JPWO2020121479A1 - Animation display device and animation display method - Google Patents

Abstract

The animation display device includes an image database in which image data constituting the animation display is stored and a control unit that performs the animation display, and the control unit receives environmental parameters and fluid parameters set as user parameters. Animated display is performed by receiving the non-fluid parameters preset as display parameters and fluidly changing the display process of the image data acquired from the image database based on the fluid parameters and the non-fluid parameters. Do.

Description

The present invention relates to an animation display device and an animation display method for fluidly changing an animation display.

As a conventional technique, there is an electronic device capable of changing a displayed image with a simple operation (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The electronic device according to Patent Document 1 includes a control unit that changes an image displayed on the image display unit based on the detected movement of the subject.

Specifically, in Patent Document 1, the movement of the subject and the operation of the moving image are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit. For example, if the operator draws a clockwise circle by hand, fast forward, and if a counterclockwise circle is drawn, the relationship such as rewinding is stored in the storage unit.

When such a correspondence is stored, for example, when the user manually draws a clockwise circle in the air, the control unit analyzes this operation and projects it so as to perform a fast-forward operation. Manipulate the image. Further, in Patent Document 1, when displaying subtitles as a moving image, the type of subtitles to be displayed, hidden, or displayed can be switched according to the movement of the user.

That is, the electronic device according to Patent Document 1 can change the screen to be displayed according to the movement of the user, and the user can change the displayed image only by performing the operation associated in advance. ..

Japanese Patent No. 5254906

As described above, the electronic device according to Patent Document 1 can change the displayed image according to the movement of the user stored in advance. However, in the case of performing an animation display that prompts a user who can see the displayed image in a display location such as when there are an unspecified number of others other than the user, the user is determined in advance. It is not always possible to realize an appropriate animation display simply by changing the display image according to a specific movement.

When performing an animation display that prompts the user in the moving direction, a more appropriate animation display can be realized by considering parameters other than the user's movement as well as parameters related to the user's fluid movement. It is considered to be.

In other words, when it is desired to make a user who can see the animation display perform an animation display that prompts the moving direction in a situation where there are an unspecified number of others other than the user, the technique according to Patent Document 1 is used as it is. When applied, there are the following problems. That is, the technique according to Patent Document 1 can only display a specific animation determined in advance according to a parameter related to the user's movement that changes fluidly according to the situation, and considers parameters other than the user's movement. It is not possible to display the animation. Therefore, there is a demand for an animation display that makes it easier for a user who can see the animation display to identify the moving direction.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is easy for the user to identify the moving direction according to the situation of the display location such as the presence of an unspecified number of others other than the user. It is an object of the present invention to obtain an animation display device and an animation display method for displaying an animation.

The animation display device according to the present invention includes an image database in which image data constituting the animation display is stored and a control unit for displaying the animation, and the control unit can collect environmental parameters at a place where the animation display is performed. , And receive fluid parameters set as user parameters that can be collected for the user viewing the animated display, receive preset non-fluid parameters as display parameters, fluid parameters and non-fluid parameters. Animation display is performed by fluidly changing the display process of the image data acquired from the image database based on the parameters.

Further, the animation display method according to the present invention includes a step of receiving environmental parameters that can be collected at a place where the animation display is performed and user parameters that can be collected corresponding to a user who visually recognizes the animation display as fluid parameters, and a display. An image for performing an animation display from an image database in which image data constituting the animation display is stored based on a step of receiving a non-fluid parameter preset as a parameter and the fluid parameter and the non-fluid parameter. It includes a step of acquiring data and a step of performing animation display by fluidly changing the display process of the acquired image data based on a fluid parameter and a non-fluid parameter.

According to the present invention, the display processing of image data is fluidly changed based on the preset non-fluid parameters acquired as display parameters and the fluid parameters acquired as environmental parameters and user parameters. It is equipped with a configuration for displaying animation with. As a result, it is possible to obtain an animation display device and an animation display method that perform animation display that makes it easy for the user to identify the moving direction according to the situation of the display location such as the presence of an unspecified number of others other than the user. ..

It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the animation display device which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the data structure of each database at the time of applying the method 1 in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which showed the series process at the time of executing the animation display by applying the method 1 in the control part which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the data structure of each database at the time of applying the method 2 in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which showed the series process at the time of executing the animation display by applying the method 2 in the control unit which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the data structure of each database at the time of applying the method 3 in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which showed the series process at the time of executing the animation display by applying the method 3 in the control part which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which showed the series of image data used in the specific example 1 in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which showed an example which changes the animation display fluidly by the method 2 based on a display parameter, an environment parameter, and a user parameter with respect to the series of image data shown in FIG. It is a figure which showed the state in which the animation display described with respect to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 was performed. It is a figure which showed the state in which the animation display described with respect to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 was performed. It is a figure which showed the state which the animation display was performed at the event venue. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a case where each function of the animation display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is realized by a processing circuit which is dedicated hardware. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a case where each function of the animation display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is realized by a processing circuit including a processor and a memory.

Hereinafter, examples of embodiments of the animation display device and the animation display method of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of an animation display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The animation display device 10 according to the first embodiment includes a control unit 11, a projection unit 12, and an image database 13. Further, the control unit 11 is configured to be able to acquire data necessary for performing animation display from the fixed instruction database 21, the surrounding environment database 22, and the user information database 23.

The image data constituting the animation display is stored in the image database 13. Display parameters, environment parameters, and user parameters are input to the control unit 11 as external signals.

Here, the display parameter is a parameter that can be set and changed by the manager or the like of the facility that performs the animation display in order to specify the image used for the animation display. However, the display parameters correspond to non-fluid parameters that do not change during the animation display. Although a configuration example in which display parameters are input as external parameters is described, the animation display device 10 includes an input unit (not shown), and the facility manager directly inputs the display parameters via the input unit. It may be configured to be used.

