Patent Application
20150370335
The present disclosure relates to a display control apparatus, a display apparatus, a display control method, and a program.
For example, head-mounted displays (hereinafter also referred to as “HMDs”) including operation devices have been developed. As a technology for an HMD including an operation device, the technology disclosed in PTL 1 described below can be exemplified.
[PTL 1]
JP 2011-249966A
For example, in a display apparatus mounted on a user so that a display surface is located in front of the user, as in an HMD, an operation device operable by the user is installed to the side of the user on which the display apparatus is mounted in some cases. Here, when the user operates the operation device in the foregoing display apparatus, it is difficult for the user to perform an operation after visually recognizing the operation device. For this reason, in the foregoing display apparatus, there is a concern that operability of a user may deteriorate, for example, when a change (for example, movement of a display object or a change in a display object selected with a cursor or the like) in display content displayed on the display surface and produced as the result of an operation performed by the user himself or herself is not a desired change.
Here, for example, when the technology disclosed in PTL 1 is used, a guide display image guiding a function of an operation device is displayed on a display surface. Therefore, for example, when the technology disclosed in PTL 1 is used and a user can perform an operation according to the guide display image, a desired operation can be caused to be performed by the user. Accordingly, for example, when the technology disclosed in PTL 1 is used, there is a probability of deterioration in the operability of the user being prevented to some extent.
However, as described above, in a display apparatus in which an operation device is installed on a side of a user on which the display apparatus is mounted, it is difficult for the user to perform an operation after visually recognizing the operation device. For this reason, for example, even when the guide display image is displayed on the display surface, as in the technology disclosed in PTL 1, the user may not be said to intuitively comprehend content indicated by the guide display image and operation content on the operation device. Accordingly, for example, even when the technology disclosed in PTL 1 is used, for example, the operability of the user may deteriorate, as described above.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is desirable to provide a novel and improved display control apparatus, a novel and improved display apparatus, a novel and improved display control method, and a novel and improved program capable of promoting an improvement in operability of a user.
In view of the above, the embodiments of the present technology are provided. According to an illustrative embodiment, a display control apparatus is provided to control display of a movable object on a display plane such that, in response to a movement operation, a movement trajectory of the movable object has a component that appears perpendicular to the display plane, wherein the movement operation is initiated when an operation device receives a user input having a component perpendicular to the display plane.
According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, an improvement in operability of a user can be promoted.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the appended drawings. Through this specification and the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to constituent elements having substantially the same functional configurations and the repeated description will be omitted.
Hereinafter, the description will be made in the following order.
1. Display control method according to embodiment
2. Display control apparatus according to embodiment
3. Program according to embodiment
4. Display system according to embodiment
Before the configuration of a display control apparatus according to an embodiment is described, a display control method according to the present embodiment will first be described. Hereinafter, the display control method according to the present embodiment will be described exemplifying a case in which the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment performs a process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment.
First, an example of the configuration of a display apparatus according to the present embodiment controlled by the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment and the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. The display control apparatus according to the present embodiment and the display apparatus according to the present embodiment may be, for example, separate apparatuses or may be an integrated apparatus. When the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment and the display apparatus according to the present embodiment are an integrated apparatus, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to control the self-apparatus (the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment).
The display apparatus according to the present embodiment includes, for example, a display unit 10 and an operation unit 12. As indicated by A of
For example, the display unit 10 includes display surfaces that can display a display object and is disposed at a position in front of two eyes of the user so that the display surfaces are located in front of the user at the time of the mounting on the user. Here, in
Here, examples of the display objects according to the present embodiment include icons corresponding to applications or the like, thumbnail images of still images or moving images, content images indicating still images or moving images, and images (still images or moving images) used to notify the user. Further, examples of the display objects according to the present embodiment may further include images (still images or moving images) relevant to a layout of a screen.
The operation unit 12 is installed to be located at position of a side of the user at the time of the mounting on the user. As indicated by A and B of
As indicated by A and B of
For example, the operation unit 12 includes one operation device or two or more operation devices. Examples of the operation device included in the operation unit 12 include sensors and buttons. Examples of the sensors according to the present embodiment include infrared proximity sensors, touch sensors of various types such as an electrostatic capacitance type, and image sensors.
The operation unit 12 detects a user's operation using the included operation device and generates an operation signal according to a detection result.
Here, for example, “an input operation on the operation device by the user” can be exemplified as the user's operation detected by the operation device according to the present embodiment. When “the input operation on the operation device by the user” is detected as a user's operation by the operation device, the operation signal according to the present embodiment indicates, for example, an operation performed on the operation device by the user.
The user's operation detected by the operation device according to the present embodiment is not limited to the foregoing operation. For example, when the operation device according to the present embodiment is a device capable of detecting that the user approaches the operation device, such as an infrared proximity sensor or an image sensor, the user's operation detected by the operation device according to the present embodiment may he “an operation in which the user approaches the operation device.” When “the operation in which the user approaches the operation device” is detected as the user's operation by the operation device, the operation signal according to the present embodiment can indicate, for example, a previous stage (a preparation stage before an operation is performed) of an operation which the user performs on the operation device.
C of
The sensors included in the operation unit according to the present embodiment are not limited to the example indicated by C of FIG. For example, the operation unit according to the present embodiment may include a sensor in which the first sensor 22 and the second sensor 24 are integrated.
