JP2021086147A - Display medium, processing device, and processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To display a plurality of content items with a wide color gamut and a high luminance.SOLUTION: A display medium 1 comprises a substrate 2 with a plurality of virtual cells C, and, on each cell C, a partition having a plurality of surfaces formed on a plane that intersects with the substrate 2 and exposed when the display medium 1 is viewed from a plurality of directions, respectively. A portion exposed when the display medium 1 is viewed from predetermined one of the directions is provided with a color of content corresponding to the predetermined direction. The display medium 1 displays different content items in the plurality of directions, respectively.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a display medium that displays different contents in a plurality of directions, and a processing apparatus and processing program that calculates a color given to a surface of a partition of the display medium.

Display media that display different images depending on the direction are used for advertising posters, cards, etc. because they attract the attention of the observer and are easily noticed. In general, special equipment and devices are required to produce such a display medium.

In order to realize efficient information display on the display medium, there is a display medium capable of displaying a plurality of information (see Patent Document 1). According to the invention described in Patent Document 1, a flat member to which a color is applied is divided into a plurality of subcells, and a projecting member for visually recognizing the color of the subcell is formed on the flat member. The projecting member is formed on the flat member parallel to the designated direction and perpendicular to the flat member. When the display medium is observed from the designated direction, the colors applied to the subcells parallel to the designated direction are observed from the designated direction.

Japanese Patent No. 6374625

In the display medium described in Patent Document 1, the color gamut of the projecting member is narrow because it is a single color. Further, since the content is displayed in a part of the colors provided on the flat member, the brightness of each content displayed by the display medium may be low.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a display medium, a processing device, and a processing program capable of displaying a plurality of contents having a wide color gamut and high brightness.

In order to solve the above problems, the first feature of the present invention relates to a display medium that displays different contents in a plurality of directions. The display medium according to the first feature of the present invention is a base material provided with a plurality of virtual cells and a surface formed on the cells on a plane intersecting the base materials, and is displayed from each of a plurality of directions. A partition having a portion exposed when observing the medium is provided. The color of the content corresponding to the predetermined direction is given to the portion exposed when the display medium is observed from the predetermined direction among the plurality of directions.

Here, the portion exposed when the display medium is observed from a predetermined direction among the plurality of directions may have a portion that is shielded when the display medium is observed from a direction other than the predetermined direction among the plurality of directions. good.

Here, the color of the content corresponding to the predetermined direction may be given to the portion of the base material that is exposed when observed from the predetermined direction.

The skeleton of the partition may include a part of the Voronoi surface in the Voronoi diagram as a base point virtually provided in each direction in a plurality of directions.

A second feature of the present invention relates to a processing device that calculates a color given to a surface of a partition of a display medium. In the second feature, the surface forming the partition is virtually divided into a plurality of subcells, and the processing device according to the second feature identifies the subcells to be visually recognized from each of the plurality of directions, and the plurality of directions. A color determination unit that determines the color given to a subcell so that the color formed by each color of the subcell visible from each of the subcells is close to the color of the partition portion of the content corresponding to each direction in a plurality of directions. To be equipped.

A third feature of the present invention relates to a processing program that calculates a color given to a surface of a partition of a display medium. In the third feature, the surface forming the partition is virtually divided into a plurality of subcells, and the processing program according to the third feature identifies the subcells that are visible to the computer from each of the plurality of directions. As a color determination unit that determines the color to be given to the subcell so that the color formed by each color of the subcell visible from each of the plurality of directions is close to the color of the partition portion of the content corresponding to the predetermined direction. Make it work.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a display medium, a processing device, and a processing program capable of displaying a plurality of contents having a wide color gamut and high brightness.

It is a perspective view of the display medium which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the cell and the partition which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the partition which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the partition which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the hardware composition and the functional block of the processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process of the display method which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the shape specifying process which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the color determination process which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the description of the drawings below, the same or similar parts are designated by the same or similar reference numerals.

(Display medium)
The display medium 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The display medium 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is formed so that different contents can be displayed in a plurality of directions. By observing the display medium 1 from each of the predetermined directions, it is possible to display different contents for each direction.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the direction in which the display medium 1 displays the content is referred to as a designated direction. Further, the direction in which the display medium 1 is visually recognized from the viewpoint on the designated direction is referred to as the line-of-sight direction. In the embodiment of the present invention, the designated direction in which the content can be displayed may be within a predetermined angle with respect to the display medium 1.

