Permitting device use based on location recognized from camera input

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12189753-B2
Application number	US-202017063220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2020
Priority date	Oct 5, 2020
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

Abstract

In one aspect, a device may include at least one processor, a camera accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input from the camera and to, based on the input, recognize a particular location. The instructions may also be executable to, based on the recognition of the particular location, permit use of a device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
at least one processor;
a camera 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:
responsive to a trigger, receive input from the camera;
based on the input, recognize one or more aspects related to a geographic location that have been preregistered, wherein the one or more aspects that are preregistered comprise one or more of: a registered object associated with the geographic location, geometry of the geographic location;
based on the recognition of the one or more aspects related to the geographic location that have been preregistered, permit use of the device; and
based on failure to recognize the one or more aspects related to the geographic location that have been preregistered, deny use of the device;
wherein the instructions are executable to:
prior to the trigger, receiving the input, and recognizing the one or more aspects, present a settings graphical user interface (GUI) on a display, the settings GUI comprising an option that is selectable to enable the device to, in the future, perform the recognition of the one or more aspects.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the trigger comprises receipt of a power on signal, the power on signal generated responsive to a press of a power button on the device.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
present a first GUI on the display, the first GUI comprising a prompt instructing a user to point at one or more real-world objects to register for subsequent recognition by the device to permit use of the device;
execute gesture recognition to identify the user as pointing with a finger at the one or more real-world objects to register the one or more real-world objects; and
subsequent to identification of the user as pointing with the finger at the one or more real-world objects to register the one or more real-world objects, present a second GUI on the display, the second GUI being different from the first GUI, the second GUI indicating that the one or more real-world objects have been registered, the first and second GUIs being different from the settings GUI.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
present a first GUI on the display, the first GUI comprising a prompt instructing a user to turn in a circle for the device to map the geographic location and/or recognize individual objects to register for subsequent recognition by the device to permit use of the device, the first GUI being different from the settings GUI.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
based on the recognition of the one or more aspects related to the geographic location, present a first graphical object on the display, the first graphical object indicating a first aspect of the geographic location that has been recognized; and
based on identification, using the input from the camera, of a real-world object that has not been matched to a registered object, present a second graphical object on the display, the second graphical object being different from the first graphical object.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the trigger comprises receipt of a power on signal.

7. A method, comprising:
responsive to a trigger, receiving, at a device, input from a camera;
based on the input, using the device to recognize one or more elements related to a particular location that have been preregistered;
based on the recognition of the one or more elements related to the particular location that have been preregistered, permitting use of the device and presenting a first graphical object on a display, the first graphical object indicating a first element of the particular location that has been recognized;
based on failure to recognize the one or more elements related to the particular location that have been preregistered, deny use of the device; and
based on identification, using the input from the camera, of a real-world object that has not been matched to a registered object, presenting a second graphical object on the display, the second graphical object being different from the first graphical object.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the trigger comprises receipt of a power on signal, the power on signal generated responsive to a press of a power button on the device.

9. The method of claim 7 , comprising:
as part of a registration process, presenting a first graphical user interface (GUI) on the display, the first GUI comprising a prompt instructing a user to point at one or more real-world objects to register for subsequent recognition by the device to permit use of the device;
executing gesture recognition to identify the user as pointing with a finger at the one or more real-world objects to register the one or more real-world objects; and
subsequent to identification of the user as pointing with the finger at the one or more real-world objects to register the one or more real-world objects, presenting a second GUI on the display, the second GUI being different from the first GUI, the second GUI indicating that the one or more real-world objects have been registered.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the trigger comprises receipt of a power on signal.

11. The method of claim 7 , comprising:
presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display, the GUI comprising a prompt instructing a user to turn in a circle for the device to map the particular location and/or recognize individual objects to register for subsequent recognition to permit use of the device.

12. The method of claim 7 , comprising:
presenting a settings graphical user interface (GUI) on the display, the settings GUI comprising an option that is selectable to enable the device to, in the future, perform the recognition of the one or more elements.

13. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to:
present a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a display, the first GUI comprising a prompt instructing a user to point at one or more real-world objects to register for subsequent recognition by the at least one processor to permit use of a device;
identify the user as pointing with a finger at the one or more real-world objects to register the one or more real-world objects;
subsequent to identification of the user as pointing with the finger at the one or more real-world objects to register the one or more real-world objects, present a second GUI on the display, the second GUI being different from the first GUI, the second GUI indicating that the one or more real-world objects have been registered;
receive input from a camera;
based on the input, recognize one or more aspects related to a particular location that have been preregistered, the one or more aspects comprising one or more of: geometry of the particular location, a registered object located at the particular location;
based on the recognition of the one or more aspects related to the particular location that have been preregistered, permit use of the device; and
based on failure to recognize the one or more aspects related to the particular location that have been preregistered, deny use of the device.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are executable to:
responsive to receipt of a power on signal, attempt to recognize the one or more aspects related to the particular location that have been preregistered

Assignees

• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Wetsel Peter Hamilton
• Rivera David

Classifications

• G06F18/22

  Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures · CPC title

• G06V20/00

  Scenes; Scene-specific elements (control of digital cameras H04N23/60) · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• G06F2221/2111

  Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS · CPC title

• G06F21/44 Primary

  Program or device authentication · CPC title