Method and apparatus for providing content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10937064-B2
Application number	US-201615176763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2016
Priority date	Jun 8, 2015
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

A method of providing content includes acquiring user profile information from an image of a user of an electronic apparatus configured to provide content to the user, acquiring context information from a surrounding environment of the electronic apparatus, and providing content to the user based on the user profile information and the context information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of providing content, the method comprising:
acquiring user profile information from an image of each of a plurality of users of an electronic apparatus configured to provide content to the each user, the image being obtained using a camera;
acquiring context information from a surrounding environment of the electronic apparatus by using either one or both of a sensor and the camera;
determining an advertisement element based on the user profile information and the context information;
generating contents to be provided to the plurality of users by using the determined advertisement element;
displaying the contents on a screen; and
tracing a viewpoint location of each of the plurality of users on the screen and dynamically displaying the contents on the screen corresponding to the traced viewpoint location,
wherein the acquiring the user profile information comprises:
dividing the image of the each user into a plurality of areas according to a silhouette of the each user; and
acquiring the user profile information from the plurality of areas according to the silhouette of the each user,
wherein each area, among the plurality of areas, corresponds to a body part of a plurality of body parts of the each user,
wherein the user profile information comprises information that corresponds to each body part of the plurality of body parts of the each user,
wherein the advertisement element corresponds to each body part of the plurality of body parts of the each user, and
wherein the dynamically displaying of the contents comprises determining partial display areas corresponding to the plurality of users on the screen, the partial display areas being different from each other on the screen, displaying the contents on the partial display areas on the screen, and changing the partial display areas on the screen according to movements of the plurality of users.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the advertisement element comprises at least one among an item to be recommended to the each user, a background screen of the content, background music of the content, characters appearing in the content, and a story of the content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user profile information comprises at least one among gender, age, ethnicity, skin status, health status, makeup style, accessory style, clothing style, preferred brand name, personality, purchasing power, and biological information of the each user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring the user profile information comprises:
capturing images of the plurality of users of the electronic apparatus;
dividing the plurality of users into a plurality of groups based on distances between the plurality of users; and
acquiring group profile information corresponding to each group among the plurality of groups,
wherein the generating the contents comprises providing group content corresponding to each group among the plurality of groups based on the group profile information and the context information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context information comprises at least one among location information of the electronic apparatus, time information, weather information, holiday information, and current hot issue information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamically displaying the content comprises changing at least one among a color, a location, a shape, and a size of the display areas of the screen corresponding to the viewpoint location of the each user and displaying the contents.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the contents comprises:
generating a plurality of pieces of content by using the advertisement element.

8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
determining a group viewpoint location from an average of viewpoint locations of members of the plurality of groups;
determining a display area of the screen corresponding to the group viewpoint location; and
displaying the group content on the display area of the screen.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the acquiring the context information comprises receiving the context information from a server or a separate preset apparatus that is within a certain distance of the electronic apparatus.

10. An electronic apparatus configured to provide content, the electronic apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
acquire user profile information from an image of each of a plurality of users of the electronic apparatus, the image being obtained using a camera, acquire context information from a surrounding environment of the electronic apparatus by using either one or both of a sensor and the camera, determine an advertisement element based on the user profile information and the context information, generate contents to be provided to the plurality of users by using the determined advertisement element, and display the contents on a screen,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
divide the image of the each user into a plurality of areas according to a silhouette of the each user; and
acquire the user profile information from the plurality of areas according to the silhouette of the each user,
wherein each area, among the plurality of areas, corresponds to a body part of a plurality of body parts of the each user,
wherein the user profile information comprises information that corresponds to each body part of the plurality of body parts of the each user,
wherein the advertisement element corresponds to each body part of the plurality of body parts of the each user,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to trace a viewpoint location of the each user on the screen and dynamically display the of contents on the screen corresponding to the traced viewpoint location, and
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine partial display areas corresponding to the plurality of users on the screen, the partial display areas being different from each other on the screen, display the contents on the partial display areas on the screen, and change the partial display areas on the screen according to movements of the plurality of users.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine an advertisement element to be recommended to the each user based on the user profile information and the context information, and generate the content by using the determined advertisement element.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to divide the plurality of users, from images of the plurality of users of the electronic apparatus, into a plurality of groups based on distances between the plurality of users, acquire group profile information corresponding to each group among the plurality of groups, and provide group content corresponding to each group among the plurality of groups based on the group profile information and the context information.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the advertisement element comprises at least one among an item to be recommended to the each user, a background screen of content, background music of the content, characters appearing in the content, and a story of the content.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, which, when executed by a computer, performs the method of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Wenbo
• Li Yanli
• Yan Chao
• Xiong Junjun
• Li Zhixuan

Classifications

• G06Q30/0271 Primary

  Personalized advertisement · CPC title

• G06F16/5838

  using colour · CPC title