Abstract: An information processing device includes: a unit to acquire position information on a first user and a second user; a display control unit to cause a display device capable of varying display contents according to display directions to display first contents so as to be viewable from a position of the first user and to display second contents so as to be viewable from a position of the second user; a unit to detect that the first user and the second user are in a predetermined positional relationship; and a unit to judge whether or not a user has viewing authority with respect to contents, wherein when the predetermined positional relationship is detected, the display control unit causes the display device to stop display of contents, for which at least one of the first user and the second user does not have viewing authority.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a detector information acquiring unit to acquire detector information relating to a position of a detector; a display control unit to cause a display device capable of varying contents to be displayed according to display directions to perform display of different contents or display at a different timing, for each display direction; a display direction acquiring unit to acquire a display direction in which display is recognizable from the position where the detector is installed based on contents or a timing of display by the display device as detected by the detector; and an associating unit to associate the acquired detector information and the acquired display direction with each other.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device having: a storage unit configured to store a location information on real space associated with a character displayed on a portable terminal; a location updating unit configured to, when the character is associated with a portable terminal, update the location information stored in the storage unit based on a location information of the associated portable terminal; and an associating unit configured to, when the character is not associated with any portable terminal, associate a portable terminal with the character based on the location information stored in the storage unit and the location information of the portable terminal.

Abstract: An information processing device connected to a display device capable of varying display contents according to display directions, the information processing device including: a position information acquiring unit to acquire position information on an object within a range from which the display device is viewable; a display direction determining unit to determine, based on the position information, a first display direction in which a first partial area of the display device is viewable from a position of the object and a second display direction in which a second partial area of the display device is viewable from the position of the object; and a display control unit that causes the display device to display contents so that the contents are displayed in the first display direction in the first partial area and the contents are displayed in the second display direction in the second partial area.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a user information acquiring unit which acquires position information on a plurality of users in a range from which a directional display device is viewable; a user operation detecting unit which detects a first operation by a first user and a second operation by a second user; a response acquiring unit which acquires a response for notifying a user that an operation has been detected; and a display control unit which causes a response to the first operation be displayed by the directional display device so as to be visible from a position indicated by the position information on the first user and which causes a response to the second operation to be displayed by the directional display device so as to be visible from a position indicated by the position information on the second user.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a unit to acquire position information on a first user and a second user; a display control unit to cause a display device capable of varying display contents according to display directions to display first contents so as to be viewable from a position of the first user and to display second contents so as to be viewable from a position of the second user; a unit to detect that the first user and the second user are in a predetermined positional relationship; and a unit to judge whether or not a user has viewing authority with respect to contents, wherein when the predetermined positional relationship is detected, the display control unit causes the display device to stop display of contents, for which at least one of the first user and the second user does not have viewing authority.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a detector information acquiring unit to acquire detector information relating to a position of a detector; a display control unit to cause a display device capable of varying contents to be displayed according to display directions to perform display of different contents or display at a different timing, for each display direction; a display direction acquiring unit to acquire a display direction in which display is recognizable from the position where the detector is installed based on contents or a timing of display by the display device as detected by the detector; and an associating unit to associate the acquired detector information and the acquired display direction with each other.

Abstract: An information processing device connected to a display device capable of varying display contents according to display directions, the information processing device including: a position information acquiring unit to acquire position information on an object within a range from which the display device is viewable; a display direction determining unit to determine, based on the position information, a first display direction in which a first partial area of the display device is viewable from a position of the object and a second display direction in which a second partial area of the display device is viewable from the position of the object; and a display control unit that causes the display device to display contents so that the contents are displayed in the first display direction in the first partial area and the contents are displayed in the second display direction in the second partial area.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device having: a storage unit configured to store a location information on real space associated with a character displayed on a portable terminal; a location updating unit configured to, when the character is associated with a portable terminal, update the location information stored in the storage unit based on a location information of the associated portable terminal; and an associating unit configured to, when the character is not associated with any portable terminal, associate a portable terminal with the character based on the location information stored in the storage unit and the location information of the portable terminal.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a user information acquiring unit which acquires position information on a plurality of users in a range from which a directional display device is viewable; a user operation detecting unit which detects a first operation by a first user and a second operation by a second user; a response acquiring unit which acquires a response for notifying a user that an operation has been detected; and a display control unit which causes a response to the first operation be displayed by the directional display device so as to be visible from a position indicated by the position information on the first user and which causes a response to the second operation to be displayed by the directional display device so as to be visible from a position indicated by the position information on the second user.

