Television set and method for automatically adjusting visual height of television set

• US 10,101,806 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MiiCs & Partners (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: MiiCs & Partners (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsu, Hsin-Wen, Wang, Yu-Ting, Chiu, Hsiao-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Perungavoor, Sathyanaraya V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, Jr., Howard D
• Application Number:
  US14/826,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20160224105A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/103 Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

A television set is connected to a sensor and a height adjusting apparatus. The sensor detects location information of a user, a watching mode of the user, a visual angle of the user and a neck deviation angle of the user, by using the sensor when the television set is turned on. The television set calculates a proper height for the user under different watching modes, according to the location information of the user, the watching mode of the user, and the visual angle and the neck deviation angle of the user. The television set further controls the height adjusting apparatus to adjust the visual height of the television set according to the calculated proper height of the television. A method for automatically adjusting the visual height of the television set is also provided.

Claims

1. A television set connected to at least one sensor and a height adjusting apparatus, the television set comprising:

a processor;

a storage device coupled to the processor and configured to store instructions for execution by the processor to cause television set to;

transmit a first control signal to the sensor to control the sensor to detect personal data of a user when the television set being turned on, wherein the personal data of the user comprises location information of the user, a watching mode of the user, and a visual angle and a neck deviation angle of the user;

receive the personal data detected by the sensor;

calculate a proper visual height of the television set, according to the personal data received from the sensor; and

transmit a second control signal to the height adjusting apparatus to control the height adjusting apparatus so that the visual height of the television set is adjusted to be at the proper visual height;

wherein the location information of the user comprises a distance between eyes of the user and the center of a screen of the television set, a height between the eyes of the user and a seat the user is sitting on, and a posture height of the user;

the posture height of the user being equal to the height of a seat if the user is sitting on the seat watching the television set;

the posture height of the user being equal to the height of a bed if the user is lying in the bed watching the television set; and

the posture height of the user being equal to the height of the horizontal plane the user is standing on if the user is standing on the horizontal plane watching the television set.

2. The television set according to claim 1, wherein the visual angle of the user is the angle between a sight line of the user and a vertical line of a screen of the television set, and the neck deviation angle of the user is the angle between the neck of the user and a vertical direction.

3. The television set according to claim 2, wherein the proper visual height is calculated according to the following formula:

Y=A1+A2+A3, wherein “

Y”

is the proper height of the television set;

“

A1”

is the height between the eyes of the user and the center of a screen of the television set, A1=[L+b]×

tan(θ

), “

θ

”

is the visual angle of the user, tan(θ

) is tangent value of “

θ

”

, “

L”

is the horizontal distance between the eyes of the user and the center of the screen, b=A2×

tan(Ø

), “

Ø

”

is the neck deviation angle of the user, tan(Ø

) is the tangent value of “

Ø

”

, “

A2”

is the height between the eyes of the user and the seat the user sitting on, and “

A3”

is the posture height of the user.

4. The television set according to claim 1, wherein the watching mode comprises a sitting mode, a standing mode, and a lying mode.

5. The television set according to claim 1, wherein the television set communicates with the sensor via a communication channel, the communication channel is achieved by using a wired network, a wireless network, Near Field Communication, radio frequency identification devices, and QR code.

6. A method for automatically adjusting a visual height of a television set, the television set connected to a sensor and a height adjusting apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting a first control signal to control the sensor to detect location information of a user when the television set being turned on;

detecting watching mode of the user by using the sensor;

detecting a visual angle of the user and a neck deviation angle of the user by using the sensor;

receiving the location information, the watching mode of the user, and the visual angle and the neck deviation angle of the user from the sensor;

calculating a proper visual height of the television set, according to the location information of the user, the watching mode of the user, and the visual angle and the neck deviation angle of the user received from the sensor; and

transmitting a second control signal to the height adjusting apparatus to control the height adjusting apparatus so that the visual height of the television set is adjusted to be at the proper visual height;

wherein the location information of the user comprises a distance between eyes of the user and the center of a screen of the television set, a height between the eyes of the user and a seat the user is sitting on, and a posture height of the user;

the posture height of the user is equal to the height of a seat if the user is sitting on the seat watching the television set;

the posture height of the user is equal to the height of a bed if the user is lying in the bed watching the television set; and

the posture height of the user is equal to the height of the horizontal plane the user is standing on if the user is standing on the horizontal plane watching the television set.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the visual angle of the user is the angle between a sight line of the user and a vertical line of a screen of the television set, and the neck deviation angle of the user is the angle between the neck of the user and a vertical direction.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the proper visual height is calculated according to the following formula:

Y=A1+A2+A3, wherein “

Y”

is the proper height of the television set;

“

A1”

is the height between the eyes of the user and the center of a screen of the television set, A1=[L+b]×

tan(θ

), “

θ

”

is the visual angle of the user, tan(θ

) is tangent value of “

θ

”

, “

L”

is the horizontal distance between the eyes of the user and the center of the screen, b=A2×

tan(Ø

), “

Ø

”

is the neck deviation angle of the user, tan(Ø

) is the tangent value of “

Ø

”

, “

A2”

is the height between the eyes of the user and the seat the user sitting on, and “

A3”

is the posture height of the user.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the watching mode comprises a sitting mode, a standing mode, and a lying mode.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the location information, the watching mode of the user, and the visual angle and the neck deviation angle of the user is transmitted to the television set via a communication channel, the communication channel is achieved by using a wired network, a wireless network, Near Field Communication, radio frequency identification devices, and QR code.