Methods and systems for calibrating user devices

• US 9,778,736 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2014
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Shimy, Camron, Nichols, Michael R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US14/492,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20160085295A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,107 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0223 of calibration, e.g. protocols for calibrating sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/163 by tracking eye movement, gaze, or pupil change
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7267 involving training the classification device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/011 Emotion or mood input determined on the basis of sensed human body parameters such as pulse, heart rate or beat, temperature of skin, facial expressions, iris, voice pitch, brain activity patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• 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

Abstract

Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that improves the customization and calibration of user devices to a particular user. For example, in response to erroneously detecting (or failing to detect) a user input of a first type, the media guidance application may re-calibrate the user device based on subsequent corrective inputs issued using a second input type such that future user inputs of the first type will not be erroneously detected (or fail to be detected).

Claims

1. A method of calibrating user devices, the method comprising:

monitoring, with a user device, a first input type for a command;

receiving a first user input comprising a first user attempt to issue the command using the first input type, wherein the first user input does not trigger the command, wherein the first user input is detected based on a detection of a first indicium of the first user input, and wherein the first user input does not trigger the command because a value corresponding to the first indicium of the first user input is below a threshold value;

receiving a second user input comprising a second user attempt to issue the command using a second input type, wherein the second user attempt triggers the command; and

in response to receiving the second user attempt, recalibrating the user device such that subsequent receipt of the first user input with the first input type triggers the command by reducing the threshold value based on the value corresponding to the first indicium of the first user input.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching data received while monitoring the first input type prior to the second user input for the first indicium of the first user input; and

wherein reducing the threshold value comprises;

reducing the threshold value to a value equal to or lower than the value corresponding to the first indicium of the first user input.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising identifying the first indicium based on the temporal proximity of the first indicium to the second user input.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising identifying the first indicium based on biometric activity associated with triggering the command.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating a user profile to include the recalibration of the user device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring the first input type for the command includes monitoring brain activity of a user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving the first user input further comprises:

cataloging an instance of the brain activity;

comparing the instance with a database listing instances of brain activity that correspond to the command to determine whether or not the instance corresponds to the command; and

not triggering the command in response to determining that the instance does not correspond to any of the instances of brain activity that correspond to the command.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein recalibrating the user device further comprises updating the database listing instances of brain activity that correspond to the command to include a listing corresponding to the instance.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving the first user input further comprises:

cataloging an instance of the brain activity;

comparing a value corresponding to the instance to a threshold value; and

not triggering the command in response to determining that the value does not exceed the threshold value.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein recalibrating the user device further comprises lowering the threshold value.

11. A system of calibrating user devices, the system comprising:

storage circuitry configured to store a calibration of a user device; and

control circuitry configured to;

monitor a first input type for a command;

receive a first user input comprising a first user attempt to issue the command using the first input type, wherein the first user input does not trigger the command, wherein the first user input is detected based on a detection of a first indicium of the first user input, and wherein the first user input does not trigger the command because a value corresponding to the first indicium of the first user input is below a threshold value;

receive a second user input comprising a second user attempt to issue the command using a second input type, wherein the second user attempt triggers the command; and

in response to receiving the second user attempt, recalibrate the user device such that subsequent receipt of the first user input with the first input type triggers the command by reducing the threshold value based on the value corresponding to the first indicium of the first user input.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

search data received while monitoring the first input type prior to the second user input for the first indicium of the first user input; and

wherein reducing the threshold value comprises;

reducing the threshold value to a value equal to or lower than the value corresponding to the first indicium of the first user input.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify the first indicium based on the temporal proximity of the first indicium to the second user input.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to identify the first indicium based on biometric activity associated with triggering the command.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to update a user profile to include the recalibration of the user device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein monitoring the first input type for the command includes monitoring brain activity of a user.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the control circuitry configured to receive the first user input is further configured to:

cataloging an instance of the brain activity;

comparing the instance with a database listing instances of brain activity that correspond to the command to determine whether or not the instance corresponds to the command; and

not triggering the command in response to determining that the instance does not correspond to any of the instances of brain activity that correspond to the command.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the control circuitry is configured to recalibrate the user device is further configured to update the database listing instances of brain activity that correspond to the command to include a listing corresponding to the instance.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the control circuitry configured to receive the first user input is further configured to:

cataloging an instance of the brain activity;

comparing a value corresponding to the instance to a threshold value; and

not triggering the command in response to determining that the value does not exceed the threshold value.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the control circuitry configured to recalibrate the user device is further configured to lower the threshold value.