US Patent Application 18015299. DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM simplified abstract
DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
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Hisashi Mizumoto of Tokyo (JP)
DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18015299 Titled 'DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a display control apparatus that can detect two situations. The first situation is when someone other than a specific person can view the information displayed on the device, and the second situation is when the information can be captured by a camera. In response to detecting either situation, the display control apparatus will change the output state of the information. This change can involve either stopping the output of the information or reducing its visibility compared to before the change.
Original Abstract Submitted
A display control apparatus () detects, by using audio data including a sound around a display device (), a first situation where target information being displayed by the display device () can be viewed by a person other than a specific person (), or detects, by using image data including surroundings of the display device (), a second situation where the target information being displayed by the display device () can be captured by a camera. The display control apparatus () changes an output state of the target information in the display device () in response to detection of the first situation or the second situation. A change of the output state is processing of stopping output of the target information or processing of reducing visibility of the target information as compared with visibility before a change.
