JP2011203302A - Display device and image display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve display control which, in a display device wherein information a user intends to browse is displayed on all of two or more image display units, makes the information less likely to be seen by an unintended person.SOLUTION: In the case of a display mode wherein a first display surface and a second display surface face in different directions, the display device specifies a display surface to be browsed by the user (step Sa2) and displays an image on an image display unit of the specified display surface (step Sa3). On the other hand, the display device displays no image on the other image display unit (step Sa4). In order to specify the image display unit to be browsed by the user, a method of detecting a position (inclination) of the display device and a method of detecting which of the surfaces of the display device is operated or touched by the user are used.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for preventing unintended disclosure of information to others.

  When a book or the like is viewed in a situation where there is another person nearby, the contents of the book or the like may be stolen by others. If a book is stolen, personal privacy may be violated. Even if not, there are many people who don't feel so comfortable about being stolen by others.

  The same applies not only to printed materials such as books, but also when a display device such as an electronic book is used. For example, when the display device of the double-sided display type described in Patent Document 1 is used, if the information that the user wants to browse is displayed on both the front surface (frontal noodle) and the back surface (back surface), the information on the back surface May be seen by others.

  On the other hand, in a mobile phone, a technique is known in which a display unit is provided on the front and back surfaces and an advertisement is displayed on the back display unit (see, for example, Patent Document 2). However, the technique described in Patent Document 2 is based on the assumption that the user browses the front display unit and the other person browses the rear display unit.

JP 2007-114584 A JP 2004-336581 A

  An object of the present invention is to realize display control that makes it difficult for an unintended person to see the information in a display device in which the same information that the user is going to browse can be displayed on any of two or more image display units. It is in.

  A display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first display surface and a second display surface, each of which includes an image display unit and is rotatably connected around a hinge unit, and the first display surface The second display surface is a display device that exists in a spread state or a front / back state by the rotation, and a user using the display device views either the first display surface or the second display surface. A first screen for browsing by the user is displayed on a browsing surface that is a display surface specified by the browsing surface specifying unit and a browsing surface that is not the browsing surface. It has a structure provided with the display control part which controls not to display a said 1st image on a browsing surface.

  In the display device according to the present invention, the browsing surface specifying unit includes a state determination unit that determines which of the spread state and the front / back state, the state determination unit includes the first display surface and the As the relative position of the second display surface, the spread state and the front / back state are determined according to whether an angle formed by the first display surface and the second display surface is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle, The first image may not be displayed on the non-viewing surface when the relative position is in the front and back state.

Moreover, the display apparatus which concerns on this invention WHEREIN: The structure which displays the 2nd image different from a said 1st image on the said non-browsing surface may be sufficient as the said display control part.
More preferably, it includes a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information representing the position of its own device, and the display control unit displays an image corresponding to the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit on the non-browsing surface. The second image may be included and displayed.
Alternatively, the display control unit includes an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information for specifying the device itself, and a code image generation unit that generates a code image including the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit. May be configured such that the code image generated by the code image generation unit is included in the second image and displayed on the non-viewing surface.

In the display device according to the present invention, the browsing surface specifying unit includes an operation / contact detection unit that detects an operation or contact by the user for each of the first display surface and the second display surface, and the operation -The structure which specifies the said browsing surface based on the detection result of a contact detection part may be sufficient.
Alternatively, the browsing surface specifying unit may include a posture detection unit that detects the posture of the device itself, and the browsing surface may be specified based on a detection result of the posture detection unit.

  The display device according to the present invention includes an other person recognition unit that recognizes another person other than the user on the non-viewing surface, and the display control unit is configured to perform the non-viewing based on a recognition result of the other person recognition unit. The second image may be displayed on the surface.

  The content display method according to another aspect of the present invention includes a first display surface and a second display surface, each of which includes an image display unit, and is rotatably connected around a hinge unit. An image display method using a display device in which a display surface and the second display surface exist in a spread state or a front / back state by the rotation, and a user who uses the display device allows the first display surface and the second display to be displayed It is specified which of the screens is being browsed, and the first image for viewing by the user is displayed on the viewing surface which is the identified display surface, and the non-browsing surface which is a display surface which is not the viewing surface The first image is controlled not to be displayed.

  According to the present invention, in the display device in which the same information that the user is going to browse can be displayed on any of the two or more image display units, display control that makes it difficult for others who do not intend to see the information is realized. Can do.

