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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Toshiyuki Okuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Okuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2013.01); G09G 5/36 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0261 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0492 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image display device includes: a display unit that displays images; an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject that faces the display unit; a detection unit that detects motion with respect to the image display device by the user of the image display device; an estimation unit that, when predetermined motion has been detected by the detection unit, estimates the inclination with respect to the display unit of a person's face that was captured by the imaging unit; and a display orientation alteration unit that alters the orientation of images displayed on the display unit according to the inclination that was estimated.