USER INTERFACE GENERATING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

• US 20140143691A1
• Filed: 10/01/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MStar Semiconductor Incorporated (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MStar Semiconductor Incorporated (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: Huang, Hung-Chi
• Application Number:
  US14/042,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20140143691A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles

Abstract

A user interface apparatus and associated method are configured to estimate a distance to a user and display a graphic user interface according to the distance, so as to adaptively adjust a display image of the user interface according to the distance.

Claims

1. A user interface generating apparatus, for a display system, comprising:

a distance measurement module configured to estimate a distance to a user and accordingly provide distance information; and

an adjustment module configured to provide an interface layout according to the distance information for the display system to display an associated user interface according to the interface layout.

2. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment module provides different interface layouts for different distance information for the display system to display different user interfaces.

3. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an interface module configured to provide associated interface information according to the interface layout for the display system to display the associated user interface according to the interface information.

4. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a database configured to provide a plurality of predetermined layouts;

wherein the adjustment module selects one of the predetermined layouts as the interface layout according to the distance information.

5. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the database associates a plurality of distance ranges to the predetermined layouts, and the adjustment module selects one of the distance ranges according to the distance information, and utilizes the predetermined layout, associated with the selected distance range, as the interface layout.

6. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of the predetermined layouts comprises a font size, and two of the predetermined layouts comprise different font sizes.

7. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of the predetermined layouts comprises an icon size, and two of the predetermined layouts comprise different icon sizes.

8. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of the predetermined layouts comprises an icon arrangement, and two of the predetermined layouts comprise different icon arrangements.

9. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises text, and the adjustment module changes a font size of the text in the interface layout in response to the different distance information.

10. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises at least one icon, and the adjustment module changes a size of the at least one icon in the interface layout in response to the different distance information.

11. The user interface generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises at least one icon, and the adjustment module changes an arrangement position of the at least one icon in the interface layout in response to the different distance information.

12. A user interface generating method, for a display system, comprising:

estimating a distance between a user and the display system, and accordingly providing distance information;

providing an interface layout according to the distance information; and

prompting the display system to display an associated user interface according to the interface layout.

13. The user interface generating method according to claim 12, wherein the step of providing the interface layout according to the distance information provides a different interface layout in response to different distance information for the display system to display a different user interface.

14. The user interface generating method according to claim 12, further comprising:

providing a plurality of predetermined layouts associated with a plurality of distance ranges, respectively;

wherein the step of providing the interface layout according to the distance information comprises;

selecting one of the distance ranges according to the distance information, and the predetermined layout associated with the selected distance range is utilized as the interface layout.

15. The user interface generating method according to claim 14, wherein each of the predetermined layouts comprises a font size, and two of the predetermined layouts comprise different font sizes.

16. The user interface generating method according to claim 14, wherein each of the predetermined layouts comprises an icon size, and two of the predetermined layouts comprise different icon sizes.

17. The user interface generating method according to claim 14, wherein each of the predetermined layouts comprises an icon arrangement, and two of the predetermined layouts comprise different icon arrangements.

18. The user interface generating method according to claim 12, wherein the user interface comprises text, and the adjustment step changes a font size of the text in the interface layout in response to the different distance information.

19. The user interface generating method according to claim 12, wherein the user interface comprises at least one icon, and the adjustment step changes a size of the at least one icon in the interface layout in response to the different distance information.

20. The user interface generating method according to claim 12, wherein the user interface comprises at least one icon, and the adjustment step changes an arrangement position of the at least one icon in the interface layout in response to the different distance information.