Figure showing the appearance of the display device The figure which shows the aspect of rotation of a 1st display surface and a 2nd display surface Block diagram showing hardware configuration of display device The figure which shows the relationship between the position of an image display part, and a display mode Functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the display device Flowchart showing display control by display device The figure which illustrates the general way of holding the display device by the user Diagram showing the structure of the advertisement display system Functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the display device Sequence chart showing processing related to display of advertisements and provision of consideration

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the display device 100 is a display device having two image display units 141 and 142. In addition, the display device 100 has a configuration in which a plate-like first display surface 101 and a second display surface 102 are rotatably connected by a hinge unit 103, and an image display unit 141, a first display surface 101 is provided on the first display surface 101. Each of the two display surfaces 102 includes an image display unit 142. The image display units 141 and 142 are configured by, for example, a liquid crystal panel, but may be one using another display element such as an organic EL (electroluminescence) element. In addition, the image display units 141 and 142 are planes in the present embodiment, but may be configured by curved surfaces.

  In addition, the display device 100 includes a key group 151 and a camera 171 on the first display surface 101, and includes a key group 152 and a camera 172 on the second display surface 102. The key group 151 corresponds to the image display unit 141, and the key group 152 corresponds to the image display unit 142. Key groups 151 and 152 are a set of keys for accepting an operation for switching the display of the corresponding image display unit, and accept operations such as pressing by the user. The operations received by the key groups 151 and 152 include at least a paging (page feed) operation. Each of the cameras 171 and 172 has a function of photographing a predetermined viewing angle centered in a direction in which the image display units 141 and 142 are directed. Note that the display apparatus 100 may include a single camera that can change the shooting direction by rotating with respect to the apparatus main body instead of the two cameras 171 and 172.

  Here, the “user” refers to a person who owns or possesses the display device 100 and refers to a person who is assumed to browse content using the display device 100. In addition, the “content” here refers to one or a plurality of information stored for display by the display device 100 for viewing by the user, and typically, a book (electronic book) divided by a plurality of pages. ) And documents.

  The first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102 rotate around the hinge portion 103 and relatively change their positions. The angle at which the first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102 can rotate is about 360 °. The hinge part 103 is an example of a variable mechanism according to the present invention, and this functions as a rotation axis, so that the positions of the first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102 are in any one of a plurality of states. It is possible to make it. Although it is desirable that the first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102 can be easily rotated by the power of the user's hand, even if the motor or the like is driven by the user's operation and the power of the display device 100 is used. Good.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a manner of rotation of the first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102, and is a diagram illustrating the rotation axis thereof coincident with the direction perpendicular to the paper surface. Note that the state shown in FIG. 2B matches the state shown in FIG. This state is a state in which the image display units 141 and 142 can be browsed and opened. At this time, the image display unit 141 and the image display unit 142 face the same direction.

  The first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102 can be folded from the state shown in FIG. The state shown in FIG. 2A is a state where the image display unit 141 and the image display unit 142 face each other, and the image display units 141 and 142 are not exposed to the outside. This state is suitable when the user does not browse the image display units 141 and 142 (for example, when the display device 100 is carried). On the other hand, when the image display units 141 and 142 are rotated in the opposite direction, as shown in FIGS. 2C and 2D, the image display unit 141 and the image display unit 142 are directed in the opposite directions. The image display units 141 and 142 are exposed to the outside.

  Hereinafter, the states shown in FIGS. 2A, 2 </ b> B, and 2 </ b> D are referred to as “closed state”, “spread state”, and “front and back state”, respectively. The spread state is a state suitable when the user views a plurality of pages of content at the same time. On the other hand, the front and back state is a state suitable for a user who browses the content by making the display device 100 compact, for example, suitable for a user who browses the content in a train where an unspecified number of others are present. State. In the front / back state, one of the image display unit 141 and the image display unit 142 (referred to as “front”) faces the user, and the other (referred to as “back”) faces the opposite side.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the display device 100. As shown in FIG. 3, the display device 100 includes a control unit 110, a storage unit 120, a communication unit 130, a display unit 140, an operation unit 150, a sensor unit 160, a face recognition unit 170, and a positioning unit. 180. The control unit 110 includes an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a storage unit (so-called memory) corresponding to a main storage device, and controls each unit of the display device 100 by executing a program. The storage unit 120 includes storage means corresponding to an auxiliary storage device. The storage means of the storage unit 120 is configured by, for example, a hard disk or a flash memory. The storage unit 120 may include a removable medium (detachable storage unit). The storage unit 120 stores one or more contents.