For example, when the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is mounted on the user, as indicated by A and B of
Of course, the outer appearance of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is not limited to the outer appearance indicated by A and B of
The configuration of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration indicated by A and B of
For example, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment may have a configuration in which an external operation device is connected to a position of a side of the user at the time of the mounting on the user. When the external operation device is connected to the position of the side of the user at the time of the mounting on the user, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment may he configured not to include the operation unit 12. That is, “the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment” refers to an operation device configured as the operation unit included in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment and/or an external operation device connected to a position of a side of the user on which the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is mounted in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment. Further, an example of the user's operation on “the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment” will be described below in “[1] Example of operation in display system 1000.”
The display apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a micro processing unit (MPU) and various processing circuits and may include a control unit (not illustrated) that controls the entire display apparatus. When the display apparatus according to the present embodiment and the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment are an integrated apparatus, for example, the control unit (not illustrated) serves to perform a process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment to be described below.
The display apparatus according to the present embodiment may include a communication unit (not illustrated) that performs wireless/wired communication with an external apparatus such as the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment. Examples of the communication unit (not illustrated) include a communication antenna and a radio frequency (RF) circuit (wireless communication), an IEEE 802.15.1 port and a transmission and reception circuit (wireless communication), an IEEE 802.11b port and a transmission and reception circuit (wireless communication), and a local area network (LAN) terminal and a transmission and reception circuit (wired communication). For example, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment may be configured to perform communication with an external apparatus such as the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment via a connected external communication device.
For example, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment may include a battery (not illustrated) that supplies power to each device. Here, a secondary battery such as a lithium-ion battery can be exemplified as the battery (not illustrated) included in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment. When the display apparatus according to the present embodiment receives power from an external power supply such as a commercial power supply to be driven, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment may not include a battery (not illustrated).
The display apparatus according to the present embodiment is not limited to the HMD indicated by A and B of
Hereinafter, the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment in the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described exemplifying a case in which the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is the HMD indicated by A of
As described above, for example, in “a display apparatus in which a display surface is located in front of a user on which the display apparatus is mounted and an operation device is installed on a side of the user on which the display apparatus is mounted” as in the HMD indicated by A of
Here,
Here, the operation axis according to the present embodiment refers to a virtual axis corresponding to a direction in which a medium (for example, a hand or a finger of a user) for an operation is assumed to be moved when the user on which a display apparatus (which is a display apparatus in which a display surface is located in front of a user on which the display apparatus is mounted and an operation device is installed in a side of the user on which the display apparatus is mounted) is mounted operates the operation device installed at a position of the side of the user.
When the operation device according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of sensors, as indicated by C of
For example, as illustrated in
Accordingly, for example, as illustrated in
As described above, for example, even when the guide display image is displayed on the display surface as in the technology disclosed in PTL 1, an improvement in the operability of the user may not be promoted, for example, when the technology disclosed in PTL, 1 is used, due to the occurrence of the deterioration in the operability of the user.
Accordingly, for example, the control display apparatus according to the present embodiment controls display of display objects displayed on the display surface in the display apparatus (a display apparatus which is mounted on a user such that a display surface on which display objects are displayable is located in front of the user and in which an operation device is installed at a position of a side of the user on which the display apparatus is mounted) according to the present embodiment, as indicated by A and B of
More specifically, based on an acquisition state of an operation signal, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment selectively controls the display of the display objects such that at least the part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface. An example of a process relevant to the selective display of the display objects in the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described later.
Here, one or two or more operation devices included in the operation unit 12, as illustrated in
Hereinafter, a case in which “the operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user on which the display apparatus is mounted” acquired by the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment is an operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation unit 12 illustrated in
The trajectory according to the present embodiment is, for example, a path along which display objects are moved or a path along which a position at which display objects are selected is moved, as in the display axis A illustrated in
As described above, the trajectory according to the present embodiment corresponds to, for example, a “display axis” such as the display axis A illustrated in
Accordingly; “controlling the display of display objects such that at least a part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface” in the display control process according to the present embodiment corresponds to, for example, “controlling display of the display objects such that at least a part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates a trajectory having a parallel direction component with respect to the operation axis according to the present embodiment.”
For example, when an operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation unit 12 is acquired, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment moves the display objects by performing scrolling in a direction corresponding to the operation direction indicated by the operation signal along the trajectory according to the present embodiment.
A method of moving the display objects according to the present embodiment is not limited to the foregoing method. For example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment may move the display, objects by discretely changing positions at which the display objects are displayed in a direction corresponding to an operation direction indicated by the operation signal on the trajectory according to the present embodiment.
When the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment and the display apparatus according to the present embodiment are separate apparatuses, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment, for example, by causing the included communication unit (to be described below) or a connected external communication device to transmit a display control signal used to control the display on the display surface of the display unit 10 to the display apparatus according to the present embodiment. When the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment and the display apparatus according to the present embodiment are an integrated apparatus, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment by delivering a display control signal to the included display unit 10.
Here, a signal relevant to the control of controlling a display timing or the like of the display object can be exemplified as the display control signal according to the present embodiment. For example, the display control signal according to the present embodiment may include a signal indicating data relevant to the display content such as data indicating the display object to be displayed on the display surface or data indicating a layout.
A control target for which the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display object is not limited to the display apparatus according to the present embodiment. For example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment may set, as the control target, an apparatus such as a communication apparatus such as a smartphone or a computer such as a personal computer (PC) rather than the display apparatus according to the present embodiment.
Hereinafter, the display control process according to the present embodiment will be described more specifically. The display control process according to the present embodiment will be described below mainly exemplifying a case in which the operation device such as the operation unit 12 installed at the position of the side of the user in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is installed on the left side of the user at the time of the mounting on the user.
For example, when the operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation unit 12 is acquired, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects such that at least the part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface by “displaying at least some of the display objects displayed on the display surface so that some of the display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.
