METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF TERMINAL

• US 20150332085A1
• Filed: 05/14/2014
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Looq System, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Looq System, Inc.
• Inventors: Yu, Woody
• Application Number:
  US14/277,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20150332085A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/325 Power saving in peripheral device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/166 using acquisition arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/19 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4396 by muting the audio signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• 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 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of smart household electric appliances and discloses a method and system for adaptive adjustment of a terminal. The method comprises the steps of: capturing in real time a current image of a user; evaluating based on the image a current use state of the user and a duration of the use state; performing an automatic control of the terminal based on the use state and its duration. According to the present invention, the user'"'"'s current use state with respect to an electronic terminal is automatically detected through image identification, and based on the information on the state duration, the electronic terminal is controlled to perform a targeted adjustment, thereby achieving not only effective energy-saving, but also facilitation of user operation and enhancement of user experience.

Claims

1. A method for adaptive adjustment of a terminal, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of:

capturing in real time a current image of a user;

evaluating based on the image a current use state of the user and a duration of the use state;

performing an automatic control of the terminal based on the use state and its duration.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the evaluation further comprises the steps of:

identifying from the current image an image information on a specific face zone of the user;

judging from the image information whether the user is in the a normal use state, and evaluating based on the previous judgment result the duration of the state.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that performing the automatic control further comprises the following:

if the user is in an abnormal use state and the duration is lower than a preset threshold value, then the volume of the terminal is reduced and the counter value is increased by one;

if the user is in the abnormal use state and the duration reaches or exceeds the preset threshold value, then the terminal is turned off;

if the user is in the normal use state and the counter value is not zero, then the volume of the terminal is raised and the counter value is decreased by one;

if the user is in the normal use state and the counter value is zero, then no adjustment of the terminal is performed.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that if the user'"'"'s eyes open normally, then the user is in the normal use state;

if the user'"'"' eyes close, then the user is in the abnormal use state.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the threshold value is five minutes, and the initial value of the counter when it is turned on at the terminal is zero.

6. A system for adaptive adjustment of a terminal, characterized in that the system comprises:

an image capturing module for capturing in real time a current image of a user;

a state evaluation module for evaluating based on the image a current use state of the user and a duration of the use state;

an adjustment module for performing an automatic control of the terminal based on the use state and its duration.

7. The system according to claim 6, characterized in that the system is disposed outside the terminal, or disposed in an integrated manner inside the terminal.

8. The system according to claim 6, characterized in that the state evaluation module further comprises:

an identification module for identifying from the current image an image information on a specific face zone of the user;

an judgment module for judging from the image information whether the user is in a normal use state, and evaluating based on the previous judgment result the duration of the state.

9. The system according to claim 6, characterized in that the automatic control module further comprises a timer and a counter, wherein,

if the user is in an abnormal use state and the duration is lower than a preset threshold value of the timer, then the volume of the terminal is reduced and the counter value is increased by one;

if the user is in the abnormal use state and the duration reaches or exceeds the preset threshold value of the timer, then the terminal is turned off;

if the user is in the normal use state and the counter value is not zero, then the volume of the terminal is raised and the counter value is decreased by one;

if the user is in the normal use state and the counter value is zero, then no adjustment of the terminal is performed.

10. The system according to claim 7, characterized in that when the system is disposed outside the terminal, the adjustment module performs in a remote control manner the automatic control.