The communication unit 130 includes an interface for communicating with a network or another external device, and transmits and receives data according to control by the control unit 110. In addition, when the display device 100 is a portable device that can be carried, the communication unit 130 is preferably a device that performs wireless communication.
Note that the display device 100 does not have to include the communication unit 130 when there is no need to acquire data such as content from the outside.

  The display unit 140 includes the above-described image display units 141 and 142 and a drive circuit for driving them. The display unit 140 displays an image corresponding to the content on the image display unit 141 or 142 (or both). Whether the display unit 140 displays an image on the image display unit 141 or 142 depends on control by the control unit 110.

  The operation unit 150 includes the above-described key groups 151 and 152 and receives an operation by the user. The operation unit 150 supplies a signal corresponding to a user operation (hereinafter referred to as “operation signal”) to the control unit 110. The key groups 151 and 152 can accept the same type of operation, but the operation unit 150 supplies the control unit 110 with an operation signal that can distinguish which of the key groups 151 and 152 has accepted the operation.

  The sensor unit 160 includes a sensor that detects the state of the display device 100 (a closed state, a spread state, or a front / back state) and a sensor that detects a posture. In the present embodiment, the “posture” of the display device 100 refers to the tilt of the display device 100. Therefore, in this embodiment, the sensor unit 160 senses the attitude of the display device 100 using a gravity sensor or a geomagnetic sensor. In the present embodiment, the state in which the image display unit 141 is facing in the direction opposite to the gravitational direction is used as a reference for the posture, and the sensor unit 160 detects the inclination of the first display surface 101 from the reference state. To do. The sensor unit 160 supplies a signal indicating the state of the display device 100 (hereinafter referred to as “mode signal”) and a signal indicating the posture of the display device 100 (hereinafter referred to as “posture signal”) to the control unit 110.

  The face recognition unit 170 includes the cameras 171 and 172 described above, and recognizes a human face using a known face recognition technique. The face recognition unit 170 extracts an image that can be regarded as a human face from the image data generated by the camera 171 or 172, and specifies the number of people. The face recognition unit 170 preferably estimates the sex and age of the photographed person based on the extracted face image. The face recognition unit 170 corresponds to an example of a recognition unit according to the present invention. Note that an object whose face is recognized by the face recognition unit 170 is mainly a person other than the user of the display device 100. In the following, a person (other than the user) whose face is recognized by the face recognition unit 170 is particularly referred to as “other person”. The face recognition unit 170 corresponds to an example of the other person recognition unit according to the present invention.

  The positioning unit 180 is means for acquiring position information of the display device 100. Here, the “position information” refers to information indicating the position of the display device 100 (or a position that can be identified with the display device 100), and is information represented by, for example, latitude and longitude or a residence display. The positioning unit 180 acquires position information using, for example, GPS (Global Positioning System). Alternatively, when the display device 100 performs wireless communication, the positioning unit 180 can also obtain position information based on the position of the base station (or access point) that performed communication. When the positioning unit 180 acquires the position information, the positioning unit 180 supplies the position information to the control unit 110.

  Note that the face recognition unit 170 and the positioning unit 180 are used in the second embodiment described later, but are not used in the present embodiment. Therefore, the display device 100 may not have a configuration corresponding to the face recognition unit 170 and the positioning unit 180 as long as the operation of the present embodiment is performed.

  The display device 100 displays an image corresponding to the content stored in the storage unit 120 based on the user's operation and how to hold it based on the above configuration. For example, the display device 100 is powered off in the above-described closed state, but when the state transitions to either the spread state or the front / back state, the power is turned on and an image is displayed. Alternatively, the display device 100 may include a power key and display an image according to the operation of the power key. Further, when a plurality of contents are stored, the display device 100 may prompt the user to select the content, and may display an image of the content selected by the user, or may be displayed last on the own device. The content may be stored and an image of the content may be displayed.