Here, as described above, the operation signal according to the present embodiment indicates, for example, an operation performed on the operation device by the user or a previous stage (a preparation stage before an operation is performed) of an operation performed on the operation device by the user. That is, for example, when the user performs an operation on the operation device or when the user attempts to perform an operation on the operation device, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment can “control the display of the display objects such that at least the part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.”
For example, as described with reference to
For example, the operation axis A and the display axis B are closer to parallel in comparison to the operation axis A and the display axis A by displaying all of the display objects displayed on the display surface so that all of the display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, as in the display objects displayed along the display axis B of
Accordingly, for example, when the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment displays all of the display objects displayed on the display surface so that all of the display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment can promote an improvement in the operability of the user.
When the display axis is the display axis A illustrated in
On the other hand, when the display axis is the display axis B illustrated in
For example, when the entire display axis has the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, as in the display axis B of
For example, as indicated by A and B of
For example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment changes expression (S illustrated in
The display control apparatus according to the present embodiment may move the display objects in the direction of the display axis corresponding to the operation signal according to the user's operation, as in
A change in the display content corresponding to the operation signal according to the user's operation is not limited to
For example, as described with reference to
For example, by curving a part of the display axis corresponding to the trajectory according to the present embodiment), for example, as in the display axis C indicated by A of
Accordingly, for example, since the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment “displays some display objects among the display objects displayed on the display surface so that the display objects have no vertical direction component with respect to the display surface and displays other display objects among the display objects displayed on the display surface so that the display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface,” the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment can promote an improvement in the operability of the user.
The display axis relevant to the second example of the display control process according to the present embodiment is not limited to the display axis of which a part is curved, as in the display axis C indicated by C of
When a part of the display axis is bent, “displaying some display objects among the display objects displayed on the display surface so that the display objects have no vertical direction component with respect to the display surface and displaying other display objects among the display objects displayed on the display surface so that the other display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface” is also realized for the user, as in the case in which the display axis is the display axis C indicated by A of
For example, as indicated by A and B of
For example, as indicated by A and B of
A change in the display content corresponding to the operation signal according to the user's operation is not limited to
An example of the display control process according to the present embodiment in the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment is not limited to the foregoing first example and the foregoing second example.
For example, when the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment is installed on the right side of the user at the time of the mounting on the user, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects, for example, such that the trajectory according to the present embodiment is changed in a reverse side (the right side when viewed by the user on which the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is mounted) to the side in
For example, when the operation devices installed at positions of the sides of the user in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment are installed on both sides, i.e., the right side and the left side, of the user at the time of the mounting on the user, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects such that the trajectory according to the present embodiment is changed to the side corresponding to the operation device from which an operation signal is acquired based on the acquired operation signal. For example, when an operation signal corresponding to the operation device installed on the left side of the user at the time of the mounting on the user is acquired, for example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects such that the trajectory according to the present embodiment is changed to the side (the left side when viewed by the user on which the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is mounted) illustrated in
When the operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation unit 12 is acquired, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment displays at least some display objects among the display objects displayed on the display surface so that the display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, for example, by performing the process relevant to the first example described in the foregoing (i), the process relevant to the second example described in the foregoing (ii), or the process relevant to the third example described in the foregoing (iii).
The display control process according to the present embodiment in the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment is not limited to “the process of displaying at least some display objects among the display objects displayed on the display surface so that the display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.”
For example, when an operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation unit 12 is not acquired, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects such that the entire trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having no vertical direction component with respect to the display surface. That is, for example, when an operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation unit 12 is acquired, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects such that the entire trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface. The display control apparatus according to the present embodiment displays all of the display objects displayed on the display surface so that all of the display objects have no vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, for example, by controlling the display of the display objects such that the display axis indicates the trajectory parallel to the display surface, as in the display axis A illustrated in
For example, as illustrated in
For example, when the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects such that the trajectory according to the present embodiment is changed from the trajectory corresponding to the display axis A illustrated in
For example, as described above, based on an acquisition state of the operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation unit 12, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment selectively controls the display of the display objects such that at least a part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.
The display control apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the display of the display objects based on the acquisition state of “the operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display apparatus,” for example, as described above, in the display control process according to the present embodiment.
An operation signal processed by the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment is not limited to, for example, “the operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display apparatus” as in the operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation unit 12. For example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment may process an operation signal acquired in response to the detection in an operation device other than the operation device (or an external operation device connected at a position of a side of the user; the same applies below) installed at a position of a side of the user in the display apparatus.
Here, a wearable operation device mounted on the body of a user such as an arm of a user for use, an external operation device such as a remote controller, or a communication apparatus such as a smartphone operable by a user can be exemplified as “the operation device other than the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display apparatus” according to the present embodiment. A specific example of “the operation device other than the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display apparatus” according to the present embodiment will be described in a display system according to the present embodiment to be described below. An example of a user's operation on “the operation device other than the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display apparatus” according to the present embodiment will be described below in “Example of operation in display system 1000.”
When an operation signal acquired in response to the detection in “the operation device other than the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display apparatus” according to the present embodiment is acquired, for example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment does not display the display objects so that at least a part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component on the display surface. In the foregoing case, for example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment displays all of the display objects displayed on the display surface so that all of the display objects have no vertical direction component with respect to the display surface by controlling the display of the display objects such that the display axis indicates a trajectory parallel to the display surface, as in the display axis A illustrated in
Here, for example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment identifies the operation device corresponding to the acquired operation signal based on identification information (for example, data indicating an ID) indicating the operation device and included in the operation signal. The method of identifying the operation device according to the acquired operation signal is not limited to the foregoing method. For example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment may identify the operation device corresponding to the acquired operation signal based on an acquisition path (for example, an operation signal delivered from the included operation unit 12 or an operation signal received by a communication unit (to be described below)) of the operation signal.
