Adjustment of display orientation based on context and location of user in multi-user environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12086300-B2
Application number	US-202217818680-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2022
Priority date	Aug 9, 2022
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify a context associated with a user, identify a location of the user, and adjust the orientation of the display to direct the display toward the location of the user based on the context associated with the user and the location of the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first device, comprising:
at least one processor;
a display accessible to the at least one processor; and
storage accessible to the at least one processor and comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
access at least one profile to identify a first context associated with a first user;
correlate the first context associated with the first user to a second context associated with content presented on the display;
identify a location of the first user; and
based on the correlation of the first context to the second context and the location of the first user, adjust the orientation of the display to direct the display toward the location of the first user.

2. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the content is first content, and wherein the instructions are executable to:
access the at least one profile to identify a third context associated with a second user;
correlate the third context to a fourth context associated with second content presented on the display;
identify a location of the second user; and
based on the correlation of the third context to the fourth context and based on the location of the second user, adjust the orientation of the display to direct the display toward the location of the second user based on the display currently presenting the second content.

3. The first device of claim 1 , comprising a motor that is actuatable to adjust the orientation of the display.

4. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one profile comprises social media likes of other people's content.

5. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
receive at least one wireless signal from a second device different from the first device; and
based on the at least one wireless signal and communication with a third device different from the first and second devices, triangulate the location of the second device and use the location of the second device as the location of the first user.

6. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
present a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising a selector that is selectable to command the first device to track the first user to direct the display toward the location of the first user.

7. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
present a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising a selector that is selectable to command the first device to, rather than tracking one or more users to direct the display toward the locations of the one or more users, maintain the display in a stationary orientation.

8. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
identify a second user, the second user being different from the first user;
determine that the second user is not associated with the first context; and
select the first user to direct the display toward the location of the first user based on the second user not being associated with the first context and based on the correlation of the first context to the second context.

9. A method, comprising:
accessing digital profile data associated with a user to identify a context associated with the user as being associated with metadata of content presented on a display;
identifying a location of the user;
based on the context associated with the user being associated with the metadata and based on the location of the user, actuating a motor in a first device to adjust the orientation of the display to direct the display toward the location of the user.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user is a first user, and wherein the method comprises:
identifying a second user, the second user being different from the first user;
determining that the second user is not associated with the context; and
selecting the first user to direct the display toward the location of the first user based on the second user not being associated with the context and based on the display currently presenting the content.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user is a first user, wherein the context is a first context, and wherein the method comprises:
identifying a second user, the second user being different from the first user;
identifying a second context associated with the second user; and
selecting the first user to direct the display toward the location of the first user based on the display currently presenting content associated with the first context but not the second context.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user is a first user, and wherein the method comprises:
presenting a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising a selector that is selectable to provide a command to track a second user to direct the display toward the location of the second user, the second user being different from the first user.

13. The method of claim 9 , comprising:
presenting a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising a selector that is selectable to provide a command to, rather than tracking the user to direct the display toward the location of the user, maintain the display in a stationary orientation.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the digital profile data comprises social media likes of other people's content.

15. At least one computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal, the at least one CRSM comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to:
identify a first context associated with a first user as being associated with metadata of content presented on a display;
identify a current location of the first user;
based on the first context associated with the first user being associated with the metadata and based on the current location of the first user, adjust the orientation of a display to direct the display toward the current location of the first user.

16. The at least one CRSM of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
access digital profile data associated with the first user to identify the first context, wherein the digital profile data comprises social media likes of other people's content.

17. The at least one CRSM of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
present a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising a selector that is selectable to command the at least one processor to track the first user to direct the display toward the location of the first user.

18. The at least one CRSM of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
present a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising a selector that is selectable to command the at least one processor to, rather than tracking one or more users to direct the display toward the locations of the one or more users, maintain the display in a stationary orientation.

19. The at least one CRSM of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
direct the display toward the current location of the first user while the first user is within a threshold distance to the display, the at least one processor not directing the display toward the current location of the first user based on identifying the first user but determining that the first user is outside the threshold distance.

20. The at least one CRSM of claim 15 , wherein the content is first content, wherein the metadata is first metadata, and wherein the instructions are executable to:
track respective current locations of the first user and a second user as both the first and second us

Assignees

• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Delaney Mark
• Peterson Nathan
• Speight Vanblon Russell
• Mese John C
• Weksler Arnold

Classifications

• H04N13/368

  for two or more viewers · CPC title

• H04N13/366

  using viewer tracking · CPC title

• H04N2013/40

  Privacy aspects, i.e. devices showing different images to different viewers, the images not being viewpoints of the same scene · CPC title

• G06F3/147

  using display panels · CPC title

• G09G5/003

  Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092) · CPC title