Setting adjustments based on radar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12027100-B2
Application number	US-201917419771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2019
Priority date	Jul 26, 2019
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an output device, a radar, a memory, and a processor in communication with the output device, the radar, and the memory. The radar is to collect position data of a user relative to the apparatus. The memory is to store a threshold. The processor is to determine if the position data of the user exceeds the threshold and to adjust a setting of the output device in response to the position data of the user determined to exceed the threshold.

First claim

We claim:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
an output device;
a radar to collect position data of a user relative to the apparatus;
a memory to store a threshold; and
a processor in communication with the output device, the radar, and the memory, wherein the processor is to:
determine if the position data of the user exceeds the threshold;
adjust a setting of the output device in response to the position data of the user determined to exceed the threshold; and
continue to determine if the position data exceeds the threshold and adjust the setting of the output device until a position of the user is within a distance window relative to the apparatus,
wherein the threshold is dynamically updated over time based on observed interactions of the user with the output device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the radar comprises a millimeter wave detection device that collects the position data on the user in a 180 degree span.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the output device comprises a monitor.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the setting comprises an amount of zoom of the monitor.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the output device comprises a speaker.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the setting comprises a volume of the speaker.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the threshold is associated with different directions such that when the user's head is pointed toward the output device, the processor automatically increases the volume of the speaker.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory is to store a plurality of user profiles, wherein the threshold for each one of the plurality of user profiles is different.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the setting of the output device is adjusted until the user is in a relaxed position, the relaxed position being a position of the user in which the user is sitting upright.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the distance window includes a first threshold indicating that the user is too close to the apparatus and a second threshold indicating that the user is too far from the apparatus.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the position data includes a plurality of position data points whose shape defines a posture of the user.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of position data points includes a first set of points above a line of a radar image generated by the radar and a second set of points below the line of the radar image, the first set of points corresponding to the user's head and the second set of points corresponding to the user's torso.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a width of the plurality of position data points defines an angle of the user relative to the apparatus.

14. A method, comprising:
detecting a position of a user relative to a computing device via position data collected by a radar of the computing device;
determining that the position of the user exceeds a threshold;
adjusting a setting of an output device of the computing device based on the position of the user that is determined to exceed the threshold; and
repeating the detecting, the determining, and the adjusting until the position of the user is within a distance window relative to the computing device,
wherein the threshold is dynamically updated over time based on observed interactions of the user with the output device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the position comprises a distance from the computing device.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the position comprises a direction and distance from the output device.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the adjusting comprises:
displaying on the output device a prompt to confirm that the user desired to adjust the setting; and
updating the threshold based on confirmation received from the user.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
instructions to establish a relaxed position relative to a computing device;
instructions to collect position data of a user via a radar of the computing device;
instructions to determine that a position of the user is outside of the relaxed position based on the position data; and
instructions to adjust a setting of the computing device until the position of the user is in the relaxed position,
wherein the relaxed position is within a distance threshold relative to the computing device, and
wherein the distance threshold is dynamically updated over time based on observed interactions of the user with the computing device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the relaxed position comprises a predefined distance window relative to the computing device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the setting comprises a plurality of different settings based on a posture of the user detected based on the position data.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Clark Alexander Wayne
• Lim Hui Leng
• So Chi

Classifications

• G06T3/40

  Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting · CPC title

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title

• G09G2340/04

  Changes in size, position or resolution of an image · CPC title

• G09G2320/08

  Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal · CPC title

• G06T2207/10044

  Radar image · CPC title