For example, as described above, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment can change the method of displaying the display objects displayed on the display surface, the method of moving the display objects, or the like according to the operation device corresponding to the operation signal.
Next, an example of the configuration of the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment capable of performing the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment described above will be described.
The display control apparatus 100 may include, for example, a read-only memory (ROM; not illustrated), a random access memory (RAM; not illustrated), a storage unit (not illustrated), an operation unit (not illustrated) operable by a user, and a display unit (not illustrated) that displays various screens as a display screen. In the display control apparatus 100, for example, the foregoing constituent elements are connected via a bus serving as a data transmission path.
Here, the ROM (not illustrated) stores a program used by the control unit 104 or control data such as a calculation parameter. The RAM (not illustrated) temporarily stores a program or the like executed by the control unit 104.
The storage unit (not illustrated) is a storage unit included in the display control apparatus 100 and stores, for example, data indicating display objects and various kinds of data such as applications. Here, a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk or a non-volatile memory such as an electrically erasable and programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) or a flash memory can be exemplified as the storage unit (not illustrated). The storage unit (not illustrated) may be detachably mounted on the display control apparatus 100.
The MPU 150 is formed by, for example, an MPU or a various processing circuits and functions as the control unit 104 that controls the entire display control apparatus 100. For example, the MPU 150 serves as a display control unit 110 to be described below in the display control apparatus 100.
The ROM 152 stores a program used by the MPU 150, control data such as a calculation parameter, or the like. For example, the RAM 154 temporarily stores a program or the like executed by the MPU 150.
The recording medium 156 functions as a storage unit (not illustrated) and, for example, stores data indicating display objects or various data such as applications. Here, a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk or a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory can be exemplified as the recording medium 156. Further, the recording medium 156 may he detachably mounted on the display control apparatus 100.
For example, the input and output interface 158 connects the operation input device 160 to the display device 162. The operation input device 160 functions as an operation unit (not illustrated) and the display device 162 functions as a display unit (not illustrated). Here, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) terminal, a Digital Visual Interface (DVI) terminal, a High-Definition Multimedia interface (HDMI) terminal, and various processing circuits can be exemplified as the input and output interface 158. For example, the operation input device 160 can be provided on the display control apparatus 100 and is connected to the input and output interface 158 inside the display control apparatus 100. A button, a direction key, a rotation type selector such as a jog dial, or a combination thereof can be exemplified as the operation input device 160. For example, the display device 162 is provided on the display control apparatus 100 and is connected to the input and output interface 158 inside the display control apparatus 100. A liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic electro-luminescence (EL) display (or called an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display) can be exemplified as the display device 162.
The input and output interface 158 is, of course, connected to an operation input device (for example, a keyboard or a mouse) which is an external device of the display control apparatus 100 or an external device such as a display device. For example, the display device 162 may be a device such as a touch screen in which a display process and a user's operation can be performed.
The communication interface 164 is a communication unit included in the display control apparatus 100 and functions as the communication unit 102 that performs wireless/wired communication with an external apparatus such as a display apparatus according to the present embodiment via a network (or directly). Here, a communication antenna, an RF circuit (wireless communication), an IEEE 802.15.1 port and a transmission and reception circuit (wireless communication), an IEEE 802.11b port and a transmission and reception circuit (wireless communication), or a LAN terminal and a transmission and reception circuit (wired communication) can be exemplified as the communication interface 164. A wired network such as a LAN or a wide area network (WAN), a wireless network such as a wireless local area network (WLAN) or a wireless wide area network (WWAN) via a base station, or the Internet using a communication protocol such as the transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) can be exemplified as the network according to the present embodiment.
The display control apparatus 100 has, for example, the configuration illustrated in
For example, the display control apparatus 100 may include a plurality of communication interfaces for which communication schemes differ or communication schemes are the same.
For example, when communication is performed with an external apparatus such as the display apparatus according to the present embodiment via an external communication device connected via the input and output interface 158 or the like, the display control apparatus 100 may not include the communication interface 164.
For example, when the display control apparatus 100 is configured to perform a process as a stand-alone apparatus (for example, when the display control apparatus 100 and the display apparatus according to the present embodiment are an integrated apparatus), the display control apparatus 100 may not include the communication interface 164.
The display control apparatus 100 may have a configuration in which the operation input device 160 or the display device 162 is not included.
Referring back to
Here, a communication antenna and an RF circuit or a LAN terminal and a transmission and reception circuit can be exemplified as the communication unit 102, but the configuration of the communication unit 102 is not limited to the foregoing configuration. For example, the communication unit 102 may have a configuration of a USB terminal and a transmission and reception circuit, which corresponds to any standard capable of performing communication or any configuration capable of performing communication with an external apparatus via a network.
The control unit 104 includes, for example, an MPU and serves to control the entire display control apparatus 100. The control unit 104 includes, for example, the display control unit 110 and serves to initiatively perform the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment.
The display control unit 110 serves to initiatively perform the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment and controls the display of the display objects displayed on the display surface in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment (a display apparatus which is mounted on a user so that a display surface is located in front of the user and in which an operation device is installed at a position of a side of the user on which the display apparatus is mounted). For example, the display control unit 110 controls the display of the display objects such that at least a part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface based on an operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user on which the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is mounted.