Environmental parameters are parameters that can be collected at the location where the animation is displayed. Further, the user parameter is a parameter that can be collected corresponding to the user who visually recognizes the animation display. Environmental parameters and user parameters correspond to fluid parameters that change fluidly during animation display.

The control unit 11 fluidly changes the animation display from the fixed instruction database 21, the surrounding environment database 22, and the user information database 23 based on the fluid parameters and the non-fluid parameters received as external signals. The parameters are extracted and the image data is acquired from the image database. Further, the control unit 11 performs animation display by fluidly changing the display process of the acquired image data based on various extracted parameters.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the case where the control unit 11 performs animation display via the projection unit 12 is illustrated. However, it is also possible to include the function of the projection unit 12 in the control unit 11 so that the control unit 11 can directly perform the animation display. Further, in the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the case where the animation display device 10 includes the control unit 11 and the projection unit 12 is illustrated. However, the animation display device 10 is configured to include only the control unit 11, and the control unit 11 transmits information regarding the animation to be projected to a projection device separate from the animation display device 10 including the projection unit 12. It can also be configured.

Based on the basic configuration of FIG. 1 described above, the following four can be mentioned as specific methods for performing animation display by fluidly changing the display processing of image data by the control unit 11. The specific contents will be explained individually.

[Method 1] Method 1 has the following features.
-The series of image data to be displayed is not changed.
-The degree of change in the animation is obtained based on the combination of parameters acquired from each of the fixed instruction database 21, the surrounding environment database 22, and the user information database 23 according to the external signal.
-Animation display is performed by fluidly changing the projection image data according to a series of image data according to the obtained degree of change.

Examples of the display contents for displaying the animation include the following.
Display content 1: Gate guidance display at the airport Display content 2: Guidance display for each event at the event venue Display content 3: Guidance display for each event at the theme park In the following example, the user is assigned to a vacant gate in the airport lobby. An example of inducing will be described.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a data structure of each database when the method 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied. The data structures of the image database 13, the fixed instruction database 21, the surrounding environment database 22, and the user information database 23 will be described below with reference to FIG.

<Data structure of image database 13>
The image data constituting the animation display is stored in the image database 13 as a series of image data associated with the display parameters. FIG. 2 illustrates a case where a series of image data 1 composed of three images of IMG (1), IMG (2), and IMG (3) is stored in the image database 13.

<Data structure of fixed instruction database 21>
The fixed instruction data stored in the fixed instruction database 21 is configured by associating each component consisting of a display parameter, a projection size, a projection standard velocity, and a first parameter with each other. In FIG. 2, the display parameter is configured to include information on a series of selected image data and information indicating the priority of guidance by animation display.

The projection size is the external dimension of the image to be displayed in animation, and in FIG. 2, a value of 1 m × 1 m is set as a standard projection size. The projection standard speed is the projection speed used for animation display, and in FIG. 2, 10 cm / s is set as the standard projection speed. The projection size and standard projection speed determine the display pattern of the animation.

Further, the first parameter is a numerical value of information on the priority included in the display parameter, and is set as follows in the example of FIG.
When the priority is low First parameter = 1
When the priority is medium 1st parameter = 2
When the priority is high 1st parameter = 3

<Data structure of peripheral environment database 22>
The peripheral environment data stored in the peripheral environment database 22 is configured by associating each component consisting of an environmental parameter and a second parameter with each other. In FIG. 2, the environmental parameters are configured to include information about the degree of congestion of the target gate in the airport lobby. Further, the second parameter is a numerical value of information on the degree of congestion included in the environmental parameter, and is set as follows in the example of FIG.
When the degree of congestion is high Second parameter = 1
When the degree of congestion is medium Second parameter = 2
When the degree of congestion is low Second parameter = 3

The higher the degree of congestion of the target gate, the smaller the value of the second parameter value is because the higher the degree of congestion, the lower the need to guide the user to the target gate.

In addition to the data related to the congestion level of the specified location in the system usage environment as described above, the environmental parameters include data related to the weather, illuminance, projection destination material, projection destination color temperature, etc. of the location where the animation is displayed. It can also include at least one of.

<Data structure of user information database 23>
The user information data stored in the user information database 23 is configured by associating each component consisting of a user parameter and a third parameter with each other. In FIG. 2, the user parameter is configured to include information regarding the movement speed of the user who visually recognizes the animation display. The third parameter is a numerical value of information regarding the moving speed of the user, and is set as follows in the example of FIG.
When the moving speed is 0.0 <X ≦ 5.0, the third parameter = 1
When the moving speed is 5.0 <X ≦ 10.0, the third parameter = 2
When the moving speed is 10.0 <X, the third parameter = 3

The faster the moving speed of a person, the higher the value of the third parameter. The faster the moving speed of a person, the harder it is to notice the projected image, so it is necessary to emphasize the animation and make it easier to pay attention to. Because there is.

The user parameter includes at least one of data on the physical characteristics of the user and data on the nationality, destination, purpose, etc., in addition to the data on the movement speed of the user who visually recognizes the animation display. In addition, the physical characteristics of the user include the age, gender, and whether or not a wheelchair or bicycle is used.

Here, the above-mentioned display parameters, environment parameters, and user parameters will be supplementarily described.

The display parameters can be changed by the manager of the facility that displays the animation according to the current state of the facility. For example, when there is an event at the airport, it may be set to display a special animation according to the event to be held, the projection standard speed may be increased, or the projection size may be decreased. By storing a series of image data corresponding to the desired display parameters in the image database 13 in advance and creating fixed instruction data corresponding to the desired display parameters, the setting of the desired display parameters can be changed. It is possible to realize an animation display corresponding to.