The content displayed by the display medium 1 in each designated direction is an arbitrary still image. The display medium 1 can display arbitrary contents in each designated direction. There are no restrictions such as a similar composition or a common subject or a part of the subject among the plurality of contents displayed by the display medium 1. The display medium 1 can display arbitrary contents showing different meanings and contents for each designated direction. As a result, the user who visually recognizes the display medium 1 can understand different information from each content displayed in each designated direction, so that the display medium 1 can convey a large amount of information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, each content displayed in the designated direction is an arbitrary still image, and the subject is different from each other. In the embodiment of the present invention, the subject is a tangible object, a character, a symbol, a number, or the like represented by the content, and is a mass of pixels representing the object. The subject may be clearly displayed against the background. In the embodiment of the present invention, each content displayed in each designated direction does not change or deform the way in which a plurality of subjects overlap, and can include subjects having completely different colors, shapes, and the like. In the embodiment of the present invention, the content displayed in one designated direction may include characters in a plain background, and the content represented in the other designated direction may include a map of a person in the background of an urban area. Is.

The user who visually recognizes the display medium 1 from a direction away from any of the designated directions will visually recognize the content different from the content intended by the display medium 1. Content that is different from the content intended by the display medium 1 is content that is not intended to make the user understand predetermined information from the displayed content of the content, and in many cases, the content is difficult for the user to understand from the content. Is.

When the display medium 1 is observed from the space on the display medium 1 shown in FIG. 1 while changing the line-of-sight position, there are positions where the meaning can be understood from the contents displayed by the display medium 1 and some positions where the meaning cannot be understood. The position where the meaning can be understood from the content is a position on one of the plurality of designated directions assumed by the display medium 1 or a position near the designated direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, the display medium 1 has a base material 2. The base material 2 does not reflect specularly and has a property of transmitting at least a part of light.

The base material 2 includes a plurality of virtual cells C. Cell C may be formed virtually, and adjacent cells C may not be visually distinguished.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the base material 2 has a flat surface, and a plurality of cells C are formed on the flat surface. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the plane is an XY plane and is provided above the base material 2. In another embodiment, the base material 2 has a curved surface, and a plurality of cells C may be formed on the curved surface.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the light source exists in all directions. The color given to the display medium 1 is isotropically diffused in all directions.

(partition)
As shown in FIG. 2, a partition P is provided in each cell C. The partition P is a surface formed on a plane intersecting with the base material 2, and has a portion exposed when the display medium 1 is observed from each of a plurality of directions. The partition P is formed of a member having a shielding property such as a UV (ultraviolet) curable resin containing a pigment or gypsum. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the partition P is provided so as to be in contact with the outer edge of the cell C.

The partition P has a convex shape that rises above the base material 2. A color expressing the content is given to the surface portion other than the portion where the partition P is in contact with the base material 2. Since the display medium 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is given the color of the content in a convex shape, the area where the color of the content is given is wider than that in the case where the color of the content is given to the base material. The display medium 1 provided with such a partition P can display a wide color gamut and high-luminance content because a wide area for expressing each content can be formed even when a plurality of contents are displayed on one medium. It will be possible.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the partition P has a plurality of faces. The partition P has one or more surfaces with respect to one designated direction of the display medium 1. This surface faces the line-of-sight direction in which the display medium 1 is visually recognized from a viewpoint on one designated direction, and is exposed when the display medium 1 is visually recognized from the viewpoint. The surface exposed in the specified direction expresses the color of the content corresponding to the specified direction.

More specifically, a portion of the surface of the partition P that is exposed when the display medium 1 is observed from a predetermined direction among a plurality of directions is given a color of content corresponding to the predetermined direction. For each designated direction of the display medium 1, a part of the surface of the partition P is exposed with respect to the designated direction when the display medium 1 is observed from the designated direction, and the exposed portion corresponds to the designated direction. The color of the content to be given is given. As a result, since the partition P has a plurality of surfaces, it is possible to represent a part of the content corresponding to each designated direction with respect to the plurality of designated directions.

In addition, even if it is a part exposed in a predetermined designated direction, it may be exposed even if it is directed in another designated direction. The portion exposed to the plurality of designated directions is given a color suitable for the plurality of contents corresponding to the plurality of designated directions.

The partitions P shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are given five content colors in five designated directions. The five designated directions are the normal direction of the cell C with respect to the base material 2, the direction of the azimuth angle of 0 degrees and the elevation angle of 45 degrees, the direction of the azimuth angle of 90 and the elevation angle of 45 degrees, and the direction of the azimuth angle of 180 degrees and the elevation angle of 45 degrees. And the azimuth is 270 degrees and the elevation is 45 degrees. Here, the azimuth indicates the orientation of the base material 2 of the cell C on the XY plane, and the elevation angle is the angle formed by the XY plane of the base material 2 of the cell C and the line of sight looking up at a certain point in the Z direction from the XY plane. Is shown.

