the projection destination, the memory storing the information on the position of the projection destination and projection information, the projection information being information to be projected onto the projection destination; and

determine the projection direction based on the position of the user and the position of the projection destination.

6. The information display system of claim 1 , wherein

the image includes a plurality of images,

the projection destination includes a plurality of projection destinations, and

the circuitry is further configured to

project each of the plurality of images onto a corresponding one of the plurality of projection destinations, and

change the projection method for each of the plurality of images according to a degree of importance of the corresponding one of the plurality of projection destinations.

7. The information display system of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to acquire the detection information with at least one of an inertial measurement device included in a wearable terminal worn by the user or a camera included in the wearable terminal.

8. The information display system of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to project the image onto the projection destination with an image projection device included in a wearable terminal worn by the user.

9. An information display method, comprising:

acquiring detection information including information on a posture of a user and information on a line of sight of the user;

projecting an image onto a projection destination located in a projection direction with respect to the user;

causing the image to be projected onto the projection destination based on the detection information and information on the projection direction;

changing a projection method for the image to be projected onto the projection destination, based on a difference between a direction of the line of sight and the projection direction, the direction of the line of sight being obtained from the detection information; and

in a case where the difference between the direction of the line of sight and the projection direction is greater than a predetermined threshold, projecting another image onto another projection destination based on another difference between the direction of the line of sight and another projection direction, the another difference being less than the predetermined threshold.

10. A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

acquiring detection information including information on a posture of a user and information on a line of sight of the user;

projecting an image onto a projection destination located in a projection direction with respect to the user;

causing the image to be projected onto the projection destination based on the detection information and information on the projection direction;

changing a projection method for the image to be projected onto the projection destination, based on a difference between a direction of the line of sight and the projection direction, the direction of the line of sight being obtained from the detection information; and

in a case where the difference between the direction of the line of sight and the projection direction is greater than a predetermined threshold, projecting another image onto another projection destination based on another difference between the direction of the line of sight and another projection direction, the another difference being less than the predetermined threshold.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2023
From: NAKAMURA, NAOTO; SATOH, HIROYUKI; OGATA, KORETAKA; SHIMIZU, KANTA
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-041752 · Mar 16, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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