Abstract: A system 1 broadcasts a program, aggregates instruction data from audience members, and advances the program in accordance with a choice corresponding to the result of the aggregation. A broadcasting system 11 broadcasts a program. Aggregation control means 13 receives and aggregates instruction data from audience members. Aggregating means 14 receives and aggregates, in real time, instruction data from audience members who watch the program, in accordance with instruction from the aggregation control means 13. Directing means 17 advances in real time the program in accordance with the aggregation result 18. A terminal 2 allows the respective audience member 20 to receive the broadcast program, display it on a screen for watching the same, and transmit instruction data 25 to a transmission destination. Display means 23 displays the received program and a presented rule on the screen. Selection means 24 selects one of choices regarding the program or the like and displayed on the screen.

Abstract: A graphic editing apparatus makes it easy to change positions, shapes, or states of a graphic in a screen on a display unit with the passage of time or the change in value of an attribute, and then delineate the resultant graphic. The graphic editing apparatus comprises displaying units 17 and 18 for displaying graphics and time instants in a graphic area 24 and a time area 25 respectively on a graphic display unit, a processor 19 for specifying in graphic information an association between points on a change reference graphic 27 and points on a time graphic 28, and an updating unit 20 for performing interpolation to calculate the position of a point on the change reference graphic 27 with the movement of a current time point on the time graphic 28 or the passage of time, executing editing to move or deform the graphic according to the calculated position of the point, and displaying the graphic.

Abstract: A conduct-along system that can give expressions to sounds and/or images, in which expressions are added to sounds and/or images following the playback of sounds and/or images in real-time based on any one or any combination of parameters, such as tempo, intensity, beat timing and accent, detected from the movement of an input device. The conduct-along system detects any one or any combination of parameters, such as tempo, intensity, beat timing and accent, from the movements of the input device, and plays back voices and/or images in real-time following any one or any combination of detected parameters, such as tempo, intensity, beat timing and accent.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for editing different graphics displayed on a screen and correlated to each other. More specifically, according to various embodiments of the invention, an apparatus and method are provided for editing a hierarchically structured graphic forming a hierarchical structure with a plurality of group graphics, independently editing each graphic forming a group graphic, and changing the view of a first graphic related to a second graphic in response to changes of attributes of the second graphic.

Abstract: A graphic display system including a display unit, a main memory for storing graphic data, and a controller for controlling the processing and transferring of data between the display unit and the memory. The main memory has an image data region for storing graphic data as a set of unit images. Each unit image is defined by two sides that include two contour lines having the same luminance and another two sides each connecting the ends of the two contour lines. The main memory also includes an interpolation region for storing data for interpolating the luminance of each of the unit images, and a transformation region for storing data for transforming the coordinates of a vertex of each of the unit images in order to transform the unit image. When displaying an image on the display unit, data is read out of the interpolation region and each of the unit images is interpolated by gradually increasing the luminance thereof from one contour line toward the other according to the data.

Abstract: A graphic display system has a display unit, a main memory for storing graphic data and a controller for controlling the processing and transferring of data between the display unit and the main memory. The main memory includes a correspondence table of luminance and color resource identifiers (IDs), image data based on color resource IDs, luminance-pixel position data, luminance-color data and combinational data of luminance-pixel position and luminance-color data. Differing images having either the same shape and different colors or the same color and different shapes are produced, according to the combinational data.