In the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the partition P has 16 triangular surfaces facing a plurality of lines of sight. The partition P has four triangular planes with respect to the normal direction of the cell C with respect to the base material 2. A part of the content corresponding to the normal direction is expressed by these four aspects. Further, the partition P has three triangular surfaces in each of the four directions other than the normal direction. Each of the three aspects represents a part of the content corresponding to each direction.

The partition P shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is formed in each cell C formed on the display medium 1. When the display medium 1 is observed from a predetermined designated direction, the content corresponding to the viewpoint is expressed by the color given to the surface of the partition P facing the line-of-sight direction.

The shape of the partition P will be described with reference to FIG. In the embodiment of the present invention, a Voronoi diagram for a mother point virtually provided in a designated direction is virtually formed. The partition P includes the Voronoi surface in the Voronoi diagram in the skeleton. The partition P is fleshed out on the Voronoi surface, which is the skeleton. The surface of partition P includes a surface parallel to the Voronoi surface.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, three viewpoints E1, E2 and E3 are provided. Mother points T1, T2 and T3 are provided on the line of sight when the center Cs of the cell C is visually recognized from the respective viewpoints E1, E2 and E3. The mother points T1, T2 and T3 are provided on a virtual sphere having a predetermined radius centered on the center Cs of the cell C.

The partition P has one or more shielding members B. The shielding member B has a Voronoi surface as a skeleton, and the Voronoi surface is fleshed out. The shielding member B divides the space on the cell C in which the partition P is installed into regions for each designated direction.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the partition P has the shielding members B1 and B2. The shielding member B1 has a Voronoi surface Q1 as a skeleton and is fleshed out with a thickness l. The shielding member B2 has a Voronoi surface Q2 as a skeleton and is fleshed out with a thickness l. The tip of the shielding member B1 is formed in a circular shape having a radius l.

The shielding member B1 divides the space on the cell C into a space A1 corresponding to the viewpoint E1 and a space A2 corresponding to the viewpoint E2. The shielding member B2 divides the space on the cell C into a space A2 corresponding to the viewpoint E2 and a space A3 corresponding to the viewpoint E2.

Of the surface of the partition P, the portion exposed when the display medium 1 is observed from a predetermined designated direction among the plurality of designated directions is the portion where the display medium 1 is observed from a direction other than the predetermined designated direction among the plurality of designated directions. Then, it has a shielded part. Even if the surface of the partition P is exposed in one or more predetermined designated directions, it may not be visible from other designated directions. The surface of the partition P represents the color of the content corresponding to the specified direction of exposure. As a result, the display medium 1 can express a part of different contents in a plurality of designated directions, so that a plurality of contents having a wide color gamut and high brightness can be displayed.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the surface of the shielding member B1 on the space A1 side has a portion that can be seen from the viewpoint E1 but cannot be seen from the viewpoint E2 or the viewpoint E3. The surface of the shielding member B1 on the space A2 side is visible from the viewpoint E2, but has a portion that cannot be seen from the viewpoint E1 or the viewpoint E3. The surface of the shielding member B2 on the space A2 side is visible from the viewpoint E2, but has a portion that is not visible from the viewpoint E1 or the viewpoint E3. The surface of the shielding member B2 on the space A3 side is visible from the viewpoint E3, but has a portion that cannot be seen from the viewpoint E1 or the viewpoint E2.

Each surface of the partition P is formed so as to be easily visible from a designated direction and difficult to see from other designated directions. Each surface of the partition P has both an effect of emitting a color forming contents in a designated direction and an effect of shading from a direction other than the designated direction. As a result, the display medium 1 can display arbitrary different contents in each designated direction. Further, the display medium 1 can display contents having a wide color gamut and high brightness in each designated direction. Since the influence of the line of sight from a direction other than the designated direction is suppressed on each surface of the partition P, a suitable color can be given to the surface observed from the designated direction.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the skeleton of the partition P is formed on the Voronoi surface formed with respect to the mother point. The Voronoi surface is formed so as to pass through the center of each mother point with a neighboring mother point and block the line of sight from each mother point. The surface of the partition P is formed by providing a predetermined thickness with respect to the Voronoi surface formed in this way.

