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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hisanao Funakou, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Toyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Miyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Mizumoto, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus () detects, by using audio data including a sound around a display device (), a first situation where target information being displayed by the display device () can be viewed by a person other than a specific person (), or detects, by using image data including surroundings of the display device (), a second situation where the target information being displayed by the display device () can be captured by a camera. The display control apparatus () changes an output state of the target information in the display device () in response to detection of the first situation or the second situation. A change of the output state is processing of stopping output of the target information or processing of reducing visibility of the target information as compared with visibility before a change.