DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM

Abstract

A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display section, an acquisition section, and an image generator. The display section includes a display that has a cylinder-like body and on which an output image is displayed. The acquisition section acquires pieces of direction information that respectively indicate directions of respective users of a plurality of users as viewed from the display. The image generator generates the output image on the basis of the pieces of direction information such that pieces of information that respectively correspond to the users of the plurality of users are presented in the respective directions of the users of the plurality of users.

Description

Claims

1. A display apparatus, comprising: a display section that includes a display that has a cylinder-like body and on which an output image is displayed;an acquisition section that acquires pieces of direction information that respectively indicate directions of respective users of a plurality of users as viewed from the display; andan image generator that generates the output image on a basis of the pieces of direction information such that pieces of information that respectively correspond to the users of the plurality of users are presented in the respective directions of the users of the plurality of users.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display is a transparent display through which visible light is transmitted.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display includes an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, andthe display is configured such that the output image is displayed on the outer peripheral surface and such that the output image displayed on the outer peripheral surface is visible from the inner peripheral surface.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display includes an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, andthe display is configured such that the output image is displayed on the inner peripheral surface and such that the output image displayed on the inner peripheral surface is visible from the outer peripheral surface.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display is an opaque display through which visible light is not transmitted.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display includes an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface,the output image is displayed on the outer peripheral surface, andthe image generator generates the output image in which information presented on a portion of the outer peripheral surface that is situated in back as viewed from the user, looks as if the information was seen through the display as viewed from the user.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display section includes a projection section that projects image light that makes up the output image,the display is a diffusion screen that diffuses the projected image light, andthe image generator arranges information displayable at a lower resolution in a region, on the display, to which a projection distance of the image light is larger.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a motion sensor that detects a user who is watching the display, whereinthe acquisition section generates the direction information on a basis of a result of the detection performed by the motion sensor.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a viewing angle of the display is set such that at least a portion of information presented on a lateral side of the display as viewed from the user, is visible to the user with a specified brightness.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein on a basis of at least one of the number of the users, a viewing angle of the display, a width of the display, or a watching distance of the user to the display, the image generator sets a direction range in which information that corresponds to the user is presented.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display section includes an adjustment element that adjusts a viewing angle of the display.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output image includes an interface screen on which information regarding a talk that the plurality of users is having is presented.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image generator generates an individual screen on which information that corresponds to each of the plurality of users is presented, andgenerates the output image in which the individual screens are arranged in the respective directions of the users of the plurality of users.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the image generator presents the individual screen of a first user in a direction of a second user, the direction of the second user being different from a direction of the first user.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the individual screen includes an icon that represents at least one of an amount of speech of a corresponding one of the plurality of users, a time of the speech, a pattern of the speech, or contents of the speech.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image generator generates a shared image that represents information to be shared by the plurality of users, anddisplays the shared image such that the shared image is moved circumferentially along the display.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image generator color-codes pieces of information that respectively correspond to the users of the plurality of users to display the color-coded pieces of information.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display is a cylindrical display or a prismatic display.

19. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a housing section that is connected to an end edge of the display; anda lateral surface display that is provided to a lateral surface of the housing section, whereinthe image generator generates an image in conformity with the output image displayed on the display, the generated image being displayed on the lateral surface display.

20. A display method that is performed by a computer system, the display method comprising: acquiring pieces of direction information that respectively indicate directions of respective users of a plurality of users as viewed from a display that has a cylinder-like body and on which an output image is displayed; andgenerating the output image on a basis of the pieces of direction information such that pieces of information that respectively correspond to the users of the plurality of users are presented in the respective directions of the users of the plurality of users.

21. A program that causes a computer system to perform a process comprising: acquiring pieces of direction information that respectively indicate directions of respective users of a plurality of users as viewed from a display that has a cylinder-like body and on which an output image is displayed; andgenerating the output image on a basis of the pieces of direction information such that pieces of information that respectively correspond to the users of the plurality of users are presented in the respective directions of the users of the plurality of users.