By giving a color to the surface of the partition P formed in this way, it is possible to give the color of the content to a wide surface and improve the visibility (luminance) of the content.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the display medium 1 is formed by a 3D printer. Therefore, the shape and accuracy of the partition P depends on the performance of the 3D printer forming the partition. For example, by forming the partition P by forming a thin thickness with respect to the Voronoi surface within the range of the performance of the 3D printer, the visibility from the designated direction can be improved.

Next, a method of calculating the shape of the partition P provided in a certain cell will be described. The size of the cell C (the length in the X-axis direction and the length in the Y-axis direction), the designated direction, and the number (n) in the designated direction are specified in advance. Here, the cell C has a square shape having the same length in the X-axis direction and the length in the Y-axis direction. The diagonal distance of cell C is 2r.

Assume a virtual hemisphere with radius r centered on the center Cs of cell C. The intersection with the hemisphere when the center Cs is observed from the designated direction is set as the base point corresponding to the designated direction. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the mother point T1 is determined in the designated direction for observing the viewpoint E1 from the center Cs. Similarly, the mother point T2 is determined in the designated direction for observing the viewpoint E2 from the center Cs. The mother point T3 is determined in the designated direction for observing the viewpoint E3 from the center Cs.

When the mother points corresponding to each designated direction are determined, the three-dimensional Voronoi diagram is determined by dividing the space on the cell C into regions according to which mother point is closer. The skeleton (center / core) of the partition P is a portion of this three-dimensional Voronoi diagram cut out by a virtual hemisphere having a radius r centered on the center Cs of the cell C.

The skeleton of the partition P is a part of the Voronoi diagram in the Voronoi diagram as a base point virtually provided in each direction of a plurality of directions.

However, the skeleton of the partition P obtained by calculation is a so-called manifold, has no thickness, and cannot be modeled. Therefore, the surface M is provided at a position of a designated distance l with the skeleton as the center. The surface M is formed so that the distance to the nearest skeleton is l. The three-dimensional shape including the surface M is the partition P. The distance l is sufficiently smaller than the radius r of the hemisphere. If the value of the distance l is large, the area of the surface giving color may be small and the visibility may be lowered. Therefore, it is preferable that the distance l is as small as possible. The value of the distance l depends on the performance of the device (3D printer) or the like that forms the partition P.

Here, the surface M included in the partition P is represented by the equation (1).

The specific shape of the partition P may be changed as appropriate. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the plurality of shielding members formed in the partition P may be formed integrally or individually.

Further, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the case where the color of the content is not provided on the base material 2 will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a portion of the base material 2 that is exposed when observed from a predetermined direction may be given a color of content corresponding to the predetermined direction. For example, in the portion of the base material 2 in contact with the space A1, the color of the content corresponding to the designated direction from the viewpoint E1 may be given. Similarly, in the portion of the base material 2 in contact with the space A3, the color of the content corresponding to the designated direction from the viewpoint E3 may be given. By giving the color of the content on the base material 2, it is possible to increase the brightness of the content.

The skeleton of the partition P includes intersections of lines of sight when the display medium 1 is observed from a plurality of directions. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the designated direction is provided symmetrically with respect to the center Cs of the cell C, the intersection of the lines of sight is provided at the center Cs of the cell C. Further, the intersection of the lines of sight is the intersection of the Voronoi planes in the Voronoi diagram as the mother point virtually provided in each of the plurality of directions. In other words, the shielding member of the partition P is formed so as to radially divide the space on the cell from the center Cs of the cell C.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the surface forming the partition P is virtually divided into a plurality of subcells L. A portion of the partition P that can be seen from at least one of the plurality of designated directions is divided into a plurality of subcells L. Each subcell L is given a color that represents the content. Each subcell L does not need to be visually divided and may be a virtual division. For example, adjacent subcells L may be given the same color and the subcells L may not be visually distinguishable.

Although the plurality of subcells L shown in FIG. 4 are separated from each other for explanation, they are preferably formed so as to be adjacent to each other. Further, the size of the subcell L shown in FIG. 4 is described in a large size in order to improve visibility, and is not limited to this.

The size of the subcell L is sufficiently small with respect to the distance from the viewpoint. The viewpoints are set at a distance to the extent that juxtaposed additive color mixing is established.

The subcell L is an area that divides the surface of the partition P. As shown in FIGS. 2-3 and the like, the subcell L is a region corresponding to an intersection when the surface of the partition P is divided into a mesh shape. The subcell L may be a region having the intersection as the apex when separated by the mesh, or a region centered on the intersection.

A method of calculating the color given to the surface of the partition P will be described.