Further, the environmental parameters are collected by a device such as a surveillance camera that can quantitatively collect the degree of congestion of the surrounding environment that displays the animation or the degree of congestion of the guidance destination.

Further, the user parameters are collected by a device such as a speed sensor that can quantitatively collect the moving speed of the user at the place where the animation is displayed. Alternatively, the user may have a medium such as an ID card that stores information related to the user, and user parameters may be collected from the medium by an information acquisition device such as a card reader. In addition, user parameters may be collected by extracting user parameters from the information input by the airport staff.

Further, each value of the fixed instruction data in the fixed instruction database 21, the peripheral environment data in the peripheral environment database 22, and the user information data in the user information database 23 can be changed depending on the situation.

Next, in the method 1, a specific example in which the projection conditions are changed according to the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter specified according to the external signal to display the animation will be described.

When the first parameter = 1, the second parameter = 1, and the third parameter = 1 are specified, the control unit 11 can determine the projection speed for displaying the animation as follows.
Projection speed = 1st parameter x 2nd parameter x 3rd parameter x projection standard speed
= 1 x 1 x 1 x 10 cm / s
= 10 cm / s

Further, when the first parameter = 3, the second parameter = 3, and the third parameter = 3 are specified, the control unit 11 can determine the projection speed for displaying the animation as follows.
Projection speed = 1st parameter x 2nd parameter x 3rd parameter x projection standard speed
= 3 x 3 x 3 x 10 cm / s
= 270 cm / s

The control unit 11 can determine the projection speed in consideration of the weighting coefficients set in advance for the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter. The weighting factor can be set, for example, as a numerical value between 0 and 1. The specific calculation example described above corresponds to the case where the weighting coefficients are all 1.

The projection conditions to be changed based on various parameters are not limited to the projection standard speed. For example, the control unit 11 can change the animation display fluidly by changing the projection size of the projected image data based on various parameters.

It is also possible to store a series of image data to be displayed individually in the image database 13 according to the display parameters. In this case, the control unit 11 does not use the first parameter to calculate the projection speed, and acquires a series of image data corresponding to the first parameter from the image database 13 as projection image data. can do. Then, the control unit 11 can calculate the projection speed using the second parameter and the third parameter, and perform animation display using the projection image data corresponding to the first parameter.

As described above, according to the method 1, when projecting an animation, a first parameter which is a preset non-fluid parameter, and a fluid parameter which changes fluidly according to the situation at the time of animation. The projection image data can be fluidly changed based on the parameters determined from different viewpoints of the second and third parameters. In other words, the method 1 can reflect the intention of the facility manager, the situation of the surrounding environment, and the personal information or situation of the user in the projected image in real time, and display the animation.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a series of processes when the method 1 is applied to execute the animation display in the control unit 11 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In step S301, the control unit 11 receives an external signal including display parameters, environment parameters, and user parameters.

Next, in step S302, the control unit 11 acquires the projection size, the projection standard velocity, and the first parameter corresponding to the display parameters from the fixed instruction database 21.

Next, in step S303, the control unit 11 acquires the second parameter corresponding to the environment parameter from the surrounding environment database 22. Next, in step S304, the control unit 11 acquires a series of image data from the image database 13 based on the setting of the display parameters.

Next, in step S305, the control unit 11 acquires a third parameter corresponding to the user parameter from the user information database 23. Next, in step S306, the control unit 11 changes the projection conditions of a series of image data according to the first parameter to the third parameter. Then, in step S307, the control unit 11 executes the animation display by projecting a series of image data according to the changed projection conditions.

By executing such a series of processes, the control unit 11 can select an appropriate series of image data based on the first parameter to the third parameter and perform animation display under appropriate projection conditions.

[Method 2] Method 2 has the following features.
-The projected image is divided into multiple parts and stored.
-The image shape of each divided part and the degree of change in animation are individually determined based on the combination of parameters acquired from each database of the fixed instruction database 21, the surrounding environment database 22, and the user information database 23.
-Each part is integrated to generate one projection image data, and animation display is performed by fluidly changing the projection image data based on the degree of change of the animation determined individually for each part.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a data structure of each database when the method 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied. The data structures of the image database 13, the fixed instruction database 21, the surrounding environment database 22, and the user information database 23 will be described below with reference to FIG.

<Data structure of image database 13>
Each part data and the projected image data which is an overall view after integrating each part are associated with the display parameters and stored in the image database 13.

The four images IMG1 and IMG (1) to IMG (3) shown in FIG. 4 are the following images, respectively.
IMG1: Overall image in the projected image 1 IMG1 (1): First part image constituting the projected image 1 IMG1 (2): Second part image constituting the projected image 1 IMG1 (3): Projected image 1 Third part image that composes

That is, in FIG. 4, the projected image 1 is composed of three part images IMG1 (1) to IMG1 (3), and by integrating the three part images IMG1 (1) to IMG1 (3), the whole image IMG1 As the data to be obtained, a case where the data is stored in the image database 13 is illustrated. In the following, the animation display device 10 changes the degree of change of the part image IMG (1) according to the fixed instruction data, and changes the degree of change of the part image IMG (2) according to the environmental data. A case where the degree of change of the image IMG (3) is changed according to the user information will be described.

<Data structure of fixed instruction database 21>
The fixed instruction data stored in the fixed instruction database 21 is configured by associating each component consisting of a display parameter, a projection size, a projection standard velocity, and a first parameter with each other. In FIG. 4, the display parameter is configured to include information on the selected projected image and information indicating the priority of guidance by animation display.

