Display control apparatus and display control method

摘要

There is provided a display control apparatus including a pickup image acquisition unit that acquires a pickup image of a viewer viewing a display image, a detection unit that detects a viewing position and a viewing distance of the viewer with respect to the display image based on the pickup image of the viewer acquired by the pickup image acquisition unit, and a display control unit that changes a size of the display image in accordance with the viewing distance of the viewer detected by the detection unit while associating the viewing position of the viewer detected by the detection unit with a display position of the display image.

主权项

1. A display control apparatus, comprising: a processor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform as:
a pickup image acquisition unit that acquires a pickup image of a viewer viewing a number of display images on a display screen; a detection unit that detects a face direction, a viewing position, and a viewing distance of the viewer with respect to a display image based on the pickup image of the viewer acquired by the pickup image acquisition unit; and a display control unit that causes the display image or images to scroll in accordance with the detected face direction of the viewer, and causes other display image or images than the currently displayed display image or images to be displayed, wherein the viewing position provides an indication as to which side of the display screen the viewer is positioned and the viewing distance provides an indication as to a distance between the viewer and the display image or images, wherein the display control unit is configured to decide which image the viewer is currently viewing in accordance with the detected viewing position such that if the viewer is positioned on a left side of the display screen the display control unit decides that the viewer is currently viewing an image on the left side of the display screen and if the viewer is positioned on a right side of the display screen the display control unit decides that the viewer is currently viewing an image on the right side of the display screen, wherein the display control unit associates at least one of (i) a size of a display image or images, or (ii) a number of displayed images with the viewing distance of the viewer, and controls positions of images on the display screen in accordance with the image which is decided as being currently viewed by the viewer, and wherein the viewing position of the viewer is independent of viewer's line of sight.