First, for each designated direction, a subcell L visually recognized from the designated direction is specified. Here, by rendering the partition P from each designated direction, the subcell L that can be seen from the designated direction and the subcell L that cannot be seen are specified. For each designated direction assumed by the display medium 1, a subcell L that can be seen from the designated direction and a subcell L that cannot be seen are specified.

Next, a method of specifying the color given to each subcell L will be described. The color value of each subcell L is determined so that the subcell L visually recognized from each designated direction can express the color value of the cell in which the subcell L of the content corresponding to each designated direction is located. At this time, it is sufficient that the color value of the content can be expressed by a plurality of subcells L that are visually recognized from the designated direction by the juxtaposed additive color mixing.

Specifically, according to the formula (2), each subcell L is such that the color Ac of the partition P viewed from the designated direction is close to the color B of the cell to be processed of the content corresponding to the designated direction. Determine the color of. The color Ac of the partition P is represented by a color mixture given to each subcell L that can be visually recognized from the designated direction.

The color of each subcell L may be represented by a matrix of three parameters when represented by three primary colors such as RGB (Red, Green, Blue) and CMY (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow). ..

When the color of each subcell L is determined for one cell in this way, the color of each subcell L is similarly determined for the other cells.

By arranging the partitions P formed and colored in this way in each cell, the display medium 1 can display different contents in each designated direction.

The display medium 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has a wide color gamut and high brightness because the partition P increases the area of the cell in which the partition P is provided to represent a part of the content corresponding to the designated direction. Multiple contents can be displayed.

(Processing device)
The processing apparatus 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The processing device 3 calculates the color of each subcell L of the partition P so that the output image (content) displayed in each designated direction approaches a desired target image.

The processing device 3 calculates the Voronoi surface with respect to the mother point in the designated direction, and specifies the shape of the partition P centered on the Voronoi surface. The processing device 3 divides the surface of the partition P into a plurality of subcells L, and determines whether or not each subcell L can be seen from each designated direction. The processing device 3 optimizes the color of each subcell L so that the content corresponding to each designated direction can be displayed with the color given to the subcell L seen from each designated direction.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the processing device 3 calculates the shape of the partition P and the color of the subcell L will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the shape of the partition P and the color of the subcell L may be calculated manually. Further, the shape of the partition P may be designed by using a tool such as a ruler or a compass.

The processing device 3 is a general computer including a storage device 10, a processing control device 20, and an input / output interface 30. The function shown in FIG. 5 is realized by executing a processing program by a general computer.

The storage device 10 is a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random access memory), a hard disk, or the like, and stores various data such as input data, output data, and intermediate data for the processing control device 20 to execute processing. To do. The processing control device 20 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that reads and writes data stored in the storage device 10 and inputs and outputs data to and from the input / output interface 30 to execute processing in the processing device 3. To do.

The input / output interface 30 is an interface with an external device that inputs / outputs to / from the processing control device 20. In the embodiment of the present invention, the input / output interface 30 outputs the shape of the partition P and the color of the subcell L on the partition P to the manufacturing apparatus of the partition P. The manufacturing apparatus forms the partition P based on the input shape and color of the partition P.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the manufacturing apparatus is a 3D printer. The color data of the subcell L on the partition P may be input from the processing device 3 to the manufacturing device via a communication network, a communication cable, or the like. The color data of the subcell L on the partition P may be input to the manufacturing apparatus via a storage medium such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory. In the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the 3D printer forms and colors the partition P will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the formation and coloring of the partition P may be performed by different devices.

The storage device 10 stores the processing program, and also stores the condition data 11, the shape data 12, the input pixel value data 13, and the color value data 14. The condition data 11 and the input pixel value data 13 are given in advance prior to the processing by the processing control device 20.

The condition data 11 includes the data of the conditions necessary for determining the shape and color of the partition P. The conditions are, for example, the designated direction, the number of designated directions, the shape and position of the cell C of the display medium 1, and the like.

The shape data 12 is data for specifying the shape of the partition P. The shape data 12 may be generated in a format readable by the manufacturing apparatus.

The input pixel value data 13 is data of a target image of an output image output by the display medium 1 in each direction. The input pixel value data 13 specifies a color value corresponding to each cell formed on the display medium 1 in each designated direction. The input pixel value data 13 has, for example, a color value for each section having the same arrangement as each cell of the display medium 1. The color values are, for example, the values of the three primary colors of RGB.

The color value data 14 specifies a color value given to each subcell L of the partition P. The color value is, for example, each value of the three primary colors of RGB, as in the input pixel value data 13.