The projection size is, for example, the external dimensions of the part image IMG1 (1), and in FIG. 4, a value of 1 m × 1 m is set as a standard projection size. The projection standard speed is the projection speed used for displaying the animation of the part image IMG1 (1), and in FIG. 4, 10 cm / s is set as the standard projection speed. That is, in the example of FIG. 4, the projection size and the projection standard speed specified as the fixed instruction data are used as the first display pattern for determining the display pattern of the first part image IMG1 (1).

Further, the first parameter is a numerical value of information on the priority included in the display parameter, and is set as follows in the example of FIG.
When the priority is low First parameter = 1
When the priority is medium 1st parameter = 2
When the priority is high 1st parameter = 3

<Data structure of peripheral environment database 22>
The peripheral environment data stored in the peripheral environment database 22 is configured by associating each component consisting of an environmental parameter, a projection size, a projection standard velocity, and a second parameter with each other. In FIG. 4, the environmental parameters are configured to include information about the degree of congestion of the target gate in the airport lobby.

The projection size is, for example, the external dimensions of the part image IMG1 (2), and in FIG. 4, a value of 1 m × 1 m is set as a standard projection size. The projection standard speed is the projection speed used for displaying the animation of the part image IMG1 (2), and in FIG. 4, 12 cm / s is set as the standard projection speed. That is, in the example of FIG. 4, the projection size and the projection standard speed specified as the surrounding environment data are used as the second display pattern for determining the display pattern of the second part image IMG1 (2).

The second parameter is a numerical value of information on the degree of congestion included in the environmental parameter, and is set as follows in the example of FIG.
When the degree of congestion is high Second parameter = 1
When the degree of congestion is medium Second parameter = 2
When the degree of congestion is low Second parameter = 3

<Data structure of user information database 23>
The user information data stored in the user information database 23 is configured by associating each component including a user parameter, a projection size, a projection standard velocity, and a third parameter with each other. In FIG. 4, the user parameter is configured to include information regarding the movement speed of the user who visually recognizes the animation display. The third parameter is a numerical value of information on the moving speed of the user, and is set as follows in the example of FIG.
When the moving speed is 0.0 <X ≦ 5.0, the third parameter = 1
When the moving speed is 5.0 <X ≦ 10.0, the third parameter = 2
When the moving speed is 10.0 <X, the third parameter = 3

The projection size is, for example, the external dimensions of the part image IMG1 (3), and in FIG. 4, a value of 1 m × 1 m is set as a standard projection size. The projection standard speed is the projection speed used for displaying the animation of the part image IMG1 (3), and in FIG. 4, 20 cm / s is set as the standard projection speed. That is, in the example of FIG. 4, the projection size and the projection standard speed specified as the user information data are used as the third display pattern that determines the display pattern of the third part image IMG1 (3).

Next, in the method 2, a specific example of performing animation display by the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter specified according to the external signal will be described.

When the first parameter = 1, the second parameter = 1, and the third parameter = 1 are specified, the control unit 11 can determine the projection speed for displaying the animation as follows.
Projection speed of the first part image IMG1 (1) = 1st parameter x projection standard speed specified as fixed instruction data = 1 x 10 cm / s
= 10 cm / s
Projection speed of the second part image IMG1 (2) = 2nd parameter x projection standard speed specified as surrounding environment data = 1 x 12 cm / s
= 12 cm / s
Projection speed of the third part image IMG1 (3) = 3rd parameter x projection standard speed specified as user information data = 1 x 20 cm / s
= 20 cm / s

Further, when the first parameter = 3, the second parameter = 3, and the third parameter = 3 are specified, the control unit 11 can determine the projection speed for displaying the animation as follows.
Projection speed of the first part image IMG1 (1) = 1st parameter x projection standard speed specified as fixed instruction data = 3 x 10 cm / s
= 30 cm / s
Projection speed of the second part image IMG1 (2) = 2nd parameter x projection standard speed specified as surrounding environment data = 3 x 12 cm / s
= 36 cm / s
Projection speed of the third part image IMG1 (3) = 3rd parameter x projection standard speed specified as user information data = 3 x 20 cm / s
= 60 cm / s

As described above, the control unit 11 can individually specify the projection speed of each part image IGM1 (1) to IMG (3) by using the first parameter to the third parameter individually. Further, the control unit 11 can integrate the parts images IGM1 (1) to IMG (3) for which the projection speed corresponding to the degree of change is specified and display them as one animation.

In other words, the part image for which the degree of change is desired to be set according to the display parameter, the part image for which the degree of change is desired to be set according to the environmental parameter, and the part image for which the degree of change is set according to the user parameter are individually registered. Can be left. As a result, the display control of the animation can be performed more finely according to the fluid parameter and the non-fluid parameter.

In the above-mentioned example, the case where the projection speed is changed according to each parameter has been described, but the control method is not limited to this. The control unit 11 can also perform display control such as changing the projection size according to each parameter, or changing both the projection speed and the projection size.

Further, when adopting the method 2, the control unit 11 also considers the weighting coefficients preset for the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter, and displays the animation, as in the method 1. Each setting of can be decided.

Further, in the above-described example, the case where the degree of change of each part image IMG1 (1) to IMG1 (3) is determined according to one parameter has been described, but the control method is not limited to this. The control unit 11 may determine the degree of change of one part image according to two or more parameters.

For example, when there are two parameters, the degree of congestion and the temperature, as environmental parameters, the projection size or the projection speed of the second part image IMG1 (2) may be determined by the combination of the two parameters. .. Further, the projection size or the projection speed of the first part image IMG1 (1) may be determined by the combination of the first parameter and the second parameter. That is, the degree of change may be determined by any combination of parameters as long as the determined projection size or projection speed falls within an appropriate range.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a series of processes when the method 2 is applied to execute the animation display in the control unit 11 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In step S501, the control unit 11 receives an external signal including display parameters, environment parameters, and user parameters.