  The display device 100 has a “spread mode” corresponding to the spread state and a “front / back mode” corresponding to the front / back state as modes for displaying the content. Here, the spread mode refers to a display mode in which an image is displayed on both the image display units 141 and 142. For example, when a page with content is displayed on the image display unit 141, the image display unit 142 is displayed. Is a display mode of a display mode in which the next page of the page is displayed. The front / back mode refers to a display mode in which an image is displayed on one of the image display units 141 and 142. The image display unit on which the image is displayed in the front / back mode is the image display unit on the side that the user is browsing (that is, the front side). The display device 100 determines whether the image display unit being browsed by the user is the image display unit 141 or 142 based on the user's operation or the posture of the own device (that is, based on the operation signal or the posture signal). Identify. Moreover, the display apparatus 100 specifies a display mode based on a mode signal.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the positions of the image display units 141 and 142 and the display mode. Now, if straight lines L1 and L2 perpendicular to the image display units 141 and 142 are respectively defined, in the spread mode, as shown in FIG. 4A, the straight line L1 and the straight line L2 are parallel and in the same direction. Facing. In this case, when the degree of inclination of the straight line L2 with respect to the straight line L1 is expressed by an angle, it is 0 °. In other words, this state can be said to be a state in which the angle θ formed by the first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102 is about 180 °. On the other hand, in the front / back mode, as shown in FIG. 4B, the inclination of the straight line L2 with respect to the straight line L1 is 180 °, and the angle θ formed by the first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102 is about 360 °. Become. In the present embodiment, a state where the angle is a predetermined value larger than 180 ° and smaller than 360 ° is used as a boundary between the spread mode and the front / back mode, and the angle in this state is used as a threshold value. In addition, the specific value of a threshold value should just be determined suitably in consideration of a user's usability.

  FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the display device 100. The control unit 110 of the display device 100 implements functions corresponding to the content acquisition unit 111, the viewing surface identification unit 112, and the display control unit 115 illustrated in FIG. 5 by executing a program. The content acquisition unit 111 reads and acquires content from the storage unit 120. The viewing surface identification unit 112 identifies a display surface that the user browses from among the first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102. In the following, the display surface specified by the browsing surface specifying unit 112 out of the first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102 is referred to as “browsing surface”, and the display surface that is not the browsing surface is referred to as “non-browsing”. It is called “face”. More specifically, the browsing surface specifying unit 112 includes a state determination unit 113 for specifying a display mode, and a detection unit 114 for detecting the posture of the own device and a user operation. The detection unit 114 has a function of detecting a user operation based on the operation signal and a function of detecting the posture of the own apparatus based on the posture signal. The former function corresponds to an example of an operation / contact detection unit according to the present invention, and the latter function corresponds to an example of an attitude detection unit according to the present invention. If the display mode is the spread mode, the viewing surface specifying unit 112 specifies both the first display surface 101 and the second display surface 102 as the viewing surface. The display control unit 115 controls the display unit 140 so that an image corresponding to the content acquired by the content acquisition unit 111 is displayed on the browsing surface and an image corresponding to the content is not displayed on the non-viewing surface. The image displayed on the viewing surface at this time is an example of the first image according to the present invention.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing display control by the display device 100. As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 110 of the display device 100 first determines the display mode (step Sa1). The control unit 110 determines the display mode based on the mode signal. When the display mode is the spread mode, the control unit 110 displays an image on both the image display units 141 and 142 (step Sa5).

  On the other hand, when the display mode is the front / back mode, the control unit 110 specifies whether the image display unit corresponding to the viewing surface is the image display unit 141 or 142 (step Sa2). The control unit 110 specifies an image display unit corresponding to the viewing surface using at least one of the operation signal and the attitude signal.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a general way of holding the display device 100 by the user. In general, as shown in FIG. 7A, the user holds the image display unit 141 in a state where the image display unit 141 is tilted from the horizontal, and browses the displayed information. At this time, when comparing the direction D1 to which the image display unit 141 faces and the direction D2 to which the image display unit 142 faces, the direction D2 to which the image display unit 142 faces has a smaller inclination with respect to the gravity direction g. Therefore, if the control unit 110 can detect in which direction the gravity is acting on the display device 100, the viewing surface when the user holds as shown in FIG. Can be specified.