The processing control device 20 includes a shape specifying unit 21, a shape output unit 22, a color determining unit 23, and an output unit 24.

The shape specifying unit 21 specifies the shape of the partition P. The shape specifying unit 21 first calculates a Voronoi surface with respect to a mother point provided in each designated direction. The shape specifying unit 21 further calculates a shape having a predetermined thickness with respect to the calculated Voronoi surface as the shape of the partition P. The shape specifying unit 21 generates shape data 12 for specifying the calculated shape of the partition and stores it in the storage device 10.

The shape specifying unit 21 may further deform the calculated shape of the partition depending on the performance of the manufacturing apparatus that forms the partition P.

Further, the shape specifying unit 21 may specify the shape of the partition P for each cell C, or may specify the shape of the partition P common to each cell. For example, the viewpoint and the display medium 1 are close to each other, and it is necessary to shift the viewpoint to take a bird's-eye view of the display medium 1, the difference in the line-of-sight direction when looking at each cell from a predetermined viewpoint is large, or the display medium 1 is required. When the accuracy is high, it is preferable that the shape specifying unit 21 specifies the shape of the partition P for each cell C. On the other hand, the viewpoint and the display medium 1 are at a certain distance or more, the display medium 1 can be viewed from the viewpoint, the difference in the line-of-sight direction when each cell is viewed from a predetermined viewpoint is small, or the display medium 1 is required. When the accuracy is low, it is preferable that the shape specifying unit 21 specifies the shape of the partition P common to each cell.

The shape output unit 22 outputs the shape data 12 generated by the shape identification unit 21 to the manufacturing apparatus via the input / output interface 30. The manufacturing apparatus forms a partition P in each cell C of the display medium 1 based on the input shape data 12.

The color determination unit 23 determines the color of each subcell L provided on the surface of the partition P.

The color determining unit 23 first identifies the subcell L that is visible from each of the plurality of directions. The color determination unit 23 determines whether or not each subcell L of the partition P can be seen from each designated direction. Further, as shown in the equation (2), the color determining unit 23 is a partition of the content in which the colors formed by the respective colors of the subcells L visible from each of the plurality of directions correspond to the respective directions in the plurality of directions. The color given to the subcell L is determined so as to be close to the color of the part P.

The color determination unit 23 specifies the color value of the cell to be processed in each target image displayed in each designated direction. The color of each subcell L is determined so that the color mixture of the subcells L that can be visually recognized when the partition P is observed from the designated direction becomes the color value of the cell to be processed in the target image corresponding to the designated direction. .. The same process is repeated for each specified direction to optimize the color of each subcell L of the partition. Further, the color determination unit 23 similarly calculates the color given to each subcell on the surface of the partition P for each partition P provided in each cell C of the display medium 1.

The color determination unit 23 generates color value data 14 that specifies the color of each optimized subcell L. The color value data 14 specifies the color of each subcell L of each partition P provided in each cell C of the display medium 1. The color determination unit 23 stores the generated color value data 14 in the storage device 10.

The output unit 24 outputs the color value data 14 generated by the color determination unit 23 to the manufacturing apparatus via the input / output interface 30. The manufacturing apparatus colors each subcell L of the partition P provided in each cell C of the display medium 1 based on the input color value data 14.

The display medium 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can display good content in the designated direction, but can display the content even when the content is slightly away from the designated direction. For example, if the content is far from the designated direction but far from the other designated directions, the content to be displayed in the designated direction is slightly deformed and displayed. When there is little deformation in such content, or in the case of deformation within a range that has little influence on the recognition of the content, the user can understand the meaning and content of the content even if the content is deformed.

On the other hand, when the display medium 1 is visually recognized from a direction far from any designated direction, for example, the display medium 1 is visually recognized from the boronoi surface, the content that can be visually recognized by the user is different from the content intended by the display medium 1. , In many cases, it is not possible to make the user recognize the meaning content from the content.

(Display method)
In the embodiment of the present invention, the process of specifying the shape and color of the partition P by the processing device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. The processing order described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8 is an example, and is not limited thereto.

In step S1, the processing device 3 acquires the pixel values of the plurality of contents displayed by the display medium 1 and the information in the designated direction in which the respective contents are displayed. Further, in step S2, the processing device 3 acquires the size of the cell C of the display medium 1. Each information acquired in step S1 and step S2 is acquired from the condition data 11 and the like.

The processing of steps S3 to S6 is repeated for each cell C of the display medium 1.

First, in step S3, the processing device 3 specifies the shape of the partition P provided in the cell C to be processed by the shape specifying unit 21. The process of specifying the shape of the partition P will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 7. In step S4, the processing device 3 outputs the shape of the partition P specified in step S3.

