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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2009
Kotaro Sakata, Hyogo, JP;
Shigenori Maeda, Kyoto, JP;
Kotaro Sakata, Hyogo, JP;
Shigenori Maeda, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an information displaying apparatus which efficiently arouses an interest of the audience member to content to be displayed. An information displaying apparatus () includes: a displaying unit () which displays first content on a display; an audience state detecting unit () which detects an audience state representing a physical state of an audience member positioned in front of the display; an interest degree estimating unit () which estimates an interest degree based on the audience state detected by the audience state detecting unit (), the interest degree indicating a degree of interest of the audience member in the first content displayed on the display by the displaying unit (); and a display control unit () which causes the displaying unit () to display second content with a clarity degree or an exposure degree of at least a part of the second content reduced below a predetermined clarity degree or a predetermined exposure degree when magnitude of a change rate of the interest degree estimated by the interest degree estimating unit () is smaller than a first threshold.