# US 11,451,749 B2 · Display control device and display control method, display device, and moving body device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,749 B2 - Document ID: US11451749B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/943,160 - Filed: 2020-07-30 - Published: 2020-11-12 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-02 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Kazuma Yoshii; Yoshinori Nasada; Koji Nagata; Takehiko Tahira; Sho Tanaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451749B2 ## CPC - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - B60R 1/22: for viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle - B60R 21/00: Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks (safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles B60R22/00; seats constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats, B60N2/42; energy-absorbing arrangements for hand wheels for steering vehicles B62D1/11; energy-absorbing arrangements for vehicle steering columns B62D1/19) - G02B 27/0101: {characterised by optical features (G02B27/0172 takes precedence)} - G05D 1/00: Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00) - G09G 5/36: characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory - H04N 5/272: Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay - H04N 5/66: Transforming electric information into light information (scanning details H04N3/00) - H04N 5/74: Projection arrangements for image reproduction, e.g. using eidophor - H04N 7/18: Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast - B60R 2300/205: using a head-up display - G02B 2027/0138: {comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera} - G09G 5/377: for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns (G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence) - G09G 2300/0456: with a reflective area and a transmissive area combined in one pixel, such as in transflectance pixels - G09G 2380/10: Automotive applications - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A display control device includes a detection unit that detects a condition of a moving body and a control unit that controls a display mode of a display unit having a transmissive mode in which a landscape outside the moving body is displayed on at least a part of a display screen, on the basis of a detection result of the detection unit. The display unit has the transmissive mode and a non-transmissive mode in which a content movie is displayed by superimposing the content movie onto at least a part of the landscape outside the moving body or on the entire display screen, and the control unit sets the display unit to either the transmissive mode or the non-transmissive mode according to a detection result of the detection unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display control device mounted on a moving body, comprising: circuitry configured to: receive an image of a landscape outside the moving body, wherein the image is captured by a camera; detect an object in the image of the landscape outside the moving body; and control a display mode of a display screen based on the detected object, wherein an inner wall surface of the moving body comprises the display screen, the display mode is one of a transmissive mode or a non-transmissive mode, in the transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display the image of the landscape outside the moving body, and in the non-transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a content movie superimposed on one of at least a part of the display screen or on an entire inside area of the display screen. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display control device mounted on the moving body according to claim 1, wherein the image of the landscape outside the moving body corresponds to a frame of the display screen. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display control device mounted on the moving body according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to switch between the transmissive mode and the non-transmissive mode based on the detected object that matches a specific object. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display control device mounted on the moving body according to claim 1, wherein the display screen comprises a window, the circuitry is further configured to switch the window between a transmissive state and a non-transmissive state, light is transmitted in the transmissive state, the light is blocked in the non-transmissive state, in the transmissive mode, the window is in the transmissive state, and the landscape outside the moving body is visible, and in the non-transmissive mode, at least a part of the window is in the non-transmissive state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display control device mounted on the moving body according to claim 1, wherein the display screen comprises a window, and in the transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to: control the display screen to display, within a frame of the window, the image of the landscape outside the moving body; and prohibit an opening operation and a closing operation of the window. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display control device mounted on the moving body according to claim 5, wherein the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to adjust the displayed image within the frame of the window, and the displayed image is adjusted in conjunction with a position of the window in the transmissive mode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display control device mounted on the moving body according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: detect a current position of the moving body; and set the display mode to one of the transmissive mode or the non-transmissive mode based on the detected current position of the moving body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display control device mounted on the moving body according to claim 7, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: acquire information associated with at least one of conditions inside the moving body, conditions outside the moving body, or a surrounding environment of the moving body; and switch between the transmissive mode and the non-transmissive mode based on the at least one of the conditions inside the moving body, the conditions outside the moving body, or the surrounding environment of the moving body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The display control device mounted on the moving body according to claim 7, wherein the circuitry is further configured to switch between the transmissive mode and the non-transmissive mode based on the detected current position that is within a specific range from a user target position, the user target position is based on one of a user input or user action history. ### Claim 10 A display control method, comprising: in a display control device mounted on a moving body: receiving, by circuitry, an image of a landscape outside the moving body, wherein the image is captured by a camera; detecting, by the circuitry, an object in the image of the landscape outside the moving body; and controlling, by the circuitry, a display mode of a display screen based on the detected object, wherein an inner wall surface of the moving body comprises the display screen, the display mode is one of a transmissive mode or a non-transmissive mode, in the transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display the image of the landscape outside the moving body, and in the non-transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a content movie superimposed on one of at least a part of the display screen or on an entire inside area of the display screen. ### Claim 11 A display control device mounted on a moving body, comprising: circuitry configured to: detect a current position of the moving body; receive an image of a landscape outside the moving body, wherein the image is captured by a camera; detect an object in the image of the landscape outside the moving body; and switch a display mode of a display screen between a transmissive mode and a non-transmissive mode based on the detected object and the detected current position of the moving body, wherein the detected current position is within a specific range from a user target position, the user target position is based on one of a user input or user action history, an inner wall surface of the moving body comprises the display screen, in the transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display the image of the landscape outside the moving body, and in the non-transmissive mode, the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display a content movie superimposed on one of at least a part of the display screen or on an entire inside area of the display screen.