In step S5, the processing apparatus 3 identifies the color given to the surface of the partition P by the color determining unit 23. The process of identifying the color given to the surface of the partition P will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. In step S6, the processing device 3 outputs the color of the partition P specified in step S5.

When the processing of steps S3 to S6 is executed for each cell C of the display medium 1, the processing device 3 ends the processing.

The shape specifying process by the shape specifying unit 21 will be described with reference to FIG. 7. The process shown in FIG. 7 corresponds to the process in step S3 of FIG.

In step S101, the shape specifying unit 21 calculates the position of the virtual hemisphere having a radius r from the center Cs of the cell C to be processed.

The shape specifying unit 21 repeats the process of step S102 for each designated direction. In step S102, the shape specifying unit 21 calculates the intersection of the line of sight observing the cell C from the designated direction of the processing target and the virtual hemisphere calculated in step S101 as a mother point. When the mother point is calculated for each designated direction, the process proceeds to step S103.

In step S103, the shape specifying unit 21 calculates the Voronoi surface for each mother point calculated in step S102. In step S104, the shape specifying unit 21 identifies the shape in the virtual hemisphere calculated in step S101 among the Voronoi planes calculated in step S103 as the skeleton of the partition P provided in the cell C to be processed. The inside of the Voronoi surface calculated in step S103 cut out by the virtual hemisphere calculated in step S101 is the skeleton of the partition.

In step S104, the shape specifying unit 21 specifies the shape of the partition P by providing a thickness to the skeleton of the partition P calculated in step S104. Here, a set of positions separated from the skeleton of the partition P specified in step S104 by a predetermined distance is specified as the shape of the partition P. The shape of the specified partition is output as shape data 12.

The color identification process by the color determination unit 23 will be described with reference to FIG. The process shown in FIG. 8 corresponds to the process in step S5 of FIG.

In step S201, the color determination unit 23 divides the surface of the partition provided in the cell C to be processed into a plurality of subcells L.

The process of step S202 is executed for each subcell L and each designated direction classified in step S201. In step S202, the color determination unit 23 determines whether or not the subcell L to be processed can be seen from the designated direction of the processing target. When the process of step S202 is completed for each subcell L and each designated direction, the process proceeds to step S203.

In step S203, the color determination unit 23 sets the color of each subcell L so that the target color value can be expressed in the subcell L that can be seen from each designated direction. Here, the target color value is the color value represented by the cell to be processed among the color values of each content displayed in each designated direction. Target color values are set for each designated direction. The color determination unit 23 is placed on each of the surfaces of the partition P so that the color mixture of each subcell L seen from each designated direction satisfies the requirement that the color mixture of the cells to be processed of the content displayed in each designated direction is close to the color value of the cell to be processed. Optimize the color value of subcell L.

In this way, the display medium 1 is formed by the processing device 3 calculating the shape of the partition P of each cell and the color given to the partition P based on the formulas (1) and (2).

Further, since the display medium 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can provide information having different meanings in a plurality of directions, it is possible to provide more information in a limited area. it can.

(First modification)
In the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the content displayed by the display medium 1 in each designated direction is a still image has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the surface of the partition P is formed by a display capable of displaying a moving image and the surface of the partition can be dynamically changed, the content displayed by the display medium 1 in each designated direction may be a moving image. A display capable of displaying a moving image is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (electro-luminescence) display.

In this case, of the plurality of target moving images, each frame data to be displayed at the same time becomes the target image. The processing device 3 optimizes the color of each subcell L on the partition P so that each frame data simultaneously displayed in each designated direction among the moving images displayed by the display medium 1 is close to each target image.

Further, the subcell L according to the embodiment of the present invention is formed on the display. The subcell L is a pixel or a plurality of adjacent pixel groups constituting the display.

(Second modification)
In the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the display medium 1 is formed by a 3D printer has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the embodiment of the present invention, the size of the display medium 1 is limited by the specifications of the 3D printer, but the display medium 1 may be formed in any size.

For example, the display method of the display medium 1 according to the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a large display of several meters to several tens of meters, such as an advertising bulletin board provided in a baseball field, a concert hall, an urban area, or the like. .. Such a large display is divided into a plurality of cells, and each cell is formed with a partition having surfaces corresponding to a plurality of designated directions. The surface of these partitions is given the colors that make up the output image corresponding to the specified direction.

By applying the display method according to the embodiment to such a large-sized display, it is possible to display the content according to the position of each person to more people in a wider range.