  However, as illustrated in FIG. 7B, when the user holds the display device 100 in a state where the image display unit 141 is parallel to the gravitational direction g, the control unit 110 displays an image that the user views depending on only the posture signal. The display unit cannot be specified. In such a case, for example, the control unit 110 displays a message such as “Please press any key on the side you are currently viewing” on the image display units 141 and 142 to prompt the user to perform an operation. In this case, the control unit 110 can specify that the image display unit on the side from which the operation signal is obtained is the image display unit that the user views.

  In addition, the control part 110 may specify a browsing surface only by acquisition of the above message display and an operation signal, without using an attitude | position signal. Further, if the display device 100 is configured to require user operation before displaying an image, the control unit 110 may omit the message display.

  When the browsing surface is specified in this way, the control unit 110 displays an image on the image display unit corresponding to the browsing surface (in the example of FIG. 7, the image display unit 141) (step Sa3). In addition, the control unit 110 does not display an image on the image display unit corresponding to the non-browsing surface, that is, the image display unit not specified in step Sa2 (in the example of FIG. 7, the image display unit 142) (step Sa4). ). In step Sa4, if the image is not originally displayed on the image display unit, the control unit 110 does not have to do anything. However, for example, when the display mode is switched from the spread mode to the front / back mode, or when the user reverses the front / back of the display device 100 in the front / back state, the control unit 110 is displayed on the image display unit. Delete the recorded image.

  Note that the control unit 110 causes the image display unit not specified in step Sa2, that is, the image display unit on the non-browsing surface, to display this if the information is different from the content that the user intends to browse. Also good. For example, the control unit 110 displays an image corresponding to a so-called wallpaper (or a standby image), a clock image, or the like on the image display unit on the non-viewing surface if the user himself / herself thinks that there is no problem even if it is viewed. May be. Such an image is an example of a second image according to the present invention.

  As described above, according to the display device 100, even when the user browses the content in the front / back mode, it is possible to reduce the risk that the content that the user himself / herself wants to browse is unexpectedly seen by others other than himself / herself. It is. Thereby, for example, even when the user browses the content in a situation where there are many unspecified others (for example, in a train), the user can prevent the content from being seen by others from the back side.

  Further, in the case where the viewing surface is specified using the posture signal, the display device 100 displays the content viewed by the user on the non-viewing surface even if the user flips the front and back of the image display unit. It can be prevented from being seen from the department.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of an advertisement display system according to another embodiment of the present invention. An advertisement display system 10 shown in FIG. 8 is a system that uses the display device 100 of the first embodiment described above. In the present embodiment, an advertisement is displayed on the image display unit on the side that the user of the display device 100 is not browsing, so that the user can obtain a price (or privilege) according to the effect of the advertisement. .

  The advertisement display system 10 includes a communication terminal 200, an advertisement distribution server 300, and a Web server 400 in addition to the display device 100. The display device 100 and the communication terminal 200 can perform wireless communication via the communication network NW1. Further, the advertisement distribution server 300 and the web server 400 can perform wired or wireless communication via the communication network NW2. The communication network NW1 is a mobile communication network provided by a predetermined communication carrier, for example. The communication network NW2 is, for example, the Internet. The communication networks NW1 and NW2 are configured to be able to perform data communication with each other by providing a gateway device or the like. Note that the display device 100, the communication terminal 200, the advertisement distribution server 300, and the web server 400 do not have to be singular, and there can be a plurality.

  The communication terminal 200 is a wireless communication terminal owned by another person in the first embodiment, and is, for example, a mobile phone or a smartphone. The communication terminal 200 includes at least a function of reading a code image and a function of browsing a web page. Here, the code image refers to information obtained by encoding a character string such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) according to a predetermined rule, such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code. The function of reading the code image may be realized by a general digital camera or may be realized by a dedicated scanner. It is assumed that communication terminal 200 is close to display device 100 to the extent that a code image displayed on display device 100 can be read.

The advertisement distribution server 300 is a server device for distributing advertisement content. Here, the advertisement refers to information distributed in response to a request from the client, for example, information for advertising the client's product or service. In addition, the information advertised by the advertisement may be for-profit purposes. In the following, in order to distinguish such content from content browsed by the user, it is particularly referred to as “advertising content”. The advertising content corresponds to an example of the second content according to the present invention, and is displayed on the display device 100.
In the present embodiment, the service for distributing advertisements is provided by a specialized business operator (hereinafter referred to as “distribution business operator”) different from the client. The distribution company organizes requests from a plurality of clients.

