# US 12,010,290 B2 · Image display method, image display device, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,290 B2 - Document ID: US12010290B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/266,184 - Filed: 2020-12-11 - Published: 2024-03-21 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-11 - Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - Applicants: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - Inventors: Makoto Muto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010290B2 ## CPC - G09G 5/37: Details of the operation on graphic patterns (G09G5/38 takes precedence) - H04N 13/395: with depth sampling, i.e. the volume being constructed from a stack or sequence of two-dimensional [2D] image planes - G09G 5/36: characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory - H04N 13/122: Improving the three-dimensional [3D] impression of stereoscopic images by modifying image signal contents, e.g. by filtering or adding monoscopic depth cues (H04N13/128 takes precedence) - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - G09G 5/377: for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns (G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence) - G09G 2320/0261: in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen - G09G 2340/0464: Positioning - G09G 2340/10: Mixing of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of an operation, e.g. adding, on the corresponding input pixels - G09G 2340/12: Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels - 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) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image display method according to the present disclosure includes: a step of extracting each portion obtained by dividing one display target of the first and second display targets from one display target (S11); a step of determining whether the extracted portion is in contact with the other display target for each portion of one display target based on attribute information indicating presence of contact between each portion and the other display target among the first and second display targets (S12); and a step of displaying the extracted portion on a display device that displays the other display target when it is determined that the extracted portion is in contact with the other display target (S13) and displaying the extracted portion on a display device that displays one display target when it is determined that the extracted portion is not in contact with the other display target (S14). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image display method, comprising: extracting a portion of a first display target from one display target; determining whether the extracted portion of the first display target is in contact with a second display target based on attribute information indicating presence of contact between the extracted portion of the first display target and the second display target; and displaying, based at least on the determined whether the extracted portion of the first display target is in contact with the second display target: at least a part of the first display target on a first display device as first content, wherein the at least a part of the first display target excludes the extracted portion of the first display target, and a combination including the extracted portion of the first display target and the second display target on a second display device as second content, wherein the second display device is located in front of the first display device from a viewpoint of a user, thereby the user visually recognizes the first content and the second content as being superimposed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image display method according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information further indicates, for each portion of one display target, whether the portion is to be blurred, the method further comprising: performing a blurring process including blurring the extracted portion of the first display target based on the attribute information; and displaying the performed blurring portion of the first display target on the second display device. ### Claim 3 An image display device comprising a processor configured to execute operations comprising: extracting a portion of a first display target; determining whether the portion extracted of the first display target is in contact with a second display target based on attribute information indicating presence of contact between the extracted portion of the first display target and the second display target; and displaying, based at least on the determined whether the extracted portion of the first display target is in contact with the second display target: at least a part of the first display target on a first display device as first content, wherein the at least a part of the first display target excludes the extracted portion of the first display target, and a combination including the extracted portion of the first display target and the second display target as second content, wherein the second display device is located in front of the first display device from a viewpoint of a user, thereby the user visually recognizes the first content and the second content as being superimposed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image display device according to claim 3, wherein the attribute information further indicates, for each portion of one display target, whether the portion is to be blurred, the processor further configured to execute operations comprising: performing a blurring process including blurring the extracted portion of the first display target based on the attribute information; and displaying the performed blurring portion of the first display target on the second display device. ### Claim 5 A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing computer-executable program instructions that when executed by a processor cause a computer system to execute operations comprising: extracting a portion of a first display target; determining whether the portion extracted of the first display target is in contact with a second display target based on attribute information indicating presence of contact between the extracted portion of the first display target and the second display target; and displaying, based at least on the determined whether the extracted portion of the first display target is in contact with the second display target: at least a part of the first display target on a first display device as first content, wherein the at least a part of the first display target excludes the extracted portion of the first display target, and a combination including the extracted portion of the first display target and the second display target as second content, wherein the second display device is located in front of the first display device from a viewpoint of a user, thereby the user visually recognizes the first content and the second content as being superimposed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the attribute information further indicates, for each portion of one display target, whether the portion is to be blurred, and the computer-executable program instructions when executed further causing the computer system to execute operations comprising: performing blurring, based on the attribute information, the extracted portion of the first display target; and displaying the performed blurring portion of the first display target on the second display device.