Image display device, image display method, and computer program

An image display method in which an image is displayed for a user who is wearing an image display device on the head or face, the method comprising:

• maintaining user information of the user;
• determining important information from the user information and specifying an attention region according to a type of the important information found in a field of vision of the user, in which the attention region represents a region external to the image display device which is viewed by the user, wherein the determining the important information is performed automatically by at least (i) obtaining a current location of the user, (ii) obtaining a residence of the user, (iii) comparing the current location of the user to the residence of the user, and (iv) when the current location does not match the residence, using an action history of the user to determine whether the user has previously visited the current location more than one time, and wherein specifying the attention region comprises specifying the attention region according to at least one of the following found in the field of vision of the user:
• exit guidance, a guide board, a road display, a transfer station, a home number, a name of an intersection, a logo, or a signboard;
• performing image processing with respect to the attention region;
• and
• display controlling of displaying the attention region which is subject to the image processing for the user,
• the image processing includes a drawing process based on the type of the important information such that the performing includes applying the drawing process to the attention region in accordance with the type of the important information.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program which is written in a computer-readable format so that an image display device which is used by being mounted on the head or a face portion of a user is controlled using a computer, the program causing the computer to function as:

• a display unit which displays an image;
• an information maintaining unit which maintains user information of the user;
• a region specifying unit which determines important information from the user information and specifies an attention region according to a type of the important information found in a field of vision of the user, in which the attention region represents a region external to the image display device which is viewed by the user, wherein the region specifying unit determines the important information automatically based on at least (i) obtaining a current location of the user, (ii) obtaining a residence of the user, (iii) comparing the current location of the user to the residence of the user, and (iv) when the current location does not match the residence, using an action history of the user to determine whether the user has previously visited the current location more than one time, and wherein the region specifying unit specifies the attention region according to at least one of the following found in the field of vision of the user:
• exit guidance, a guide board, a road display, a transfer station, a home number, a name of an intersection, a logo, or a signboard;
• an image processing unit which performs image processing with respect to the attention region;
• and
• a display control unit which displays the attention region which is subject to the image processing on the display unit,
• the image processing includes a drawing process based on the type of the important information such that during operation the image processing unit applies the drawing process to the attention region in accordance with the type of the important information.