Methods and apparatus to detect user attentiveness to handheld computing devices
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining a change of a handheld computing device from a first starting spatial condition to a first ending spatial condition, wherein the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition are angular orientations of the handheld computing device relative to a reference; and
querying, via a logic circuit, an index associating a plurality of spatial condition changes with respective likelihoods indicative of user attentiveness to determine if the index includes a first entry having the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition of the change, wherein a first plurality of the spatial condition changes of the index are associated with respective disengagement likelihoods representing how likely a respective one of the first plurality of spatial condition changes corresponds to a user beginning to disengage from a presentation on the handheld computing device.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to detect user attentiveness to handheld computing devices are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a change of a handheld computing device from a first starting spatial condition to a first ending spatial condition, wherein the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition are angular orientations of the handheld computing device relative to a reference; and querying an index associating a plurality of spatial condition changes with respective likelihoods indicative of user attentiveness to determine if the index includes an entry having the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition of the detected change.
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining a change of a handheld computing device from a first starting spatial condition to a first ending spatial condition, wherein the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition are angular orientations of the handheld computing device relative to a reference; and querying, via a logic circuit, an index associating a plurality of spatial condition changes with respective likelihoods indicative of user attentiveness to determine if the index includes a first entry having the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition of the change, wherein a first plurality of the spatial condition changes of the index are associated with respective disengagement likelihoods representing how likely a respective one of the first plurality of spatial condition changes corresponds to a user beginning to disengage from a presentation on the handheld computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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determine a change of a handheld computing device from a first starting spatial condition to a first ending spatial condition, wherein the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition are angular orientations of the handheld computing device relative to a reference; and query, via a logic circuit, an index associating a plurality of spatial condition changes with respective likelihoods indicative of user attentiveness to determine if the index includes a first entry having the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition of the change, wherein a first plurality of the spatial condition changes of the index are associated with respective disengagement likelihoods representing how likely a respective one of the first plurality of spatial condition changes corresponds to a user beginning to disengage from a presentation on the handheld computing device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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a detector to identify a change of a handheld computing device from a first starting spatial condition to a first ending spatial condition, the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition being angular orientations of the handheld computing device relative to a reference; an index having a plurality of spatial condition changes associated with likelihoods indicative of user attentiveness; and a comparator to determine whether the index includes a first entry having the first starting spatial condition and the first ending spatial condition of the identified change, a first plurality of the spatial condition changes of the index being associated with respective disengagement likelihoods representing how likely a respective one of the first plurality of spatial condition changes corresponds to a user beginning to disengage from the presentation on the handheld computing device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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