Next, in step S502, the control unit 11 acquires the entire image of the projected image and the plurality of part images corresponding to the display parameters from the image database 13. Here, in order to give an explanation corresponding to FIG. 4, the following description will be given assuming that the entire image IMG1 and the three part images IMG1 (1) to IMG1 (3) can be acquired.

Next, in step S503, the control unit 11 acquires the projection size, the projection standard velocity, and the first parameter corresponding to the display parameters from the fixed instruction database 21. Next, in step S504, the control unit 11 changes the projection conditions of the first part image IMG1 (1) according to the projection size, the projection standard velocity, and the first parameter acquired from the fixed instruction database 21.

Next, in step S505, the control unit 11 acquires the projection size, the projection standard velocity, and the second parameter corresponding to the environment parameters from the surrounding environment database 22. Next, in step S506, the control unit 11 changes the projection conditions of the second part image IMG1 (2) according to the projection size, the projection standard velocity, and the second parameter acquired from the surrounding environment database 22.

Next, in step S507, the control unit 11 acquires the projection size, the projection standard velocity, and the second parameter corresponding to the user parameters from the user information database 23. Next, in step S508, the control unit 11 changes the projection conditions of the third part image IMG1 (3) according to the projection size, the projection standard speed, and the third parameter acquired from the user information database 23.

Next, in step S509, the control unit 11 executes animation display by integrating and projecting each part image according to the changed projection conditions.

By executing such a series of processes, the control unit 11 can select an appropriate part image based on the first parameter to the third parameter and display an animation for each part image under appropriate projection conditions. it can.

[Method 3] Method 3 has the following features.
-The series of image data to be displayed is stored separately as a basic image and a guided image.
-Animation is displayed by fluidly changing the guidance image according to the degree of change.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a data structure of each database when the method 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied. The data structures of the image database 13, the fixed instruction database 21, the surrounding environment database 22, and the user information database 23 will be described below with reference to FIG.

<Data structure of image database 13>
In the method 3, as shown in FIG. 6, a series of image data to be displayed is classified into two types, a basic image and a guided image, and stored in the image database 13.

Here, the basic image corresponds to an image that is fixedly displayed during the animation display. Further, the guided image corresponds to a plurality of images that are sequentially switched and displayed in order to perform animation display. In the method 3, animation display is performed by combining a basic image and a plurality of guided images.

<Data structure of fixed instruction database 21>
The fixed instruction data stored in the fixed instruction database 21 is configured such that each component composed of a display parameter and a first parameter is associated with each other. In FIG. 6, the display parameter is configured to include information on the selected basic image.

Further, the first parameter is a numerical value of the information about the basic image included in the display parameter, and is set as follows in the example of FIG.
When basic image 1 is set 1st parameter = 1
When basic image 2 is set 1st parameter = 2
When the basic image 3 is set 1st parameter = 3

In this way, the display parameters are used by the manager of the facility that performs the animation display to select the basic image. The administrator can predefine the basic image by setting the display parameters. Further, the administrator can easily change the setting of the animation display content by switching the selection to a desired basic image according to the event held on the day, the expected situation of the visitors on the day, and the like.

<Data structure of peripheral environment database 22>
The peripheral environment data stored in the peripheral environment database 22 is configured by associating each component consisting of an environmental parameter, a first parameter, and a second parameter with each other. In FIG. 6, the environmental parameters are configured to include information about the degree of congestion of the target gate in the airport lobby.

The first parameter is a value specified by the fixed instruction data. The second parameter is a numerical value of the guided image specified by the combination of the information on the degree of congestion included in the environmental parameter and the specified first parameter. In the example of FIG. 6, the following is obtained. Is set to.
When the degree of congestion is high and the first parameter = 1, the second parameter = 1
When the degree of congestion is medium and the first parameter = 1, the second parameter = 2
When the degree of congestion is low and the first parameter = 1, the second parameter = 3

Therefore, the guidance image can be selected by the combination of the environment parameter and the display parameter.

<Data structure of user information database 23>
The user information data stored in the user information database 23 is configured by associating each component consisting of a user parameter and a third parameter with each other. In FIG. 6, the user parameter is configured to include information regarding the movement speed of the user who visually recognizes the animation display. The third parameter is a numerical value of the projection speed corresponding to the information regarding the movement speed of the user, and is set as follows in the example of FIG.
When the moving speed is 0.0 <X ≦ 5.0, the third parameter = 10 cm / s
When the moving speed is 5.0 <X ≦ 10.0, the third parameter = 20 cm / s
When the moving speed is 10.0 <X, the third parameter = 30 cm / s

As described above, in the method 3, the user information data in which the third parameter and the projection speed of the projected image are associated with each other is stored in advance in the user information database 23. Therefore, the third parameter makes it possible to select the projection speed when displaying the guided images in sequence.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a series of processes when the method 3 is applied to execute the animation display in the control unit 11 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In step S701, the control unit 11 receives an external signal including display parameters, environment parameters, and user parameters.

Next, in step S702, the control unit 11 acquires the first parameter corresponding to the display parameter that identifies the basic image from the fixed instruction database 21. Next, in step S703, the control unit 11 acquires the second parameter corresponding to the environment parameter from the surrounding environment database 22. Next, in step S704, the control unit 11 acquires a basic image from the image database 13 based on the setting of the first parameter, and acquires a guided image from the image database 13 based on the setting of the first parameter and the second parameter. To do.