For example, a large display provided in the outfield seat of a baseball stadium can display content suitable for each spectator to each of the spectators on the first base side, the spectators on the third base side, and the spectators behind the back net. .. For example, a large display displays information on the team supported by many of the spectators on the 1st base side to the spectators on the 1st base side, and at the same time, the spectators on the 3rd base side are watching the game on the 3rd base side. Information on teams supported by many of them can be displayed.

In addition, a large display provided in an urban area can be used as a road guide sign or the like. It is possible to simultaneously provide different information corresponding to each designated direction to a person who is located in a different designated direction with respect to the large display. For example, in a large display, by displaying signals in different designated directions, it is possible to realize a traffic light corresponding to a plurality of directions with one display.

The display method according to the embodiment of the present invention can provide information in a specific direction. For example, by providing the display medium according to the embodiment of the present invention at an intersection where a plurality of lanes coexist, the display medium can specify each lane and display a signal. As a result, the driver entering the intersection can prevent a misunderstanding that the signal display in his / her lane is mistaken for the signal display in another lane.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the display medium displays the content that can be directly seen by the human eye has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The output image of the display medium may be captured by a camera, and a person may recognize the content through the captured image. When the display medium is huge, for example, a person may recognize the content through aerial photography such as a drone.

(Third variant)
It is also possible to apply the display medium according to the embodiment of the present invention to a technique for providing stereoscopic vision with the naked eye.

The display medium according to the embodiment of the present invention can display different contents in a designated direction. The designated direction in which the display medium according to the third modification displays the content is adjusted to the difference between the left and right visual angles of the user who visually recognizes the display medium. The display medium displays the content for the right eye that the user can recognize stereoscopic vision in the designated direction of the right eye, and displays the content for the left eye in the designated direction of the left eye.

As described above, the display medium according to the third modification may be applied to the naked eye 3D.

(Other embodiments)
As described above, although described by embodiments of the invention and variations 1 to 3 thereof, the statements and drawings that form part of this disclosure should not be understood to limit the invention. This disclosure reveals to those skilled in the art various alternative embodiments, examples and operational techniques.

For example, the processing apparatus described in the embodiment of the present invention may be configured on one hardware as shown in FIG. 5, or may be configured on a plurality of hardware according to its function and the number of processes. You may. Further, it may be realized on an existing processing system that also realizes other functions.

It goes without saying that the present invention includes various embodiments not described here. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the matters specifying the invention relating to the reasonable claims from the above description.

1 Display medium 2 Base material 3 Processing device 10 Storage device 11 Condition data 12 Shape data 13 Input pixel value data 14 Color value data 20 Processing control device 21 Shape identification unit 22 Shape output unit 23 Color determination unit 24 Output unit 30 Input / output interface A Space B Shielding member C Cell Cs Center L Subcell P Partition T Base point

Claims (6)

A display medium that displays different content in multiple directions.
A base material with multiple virtual cells and
The cell is provided with a partition having a surface formed on a plane intersecting with the base material and having a portion exposed when the display medium is observed from each of a plurality of directions.
A display medium characterized in that a portion of the plurality of directions exposed when the display medium is observed from a predetermined direction is given a color of content corresponding to the predetermined direction. The portion exposed when the display medium is observed from a predetermined direction among the plurality of directions has a portion that is shielded when the display medium is observed from a direction other than the predetermined direction among the plurality of directions. The display medium according to claim 1. The display medium according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the base material that is exposed when observed from the predetermined direction is given a color of content corresponding to the predetermined direction. The display medium according to claim 1, wherein the skeleton of the partition includes a part of the Voronoi surface in the Voronoi diagram as a base point virtually provided in each of the plurality of directions. A processing device that calculates a color given to the surface of the partition of the display medium according to claim 1.
The surface forming the partition is virtually divided into a plurality of subcells.
Identify the subcells that are visible from each of the plurality of directions and
The color formed by each color of the subcell visible from each of the plurality of directions is given to the subcell so as to be close to the color of the partition portion of the content corresponding to each direction of the plurality of directions. A processing device including a color determining unit for determining a color. A processing program for calculating a color given to the surface of the partition of the display medium according to claim 1.
The surface forming the partition is virtually divided into a plurality of subcells.
Computer,
Identify the subcells that are visible from each of the plurality of directions and
The color formed by each color of the subcells visible from each of the plurality of directions is given to the subcells so as to be close to the color of the partition portion of the content corresponding to each direction of the plurality of directions. A processing program characterized by functioning as a color determination unit that determines a color.

Images