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Action based device control

  • US 8,913,004 B1
  • Filed: 03/05/2010
  • Issued: 12/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling a computing device, comprising:

  • obtaining image data using an imaging element of the computing device;

    determining that a user interacting with the computing device appears in at least one portion of the image data;

    analyzing the image data, using the computing device, to determine a gaze direction of the user in response to determining that the user appears in the at least one portion of the image data;

    determining a first region of a display element of the computing device, a second region that is outside a first boundary of the first region and within a second boundary, and a third region that is outside the second boundary, wherein at least one of the first boundary or the second boundary is adjusted over a period of time, the first region corresponding to a first user state in which the user is at least substantially gazing at the display element, the second region corresponding to a second user state in which the user is gazing away from the display element and at least substantially facing the computing device, and the third region corresponding to a third user state in which the user is gazing away from the display element and facing away from the computing device;

    causing the display element to be in a first power state and activating at least one of a plurality of input elements of the computing device, based at least in part upon the gaze direction being determined to be directed towards the first region;

    causing the display element to be in a second power state and altering a functionality of at least one of the plurality of input elements, based at least in part upon the gaze direction being determined to be directed towards the second region, the second power state having a lower power consumption rate than the first power state; and

    causing the display element to be in a third power state and deactivating functionality of at least one of the plurality of input elements, based at least in part upon the gaze direction being determined to be directed towards the third region, the third power state having a lower power consumption rate than the second power state.

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