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Application US20190195012


Published 2019-06-27

Light-shielding Device, Light-shielding Method, And Program

The present technology relates to a light-shielding device, a light-shielding method, and a program which make an object that is meant to be invisible to human beings enter a state in which the object is hidden so as to be invisible to eyes, or make an object that is meant to be visible enter a state in which the object is visible to eyes in correspondence with biological information. A light-shielding wall, which partitions two spaces and includes a plurality of panels capable of being controlled to a transmitting state in which light is transmitted or a light-shielding state in which light is shielded, is used as a window, an orientation of a face of a user who is sleeping is detected as biological information, and the light-shielding wall is controlled so that the user is capable of visually recognizing light of which a light source is the sun when it reaches an alarm setting time. According to this, it enters a state in which light of which a light source is the sun that is meant to be visible is visible to eyes, and thus it is possible to encourage the user to comfortably wake up. The present disclosure is applicable to the light-shielding wall.



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3 Independent Claims

  • 1. A light-shielding device comprising: a light-shielding wall that partitions a first space and a second space and includes a plurality of regions capable of being controlled to a transmitting state in which light is transmitted or a light-shielding state in which light is shielded; a light-shielding and transmitting information generation unit that generates light-shielding and transmitting information for controlling the transmitting state or the light-shielding state of a position of each of the plurality of regions on a basis of biological information of a user; and a control unit that controls the transmitting state or the light-shielding state of the plurality of regions of the light-shielding wall on a basis of the light-shielding and transmitting information generated by the light-shielding and transmitting information generation unit.

  • 19. A light-shielding method of a light-shielding device including a light-shielding wall that partitions a first space and a second space and includes a plurality of regions capable of being controlled to a transmitting state in which light is transmitted or a light-shielding state in which light is shielded, the method comprising steps of: generating light-shielding and transmitting information for controlling the transmitting state or the light-shielding state of a position of each of the plurality of regions on a basis of biological information of a user; and controlling the transmitting state or the light-shielding state of the plurality of regions of the light-shielding wall on a basis of the light-shielding and transmitting information that is generated.

  • 20. A program that allows a computer to function as: a light-shielding wall that partitions a first space and a second space and includes a plurality of regions capable of being controlled to a transmitting state in which light is transmitted or a light-shielding state in which light is shielded; a light-shielding and transmitting information generation unit that generates light-shielding and transmitting information for controlling the transmitting state or the light-shielding state of a position of each of the plurality of regions on a basis of biological information of a user; and a control unit that controls the transmitting state or the light-shielding state of the plurality of regions of the light-shielding wall on a basis of the light-shielding and transmitting information generated by the light-shielding and transmitting information generation unit.