Next, in step S705, the control unit 11 acquires a third parameter corresponding to the user parameter from the user information database 23. Next, in step S706, the control unit 11 changes the projection conditions of the guided image according to the third parameter. Then, in step S707, the control unit 11 executes the animation display by projecting the basic image and projecting the guided image according to the changed projection conditions.

By executing such a series of processes, the control unit 11 selects an appropriate basic image and an appropriate guided image based on the first parameter to the third parameter, and performs animation display under appropriate projection conditions. Can be done.

[Method 4] Method 4 has the following features.
-Animation display is performed by fluidly changing the image data for projection based on the guidance result of the user.

In the method 4, the animation is displayed by any of the above-mentioned methods 1 to 3, the result of whether the guidance is successful or unsuccessful is fed back, and this feedback result is used for changing the next animation display.

Specifically, in the method 4, the control unit 11 acquires the movement result information of the user as the execution result of the animation display, and further fluidly changes the projection image data according to the movement result information to display the animation. Do. For example, in the method 1, the control unit 11 receives the movement result information indicating the result of performing the animation display by determining the projection speed as 10 cm / s as an external signal.

The control unit 11 maintains the current projection speed when the movement result information indicating that the user has been successfully guided is obtained as an external signal. On the other hand, when the movement result information indicating that the user's guidance has failed is obtained as an external signal, the control unit 11 doubles the projection speed so that the guidance to the user can be further promoted, for example. The projection image data is further fluidly changed by changing the projection conditions so as to increase the projection size.

In determining whether or not the user has been successfully guided, the animation display may be changed too much if it is determined based on the guidance result of one user. Therefore, it is conceivable that the control unit 11 changes the projection conditions based on the movement result information of a plurality of users or the movement result information over a certain period of time, and changes the projection image data in a fluid manner. For example, if the guidance results of 10 users in a row are unsuccessful, the projection speed is doubled, or if the guidance results of 50% or more of the users are unsuccessful in one hour, the projection size is set to 2. It is possible to double it.

Next, a specific example of a fluidly changing animation display will be described.
[Specific Example 1] Example of guiding a user to a desired gate at an airport FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a series of image data used in the specific example 1 of the first embodiment of the present invention. Animation display is performed by displaying 10 part images IMG (1) to IMG (10) in order.

The parts images IMG (1) to IMG (3) shown in the upper row are three image data at the start of animation. The parts images IMG (4) to IMG (7) shown in the middle row are four image data during animation execution. The parts images IMG (8) to IMG (10) shown in the lower row are three image data at the end of the animation.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example in which the animation display is fluidly changed by the method 2 based on the display parameters, the environment parameters, and the user parameters for the series of image data shown in FIG. Consider a case where a user wants to be guided to the gate 4 because the gate 4 is vacant at the airport.

The parts images IMG (1) to IMG (10) for performing the animation display shown in FIG. 9 are group A consisting of A-1 to A-5, group B consisting of B-1, and C consisting of C-1. It is roughly divided into each part image of the D group consisting of the group and D-1, and a fluid change is given to each part image.

Group A is an element in which the display process is changed based on the degree of change determined according to the environmental parameters in the surrounding environment data. In the example of FIG. 9, the display of the character portion of "GATE 4" and the graphic portion consisting of an arrow that bends to the right is repeated in five patterns A-1 to A-5, so that the animation display is performed. Then, as an animation display when prompting the movement to the gate 4, the control unit 11 sets the display speeds of A-1 to A-5 according to the second parameter corresponding to the environmental parameter as follows. Can be decided.
A-1: 10m / s and slow display A-2: 50m / s and fast display A-3: 1s display A-4: 10m / s and slow display A-5: 50m Set / s and display fast

Next, the B group and the C group are part images in which the display process is changed based on the degree of change determined according to the user parameter in the user information data. In the example of FIG. 9, the display of the graphic portion consisting of a plurality of right-pointing arrows is repeated in the pattern of B-1, and the display of the character portion of "FAST" is repeated in the pattern of C-1. The display is done. For example, when the movement speed of the user is used as a user parameter, the movement speed is slow as a, and the movement speed is fast as b, the control unit 11 sets B-1 and C-1 as follows. It can be displayed under the following conditions.
B-1: In the case of a, still display
In the case of b, it is set to 50 m / s and displayed quickly. In the case of C-1: a, there is no display.
In the case of b, the scaling speed is set to 25% / s, and scaling is repeatedly displayed.

Next, group D is a part image determined according to the display parameters in the fixed instruction data. For example, when a display parameter is given, the case where the animation display is desired to be large is a and the case where the animation display is desired to be small is b, and the control unit 11 can display D-1 under the following conditions. ..
In the case of D-1: a, the projection size is set to 2m x 2m.
In the case of b, the projection size is set to 1m x 1m.

10 and 11 are views showing a state in which the animation display described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 is performed. FIG. 10 shows a display example when the user wants to be guided to the gate 4 because the gate 1 is crowded and the gate 4 is vacant. Further, FIG. 11 shows a display example when it is desired to guide the user to both the gate 1 and the gate 4 as compared with FIG.

Whether you want to guide to the gate 4 as shown in FIG. 10 or to guide to both the gate 1 and the gate 4 as shown in FIG. 11 is set and changed as a display parameter by the airport administrator. Then, the control unit 11 fluidly changes the display process of each part image as shown in FIG. 9 according to the setting contents by the display parameter, the environment parameter, and the user parameter, so that the control unit 11 is appropriate according to the situation. Animation display is possible.

[Specific Example 2] Example of guiding a user to a desired place at a night event venue FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a state in which an animation display is performed at a night event venue. In FIG. 12, the guidance destinations of the four event venues A to D are displayed in animation. Here, consider a case where an event D corresponding to the display on the rightmost side in FIG. 12 is currently being executed and the user is to be guided to the location of the event D. In this case, the control unit 11 may stop the animation display corresponding to the events A to C, slowly move only the animation display corresponding to the event D, and display the event name of D as well. it can.

