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Granted Patent B2
US 12,593,004 · App. 18/124,682 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Display method, display system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

Inventor: Takahiro Ano (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H04N5/2628G10L25/57H04N5/2624
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Patent No.
US 12,593,004
App. No.
18/124,682
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display method including obtaining information representing position on display surface of camera which is arranged on display surface to image first user, displaying first image related to an utterance by first user, and a second image which represents second user, the second image being arranged at position closer to position of the camera than a position of the first image is to the position of the camera, on the display surface during a period in which the second user makes an utterance, transmitting an image obtained by the camera during the period in which the second user makes the utterance, to a terminal device used by the second user, and displaying, on the display surface during a period in which the first user makes an utterance, the first image larger than the first image during the period in which the second user makes the utterance and the second image.

Claims (35)

1 . A display method comprising:

obtaining information representing a position on a display surface of a camera which is arranged on the display surface to image a first user;

displaying a first image representing a content of an utterance by the first user, a second image which represents a second user and a third image which represents the first user, the second image larger than the first image, larger than the third image, not overlapping with the first image and being arranged at a position closer to the position of the camera than a position of the first image is to the position of the camera, on the display surface during a period in which the second user makes an utterance;

transmitting an image obtained by the camera during the period in which the second user makes the utterance, to a terminal device used by the second user; and

displaying, on the display surface during a period in which the first user makes an utterance, the first image larger than the second image, larger than the third image, and larger than the first image during the period in which the second user makes the utterance, wherein

on the display surface during the period in which the second user makes an utterance, the second image, while not overlapping with the first image, is made larger than the second image during the period in which the first user makes an utterance and is made larger than the third image.

2 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the displaying the first image during the period in which the first user makes the utterance includes displaying the first image at a position closer to the position of the camera than the position of the first image during the period in which the second user makes the utterance, and

the display method further comprises transmitting an image obtained by the camera during the period in which the first user makes the utterance, to the terminal device used by the second user.

3 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the displaying the second image during the period in which the second user makes the utterance includes displaying the second image at a position overlapping the camera on the display surface.

4 . The display method according to claim 3 , wherein

the second image is an image obtained by imaging a range including a face of the second user, and

a portion overlapping a range in which the camera is arranged out of the second image is a portion other than the face of the second user.

5 . The display method according to claim 3 , wherein

the displaying the second image during the period in which the second user makes the utterance includes displaying a portion of the second image overlapping the range in which the camera is arranged with a luminance lower than a luminance of other portions of the second image.

6 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the displaying the first image and the second image during the period in which the first user makes the utterance includes displaying the first image and the second image on the display surface at positions other than a position overlapping a range in which the camera is arranged.

7 . A display system comprising:

at least one communication interface which communicates with a camera which is arranged on a display surface and which images a first user, and a terminal device used by a second user;

a display device which displays an image on the display surface;

a speaker; and

at least one processing device which controls the communication interface, the display device, and the speaker, wherein

the at least one processing device

obtains information representing a position of the camera on the display surface,

displays a first image representing a content of an utterance by the first user, a second image which represents the second user and a third image which represents the first user, the second image larger than the first image, larger than the third image, not overlapping with the first image and being arranged at a position closer to the position of the camera than a position of the first image is to the position of the camera, on the display surface, with the display device, during a period in which the second user makes an utterance,

transmits an image obtained by the camera during the period in which the second user makes the utterance, to the terminal device via the communication interface, and

displays, on the display surface, using the display device, during a period in which the first user makes an utterance, the first image larger than the second image, larger than the third image, and larger than the first image during the period in which the second user makes the utterance, and

on the display surface during the period in which the second user makes an utterance, the second image, while not overlapping with the first image, is made larger than the second image during the period in which the first user makes an utterance and is made larger than the third image.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for making a computer execute a method comprising:

obtaining information representing a position on a display surface of a camera which is arranged on the display surface to image a first user;

displaying a first image representing a content of an utterance by the first user, a second image which represents a second user and a third image which represents the first user, the second image larger than the first image, larger than the third image, not overlapping with the first image and being arranged at a position closer to the position of the camera than a position of the first image is to the position of the camera, on the display surface during a period in which the second user makes an utterance;

transmitting an image obtained by the camera during the period in which the second user makes the utterance, to a terminal device used by the second user; and

displaying, on the display surface during a period in which the first user makes an utterance, the first image larger than the second image, larger than the third image, and larger than the first image during the period in which the second user makes the utterance, wherein

on the display surface during the period in which the second user makes an utterance, the second image, while not overlapping with the first image, is made larger than the second image during the period in which the first user makes an utterance and is made larger than the third image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2023
From: ANO, TAKAHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063056/0416 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-046486 · Mar 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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