Here, when the display control apparatus 100 and the display apparatus according to the present embodiment are separate apparatuses, for example, the display control unit 110 performs the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment based on the operation signal received by the communication unit 102. In the foregoing case, for example, the display control unit 110 controls the display of the display objects in the display apparatus corresponding to the embodiment by causing the communication unit 102 to transmit the display control signal according to the processing result to the display apparatus according to the present embodiment.
When the display control apparatus 100 and the display apparatus according to the present embodiment are an integrated apparatus, for example, the display control unit 110 performs the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment based on the operation signal delivered from the operation unit 12. In the foregoing case, for example, the display control unit 110 controls the display of the display objects in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment by delivering the display control signal corresponding to the processing result to the display unit 10.
The control unit 104 includes, for example, the display control unit 110 to initiatively perform the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment.
The display control apparatus 100 has, for example, the configuration illustrated in
The configuration of the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration illustrated in
For example, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment can separately include the display control unit 110 illustrated in
For example, when the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to perform a process as a stand-alone apparatus (for example, when the display control apparatus and the display apparatus according to the present embodiment are an integrated apparatus), the display control apparatus may not include the communication unit 102.
As described above, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment performs, for example, the foregoing display control process as the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment. Here, the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment displays all of the display objects displayed on the display surface so that all of the display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, for example, as indicated by B of
Accordingly, the user viewing the display objects displayed on the display surface can more intuitively recognize the operation direction and the movement direction. Since the user can more intuitively recognize the operation direction and the movement direction, for example, a change in display content on the display surface occurring as the result of the operation performed by the user is prevented from not being a change desired by the user.
Accordingly, the display control apparatus according to present embodiment can promote an improvement in the operability of the user.
The display apparatus according to the present embodiment has been described as an example, but the embodiment is not limited thereto. The embodiment can be applied to, for example, “an apparatus that has any shape and a configuration in which a display surface is located in front of a user and an operation device is located at a side of the user” such as an HMD or an eyeglass (monocle) type apparatus.
The display control apparatus according to the present embodiment has been described as an example, but the embodiment is not limited thereto. The embodiment can be applied to, for example, various apparatuses such as communication apparatuses such as mobile phones or smartphones, video/music reproduction apparatuses (or video/music recording reproduction devices), game devices, computers such as PCs or servers, and display apparatuses such as television receivers. Further, the embodiment can be applied to, for example, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment. Furthermore, the embodiment can also he applied (o, for example, a processing integrated circuit (IC) which can be embedded into the foregoing apparatus or the display apparatus according to the present embodiment.
When a computer executes a program (for example, a program capable of performing the process relevant to the display control method according to the present embodiment, such as the display control process according to the present embodiment) causing a computer to function as the display control apparatus according to the present embodiment, an improvement in the operability of the user can be promoted.
Next, a display system according to the present embodiment that includes the display apparatus according to the present embodiment, for example, as indicated by A and B of
The display system 1000 includes, for example, a display apparatus (A illustrated in
The display apparatus according to the present embodiment has, for example, the configuration (including a modification example) described with reference to
The operation apparatus according to the present embodiment includes, for example, an operation device such as a button or a touch sensor, a control unit (not illustrated), and a communication unit (not illustrated). An example of the operation device included in the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment will he described later.
The control unit (not illustrated) included in the operation device according to the present embodiment includes an MPU or various processing circuits and controls the entire operation apparatus according to the present embodiment. The control unit (not illustrated) included in the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment controls the communication unit (not illustrated) included in the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment or communication in a connected external communication device and transmits, for example, an operation signal acquired in response to the detection in the operation device to the display apparatus according to the present embodiment or an external apparatus such as the communication apparatus indicated by D of
The communication unit (not illustrated) included in the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment serves to perform wireless/wired communication with an external apparatus such as the display apparatus according to the present embodiment. A communication antenna and an RF circuit (wireless communication) or an IEEE 802.15.1 port and a transmission and reception circuit (wireless communication), an IEEE 802.11b port and a transmission and reception circuit (wireless communication), or a LAN terminal and a transmission and reception circuit (wired communication) can be exemplified as the communication unit (not illustrated) included in the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment.
The configuration of the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment is not limited to the foregoing configuration.
For example, when communication is configured to be performed with an external apparatus such as the display apparatus according to the present embodiment via a connected external communication device, the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment may not include the communication unit (not illustrated).
The operation apparatus according to the present embodiment may include, for example, a battery (not illustrated) that supplies power to each device. Here, a secondary battery such as a lithium-ion battery can be exemplified as the battery (not illustrated) included in the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment. When the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment receives power from an external power supply such as a commercial power supply to be driven, the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment may not include a battery (not illustrated).
The display system 1000 includes, for example, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment having the foregoing configuration and the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment having the foregoing configuration. The configuration of the display system according to the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration illustrated in
For example, the display system according to the present embodiment may not include the communication apparatus, which is indicated by D of
In
Hereinafter, a display system according to the present embodiment will be described exemplifying the display system 1000 illustrated in
In the display system 1000, for example, the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is controlled based on a user's operation. Here, in the display system 1000, the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is controlled, for example, when the user operates the operation device included in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment and the operation device included in the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment.
A illustrated in
B illustrated in
C illustrated in
Of course, examples of the operation devices included in the display apparatuses according to the present embodiment and the operation apparatus according to the present embodiment are not limited to the examples illustrated in
Hereinafter, an example of an operation in the display system 1000 and an example of display in the display system 1000 will be described exemplifying a case in which an operation device on which an operation relevant to the control of the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment can be performed is the operation devices indicated by A to C of
For example, when the user performs the following operation, a “determination operation” is recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment:
an operation of touching the sensor included in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment and located on the front side for a time equal to or greater than a predetermined time (or greater than the predetermined time);
an operation of pressing an Enter button included in the remote controller; and an operation of touching the touch sensor of the wearable operation device.
