ORGANIZING DISPLAY DATA ON A MULTIUSER DISPLAY

• US 20150049010A1
• Filed: 08/14/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Locker, Howard, Case, Michaela Rose, Nicholson, John Weldon, Stewart, Aaron Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,223,340 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0433 in which the acoustic waves are either generated by a movable member and propagated within a surface layer or propagated within a surface layer and captured by a movable member
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

For organizing display data on a multiuser display, a position module determines a user position from an audible signal. An organization module organizes display data on a multiuser display in response to the user position.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a multiuser display accessible to the processor; and

a memory storing machine readable code executable by the processor, the machine readable code comprising;

a position module determining a first user position from an audible signal; and

an organization module organizing display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display data is organized as oriented toward the first user position.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, the position module further determining a second user position from a second audible signal and the organization module organizing the display data in response to the first user position and the second user position.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first user position comprises a motion vector.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a microphone array receiving the audible signal.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first user position is determined from the audible signal with sound source localization.

7. A method comprising:

determining, by use of a processor, a first user position from an audible signal; and

organizing display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the display data is organized as oriented toward the first user position.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining a second user position from a second audible signal and organizing the display data in response to the first user position and the second user position.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving the audible signal with a microphone array.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the first user position is determined from the audible signal with sound source localization.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the display data is organized oriented towards a user position associated with a most recent audible signal.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the first user position comprises a motion vector.

14. The method of claim 7, further comprising identifying a first user from the audible signal.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the display data is provided with user information for the first user.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the display data is configured with user preferences for the first user.

17. The method of claim 7, wherein the audible signal is emitted from one or more of an ultrasonic pen, an acoustic pen, and a surface touch acoustic.

18. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing machine readable code executable by a processor to perform:

determining a first user position from an audible signal; and

organizing display data on the multiuser display in response to the first user position.

19. The program product of claim 18, wherein the display data is organized as oriented toward the first user position.

20. The program product of claim 18, wherein the audible signal is received by a microphone array and the first user position is determined from the audible signal with sound source localization.