SELECTING AN INTERACTION SCENARIO BASED ON AN OBJECT

• US 20140085180A1
• Filed: 09/27/2012
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Santhiveeran, Soma Sundaram, Bender, Roberto, de Lima, Diogo Strube, Cordeiro, Otavio Correa, do Prado, Rodrigo Menezes
• Granted Patent: US 9,324,292 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0261 in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

Techniques for selecting an interaction scenario based on an object are described in various implementations. A method that implements the techniques may include receiving, at a computer system and from an image capture device, an image that depicts a viewing area proximate to a presentation device. The method may also include processing the image, using the computer system, to detect a user in the viewing area presenting an object in a manner that indicates desired interaction with the presentation device. The method may also include selecting, using the computer system, an interaction scenario for presentation on the presentation device based on the object.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computer system and from an image capture device, an image that depicts a viewing area proximate to a presentation device;

processing the image, using the computer system, to detect a user in the viewing area presenting an object in a manner that indicates desired interaction with the presentation device; and

selecting, using the computer system, an interaction scenario for presentation on the presentation device based on the object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the interaction scenario comprises comparing visual features of the object to visual features of a set of known objects, recognizing the object as a particular one of the set of known objects based on the comparison, and selecting the interaction scenario associated with the particular one of the set of known objects.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the object comprises a user identifier, and wherein the interaction scenario comprises a user sign-in procedure for signing the user into a system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user sign-in procedure requires validation of the user before the user is signed into the system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the validation of the user comprises facial recognition of the user based on the image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the object comprises a product, and wherein the interaction scenario comprises presenting product information associated with the product.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the product information comprises at least one of a user review, another similar product, another complementary product, a coupon, and dynamic pricing of the product.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing the interaction scenario to be presented on the presentation device.

9. A presentation system comprising:

a display device;

an image capture device that captures an image of a viewing area proximate to the display device;

an image analyzer, executing on a processor, that analyzes the image to detect a user in the viewing area presenting an object in a manner that indicates an opt-in decision to interact with the presentation system; and

a scenario selection engine, executing on a processor, that selects an irate action scenario for presentation on the display device based on the object.

10. The presentation system of claim 9, further comprising a known object database that contains a set of known objects, visual features associated with the known objects, and interaction scenarios associated with the known objects, wherein the image analyzer extracts visual features of the object from the image, and wherein the scenario selection engine compares the extracted visual features to the visual features associated with the known objects to recognize the object as a particular one of the set of known objects, and selects the interaction scenario associated with the particular one of the set of known objects.

11. The presentation system of claim 9, wherein the object comprises a user identifier, and wherein the interaction scenario comprises a user sign-in procedure for signing the user into a system.

12. The presentation system of claim 11, wherein the user sign-in procedure requires visual validation of the user before the user is signed into the system, the visual validation of the user comprising facial recognition of the user based on the image.

13. The presentation system of claim 9, wherein the object comprises a product, and wherein the interaction scenario comprises presenting product information associated with the product.

14. The presentation system of claim 13, wherein the product information comprises at least one of a user review, another similar product, another complementary product, a coupon, and dynamic pricing of the product.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive an image that depicts a viewing area proximate to a presentation device;

process the image to detect a user in the viewing area presenting an object in a manner that indicates an opt-in decision to interact with the presentation device; and

select an interaction scenario for presentation on the presentation device based on the object.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein selecting the interaction scenario comprises comparing visual features of the object to visual features of a set of known objects, recognizing the object as a particular one of the set of known objects based on the comparison, and selecting the interaction scenario associated with the particular one of the set of known objects.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the object comprises a user identifier, and wherein the interaction scenario comprises a user sign-in procedure for signing the user into a system.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the user sign-in procedure requires validation of the user before the user is signed into the system.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the validation of the user comprises facial recognition of the user based on the image.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the object comprises a product, and wherein the interaction scenario comprises presenting product information associated with the product, the product information including at least one of a user review, another similar product, another complementary product, a coupon, and dynamic pricing of the product.