  The web server 400 is a server device for displaying a web page corresponding to advertisement content. The Web page is different from the advertisement content displayed on the display device 100 in that the Web page is displayed by the communication terminal 200. In other words, the advertising content is primary information that other people can first know about the advertisement, and the Web page is the secondary information of the advertisement that other people can learn by browsing the advertising content. Information.

  FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the display device 100. The functional block diagram shown in FIG. 9 is obtained by adding a functional configuration related to the present embodiment to the functional block diagram shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the control unit 110 corresponds to the information acquisition unit 116 and the code generation unit 117 in addition to the functions corresponding to the content acquisition unit 111, the browsing surface identification unit 112, and the display control unit 115 by executing a program. Realize the function to do.

  The information acquisition unit 116 acquires information necessary for generating a code image. Such information includes at least one of the URL of the Web page, position information, and identification information. Here, the identification information refers to information assigned to uniquely identify the display device 100 or its user. The code generation unit 117 generates a code image using the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 116. The information acquisition unit 116 is an example of a position information acquisition unit and an identification information acquisition unit according to the present invention, and exemplifies a configuration that combines these together.

  The configuration of the advertisement display system 10 is as described above. With this configuration, when the display mode is the front / back mode, the display device 100 displays an image corresponding to the content viewed by the user on the image display unit on the browsing surface and displays an image corresponding to the advertising content. It is displayed on the image display section on the viewing surface. The image corresponding to the advertisement content is an example of a second image according to the present invention. The display device 100 includes at least a code image in an image corresponding to the advertisement content. Others near the display device 100 browse the advertisement displayed on the display device 100 and, if interested, read the code image to access the web page and learn more information. Can be obtained.

In addition, when the web server 400 recognizes that the web page is accessed, the web server 400 identifies which display device 100 is the access based on the advertisement, and notifies the advertisement distribution server 300 of it. The advertisement distribution server 300 gives consideration to the user according to the effect of the advertisement by the user. The consideration here is, for example, an electronic value such as electronic money or an electronic coupon (hereinafter referred to as “electronic value”), but even if the communication fee required for wireless communication of the display device 100 is offset. Good.
Note that the consideration may be separately provided by mail or the like instead of communication between the display device 100 and the advertisement distribution server 300, but in the present embodiment, the consideration is provided as an electronic value by both communication. Shall be.

  FIG. 10 is a sequence chart showing a process related to the display of advertisements and the provision of consideration in the advertisement display system 10. When the advertisement is displayed, the advertisement distribution server 300 stores the advertisement content in advance (step Sb1). The advertisement content may be transmitted from the Web server 400, but may be provided by the client by another method. The advertisement content of this embodiment includes at least the URL of the corresponding web page.

  The display device 100 receives and acquires the advertisement content from the advertisement distribution server 300 at an appropriate timing (step Sb2). The timing at which the display device 100 receives the advertising content may be determined by an operation by the user or may be set in advance. At this time, the user may select an advertisement that he / she wants to display on the display device 100 and cause the display device 100 to receive only specific advertisement content from a plurality of advertisement content.

At this time, the display device 100 can display advertisement options (such as an advertisement requester and a genre) and allow the user to select them. In addition, when displaying such an option, the display device 100 acquires the price per access when the web page is accessed from the advertisement distribution server 300, and displays the price for each option. Also good.
Moreover, the display apparatus 100 may be configured such that the advertisement content to be displayed varies depending on the time zone and the position of the own apparatus. Also in this case, the display device 100 may allow the user to set advertisement content to be displayed in advance for each time zone or position.

  When the content is displayed in the front / back mode after receiving the advertising content, the display device 100 displays the advertisement on the image display unit on the non-browsing surface (step Sb3). Such an advertisement includes at least a code image for accessing the corresponding Web page, but may include other characters and images as appropriate. At this time, the display device 100 acquires the position information and identification information of the device itself, and generates a code image including the URL as a parameter.

  The URL with parameters is, for example, that the URL is “http://www.co.jp/ad.html”, the position information is “lat = m, lon = n”, and the identification information is “id = xxxxxx”. In this case, the character string is “http://www.co.jp/ad.html?lat=m,lon=n&id=xxxxxx”. In this example, the symbol “?” Is a symbol indicating that the subsequent character string is a description relating to a parameter. The symbol “&” is a symbol inserted to distinguish each parameter when a plurality of parameters are added. That is, the above URL with parameters represents that the latitude (lat) and longitude (lon) as position information are “m” and “n”, respectively, and the identification information (id) is “xxxxxx”.