Here, which event the user wants to be guided to is set as a display parameter by the administrator of the event venue. Therefore, the control unit 11 acquires an image for displaying as shown in FIG. 12 from the image database 13 according to the setting contents of the display parameters.

Further, the control unit 11 can perform an appropriate animation display according to the situation by fluidly changing the display process of each part image according to the parameters set by the environment parameter and the user parameter.

Although the night event has been described here, it is not limited to the night event. For example, if the color temperature of the projected image is raised to make the projection easy to see outdoors even in the daytime, it can be used in an indoor event in the daytime, or in an outdoor daytime event.

[Other specific examples]
For example, there are cases where you want to animate the guidance to each platform in the station yard. In such a case, it is possible to switch the display location so that it is displayed on the ceiling when it is crowded and displayed on the floor when it is not crowded, depending on the degree of congestion. The control unit 11 can switch the display location in this way by changing the setting of the display parameter by the station administrator or by a value indicating the degree of congestion that can be acquired as an environmental parameter.

Further, when the animation display of the first embodiment is applied to the guidance display in the theme park, it is conceivable not to disturb the atmosphere of the theme park. For example, it is conceivable to fluidly change the projection image data so as not to perform animation display using an excessive speed change or animation display using scaling.

Each function in the animation display device according to the first embodiment described above is realized by a processing circuit. The processing circuit that realizes each function may be dedicated hardware or a processor that executes a program stored in the memory. FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram showing a case where each function of the animation display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is realized by the processing circuit 1000 which is dedicated hardware. Further, FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram showing a case where each function of the animation display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is realized by a processing circuit 2000 including a processor 2001 and a memory 2002.

When the processing circuit is dedicated hardware, the processing circuit 1000 may include, for example, a single circuit, a composite circuit, a programmed processor, a parallel programmed processor, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). ), Or a combination of these. The functions of the respective parts of the control unit 11 and the projection unit 12 may be realized by the individual processing circuits 1000, or the functions of the respective parts may be collectively realized by the processing circuit 1000.

On the other hand, when the processing circuit is the processor 2001, the functions of the control unit 11 and the projection unit 12 are realized by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware. The software and firmware are written as programs and stored in memory 2002. The processor 2001 realizes the functions of each part by reading and executing the program stored in the memory 2002. That is, the animation display device is a memory 2002 for storing a program in which each step in FIGS. 3, 5, and 7 shown as an example is executed as a result when executed by the processing circuit 2000. To be equipped.

It can be said that these programs cause a computer to execute the procedure or method of each part described above. Here, the memory 2002 is, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Online Memory), an EPROM (Electrically Memory), etc. Alternatively, volatile semiconductor memory is applicable. Further, magnetic disks, flexible disks, optical disks, compact disks, mini disks, DVDs, and the like also fall under the memory 2002.

It should be noted that some of the functions of the above-mentioned parts may be realized by dedicated hardware and some may be realized by software or firmware.

In this way, the processing circuit can realize the functions of the above-mentioned parts by hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the animation display is provided by fluidly changing the display process of the animation image based on the display parameter, the environment parameter, and the user parameter. That is, the animation display device according to the first embodiment can perform animation display by fluidly changing the display process of the animation image by using the fluid parameter as a quantitative index indicating the degree of change.

In addition, the guidance destination can be easily switched according to the display parameters whose settings have been changed by the administrator of the display location. As a result, it is possible to display an animation for the user so that the moving direction can be easily identified. Further, the facility manager can also guide the user to a desired place according to the situation.

10 animation display device, 11 control unit, 12 projection unit, 13 image database, 21 fixed instruction database, 22 peripheral environment database, 23 user information database.

The animation display device according to the present invention includes an image database in which image data constituting the animation display is stored and a control unit for displaying the animation, and the control unit can collect environmental parameters at a place where the animation display is performed. , And receive fluid parameters set as user parameters that can be collected for the user viewing the animated display, receive preset non-fluid parameters as display parameters, fluid parameters and non-fluid parameters. based on the parameters, have rows animated thereby fluidly changing the display process of the image data acquired from the image database,
In the image database, the image data constituting the animation display is stored as a series of image data associated with the display parameters, and the control unit indicates the display parameters, the display pattern, and the priority of guidance by the animation display. From the fixed instruction database in which the fixed instruction data associated with the first parameter is stored in advance, the display pattern and the first parameter corresponding to the input of the display parameter are acquired, and a series of image data corresponding to the display pattern is obtained. The degree of change according to the input of the environment parameter from the peripheral environment database in which the peripheral environment data acquired from the image database as projection image data and associated with the environmental parameter and the degree of change when displaying the animation is stored in advance. Is acquired as the second parameter, and the degree of change according to the input of the user parameter is obtained from the user information database in which the user information data associated with the user parameter and the degree of change when displaying the animation is stored in advance. It is acquired as a parameter, and animation display is performed by fluidly changing the projection image data according to the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter .

