Detecting and managing audience engagement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11238708-B1
Application number	US-202016925725-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 10, 2020
Priority date	Jul 10, 2020
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining engagement levels of an audience and providing associated recommendations to a presenter. The method includes one or more processors receiving sensor data from sensors located in an audience area during a presentation. The method further includes one or more processors determining an engagement level for a first individual in the audience area utilizing sensor data from sensors associated with the first individual. The method further includes one or more processors determining whether the determined engagement level for the first individual indicates that the first individual is not engaged with the presentation. In response to determining that the determined engagement level of the first individual indicates that the first individual is not engaged with the presentation, the method further includes one or more processors determining recommendations to increase engagement of the first individual.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, sensor data from a plurality of sensors located in an audience area during a presentation;
determining, by one or more processors, an engagement level for a first individual in the audience area utilizing sensor data from sensors associated with the first individual;
determining, by one or more processors, whether the determined engagement level for the first individual indicates that the first individual is not engaged with the presentation; and
in response to determining that the determined engagement level of the first individual indicates that the first individual is not engaged with the presentation, determining, by one or more processors, one or more recommendations to increase engagement of the first individual,
wherein the one or more recommendation is to temporarily disable a device associated with the first individual.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensors located in the audience area include accelerometers, and wherein the sensor data from the accelerometers includes movement data of audience members within respective desks and chairs of the audience area.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensors located in the audience area include capacitive sensors, wherein the sensor data from the capacitive sensors includes a touch map of audience members within respective desks and chairs of the audience area.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining an engagement level for a first individual in the audience area utilizing sensor data from sensors associated with the first individual further comprises:
determining, by one or more processors, posture information corresponding to the first individual based on the received sensor data; and
determining, by one or more processors, the engagement level for the first individual based on the determined posture information of the first individual.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the engagement level for the first individual based on the determined posture information of the first individual further comprises:
determining, by one or more processors, the engagement level for the first individual based on correlating the determined posture information for the first individual to data in a posture data set, wherein the posture data set includes mapped relationships between posture information and engagement levels.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by one or more processors, the determined one or more recommendations and aggregated data associated with engagement of the audience to a presenter.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining one or more recommendations are based on historical data associated with the first individual.

8. A computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors located in an audience area during a presentation;
program instructions to determine an engagement level for a first individual in the audience area utilizing sensor data from sensors associated with the first individual;
program instructions to determine whether the determined engagement level for the first individual indicates that the first individual is not engaged with the presentation; and
in response to determining that the determined engagement level of the first individual indicates that the first individual is not engaged with the presentation, program instructions to determine one or more recommendations to increase engagement of the first individual, wherein the one or more recommendation is to temporarily disable a device associated with the first individual.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the sensors located in the audience area include accelerometers, and wherein the sensor data from the accelerometers includes movement data of audience members within respective desks and chairs of the audience area.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the sensors located in the audience area include capacitive sensors, wherein the sensor data from the capacitive sensors includes a touch map of audience members within respective desks and chairs of the audience area.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein program instructions to determine an engagement level for a first individual in the audience further comprises program instructions to:
determine posture information corresponding to the first individual based on the received sensor data; and
determine the engagement level for the first individual based on the determined posture information of the first individual.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions to determine the engagement level for the first individual based on the determined posture information of the first individual further comprises program instructions to:
determine the engagement level for the first individual based on correlating the determined posture information for the first individual to data in a posture data set, wherein the posture data set includes mapped relationships between posture information and engagement levels.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
send the determined one or more recommendations and aggregated data associated with engagement of the audience to a presenter.

14. A computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors located in an audience area during a presentation;
program instructions to determine an engagement level for a first individual in the audience area utilizing sensor data from sensors associated with the first individual;
program instructions to determine whether the determined engagement level for the first individual indicates that the first individual is not engaged with the presentation; and
in response to determining that the determined engagement level of the first individual indicates that the first individual is not engaged with the presentation, program instructions to determine one or more recommendations to increase engagement of the first individual, wherein the one or more recommendation is to temporarily disable a device associated with the first individual.

15. The computer system of claim 14 , wherein the sensors located in the audience area include accelerometers, and wherein the sensor data from the accelerometers includes movement data of audience members within respective desks and chairs of the audience area.

16. The computer system of claim 14 , wherein the sensors located in the audience area include capacitive sensors, wherein the sensor data from the capacitive sensors includes a touch map of audience members within respective desks and chairs of the audience area.

17. The computer system of claim 14 , wherein program instructions to determine an engagement level for a first individual in the audience further comprises program instructions to:
determine posture information corresponding to the first individual based on the received sensor data; and
determine the engagement level for the firs

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Kurien Toby
• Young Richard Allen
• Weldemariam Komminist

Classifications

• G06Q50/20 Primary

  Education · CPC title

• G06Q10/0639

  Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations · CPC title

• A61B5/1116

  Determining posture transitions · CPC title

• G06F3/011

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title

• G08B5/221 Primary

  Local indication of seats occupied in a facility, e.g. in a theatre · CPC title