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Display control device, display control method, and computer program

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-05-12
SONY CORP
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The present patent describes a display control device, method, and computer program that makes it easy for users to see and communicate with each other when watching and listening to content. This technology allows users to smoothly interact with each other, making the experience more social.

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This kind of technique does not allow users to know, on the screen, the presence of users who have not posted any comments, failing to show the scale of the whole audience to users who are trying listening to the content.

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[0028]Hereinafter, (a) preferred embodiment(s) of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the appended drawings. In this specification and the drawings, elements that have substantially the same function and structure are denoted with the same reference signs, and repeated explanation is omitted.

[0029]The description will be now made in the following order.

[Configuration Example of Content Distribution System]

[Configuration Example of Display System]

[Functional Configuration Example of User Information Management Server]

[Functional Configuration Example of Display Control Device]

[Operation Example of Content Distribution System]

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[0030]First of all, a configuration example of a system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of a cont...

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Abstract

[Object] To provide a display control device that can allow users who are concurrently watching and listening to content to know the scale of the users with ease and allow the users to smoothly communicate with the other users with ease.[Solution] There is provided a display control device including a user information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on presence of one or more users who are using same content as output content, a user position decision unit configured to decide display positions of the presence of the users with the information on the presence of the users acquired by the user information acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to exert control to display the information on the presence of the users on the basis of the display positions decided by the user position decision unit in a manner that the users appear to be using the content together.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present disclosure relates to a display control device, a display control method, and a computer program.BACKGROUND ART[0002]There is a technique that displays comments posted by users who are reproducing the same content (content refers to images, videos, or a combination of images or videos with sounds) in different places on a display screen of the content to allow for communication between the users. This kind of technique does not allow users to know, on the screen, the presence of users who have not posted any comments, failing to show the scale of the whole audience to users who are trying listening to the content.[0003]For example, Patent Literatures 1 and 2 then disclose techniques of displaying, as the presence of users who are concurrently watching and listening to content, characters called avatars serving as the users themselves and face images to show the scale of the whole audience to the users who are trying listening to the content.CITATION ...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N21/4788H04N21/442H04N7/14H04N21/4223H04N7/15G10L15/26
CPCH04N21/4788H04N7/157H04N21/44218H04N7/142H04N21/4223G10L15/265H04N7/15H04N21/41407H04N21/42201G10L15/26
Inventor MIYAZAKI, REIKOKANEKO, TAKAYUKIONO, YUKIHITOSAITO, NAOKISUZUKI, SEIJISHIGETA, OSAMU
Owner SONY CORP
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