Further, the animation display method according to the present invention includes a step of receiving environmental parameters that can be collected at a place where animation display is performed and user parameters that can be collected corresponding to a user who visually recognizes the animation display as fluid parameters, and display. An image for performing an animation display from an image database in which image data constituting the animation display is stored based on a step of receiving a non-fluid parameter preset as a parameter and the fluid parameter and the non-fluid parameter. An animation display method including a step of acquiring data and a step of performing animation display by fluidly changing the display process of acquired image data based on fluid parameters and non-fluid parameters. In the database, the image data constituting the animation display is stored as a series of image data associated with the display parameters, and the display parameters, the display pattern, and the first parameter indicating the priority of guidance by the animation display are stored. From the fixed instruction database in which the associated fixed instruction data is stored in advance, the step of acquiring the display pattern and the first parameter according to the input of the display parameter and the series of image data according to the display pattern are projected images. The degree of change according to the input of the environment parameter is obtained from the peripheral environment database in which the peripheral environment data in which the steps acquired from the image database as data and the degree of change when displaying the animation are associated with the environmental parameter is stored in advance. From the user information database in which the user information data associated with the step to be acquired as the second parameter and the degree of change when displaying the animation is stored in advance, the degree of change according to the input of the user parameter is obtained. It further includes a step of acquiring as three parameters and a step of displaying animation by fluidly changing the projection image data according to the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter .

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An image database that stores the image data that makes up the animation display, and
It is equipped with a control unit that displays the animation.
The control unit
Receives environmental parameters that can be collected at the location where the animation display is performed, and fluid parameters that are set as user parameters that can be collected in response to the user viewing the animation display.
Receives the non-fluid parameters preset as display parameters and
An animation display device that performs the animation display by fluidly changing the display process of the image data acquired from the image database based on the fluid parameters and the non-fluid parameters. In the image database, the image data constituting the animation display is stored as a series of image data associated with the display parameters.
The control unit
The said in response to the input of the display parameter from the fixed instruction database in which the fixed instruction data in which the display parameter, the display pattern, and the first parameter indicating the priority of the guidance by the animation display are associated are stored in advance. Acquire the display pattern and the first parameter,
A series of image data corresponding to the display pattern is acquired from the image database as projection image data, and the image data is obtained.
From the peripheral environment database in which the peripheral environment data associated with the environmental parameter and the degree of change when displaying the animation is stored in advance, the degree of change according to the input of the environmental parameter is acquired as the second parameter.
From the user information database in which the user information data associated with the user parameter and the degree of change when displaying the animation is stored in advance, the degree of change according to the input of the user parameter is acquired as the third parameter.
The animation display device according to claim 1, wherein the animation display is performed by fluidly changing the projection image data according to the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter. In the image database, the image data constituting the animation display is stored as image data for each part associated with at least one of the display parameter, the environment parameter, and the user parameter.
The control unit
In response to the input of the display parameter from the fixed instruction database in which the fixed instruction data in which the display parameter, the first display pattern, and the first parameter indicating the priority of the guidance by the animation display are associated are stored in advance. The first display pattern and the first parameter are acquired.
The second display according to the input of the environment parameter from the surrounding environment database in which the surrounding environment data associated with the environment parameter, the second display pattern, and the degree of change when performing the animation display is stored in advance. Along with acquiring the pattern, the degree of change according to the input of the environmental parameter is acquired as the second parameter.
From the user information database in which the user information data associated with the user parameter, the third display pattern, and the degree of change when performing the animation display is stored in advance, the second display according to the input of the user parameter. Along with acquiring the pattern, the degree of change according to the input of the user parameter is acquired as the third parameter.
Image data for each part corresponding to each display pattern of the first display pattern, the second display pattern, and the third display pattern is acquired from the image database as projection image data.
The first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter, according to claim 1, wherein the animation display is performed by fluidly changing the image of each part included in the projection image data. Animation display device. The image database is image data in which the image data constituting the animation display is composed of a combination of a basic image that is fixedly displayed and a plurality of guided images that are sequentially switched and displayed in order to perform the animation display. Is remembered as
The control unit
The first parameter corresponding to the input of the display parameter is acquired from the fixed instruction database in which the fixed instruction data associated with the display parameter and the first parameter indicating the basic image to be selected is stored in advance.
According to the input of the environment parameter and the first parameter from the surrounding environment database in which the surrounding environment data associated with the environment parameter, the first parameter, and the degree of change at the time of performing the animation display is stored in advance. Obtain the degree of change as the second parameter,
From the user information database in which the user information data associated with the user parameter and the degree of change when displaying the animation is stored in advance, the degree of change according to the input of the user parameter is acquired as the third parameter. ,
A basic image corresponding to the first parameter is acquired from the image database, a guided image corresponding to the second parameter is acquired from the image database, and the acquired basic image and the guided image are integrated to project. Generate image data for
The animation display device according to claim 1, wherein the animation display is performed by fluidly changing the guided image included in the projection image data according to the third parameter. The environmental parameter, which is a component of the surrounding environment data, is at least one of the degree of congestion at a specified place in the system usage environment, the weather at the place where the animation is displayed, the illuminance, the material of the projection destination, and the color temperature of the projection destination. The animation display device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, which is configured to include one or the other. A claim in which the user parameter, which is a component of the user information data, includes at least one of data relating to the moving speed of the user who visually recognizes the animation display and the physical characteristics of the user. The animation display device according to any one of 2 to 5. The animation according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the display pattern, which is a component of the fixed instruction data, includes at least one of data relating to a projection size and a projection standard speed when performing the animation display. Display device. The control unit
As the execution result of the animation display, the movement result information of the user is acquired, and the movement result information is acquired.
The animation display device according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the animation display is performed by further fluidly changing the projection image data according to the movement result information. A step of receiving environmental parameters that can be collected at the place where the animation display is performed and user parameters that can be collected corresponding to the user who visually recognizes the animation display as fluid parameters.
The step of receiving the non-fluid parameters preset as display parameters, and
A step of acquiring the image data for performing the animation display from an image database in which the image data constituting the animation display is stored based on the fluid parameter and the non-fluid parameter.
An animation display method including a step of performing the animation display by fluidly changing the display process of the acquired image data based on the fluid parameter and the non-fluid parameter.

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