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “a return operation or a cancellation operation” is recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment:
an operation of touching the sensor included in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment and located on the rear side for a time equal to or greater than a predetermined time (or greater than the predetermined time);
an operation of pressing a BACK button included in the remote controller; and
an operation of touching the touch sensor of the wearable operation device for a time equal to or greater than a predetermined time (or greater than the predetermined time).
A illustrated in
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “a moving operation to the left” is recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment:
an operation of touching the sensor located on the rear side after the sensor included in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment and located on the front side is touched;
an operation of pressing a Left button included in the remote controller; and
a sliding operation from the left side to the right side on the touch sensor of the wearable operation device.
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “a moving operation to the left side” is continuously recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment:
an operation of continuously pressing the Left button included in the remote controller (which corresponds to a “continuous operation” indicated by A of
A illustrated in
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “a moving operation to the right side” is recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment:
an operation of touching the sensor located on the front side after touching the sensor included in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment and located on the rear side;
an operation of pressing the Right button included in the remote controller; and a sliding operation from the right side to the left side on the touch sensor of the wearable operation device.
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “a moving operation to the right side” is continuously recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment:
an operation (corresponding to a “continuous operation” indicated by A of F C) of continuously pressing the Right button included in the remote controller.
A illustrated in
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “the moving operation to the upper side” is recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment:
an operation of pressing an Up button included in the remote controller; and a siding operation from the upper side to the lower side on the touch sensor of the wearable operation device.
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “a moving operation to the lower side” is recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment:
an operation of pressing a Down button included in the remote controller; and a sliding operation from the lower side to the upper side on the touch sensor of the wearable operation device.
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “an operation of turning on/off the display on the display surface” is recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment:
an operation of touching the sensor included in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment and located on the front side and the sensor located on the rear side for a time equal to or greater than a predetermined time (or greater than the predetermined time); and
an operation of pressing a Power button included in the remote controller for a time equal to or less than a set first time (or less than the first time).
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “an operation of turning on/off the power of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment” in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is recognized:
an operation of pressing the Power button included in the remote controller for a time longer than the set first time (or equal to or longer than the first time) and equal to or less than the set second time (or less than the second time),
where the first time the second time.
For example, when the user performs the following operation, “the operation of enabling the wireless communication of the predetermined communication scheme to be performed” in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is recognized:
an operation of pressing the Power button included in the remote controller for a time equal to or less than the out first time (or less than the first time) at the time of the first setting: and
an operation of pressing the Power button included in the remote controller for a time greater than the set second time (or equal to or greater than the second time) and equal to or less than a set third time (or less than the third time),
where the second time <the third time.
Next, an example of the display in the display system 1000 realized through, for example, the same user's operations as those illustrated in
A illustrated in
B1 and B2 illustrated in
Here, I indicated by B1 and B2 of
For example, C1 and C2 illustrated in
For example, as indicated by C1 or C2 of
For example, D1 and D2 illustrated in
For example, E illustrated in
In the display system 1000 according to the present embodiment, for example, transition of the display content illustrated in
The transition of the display content realized through, for example, the user's operations illustrated in
For example, when the power of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is in the off-state and “the operation of turning on/off the power of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment” is performed, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment turns on the power based on an operation signal in response to this operation. As a result, for example, the display content on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is changed from a state indicated by Al illustrated in
For example, when the power of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is in the on-state and “the operation of turning on/off the power of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment” is performed, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment turns off the power based on an operation signal in response to this operation. As a result, for example, the display content on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is changed from a state indicated by B1 illustrated in
For example, when the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is in the off-state and “the operation of turning on/off the display on the display surface” is performed, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment turns on the display on the display surface based on an operation signal in response to this operation. As a result, the display content on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is changed from a state indicated by A1 illustrated in
For example, when the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is in the on-state and “the operation of turning on/off the display on the display surface” is performed, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment turns off the display on the display surface based on an operation signal in response to this operation. As a result, for example, the display content on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is changed from a state indicated by B1 illustrated in
For example, when the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is turned on and the operation signal in response to “the operation of turning on/off the display on the display surface” is not acquired, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment can automatically turn off the display on the display surface. For example, when the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is turned on and no operation signal is acquired even after elapse of a set predetermined time, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment automatically turns off the display on the display surface. When the display on the display surface is automatically turned off, for example, the display content on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is changed from a state indicated by C1 illustrated in
A illustrated in
For example, when “the moving operation to the left side” illustrated in
Accordingly, when the display content is the display content in which “the moving operation to the left side” is not received any more, for example, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment changes the display content to be expressed extending in a reverse direction to a direction in which the display content is not moved, for example, as indicated by A3 of
For example, when the display content is displayed on the display surface in the expression way indicated by A3 or A5 of
The expression indicating that the operation according to the present embodiment may not be performed is not limited to the examples indicated by A3 and A5 of
For example, in the case of the screens on which sentences (“vvv . . . ,” “xxx . . . ,” and “yyy . . . ” are indicated by Al to AS of FIG. 1SF) are displayed, as indicated by A1 to AS of
In
For example, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment may transition the display content displayed on the display surface based on a set trigger such as reception of new mail or reception of a new posting such as a Tweet. Here, the reception of the mail, the posting, or the like may be, for example, reception in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment or may be reception in an external apparatus such as the communication apparatus indicated by D of
For example, when the trigger set at the time of the off-state of the display on the display surface is detected, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment changes the display content on the display surface from a state indicated by A of
When the trigger set at the time of the on-state of the display on the display surface is detected, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment displays an icon 1 corresponding to the detected trigger on the display surface, for example, as indicated by A2, B2, C2, or D2 of
For example, when the icon I corresponding to the detected trigger is displayed on the display surface, the user can recognize reception of new mail, reception of a new posting, or the like. Accordingly, for example, as indicated by A2, B2, C2, or D2 of
In the display system 1000, for example, as illustrated in
Examples of the display in the display system 1000 are not limited to the examples illustrated in
Another example of display in display system 1000
When the display apparatus according to the present embodiment included in the display system 1000 is “the display apparatus which is mounted on the user so that the display surface on which display objects can be displayed is located in front of the user and in which the operation device is installed at a position of a side of the user on which the display apparatus is mounted,” for example, as indicated by A and B of
Accordingly, when an operation signal is acquired, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment gives feedback to the user to inform the user that the operation signal is acquired. The display apparatus according to the present embodiment performs a process based on an acquired operation signal after a set time passes after start of the feedback.
