# US 12,192,636 B2 · Display control apparatus, display control method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,636 B2 - Document ID: US12192636B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/569,195 - Filed: 2022-01-05 - Published: 2022-04-28 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-10 - Assignees: Sony Group Corporation - Applicants: Sony Group Corporation - Inventors: Kae Okazawa; Keiichi Yoshioka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192636B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/698: for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture - H04N 5/265: Mixing - H04N 5/772: {the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure} - H04N 9/8205: {involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal} - H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations} - H04N 21/4318: {by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region (image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00)} - H04N 21/4325: {by playing back content from the storage medium (reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79)} - H04N 21/47217: {for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks (specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312)} - H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection - H04N 21/816: {involving special video data, e.g 3D video} - H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters} - H04N 5/907: using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories (H04N5/91 takes precedence) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A display control unit of an illustrative embodiment simultaneously displays a plurality of cut-out images cut out from respective ranges of a wide-angle moving image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising a processor configured to select an image to be displayed in a display area of a display screen from among a plurality of images corresponding to alternative fields of view, the alternative fields of view comprising alternative fields of view from a single photographing location and selectable among fields of view spanning a 360 degree angle of view from the single photographing location, and the selection being based on at least one of a traveling direction of an imaging apparatus capturing the image at a time the image was captured, a movement speed of the imaging apparatus capturing the image at the time the image was captured, a distance of a subject of the image, or an amount of motion of the subject of the image, wherein the image to be displayed is to be displayed according to an area layout of the display area, and the area layout is based on the traveling direction of the imaging apparatus capturing the image at the time the image was captured and detection of a person in the image to be displayed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image is based on a moving image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image is cut out from the moving image. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the image is cut out from the moving image based on the traveling direction of the imaging apparatus capturing the moving image at the time the moving image was captured. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the moving image is a wide-angle moving image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control simultaneous display of the image and other images. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the image and the other images depict respective fields of view, and the respective fields of view are different from each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the images and the other images are based on a moving image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the image and the other images are cut out from the moving image. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the image is selected based on at least two of the amount of motion of the subject, the distance of the subject, the movement speed of the imaging apparatus capturing the image at a time the image was captured, or the traveling direction of the imaging apparatus capturing the image at the time the image was captured. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the image is selected based on at least three of the amount of motion of the subject, the distance of the subject, the movement speed of an imaging apparatus capturing the image at a time the image was captured, or the traveling direction of the imaging apparatus capturing the image at the time the image was captured. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the image is selected based on the amount of motion of the subject, the distance of the subject, and the traveling direction of the imaging apparatus capturing the image at the time the image was captured. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine display areas of the display screen for displaying respective images of a plurality of images, the display areas being different from each other. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the images are different from each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the display areas do not overlap. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the display areas are adjacent to each other.