Display apparatus, display control method, and portable terminal apparatus, and program

Abstract

The present technology relates to a display apparatus, a display control method, a portable terminal apparatus, and a program capable of representing various states of an apparatus in a limited region. A television receiver includes a display unit that displays a predetermined image, a communication unit that performs communication of image data with another image display apparatus, an indicator unit that is disposed at at least a part of surroundings of the display unit and includes an indicator which is turned on with predetermined luminance, and a control unit that turns on the indicator so as to correspond to a transmission operation of the image data in another image display apparatus. The present invention is applicable to, for example, a display apparatus such as a television receiver.

1 . A display apparatus comprising:
 a display unit that displays a predetermined image;   a communication unit that performs communication of image data with another image display apparatus;   an indicator unit that is disposed at at least a part of surroundings of the display unit and includes an indicator which is turned on with predetermined luminance; and   a control unit that turns on the indicator so as to correspond to a transmission operation of the image data in another image display apparatus.   
     
     
         2 . The display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the indicator is turned on under the control of the control unit when the display apparatus is selected as an output destination of the image data in another image display apparatus. 
     
     
         3 . The display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the indicator is turned on under the control of the control unit during transmission of the image data with another image display apparatus. 
     
     
         4 . The display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the indicator performs turning-on cooperative with another image display apparatus under the control of the control unit so that light transitions so as to correspond to movement of the image data with another image display apparatus. 
     
     
         5 . The display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the communication unit receives the image data from another image display apparatus, and
 wherein the control unit performs control for display in which an image corresponding to the received image data is expelled from the indicator unit, and turns on the indicator in synchronization or interlocking with the display in which the image is expelled from the indicator unit.   
     
     
         6 . The display apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a proximity communication unit that detects that another image display apparatus is at least brought close to the indicator unit,   wherein the communication unit communicates with another image display apparatus which is brought close to the display apparatus by a user as a transmission operation of the image data.   
     
     
         7 . A display control method for a display apparatus including a display unit that displays a predetermined image, a communication unit that performs communication of image data with another image display apparatus, an indicator unit that is disposed at at least a part of surroundings of the display unit and includes an indicator which is turned on with predetermined luminance, and a control unit that controls turning-on of the indicator, the method comprising:
 causing the control unit to turn on the indicator so as to correspond to a transmission operation of the image data in another image display apparatus.   
     
     
         8 . A program causing a computer which controls a display apparatus, to perform the process of:
 turning on an indicator so as to correspond to a transmission operation of image data in another image display apparatus,   wherein the display apparatus includes   a display unit that displays a predetermined image;   a communication unit that performs communication of image data with another image display apparatus; and   an indicator unit that is disposed at at least a part of surroundings of the display unit and includes the indicator which is turned on with predetermined luminance.   
     
     
         9 . A portable terminal apparatus comprising:
 a communication unit that performs transmission of image data with an image display apparatus;   a display unit that displays an instruction image for instructing a transmission operation of the image data; and   a control unit that changes a turning-on state of an indicator of the image display apparatus so as to correspond to a user's transmission operation of the image data based on the instruction image.   
     
     
         10 . A display apparatus comprising:
 a display unit that displays a predetermined image;   a communication unit that performs communication of image data with another image display apparatus;   an indicator unit that is disposed at at least a part of surroundings of the display unit and includes an indicator which is turned on with predetermined luminance; and   a control unit that turns on the indicator during communication of the image data with another image display apparatus,   wherein the control unit turns on the indicator of the indicator unit only during a predetermined period before or after an indicator of another image display apparatus is turned on only during a predetermined period.   
     
     
         11 . The display apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein, of the indicators of another image display apparatus and the display apparatus, an indicator of an apparatus which is a transmission source of the image data is first turned on only during a predetermined period, and then an indicator of an apparatus which is a transmission destination of the image data is turned on only during a predetermined period. 
     
     
         12 . The display apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the indicator of the indicator unit is turned on only during a predetermined period before or after an image in which a region near the indicator of the indicator unit has high luminance in the display unit is displayed. 
     
     
         13 . The display apparatus according to  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a proximity communication unit that detects that another image display apparatus is at least brought close to the indicator unit,   wherein the indicator of the indicator unit is further turned on in synchronization with turning-on of the indicator of another image display apparatus when proximity of another image display apparatus is detected by the proximity communication unit.   
     
     
         14 . A display control method for a display apparatus including a display unit that displays a predetermined image, a communication unit that performs communication of image data with another image display apparatus, an indicator unit that is disposed at at least a part of surroundings of the display unit and includes an indicator which is turned on with predetermined luminance, and a control unit that turns on the indicator during communication of the image data with another image display apparatus, the method comprising:
 causing the control unit to turn on the indicator of the indicator unit only during a predetermined period before or after an indicator of another image display apparatus is turned on only during a predetermined period.   
     
     
         15 . A program causing a computer which controls a display apparatus, to perform the process of:
 turning on an indicator of an indicator unit only during a predetermined period before or after an indicator of another image display apparatus is turned on only during a predetermined period while communication of image data with another image display apparatus is performed,   wherein the display apparatus includes   a display unit that displays a predetermined image;   a communication unit that performs communication of the image data with another image display apparatus; and   an indicator unit that is disposed at at least a part of surroundings of the display unit and includes the indicator which is turned on with predetermined luminance.