For example, when the “determination operation” on a given display object is recognized, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment changes the display of a focus frame indicating a selected display object, for example, as indicated by B to D of
The method of feeding the operation corresponding to the acquired operation signal back to the user is not limited to the method of changing the display of the focus frame, as in
In
As described above, for example, by giving the feedback of the operation corresponding to the acquired operation signal to the user, the user can recognize that an action unintended as an operation is detected by the operation device. Further, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment performs a process based on the acquired operation signal after the feedback starts and then the set time passes. Therefore, the probability of the process unintended by the user being performed in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is reduced.
Accordingly, by performing the foregoing process, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment can improve the operability of the user.
A method of preventing the operability of the user from deteriorating due to an action unintended as an operation according to the present embodiment being detected by the operation device is not limited to the foregoing method.
For example, in the display system 1000 according to the present embodiment, a user's action (for example, a tapping action or a double-tapping action) for which a detection time at which an operation is detected on the operation device is short may not be set as an operation recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment.
In the display system 1000 according to the present embodiment, for example, an operation recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment may be changed based on a detection time and a detection position at which an operation is detected in the operation device. As an example in which an operation recognized in the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is changed based on the detection time and the detection position, an example in which a “determination” command is allocated at the time of detection of a finger or the like for a time equal to or greater than a time set in the first sensor 22 indicated by C of
For example, as described with reference to
When the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is in the off-state and the user performs “the operation of turning on/off the display on the display surface” illustrated in
When the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is changed from the off-state to the on-state and, for example, when the animation display indicated by A to D of
Accordingly, when the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is changed from the off-state to the on-state, convenience or operability of the user can be prevented from deteriorating, for example, by performing the animation display indicated by A to D of
For example, as indicated by A to G of
For example, as indicated by A to D of
For example, when the user performs “the return operation or the cancellation operation” illustrated in
When the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is in the on-state and no operation signal is acquired even after the elapse of the set predetermined period, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment changes a display position of each display object for each display object, for example, as indicated by A to C of
When the display on the display surface of the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is changed from the on-state to the off-state, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment transitions the display content, using animation display reverse to the animation display illustrated in
When the display content displayed on the display surface is transitioned, the display apparatus according to the present embodiment can use, for example, the animation display illustrated in FIGS. I 7A to I 7F. Of course, the animation display according to the present embodiment is not limited to the examples illustrated in
The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail with reference to the appended drawings, but the technical scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and alterations may occur depending on design requirements and other factors insofar as they are within the technical scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof, and the modifications and the alterations are construed to pertain to the technical scope of the present disclosure.
For example, the case in which the program (computer program) causing a computer to function as the display control device according to the present embodiment is provided has been described, but the embodiment can also provide a recording medium storing the program.
For example, in the display system according to the present embodiment, such as the display system 1000 illustrated in
The above-described configurations show examples of the embodiment and, of course, pertain to the technical scope of an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Additionally, the present technology may also be configured as below.
(1) A display control apparatus to control display of a movable object on a display plane such that, in response to a movement operation, a movement trajectory of the movable object has a component that appears perpendicular to the display plane, wherein the movement operation is initiated when an operation device receives a user input having a component perpendicular to the display plane.
(2) The display control apparatus as recited in (1), wherein the movable object is scrolled based on the movement operation.
(3) The display control apparatus as recited in (1) or (2), wherein a shape of the movement trajectory is changed based a location where the user input is received.
(4) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (3), wherein the component of the movement trajectory appearing perpendicular to the display plane is changed based on an acquisition state corresponding to the user input.
(5) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (4), wherein the display plane is provided in a wearable display device.
(6) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (5), wherein the wearable display device is a head mounted display and the operation device is provided on a temple part of the head mounted display.
(7) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (6), wherein a component of the movement trajectory is along the display plane.
(8) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (7), wherein the operation device is positioned at a side of the user and the component of the movement trajectory that appears perpendicular to the display plane is evident at the side of the user at which the operation device is positioned.
(9) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (8), wherein at least a part of the movement trajectory is bent or is a curved line.
(10) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (9), wherein the apparatus displays the movement trajectory of the movable object based on a type of the operation device such that whether or not a component of the movement trajectory appears perpendicular to the display plane depends upon the type of operation device.
(11) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (10), wherein the apparatus is operable to control display of a plurality of objects and to move a part of the plurality of objects along the movement trajectory in response to the movement operation.
(12) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (11), wherein the movable object is displayed in perspective.
