IP Library Granted Patent US 9,715,752
Granted Patent B2
US 9,715,752 · App. 14/283,398 · Granted Jul 25, 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
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Patent No.
US 9,715,752
App. No.
14/283,398
Granted
Jul 25, 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 (41)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to

control a display device to simultaneously display,

on a back display layer, a vehicle side image to a side of a vehicle and one of a front image forward of the vehicle or a vehicle rear image rearward of the vehicle, and

on a front display layer, an image corresponding to the one of the vehicle front image or the vehicle rear image displayed on the back display layer;

acquire first gesture information corresponding to a first swiping operation of a user in a horizontal direction; and

control, according to the first gesture information, the display device to switch the image displayed on the front display layer to an image corresponding to the vehicle side image displayed on the back display layer.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

control the display device to simultaneously display,

on the front display layer, a vehicle-state image indicating information on a state of the vehicle, and

on the back display layer, a map image indicating map information;

acquire second gesture information corresponding to a second swiping operation of the user; and

control, according to the second gesture information, the display device to switch the vehicle-state image displayed on the front display layer to the map image displayed on the back display layer.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the information on the state of the vehicle includes at least one of tachometer information, remaining fuel amount information, water temperature information, distance meter information, or vehicle speed information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the front display layer extends in a depth direction, and

the circuitry is configured to:

receive messages from a communication interface; and

control the display device to arrange images related to the received messages from a front side of the front display layer to a rear side of the front display layer in time-series order.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the back display layer extends parallel to the front display layer, and

the circuitry is configured to control the display device to arrange user images related to users, who have transmitted the received messages, to correspond to positions of the images related to the received messages.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

lower ends of the front display layer and the back display layer are arranged more closely to a front side of the display device than respective upper ends of the front display layer and the back display layer.

7. An information processing method, comprising:

controlling a display device to simultaneously display,

on a back display layer, a vehicle side image to a side of a vehicle and one of a vehicle front image forward of the vehicle or a vehicle rear image rearward of the vehicle, and

on a front display layer, an image corresponding to the one of the vehicle front image or the vehicle rear image displayed on the back display layer;

acquiring gesture information corresponding to a swiping operation of a user in a horizontal direction; and

controlling, according to the gesture information, the display device to switch the image displayed on the front display layer to an image corresponding to the vehicle side image displayed on the back display layer.

8. An information processing system, comprising:

a first imaging apparatus configured to acquire one of a vehicle front image forward of a vehicle or a vehicle rear image rearward of the vehicle,

a second imaging apparatus configured to acquire a vehicle side image to a side of the vehicle;

a display device; and

circuitry configured to:

control the display device to simultaneously display,

on a back display layer, the vehicle side image and the one of the vehicle front image or the vehicle rear image, and

on a front display layer, an image corresponding to the one of the vehicle front image and the vehicle rear image displayed on the back display layer;

acquire gesture information corresponding to a swiping operation of a user in a horizontal direction; and

control, according to the gesture information, the display device to switch the image displayed on the front display layer to an image corresponding to the vehicle side image displayed on the back display layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2014
From: HOSODA, YASUHIDE; MIHARA, RYOTA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032972/0354 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-114006 · May 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140354610A1 · Dec 4, 2014