Electronic device for providing content according to user's posture and content providing method thereof

• US 10,186,131 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2017
• Issued: 01/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Shin, Dong-yun, Jung, Youn-gun
• Primary Examiner(s): La, Anh V
• Application Number:
  US15/651,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20170316672A1
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 340575, 3405731, 340574, 340540, 340500, 3405737, 345 10, 348 61, 348 77, 348 78, 348169, 600595, 600301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0077 Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1079 using optical or photographic means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4561 Evaluating static posture, e.g. undesirable back curvature A61B5/1116 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6891 Furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/103 Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0476 Cameras to detect unsafe condition, e.g. video cameras

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display; a communication interface; a camera; and a controller configured to control the display to display content; control the camera to capture an image of a user who watches the electronic device while displaying the content; control to obtain information regarding a posture of the user based on the captured image; control to determine whether the posture of the user is acceptable based on the obtained information regarding the posture of the user; and based on determining that the posture of the user is not acceptable, control the communication interface to transmit the captured image of the user to another device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a communication interface;

a camera; and

a controller configured to;

control the display to display content;

control the camera to capture an image of a user who watches the electronic device while the display displays the content;

control to obtain information regarding a posture of the user based on the captured image;

control to make a determination as to whether the posture of the user is acceptable based on the obtained information regarding the posture of the user;

based on the determination that the posture of the user is not acceptable, control the communication interface to transmit the captured image of the user to another device;

in response to transmitting the captured image of user to the another device, control to receive control information from the another device; and

control the display to display the content based on the control information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display the content for assessing the posture of the user, and the controller is further configured to compare the content for assessing the posture of the user and the captured image of the user.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the posture of the user comprises at least one of a position of eyes, a posture of an upper body, a shoulder line, a neck line, and symmetric information about a face of the user, obtained from the captured image.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the obtained information regarding the posture of the user comprises information regarding a skeleton of the user, and wherein the controller is further configured to make a comparison between the information regarding the skeleton and predetermined reference information included in the content for assessing the posture of the user, and determine whether the posture of the user is acceptable further based on a result of the comparison.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, the information regarding the skeleton of the user comprises information regarding an angle of a joint or information regarding alignment of shoulders.

6. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to obtain a sound of the user who is watching the displayed content for assessing the posture of the user, and determine whether the posture of the user is acceptable further based on the obtained sound.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to accumulate and store the information regarding the posture of the user, and provide the content for assessing health of the user according to the information regarding the posture of the user which is accumulated and stored.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to reproduce multimedia content, and control reproduction of the multimedia content according to a result of the determination.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to distort the multimedia content according to the result of the determination.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to interrupt reproduction of the multimedia content in response to determining that the posture of the user is not acceptable.

11. A content providing method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

capturing, by using a camera, an image of a user who watches the electronic device;

obtaining information regarding a posture of the user based on the captured image;

determining whether the posture of the user is acceptable based on the obtained information regarding the posture of the user;

based on determining that the posture of the user is not acceptable, transmitting, by a communication interface of the electronic device, the captured image of the user to another device;

in response to transmitting the captured image of user to the another device, receiving, by the communication interface of the electronic device, control information from the another device; and

displaying, by a display, the content based on the control information.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying the content for assessing the posture of the user, and

comparing the content for assessing the posture of the user and the captured image of the user.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the information regarding the posture of the user comprises at least one of a position of eyes, a posture of an upper body, a shoulder line, a neck line, and symmetric information about a face of the user, obtained from the captured image.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the obtained information regarding the posture of the user comprises information regarding a skeleton of the user, and the determining comprises:

making a comparison between the information regarding the skeleton and predetermined reference information included in the content for assessing the posture of the user, and

determining whether the posture of the user is acceptable further based on a result of the comparison.

15. The method of claim 14, the information regarding the skeleton of the user comprises information regarding an angle of a joint or information regarding alignment of shoulders.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

obtaining a sound of the user which is watching the displayed content for assessing the posture of the user, and

wherein the determining comprises determining the posture of the user is acceptable further based on the obtained sound.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

accumulating and storing the information regarding the posture of the user, and

providing the content for assessing health of the user according to the information regarding the posture of the user which is accumulated and stored.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

reproducing multimedia content, and

controlling reproduction of the multimedia content according to a result of the determining.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

distorting the multimedia content according to the result of the determining.

20. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program, which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute the method of claim 11.