(13) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (12), wherein the movable object is a cursor.
(14) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (13), wherein the operation device is embedded in a wearable device and comprises a sensing surface to identify the user input.
(15) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (14), wherein the operation device identifies the user input through one of a proximity sensor, a touch sensor, and an image sensor.
(16) The display control apparatus as recited in any of (1) to (15), wherein the apparatus is one of a head mounted display device, a cellular phone, a personal computer, and a monocle.
(17) A head mounted display, including a display; an operation device to receive a user input having a component perpendicular to a display plane of the display and indicating a movement operation; and a display control apparatus to control display of a movable object on the display such that, in response to the movement operation, a movement trajectory of the movable object appears to have a component perpendicular to the display plane.
(18) A display control apparatus including circuitry to control display of a movable object on a display plane such that, in response to a movement operation, a movement trajectory of the movable object appears to have a component perpendicular to the display plane, wherein the movement operation is initiated when an operation device receives a user input having a component perpendicular to the display plane.
(19) A method for controlling a display including controlling display of a movable object on a display plane of the display such that, in response to a movement operation, a movement trajectory of the movable object appears to have a component perpendicular to the display plane, wherein the movement operation is initiated when an operation device receives a user input having a component perpendicular to the display plane.
(20) A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer-readable program for implementing a method for controlling a display, the method including controlling display of a movable object on a display plane of the display such that, in response to a movement operation, a movement trajectory of the movable object appears to have a component perpendicular to the display plane, wherein the movement operation is initiated when an operation device receives a user input having a component perpendicular to the display plane.
(21) A display control device including:
a display control unit that controls display of display objects displayed on a display surface in a display device mounted on a user so that a display surface on which the display objects are displayable is located in front of the user,
wherein the display control unit controls the display of the display objects such that at least a part of a trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates a trajectory having a vertical direction component with respect to the display surface based on an operation signal acquired in response to detection in an operation device installed at a position of a side of the user in the display device.
(22) The display control device according to (21), wherein, based on an acquisition state of the operation signal, the display control unit selectively controls the display of the display objects such that at least the part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.
(23) The display control device according to (22), wherein, when the operation signal is acquired, the display control unit controls the display of the display objects such that at least the part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, and
wherein the display control unit controls the display of the display objects such that at least the part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, and then controls the display of the display objects such that the entire trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates a trajectory having no vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, when the operation signal is not acquired in a set predetermined time.
(24) The display control device according to any one of (21) to (23), wherein, when the operation signal is acquired, the display control unit displays at least some of the display objects displayed on the display surface so that some of the display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.
(25) The display control device according to (24),
wherein the display control unit displays some display objects among the display objects displayed on the display surface so that the display objects have no vertical direction component with respect to the display surface, and
wherein the display control unit displays other display objects among the display objects displayed on the display surface so that the other display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.
(26) The display control device according to (24), wherein the display control unit displays all of the display objects displayed on the display surface so that all of the display objects have the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.
(27) The display control device according to any one of (21) to (26), wherein, when the operation signal is not acquired, the display control unit controls the display of the display objects such that the entire trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates a trajectory having no vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.
(28) The display control device according to (27), wherein the display control unit displays all of the display objects displayed on the display surface such that all of the display objects have no vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.
(29) The display control device according to any one of (21) to (28), wherein, when the operation signal is acquired, the display control unit moves the display object along the trajectory by scrolling the display object in a direction corresponding to an operation direction indicated by the operation signal.
(30) The display control device according to any one of (21) to (29), wherein, when the operation signal is acquired in response to a detection in an operation device other than the operation device installed at the position of the side of the user in the display device, the display control unit does not display the display objects such that at least the part of the trajectory along which the display objects are moved indicates the trajectory having the vertical direction component with respect to the display surface.
(31) The display control device according to any one of (21) to (30), wherein the operation device detects an operation input on the operation device by the user or proximity of the user to the operation device.
(32) A display device including:
a display unit that includes a display surface on which a display object is displayable, the display surface being located in front of a user when the display device is mounted on the user;
an operation unit that is installed at a position of a side of the user when the display device is mounted on the user; and
a display control unit that controls display of the display object displayed on the display surface,
wherein the display control unit controls the display of the display object such that at least a part of a trajectory along which the display object is moved indicates a trajectory having a vertical direction component with respect to the display surface based on an operation signal acquired in response to detection in the operation unit.
(33) The display device according to (32), wherein the operation unit is provided on a temple member located at a temple part of the user when the display device is mounted on the user.
(34) The display device according to (32) or (33), wherein the display device is a head-mounted display mounted on a head part of the user.
(35) A display control method including:
controlling display of a display object displayed on a display surface in a display device mounted on a user so that a display surface on which the display object is displayable is located in front of the user,
wherein, in the controlling step, the display of the display object is controlled such that at least a part of a trajectory along which the display object is moved indicates a trajectory having a vertical direction component with respect to the display surface based on an operation signal acquired in response to detection in an operation device installed at a position of a side of the user in the display device.
(36) A program for causing a computer to execute:
controlling display of a display object displayed on a display surface in a display device mounted on a user so that a display surface on which the display object is displayable is located in front of the user,
wherein, in the controlling step, the display of the display object is controlled such that at least a part of a trajectory along which the display object is moved indicates a trajectory having a vertical direction component with respect to the display surface based on an operation signal acquired in response to detection in an operation device installed at a position of a side of the user in the display device.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 2013-033875 | Feb 2013 | JP | national |
This application claims the benefit of Japanese Priority Patent Application JP 2013-033875 filed Feb. 22, 2013, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/JP2014/000097 | 1/10/2014 | WO | 00 |