  When the display device 100 displays the advertisement on the image display unit on the non-browsing surface, the advertisement can be viewed by an unspecified number of others. At this time, if another person who possesses the communication terminal 200 finds this and wants to obtain more information, the other person operates the communication terminal 200 to read the code image (step Sb4). When the communication terminal 200 reads the code image, the communication terminal 200 decodes the code image and specifies a URL with parameters. The communication terminal 200 accesses the Web server 400 using this URL and requests acquisition of a Web page (step Sb5). In response to this request, the Web server 400 transmits data necessary for displaying the Web page to the communication terminal 200 (step Sb6). When receiving such data, the communication terminal 200 displays a Web page (step Sb7).

  Further, when detecting that the Web page is displayed, the Web server 400 analyzes the parameter added to the URL and specifies the identification information of the display device 100 (step Sb8). When identifying the identification information, the Web server 400 transmits this to the advertisement distribution server 300 and notifies it (step Sb9). When receiving the identification information from the Web server 400, the advertisement distribution server 300 calculates a consideration for the display device 100 specified by the identification information (step Sb10), and transmits data representing the calculated consideration (step Sb11). . Note that the advertisement distribution server 300 identifies the Web page that has been accessed and the client, and calculates the fee according to the Web page if the fee is different for each client or Web page.

  Note that if the location information is included in the parameter added to the URL, the advertisement distribution server 300 can specify where the other person has viewed the advertisement. Then, the advertisement distribution server 300 can obtain information such as what kind of advertisement is being viewed in which region.

[Modification]
The above-described embodiment is merely an example of the implementation of the present invention. The present invention can also be implemented in a mode in which the following modifications are applied to the above-described embodiments. In addition, the modification shown below may be implemented combining each suitably as needed.

(Modification 1)
The content displayed on the image display unit on the non-viewing surface may be basically any information as long as the user does not want to be seen by others. For example, if the user does not want to see the contents of the book itself, but the title of the book may be known, the display device 100 reads “I am reading“ Romeo and Juliet ”.” As described above, the title of the book may be displayed on the image display unit on the non-browsing surface. Alternatively, if the display device 100 can identify the book that the user is browsing by ISBN (International Standard Book Number) included in the content, the display device 100 searches for the online shop that sells the book, and the online shop. The URL or code image may be displayed. That is, the content displayed on the image display unit on the non-browsing surface may be information related to the content as long as it is different from the content itself displayed on the image display unit on the browsing surface.

  The content displayed on the image display unit on the non-browsing surface may be information corresponding to the position of the display device 100. For example, the display device 100 may search for the weather forecast of the position represented by the acquired position information and display it. If the user moves by train, the display device 100 may identify the nearest station from the position represented by the acquired position information and display information on restaurants and accommodations related to the nearest station. Good. Alternatively, when the position represented by the acquired position information can be specified, the display device 100 can display the position itself such as “Here is“ Chuo-ku, Tokyo ””. When the position information cannot be acquired, the display device 100 may accept an input of characters corresponding to the position information by a user operation and display it.

(Modification 2)
The display device 100 may include a touch sensor (touch screen) that senses the touch of the user's finger so as to overlap the image display unit, and may function as a key instead of the key. Moreover, the display device 100 can use the touch sensor for specifying the viewing surface when the touch sensor is provided in both of the two image display units. Specifically, the display device 100 specifies the image display unit on the side having a larger area in contact with the touch sensor as the image display unit on the non-viewing surface. This is because a user who browses information usually does not have the display device 100 so as to cover the image display unit he is viewing. In this case, the control unit 100 can realize the operation / contact detection unit according to the present invention by acquiring an operation signal from the touch sensor.

(Modification 3)
In the present invention, an advertisement is meaningful only when viewed by others, and has no meaning to be displayed if it cannot be viewed by anyone. Therefore, the display device 100 may recognize whether there is another person nearby and may display an advertisement only when the other person is recognized. As a method for recognizing others, in addition to the method using the face recognition unit 170 described above, a method of measuring infrared rays and voices emitted by humans can be considered.

