Presenting visual information on a display

• US 10,521,187 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2016
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Ruay
• Application Number:
  US15/253,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20180060030A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,217 Days
• Field of Search: 715728, 715804, 715818, 700 94, 709203, 705 1442, 719322, 725 30, 382103, 707748, 704235
• 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;

calculate a plurality of responses to an audible command from a user to the apparatus, wherein the apparatus communicates audible responses to the user;

determine to show visual information for a highest ranked response in response to the audible command;

identify an electronic device distinct from the apparatus with a display that is viewable by the user and accessible via the communication hardware, wherein the display is determined to be viewable based on strength of Bluetooth communications between the communication hardware and the electronic device;

edit the visual information to conform to the display, 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; and

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. A method comprising:

calculating, by use of a processor, a plurality of responses to an audible command from a user to a voice assistant, wherein the voice assistant communicates audible responses to the user;

determining to show visual information for a highest ranked response in response to the audible command;

identifying an electronic device distinct from the voice assistant with a display that is viewable by the user and accessible via communication hardware, wherein the display is determined to be viewable based on strength of Bluetooth communications between the communication hardware and the electronic device;

editing the visual information to conform to the display, 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; and

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

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the visual information comprises one or more of an image, a video, a table, and a graph.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the method determines to show the visual information if the audible command comprises a visual request cue.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the method determines to show the visual information if a highest ranked response to the audible command comprises the visual information.

10. The method of claim 6, 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.

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

calculate a plurality of responses to an audible command from a user to a voice assistant, wherein the voice assistant communicates audible responses to the user;

determine to show visual information for a highest ranked response in response to the audible command;

identify an electronic device distinct from the voice assistant with a display that is viewable by the user and accessible via communication hardware, wherein the display is determined to be viewable based on strength of Bluetooth communications between the communication hardware and the electronic device;

edit the visual information to conform to the display, 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; and

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

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

13. The program product of claim 11, wherein the processor determines to show the visual information if the audible command comprises a visual request cue.

14. The program product of claim 11, wherein the processor determines to show the visual information if a highest ranked response to the audible command comprises the visual information.

15. The program product of claim 11, 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.