PRESENTING VISUAL INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY

• US 20180060030A1
• Filed: 08/31/2016
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Song, Li, Jian, Qian, Ming, Zhang, Jianbang
• Granted Patent: US 10,521,187 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal

Abstract

For presenting visual information on a display, a processor determines to show visual information in response to an audible command from a user. The processor further identifies a display that is viewable by the user and accessible via communication hardware. In addition, the processor presents the visual information on the display via the communication hardware.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

communication hardware;

a processor;

a memory that stores code executable by the processor to;

determine to show visual information in response to an audible command from a user;

identify a display that is viewable by the user and accessible via the communication hardware; and

present the visual information on the display via the communication hardware.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, where is the display is separate and distinct from the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the visual information comprises one or more of an image, a video, a table, and a graph.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor determines to show the visual information if the audible command comprises a visual request cue.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor determines to show the visual information if a highest ranked response to the audible command comprises the visual information.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the code is further executable by the processor to edit the visual information to conform to the display.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein editing the visual information comprises one or more of resizing the visual information, cropping the visual information, resizing columns of the visual information, resizing rows of the visual information, adding columns to the visual information, and adding rows to the visual information.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein audible command data for the audible command comprises one or more of a visual request cue, one or more responses, a display address for the display, and a display size for the display.

9. A method comprising:

determining, by use of a processor, to show visual information in response to an audible command from a user;

identifying a display that is viewable by the user and accessible via communication hardware; and

presenting the visual information on the display via the communication hardware.

10. The method of claim 9, where is the display is separate and distinct from a voice assistant that determines to show the visual information.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the visual information comprises one or more of an image, a video, a table, and a graph.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the method determines to show the visual information if the audible command comprises a visual request cue.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the method determines to show the visual information if a highest ranked response to the audible command comprises the visual information.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises editing the visual information to conform to the display.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein editing the visual information comprises one or more of resizing the visual information, cropping the visual information, resizing columns of the visual information, resizing rows of the visual information, adding columns to the visual information, and adding rows to the visual information.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein audible command data for the audible command comprises one or more of a visual request cue, one or more responses, a display address for the display, and a display size for the display.

17. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

determining to show visual information in response to an audible command from a user;

identifying a display that is viewable by the user and accessible via communication hardware; and

presenting the visual information on the display via the communication hardware.

18. The program product of claim 17, wherein the visual information comprises one or more of an image, a video, a table, and a graph.

19. The program product of claim 17, wherein the processor determines to show the visual information if the audible command comprises a visual request cue.

20. The program product of claim 17, wherein the processor determines to show the visual information if a highest ranked response to the audible command comprises the visual information.