When the face recognition unit 170 can recognize another person's face, the display device 100 may display an advertisement corresponding to the gender and age of the recognized face. For example, the display device 100 displays an advertisement set in advance for women if the recognized face is a woman, or an advertisement set in advance for children if the recognized face is an infant. Can be displayed.
Note that the display device 100 may accept input of information corresponding to the gender and age of another person through a user operation.

(Modification 4)
The face recognition unit 170 can also be used to specify the viewing surface. For example, when a feature of the user's face is registered in the display device 100 in advance, and either the camera 171 or 172 can recognize the feature, the display device 100 displays the display surface on the side where the feature is recognized as a viewing surface. To be identified. In this case, the face recognition unit 170 functions as a browsing surface specifying unit according to the present invention.

(Modification 5)
The present invention is also applicable to a display device that does not have a variable mechanism, such as an information processing device described in Patent Document 1. That is, the display device according to the present invention may be configured to have image display portions on both the front and back surfaces of a plate-shaped housing.

The present invention is applicable to electronic book readers, personal computers such as so-called tablet PCs, mobile phones, smartphones, and portable game machines.
The present invention can be implemented not only as the above-described display device and advertisement display system, but also as a content display method and a program for causing a computer to function as the display device according to the present invention. Such a program is provided in the form of a recording medium such as an optical disk storing the program, or downloaded in a computer via a network such as the Internet, and installed and made available for use. Is something that can be done.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Advertisement display system, 100 ... Display apparatus, 103 ... Hinge part, 110 ... Control part, 111 ... Content acquisition part, 112 ... Viewing surface specification part, 113 ... State determination part, 114 ... Detection part, 115 ... Display control part 116: Information acquisition unit, 117 ... Code generation unit, 120 ... Storage unit, 130 ... Communication unit, 140 ... Display unit, 141, 142 ... Image display unit, 150 ... Operation unit, 160 ... Sensor unit, 170 ... Face recognition , 180 ... positioning unit, 200 ... communication terminal, 300 ... advertisement distribution server, 400 ... Web server

Claims (9)

Each includes an image display unit, and has a first display surface and a second display surface connected to be rotatable about a hinge unit,
The display device in which the first display surface and the second display surface exist in a spread state or a front-back state by the rotation,
A browsing surface specifying unit for specifying which of the first display surface and the second display surface is being browsed by a user who uses the display device;
The first image for viewing by the user is displayed on the viewing surface that is the display surface specified by the browsing surface specifying unit, and the first image is displayed on the non-viewing surface that is a display surface that is not the viewing surface. And a display control unit that controls the display so as not to occur. The browsing surface identification unit includes a state determination unit that determines whether the spread state or the front / back state.
The state determination unit may determine the spread state and the relative position between the first display surface and the second display surface depending on whether an angle formed by the first display surface and the second display surface is a predetermined angle or more. Judge the front and back state,
The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit does not display the first image on the non-viewing surface when the relative position is in the front and back state. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays a second image different from the first image on the non-browsing surface. A position information acquisition unit that acquires position information representing the position of the device itself;
The display device according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit causes the non-browsing surface to display an image corresponding to the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit in the second image. . An identification information acquisition unit for acquiring identification information for identifying the own device;
A code image generation unit that generates a code image including the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit,
The display device according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit displays the code image generated by the code image generation unit on the non-viewing surface so as to be included in the second image. The browsing surface identification unit is
An operation / contact detection unit that detects an operation or contact by the user for each of the first display surface and the second display surface;
The display device according to claim 1, wherein the browsing surface is specified based on a detection result of the operation / contact detection unit. The browsing surface identification unit is
It has an attitude detection unit that detects the attitude of its own device,
The display device according to claim 1, wherein the browsing surface is specified based on a detection result of the posture detection unit. Comprising a recognition unit for recognizing others other than the user on the non-browsing surface;
The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the second image on the non-viewing surface based on a recognition result of the other person recognition unit. Each includes an image display unit, and has a first display surface and a second display surface that are rotatably connected about a hinge portion, and the first display surface and the second display surface are rotated by the rotation. An image display method by a display device existing in a spread state or a front and back state,
Specifying which of the first display surface and the second display surface the user using the display device is browsing,
Control is performed so that the first image for browsing by the user is displayed on the browsing surface that is the specified display surface, and the first image is not displayed on the non-viewing surface that is a display surface that is not the browsing surface. An image display method characterized by the above.

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