Enhanced accuracy of user presence status determination

• US 10,089,454 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2017
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Archambault, Anne Marie Renee, Berg, Jeffrey Scott, Zuo, Xiping, Agrawal, Abhishek
• Primary Examiner(s): Abraham, Samantha K
• Application Number:
  US15/797,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20180052985A1
• Time in Patent Office: 337 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/27 characterised by the analysis technique

Abstract

Technologies are described herein for enhancing a user presence status determination. Visual data may be received from a depth camera configured to be arranged within a three-dimensional space. A current user presence status of a user in the three-dimensional space may be determined based on the visual data. A previous user presence status of the user may be transformed to the current user presence status, responsive to determining the current user presence status of the user.

Claims

1. A method for enhancing a user presence status determination, the method comprising:

receiving user presence data for a user, the user presence data comprising one or more of login data, input device data, meeting information from a calendar, or information indicative of usage of a mobile device associated with the user;

determining for the user, based at least in part on the user presence data, a first user presence status from a plurality of user presence statuses;

receiving at least one of visual data from a camera or audio data from a microphone or location data from a geolocation system;

determining for the user, based at least in part on at least one of the visual data or the audio data or the location data, a second user presence status from the plurality of user presence statuses, the second user presence status being different from the first user presence status; and

updating the first user presence status of the user to the second user presence status, the second user presence status being accessible by additional users.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the location data from the geolocation system includes receiving the location data from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the location data from the geolocation system comprises receiving the location data from an Internet Protocol (IP) address tracking system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the visual data from the camera comprises receiving the visual data from a depth camera.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the audio data from the microphone comprises receiving the audio data from a microphone array.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving other presence data, the other presence data comprising at least one of the meeting information from the calendar, the input device data, and the information indicative of usage of the mobile device associated with the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving the other presence data comprises receiving the other presence data from an enterprise infrastructure.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the second user presence status includes determining the second user presence data based at least in part on the other presence data and at least one of the visual data or the audio data or the location data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the user presence data based on the second user presence status.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the second user presence status based at least in part on at least one of the visual data or the audio data or the location data includes identifying a person based on the visual data, determining an identity of the person based on at least one of facial recognition data, color of clothing, or visual biometrics, and determining whether the identity of the person corresponds to the user.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the second user presence status based at least in part on at least one of the visual data or the audio data or the location data includes identifying a person based on the visual data and determining at least one of a position or a posture of the person.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the second user presence status based at least in part on at least one of the visual data or the audio data or the location data includes identifying a person based on the audio data, determining an identity of the person based on at least one of voice recognition data, speed patterns, or voice biometrics, and determining whether the identity of the person corresponds to the user.

13. A user presence determination system, comprising:

a sensor device comprising at least one of a camera, a microphone, or a GPS receiver;

a processor configured to

determine a first user presence status from a plurality of user presence statuses for a user,

receive at least one of visual data from the camera, audio data from the microphone, and location data from the GPS receiver,

determine, based at least in part on at least one of the visual data, the audio data, and the location data, a second user presence status from the plurality of user presence statuses for the user, the second user presence status being different from the first user presence status, and

update the first user presence status of the user to the second user presence status, the second user presence status being accessible by additional users.

14. The user presence determination system of claim 13, wherein the processor is configured to determine the first user presence status based on a selection of one of the plurality of user presence statuses manually provided by the user.

15. The user presence determination system of claim 13, wherein the processor is configured to determine the first user presence status based on user presence data, the user presence data comprising one or more of login data, input device data, meeting information from a calendar, or information indicative of usage of a mobile device associated with the user.

16. The user presence determination system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to

determine a first user presence status from the plurality of user presence statuses for a second user,

determine, based at least in part on at least one of the visual data, the audio data, and the location data, a second user presence status from the plurality of user presence statuses for the second user, the second user presence status for the second user being different from the first user presence status for the second user, and

update the first user presence status for the second user to the second user presence status for the second user, the second user presence status for the second user being accessible by additional users.

17. Non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive user presence data for a user, the user presence data comprising one or more of login data, input device data, meeting information from a calendar, or information indicative of usage of a mobile device associated with the user;

determine a first user presence status from a plurality of user presence statuses for the user based at least in part on the user presence data;

receive at least one of visual data from a camera or audio data from a microphone or location data from a geolocation system;

determine for the user, based at least in part on at least one of the visual data or the audio data or the location data, a second user presence status from the plurality of user presence statuses; and

update a user presence status of the user to the second user presence status, the user presence status being accessible by additional users.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein receiving the location data from the geolocation system includes receiving the location data from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein receiving the location data from the geolocation system includes receiving the location data from an Internet Protocol (IP) address tracking system.